Friday, February 26, 2010

THE SKY IS FALLING

Well its cold, snowy , icy, and wet these past few days ive woke up at 7:00 am to call the campus hot line to find out if classes were canceled. the good news is that im getting my moneys worth the bad news was having to get to class.Its cold so much colder than any other situation i have ever been in. Because the campus is so small anyone can find refuge in the many buildings . Its expected that we should get close to 17 inches of snow ,just in time for the weekend so i will be bundling up to say the least. Every morning i get to look over the Hudson river and see the ice move slowly down the banks. Its calming to look at ,and even in the winter its beautiful
Today i got a 97% on my math test its the first time ever.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Today seems to be a really nice day the snows is melting and the sun is out shining . last Night was the first week end for my class so every kid from my class was out and going crazy. Something was in the air , Im happy to say i retired early to my room in desperate need of sleep . its interesting to see the excitement for a lot of these students being away from home for the first time or just filled with the energy to meet new people or expierence new relationships. I thinks its pretty exciting but continue to remind my self that i have a goal at hand and a task tat i cant lose sight of.
My math and English class seem to be a good over view of subjects that i have already taken . Its a good reminder , i wish i had looked at some over view before i took this placement test. Well here i am and at least im not alone , its just over view that i need to get by then i can hopefully get into the kitchen. wish me luck and ill post more later.

Friday, February 19, 2010


Looking towards the Hudson River tonight at sunset.
These past 5 days have been a long haberdashery of information and supplies . I recieved my books, knives, vaccines ,ID card for food and doors ,and a comprehensive math and english fundamentals class that will be done in three weeks. Its been a lot to absorb and take part of .
People students , and faculty are really helpful . Everyone is or has been in the same place as all of us lost freshmen . Not nearly the amount of angry fratt boy attitude ive seen at other colleges

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

I think it finally hit when i saw New York city ,im here i thought despite being very tired because the lack of sleep on the plane, hungry ,and kinda lost i reached my destination. New York has a funny way of building on top of each other ,theres so many people running every where in a rush and busy busy busy ,but all a mystery to spectators. Getting on the train my journey had to continue flying north on tracks that clicked and clacked , seeing trees instead of sky scrapers ,the Hudson instead of streets, and people in cars not taxis. when i finally reached my destination I understood I was along way from California .
I share a double room with this kid name Matt hes from Florida and soon to be out of here taking the knowledge of the CIA to a real Paying kitchen . Its seems to be a lot better living situation than i expected.Every morning a freight train passes sometimes as early as six and as late as 3am ;depending how much sleep i get i debate breakfest "which is the only optional meal" thats served at 6am til 730 ." i havent made it yet. Lunch is served at 11am and dinners at 5 pm so far the food has been awesome . Better yet we get participating points for going. Lunch and Dinner are set up in a way that your waited on by students whom are in hospitality class.we get a three course meal each time we eat and are catered to from as normal as drink orders to annoying as brushing up crumbs off your table. Each person plays as the gm "general manager"each persons waits each person busses and runs food.
the Last two days have been a repeatetive orientation cute games to know each other , lots of tours of the campuss, and ground rules to scare you into compliance. im happy to have finally got my classes and some sort of understanding of whats expected of me . Talking about this place for such along period of time and being here now is surreal im happy to be here and happy to look at where ill be heading. im really tired right now so ill check in later and god bless