Jul
29
A beautiful day in Ireland!
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It is so rare that it is worth mentioning about it when it is here, a full day of sunshine… all day long! I have received the formal letter from Manchester Law school and I replied right away to confirm. It seems that I can do right away the LLM which is the master degree. It seems also that, in the UK, Masters are only one year long and Phd 3 years. Everything is shorter than other systems which is good. I will see because it is only 3 months more than the degree I wanted to do. All depends whether I can find a job within this period of time.
Both of my flatmates know about my departure now and they all seem okay with it. They were already warned when I joined them here. We shall have a smooth transition I am hoping.
The fee for the school is more than I expected because they do not consider me as an EU student since I was in Australia the last 3 years. They only count as EU/home students people who physically reside in Europe. O well I cannot stop now: one foot in front of the other…as usual!
Jul
27
Wharhol trials!
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Jul
25
In one month and half I will have to move again. I kept on saying that I am tired of all these changes but I am afraid it won’t be the last time. Such is my life! I just hope the next move will not be as scary as the last one. I got used to dramatic changes though, I just kept on putting one foot in front of the other.
The pool is closed for 4 days because of the Irish national competition. What a bad luck! I will miss this nice pool. There is a nice pool as well at Manchester but I am afraid it will be too busy. Maybe during the winter, people will be less inclined to swim :). I might start doing some rowing and maybe run again.
Yea, all I am hoping for is that life won’t be so fucking hard for me in the future!
Jul
22
The Blue Sky, The Coast, the Sea and Me!
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Jul
21
I was accepted by Manchester University, I got the answer today. I will then follow a 9 months course starting September 2008 to become an intellectual property agent. After the course and the exams, I will have the fundamental exam that is the first step of a 3 to 5 year process to become a patent attorney. With a bit of luck, I will work for a law company after these 9 months. I wanted to get the fundamental exam in the UK because it will allow me to work in many countries: US, Canada, Australia, etc…
This is also the very first step in a long and painful life change process. I am happy now that I know what I will be doing the next 12 months.
It does make sense to take this path since I already have a Phd in science.
Jul
20
16 Weeks in Ireland
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Summer doesn’t feel like summer here in Ireland. In Australia, it was the winter that didn’t feel right. Things do feel different but not worse than before maybe even better. There is a second meaning to this counting of mine!
No answer from the school yet even though I wrote to two different people. Good sign or bad sign? I do not know! I will have to wait.
I saw an Excellent movie: The Wackness, it is the same type of movie as Donnie Darko or The adventures of Sebastian Cole. It made me laugh but it was a very sad movie. Smart people was strange, not bad at all though!
Jul
15
Sunset at my window!
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Jul
14
Aurora Borealis
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I’d like to see one in the near future. I just saw a movie with that name, Aurora Borealis, and I liked it very much. It’s all smooth and a bit slow at time but I liked the character: easy going and very kind. Claire told me she cried after seeing “The Girl in the park“, it is indeed a very good movie but also very sad.
I found a good song from Aurora Borealis: From The Reindeer Section “Cartwheels”
I made my first bank transfer from Australia to my French Bank. It seemed that I spent a bit more than I thought. It always occur when I move to a new place anyway. So I spent about 6500 Euros the first 4 months here. 3000 Euros went to finding the aparment and renting it and the rest went to buying new clothes and food.
I also wrote to the school to inquire about the answer.
Jul
13
Fantastic View From my Window!
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Jul
12
Is DA SHIT! It worked like a charm…!
I had to change my lenses, same corrections for myopia but astigmatism has increased on the left side. Funny thing! They offered me the normal lenses right away while waiting for the transition lenses to come.
I started to get impatient about the school’s answer. It’s only been a month and half but still. I will write an email to the school. I might be late for this semester :(. Anyway it would be better to know as soon as possible so I can act accordingly.
I watched tons of movies thanks to the blog I found. Some movies were really good but so sad. I doubt I will ever watch these again: "The girl in the park" is a drama about a woman who lost her daughter and "Ladies in lavender" is about two old ladies who saved a young polish boy and one of them felt in love with him. Penelope was excellent! and I found a nice Icelandic tune thanks to it: From Sigur Ros "Hoppippolla" I kept on listening to it since I found it.
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