I received a lot of comments about my hair. Mostly positive in Israel, and mostly negative from England. I find it both amusing and infuriating, the way that people assume I must have shaved my hair off because I think I am more attractive this way. Surely, there is no other reason to do such a thing. Not because I live in a hot country. Not because I can get ready quicker in the morning. And definitely not for my health...
My sister actually put it in quite a nice way (after also telling me I looked so much better before). A friend of hers does it to "shave away the shit" or however you like to put it. It allows me to put things behind me and feel like I can have a fresh start. It's therapeutic. It's liberating. It's empowering.
I was in the lab the other night and Debora called me and asked where I was. She was at a barbecue at my house (that I had no idea about!) and told me to come. So I went and met a load of people who live there (some of whom I'd met briefly before in the dark), and Karin, who I had spoken to before. I feel more comfortable with the idea of cooking in that kitchen now that I know the pans are for common use, etc, but I am yet to do so. I feel happier living there anyway, which is probably at least partially attributable to my roommate's absence for the week. Not that I have any issue with him, but it's nice to have the room to myself. I should check that someone knows where he is... I hope he isn't dead or something.
Monday night was Rachel's leaving party at her (very nice!) flat that belongs to her family. The food was very nice and it was just fun to be with everyone from the lab again. I finally have a picture with Yael (see below). Looking through the pictures afterwards though, I don't think I've ever felt so ugly in my life! :(
grumble grumble.
I did some white washing yesterday and it seems that mosquitoes like to party in laundry rooms. I have at least 25 bites now :(
I also ruined one of my favourite t-shirts. cry cry. I should have just not brought any whites.
The whole experience of washing my clothes is just so damn unpleasant here. I wish I had a washing machine in my room.
They have a bookcase and an armchair for entertainment whilst you wait for your clothes and I saw a German book called "Die Israelis". It made me smirk.
I have decided to visit Scandinavia next summer! I am incredibly excited about it because I've wanted to go for sooo long. I intend to stay mostly in Denmark, and visit Sweden and Norway. And perhaps Germany (Berlin) as it is so close. Yayayayayayayayaayayayay! ^_^
And if you are ever sat around with nothing to do, I recommend going on YouTube and watching Snow White - A Tale of Terror. It's in 10 parts (so you can watch some and come back to it later!) and I found it very enjoyable. It's Snow White, the way it should be. And Sigourney Weaver plays the step-mother <3
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