Week 9 - the one with an iPod touch etc

Once again I have to apologize for posting this quite late, but I will try my best to put later posts up to date.

I started my Monday with trying to look for some stuff for the tutorial in Social Marketing. The tutorial in itself went quite OK, so used the lunch break to grab some lunch. In the afternoon I struggled to keep myself awake during e-Marketing, and I had to meet with the group that I'm going to do my e-Marketing assignment with to discuss some stuff before going home, and that's probably it...
Matt and I were always looking forward to the Business Research Methods on Tuesday - in an ironic way. And this Tuesday morning was no different from the previous Tuesdays. And after having lunch I went to my Business Research Methods tutorial, and I found out that we were only 2 people left from my little group, that I was supposed to do a qualitative methods paper with, so me and Clement (yes, another French guy) decided to be split up, and I was put in a new group, that actually was created earlier in that tutorial. In the evening I went to Matt & Aaron's flat to watch the Champions League game between Inter Milan and Manchester United. And I forgot to mention that Matt is a big Man U fan, so you could basically hear him throughout the entire match. In the end the match was a draw (0-0), but I'm looking forward to the return match between these two teams in 2 weeks time.
On Wednesday I had another meeting with e-Marketing group at the library. While I was waiting for the others, I met with Emilien, who told me that French people have a tendency to be late. With that in mind, I continued to wait for the others until they came around 1 PM, when they all came - except for a girl named Veronique, who (as a Frenchman, surprise surprise) came like 20 minutes later. And when she showed up, we were basically finished! So I decided to go to Glasgow to buy an iPod touch. The reason why I wanted to buy one was that they are actually cheaper to buy in Great Britain at the moment because of the relatively weak pound. And after I bought one (a 32 GB model), I was excited to try it, and after I connected it to my laptop, I knew that I didn't regret it at all!!
Thursday was a quiet day, and I just used the time to try to find some sources for the e-Marketing assignment.
On Friday I started the day with going to the gym for one hour before going to the university to continue my search for sources. In the evening the most of us from Villa 13E went downstairs to a birthday party to drink before we went to the Union. Unlike previous Fridays, I decided to go home a bit earlier, as I actually was bored...
The weekend was spent on not doing much, but on Saturday I went to Paisley to buy some washing liquid - but also a Danish national shirt, which cost £15, and later that day I went to the gym with Leszek and Vincent, before doing nothing the rest of the day. And Sunday was spent on washing clothes and trying to look at sources.

Week 8: the one with the tutorials and lots more

Once again, I apologize on this delay, but this time not only I have lazy, but I also have to do some stuff for some assignments, so please bear over that there will be delays...

Now for week 8, and this marked a milestone on my studies here at the UWS. On Monday I had my first tutorial after the Social Marketing lecture, but that was mostly used to find the groups in which we have to do a presentation. My group is having our presentation in 1 and a half week's time (as of Febuary 27), and they seem to be a fine set of individuals (and all of them are native speakers, which will make it a bit easier for me). As for e-Marketing - this will be quite a task, since I have been paired with 3 French people(!) and a Spanish girl, so I'm quite anxious to see how this will go.
On Tuesday we had Business Research Methods, and boy - the lecturer is quite boring! Not because of his accent (although many have problems understanding him because of his accent), but more because that he keeps on talking for almost an eternity (in other words: he keeps on talking for like almost 2 hours without having any kind of break)!
I used Wednesday afternoon looking after football jerseys, and I found Ireland's away jersey and England's home jersey - both at a really good price (the prices can be found on my previous post). In the evening, I went to Paisley to watch football with Ryan at a local pub. We had a nice long chat - to the point we almost didn't look at the TV screens during the match between Forfar (a Scottish 3. division team) and Rangers. During the half time break, we went to a local fast food restaurant, where I got my first experience of the local dish haggis - albeit in a deep fried version. Later we continued our good chat and eventually drank a couple of pints...
Thursday was mostly spent at the university, where I wanted to find some stuff for my e-Marketing assignment, but eventually watched some stuff on YouTube...
On Friday I went back to the university in another attempt to do something serious, which ended with me borrowing a couple of books. In the evening we were invited by the villa opposite us to taste some haggis (this time cooked) before we went to the Union to drink and dance.
Saturday was mostly spent on getting rid of my hangovers and on relaxing. In the evening there was the birthday party of Bardhyl, a French guy living at Thornly Park, so I went there, but eventually got bored and went to bed around 2 AM.
Sunday was like mostly spent like Saturday....

My Scottish adventure - the beginning!!

Hey ya!
I'm sorry that I haven't made an update for a long time, but a combination of laziness and lots of schoolwork meant that I haven't used this blog for a looooooooong time. But I think that now is a good time to revive this blog. And the reason for this: sometime ago I decided to spend a semester abroad, just like the most of you guys, I have met during the last few years, and I have decided to spend my fourth semester in Scotland, and more precisely at the University of the West of Scotland in Paisley near Glasgow. I will try to devote some time to write about my time here in Scotland, and I will probably make a post a week, since I'm also doing a Danish blog.

But since I already have been in Scotland for 2 weeks, I will do a short summary of what I have been up to:

1. I came to Scotland on January 28 and spent the first night in a hotel room in Glasgow and watched a Scottish Cup match between Celtic & Dundee United.
2. I went to Paisley the next day and got the keys for my flat. I live with: Emilien & Vincent (both France), Leszek (from Poland), Felix (from Germany) and Stefan (from the Netherlands)
3. I already got a Scottish friend the following Saturday, when Vincent introduced med to a guy named Ryan. We went with him to Ibrox Stadium to watch Rangers win against Dundee United.
4. I went to Edinburgh on Febuary 7 and went sightseeing with Stefan as well as Matt & Aaron (who are both from the United States)
   
5. There are lots of parties at Thornly Park, which is the residence in which I live - especially on Fridays & Saturdays.
6. I have classes on Mondays and Tuesdays, so I have a pretty long weekend :)
7. I went to the town on Ayr on Valentine's Day - and I will never do it again!
8. The majority of international people at Thornly Park are from France, followed by Spain, China and Germany (most of the Germans are from Leipzig!). I'm the only Dane here, but there are also people from Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden & (Republic of) Ireland.
9. If you are lucky, then you can find a football/soccer shirt pretty cheap. I have already bought an England shirt (£4.49) and an Ireland shirt (£7.99). The next step is to buy a Scotland shirt, a Rangers shirt and a Celtic shirt as well as some other cheap shirts.
   

I hope that you enjoyed my comeback post, see ya later this week when I will make a summary of this week!