Study Abroad Blog

Mess of mixed emotions

Jonathan Moore — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:52:30 +0000

I leave in two days and I cannot begin to describe my emotions right now. I’m like a coin right now, two sides completely different. Heads is ready to see Indiana and tails isn’t ready at all to say goodbye to anyone.

I’ve built so many close friendships in the span of four months. Everyone I lived with in Eleanor Rathbone, everyone from my classes. I’ll never forget all the nights I spent over at Chris, Mark, Stev, Greggs, and Lewis’s place. The ridiculous amounts of FIFA we played, most of the time because I wanted to see if I could beat you guys. Had some pretty intense training sessions with you guys. I can’t even explain how much I’m going to miss that house, that couch and I have shared many nights.

It’s still crazy to me I even made it here. And now that’s its nearly over I’m so glad I did. I don’t think glad is the right word, but it’ll do for now. Until I get the chance to see all of you again.

Malta

Jonathan Moore — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:17:05 +0000

Откъде да купя иконаI’m a bit slow on posting these, but keeping so busy with production work for Uni as most of English friends would say. So take a look at some of the beautiful scenery I enjoyed in Malta.

The dot with a lot.

Jonathan Moore — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:50:44 +0000

Greetings from the island of Malta! If you are unsure of where Malta is don’t feel bad, before I met Shawn James last semester at ISU I had no idea Malta existed. It’s just below Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea. I’ve been here for a little over a week and really am enjoying the sun, the food, and the culture. Many pictures to come soon. I titled this post the dot with a lot, because on Easter Sunday while having lunch with Shawn and his family, his uncle told me, “Malta is a small place, like a dot, but we have a lot.” I find this to be very true, though it’s very small, it has everything you could ask for, beautiful scenery, beautiful women, and delicious food. I’m not hard to please, but even the people that are, would have a great time on this beautiful island. Until next time, ciao!

Roller coaster of a day.

Jonathan Moore — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 22:24:48 +0000

Originally I thought this post would be written on the beach in beautiful Malta, but that is not how my day ended up. I arrived a bit later to the airport than I originally planned and was in quite the rush. I made it through security no problem and found my gate. While in line for my flight I noticed in the top left corner of my boarding pass it said something about non European Union citizens checking at the baggage claim to receive a stamp. By this time it was too late as I was not allowed to go back through security twice. I began to panic and called my mom, the airline offered me a chance to get the next flight the following day, but it was twice what my original flight would have been. It was like a nightmare I had no chance of waking up from. What I thought would be an excellent adventure turned into a bogus six and half hour bus ride back to Liverpool, the entire time thinking, “Just one little mistake cost you the chance to go to Malta and see Shawn, you should be on a plane right now to a beach instead you are sitting on a coach bus with you head in your hands.” After getting to Liverpool, I still had a sinking feeling about me boarding the train to Ormskirk to get back to Edge Hill, which has basically became a ghost town with everyone traveling or going home for Easter. A few of my fellow dorm mates who haven’t left on their European adventures saw me and knew how upset I was and wanted to help me back to Malta where I belonged over break. After informing I’d really only need a one-way ticket to Malta I found the cheapest flight I could and booked it with what little money I have left. They then all proceeded to lend me five pounds each. That money went for a Megabus that will take me back to London from Liverpool. And another will pay for my coach fare to Luton Airport. With past mistakes fresh in my head, I now know the process which I have to go through, and am so thankful for the all the help my fellow American international students are giving me. I can never say thank you enough to Sigrid Wald, Brianna Fitzsimons, Becky Tesch, Dan Pavlak, and Jenell Brossia you guys seriously rule.

It’s all sorted.

Jonathan Moore — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 13:14:22 +0000

After stressing out and nearly ripping my hair out, I’ve got everything booked I need to for my trip to Malta over my easter break. My journey will begin with a train from Liverpool Lime Street Station to London Euston Railway Station. After I arrive in London I’ll check in at Smart Russell Square Hostel in Central London where I’ll stay for the night. I plan to do as much sight seeing as possible. Then I’ll make my way to Oxford Street to catch a bus to take me to London Luton Airport where my flight will leave at 6:40 a.m and arrive in Malta at 10:50 a.m where I’ll be greeted with open arms by one of the best people I’ve ever met, Mr. Shawn James. After that who knows what Mr.James has in store over my near two week stay in Malta. Still haven’t booked my return travel, but I’ll knock it out closer to time. I’m nervous and so excited. See you soon Malta.

Filming and Friends

Jonathan Moore — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:24:27 +0000

Though it’s only Tuesday I’ve had quite the busy week already. Monday morning my group and I finished shooting our children’s television show, “The Friendly Forest”. Major thanks goes up to Abi from Michigan and Jeff from New Jersey two other international students who filled some much needed roles in our production. Right after filming I traveled to Liverpool to meet my friend, Naomi, a fellow Indiana State University student who’s been studying in Italy the entire year. While she is on break she decided to come visit me at Edge Hill in England, so I’m really excited to see a familiar face and show her my new surroundings. After a night out in town with Naomi I had to wake up early today (Tuesday) and begin filming a music video for another one of my classes. Filming went well and I got to see some smaller villages around the Liverpool area. I plan to do more site seeing with Naomi before she leaves Friday and I head to Malta next week. It’s quite easy to say I am all smiles at the moment. Cheers.

Can you believe it’s March?

Jonathan Moore — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:23:52 +0000

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My entire face? Sure why not?

Jonathan Moore — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:12:41 +0000

Just wanted to give a short post of my busy Monday morning. I woke up after a day that will never be forgotten, I’m talking about Beer Olympics: Boot Camp edition. Have no fear videos will come along shortly. Row a friend of mine from the southern part of England, did the honors of filming the competition as I was busy captaining the red team.It was a total success and I got around six hours of sleep, so I was ready for the always dreaded Monday back. A week ago my group and I from my Children’s Television module planned to shoot some scene for our project, entitled “The Friendly Forest”. I will be playing the role of the magic talking tree. Fitting seeing as Indiana State are the sycamores. After meeting with my group around nine in the morning my entire face was then painted green. I looked like a low-budget version of Jim Carrey from “The Mask”. It was really cool though the experience I got shooting in front of green screen and seeing how the paint will allow us to place my eyes, lips, and teeth onto the tree without a problem. Pictures of how I looked will also be along soon as well as a video I’ve been meaning to upload, so stay tuned!

When in England…do as the English do.

Jonathan Moore — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:13:50 +0000

When you mention football in Indiana, names like Ditka, Urlacher, The Fridge, and other Chicago Bear greats come to mind, at least in the Moore household! But if you mention football in England, they aren’t talking about a game where you need ten yards for a first down and they aren’t sure what a quarterback does. Soccer as it’s called back home is known as football here, which most of you or at least I hope are aware of. People live and die by their teams, they don’t call themselves fans really, but more often you’ll refer to them as supporters. The atmosphere inside football stadiums is almost overwhelming. I had the chance to experience this when I traveled to Manchester to see Manchester City take on Porto in an Europa League match. My good friend Jamie Chapman my dorm room neighbor and huge supporter of Manchester City Football Club accompanied myself, and two other international students to the game. Before I left I told myself I have to make to at least one match, and I’ve accomplished that goal, but I’m ready for more!

Jamie and I outside Etihad Stadium

Eleanor Rathbone Beer Olympics

Jonathan Moore — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:20:32 +0000

So the great people I live with here in England, thought it’d be a great idea to form teams and events for the first annual Eleanor Rathbone Beer Olympics. I’ve been taking antibiotics to fight an infection in my tooth, so I wasn’t able to partake, so I decided to whip out my camera and start filming. Five teams battled it out from three in the afternoon until around ten at night doing various events, before heading to town for more tom-foolery. After reviewing the clips I got I decided to put them in movie style trailers, take a look at the results. And congratulations to the Yellow Team, the only team complied of only Americans bringing home the trophy. Though really everyone’s a winner.