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OMG! This is getting serious! PB, I know Sac is charming and all, but you must be really smitten to agree to go out without necessitating a picture. Good for you!
Seeing the amount of people who post from work- its a wonder any of us still have jobs.
Uh oh, theres my boss, gotta look like I’m busy…
Machon Bnos yehuda (BYA) is also a great seminary.
The program is very thought out, the teachers are very warm and approachable, and they are great role models for the girls. The program is set up in a way where it is easy to make a kesher with a teacher. Each girl has a personal mechaneches that is always available to talk, and if nothing pressing is going on, she will still have a chat with the girl every 3-4 weeks. Also, every three weeks there are discussion groups in a teachers house, which is another great way to make a kesher with a teacher.
There are tons of fun trips, and amazing programs every Rosh Chodesh. For some reason, BYA has gotten the name of being all fun and no work. This is very far from the truth! While there are a lot of opportunities to have fun, there is plenty of work as well, and there is definitely no getting away without putting in some hard work.
As for the girls, there are usually a lot of girls from BYA highschool in America, as well as other high schools around Brooklyn. Then there are plenty of out of towners, and also girls from England, Belgium, Switzerland, and Australia.
I think that BYA is a very well rounded seminary for regular run of the mill Bais Yaakov girls, not too yeshivish/greasy, but definitely not toward the other way either.
Hope this information helps with your decision! Good luck!
FRUM=
U in the middle
Fanatically Religious on one side of you
and Modern on the other side
WIY-
Yeah I know people who still talk in motherese to their grown children! A little embarrassing.
Popa-
“2 years is not very long term. How about 20?”
Hard for someone to stick with a diet for 20 years if its only been around for less than ten years. The first South Beach diet book came out in 2003.
new2thescene-
Hey, sounds good to me. Being a female, I guess there are some things about the male psyche that will always baffle me.
I also like to consider myself a person with depth, and if I am redt to someone who is not superly handsome, or maybe not even handsome at all, I would not say no. (ps- it has happened before) I guess there’s the difference between a deep boy and a deep girl.
popa-
I happen to know a few people who have been on South Beach for over two years and have stuck to it. That would qualify as long term, no?
The thing about South Beach is that there is no food family that is being cut out. Some think that it is low carb, but actually, you are allowed three whole grain carbs a day, which I don’t think qualifies as low carb.
Have you ever been on South Beach, or are you going on hearsay?
popa-
“The reason women can’t lose weight is because they are looking for trick, like the south beach diet.”
I beg to differ. South Beach is not a fad diet, nor is it a “trick” it is a way of eating that can be maintained for life. I find it very easy to follow, I am eating well, I am not hungry, and I am losing weight. Where is the trick.
I think people may mix up south beach with all those other fad diets because of its name- it sort of sounds like its gonna be one of those cabbage soup diets, but its not!
When people are walking with you somewhere and then see someone they know, but you do not, and they stop and speak to them for a while and leave you hanging there like a dork
When people let go of your hand when circle dancing at a simcha.
when people leave a room and don’t close the door behind them.
I have started the South Beach diet recently, and I am really enjoying it! I have lost about 2 pounds a week, and sometimes I forget that I’m on a diet! The best part is that there is NO calorie counting or strict portion control.
Basically the diet is to eat only whole grains, fruits and vegetables and lean protein and dairy.
The first two weeks are called phase 1- where you are not supposed to eat any carbs or fruits. The point is to jumpstart your weight loss. During this stage I lost over 10 pounds!
This diet is great for those who hate counting calories, and also hate being hungry! Most days I am not hungry at all! Go South Beach!
Sacrilege-
Its not such a funny question if you are no longer 19 or 20.
new2thescene:
Are you okay with the fact that your gender is more concerned with the externals?
many people on this post are saying that men are more into looks than woman are.
I know this fact to be true, but why is it said as an excuse? So if men are generally more superficial, why can’t they learn to look inside a person, and not only at their exterior? If this is considered a fault in men (which personally I think it is) shouldn’t they look to change it?
I think I’ll just duck and find shelter while everyone pummels me.
well said, Sacrilege!
I agree that hotel lobbies are a bore, does anyone think otherwise?
If a boy does not want to spend a lot of money on a date, there are other things to do besides resorting to a hotel lobby.
EX: a walk around a harbor (Baltimore)or a park is a quiet place to talk as well, and far more interesting than a lobby!
ronrsr-
What could possibly happen…
Judging by the comments I get when I simply walk by and avert my eyes, engaging in a conversation is not a very clever move at all
WIY-
That is a very nice suggestion. However, being a female, it is much less practical to put into practice. I shudder to think what would happen if I would wish Mexican workers a good day…
Sacrilege-
What can you do on your blackberry that can’t be done on an iphone?
Popa and sacrilige-
I am not discussing particular people, but rather the concept of beauty in general.
Where did Jewsih boys learn that a size 8 is too fat?
Where did they learn that a girl must look like a supermodel, or else she is not worthy of his precious time?
I can assure you these concepts did not originate within the Yeshiva world.
If anyone has ever read any goyish fashion or beauty magazines (and I’m not saying you should…)you can see exactly where these ideas came from.
Like I said before, its important to look good and attractive, but supermodel perfection is not what is meant by that
I think that is important for a boy to find his wife attractive. Having said that, what boys are looking for today is not simply attractive, they are looking for perfection. Where does this come from? It is obvious that these ideas of “perfection” do not come from jewish sources, but rather from the ideas of the goyim.
A boy can be sufficiently attracted to a girl who is a size 10 (gasp!)