Hup Holland!
I love how I ask people here how much they study for the final exams and they always answer that a few days before the exam. I think it's unfair to even begin to compare this to SMU, where the study areas were packed on Sundays and public holidays. It's stopped snowing, and is actually above 0, although parts of Saarland still have snow here and there.
Right now, I'm in Saarbruecken, Germany, which is also known as the middle of nowhere. Next week is the exam week, and then I'll be in London for two weeks. Evidently, missing school is really not that big of a deal here, which is something I find really hard to get used to. Can't wait to be there + see Ritika again.
Dutch is a surprisingly easy language, so far at least, anyway. They labelled me a quick learner according to an idiotic intelligence test they make everyone take, and thus slotted me into the beginner's quick learners course. Unfortunately for me, every other beginner there has been in the course for six or seven months, so it's rather hard to follow, to say the least.
It's also really, really difficult to meet/ get to know people: if you're talking to one of them, it's fine, but the moment another Dutch person comes along they start talking over your (well, my) head in Dutch. This is usually literal, because the Dutch are one of the tallest nationalities in the world, and I'm really not that tall. Well, actually I am petite here, which is quite funny.
However: so glad I'm here, although I miss people terribly. Skype FTW.
Right now, I'm in Saarbruecken, Germany, which is also known as the middle of nowhere. Next week is the exam week, and then I'll be in London for two weeks. Evidently, missing school is really not that big of a deal here, which is something I find really hard to get used to. Can't wait to be there + see Ritika again.
Dutch is a surprisingly easy language, so far at least, anyway. They labelled me a quick learner according to an idiotic intelligence test they make everyone take, and thus slotted me into the beginner's quick learners course. Unfortunately for me, every other beginner there has been in the course for six or seven months, so it's rather hard to follow, to say the least.
It's also really, really difficult to meet/ get to know people: if you're talking to one of them, it's fine, but the moment another Dutch person comes along they start talking over your (well, my) head in Dutch. This is usually literal, because the Dutch are one of the tallest nationalities in the world, and I'm really not that tall. Well, actually I am petite here, which is quite funny.
However: so glad I'm here, although I miss people terribly. Skype FTW.