Since it takes almost a day to go from one point of Texas to another, I was not having a chance to get out of the state and see other cities. Because of Christmas break, I could manage to make it. The first destination was New Orleans.

Just like other cities, it was beautiful, modern, and full of lights. But now I want to talk about how wild the streets of downtown are.

After travelling to museums and around tall buildings, we had a good walk with my double placement. At first I was smelling something similar to grass, which turned out to be a drug. State's laws are different compared to the laws of Texas; this is why people were legally playing casinos in the streets, selling drugs, and all the wild clothes.

In one street I could see more than 20 clubs and bars and lots of drug shops. Streets were noisy, and you do not feel yourself totally safe. Some random dudes scream for no reason, and another random guy comes and gives compliments to everyone's shoes.

Still, I really liked the city. Diversity is high. A little wild but fun.

I have never seen a non-christian person celebrating Christmas or New Year for the purpose of praising the birth of Christ. Everyone I know loves Christmas for the gifts, decorations, family gatherings and movies.

Taking my town as an example, from mid-november/early December to Christmas, everyone is busy with having fun while planning how to spend their winter holiday. Children make their Christmas list, decorate their homes, go to parades or other events and etc.

Most people start spamming comments when they see something related to that holiday. Ever since I grow up, I can not remember a time of the year where I got lots of gifts, except for my birthday.

If we do not want to celebrate New Year as a whole nation, we should start celebrating a holiday where children receive gifts, decorate their homes or do anything that would bring happiness in their eyes.

There should be a time in the year when everyone has nothing to do but celebrating the holiday, exchanging gifts, playing games and having fun.

And this week was Homecoming week. During the whole week, there were special themes for every single day.

The first day was about teaming up with others and dressing as cartoon characters.
The second day was just Disney Day.
The third day was a mid-life crisis where you have to dress up like people in their 40s and 60s.
The last day was "Green out" day.
We ended up the week with a pep rally.

In the next 2 days, we will have a homecoming game and a homecoming dance. Also, this time we have 4 days weekend.

Here you can see how corridors are decorated for HoCo (this is 1 out of 4) and some shots from the pep rally.