UWC Day

Dear Journal,

Sunday was a beautifully rainy day, which unfortunately cancelled our UWC Day lipdub. It was sad, but nobody wanted to sing in the rain.

But today (Monday) was still pretty awesome.

It started out like any regular day. I woke up late, started laundry, then ran outside to be on time for my first class. Math was actually interesting for once, but I was really tired by lunch. During lunch there was loud music and song in the cafeteria, a music workshop while we ate. After lunch I had TOK, where we worked on our group four projects again. My group visited the nurse once more for our data collection. Our topic is “What’s the relationship between body temperature and emotion?”

After classes our activities ran as usual. I had PCERT, where we ran water through the hoses in a practice scenario (small hose then big for the win) and then we learned how to use a BVM. A BVM is a bagged mask, like what they use in Grey’s Anatomy if you can’t picture it. We’re not exactly Greys material yet though.

At around 8:30 pm, we were ushered to the cafeteria for a surprise. It was dark when we got there, all in funny costumes. I wore my pikachu hoodie and brought a camera. This had ought to be interesting. One of the girls from my house stood on a chair, wearing a fire safety hat and holding a stuffed dog, and announced only people under 5 were allowed in. Then music started. We were instructed to line up in a circle around the perimeter of a roped off area. On one side there was a white screen with a projector, and props. Projected onto the screen were two slides, it was hard to make out what either of them was showing. It was art, they said, and we started moving around the circle. We all took turns in this line, going behind the screen, and casting shadows. Everyone got really into it, and it quickly became a dance party. This went on for an hour or more, until we were finished with all of the slides and all of the music. It was an amazing time. People were shouting and laughing, some people carrying each other, making up epic battle scenes, posing in strange ways. People even did backflips. It was hilarious.

Then we had another surprise. Everyone moved to the common room for a piñata! One person spun around with their eyes closed to pick people, and then the people picked had three hits to break it. It was fun just to watch my friends get picked, and pick up the candy afterwards. I had wanted a crispy crunch bar so bad since getting here so I was so happy to finally have a mini one in my hands. It was basically heaven.

Happy UWC Day/Peace Day.