So LONG TIME NO BLOGGING, huh?
Sorry to all you freshmen eagerly awaiting this. I’ve been cramming for midterms and chilling in Friendswood for Thanksgiving.
But before I left, last Saturday, the Asian American Student Union went house gutting with SAFER. As the community service chair, I made all the arrangements and expected me and the board members to show up. But we had a good turnout, and in fact, most of the members participating were NOT on the board. We wereout from about 9 to 4 and we got to see the levee which lead to the destruction of the house we were gutting.
The house we were gutting
Setting up before we began
The other half of our group listening for instructions
Jacob, Brian, and Byron emptying out junk from inside the house
Me raking some away some pieces of paneling, drywall, and peoples’ lives
Lower 9th ward levee
The Asian American Student Union on our house gutting day
It’s funny . . . the memories you make out here in New Orleans. Spending Saturday with pink respirator filters hanging off my face in a house infested with giant roaches wouldn’t normally seem like a fun activity. But seeing the house after we were done was the only reward we needed. I’m rather inspired to do it again some time. After all, without students like us, some of these houses would simply be neglected.
Only at Tulane . . . .
Sorry to all you freshmen eagerly awaiting this. I’ve been cramming for midterms and chilling in Friendswood for Thanksgiving.
But before I left, last Saturday, the Asian American Student Union went house gutting with SAFER. As the community service chair, I made all the arrangements and expected me and the board members to show up. But we had a good turnout, and in fact, most of the members participating were NOT on the board. We wereout from about 9 to 4 and we got to see the levee which lead to the destruction of the house we were gutting.
The house we were gutting
Setting up before we began
The other half of our group listening for instructions
Jacob, Brian, and Byron emptying out junk from inside the house
Me raking some away some pieces of paneling, drywall, and peoples’ lives
Lower 9th ward levee
The Asian American Student Union on our house gutting dayIt’s funny . . . the memories you make out here in New Orleans. Spending Saturday with pink respirator filters hanging off my face in a house infested with giant roaches wouldn’t normally seem like a fun activity. But seeing the house after we were done was the only reward we needed. I’m rather inspired to do it again some time. After all, without students like us, some of these houses would simply be neglected.
Only at Tulane . . . .
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