I had the distinct pleasure of attending a panel discussion featuring survivors of the devastating earthquake in Haiti. Interestingly enough, if i wasn’t forced to go by the director of my fellowship (the Mellon Mays undergraduate fellowship), Professor Pierre Louise, i would have never gone.

of course he was speaking, so there was no faking my attendance.

Thank God i did go.

It was literally amazing in a low key sort of way. There were no slide shows, explosions, arguments or name calling. Which are normally the things that make a panel discussion great.

It was the account of Prof Pierre Louise that truly did it for me. When he gave his first hand account of the events, i was so locked into his story, i didn’t even remember to update my facebook status with a witty comment about my outfit.

yeah, i know!! i must’ve been really into what he was saying.

But here are quick glimpses of the outfit   lol

My friend saw me walking around and taking pictures of the event and when i stood next to him and took this picture of myself, he asked “Ugo, did you really just take a picture of your sneakers?”

I said “nah bro. i got some of my scarf in thereas well”

After this event, i went to Klapper Hall to hang out in my homies art studio room for a bit.

we did artsy stuff in there. such as work for my acting class, freestyling and dope music listening.

the view from her studio…

While writing this, i just remembered that i have this long reading to do for wednesday, as i lead a class discussion with Sharon Tran, who is also a QC blogger and fellow Mellon Fellow.

well, i gotta get going. these acting lines won’t memorize themselves.

peace!

remember to love thy neighbor.

and not just the person who lives next door to you.