I have been awarded $3,000 by the NKU International Study Scholarship.
Update: Apparently I have been awarded $250 from the NKU language department's scholarship too.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Generic Update
I have been extremely swamped with school work lately, multiple 10+ page papers, presentations, projects, etc, so I haven't really had much of a chance to do anything noteworthy regarding my trip, we're currently working on the Visa application, which is kinda confusing. We have had contact with PFUR (the Russian school I'll be attending) and they said I may potentially have free housing! Which would be awesome. I am yet to even post my Triumph for sale, seeing I'd have no time to meet potential buyers. I have applied for two separate scholarships, but need to look and apply for more (so if anybody knows of any, let me know). In other news regarding the trip, I bought a digital camera so I can take tons of good pictures. I got a Kodak EasyShare 7.2 Megapixel and a 2 gig memory card. Thing seems pretty cool and it was a good deal.
I'm also still in the process of saving as much money as possible, but Murphy's Law never abates, for some reason my insurance didn't cover as much of my dental checkup as it should, and I have to get two of my wisdom teeth removed.
I'm also still in the process of saving as much money as possible, but Murphy's Law never abates, for some reason my insurance didn't cover as much of my dental checkup as it should, and I have to get two of my wisdom teeth removed.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
The Rocket-air to Russia
I've had the idea for this blog for months, and I thought I'd know what to say, but...
Anyways, I learned yesterday that I was accepted to the exchange program at school, which means I will be spending a semester at People's Friendship University in Moscow, learning Russian and exploring Russian life, culture, history, politics, and sociology. My primary goal is to improve my Russian language skills, but I also hope to gain insight and understandings of Russian culture and Moscow as a city to help me better understand Russian History. Secondarily, I hope to look into the Muscovite/Russian punk scene past and present, as well as the history of skateboarding in Russia. I realize that my deficiencies in the language will prevent a thorough or really effective study of the subjects, but this trip is only the first of many, and will be used as a basis from which to work so that I can better study the subjects in future visits. I'm so excited about this I feel I could write forever, I've dreamed of going to Russia for years and now it appears to be coming true. There are so many aspects of this, and so many things I want to see, study, and experience that it is almost overwhelming and needs focus-but as I said before this trip's purpose is to build foundations from which to build my future studies, and of course learn the requisite Russian I will need to work with, but I guess that's part of the foundation.
I also realize that I have a lot to do to prepare for this trip. I have been saving money for months, but need to save a lot more and sell my Triumph. There is a lot of research I need to do, and a lot of information I need to know before I go. I have scholarship applications, grants to find, cheap airfare, list out everything I have to see in Moscow, figure out dates of travel, what I need for the trip, what I need for school, get affairs in order, etc, etc, etc, etc...
I also must admit that I am a little nervous, this is probably the biggest leap I'll have made in my life to date, and there is a lot of preparation to be done, so I feel I can't celebrate until I'm ready to go.
Anyways, I learned yesterday that I was accepted to the exchange program at school, which means I will be spending a semester at People's Friendship University in Moscow, learning Russian and exploring Russian life, culture, history, politics, and sociology. My primary goal is to improve my Russian language skills, but I also hope to gain insight and understandings of Russian culture and Moscow as a city to help me better understand Russian History. Secondarily, I hope to look into the Muscovite/Russian punk scene past and present, as well as the history of skateboarding in Russia. I realize that my deficiencies in the language will prevent a thorough or really effective study of the subjects, but this trip is only the first of many, and will be used as a basis from which to work so that I can better study the subjects in future visits. I'm so excited about this I feel I could write forever, I've dreamed of going to Russia for years and now it appears to be coming true. There are so many aspects of this, and so many things I want to see, study, and experience that it is almost overwhelming and needs focus-but as I said before this trip's purpose is to build foundations from which to build my future studies, and of course learn the requisite Russian I will need to work with, but I guess that's part of the foundation.
I also realize that I have a lot to do to prepare for this trip. I have been saving money for months, but need to save a lot more and sell my Triumph. There is a lot of research I need to do, and a lot of information I need to know before I go. I have scholarship applications, grants to find, cheap airfare, list out everything I have to see in Moscow, figure out dates of travel, what I need for the trip, what I need for school, get affairs in order, etc, etc, etc, etc...
I also must admit that I am a little nervous, this is probably the biggest leap I'll have made in my life to date, and there is a lot of preparation to be done, so I feel I can't celebrate until I'm ready to go.
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