I was really tired when I woke up this morning. I went to my classes then planned on going to bed when I got back to the flat. After eating yet another bowl of spaghetti, I went up to my room and started reading the Martian. The reason that I watch Netflix instead of reading is as follows. I stayed up until 2am when I was way to exhausted to read another page. The good news though is I don’t have any classes on Thursday until 16:30. Which I don’t like because, I thought that I had planned my schedule so that I would not have classes on Thursday or Friday, oh well.
Tag: Sunderland
Day 18: Student Raid
Today I started of at the St.Peter’s campus for my film analysis seminar. After this class, I caught the bus to the City campus.
At the City campus, I ate lunch and then went to my Spanish class. In Spanish we learned basic greetings and names. It was kind of boring though as it’s a review from when I was in high school.
After class, I rode the bus back to my flat where I had spaghetti for dinner.
Tonight was the student raid at the bridges which is basically students only and a ton of discounts. I went to buy a textbook. Lame, I know. I didn’t end up buying the textbook since it would be much cheaper on Amazon. I did end up buying the Martian and the Maze runner books. Also, at this book store I get 10% back since I’m a student.
Getting a bus back to clanny was even worse than usual. I flagged the bus drive but, he kept on going. After 45 minutes, I finally got onto a bus and made it back to the flat where I watched Netflix until bed.
Day 17: Physics lesson
I know what you’re thinking, why is he getting a physics lesson? He’s not taking any physics classes. I’ll get to it.
So today started off with my film analysis lecture then, I had my film screening an hour later. I had an hour afterwords so, I went to the library cafe and bought something for lunch.
My next class was space law. We had to come up with our topic section. I chose terraforming because, I understand the science of it from my geosciences project but I don’t know about the corresponding legal stipulations. After we told the teachers what we were going to be studying, we were put into groups to define space. This is where the physics lesson came in. The others in their last year of law school suggested that it be the point that Earth’s gravity doesn’t effect objects anymore. If you understand basic physics you’ll be laughing about now. So, the professor got up and wrote the basic gravitational equation on the board. He then explained it and everyone understood. I believe that this is why a lot of laws about science don’t make sense. If your a law student, I would highly recommend learning at least the basics of a variety of fields.
I was tired after class so, I went back to the flat and ate spaghetti.
Day 16: More Netflix
Today I watched Netflix until I got bored. At this point, I started researching scuba equipment. After I got bored of doing this, I tried messing with UDK (unreal development kit) which is what we are using in my games technology class to develop. Lastly, I watched more Battlestar to end the weekend. Also, I had spaghetti for breakfast.
Day 15: Haircut
Today I went and got a haircut. The place that I got my hair cut was able to do exactly what I normally get.
After my haircut, I went back to the flat and made myself spaghetti. Genius me did not think about how an entire package of spaghetti could feed an army. I stored the remaining two container fulls of spaghetti in the fridge hoping that I would be able to finish it all before it went bad.
Day 14: Netflix
Again, I just watched Netflix all day. I had finally finished watching all of Warehouse 13, which was a great TV show. I began watching Battlestar Galactica which is somewhat realistic Sci-Fi and so far seems like what intergalactic space travel could be like in the distant future. The basic premise is that a military ship called the Battlestar Galactica lead a fleet of civilians away from the Cylons which are AI based robots created by the humans. So far, there hasn’t been a single alien race even though the cylons sometimes seem like they are.
Day 13: Scuba Club
Today, I slept in. After I got up I went to the CitySpace and paid my £75 for scuba club. That’s about $115. This free includes my PADI open water certification which, in the U.S. would cost me more than $300. After passing the fee, I went to the scuba shop where I signed my waivers and registered for my first pool session. One thing that is funny is the scuba shop is also a gun store but, the only firearms that they sell are air soft and bb. After I left the scuba store, I went back to campus to get on a bus and go to Tescos extra.
At Tescos, I purchased more food. The one weird thing that I bought was Flame grilled streak crisps. The flavors here are really unusual, the closest thing to normal they have is cool original doritos which are just cool ranch. I can’t find barbecue anywhere and that’s why I got the steak. Back at my flat, I tried the crisps, at best they tasted like burnt steak. After this I made tacos for dinner and watched more Netflix. In case you haven’t figured it out yet, I waste a lot of time watching Netflix.
Day 12: Fresher’s Faire
Today was the Fresher’s Faire which is what we call the back to school picnic at FHSU. The entire CitySpace was full of tables for every kind of club and sorry that you can think of. They have everything from scuba to American football to businesses like pizza hut and taxis. I personally was interested in the scuba and snowsports clubs. After I made it through the faire, I caught a bus to the St.Peter’s campus for my classes.
At the St.Peter’s campus, my first class was my games technology lecture. Basically games technology is about developing games using unreal engine 4. After the lecture, we went to the games room which is a computer lab designed for gaming and game development. There was a 20GB file that had to be installed to do anything so, the class was short. After this, I went to the law section of the library to do the space law reading for the week. Then I had my final class for the week, my film studies workshop. Afterwards, I went back to the library to do film studied reading. Next, I caught the bus back to Clanny and watched Netflix until 02:00 on Thursday when I finally went to bed.
Day 11: Easy Tuesday
Today I only had one class, a seminar for Film studies at 11:00. After class, I rode the bus to city campus where I picked up my University of Sunderland sweatshirt that I had bought in the freshers wristband bundle. From there, I walked to the Bridges where I searched for a variety of products including barbecue crisps(chips). I couldn’t find any of them. After I left, I rode the bus back to Clanny.
Back at Clanny, I made egg and bacon sandwiches on English Muffins. I then froze them. This is something that my mom had started doing over the Summer. If you’re interested in making them, the recipe can be found here. After making the sandwiches and freezing them, I went up to my room and watched Netflix. After a while of watching Netflix, I did some of my space law reading online which was really easy. I also attempted to do some of my film studies reading. I say attempted because, I have no idea how to analyze a film or even understand someone else’s analyzation. So, I gave up and watched Netflix until I went to bed.
Day 10: First day of school
Today, I woke up around 08:00. My first class was on the St.Peter’s Campus on the other side of the river. Around 10:00 after getting ready, I headed to the bus stop to get on the 701 at 10:20. For once the bus was on time and I rode all the way to the St. Peter’s campus. I arrived around 10:34 giving me plenty of time to find where my class, introduction to Film studies, was. I got lost in the media centre and had to ask where my classroom was. It turns out it was in the cinema which has an outdoor entrance (it’s on the second floor). I received my syllabus and sat in the cinema. The cinema is just like a movie theater except, there aren’t cup holders, there’s less leg room and, the seats are a lot less comfortable. I have a class in a theater though!!! When the lecture ended I had an hour to kill. So I caught up with one of my flatmates and we went to get food in the library on campus. After lunch, I returned to the cinema for this week’s film screening which was Raging Bull, a black and white Robert De Niro movie from 1980. The movie was very disturbing for lack of a better term (the main character constantly cursed and beat his wives). After the movie, my next class was Space Law.
Space Law was in a different building on campus however, the room was very easy to find. Space Law seems so far like it’s going to be a lot of fun. Basically my entire grade in the class will be based off of a 2,000 word essay and, a poster presentation of a case study. I was kind of intimidated when I first entered the classroom because, everyone else in the class is in their third year of law school (final year of school for a British degree). The teachers made the class seem better when they showed us the grade statistics of the two previous years of the class in which no one has failed. Just in case I caught the professor after class and asked him if I could pass the class even though I don’t have any real previous law training. He answered that I could pass easily as long as I do the research and work. After class I got on the bus to go home.
The bus once again only took me as far as Park Lane interchange and I had to walk back to Clanny from there. Back at Clanny, I watched Netflix until I went to bed.