This is my hall. I spent a lot of my time here the last four months. I will and I won't miss it. As we are approaching the end, everything is accompanied by a mixed feeling.
I won't miss this one and his buddies. Did you know my hall is known as the bugs hall? It was not too bad though throughout the semester, until.. tatataaa my neighbour discovered a HUGE cockroach in her room.
Our lovely busstop where we wait for the shuttle bus (yes, the campus is that big).
People start to more and more eat western food, or at least that is what they call it here. In the canteens it is more like an Asian interpretation of Western food and it will do for now, until we get home and eat all the dishes we have missed. Of course, there is always McDonalds, Subway, Pizza Hut and many others that you can go to to have a taste like home ;).
In the meantime, I'm still very much enjoying the fruit juices and the bubble tea here: a drink with little balls of jelly inside, it's nice! And all the fresh fruit.. if you ever get to go to this part of the world, you should definitely try dragon fruit.
The University has opened the Student Activities Centre this year, where you can take a break from studying (or study there if you can stand the noise, it's open until 2am) by playing a board game or play a game on the Wii or Playstation, play snooker or get a drink from Starbucks and relax. Big big plus! I sometimes sit here until late and the relaxed atmosphere distracts you from the fact that you are studying: that way, you can pretend you are not studying while you are!
The main Library looks like this.
And I have to say that it looks like and is a learning factory where you can actually sense the stress in the air. That's why I prefer studying at HSS (Humanities and Social Sciences) Library where it is much quieter and a more relaxed atmosphere. Plus it is not so full, so there is even a possibility of finding a seat after 10!
And sometimes I just go home. Then my desk looks like this:
At the moment I took the picture I was still enjoying the chocoladepepernoten that Iris gave to me (thanks to her visiting mum and sister!). Now they are all gone.
Two more weeks until the semester is over. I have to admit, I am struggling a bit with getting myself to work hard, especially when the exams are still a week away. I will be happy when it is December 2nd, and I can look back on a hopefully successful semester grade-wise. In all the other ways it has been great and I'm still enjoying being here:).
Luckily some new adventures are ahead: On December 4 Iris and I will leave for Phuket to have some well deserved holiday :). From there we will fly to Bangkok and visit Cambodia, Laos and then Thailand again, where we will end with a diving course. Can't wait.
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