International Food Bazar

I am always looking for an opportunity to volunteer, and this weekend I volunteered at the International Food Bazar. The international students and teachers put this event on every year. Each country represented sets up a booth with all sorts of foods native to that country. The students also put on a performance to show the music and dance of that country. Some of the countries that I "visited" were Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Indonesia, India, Jamaica, Mexico, England, Ethiopia, and others. I was surprised at the turn out for this event! The SUB was packed! If you are like me and thrive on people-watching... you would love the food bazar. Not only is there a lot of people, but there is hundreds of international people in their traditional dress and speaking their native languages! LOVE IT!
The picture on the left is of my friends Emad and Fahad working at the Saudi Arabian booth. The picture in the middle is of a few of the dancers during the performance, and the picture on the right is just a picture of the crowd watching the performance.

Climbing at Spire!

I have recently discovered the most fantastic way to spend my time... climbing. I got shoes and a harness for Christmas, and purchased a pass for the Spire (the Bozeman climbing gym). Since then, I have been climbing a few times a week and my arms are always sore... it hurts so good! I generally don't like to exercise, but I don't mind it so much now:-)

2010 Olympics!

As you all should know, the 2010 winter Olympics have started. I spent my whole weekend watching them... and studying for my government test. I would like to give a cheesy shout out to the 21 athletes from the twin cities and a big shout out to the two athletes from my hometown, Edina, MN! (Jenny Potter, competing in Women's Ice Hockey, and Kaylin Richardson, competing in Women's Alpine, Ladies super combined and Ladies slolom) GO USA!!!!!

Skipping the Super Bowl

Parents are fantastic, aren't they? My wonderful mother came to town on Sunday. We decided to skip the super bowl frenzy and head up to Bridger Bowl. The snow was fabulous! Sadly, we were fogged out around 2:30, but until then, the day was great! My uncle came out from Helena to meet us. I fell a lot more than usual, but I guess that means I was working hard:-)

Peanut Butter and Rail Jam

Saturday I went to Moonlight Basin for the first time. It was fantastic! We got there pretty early because the Peanut Butter and Rail Jam was going on. The rail jam is a rail competition for snowboarders. I certainly can't pull off any rail stunts, but the two guys that I went with both competed. I watched and took pictures:-) Moonlight Basin is mostly intermediate runs, lots of tree runs, and a fairly large park. The snow was fabulous! There was about 5 inches of fresh powder!!!
Pictures: Left: Me, James and Chris on the chair-lift. Right: James competing in the Rail Jam

I've got the whooooole wooooorld in my house!

Having a Saudi Arabian roommate has some great perks. The best one, in my opinion, is all of the interesting people that come over! The other night, we had over a whole bunch of Saudi's, a Polish girl, two Moroccans, a Jamaican, a Mexican and three Americans! We have had people stay at our house that are from all over the world. England and South Africa and Japan etc. The other night, the Saudi's cooked a fantastic Saudi meal for us and played music on their Saudi instruments and sand and danced! Nights like those are the best nights to be a college kid!