{Today is the day}

They say it’s been a long time
They say it’s been a while
For me, it’s been a lifetime
Since I have seen your smile

We only part to meet again
I told you long ago
And meet again we shall, today

Because, today is the day
I am going home
Today is the day

{AUP-American University of Paris}

Hi!

So, as I announced yesterday, I will be starting college at the American University of Paris in the fall. Since I haven't done a post about this uni, and it isn't very well-known, I've decided to tell you something about it :)

So, first of all, when I'm talking about the American University of Paris, I'll be using an abbreviation: AUP. AUP is, as the name implies, an American university located in Paris, France. So, I'll be closer to home: two hours by TGV(hi-speed train) to Luxembourg :D Yes, that makes me very happy. The prices of the TGV don't make me very happy, it costs € 60,- one way. Though, as a student, I can purchase a € 50,- discount card, which will give me up to 50% discount on every trip :D

AUP was founded in 1962 by Lloyd DeLamater, and is one of the oldest American institutions of higher education in Europe. It is an accredited, non-profit university. They employ 61 full-time professors and 33 part-time professors from more than 20 countries. The studentbody is made up of 935 students representing over 100 nationalities.

As for the education part of the university, as I said, it is an accredited university. They have a 4-year undergraduate(bachelor) program with 17 majors and 36minors, and a 1-year graduate(master) program for 9 different masters. As for me, my intended major is international economics, and I am considering international law and international and comparative politics as minors. If you want to know more about their programs, I'll post a link to their website below.

AUP is centrally located in Paris, in the 7th arrondissement, near the Eiffel tower. The university has a urban campus: it consists of 8 different building, all within ten minutes walking of each other. As for housing, the university doesn't have dorms, but it does help it's students to find a room/appartment. As for me, I am hoping to find a room either in the 7th, 8th or 16th arrondissement, close to the university.

That's it for now, there is more to come about AUP(for the next 4 years, haha). Talk to you soon. Cheers!

Website: http://www.aup.edu/

P.S. I'll do a second post about the admissions process and the tuition/costs and other things I haven't covered in this one :)

{Zooey Deschanel inspired - 60's Hairdo}

Hi!

Another quick post, as I promised :) I have uploaded a tutorial to my Youtube channel, it is a quick and easy Zooey Deschanel inspired 60's hairdo.

I have been in love with Zooey's hair since I saw 500 Days of Summer, an amazing movie. So, then, yesterday evening, I decided to cut my own bangs into blunt bangs(straight across the forehead), here you can see how that and the tutorial turned out :)



Cheers!

{April/May 2011}

Hi!

So a while ago I promised I'd update everyone on what's been happening, but I found out that I didn't do a lot and my life is pretty boring... Either way, now that June is soon to be here, I'll give a quick summary of April and May :)

So first of all, my third term of the UP program at EF has started, gone by quick and almost ended. This term was really relaxed, I had a lot of fun subjects like research writing, literature, entrepreneurship and public speaking. Since I had by then finished my applications, and even got answers(more about that later), except for school I didn't have much to do and I didn't do much.

At the beginning of April I got the answers from all the universityies I applied to, 5 no's and 1 yes... Yeah, pretty depressing, but I got over it. The one yes came from the American University of Paris(AUP) and I ahve accepted it. So: I'll be going to Paris next year, back to Europe, OMG. I just saw I haven't done a post on AUP yet, so I'll do that in the upcoming week.

April went by pretty quick, and at the end of the months the parentes came to New York to visit me :D We offcourse went to Manhattan, but we also went to Niagara Falls and to an Amish village somewhere in Pennsylvania. The 10 days they were here went by so fast, it's crazy. But its was great, thanks again to mom and dad for coming all the way over here! As for pictures, I'll put up a video real soon with pics from my year abroad, they'll be in there.

Then, Beginning of May I brought the parentes to the airport again, and my life was a bit more quiet. The weather started to get real summery, so we spent the weekends in Central Parc and the weekdays in T-town. Just this last weekend, Kadda and I went to Boston to see a play. It was called "Mouth wide open" and starred Amy Brenneman(Private Practice). It was seriously amazing.

The we figured we could maybe sleep on the EF Boston campus, turns out they have way more security and way less space than we do, so that didn't really work. As for Memorial Day(yeseterday), I spent the whole day inside, praying for the weather to get colder, which btw it didn't.

As for today: 1 MORE WEEK AND I FLY HOME!!! Yaaaaay. I am so looking forward to home, I missed my own bed :)

Hope this is enough update!

Cheers!

PS I cut my hair yesterday evening into blunt bangs and this morning did a 60's inspired hair tutorial, so if you wanna see my new look...

{The last two months...}

Hi guys!

I am truly sorry for not updating for so long. *Bitchslapping myself*

So, since a lot has happened in the last two months, and I dont want to overwhelm you(and me) in one post, I've decided to post around 10 smaller posts in the next few days. These will be in chronological order, so in the next post, we are rewinding two months back in time.

Loads of love!

{Day 8 - Atlanta}

Hi!
So, today was way better than yesterday. First of all I slept like 12 hours :) Then I had a late breakfast at Dunkin' Donuts, my new favourite place. By the I was done it was already afternoon and we made our way to the World of Coca Cola building. There, we bought a combi ticket to go inside the Coca Cola building and the CNN studio's.
Although I don't like Coca Cola, I loved the whole thing. First there was an introduction, then we saw the long version of a commercial from 2007. Then I took a picture with the Coca Cola bear :D and there was an exihibition on the history of the Coca Cola company. After that there was a machine that showed how Coke is bottled, and a video of many famous Coco Cola commercials. After that I saw a 4D movie, with moving chairs and wind, which was fun. And then came the best part: tasting all the drinks the Coca Cola company ever produced, including Nestea, Fanta, Sprite etc. At the end I got my own mini bottle of Coke.
At the end of the afternoon we went to the CNN headquarters. With our combi ticket we went on the inside CNN tour. We literally saw someone presenting live, while it was broadcasted on tv, which was really cool. Also, we learned some tricks they use and we took our own picture in a CNN stdio. We also got to see the HLN studio, a sisterchannel of CNN, from which they were also broadcasting live.
If you are ever in Atlanta, definitely check these two out, it's lots of fun. As for the rest of the night, I didn't do anything really. I have found a new addictive tv series called Pretty little liars, so I watched some of that.
As for today, we're planning on going to the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site and then at 8.00 p.m. we are taking the bus back to New York...
Loves!

{Day 7 - Atlanta}

Hi!
Okay, so today was not my day. First at 2.45 a.m. we took the Amtrak from Charlotte to Atlanta. Well, I had hoped to travel comfortably and sleep the whole way, but since the air conditioning was on all night, it was freezing cold in the train. The chairs however, were comfortable, but because of the cold, I kept waking up.
At 8.00 a.m. we arrived in Atlanta. We wanted to take the backpacks to the hotel and then just chill, but first we had to wait for 30 minutes for the checked luggage to be available. Then, we decided to take a cab to the hotel, since we had no idea where to go, and without a map, walking around Atlanta wouldn't have been such a good idea.
On our way to the hotel, we ran into a marathon, so it took the driver about 20 minutes to figure out a new way to the hotel. Instead of 10 dollars the ride ended up costing us 22 dollars. So we got at the hotel at around 9.00 a.m. and off course were too early to check in, so we left the bags there and went looking for the next Starbucks for coffee and breakfast.
We found one, but, shockingly, it was closed. Since when does Starbucks close??? Well, after that we decided to go to Dunkin Donuts, where I had a bagel with scrabled eggs and cheese, or something that is supposed to be the same thing, I'm starting to miss Rita hall food :)
At noon we went back to the hotel, passing the Philips Arena on our way, were loads of people were waiting and buying tickets, probably for an NCAA game. We checked in, and once in our room took a shower and slept all through the afternoon. At 5.30 p.m. I woke up, got ready and we had dinner, then we made our way to the Phillips Arena for an Atlanta Hawks basketball game that we had tickets for.
We then arrived there, I looked at the ticket and saw the time was 2.00 p.m. and not 7.00 p.m., yes, we had missed the game...
We went back to the hotel, chilled some more and went to sleep. As I said, not my day, hoping the next two will be better :)
Loves!