Updated!
Ok yes, it's been a long while. But you know what they say. About time. and being on exchange. and work. and the cow that jumps over the moon.
Oh, you don't?
Well, I'm most certainly not going to tell you if something quite so simple as what they say about time and being on exchange and work and the cow that jumps over the moon is something you are unfamiliar with.
But in any event, whoever said that exchange is a bed of non-work, all play roses is a Big Fat Liar. The Biggest Fattest Liarest Big Fat Liar you will ever set eyes on. Ever. Even if you lived past a million and survived dear ol Harry.
Because between running errands (PHONE BILLS! INTERNET BILLS! TRAFFIC TICKET BILLS! BUYING GROCERIES! PAYING RENT!), reading (oh don't tell me you guys don't read at all and don't care a smidgen about screwing up in class.), writing papers, briefs and memos, COOKING and CLEANING (It didn't strike me until about a month after I arrived that I spend on average, 12 hours a week cooking and at least another 4 cleaning up after cooking), eating what I've cooked in the apartment that I've cleaned, laundry (i've given up ironing. Don't even ask) I manage to take about 2 deep breaths before the week ends.
So. that's really what I've been up to. I guess my philosophy towards exchange isn't so much that I need to spend as much time travelling and having fun and exploring as it is to take advantage, to as great an extent as possible, the plentiful academic resources available and pick as many brilliant minds as possible. With that in mind, I've been running after every seminar bandwagon and brown bag lunch crowd with an almost-embarassing enthusiasm and fervour. It is beginning to wear me down though but well, as long as it lasts I suppose.
Update: brasil is NOT looking good. School withdrew funds so each of us have to cough up 900USD to go and after that nasty piece of news, 9 withdrew leaving 6 of us, myself and 5 girls. Not what I'm looking forward to. Christmas and winter break however is looking good, tickets have been booked and I'll be off to NY from the 18th Dec to 2 Jan (have to be back early for damn Jessup. Ask me about that another time, that's a whole other ball game. involving various sharp implements. And tonnes of self-torture). So, if any of you Americanos are there, give me a holler. My number's 314-583-5616.
Oh, you don't?
Well, I'm most certainly not going to tell you if something quite so simple as what they say about time and being on exchange and work and the cow that jumps over the moon is something you are unfamiliar with.
But in any event, whoever said that exchange is a bed of non-work, all play roses is a Big Fat Liar. The Biggest Fattest Liarest Big Fat Liar you will ever set eyes on. Ever. Even if you lived past a million and survived dear ol Harry.
Because between running errands (PHONE BILLS! INTERNET BILLS! TRAFFIC TICKET BILLS! BUYING GROCERIES! PAYING RENT!), reading (oh don't tell me you guys don't read at all and don't care a smidgen about screwing up in class.), writing papers, briefs and memos, COOKING and CLEANING (It didn't strike me until about a month after I arrived that I spend on average, 12 hours a week cooking and at least another 4 cleaning up after cooking), eating what I've cooked in the apartment that I've cleaned, laundry (i've given up ironing. Don't even ask) I manage to take about 2 deep breaths before the week ends.
So. that's really what I've been up to. I guess my philosophy towards exchange isn't so much that I need to spend as much time travelling and having fun and exploring as it is to take advantage, to as great an extent as possible, the plentiful academic resources available and pick as many brilliant minds as possible. With that in mind, I've been running after every seminar bandwagon and brown bag lunch crowd with an almost-embarassing enthusiasm and fervour. It is beginning to wear me down though but well, as long as it lasts I suppose.
Update: brasil is NOT looking good. School withdrew funds so each of us have to cough up 900USD to go and after that nasty piece of news, 9 withdrew leaving 6 of us, myself and 5 girls. Not what I'm looking forward to. Christmas and winter break however is looking good, tickets have been booked and I'll be off to NY from the 18th Dec to 2 Jan (have to be back early for damn Jessup. Ask me about that another time, that's a whole other ball game. involving various sharp implements. And tonnes of self-torture). So, if any of you Americanos are there, give me a holler. My number's 314-583-5616.
posted by dundundugi at 11:13 PM
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900 USD can buy me a car !
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