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*hopping into the shower only to realize that the water looks and feels like rain on your glasses-how cool that it works on your eyes, oh wait, why am i seeing so clearly?…
*waking up to people talking about you…
*the second you hit enter on chat the other person goes offline
*you call/chat/text the wrong person because she has the same name as five other people in your contacts
*standing up very quietly so as not to disturb the class/shiur while leaving, and tripping VERY loudly after successfully standing up…and then everyone turns around and stares π
*being the only person to know the answer/offer an answer, and saying, rather loudly and confidently, the wrong answer, and you were so proud of yourself too! (???? ??? ????)
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as was pointed out, there is a big difference between 400 lbs and a size 8. hatzlacha with your search and all that stuff. should be w/ mazal b’sha’a tova u’metzlachas. π
second promotion of a modest proposal!!! loved learning that!
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yeps b”H!!! by about 5 hours! it was great! π thanks for asking! π
you might want to try luach .com, though i hope this works out. (also, someone mentioned it, and i’ll say it again-Baltimore is a really good place to go to. i’m not just saying that-i did it.) Hatzlacha!:D
snowbunny-not to put a damper on things, but i thought you can’t go to touro israel if you’re making aliyah. is that not the case?
(also, i debated whether or not to say this, but i think i’m going to, and i do apologize if it hurts you in any way.i’m just putting this out there, and you can do with it what you like.
i don’t know who you are, nor am i interested in finding out. it’s not my business. but there are yentas in this world who think that everything is their business. and based on information that you wrote, people are trying to figure out who you are. meaning, they made an assumption that you went to my school, and i’ve been asked to identify certain things. i’m a year ahead of you, so if you did go to my school, which idk if you did or did not, i don’t know you. i also did not try to find out, b/c like i siad, that’s not my business. i’ve told people who asked that it’s not their business as well… i don’t know how private you want to be, but i would like to warn you that people get all excited when they “figure someone out” and it’s almost an exciting thing for them. again, i’m not trying to be hurtful.i just want you to be aware of certain unfortunate realities in this world… )
hatzlacha rabba with everythign! i hope it all works out for you! π
oy! hope you get to sleep soon! some of us are up doing all the work that we need to do… no worries, my paper’s not due for another 8 hours! π i’m way too not stressed for this to be good for me π
on shabbos of course! when they went back home to the aretz, they heard the siren and were able to reconfigure themselves to keeping shabbos on the right day… π
no! well to be fully honest, i used to be, but now i’m not. most people respect that i’m praying and leave me alone, and those that don’t, well i can’t answer them anyways! π
Wow. I’m speechless with wonder. Masterful work!!! i enjoyed π including the moral π Can i use this for a babysitting story? or is it copyrighted?
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Start fake laughing;you’ll crack yourself up for real! It works!!!
Do jumping jacks! Or any exercise for that matter…
Talk it out to Hashem… at least you know someOne is listening…
Listen to Hashem Loves you…??? and dance along! π
really mrs. gorf turned the 19th story into apples and gave them to louis for mishloach manot, but then he ate her by mistake…
and milo was jumping back and forth from conclusions, so he couldn’t save her, though tock did growl
a wood chuck would chuck as much wood as a wood chuck could chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood
squeak-now i’m not moving, and i’m losing… i should’ve took teh gelt…i’d rather walk than hear you sqwack!:D
oh lordy… mods can you please close this???
one time there was a mouse in my house. so i named it happy and made friends with it… or attempted to anyways. but it was scared of me, and when i started talking to it, it ran away π and we haven’t seen it in about 3 months… oh well π
Veltz Meshugener-not to start anything controversial or anything, just responding π your generalization that going to seminary is something “that someone else pays for” is not true for many of the people that i know. yes, i got scholarships, and yes my parents paid some, but i paid for a chunk. and my spending money was MY money that I earned…and it wasn’t like the scholarships just landed in my lap… i offered my parents that i wouldn’t go. but yeah, sarcastic as you might have meant your comment of being important for Hashem, i asked a shailah, several times, and for me, it was important to go. and there were many girls in seminary with me who had similiar financial situations, who helped pay their way and who spent their own money.
that’s not to say there weren’t girls who had it as a given that they would go, adn who had daddy’s credit card… tehre were. but it just bothers me when people make generalizations about how spoiled we all are spending money that our parents don’t have for something we mgiht not necessarily need.
ok rant over π
and i apologize profusely for any grammar/spelling mistakes
My tenth grade chemistry teachers takes teh prize… she had another teacher come in and teach us in hebrew, and had us believe that we would be tested on the material. It was sooo much fun though-it was a lesson on dry ice, so we filled balloons with it, did different experiments, all in hebrew. at the end, the teacher said purim sameach, or something like that π
I think I’d like to be Nearly Headless Nick, or maybe Hagrid…
Ateres or Ateret? They both exist, and that tuf v. suf makes a big difference…
Really?!
That’s a first…
Why doesn’t anybody want to be Moaning Myrtle? Or Umbridge? Or Dudley(I mean, he did do teshuva in the end…) ?
How much you spend per month depends on you-if you walk a lot vs. taking the bus, go shopping, buy a lot of food, go out to eat, etc.
Personally, I spent less than $100 per month, but i had friends who spent double the amount. But to be fair, I walked most places, and the money was mine that I earned, and it wasn’t unlimited, so I was a lot more careful… depends really on a few things: you and your spending habits, your financial situation, and if you’re willing to give up american products and buy cheaper israeli things, which for the record, are NOT inferior! Just not what you’re used to.
Laundry-depending if you have to pay for the washing machine, how often you do laundry, if you wash stuff buy hand… Several friends and I bought a basin (about 3 shek each) and a thing of hand washing detergent, and that saved quite a bit.
When you budget, keep in mind gifts for your shabbos hosts, transportation for shabbos, and all those little things that add up
There will be months you spend more (ie adar, and the rainy months when you don’t want to walk) and months that you spend less.
What i found worked very well was to set out half the money i brought, say i’m only spending that, and divide it up into even amounts for the months. this way, in a month i spent less, ihad money for a month i spent more, and i had money to fall back on if needed, so that i came back with money left…
And there i was, thinking it was green… Shows how misleading the internet truly is
If you can stay afterwards, STAY! For as long as possible!
Go to birchas kohanim all gimmel regalim! If you can’t do that, than at the very least walk to the Kotel on Shavuot morning-it’s indescribable!
Go to vasikin at the Kotel often! Go to the Kotel as often as you can! You won’t regret ever having spent time there!
Beyond that, if you’re not going to have room/weight, don’t use it on seforim-you can either get them from someone who was there the year before, or you can buy them for a lot less than they cost here. Also, I highly reccomend seforim store browsing!!! If you’re going to shlep out to Geula anyways, might as well take advantage…
Just because people say something is a chavaya, doesn’t mean you have to do it. Just because people don’t say something is a chavaya doesn’t mean you shouldn’t do it. Make everything into a chavaya!!!
Be quiet on the bus… Yes, there will be those annoying seminary girls who are chattering in high pitched voices and telling the olam their life stories, but don’t be part of it. Those few give the rest of us a bad name… And we find them jsut as annoying…
LEARN FROM EVERYONE!!!! (I know people don’t like all caps, but this is such an important one) Your roomates, your hosts for shabbos, the old lady on the bus next to you… They all have something you can learn from.
Everyone has a story-nobody grew up in a vaccum. Keep this in mind, and never ever judge, because you can never know the full story just by looking…
Always keep a positive attitude! Don’t underestimate the power of a smile, good morning/boker tov. Get in the habit-say it to everyone-your seminary mates, the bus driver, the man cleaning by the kotel, the people collecting tzedaka. It makes their day!
You probably wanted advice that’s a bit more concrete, sorry about this then. If you ask specifics, I’d be thrilled to help!
Get ready for the most amazing year ever!!! Hatzlacha Rabba! π
And Joseph is either Voldemort or Rita Skeeter, not really sure which… I’m leaning towards Rita π
snowbunny-do you know if the going downtown part is mandatory? i’d hate to have to do that…
also, luach is a really really good place to look for jobs, as well as posting that you need a job. however, there isn’t so much from the midwest, as far as i could tell when i was looking…
(and yes, i know this is grammatically incorrect! sorry haifagirl and others) π
snowbunny-i think your english teacher, my english teacher, and morahrach all know each other π
that being said, yes, sweatshirts may cause a girl to look younger. but why is that anybody else’s business? if what’s she wearing bothers you, chances are she’s not looking for somebody like you (i have a feeling this is going to be taken the wrong way…)
gefen, out of curiosity, did you ever answer? maybe i better come check it out in person π
oooh oooh, ME!!! about a few times every couple of months _is_ somewhat regularly…
not a piano-no legs! and prob not casio cuz htat would be electricity (though i guess batteries)
i’d say flute, but no metal
maybe an accordian? or a guitar? or even a drum? but i’m not guessing… just suggesting. though for all i know it could be a tuba or the bagpipes… π
hi! sorry if i’m putting this in the wrong place, but i wanted to know if anyone knew of girl’s camps in eretz yisrael that i could apply to as a counselor, and what the contact info is… it doesn’t show up on google! so if anyone knows how to contact sse, yachad, ashreinu, or knows of any other relevant place (besides sdei chemed and ncsy-applied to those already π )please please please let me know! thank you so much!
theres no art to find the mind’s construction in the face
getting this back on track… i went to maarava for 6 years, though not this past… what can i say? i come from chicago, so my views on things are coming from an out of town perspective…
it’s an awesome place! mrs. gettinger and mrs. eisgrau are amazing and are really there for every camper AND staff member. the girls-it has changed a bit over the years imho, gotten a bit more “in towny” though it’s still more “out of towny” (anyone else mixed up yet?) than most places (def not like sternberg though! but that’s more that they’re diff types of places, can’t compare) the “snobbishness” of hte girls depends on your age group, though i can’t say i ever experienced that. everyone feels welcome, and the activities are amazing! though there are “special days” throughout the summer, in truth, every day in maarava is special! (corny, but it’s true!) any specifics that you’d like to ask?
l’chvod the murphy’s law thread…
“Whatever can go wrong will go wrong”
At least so states Murphy’s Law
This means that if you burn the rice
The chicken will certainly be raw
But if you want to know my opinion
That is, my version of the truth
It’s that this law is false
For the opposite there is proof
So many things go right each day
But we have a tendency to forget
We only notice the bad things
’cause they make us all upset
Please stop what you are doing
Now take a nice deep breath
Now is as good a time as ever
Upon your day to reflect
Think about what has happened
Since you woke up today
Think about all those things
That actually went right today
You handed in your report on time
You found both of your shoes
You even found time to do things
That you usually don’t have time to do
But even if this is not the case
Things seem to be going wrong
Think about the fact that
Baruch Hashem you woke up this morning
And now you’re feeling fine
Everything in working order
No reason to scream or whine
Now you see this law is false
At least for your sake it better be
Because you’ve broken the law countless times
But then again that’s a good thing
sternberg your song, it echoes in our hearts, how can we forget, our home way from home way from home? we will never stop singing cuz sternberg your song…