Oberlin Blogs

My Winter Term in (mostly) sunny Singapore learning Arabic and piano, and eating my mother's cooking.

I am still here. Though I entered Oberlin with an expected graduation date of May 2016, my taking a semester off has delayed that until this upcoming semester. This reality took me a long time to accept and I have a lot of feelings about what "not graduating on time" means for me.

A Winter Term learning independence among sheep, chickens, and seven year olds.

Where I was, what I did, what I ate, and who I was with during my Winter Term in the Philippines.

For three and a half weeks, we've slipped into an archaic apprenticeship system and become printer's devils. When else could I do something like this, if not during Winter Term?

There was also a bonus piece to the puzzle that they could collect if they found Bigfoot and told him some facts about himself.

The idea is simple. I have to make one thing every day - anything from a wolf hat with headphones sewn into the brim to the slightly ambiguous "important arrangements."

Winter Term co-ops and cinnamon rolls! Includes lots and lots of process pictures, a la Ma'ayan.

...specifically my cultural and artistic worlds. And yes, that is the motto for Oberlin Shansi. Am I hinting at something?

The most amazing, delicious, creative, fantastic and new things to do for the month of January.

A wordy and rambling entry rife with thoughts. There's also a picture thrown in to break things up.

I finished off my Winter Term with a foodie flourish and a fashion show... lots of photos included!