Springpear: us

Apr 16, 2015

Skiing

12:38 PM friends, fun, ski, skiing, snow, snowboard, snowboarding, us, usa 1 comment

It was kind of a rash decision, but the Friday before Springbreak, Martin, Micky, Brett and I decided to go snowboarding (and for me skiing). We left around 3 PM, right after our classes, and arrived at Mad River Mountain less than an hour later. After getting dressed in the car, Micky and I left to get a pass for the lifts and to rent a snowboard and skis. When everyone was ready, Brett left for the stunt park and the rest left for the slopes.

Because Micky was pretty new to snowboarding, we started at the green slopes. He was not even that bad, but let his fear get the best of him. This meant that he was going slower than Martin and I were intending to go. Because of this, we left him after a couple of rounds. We did some harder slopes and after that, left for the stunt park as well.

Later on, we all ran into each other again and decided to warm up a little and get a drink. I bought new gloves because it was -15*C and after that, we continued snowboarding & skiing.

At 8.30 PM, the slopes closed for an hour to get repaired. Everyone went inside the bar/ restaurant for dinner and waited it out. After this break we all went to the stunt park, after almost 2 hours and promising him a * of the year award, finally got Micky to grind. We stayed on the slopes until 2 AM, after which we went back to campus.

Martin wearing the ski pants I borrowed from B

Brent, Micky and Martin

Martin & I in the skilift

Me, Martin and Micky

Brent, Micky, Me and Martin

Apr 12, 2015

Parties

9:17 PM bar, college life, friends, fun, gapyear, highlighter, neon, parties, party, sprite, us, usa, valentine 1 comment

Every weekend there are parties at Wittenberg, Most of them are closed, some of them are open. I try to make it to all the parties that I get invited to, because it's a great place to catch up with people, to have fun and to make new friends. Often, after a house party, people go to the bar to hang out and dance some more, and sometimes people go the bar simply to get a pizza. While most parties don't have a theme and are just relaxed, playing sprite-pong and getting on a sugar high of sprite, a lot of parties do have a theme and I love it.

Some of my favourite parties here at Wittenberg were "highlighter parties". The theme is simple: wear a white t-shirt that may be ruined. At the parties, there are highlighters everywhere for everyone to use. You write on people their shirts and they write on yours. Because of the backlights that they use at these parties, everyone can see what people wrote on you. It's lots of fun and the t-shirts are great souvenirs from a fun time.

One of the more recent parties I was at had four themes - one of them being Mexican. I personally didn't really have any Mexican clothes, or colourful clothes in general for that matter, and borrowed an Aztec dress from Neo. Martin invited me to this party and it was lots of fun to see everyone dressed up differently. Once again I had a great time drinking sprite, dancing and playing sprite-pong.

On Valentine's Day I had two fun parties to go to, both with the same theme: while they weren't formals, the theme was. I dressed in a red dress and started the night pre-gaming and getting my ticket into the bar at the blue house. After hanging out there for a while, me and my friend Akbar went to the first party. There were lots of snakes here and it was fun to hang out with them again. After a while, Akbar, Tom, Francesca, Anna and I went to the next party by car because there was snow and ice everywhere (don’t worry we were all completely sober). The party was held on the second floor of the bar, and the sprite was taken care of. Anna, Francesca and I were the only snakes in a sea of DG's, but we had lots of fun. The party ended at 12, after which everyone moved downstairs to continue their night at the bar.

Parties are lots of fun and once again a great place to have fun, hang out with friends and to meet people and make new friends. If you are a prospective student reading this: please go to lots of the open parties in the beginning of the year! This is the way to not only get invites to closed parties, but also to meet people that you would have never met if it wasn't for those parties. Some of my best friends now I met during those parties, in the beginning of the year. Also, know that there is no pressure to drink sprite (or alcohol for that matter): no one cares about whether you are sober, on a sugar high or drunk: they only care about getting to know you and about (you) having fun.