Finals

Hello everybody,

The first semester is over! I really had a great time here at Wentworth. I already look forward to the Spring semester, because that's when we're really going to play baseball! According to my teammates and coach we really have a great team this year, so we have a good chance of going far in the Commonwealth Conference.

My previous blog was just before Thanksgiving. So, I'd like to tell you that I had a wonderful time celebrating Thanksgiving in New Jersey at my roommate Alex' house. His mom and his brother made so much food! Alex and I ate from it all three days we were there. The turkey, the stuffing, the salad, everything was very tasty. We even had 6 different pies for desert! My favorite was probably the zucchini bread (zucchini is the vegetable 'courgette' in Dutch).

My beautiful (first) plate with thanksgiving food!

After Alex showed me his hometown, we went off to visit New York City for a day! It was really impressive, everything is three times as big as in Boston. (That doesn't necessarily mean it's a good thing, though.) I enjoyed walking through the busy (numbered) streets and seeing the Empire State Building, Central Park and Times Square. We also wanted to visit the MoMa (Museum of Modern Art), but that was a bit too expensive and crowdy. Instead we went the interesting International Center of Photography, where we received much discount with our College ID cards. There were some truly beautiful black-and-white pictures by Sebastião Salgado in his exhibition 'Genesis.' I hope I'm allowed to show you one on my blog here.

Busy Times Square. (Proudly wearing my Boston Bruins hat.)

by Sebastião Salgado.

When Alex and I arrived back Boston by train again, we quickly returned to our old rhythm of:

doing laundry

eating delicious subs for lunch

working out

and writing mathematical programs and models.

But that rhythm didn't hold for long! Because after thanksgiving break (which was 4 days) there were only 8 schooldays left before the Finals Week started. Of course the final exams were a little stressful, as they covered material from the whole semester. I finished them yesterday and it felt great! I feel like I did a good job on all of them. I will get my grades just before Christmas.

I am writing this blog while I am waiting at Boston Logan Airport for my flight home! I'm really looking forward to finally seeing my family, my Dutch friends and my cat again. (Rik, I hope you took good care of him while I was gone?) I will have to enjoy being home for two and a half week very much, since I'll leave for almost 8 months after break! That's because the Northwoods Summer League Baseball will start almost right after my Baseball season ends at Wentworth.

By the way, this will be my last blog on this website. But I enjoy keeping you guys up to date about my adventures, so I will continue blogging on another website next semester. And that website isn't just some website, it's the Wentworth website! I will be an official Wentworth Admissions Blogger next semester. All my future posts will be available on this website soon: blogs.wit.edu/grootenb

Have a nice winter break, a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

All the best,
Bram