Checking In (Part 2)...

Tomorrow will be my two-week mark since arriving on this ancient soil. I figured I'd check in and tell you whats been going on around here. I'm going to write in short hand because it's a little late.
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The truth is, I don't get lonely or miss anybody because everybody is already here!
(I laugh every time I see this one)

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Things that have changed since my day:

1) Same amount of hock, less amount of bahock.

2) Only the ladies in blue can use the elevator.

3) Real silverware and plates instead of paper and plastic.

Advantages of being a madrich:

1) I have a window in my shower.

2) I get to wake people up in the morning and choose the music. I'm very gentle.

3) I get to use Dicky's special coffee machine.

Usually I wake up third floor, but the other day I had a little extra time so I made my way down to the second floor. I woke up the kids in 203 and asked the kid in the corner if he realized that Diller once slept in this bed. He said: 'Who's Diller?' and so I left.

The guy next to me in the beis keeps asking people if they want to learn about kelipos.

For most hours, though not so much in the morning, I usually hang out in one of the back classrooms which is empty all day. I have a giant plastic cup which I fill with ice and then water from the water machine and it can last me an entire afternoon.

(I included a regular cup in the picture so you can understand my jumbo-cup proportionately)

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I find that it's much easier to focus in Eretz Yisrael and so I sometimes get frustrated (not openly) with the youngens who seem to waste much time. But then I recall my days spent here as a bachur and find myself easily relating. I keep recalling a teaching from R' Zusha who would say: "I don't long to receive my reward in olam ha'bah for that avodah I did when I knew the truth and greatness of Hashem Yisbarach but I long to receive reward for that which I served Hashem before knowing, with simple emunah, based solely on that which I received." I know that I am far from "knowing His truth and His greatness" but on some level its and experience to look back and recognize the beauty of the simplicity of a shana-aleph mentality.

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In other news...

צדיק בא לעיר

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K, we'll end with a little trivia:
1) What is the imagery on all four stain glasses?
2) Each dorm is dirah followed by a certain place in Eretz Yisrael. What place is the madrich room?
3) Who is the current administrator of alumni affairs?
4) What is the real name of the makolet?

Also, Alicht can you email me.

Until next time...