Everyone goes out every night here it seems! It's so different to me, but when people have so few hours/days of class, I guess they can. I too have been going out at night, doing random, but fun things. For instance, this past week:
Tuesday: Went to a roller disco for a Korfball social
Wednesday: Went Salsa dancing
Thursday: Had a laid back dinner at a friend's flat
Friday: Attended the Australia Day Beach Party on campus
Sunday: Enjoyed delicious tapas while watching Flamenco dancing at a nearby Spanish restaurant
Monday: Went to an acoustic music night, an event put on by the CU as part of their missions week
As I said, random, but fun. Despite the title, I am finding some time to study. Although I am still not used to this system of so few contact hours and so little assessment, I am getting a bit more accustomed to it. The syllabi (?) here are not very detailed as for the most part all they have are pages upon pages of suggested reading titles, but not many week to week assignments. However, it has actually been interesting to have the opportunity and the time to research more about topics and things that I am interested in rather than getting caught up in busy work that I do just because I have to. For instance, since I don't really know how I should be preparing for my History of Norwich class, I have take out some books on different British periods (i.e. Tudor, Georgian, Victorian, etc) and styles of architecture associated with them. Research is much more exciting when it is by choice and you are looking into something that interests you. I think that even just learning the basics in this area will be helpful as I walk around town (and visit other parts of England), seeing different buildings and learning about the various time periods. Then in my literature classes, since the required reading is not all that much each week, it has been interesting to look into biographical information on the authors and see how it affects their writing. Hopefully this will all be of some help by the time essays and exams come. Yes, I know I am a bit of a nerd... : )
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Hey Lauren!!! Seriously, the diligence parallel to the Philippines is really cool since it is exciting reading your posts... England sounds really cool and you seem to be having lots of fun.
So... a few things...
1) Gramps... the old man walking in a robe in the last entry. Seriously who is he?!?
2) I wanted to experiment with different blog names since I have one on another blog named carembeast, an email called LostAdmiral, and an sn named madmancaddy. I wanted to play with another name but wasn't that creative and came up with clyde. Since this is actually a real name I reread my post and realized it was pretty creepy.
3) This is extra space writing, but I hope you go to a football game and eat wine gums. That would be exciting. Go Chelsea!!!
Well, seeya at the next post.
Joel
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