One report, three final exams and 46 days left!
måndag 30 maj 2011
onsdag 25 maj 2011
Eine kleine junge
Soon I'll be more active on Skype, which probably means less studying... But I don't care cause at least we can skype again. J is coming home! If not Landvetter decides to shut down the airport in time for their arrival.
Okay, enough procrastination now. Back to report writing!
Tschüß!
Okay, enough procrastination now. Back to report writing!
Tschüß!
onsdag 18 maj 2011
2 down 2 to go
Right. I'm currently going through a sugar coma here so I can't really put my thoughts together. But I CAN tell you is that I've submitted two essays today. Have been working on them for a while now but the last three days have been manic! Yesterday I worked 7 hours in the library and then 8 hours when I came home. The hours between 1am and 4am passed really quickly. Woke up 9am and worked again until 2pm today. Then I went to uni to print and hand them in.
They were alternative assignments because I didn't go to Fraser Island with the class. But I don't think I would have liked their report more than these, as they had to make graphs and analyze in excel. And at least one persone know that I don't fancy that... My essays were about Wildlife Management and conflicting issuess. One about the Feral Camel (Camelus dromedarius) in Australia and the other about a similar controversial topic in our home country. So I realized that the Scandinavian Grey Wolf (Canis lupus) was perfect. Although, more time and I would have done them better. But perfect is a measure beyond reach so average will do, but still I can't be totally happy with them as I hardly had time to proof read... The topics were interesting at least, so it wasn't too bad. God, I'm thinking I'm turning asian soon. I wonder if this is how they feel. Do they do perfect or are they never happy enough with what they accomplish?
Enough about essays and asian.
I'm having a sugar coma and need to rest. Reckon I'm going to bed early tonight. But before that I need to start thinking about a topic for my next report about climate change. And what else than a climate change documentary can make you more inspired?
Ps. I've find a second love, a Brisbane band called Montpelier. They're awesome!
Toodles.
They were alternative assignments because I didn't go to Fraser Island with the class. But I don't think I would have liked their report more than these, as they had to make graphs and analyze in excel. And at least one persone know that I don't fancy that... My essays were about Wildlife Management and conflicting issuess. One about the Feral Camel (Camelus dromedarius) in Australia and the other about a similar controversial topic in our home country. So I realized that the Scandinavian Grey Wolf (Canis lupus) was perfect. Although, more time and I would have done them better. But perfect is a measure beyond reach so average will do, but still I can't be totally happy with them as I hardly had time to proof read... The topics were interesting at least, so it wasn't too bad. God, I'm thinking I'm turning asian soon. I wonder if this is how they feel. Do they do perfect or are they never happy enough with what they accomplish?
Enough about essays and asian.
I'm having a sugar coma and need to rest. Reckon I'm going to bed early tonight. But before that I need to start thinking about a topic for my next report about climate change. And what else than a climate change documentary can make you more inspired?
Ps. I've find a second love, a Brisbane band called Montpelier. They're awesome!
Toodles.
måndag 16 maj 2011
Asians
I have been thinking for a while now. Every time I'm working late, and by that I mean I leave the library at the latest 20.00-21.00, there are a lot of students there. And more keeps on coming. To what I find fascinating is that roughly speaking the library is full of asian people. Of course there are others than asian but you get my point. It's all about majority in this case. So, I simply think asian people are smarter than the average person. I mean they must be as much as they study. But where does the energy come from and not to mention the time?
Today I left the library at 19.35 and I felt like a bad student. I always do. To try to boost myself I'm thinking "at least I have more of a life than only studying". But I might be wrong there too I'm afraid. These asian look both smart and happy.
I wonder if it's only a short term thing or if what they learn actually stays inside. If so, where does it all fit? Did asian evolve with bigger brain capacity?
If someone has got an answer I'll be happy to hear it!
Today I left the library at 19.35 and I felt like a bad student. I always do. To try to boost myself I'm thinking "at least I have more of a life than only studying". But I might be wrong there too I'm afraid. These asian look both smart and happy.
I wonder if it's only a short term thing or if what they learn actually stays inside. If so, where does it all fit? Did asian evolve with bigger brain capacity?
If someone has got an answer I'll be happy to hear it!
söndag 8 maj 2011
May
I love May, mostly because it's spring. Not here, but it doesn't matter because in my Swedish heart and soul May will always be the spring month. Things are really changing in the nature, in people, in school. It's all coming to some kind of an end and everyone are excited about summer. Fantastic wonderful summer.
Sometimes in the blog I have described my subjective opinion about Australia and I thought I would continue a little bit on that. I like to compare things sometimes even though I'm not so much for comparative stuff normally. But comparing countries seems a bit less harmless than comparing people or values... Anyhow. I've now after three months here understood that Australia is a country lacking of culture, as in cities, buildings, houses, towns, villages. Even though people say it's a young country I haven't really understood. But now when I've seen a bit more of towns and suburbs I feel that something is desperately missing. Culture. Some people are not much for old cities with narrow streets and a history in each brick and wall front. But I am. In that way I think Australia is bit uninteresting, in terms of cities, towns and villages. It looks very similar to the part of Bäckebol where IKEA and all those big chains stand in rows. Metal, plastic and colour. It's not Australia's fault that it's young, they are developing just what Europe did thousands of years ago. But for now, it's just too modern for me. Because of this, I've come to appreciate the proximity between countries and culture in Europe. Towns and cities can be really romantic there, because of profound culture.
What Australia have a whole lot of, are amazing, beautiful, breathtaking landscapes. I've noticed that every time I passed by a fantastic scenery there are cows grazing the fields. They are so lucky with that wonderful view I'm thinking. I do hope they appreciate it!
To something else, yesterday I spent the saturday evening with my group from the biology-lab catching cane toads. We collected, filmed, took photos of them etc. It was actually pretty exciting. But they're nasty beasts. Hard to imagine what pest they actually are. The white/yellow matter you see is the poison they secrete when they are threatened, and that is what's killing many native animal species in Australia.
My love is going to China tomorrow. I'm happy for my old class but it's gonna be hard not to talk for 16 days... I mean isn't it tough enough not seeing each other? Yes. And no we can't even talk. Help. But we'll get through that too!
<3 Emma
Sometimes in the blog I have described my subjective opinion about Australia and I thought I would continue a little bit on that. I like to compare things sometimes even though I'm not so much for comparative stuff normally. But comparing countries seems a bit less harmless than comparing people or values... Anyhow. I've now after three months here understood that Australia is a country lacking of culture, as in cities, buildings, houses, towns, villages. Even though people say it's a young country I haven't really understood. But now when I've seen a bit more of towns and suburbs I feel that something is desperately missing. Culture. Some people are not much for old cities with narrow streets and a history in each brick and wall front. But I am. In that way I think Australia is bit uninteresting, in terms of cities, towns and villages. It looks very similar to the part of Bäckebol where IKEA and all those big chains stand in rows. Metal, plastic and colour. It's not Australia's fault that it's young, they are developing just what Europe did thousands of years ago. But for now, it's just too modern for me. Because of this, I've come to appreciate the proximity between countries and culture in Europe. Towns and cities can be really romantic there, because of profound culture.
What Australia have a whole lot of, are amazing, beautiful, breathtaking landscapes. I've noticed that every time I passed by a fantastic scenery there are cows grazing the fields. They are so lucky with that wonderful view I'm thinking. I do hope they appreciate it!
To something else, yesterday I spent the saturday evening with my group from the biology-lab catching cane toads. We collected, filmed, took photos of them etc. It was actually pretty exciting. But they're nasty beasts. Hard to imagine what pest they actually are. The white/yellow matter you see is the poison they secrete when they are threatened, and that is what's killing many native animal species in Australia.
My love is going to China tomorrow. I'm happy for my old class but it's gonna be hard not to talk for 16 days... I mean isn't it tough enough not seeing each other? Yes. And no we can't even talk. Help. But we'll get through that too!
<3 Emma
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