MFA

The MFA is a must see in Boston and what better way to see it when it's free admission? MLK Day allowed many Bostonians, tourists and art lovers and explore the wonders of one of MA's famous galleries. Katie, Maribelle and I were met with a long queue outside the main entrance. But to or delight, it went down pretty fast. After a quick view of the many pieces of display, I went to find my friend Fatou who was anxiously waiting in the Q. Finally in the warmth, Fatou got her ticket and we headed to the Renis Auditorium where a Berklee performance was taking place . She mentioned that her friend would be performing so we were in luck. However, when Fatous friend called her, she told her that she was in the wrong place. Whoops! We figured out where we had to be and we said to the others that we would meet up later. The MFA was now alot bigger than we thought as it took a while to navigate around the place. Eventually we found the right auditorium and we were just in time for it. There was musicians, poetry readers and MLK's speech was read out by two performers who were just excellent. Fatous friend did a bit of performing and singing, she performers a piece describing the conditions women were going through at that time. After that, we had a look round Mario Testino's exhibits. The first was In Your Face, literally! The photographs showed many famous faces from over the years in various locations apon various styles or just naked. His photos are full of colour and life, why can't I be as good as him or be as beautiful as Beyonce? His other exhibit was the British Royal Portraits, a beautiful collection of the Royal Family over the years. Photos included The Queen, Princes Charles and Camila, Harry and Wills and Kate. They are such a cute couple! I <3 them :)

End of Term Reception

On Friday December 14^th, GPAC held an End of Term Reception at the Fenway Center for all completing students. 

  The event celebrated student’s success and wishing them well as they matriculate into     Northeastern. Students Peiya Wang, Lin Pei and Pavel Potapov were nominated by their   instructors to share their experiences with fellow students and faculty members.

 They were well prepared and their stories were enjoyed by all. 

GPAC finally got a group photo! 

or two....

Let's GO HUSKIES

First American Basketball Game! 

On Wednesday, Katie, Halliki and I went to the Northeastern Basketball Game which took place at Mathews Arena. 

The HUSKIES were up against Hofstra Pride from New York. 

Arrived at Mathews full of anticipation! 

Grabbing some temp tattoos and t-shirts along the way, I was ready for my first game. 

There were cheerleaders, the Northeastern Dance squad and of course PAWS, the mascot! 

After a thrilling first half, there were competitions, trivia and Dance Cam to entertain us. 

The Huskies lead most of the night and went on to win 65-60

LETS GO HUSKIES!

Tree Decorating at Kinross

Yes this was about two months ago but I want to tell you about it anyway!


The tree has arrived at the Kinross household! 

For 50 dollars, we were able to buy the Real McCoy and spent an evening decorating it! 

It's beginning to look alot like XMAS :) 

Coolest Co-Op

Alfred is the man with a plan and that plan was to become the Coolest Co-op. He wants to show the world this by making a video of his time at the New England Aquarium. 

Check it out! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_eVilk_5iJw

This has inspired me to make a video of my own.....watch this space! 

Black Friday

Black Friday, a very American tradition of finishing our thanksgiving dinner and camping outside mega stores for some bargains. Ok, it's not the total truth but not far from it. For me, it happened by accident. I woke up around 5.30am on BLack Friday morning and couldn't get back to sleep. Then I thought, Urab Outfitters is opening in half an hour.....might as well! Got changed and headed for a T. I thought that there would be Qs going round the block but to my surprise, it just looked like a typical morning. There was a girl crossing the road with me and we sorta had a race together to get there first as the anxiety hit us. We went in and they told us that there was 50% off all sale items. There was loads of nice things but I had to really stop and think about what I was buying, otherwise I would have brought the whole place! In the end, after 30 mins of carefully analysing the selection of goods, I got a pair of leopard print loafers for $10 down from $60, Angry bird keying toppers for Calvin, highlighters in the shape of nail varnish, some models own nail polish in a sorta green gold colour, a cute wee detox pack and a pack of greetings card with this is our adventure on it and other cute wee sayings. All came to $14.50! Headed home and went straight to bed, like it never happened. First Black Friday experience was not a crazy as the stories which hit the headlines but I got some bargains - I'm happy with that!

Thanksgiving

Otherwise known as Turkey Day, Thanksgiving is finally upon us!

Being my first thanksgiving, I was lucky to have many Thanksgiving events within one week.

Global Pathways Thanksgiving Banquet at the Shearton Hotel

Thanksgiving PotLuck at work!

Cranachan I made for it...MMMMMMM

And finally, a very traditional dinner at the Rosenfelds!

A very special day indeed filled with food, Zumba dancing, football and more food! A great day was had by all :) I will never forget it!