Rose Bud Thorn
For those that don't know what RBT is: Rose is a
highlight from the week, Bud is what you are looking forward to or a God
moment from the week, and Thorn is a low from the week.
- Rose(s): 1. Sunday afternoon Olivia and I joined up with some people from the fellowship group we are in and hiked to Elizabeth Lookout on the western side of Buda. We had a gorgeous hike, nice weather, and an incredible view. 2. Tuesday morning I got up early to do some studying at a cafe. Upon arrival, I found out this cafe has chai lattes (which seem to be fairly uncommon here in Budapest). It brought a little piece of comfort to the week.
3. The Budapest Jazz Club has free jazz jam sessions that people can listen to a couple of times a week, so a group of us went Saturday evening and Wednesday evening. The club has a really enjoyable environment, and the group of us had two wonderful evenings.
- Bud(s): 1. Olivia and I bought our
tickets to Rome! So while everyone in the US is enjoying a large
Thanksgiving meal and all the Black Friday deals, Olivia and I will be
living large (as large as broke college students can live) in
Italy.
2. I got an email from the church that has English mass about the weekends the choir will be singing this semester - not only am I excited to sing with the choir, I'm also very grateful that I am being given the opportunity to do so.
- Thorn(s): 1. Tuesday I realized how
strong of a desire I have to feel a part of a community here in Budapest.
I feel the community within the fellowship group on Fridays, but that
feeling only comes once a week. I spent a good amount of time reflecting
on this on Tuesday and continue to do so. This realization though did
allow for an excellent conversation with a friend studying in Chile this
semester, so this thorn definitely turned into a rose.
2. Our practicum visit this week was not impressive. The teacher took the fun out of Pascals triangle by basically telling the students all the patterns instead of letting the students search for them. It was difficult and boring to watch.
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| View from Elizabeth Lookout |
BSME Blog Post - Community
BSME has a blog that they encourage students currently in
the program to post on. Since I had been thinking a lot about communities this
week, I decided to write a post about community on the BSME blog. You can read
it here:
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