Week One in Review

I am closing in one my first full week as an Israeli citizen. It has been surprisingly tame. I think. I say I think cause I am pretty easy going and failing to open up a bank account twice doesn't really bother me. How long does it take out mispar zehut to get into the system? Basically I am currently without an Israeli bank account, a phone and health care but happy as a clam cause at least I know how to get to the mall from my apartment. At least I think I do...

The jet lag has still got me a little messed up- more in respect to eating than sleeping. I thought with the time change I would finally be able to sleep in but apparently not. It is actually very strange. I am still waking up before my alarm.

My big dilemma at the moment is whether I should stay in Beer Sheva or go to the Technion in Haifa to study industrial design. Technion seems like the better option it is THE Technion afterall, but it also seems like a much more challanging option. Then again I always say my only regrets in life involve me being to lazy to do math and in my head being scared of Technion falls into that catagory. Plus I do have many mathamatically inclined friends up in Haifa I can have teach me math if the need arises.

Speaking of Haifa I was up there for shabbat at friends. It was a really awesome way to spend my first shabbat as an Israeli. It also afforded me to visit the opportunity to visit Technion. Surprisingly they knew who I was. They seemed a littled surprised I was in Israel but were super nice and helpful. Also cool, only 20 people get into the program and they accpeted me with out an interview. At least one university in this country seems to understand the concept of someone not being in the country to make it for an interview.

Speaking of interviews I had my group interview for conflict management today. We didn't have to solve any conflicts. There really wasn't a need to have the interview in the group. I was not the only one there interested in organizational/corporate conflict resolution which is a good thing. I was worried the program would be a bunch of either touchy feely helpful people or politicians but it was a very mixed group. Plus outside of the core courses you can take classes from any faculty which means I can probably take business classes.

In other news my room is set up. I did it in such a way repacking in a month won't be such a challange. Plus I have an art table in the middle of my room. It makes me very happy. Speaking of art, I really want to go to Caesaria for some drawing and photographing.

This is about all I have to say for now. I mean I could go on but I don't want to.