Last weekend consisted of two things - cleaning and shopping. There might have been some eating, sleeping, digestion and going to the bathroom etc in between, but you get the picture. The apartment as we got it, was covered in dust. Nothing unsanitary, they took care of those problems before we got there,(The now completely white walls were verging-on gray and apparently there was a big hole in the bathroom ceiling...New hair-curling technique gone terribly wrong? I think so.) but we do have ants walking around in our cupboards. Not the best thing to wake up to on a Saturday morning, I'll tell you that much. But as much as I've asked around, ants seem to be a pretty standard thing in an NYC kitchen.
To our surprise, the kitchen cupboards had other non-living things in it as well. It was generally just expired Asian-looking sauces and about 8 packets of Ramon Noodles and Cup-A-Soups, but there was a substance, which neither me nor my mom could find a name for. It was generally in old coffee pots and had a sort of grain-type powder quality. The color wasn't quite white nor yellow. The only thing that was missing were the gangsters in suits and gold necklaces saying: "Girl, why you messin' with our stash?" (Imagine if there actually were full-grown men cramped together in my kitchen cupboards...)
To our surprise, the kitchen cupboards had other non-living things in it as well. It was generally just expired Asian-looking sauces and about 8 packets of Ramon Noodles and Cup-A-Soups, but there was a substance, which neither me nor my mom could find a name for. It was generally in old coffee pots and had a sort of grain-type powder quality. The color wasn't quite white nor yellow. The only thing that was missing were the gangsters in suits and gold necklaces saying: "Girl, why you messin' with our stash?" (Imagine if there actually were full-grown men cramped together in my kitchen cupboards...)
The shopping part of the weekend was fun. The clothing prices here are ridiculously cheap compared to Estonia and the choices are immense. Don't get too excited though, because the food on the other hand is very expensive. I mean, if you want to live a life, where you spend your free time shopping and only if you're about to faint, eat a cube of cheese, then NYC is the place for you. (Is that why so many high-fashion models live in New York? Whoa! Apply water to the not-really-the-greatest-burn-I-can't-be-mean-to-save-my-life area.)
On Monday and Tuesday, I had my United Nations International School orientation. The only thing that stuck with me most was that the people were SUPER FRIENDLY. I have never seen so many kind and talkative people in one place, which is awesome. It seems like the school is very oriented towards making sure that they treat their students as people not grades or test results, without giving us so little to do that we slack around. Seriously, we have a guidance counselor on-call every day to make sure we don't lose it with the workload. The International Baccalaureate Diploma program, which I am doing is quite challenging and rigorous.
I will write about living in the city and the IB program in the next post, so stay tuned! And definitely going to have some photos too. Totally not going to forget my camera or the USB cord or both at home, so I can't put any up next time...We'll see how it goes. As always, my thank you to you for reading - Bye :)
I will write about living in the city and the IB program in the next post, so stay tuned! And definitely going to have some photos too. Totally not going to forget my camera or the USB cord or both at home, so I can't put any up next time...We'll see how it goes. As always, my thank you to you for reading - Bye :)
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