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HardingRosa
man oh man is this semester flying by... and with every passing day classes are getting easier, the sun is getting hotter and campus is blooming into the beautiful place I love. the place where people bust out their blankets to save a spot on the front lawn, where bicycles are the chosen alternative (yay us and helping the environment!), where the beautiful people sparkle. it sounds like I'm lying but I assure you I am most certainly NOT. People really do seem like they're sparkling. I mean it could be that for the most part everyone is well rested (and some of us are even tan!) seeing as Spring Break just passed. Or it could be that it has finally ceased to rain all the live long day. Which by the way, word of advice to any and ALL incoming students: INVEST IN A STURDY PAIR OF RAIN GALOSHES! Because when it rains on Harding's campus-- oh dear does IT RAIN. On the subject matter of incoming students. I hope that for those of you that are attending Harding in the fall have signed up for Student Impact and for that matter Summer Experience! I met the girls I have lived with for three years now at Summer Experience and I am so glad I did. These girls have played such a significant role in my Harding experience and I don't know what I would do without them. Not that you won't meet amazing people if for whatever reason you can't make it, but I just know that for me it eased a lot of anxiety I had. And it was nice to know that in the fall I would already have people to hang out with and get lost going to classes with. And student impact really is an amazing fun time. Upperclassmen come back early and help you into the dorms. And you disperse into what we call "energy groups." They're at random and you meet other people in your incoming class and you have upperclassmen that show you the ropes and answer any questions you may have. Oh and if you're a transfer you get to hang out with me (!) and this fun californian guy named Andrew (who's actually a goof ball but shhh! i didn't say that!). Andrew and I are in charge of transfers and we're pretty excited about getting to know you guys! SO SIGN UP! RIGHT NOW! Go ahead, you won't regret it I promise you! Anywho, I better get going. I have a meeting to go to... but you kids have fun out there! ENJOY SPRING! SIGN UP FOR STUDENT IMPACT! AND SUMMER EXPERIENCE! (ha. i just had to do it one more time!) alrighty, well, farewell dear friends for now at least! rosa Labels: spring, student impact, summer experience
lalala. I'm so completely procrastinating right now. I should be working on the yearbook but i feel like my eyes are about to fall out of their sockets. graphic-- i know. but true! so. it's friday. TGIF. tonight is Harding's Talent show and im kind of excited to go because i've never been and i hear its quite a sight to see. which, doesn't really surprise me because there are loads of talented people. why wouldn't they be entertaining as well? so yea. i'm pretty excited about that. i should go to bed early though because tomorrow i have to work at 6:AM. i work at a local breakfast place named bobby's as a waitress and I LOVE it. even though it's hard work and i have to wake up at the crack of dawn. but if you ever come to visit you should def eat there because its soooo yummy, cheap and quite an experience! Someone invited me to go to Little Rock tonight but I told them no because i feel like i went there a lot this week and that could get pretty tiring and besides even though searcy doesn't have a whole lot to offer for weekend nights, believe me, its nice every now and then to just hang out at one of the local coffee spots and just SIT. REST. DRINK COFFEE. I feel like my every day life is filled to capacity so i definately look forward to chill friday nights. well here's to a happy friday out there for you kiddos! Now, no more procrastinating for me... Rosa Labels: coffee, friday, procrastinating, talent show
Happy Day After Valentine's Day everyone! Man oh man. Even though I didn't really share the day with a significant other it was still a very nice day overall! It was nice because I got to spend the night with two of my best girlfriends: Lacy and Jessie. We WERE going to go to Little Rock and eat at a fab little restaurant over by the River Market but then (as usual) we got SO lost! I don't understand how in the world we do it but EVERY SINGLE TIME we go to LR we get lost. And it was so sad because we could see the River Market but we couldn't GET THERE. Sad. I know! Anywho we ended up in the sketchiest part of Little Rock imaginable and we pretty much feared for our lives. But God got us through it and we ended up on the road that lead us straight to Carino's. This amazing Italian restaurant! So if you get lost, that's not a bad place to end up. I have video footage of the whole ordeal I wish I could put it on here but i kind of don't know how to. Maybe I'll youTUBE it. Who knows? If I do I'll def let you guys know. Oh but that's not all: We also missed our movie! But we decided we could see Music and Lyrics anytime. So we spent the night driving around listening to all of our favorite music and gorging ourselves on completely delectable Italian cuisine. LOVE my life! haha. And I also got some really nice presents from a friend which really made my night, so that was nice. All in all. A lovely day. So I hope everyone out there is doing well. I'm not really keeping up with the only resolution I made this year, which was to keep up with this. So sorry guys! But you see this is why I don't make resolutions. I am a true gemini through and through and I simply cannot keep up with something once I feel obliged. Actually, thats not at all true. So I just lied. I just, well I guess I have no reason. I just forget I guess. Hmm... That's something I need to work on. Maybe, just maybe, if I set aside time like once a week to you know write in here I might remeber because then you know it'll become more like a routine. That's something that's nice about college. You have to do things for you. So therefore, you really learn how you work and how to handle things. In highschool everything is prearranged. You don't really get to decide. But in college, you pick. It's like those Burger King commercials: in college you Have it YOUR Way. Classes when you want. Meals when you want. Sleep when you want. Life when you want. So you learn how to manage your time. When to study, how to study, etc. etc. If I can give you any advice I would say start on all that now. Learn what works for you. Are you a nighttime studier? A middle-of-the-day type? Do you excel if you go to bed early and then ingest all information at the crack of dawn like myself? Trust me, start working on all that stuff now that way when you come to college you can adjust everything else around stuff you know. You'll change of course, but it's better to know a little bit now before you start signing up for 8:AM classes when you really shouldn't be (also like moi). Just something to think about though. And while we're on the topic of stuff about life that I really need to do/think about. I should really be working more on my internship stuff. I'm so confused about where in the world I can find an internship?!?! I mean I KNOW where I want to go. I KNOW what I want to do with my life but its just a matter of getting there. I know God has great plans for me and I shouldn't be dismayed jeremiah 29:11 and all that jazz but I cant help it! I was discussing this with one of my dear friends-- Brooke Light-- the other day after our class together and I was just floored to know that she felt the exact same way and yet again when I talked to another friend she said she felt the same! I guess its true what they say: if you feel a certain way its most probable that someone else feels the exact same way. or something along those lines anyway. but oh golly. what am I going to do with my life? so many unanswered questions. Feel free to keep me and my internship woes in your prayers! I could really use them! Have a good week friends! Rosa
Hey friends! I hope that everyone had an amazing Christmas and and even more amazing New Years! I hope that it was one filled with family and friends and loved ones. I know my certainly was and I couldn't of asked for more. It was so wonderful to go home. My beloved Rhode Island. My home. Thirty minutes to the coast, 15 minutes to three malls (I KNOW!), 10 minutes to my church family, a Dunkin Donuts on almost every block (at least it feels that way!) and three hours to the city that never sleeps: the BIG APPLE. Why wouldn't you want to live there? Anyway, theres my VisitRI advertisement for the day I guess! No, but seriously if you ever get to make it to the east coast and good old New England make sure you visit the smallest state in the union because it will be OH SO WORTH IT. You know what else would be worth it? Visiting Harding! And I'm not just saying that well because this is a Harding Blog but I most sincerly mean that with every fiber in me. Whenever I go home I always get those quizzical looks from strangers and friends that I talk to Harding/Arkansas about. It's the usual: "Arkansas?!?! That's a little far from home! What are you doing there?" Or "A Christian school, with like a lot of rules-- Rosa, that's like living at home or something, WHY would you want to do that?" You see, the thing is that they just don't get it. I'm getting to explore the world in an environment that I embraces the curious mind. At Harding, I've been CHALLENGED, I've been asked questions about my faith, my life, my beliefs-- this is what the college experience should be like, I'm convinced. I always had dreams of round table discussions of "You know, what WAS God thinking when he did this..." or "What exactly would you consider art?"... you know those outside-the-box type questions no one really thinks about in highschool, well, because its highschool and i was mainly concerned if the love of my life was going to ask me to prom or not. But, at Harding I have finally come to that stage of life where coffee induced conversations about art and God and life actually happen. I'm not saying that that's all that we do, because that would be a lie. But it's nice that it happens. Especially because I've talked to my friends who go to state schools and it just seems like too much revolves around partying. And even they feel like something is missing. They might not admit it now, but I know these people, went to school with them nearly my entire life and when they call to complain about how they feel something just isn't right in their lives I could easily tell them in one simple sentence: "yea, you need to know that you're living for something more." More than drinking, relationships and money. The people at Harding have morals. And they allow you room to grow spiritually. In the real world, not everyone embraces the idea of faith. Even if someone tells you that they believe in God and go to church services, as soon as that prayer is over or that service ends they live a life completely contrary to even what they say they believe in. Not that people don't mistakes here, because they do, everyday. But for the most part it's nice to finally be in a place where going to bed at a decent hour on saturday night because you have church in the morning doesn't make the other person cringe. Does any of this make any sense? I feel like I lost track of what I was trying to say. Anywho, ok so I just noticed that someone wrote a comment on one of my blog entries and I wanted to answer their question. Here we go, here's the comment: "so i was just wondering if everyone at your school is really into being a christian. I mean, is it ok if someone who doesn't go to church every sunday applies there? or will they not fit in? By the way, I love your entries." First, thank you for loving my entries! I really appreciate it! Now, for the really important stuff: Is everyone at Harding really into being a christian? well... The honest to answer to this is yes and no. Harding is a christian school, so therefore a large percentage are christian students. Practicing christian students, who feel comfortable with proclaiming their christianity. But the "no" portion of this answer has to be that though this is the case I have to admit that there are plenty of people who come to Harding without being christians or even knowing that it is a christian institution. But in my opinion it doesn't make that much of a difference because they get the same education as me and I still call many of these people my friends. The thing is that they choose not to go to church services on sunday mornings, which is fine. You can definately and most certainly SHOULD apply. I think Harding should get a little diversity in here. And i love meeting people who don't exactly agree with what I believe, it brings some adventure to life. Plus, Harding isn't just about attending church services! They offer some really amazing programs and I truly feel like my professors are some of the wisest, most experienced people I have ever encountered! I mean how often do you meet people who lived nearly a decade living in West Africa or spent years traveling the world teaching english to people? Not only the professors even! I have friends from all over the world! I think thats neat don't you? But I think the best piece of advice I can give you is: Just come visit. Check it out for yourself. That's the only real way you can see how you would feel. I could talk to you all day about Harding but it will never beat the experience of you checking it out for yourself. And that way you can meet the amazing people that make this place what it is. Amazing people like Logan Light, admissions counselor and dear friend. You see Logan? I gave you a shout out! Anywho, I must leave now dear friends. Time to do homework and run a few errands and then get ready for the weekend! YAY. I can't believe the semester has just started and it's already FRIDAY! Tell me if I made sense, and if you have any further questons please ASK! I made a resolution to keep this here blog up better, so I promise to answer any and all questions in a timely manner from now on. And if you want to ask me privately I'm ready and willling! Just email me: rcolon@harding.edu Thanks and HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rosa
Hey friends! I hope that everyone had an amazing Christmas and and even more amazing New Years! I hope that it was one filled with family and friends and loved ones. I know my certainly was and I couldn't of asked for more. It was so wonderful to go home. My beloved Rhode Island. My home. Thirty minutes to the coast, 15 minutes to three malls (I KNOW!), 10 minutes to my church family, a Dunkin Donuts on almost every block (at least it feels that way!) and three hours to the city that never sleeps: the BIG APPLE. Why wouldn't you want to live there? Anyway, theres my VisitRI advertisement for the day I guess! No, but seriously if you ever get to make it to the east coast and good old New England make sure you visit the smallest state in the union because it will be OH SO WORTH IT. You know what else would be worth it? Visiting Harding! And I'm not just saying that well because this is a Harding Blog but I most sincerly mean that with every fiber in me. Whenever I go home I always get those quizzical looks from strangers and friends that I talk to Harding/Arkansas about. It's the usual: "Arkansas?!?! That's a little far from home! What are you doing there?" Or "A Christian school, with like a lot of rules-- Rosa, that's like living at home or something, WHY would you want to do that?" You see, the thing is that they just don't get it. I'm getting to explore the world in an environment that I embraces the curious mind. At Harding, I've been CHALLENGED, I've been asked questions about my faith, my life, my beliefs-- this is what the college experience should be like, I'm convinced. I always had dreams of round table discussions of "You know, what WAS God thinking when he did this..." or "What exactly would you consider art?"... you know those outside-the-box type questions no one really thinks about in highschool, well, because its highschool and i was mainly concerned if the love of my life was going to ask me to prom or not. But, at Harding I have finally come to that stage of life where coffee induced conversations about art and God and life actually happen. I'm not saying that that's all that we do, because that would be a lie. But it's nice that it happens. Especially because I've talked to my friends who go to state schools and it just seems like too much revolves around partying. And even they feel like something is missing. They might not admit it now, but I know these people, went to school with them nearly my entire life and when they call to complain about how they feel something just isn't right in their lives I could easily tell them in one simple sentence: "yea, you need to know that you're living for something more." More than drinking, relationships and money. The people at Harding have morals. And they allow you room to grow spiritually. In the real world, not everyone embraces the idea of faith. Even if someone tells you that they believe in God and go to church services, as soon as that prayer is over or that service ends they live a life completely contrary to even what they say they believe in. Not that people don't mistakes here, because they do, everyday. But for the most part it's nice to finally be in a place where going to bed at a decent hour on saturday night because you have church in the morning doesn't make the other person cringe. Does any of this make any sense? I feel like I lost track of what I was trying to say. Anywho, ok so I just noticed that someone wrote a comment on one of my blog entries and I wanted to answer their question. Here we go, here's the comment: "so i was just wondering if everyone at your school is really into being a christian. I mean, is it ok if someone who doesn't go to church every sunday applies there? or will they not fit in? By the way, I love your entries." First, thank you for loving my entries! I really appreciate it! Now, for the really important stuff: Is everyone at Harding really into being a christian? well... The honest to answer to this is yes and no. Harding is a christian school, so therefore a large percentage are christian students. Practicing christian students, who feel comfortable with proclaiming their christianity. But the "no" portion of this answer has to be that though this is the case I have to admit that there are plenty of people who come to Harding without being christians or even knowing that it is a christian institution. But in my opinion it doesn't make that much of a difference because they get the same education as me and I still call many of these people my friends. The thing is that they choose not to go to church services on sunday mornings, which is fine. You can definately and most certainly SHOULD apply. I think Harding should get a little diversity in here. And i love meeting people who don't exactly agree with what I believe, it brings some adventure to life. Plus, Harding isn't just about attending church services! They offer some really amazing programs and I truly feel like my professors are some of the wisest, most experienced people I have ever encountered! I mean how often do you meet people who lived nearly a decade living in West Africa or spent years traveling the world teaching english to people? Not only the professors even! I have friends from all over the world! I think thats neat don't you? But I think the best piece of advice I can give you is: Just come visit. Check it out for yourself. That's the only real way you can see how you would feel. I could talk to you all day about Harding but it will never beat the experience of you checking it out for yourself. And that way you can meet the amazing people that make this place what it is. Amazing people like Logan Light, admissions counselor and dear friend. You see Logan? I gave you a shout out! Anywho, I must leave now dear friends. Time to do homework and run a few errands and then get ready for the weekend! YAY. I can't believe the semester has just started and it's already FRIDAY! Tell me if I made sense, and if you have any further questons please ASK! I made a resolution to keep this here blog up better, so I promise to answer any and all questions in a timely manner from now on. And if you want to ask me privately I'm ready and willling! Just email me: rcolon@harding.edu Thanks and HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rosa
My body is rejecting food. It's never done this before and I have to say I don't like this. I don't have a stomach virus, so no worries there. At least, I don't think so. I'm not throwing up or anything like that. But each and every single time I eat I get the most horrible feeling in the world. Almost hours later. A stomachache. Yikes Bikes. I know! I love food. Especially potato products. What is a girl to do?!? Right now I'm dreaming of Chick-fil-a waffle fries and I know if I go and eat some I will be paying for it tonight as I sit in my social club meeting. And tonight's meeting lasts FOREVER. Why, you ask? Well because tonight we will be choosing officers for next semester. Always a fun night (not really). So yes, I am very very hungry. I need to eat!!! Why stomach, whyyyyy?!?!? My friends think it's probably stress causing my stomach to revolt in such a manner. I think my stomach is revolting not due to stress but from all that I consumed during thanksgiving break. But it is the week before finals. Stress might have something to do with it afterall. Oh well, I better finish my paper that is due TOMORROW. Wish me luck, that I get some sleep tonight and that I can eat my oh precious food and not awake in the middle of the night with a stomachache! Have a great day friends!
Hi friends! Happy Holidays to everyone out there! I hope everyone's Thanksgiving was one filled with lots of food, friends and good times with the family. I was unable to go home but I got to spend my break in one of my favorite places ever: Oklahoma! I know, I know what you're thinking: Oklahoma? What is a girl from Rhode Island doing thinking that Oklahoma is one of her favorite places on earth?!? Well, so you have to know, I LOVE to travel and at Harding I've had the opporunity to visit so many different places. Oklahoma just happens to be one of those places. And it is one of my favorites! I first went to Oklahoma in the summer of 2005, the summer after my freshman year. I was given the opportunity to be a counselor at Quartz Mountain Christian Camp in Lonewolf, OK. And it was quite possibly one of my most favorite and gratifying experiences in my life. I met so many people and experienced a world very similiar to mine yet ENTIRELY DIFFERENT. And I loved every single moment of it! We went hiking nearly everyday and the girls in my cabin were so amazing. That's when I first fell in love with Oklahoma. Then I got to go home with one of my close friends who I actually became friends with during my European travels with Harding's study abroad program in France/Switzerland. That was the second time I fell in love with Oklahoma. That weekend we went fourwheeling basically ALL weekend and I met some of the nicest people ever in the small town of Talihina, Oklahoma. That's where I spent my Thanksgiving and although it was sad not being able to go home it was still really wonderful to experience home cooked meals and sleeping until noon and doing nothing but watching movies all day. It was very relaxing and just the thing I needed to get me through these 3 weeks before break. Speaking of which, finals week is approaching quickly and yikes that means lots of late nighters after of course attending every basketball game I can possibly attend. This might seem crazy, but you do not understand, if you have never attended a Harding Basktaball game in your life than you need to get on over to this campus during basketball season and do it soon! Our games are like none other and hey, a girl needs to set priorities right? It's during these weeks that I hear the call of yummy coffee and kettle corn (my study break snacks of choice) to keep me up at night. In fact, I think I'm going to head on over to Java City right now and spend the last of my DCB on a caramel macchiato to help me make it through the rest of the day. Until next time-- Rosa ps I'm sorry about my post before! I do not remember what chapel I was referring to, I'm pretty sure it was one of the technology chapels but I'm going to get back to you guys about this, sorry!
Hi friends! Happy Holidays to everyone out there! I hope everyone's Thanksgiving was one filled with lots of food, friends and good times with the family. I was unable to go home but I got to spend my break in one of my favorite places ever: Oklahoma! I know, I know what you're thinking: Oklahoma? What is a girl from Rhode Island doing thinking that Oklahoma is one of her favorite places on earth?!? Well, so you have to know, I LOVE to travel and at Harding I've had the opporunity to visit so many different places. Oklahoma just happens to be one of those places. And it is one of my favorites! I first went to Oklahoma in the summer of 2005, the summer after my freshman year. I was given the opportunity to be a counselor at Quartz Mountain Christian Camp in Lonewolf, OK. And it was quite possibly one of my most favorite and gratifying experiences in my life. I met so many people and experienced a world very similiar to mine yet ENTIRELY DIFFERENT. And I loved every single moment of it! We went hiking nearly everyday and the girls in my cabin were so amazing. That's when I first fell in love with Oklahoma. Then I got to go home with one of my close friends who I actually became friends with during my European travels with Harding's study abroad program in France/Switzerland. That was the second time I fell in love with Oklahoma. That weekend we went fourwheeling basically ALL weekend and I met some of the nicest people ever in the small town of Talihina, Oklahoma. That's where I spent my Thanksgiving and although it was sad not being able to go home it was still really wonderful to experience home cooked meals and sleeping until noon and doing nothing but watching movies all day. It was very relaxing and just the thing I needed to get me through these 3 weeks before break. Speaking of which, finals week is approaching quickly and yikes that means lots of late nighters after of course attending every basketball game I can possibly attend. This might seem crazy, but you do not understand, if you have never attended a Harding Basktaball game in your life than you need to get on over to this campus during basketball season and do it soon! Our games are like none other and hey, a girl needs to set priorities right? It's during these weeks that I hear the call of yummy coffee and kettle corn (my study break snacks of choice) to keep me up at night. In fact, I think I'm going to head on over to Java City right now and spend the last of my DCB on a caramel macchiato to help me make it through the rest of the day. Until next time-- Rosa ps I'm sorry about my post before! I do not remember what chapel I was referring to, I'm pretty sure it was one of the technology chapels but I'm going to have to get back to you guys about this, sorry!
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