Christian Nicholas Smith Pumalpa4:45 am EDT June 21st, 2007
10 pounds even22 5/8 inches long
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
New York Project
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Monday, June 11, 2007
Day 1 at work, Day 2 out on the town
My co-worker Lorna knocked on my dorm room door at 7am, instead of 8am, because she had mixed up the time. Ha! I answered the door groggily and she was all ready for work. Ha ha!
Work today was…interesting. I feel like I was busy the whole day, but I do not really know what I accomplished. The dynamic of the New York team is very different than that of my Costa Rican team and adjusting to another work environment can be a fragile transition. I tried to organize myself and make a plan for the week, but I felt like a chicken with its head cut off since there seems to be a complete lack of an agenda for this “intense Admissions week.” Hmmm.
After work, Lorna and I met up with my yoga mentor, Alanna Estes. She was my mentor during my yoga teacher training three years ago in Colorado. Alanna and I had not see each other for over two years, but we quickly caught up on our growth over the past few years and then talked like friends. Even though she is, and always will be, my yoga mentor. I look up to me and she inspires me because her positive energy is radiant and her smile is calming. I respect Alanna greatly, so enjoying some tea in east side Manhattan was a pleasant experience while it slightly rained.
After drinking tea with Alanna, Lorna and I walked around that part of Alphabet City, and had some falafel for dinner. Then we took the subway to Little Italy, where we met up with Nicoletta, a past Friends World student. We ate delicious gelato, and the met up with another past Friends World student from Japan named Nochi. We went to another restaurant and alas, I ate more gelato, while they enjoyed Italian beer and pizza. It is times like these that make me realize how impacting this job has been on my life because I have made so many friends that travel all over the world. Our conversations are intellectual and motivating. The students that I have worked with from Friends World/Global College are extraordinary human beings that help me appreciate the uniqueness of my job.
Work today was…interesting. I feel like I was busy the whole day, but I do not really know what I accomplished. The dynamic of the New York team is very different than that of my Costa Rican team and adjusting to another work environment can be a fragile transition. I tried to organize myself and make a plan for the week, but I felt like a chicken with its head cut off since there seems to be a complete lack of an agenda for this “intense Admissions week.” Hmmm.
After work, Lorna and I met up with my yoga mentor, Alanna Estes. She was my mentor during my yoga teacher training three years ago in Colorado. Alanna and I had not see each other for over two years, but we quickly caught up on our growth over the past few years and then talked like friends. Even though she is, and always will be, my yoga mentor. I look up to me and she inspires me because her positive energy is radiant and her smile is calming. I respect Alanna greatly, so enjoying some tea in east side Manhattan was a pleasant experience while it slightly rained.
After drinking tea with Alanna, Lorna and I walked around that part of Alphabet City, and had some falafel for dinner. Then we took the subway to Little Italy, where we met up with Nicoletta, a past Friends World student. We ate delicious gelato, and the met up with another past Friends World student from Japan named Nochi. We went to another restaurant and alas, I ate more gelato, while they enjoyed Italian beer and pizza. It is times like these that make me realize how impacting this job has been on my life because I have made so many friends that travel all over the world. Our conversations are intellectual and motivating. The students that I have worked with from Friends World/Global College are extraordinary human beings that help me appreciate the uniqueness of my job.
Out on the Town, New York day 1
I have been all over New York city today using the subways, the ferries and my feet. I met up with a previous Friends World student, Nicoletta, and she took me to see some amazing sights of her native city. First we went to Battery Park, and then we went to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. I learned so much about the massive immigration to the United States during the late 1800s and early 1900s. We went through the Ellis Island museum and we watched a great documentary about how European immigrants flooded into the United States through New York's door. Afterwards we went to Ground Zero, where they are still cleaning up debree from 9-11 and looked at the powerful pictures of tears that poured almost 6 years ago. Plans for the Liberty Tower are underway, and it will be a beauty of a building/memorial. Then we went to Union Square and enjoyed some down time in a five story book store. I hung out in the Buddhist section and I think I found something for Payson and Jimmy to read at the wedding ceremony. Finally, we went across town to a hilariously decorated Indian restaurant, that had extremely delicious food that overly filled our bellies. Now I am back in Brooklyn and I am dreading my return to the horrible dorm. I mean, there I do not even have a shower curtain and I had to buy my own toilet paper yesterday. Nevertheless, I am fine and awed by this massive city. I simpley cannot understand how a city of these proportions can be sustainable. I mean, where does all of the food come from? Where does all of the trash go? How does water get pumped to the top of the skyscrapers? How is electricity made? How can people from every country around the world live together? I mean, really! Today I heard more other languages than English. This city truely does have people for EVERYwhere. The diversity and presence of cultures is astonoshing. I like this city, but it is overwhelming, and I do not think I could live here. OK, off to the dorm. Chao.
Monday, June 04, 2007
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