I apologize for all the photos I've sent. None of them show you Edinburgh. It's been way too cold and we spend a lot of time in the warm indoors. I can't wait till it gets a bit warmer... And by that I mean into the high 40's and 50's. I miss Florida so much!!! But honestly, even though it's cold, and there are some inconveniences: I'm really happy and thankful. I believe everything happens for a reason and there's a reason why we are here. I'm thankful for the annoyances, because I know it will make me appreciate life back in the U.S. when we get back. And I'm thankful for the beauty and history that surrounds me. It really is a beautiful place.
So currently, I'm just trying to get into a good routine. I've set up a good schedule and now I gotta stick to it. Make sure everything is up to date and dont let things get too far behind. It's been a bit tough the past couple of weeks because I'm not used to it. But I'm trying to follow a good work schedule in order to have time the rest of the my weekdays to work on music, read, cook, work out, or go to events...but mostly, make sure I'm working on some music, paintings, and reading. If there's anything living here is teaching me: massive discipline. If you can be a go-getter type of person in this city, then you're pretty disciplined.
Look what I've cooked today! The first picture (above) is bread with goat cheese, tomato, and vinaigrette :D I had it at a restaurant with a friend and replicated, lol. A bit of a mess and half-fail, but tasted good! Then, (below) I cooked veggie samosas. This time I made them with self-raising flower and made them thicker. So they're a bit thicker, which I like. mmmm!! Then, I made carrot cake. It's so good. I put a donut glaze on it instead of cream cheese frosting since it's easier lol and tastes good and it's cheaper. In this one I put raisins and white chocolate chips. Gonna have a bite before I go to sleep. Ah..the reason I work out ;)
Other current events... I'm gonna meet up with a Edinburgh Univ student. She's a volunteer with Save the Children UK. They hosted a movie night to watch "Blood in the Mobile". A documentary about the conflict minerals from Democratic Republic of Congo. I'm talking to people from Enough Project's Raise HOPE for Congo campaign to get tips and advice on how to campaign with students here. So we're gonna be discussing things we can do since they expressed interest in taking some action. So that's exciting--let's see where it goes!
Speaking of Congo... so much focus on the American presidential election leaves no room for important things that are happening. Well, let's acknowledge President Obama's amazing speech at the National Prayer Breakfast!!!! I loved it!!! Btw, I'm gonna try to get involved with Democrats Abroad's chapter here in Scotland. My colleague is the director of the Scottish branch. He says I can help him out with doing voting campaigns once elections draw near. Woohoo!
But I did want to mention foreign affairs... Specifically, Congo. Since it's been on my mind a lot lately. It's just crazy what goes on and the world just looks the other way. I'm hearing about genocide in Syria and all this. I don't even know what's going on. But I gotta start getting more informed. Here's an article by JP on USA Today about the current situation in Congo and Sudan: Sudan and Congo are being savaged as world shrugs.
So that's life at the current moment.
Shanti Om,
>:)
K
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