So here’s another update from Wycombe. Past couple of days have been full of new impressions again and I think that Wycombe has fully grown on me already. Thursday was my first official day at school with classes, and guess what, first class I have is taught by a Dutchman. Funny really, trying to escape the Dutch teaching at Inholland and then having a class from someone who used to teach at Inholland as well. Apart from the fact that he is ex-Inholland, he is a really cool guy and it seems that he really knows a lot about music events. But then again, someone with a lot of know-how and then teaching before hitting 30 must be a failed business man. But I won’t get to negative about him because he is a nice guy and really helpful as well. We have already made plans to organize a Dutch night in one of the local pubs since we are represented so well.
Another class I had was with local second year students and you can really tell that the level is lower than a third year class. (The study is only 3 years here, instead of 4, so we got to choose between second and third year classes). The students themselves aren’t as mature yet as I would have expected and the teacher was really bring all the theories in the most simple way, and then going on about obvious (for me at least) stuff for too long. But I think I will get a better picture once we get further in the semester. Other funny thing is that teachers have obligatory and recommended books and reading but you are not supposed to buy these books. Instead the library will have several copies of all the books, I hope the system works, at least it saves the students a whole lot of money.
And then for today’s classes (Friday), they were cancelled… I don’t know exactly why they were cancelled but I do hope it’s not going to be standard practice as it was at Inholland. So instead today I did some cleaning in my room, my laundry and some shopping. I think I succeeded in cleaning my clothes, they weren’t really dirty but they were wet when I took them out of the washing machine. Only then realizing that I didn’t really have anything to dry my laundry on. The house does have a weird system from drying laundry, in the kitchen there’s a couple of bars attached to each other and you can move it up and down with a trolley system. To give you a better picture, I made a picture:
(Dit is het originele was droog systeem in het huis, heel strategisch geplaatst naast het fornuis)
This system has one big disadvantage though, once I start cooking all of the grease and fumes will go straight into the laundry, which would make it dirty again. So I went into town and bought myself a nice drying rack. Having that, and doing my groceries I was already 40 pounds lighter. UK is really expensive, even a medium pizza from domino’s is already 8 pounds. A good thing is that I’m still driving on the gas that I got in Holland, meaning that I’m not really driving as much as I used to and this is saving me money as well. Only now I have to replace my right side mirror which I smashed pulling in backwards to my house.
Here’s an overview of pictures that I made to give you an impression of my living here, and if I forgot to write about something, I’m sure I’ll do it some other day.
(Van boven naar beneden, spiegel kapot van de BMW... heel jammer, m'n spagethi van van de week, en mijn vernieuwende was droog systeem)
Getting ready to go the pub so g’night.
This post was created under the influence of Snoop Dogg’s 1993 Doggy Style.
3 comments:
Hope, with you, that it will be better further through the semester. Also nice to read that you are confronted, and also solving, al the problems of having an household to manage. A new mirror seems to be essential (left side mirror in the UK!!), spaghetti looks like your mother made it, and the drying rack: well I don't know, seems to be a little odd, but maybe you did not unfold it ? By the way, quite early to go to the pub.
Spaghetti doesn't look like my mother made it. It looks like the noodle soup the vietnamese guy sells around the corner here!
Anyways, pictures look good and easy classes are convenient as you'll have more time to spend partying. That's my strategy here at least, don't know if partying in Wycombe is as affordable as it is here in Thailand though.
Take care!
To Jan(iDaddy), it's the right side mirror :P And the spaghetti might look like mom made it, it tastes different, and I set up the dry rack according to the picture instructions, so I guess I did it right... I hope...
To Me(iNard) it's not just Wycombe that's expensive, everything here is expensive (except for the school bus, which is free!, so glad I brought my car).
En voor Louis Aartman & Co, de Coffee Pads zijn nog niet op, dus kom maar een bakkie halen! En ik heb de op laatste twee blogs de fotos voorzien van NL ondertitelling. Ik zal het voortaan blijven doen!
Ik hoop morgen weer een mooie post te schrijven, dus blijf vooral kijken :)
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