Fall Farm Party!!

Yesterday (Friday the 7th), we international students gathered for a while at a bonfire site off-campus - at Darby's house! 

Darby Woodard is one of the liaisons for international freshmen in the International Connection Program. Chrissy named it fancy - a "Fall Farm Party," in our meeting one month ago (Chrissy McCrary is the head of the ICP).

International Connection Buddies - Viet Le ('17) and Jake Saine ('16)

So, the Fall Farm Party is an exciting time to get off-campus, have a bonfire, roast marshmallows, grill burgers and hot dogs, and enjoy the company of friends! This event is open to international students of all classes and International Connection Program liaisons. We plan to make it an annual cozy gathering for this family of diversity at Furman!

I still remember Chrissy's excitement in her emails to her fellows: 

And it was SUPER FUN!! We arrived finding ourselves amazed at how beautifully everything was laid out: the tables, bonfire, food, and candles. The food: mac & cheese, burger, sweet potato were ordered from Mac's Speed Shop downtown - one of the few restaurants that ticked off with food quality itself rather than with PR and advertising. 

People stood in line for food and gathered at the bonfire. We served s'mores ourselves, had conversations with new people, and... hummed along some songs (in the case of me and Chrissy, we sang "I Knew You Were Trouble" (Goat Version) together).

Blake, Darby, Kilpy and I (from right to left)
 cuddled one another near a heater lamp

Braiding near the bonfire!

I love every event held by the International Admissions Office. The events always come with a warm feeling of similarity, open-mindedness, and welcome that brought all people together! 

International love with me, Sky Brilliandt, and Giang Nguyen

Halloween at Furman!!

Yesterday was such a blast!! 

I remember how excited I was after I got out of class and finished declaring my second major: Political Science with Dr. Kaup. I darted right towards the DH where Rick, who was in a black costume with the Naruto's Leaf Village's (Konohagakure) headband. He stood out among the DH crowd and got approached by quite a few people.

I dressed up like Jessie in Toy Story (Uhm, not quite but I have her cowboy boots, braid and hat!) and hung out with Rick the Naruto villager and Dove the cat. "What cat are you?" and Dove would say: "I'm just cat."

Dove the philosophical cat

Rick and I went to The Freaky Fiesta held by FUISA (Furman University International Student Association), CSA (Chinese Student Association), ASIA (The Association of Students Interested in Asia) and Baba Africa last night. There were: 

• Costume accessories for the Costume Contest
• A horror movie shown on a projector screen
• BONFIRE & S'MORES
• Hot chocolate and free snacks
• Lastly... Old friends and new friends gathering at the North Village Pavillion to catch up, share hugs, and have a great time together!!

I was not a selfie addict at night so I took only one selfie with my best buddy, although there were a lot of my friends who went to the fun event! 

Me (Jessie) & James Sturges (still James lol)

Anyway, I bet you guys had a spooky fun Halloween weekend!!