laundry: by hand

somehow i've made it this far without doing my laundry by hand. well, today was the day. and i hope it worked out. i'm not sure.
it is definitely a process. i hope to gain some arm muscles from it all. however, it was very gratifying to see my clothing hanging high up and on the line.
i was also shocked by how disgusting and brown the water was. yikes!

behold my chandelier

school 3's green patrol

art contestant

earth day

on march 17th my sitemate cindy and I held an earth day event in a park close to my new apartment. many city officials and school children attended. basically, we distributed trash bags and gloves and then watched the magic happen. children and adults cleaned through out the park for approximately an hour. after an hour, all of our trash bags were filled and we re-convened for an earth day art contest. cindy and I baked chocolate chip cookies for the occasion, however i think mostly myself and my sitemates ate them all. mmmmmmm

i should mention that almost all of my sitemates helped cindy and I on this project and their help proved to be vital. also, mingechevir has adopted some other volunteers as honorary sitemates and at least one of them participated. all in all, the day was a success.

hub nite at the cohen residence

I actually cooked all that food you are looking at. i know, it is shocking, but i cooked dinner for 8 people. certainly a first for me.

every wednesday night my sitemates and i get together for dinner. this picture is from my first hosting experience.

lately, i've been enjoying life in mingechevir with my sitemates quite a lot. they are a very sweet, supportive, and fun group of people. i'm really lucky. afterall, we even did some bumper cars together...what could beat that?

kitchen shot one

no, i didn't place a picture of a pretty lady in my oven. someone else did...and i haven't even opened it up yet. and, yeah...that drying rack was already slanted. i didn't knock it to the side for effect.

clash tastic 2: the blueberry room

az apt

this is my temporary roommate, andrea, in what i like to call the blueberry room. there is a second bed.

no...not so pretty. but functional. you are looking at something called a kalonka: it heats up water. most homes have a gas lit one, but mine is electric. usually, this is too expensive, but i've got an IDP apt, which means some of my electric is paid for by the government....ahem.

more of me home

this is the room that was initially locked away, but now i sleep in it...and in true alexis fashion, you can my jeans an wallet carefully placed on the floor.

my hallway...front door is and the end of the hall on the left hand side. the two doors straight ahead go into my toilet room and the other to my hamam (shower room)