After 1,5 weeks here in Rochester my mind is full of new impressions, information and relations. I've experienced chips for breakfast, an albino skunk outside our apartment, a Hollywood Pig Race, mosquito bites, food market, delicious Indian food, spicy wassabe that made my eyes water, enormous apples, filling bagels, name pronunciation confusion (everything from Chanel to Janetta), beerpong, pilates, jetlag, TV adds made from a cellphone by the looks of it... I could go on, but as you all get, there is a lot to take in, no wonder i always feel tired.
Apparently I have a slightly British accent, and apparently they don't say wellis (rain boots) or hoover (vacuum cleaner) here. But apart from typing color instead of colour I get along fine with the American language.
I'm guessing some of you back home might still not know what I'm doing here in Rochester, so here is a short introduction; I'm a graduate (master) student at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and my degree will be in Print Media. So this quarter (3 quarters in 1 year, instead of 2 semesters, which mean we don't have breaks when the others have breaks) I'm taking courses in; Materials and Printing Processes where we learn about.. take a guess... printing materials, right now they are teaching us everything about paper, from the characteristic of the fibers and how it relates to the paper and how to apply it to the printing process. Wish I knew a little bit more about chemistry, but I'm getting there. My second course is Tone and Color Analysis and third and final course is in Statistics! It feels good to have a mathematical related subject again and even tho the class is from 6-9 pm on monday nights I don't care, I still love stats!!
To get my mind off all the course work (yes, there is a lot) I have signed up for pilates and spinning classes every monday and wednesdays and to prevent me getting all fat and depressed. It's so easy to get fat here. Here is and example; I asked for 1 cookie and they gave me 2, you can't just buy 1! Chicken,tomato and pesto paninis are served with chips (potetgull/crisps), free refill on soda and huge portions of everything! My chinese dinner lasted for 2 days (dinner, lunch and dinner) and I still threw away food.
There is so much I want to tell you guys, just don't know how to get everything down in this blog. I'll start with some practical information; I live in Rochester, NY and to be honest, is not much of a town, and its a typical US car town. You have to drive to get anywhere. My flatmate is danish and superb. We're 9 people in my class 1 blond norwegian, 1 from India, 4 from China, 1 from Canada and 2 from the US, so a good mix of people. Everything from philosophers, mechanical engineers to designers and journalists.
You've all got a glimps of my life here in the US now, please comment and I'll try to answer all when I got time. (don't have a lot of it, but I'll try my best)
Cherrios amigos!
