Thursday, January 19, 2006

First week of studies

Well, Friday they announced the grades for the final exams in December. In spite of all high expectations I did not get a single A for any subject. I did get 3 B+, which in a way was even more annoying as it was kind of: ...almost there, but ....well..., not good enough, sorry. It is quite arrogant to be upset about it, as many good people got some Cs, which in fact means they are the bottom 10% of the class. And I see it as a good learning experience, in fact now I am going to all the professors to hear their feedback, so I will for sure learn something from this.

Last week I had a visit fromTobias, Rebecca and Jules. It was very nice of them to come all the way from Paris to see me. For Jules it was a first flight, which he took very well. The entertainment programme included a lot of dining and wining. The weather was perfect so we even could have a lunch in the sun on the beach.
Sunday we went to see a Barcelona match in Camp Nou. Not a big football fan I really enjoyed the match and the atmosphere. We had the best seats, the comments of the enthusiastic fans behind us really helped to improve Tobias's spanish. The game finished with some fighting on the field, which is rather unique. In short, I think I will be going more often now.

The new term started. The classes seem more interesting now: lots of finance, which is great as
I do not know it so well.