Studying, Sunday September 7th 

Kristel and I really have a lot to do, especially for the Spanish class of Dr. Cohen. We also want to drop a course, which is very interesting but way too much work. Kristel and I had to figure that out.

Regarding classes; I think Kristel already told you about our sweet Spanish professor. He origianlly comes from Argentina and is just awesome and cute, a hottie! Nearly all the girls in our class think that. He also asked Kristel and I if we wanted to work for the Rider Radiostation where we have to play some Austrian music, interview some people on what they think of Austria (not: Australia) etc. I think that’s a great oppotunity that we shouldn’t miss out.

 

SHOPPING MALL Saturday, September 6th

What a girl wants- what a girl needs, Shoes!! Although it was pouring down, as a consequence of the hurricane on the East coast, we decided to go shopping. When we Arrived at the shopping mall „Quakerbridge Mall“, we were wet from head to toe. Never mind, Kristel, Kirsten, Gerlinde, Behnam (the only guy who had to deal with girl’s shopping fever) and I started to take over the shops and stores like Macy’s, GAP etc. After having finally found  a pair of shoes- super fabulous black high heels, we decided that it was time to spend our money on something really necessary; a cellphone! Now we have one!

After some  hours in the shopping mall we went to a liquor store to buy some booze. Well, it was not as easy as we thought it would be, but in the end the Autrian-Americans won- Kristel got a bottle of vodka.

Back home, we had a little party- just the overage people which was fun!

BBQ-Barbecue and a peaceful night, Friday September 5th

In the afternoon we, the international students were invited to a Barbecue to get to know each other better and also to get to know some professors. Eating again! There were also two students from Princeton University, who want to study in Graz, Austria for one term. So, especially Kristel and I, „the troublemakers“ as we are called, taught them some very important expressions and words they need to know in order to survive in Graz. J

In the evening, we dressed up and were ready to party, we acutally wanted to go to a frat’s toga party, but unfortunately we couldn’t go there. Whatev’s! Anyway, my roomie and I decided to watch movies and talk to some guys who were glancing through our windows.

 

 

 Rider PUB- 18 to Enter, 21 to Drink Thursday, September 4th

Well, nothing really special was going on. I just went to my classes and that’s it. We got to know some other girls ; Jessica, she also takes German classes, Lindsay „the Bitch“ and Mahdi, a pakastani girl whose father is a wealthy businessman. He has an appartment in Dubai, and Kristel and me I were already invited to visit her. J She has her own servants back home, and even in the US she has a sugardaddy who buys her cigarettes, washes her car etc.

In the afternoon a fest took place on Rider campus, the Cranberry fest, where the whole Rider Community was on its feet. There  were games, where you could win a Rider T-shirt. Yeah, got one!!! J Again, a buffet to fill your stomach, and music.

Well, in the evening we went to the Rider PUB. Finally , going out. Kristel and I were especially excited about that. So we dressed up and got ready to shake our booties J before that we were invited to a „dorm – party“ (no names) to do pre-gaming in order to have a very good time at the pub. So after a bottle of vodka (5 liters), and a few shots we stumbled towards the pub. It was the highheels, what else?

PARTY PARTY PARTY! We had a blast there, shakin our booties, meeting new people and just having a good time. As Kristel wrote in her blog, it was actually the first time that Kristel and I went out-really went out!!! So, for those who know me, and for those who know both of us, you can imagine that the party rocked!! The next day I was a little bit „hung over(ed)“, but who cares. Awesome night, or how the Americans would say „Geil“.

CLASSES START Wednesday, September 3rd

OMFG- the system is sooooooo different from the Austrian one. First the classes are really small just 15 to 20 people, even in the Business classes. At the end of the class they just say good bye, they don’t rap their knuckles on the table as we do. another thing, the books. Wow, the americans spend a fortune on books. For one class, you need at least one book which is about $100-200 Dollars (they take four to five courses).next thing- online excercises. Most of our excercises, especially homework we have to do online. To access these excercises we have to get an extra code, which is again about $50 Dollars. That really sucks! Although the classes haven’t really started yet, we have a lot of homework to do. reading, reading, reading, vocab, vocab etc. but we are in the States, who cares!

Oh,not to be forgotten, Daily’s. It’s the dinning hall of Rider University, where they serve many kinds of different food, they have whatever you want. You have access to the dining hall almost the entire day. Eating, eating, eating!

BELMAR-BEACH Sunday, August 31st

After this exhausting day(s), we decided to relax a little bit. Yep, as the sun was shining and the birds were singing, we thought it to be a good oportunity to go to the beach. Belmar was our goal, which is approximately 45 minutes from Lawrenceville. The „Austrian (except for Kristel, she was in Tennessee) gang“, the two Frenchies and our American friends Julie, Julie, Rachel, Amander, Elizabeth, Cynthia, Monique and Katie headed for the beach. FUN! The beach was beautiful, the sun was shining and we were having a blast. Relax, relax!

 

The next few days we were just relaxing, watching movies like „Borat“ and „Superbad“. We just wanted to relax before the classes started.