here's some highlights of october though:
- had our Texas Study Break where we made peach cobbler, corn bread, mac n cheese and sweet tea
- went to a soccer game Oman v. Australia
- we had our closing dinner
- started studying for exams
and for november i continued studying for exams and taking exams for the first two weeks and packing to leave IH
THEN ON NOVEMBER 18 I WENT TO THE OPENING PARTY FOR THE HARRY POTTER EXHIBITION!!! :D
first things first, we arrived there and my friend forgot to print out her ticket -_- but we all got it sorted out and got our very important muggle (VIM) lanyards - we were sorted into groups to go into the exhibition which was nice, cause the next day there were tons of people at the exhibition and it was quite crowded
i just enjoyed the exhibition the first night, bought some stuff and took my small notebook and took notes the next day when i went to the exhibition again...cause they were evil and sold opening tickets after the exhibition ticketsbut anyways here goes my notes since you can't take pictures inside
1. first you wait in line to take a picture in front of this green screen and it's basically you in front of the Great Hall - they gave out pictures for free during the opening party :) but my friend's eyes were closed...fail photographer...
2. then you wait in line to enter this room with the sorting hat on a stage and a person asks for volunteers, asks them what their fav house is, holds the hat above their heads, and a speaker goes off in the sorting hat's voice
it's totally rigged cause everyone gets their favorite house
on opening night, the girl who worked there was so overly enthusiastic it was almost hilarious haha
and then the next day during my session, there was this cute kid - the lady asked him do you have a fav house? he shakes his head and gets sorted into hufflepuff (i think..my memory is fuzzy) the cute part was when she asked him how he got here - did you get here by floo powder? shakes head. broom stick? shakes head. car? nod. was it a flying car? shakes head. lol too cute
3. then you enter a room with like 8 plasma tvs (placed vertically) and it basically shows you this montage of the harry potter movies - i feel sorry for the guy who works in that room he has to watch that montage like ten million times
the back wall opens...
4. and you see the hogwarts express - during the opening party there wasn't a greeter, but the next day there was one - it was pretty nice
5. now you enter the exhibition! there's a hall of portraits (some of them talk - including the fat lady) to the right was neville's + ginny's + luna's stuff (clothing, shoes and such)
6. the next little section has cool stuff - list of DA members (there's different handwritings for each person), hermione's beaded bag (it's so pretty!), hermione's clothes (their tennis shoes look like onitsuka tiger style) she wore these black flats as part of her school uniform when she was younger i think - they were quite interesting and very flat looking
behind this section is the Gryffindor notice board
7. ron and harry's dorm room which included stuff like clothes, the marauder's map, the love potion box of chocolates, ron's howler, harry's glasses (which look like they don't have lens..), the egg from the triwizard cup
on ron's bed, there's his knit blanket and you really notice how wrinkly, faded and frayed ron's clothing is
interesting things:
- a comic called Martin Miggs the Mad Muggle
- Seeker Weekly: Which Broom?
- autographed shirt from Chudley Cannons
- Ron's broken wand
- Cram-it OWLS like spark notes haha
8. Potions Professors
- snape's robes are actually really purpleish
- slughorn's robes are so intricate and the fly of his pants are button up
- slughorn's wand is also pretty cool, it has a blue handle with a blue design down it
- there were also jars of potions stuff in the background including a box of bezoars on display
9. Gilderoy Lockhart
- omg his dueling clothes are sooo nice (it's like velvet and has really nice designs)
- they displayed his collection of books
- there's also that HUGE portrait of himself on display behind everything
- he also has snakeskin shoes, they looked REALLY nice
- something else that looked nice: his gold robes
- the test that the students took was on display too - some interesting questions/answers:
what is GL's ambition or something like that? to rid the world of evil
what is GL's favorite color? lilac
when is GL's bday? Dec 12
a tip of GL - always check teeth to see if they're free of green
what is GL's best side? he's so handsome any side will do
something about what does GL use to keep his teeth clean? fairy sparkle lisok? jisot? idk lol
10. Professor Lupid
- the boggart wardrobe
- the jack in the box that popped up as someone's boggart (dude it's soooo intricate, it actually has clothes, bells on the bottom fringe of the shirt/gloves and the box looks hand painted)
- records of the music he plays during the boggart lesson
11. mandrake pulling! this basically reminded me of those whack-a-mole things at arcades but instead you get to pull a mandrake up and then it makes whiney screaming noises
12. Umbridge
- her clothes are like realllyy fuzzy (and her pockets have yarn fringes)
- a decoy detonator was up on display
- mini paper airplane ministry of magic memos
- her pink chairs look really comfy
- she has a really short chubby wand
- pink stationery with cat at the very top + cat statue and perfume on her desk
13. Trelawney
- the cup with the grim on it still looks wet and stuff - it was pretty cool
- her clothes has lots of buttons (3 layers of clothing too)
- parvati patil's clothes were also there and she had pretty basic black flats
and i will stop here for now :P the next section should be the quidditch section!
