E: Two days and one exam from vacations
The Melbourne has laid its night carpet over the campus. After next time is the day of my final exam. 60 multiple-choice questions in “Research methods in health”. A two-hour challenge to mark the end of my first semester in Australia. The teaching stopped already October 29th. That very week I finished Spanish with both a written and an oral exam that I pulled through fairly well. I think. This Monday I handed in a 2000 word essay named “Blog shed”, which was an analyse of how the Internet and the web logs changed the media coverage of the war in Iraq.My own blog has not been too updated lately much do to me battling me through these academic requirements. Also news from that department is that I will most likely be able to do an internship next semester as one of three subjects. To write for an Australian paper (in English) will be highly relevant to my study and possible word-composer carrier.
That reminds me of the freelancing deal I got with the travel section of a Norwegian consumers’ web page. Dinside (meaning “your page”) is where I have been having my online part time job updating the database of all the pricelists of Norwegian banks for the economics section. Now I finally get to do some writing and photographing, and that during and of my little “world tour” LENKE. I leave in less than two weeks already, November 21st.
Within that time I have a lot of packing to do, friends to meet, preparation for my trip (both as tourist and journalist) and the wish of getting to relax a little. Recreation for me though is doing other things everyday life prevents me from doing. Within the last couple of weeks I have been able to sneak in a bit of non-school-related activities though. Sport wise it has been a bit of soccer, running and even a bit of squash. Church wise I have done a bit of bible reading, God discussions with potential Christians and a few church visits. God is encouraging. On the strictly social side, I have been with Chisholm livers and “outside” friends here and there. For instance James’ arranged a “blokes' night” some Fridays ago. And last time it was Thursday a whole bunch of Spanish students, from all levels both from La Trobe Uni and Melbourne Uni met at a Spanish restaurant close to the city centre. All the Hispanic wannabes ended up in some bar/lounge with a live band playing Latino rhythms. It was a fun night, yet also a reminder that I won’t be having more Spanish at La Trobe. Fortunately I will get an opportunity with a few weeks while visiting Bolivia from the end of January.
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