It's December!!

I can't believe I am almost done with my first semester here! Time goes by too fast. Quite a lot has gone on since I've last posted. 

There was raisin weekend, which I still don't totally understand. But basically you get academic parents and they make you a meal, through parties, make you do all sorts of crazy stuff, and then on Monday they dress you up in costume and take you to the quad to participate in a foam fight! I didn't have parents, which probably worked out for the best since I had an assignment to get done, but I did step out to see the foam fight. This was definitely my favourite out of the costumes I saw =)

 

There was Thanksgiving which was very fun =) Hopefully people enjoyed celebrating one of my favourite holidays for the first time!

 Then there were lots of celebrations going on for St. Andrews Day! I got to go to the castle in town for free. And there were 2 ceilidhs! Here is a video to give you an idea of what the dances are like! 

One ceilidh was free in town after they turned on the Christmas lights, and the other one was on St Andrews Day for post grads and was a bit more formal.

 

 And finally, one of the perks of living in a town where royalty once lived =) Hope everyone is having fun getting ready for Christmas!!

the wonders of skype!

I love Skype! Over an hour, I was able to talk to my 2 sisters, my sister-in-law, my parents, 5 cousins, see my aunt and uncle, 3 nieces, my nephew, and 4 of my little cousins! I don't really understand technology, but I think it is incredible!! haha =)

Here are some snap shots I took of my family through Skype =) It was so good to see so many people I love! <3

 

 

Sadly, I don't have one of Sarah, which is why everyone was gathered together. Hope you all had fun at the baby shower!! Miss you!

Guy Fawkes

I got to celebrate Guy Fawkes Day for the first time yesterday!! It was really exciting =)

Basically (for all my friends and fam back home that are looking at this), Guy Fawkes planned to blow up the Parliament building in London because he didn't like that Catholicism was no longer the official religion. He failed, was tried and sentenced to death. The Brits celebrate this every year by having big bonfires, sometimes throwing a scarecrow version of Guy Fawkes on top to burn (I didn't see this bit), and having firework shows. Here's a link if you want to know more about the holiday.

Guy Fawkes

 I had a lot of fun going to a park in Dundee with some people from my course. The fireworks were really impressive! They lasted nearly 30 minutes! I've uploaded a short video of the fireworks below and a picture of us at the park. Hope everyone had a good weekend!

Johnny Robinson

In case all you people back in the USA were wondering what happened to Johnny Robinson from  the X-Factor (as I sure you are =) haha!), he was booted tonight. There are 7 acts left. I kind of started to like watching him sing.  Here are his last 4 performances. The first one is definitely the most entertaining!

...procrastination

I've been out of school too long! I can't focus for long periods of time anymore! So I'll take a blog break. Since lists are an easy way to keep you updated and since my brain doesn't seem to want to work, I'm going to stick with the trend. Here are 5 short updates with videos attached- I had to make it a little bit more interesting =)

(Sorry the quality of some of the videos isn't so good.)

1. This is how I feel about my radiator. It only works if it is on full blast, so I don't have it on very often. It also makes weird noises (even when it's not turned on.)

2. I wish I had trained my dogs to do this! I would have a lot more money today if I had ;-P

3. This guy from the X-Factor is a bit disturbing! He has made it to the top 11 out of the contestants too! Apparently he is the "joke" contestant.

4. Another commercial I find amusing! (I can't find it in one video, so I've got it in 2 parts below.)

5. So that's how you tell the difference! Haha =)

Hope everyone has a great weekend!