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Rediscovering Rice
Originally posted January 12, 2012. I thought I was finished with blog posts for this week, but as it turns out, I’m not. Maybe it’s because I don’t want to think about ordering textbooks, or the resume/cover letters I should also … Continue reading
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Tagged Hertford, Martel, off-campus life, Oxford, returning, Rice University, walking, writing
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And Every European Trip MUST End with Brussels
Originally posted January 3, 2012. Technically, every European vacation does not have to end with Brussels, but it seems that fate has just wanted me to end all my vacations in Belgium. It has never been planned; the first two times … Continue reading
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Tagged beer, Belgium, Brussels, chocolate, choir, Christmas, comic book, frites, Hertford, Legos, Manneken Pis, Oxford, study abroad, Tintin, Travel, waffles
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Welcome Home, World Traveller!
Originally posted January 3, 2012. It’s been a great winter break. I enjoyed vegging out on my couch for the first two days, sort of fighting and sort of enjoying the effects of jet lag. It was the first time I’d ever … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, college, family, holidays, New Year's, returning, study abroad, welcome home, winter break
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Flying Solo Again: Blenheim Palace
Originally posted: December 22, 2011. I thought that my only adventure left would be Belgium with the Hertford Choir, but during my last few days in Oxford, I decided to plan one more solo adventure for myself, sort of like … Continue reading
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Tagged beauty of nature, Blenheim Palace, English gardens, solo, study abroad, Travel, Winston Churchill
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The Beginning of the End
Originally posted December 18, 2011. I thought my last week at Oxford would be really emotional. I’m the kind of sensitive person that usually has a difficult time with goodbye’s and I couldn’t imagine how saying goodbye to this magical university … Continue reading
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Tagged butterbeer, choir, costumes, endings, essays, fate, George Eliot, Harry Potter, Hertford, library, mulled wine, Oxford, Oxmas, party, pub, study abroad, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy, Victorian Literature, Will Hutton
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Leaving for Belgium
Originally posted December 8, 2011. Heya, I’m leaving for Belgium today! I’m sad to be leaving Oxford, but most people have left here and some of my best friends will be waiting for me at St. Pancras today. It’s going … Continue reading
An Academic Ending
Originally posted December 1, 2011. I finished my last tutorial at Oxford just a little under an hour ago. In some ways, I want to shout for joy because there will be no more 500 pg novels to read in three … Continue reading
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Tagged endings, Hertford, Oxford, study abroad, Texas, writing
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Working for the Weekend
Originally posted November 28, 2011. I said that I wasn’t going to post again until the end of the term, but I can’t help it. I’m going to make time to write because, after not blogging for a week, I can … Continue reading
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Tagged Cambridge, education, George Eliot, Hertford, library, Oxford, regatta, rowing, Siegried Sassoon, World War I Literature, writing
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Fighting The Fifth Week Blues
Originally posted November 14, 2011. Ever since third week, I’d been hearing rumors of a sort of unplanned Oxford tradition: the fifth week blues. Apparently, this hits the student body during the fifth week of every term. After the halfway mark of … Continue reading
Third Standard Article
Originally posted November 11, 2011. If you want to hear about my British Halloween and Guy Fawkes Day, click this link!
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Tagged British holidays, Guy Fawkes Day, Oxford, Rice Standard
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