Oct
4
My first entrance exam in Law!
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I had an exam yesterday and it was not too bad. I fully answered the case part and I think I did very good understanding the case and analyzing it. The other part about general knowledge was not good but I can easily fix that in the future. Law is not hard. It is about […]
Oct
3
10000 Euros to change my life!
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After two weeks and half in Manchester I can say I am fully installed, a quick financial summary: 1. 9 Months tuition: 3390 GBP 2. 40 weeks housing fee: 4110 GBP 3. 12 Months Swim membership: 120 GBP 4. Hiking: 150 GBP Total: 7770 GBP (9950 Euros) I have not estimated my food and other […]
Oct
1
An Expensive Call!
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I was so worried about this supperannuation cheque that was supposed to be posted to my Irish address a month ago that I called Unisuper this morning. The cheque was sent to an Australian bank that was supposed to convert it into Euro. Because of the international turbulence, it took a bit longer. I am […]
Sep
30
The Spleen!
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After the first week of discovery and adaptation, I go then into a boring relaxing phase and then right after that I endure what I call the Spleen. The Spleen is this feeling of nostalgia and sadness induced by the regrets of things I was used to and left behind, in this case, Dublin. I […]
Sep
29
Physically Tired!
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Of course I am paying the price for 2 long days hiking! My legs are really sore. I have not used them like this for a while. It is a good exercise and even though I am tired I am feeling relaxed and happy. It seems that my superannuation fund has sent the cheque on […]
Sep
28
Hiking!
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I went Hiking with a group of students in Manchester. Keswick on Saturday was really nice and I had lots of fun, Snowdon on Sunday was quite impressive but quite boring. The pictures are great though and I am loving more and more my Nikon D200. Photography was a good way to socialize also, taking […]
Sep
26
My first bad lecture!
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It’s very easy to spot a bad lecturer with few signs: 1. Very little on board notes and ugly schemes 2. Continuous reading of his own simplistic notes 3. Continuous Bullshits with very stupid analogies 4. Lots of acting and stupid jokes These signs are very revealing of a bad lecturer. All the poor kids […]
Sep
25
Life is really boring!
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After a week of discovery and acclimation to Manchester, I am again bored. Everything is over and I am enduring the afterward effect of high level adrenaline. The relaxation time is dead boring! I had a surprise this morning, my boss from Australia wrote to me and asked for some forcefield parameters. The postdoc who […]
Sep
23
My bed!
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Bed time most of the day to make the cold go away! I cut myself deeply yesterday with my new knife. My left thumb lost a big chunk of my own skin. The swim is better now that got used to the pool. Only 4 days of swimming per week though…O well that should be […]
Sep
22
Phone SIM card
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Because of the existing competition between phone providers, every time you get a new SIM card, you pay 10 GPB for it and you get 10 GBP extra as reward. If I keep on changing provider every time I am done with my units with one company, I can get another cheap SIM card from […]