Survivor Israel
Here are your keys, here are your friends. Yesterday was our orientation to BGU and the international students MA program in middle east studies. Classes officially start Sunday, but we had a very informative day getting to know the campus, the important offices, faculty and staff, and our fellow students in the program.
most of us were discouraged about the dorm situation the first day we arrived. even though we are older students, we were assigned the crappiest "dorms" on campus (they are actually OFF campus, but nearby). the good news is we discovered we are all in this together (and are all fairly close to each other in the ghettofabulous neighborhood) and that it really is not as bad as it seems. these dorms are more like 4 bedroom 1 bath apartments, so the private locking bedrooms are very nice. a few of the guys had cockroaches but i think they are on the first floor. the dorms haven't been lived in for about 3 months so that sort of thing is to be expected.
as the day progressed, we all started to get to know each other. we are a diverse though similar group of people around the same age range (late 20s early 30s), all English-speaking but from different countries. most of us hail from the US originally, but a few from Canada (YESSS my people), one from Argentina and a few from Israel. we ended up spending the whole day together (beginning 9:30am) and some of us even went out to a local "club" afterward which ironically played cheesy American music. i think this is the closest I will be to Real World or Survivor, it is very similar, but with grad school in the mix. and if you know me, you know I've always wanted to be on Survivor. the "prize" will be a Master's degree, and hopefully a Fulbright Grant!
Insert Lisa into foreign country... without suitcase of supplies... among an unknown group of people, and give her one day to figure it out. unlike Survivor, we HAVE internet access on campus, electricity, and food (which is amazing). And we have each other... in an academic setting, in the Holiest land on Earth.
most of us were discouraged about the dorm situation the first day we arrived. even though we are older students, we were assigned the crappiest "dorms" on campus (they are actually OFF campus, but nearby). the good news is we discovered we are all in this together (and are all fairly close to each other in the ghettofabulous neighborhood) and that it really is not as bad as it seems. these dorms are more like 4 bedroom 1 bath apartments, so the private locking bedrooms are very nice. a few of the guys had cockroaches but i think they are on the first floor. the dorms haven't been lived in for about 3 months so that sort of thing is to be expected.
as the day progressed, we all started to get to know each other. we are a diverse though similar group of people around the same age range (late 20s early 30s), all English-speaking but from different countries. most of us hail from the US originally, but a few from Canada (YESSS my people), one from Argentina and a few from Israel. we ended up spending the whole day together (beginning 9:30am) and some of us even went out to a local "club" afterward which ironically played cheesy American music. i think this is the closest I will be to Real World or Survivor, it is very similar, but with grad school in the mix. and if you know me, you know I've always wanted to be on Survivor. the "prize" will be a Master's degree, and hopefully a Fulbright Grant!
Insert Lisa into foreign country... without suitcase of supplies... among an unknown group of people, and give her one day to figure it out. unlike Survivor, we HAVE internet access on campus, electricity, and food (which is amazing). And we have each other... in an academic setting, in the Holiest land on Earth.
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