Spring Break

I have a feeling that I won't be having the best spring break possible this year.  Instead of being home and moving into my new house, I'm stuck in Tampa, really cool.. :(

It all started off with a broken phone and waiting for an hour in the Sprint store, and creepy cab drivers saying "I've been waiting all day for you baby...do we have a date?" No, we do not. How will I spend my break? Oh, you know...just going to doctors appointments, doing homework (of course I get assigned a lot over break, should have known), and attempting to find food because EVERYTHING minus the cafeteria is closed for the entire break. It should be really interesting....slash horrible!

Honestly I just want this break to go by as fast as possible. On the bright side, 2 months and 2 days until it's HOME for the summer!!! I miss my island home.

Buccaneer Resort, St. Croix, USVI

February 28th

Guess what? I've been thinking about changing my major for a while now because I realized that psychology (my current major) doesn't interest me as a whole. There are certain aspects about the field that interest me, mainly biopsychology, but everything else would simply feel tedious to take classes in. That's not the case for criminology, however. I have looked through the classes offered for a criminology major, and every single class sounds interesting and exciting. I can see myself working in the field with a criminology degree, and believe that there is where I would be happiest. Tomorrow is the day that I will make the step, submitting a change of major form. All I can do is smile :)

Aside from that, my life isn't so interesting right now. I'll be stuck in Tampa over Spring Break because I cannot afford to go back home (*waaah*) but I'll try to make the best of it and get school-work out of the way even earlier than I would have.  I'm looking forward to a week of slower-paced life since, as you all can tell, it's been like I was in a high-speed chase for the past 4 or 5 weeks.

I hope that everyone doesn't begin relaxing TOO early, remember that midterms (if you have any) are this week. I only have one that I know of for certain, but there is one where my teacher will not tell us when the exam takes place. I'm particularly excited for that one....NOT! Good luck to all, take care!

Island food!

Today was the first in a while that I actually felt the warmth of the sun! Obviously it made me miss my home, but I soon realized that what I miss even more is the FOOD. 


SOME of the things I miss include: fungi, oxtail stew, goat roti, spicy doubles, saltfish pate, puerto rican seasoned rice, fried fish, johnny cakes, peanut punch, sorrel, tostones, ginger beer (carbonated ginger tea, no alcohol), guava berries, souse (not the cold, lunch-meat type thing in the states), lobster, curry goat, breadfruit chips, blood pudding, cow tongue, dumplings, conch ceviche, tamarind balls, callaloo, purple tania, beef tripe, chicken hearts, and passion fruit


Only 2.5 months until I begin the feast of champions! Can't wait.. :)


Here are pictures of some of the foods I mentioned.

 Tostones (twice-fried green plantains, dusted with adobo and served with a garlic/lemon juice sauce.)
 Sorrel (tangy fruit typically used to make juices or tarts.)

 Blood pudding (yes, it has real blood, and rice in a sausage casing.) Sounds gross, but everyone that I have introduced to this delicious food agrees that it is something amazing!

 Oxtail stew (much-like beef stew, but with pieces of beef tail.)

 Spiny lobster (possibly the most delicious thing on the face of the planet!) This is one that I baked myself :) 

 Breadfruit chips (sliced and fried in vegetable oil, dusted with adobo.)

 Chicken hearts (typically fried, they have a delicate flavor. Yum!)

February 17

Guess what Friday is? Yep...Global Village! The country that I am representing is India, which means that there will be scrumptious food at our table! I'm in charge of food and henna with some classmates, so that should be really fun. I've never worked with henna before, but always have found it really interesting. We will have 3 people working on henna sitting at the table, also there for conversation and fun :) If you're looking to get some henna and REALLY good food, then come visit INDIA in the morning! 

Friday, February 19th in the Cass Gym! See you all there :)

Is it finals yet?

This week has been absolutely insane for me. I'm preparing for a lot of tests, quizzes, projects, and future assignments that will come my way. I have my first two tests of the semester (already taken 2 quizzes this week) and 1 quiz tomorrow. I've been doing papers all weekend, but just haven't seem to catch a break yet. There's not a moment that I'm not busy anymore. Sometimes I get all my work out of the way early, but I just get tons more piled on, so it doesn't even have an effect. I'm overwhelmed! 

I apologize for not writing earlier, although I had every intention to Monday--but I felt a nap was more crucial. It's 10:15, I've been doing homework straight from 1:30 this afternoon, and I'm still not done. It was the same story last night, the night before that, and will continue to be for the rest of the semester. Hopefully I'll make it out alive and with a worth-while GPA. I sure hope that not everyone else has the course and stress load that I have this semester because it will just leave everyone in a bad mood--and who wants that? Anyhoo, I need to get back to my work before I lose focus. Tomorrow I'm in class from 10am-4pm...wish me luck! I'm going to need it..

February 3

    I have had so much work to do this weekend/week, as you probably could have guessed. I hate being swamped with assignments, but it feels SO GOOD once they're all done and out of the way EARLY! That means that I have the rest of the day to relax, eat food, go shopping, and watch Flamenco dancers right?! Now I won't have the rest of the week to relax since tomorrow is another one of my hectic days, but after that I'll be free! :)

    So I'd like to share something cute with you guys. Everyone should know that I have 2 main obsessions: squirrels and turtles. I collect turtles whenever I find one worth buying (my collection is back at home, but my new collection in Florida has 2 baby turtles already :). Anyway, so my dad sent me an email this morning with a whole bunch of cute turtle pictures, and I figured I'd post them because they are simply...adorable. Enjoy!

Gasparilla Weekend

As we all know, tomorrow is the *big event* = Gasparilla! Sadly, I won't be attending due to the massive amounts of homework I was assigned this weekend. Thanks teachers! But that's okay, there's always next year and pictures to live through (it would probably be too chaotic for me anyway..) Most people will be dressed up in their free t-shirts that they received from Pirate Fest downstairs of Stadium this afternoon, adorned with pirate ships, skull and crossbones, and "Gasparilla '10", but a lot of people will be dressed up as pirates, or simply wearing red/white/black. 

I really hope that everyone enjoys the parade, but I don't want to hear about anyone I know getting arrested for whatever reason. Stay and be safe!