Hi friends,
I’ve been absolutely awful about blogging about my life at Oxford…which is why some of you may be shocked to hear that my second term at Oxford is over!
I can hardly believe it myself. These past eight weeks flew by. I figured I’d just do a quick update on some Oxford life highlights.
- Another CWRU student arrived! Laura, another one of my sorority sisters, joined Natalie and I at Oxford. We’ve all been hanging out together a lot more, and it has been really lovely having another close friend from Case around 🙂
- The balls! I attended two balls this past term. The first was Dante’s Inferno: the Oxford Union Ball. I went with a large group of my friends, dressed to the nines in black and red, and it was incredible. There was live jazz, free cocktails, a casino, and a silent disco!
A few pictures from my own camera (If you are interested in seeing pictures from the actual event, go through my tagged photos on Facebook!)…
The second ball I went to was Lumina: The St. Catherine’s College Ball. I went with my friends Ainsley, Natasha, Nick, and Sam from Teddy Hall as well as with Natalie and Laura. I thought the Union Ball was amazing (and it certainly was), but the St. Catz ball was spectacular, with great food, incredible live entertainment, art displays, and, of course, yet another silent disco. (It also gave me an excuse to wear my prom dress, which I love 🙂 ).
More pictures (Again, pictures that were actually taken at the Ball can be found in my tagged photos. I don’t want to risk copyright issues.) …
- My tutorials: As I mentioned in my previous Oxford-related blog post, I doubled up on history tutorials this term. Both ended really well!
- LIMUN. My first international Model UN Conference, and my first conference in over ten months (My last conference before this one was ChoMUN, the University of Chicago’s collegiate conference, in April 2016). I represented the United States in the UN Commission on Sokovia, a fictionalized UN body based on the Marvel Cinematic Universe (If you’ve seen Avengers: Age of Ultron and/or Captain America: Civil War, you’ll probably understand this). I came away with my first Diplomacy / Best Delegate Award, and I was absolutely thrilled that all the hard work paid off.
- The Hertford College Music Society. As some of you may know, I joined HCMS when I first arrived at Oxford, becoming a member of both the Hertford College Orchestra and the Hertford College Concert Band. I go to rehearsals at Hertford twice a week and we played two incredible concerts at the end of the term. I don’t have any pictures or recordings yet unfortunately, but hopefully I will soon! In the meantime, here’s an utterly hilarious photo of me that was taken during rehearsal one day.
And that’s only naming a few things that happened in the eight weeks of Hilary Term.
So what’s next, you may ask?
I’m now on break for another six weeks, and I’m going to be traveling through Europe! I have a couple of days to relax in Oxford before I make my first trip – to Berlin, Germany! I’ll blog about my trip when I return.
Much love,
Tasha
PS: Thank you to everyone for putting up with my incredibly sporadic blogging. I promise I’ll do a better job next term!
Perspectives 