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So, somehow, I ended up falling asleep at like 8pm on a Saturday night here at college.  Wierd I know, but amazingly refreshing it was.  I was able to wake up at 7:30 am, which i have not done naturally all semester!  Now, looking out my window I am so excited for the day.  There is a limitless amount of things I could do.  I really want to go to the beach and work on my tan, but I also want to go on an exhilerating hike! I could call my mom and go visit her on the
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So school is going great, I have been studying hard, doing well in my classes, and sort of figuring out a route i want to take in the next four years.  I have been working out every day and doing fun, healthy things with my friends.  My room mate and I have been getting along really well, we joke around alot and are understanding eachother better.  Things here are great, and I really have no complaints, or anything stressing me that I want to vent about. 
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So this was my first Thanksgiving away from the east coast in a long time. Back in high school, We would usually go up to my aunts house in Massachusetts and spend the day with all of my cousins, aunts and uncles on my moms side.  The day would consist of long, meaningful conversations with my aunts, a few athletic competitions, such as wrestling matches with my cousins, some moments of bonding with my sister, and a huge feast followed by a lengthy nap.  Some of my favorite
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The past months have flown by and it feels so crazy to think that my first semester at college is almost over.  I am so excited to go home to Rhode Island and see how all of my friends' first semesters went.  I talk to my best friends about once a week, and I know that once we are together again it will feel like old times, but at the same time I am sure we have all changed and grown up a little bit.

 

I know that I have grown up in a few ways, I notice it in
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So this past month I have been putting forth a conscious effort to do better in school, and it has payed off.  My grades have picked up, my energy levels have been higher and I have still been enjoying my time with my friends.  I have found that it is all about time management.  Since high school I have had this weird habit of making "To-Do" lists, and they are coming in so handy here.  I schedule my classes, time for meals, time for studying, time for working
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So today I woke up bright and early at 7:30 am to meet up with some class mates to work on a project for my Hawaiian Studies class.  We are required to do a learning service project where we volunteer our time and do a Hawaiian cultural activity.  Some examples would be working in a fish pond, or cleaning invasive plants out of a forest. Today, we went over to Kahana Valley on the opposite side of the island and worked in a Lo'i.  A Lo'i is a place where the plant Taro is
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So this weekend was kind of rough for me. Friday was my best friend Rachel's 18th birthday and then today is my best friend Torie's 19th birthday.  I wish I could be in Rhode Island with both of them to celebrate but I am here.  I love Hawaii and I am content with my life here sometimes it bums me out when I think of my friends back home. 

 

It is weird, sometimes I just don't feel like doing anything.  I think a lot of people get
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When I first decided to come to UH, I was planning on becoming a dentist.  I wanted to start off doing work with a group like Doctors Without Borders, gaining experience and helping those that need aid the most.  However, I got here and it hit me like.. Wow, if I go through with this, it will be 8 years of intense school, and I will be stuck in that field for ever.  So, I started thinking about other fields.  With a business degree, you have the ability to make as much
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So it has been a while now, and I am settling in to college life.  I have developed a pretty good balance between the amount of time I spend sleeping, studying, going to class and socializing.  The self control that I lacked during my first month of school has returned, and I now only go out when I know that I have no responsibilities early the next day.  I stay active and go hiking, or to the beach on a regular
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So I have been here at UH for a while, and I am starting to develop a few friendships that I consider the real deal.  It is such an amazing feeling, because I spent the first month feeling like there was no one here that I could trust like my friends back home.  In a desperate attempt to feel comfortable, I searched for people that reminded me of my best friends back in Rhode Island.  I was completely let down however.  Every human in this world is unique, and
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