Partys, People, Powder Snow and Plenty of Plans
It's been a while since my last blog entry which is partly due to the fact that I'm sick (again! :( ) and also because I have just been busy doing a lot of things (also again ;) ).
Due to the fact that I haven't blogged about any parties here in Prague yet, I decided to catch up on tat:
At the end of November I went to a party that was called "4 Universities Mega Party" and which was held... IN A CHURCH! Yes, you've read it correctly - the church is called Sacre Coeur and is usually reserved for weddings, but this night it was occupied by more than 1000 students.. ;) It also offered two stages, two DJs and a live band.
My Czech tandem partner Petra, Marta and me enjoying the welcome drink (hot wine punch), I don't know the guy, but he begged to be in the photo ;) )
some impressions from the interior of the chapel:
Since the photographer told us that only the top 10% of photos would be uploaded on the internet, us girls decided to do "something crazy" and lift our skirts just the tiniest bit... and what can I say... Marta sneaked out of it, but we still made it... :P
A few days later I followed quite a spontaneous invitation (it was decided upon on the very same day) to organize a surprise birthday party for Ruben, a German guy I got to know at the intensive language course in Brno. One of his friends came up with the idea and about 20 people from the course decided to join! Isn't that awesome? :)
Ruben's friends had told him that they had baked a cake for him and wanted to celebrate a bit in the evening - so that's how they lured him to their flat where we were all waiting.
Ruben's table for presents - I bought him an Advent calendar (even though the chocolates are most likely gone by now... :P ) and some German sweets
Preparations...
When Ruben finally made it there (with about an hour delay), all of us (apart from the people who live there) hid in the bedrooms, the walk-in cupboard and the bathroom. As our code word 'The smeagle (no idea why smeagle and not eagle, but it seemed to be some kind of private joke ;) ) has landed!' resound, we all left our hiding place.
And Ruben couldn't believe his eyes:
It was definitely a night to remember and I still think it's amazing how we managed to organize a big buffet, a table full of presents and lots of guests within such a short amount of time - we rock! :)
We also had the first snow in this season here in Prague and everything looked like in winter wonderland - it only lasted a day though... :(
snowman at Náměstí Míru
Now the weather is back to normal, it's not too cold (not colder than in Germany I guess..) and usually it only rains towards evening / at night time and I love to fall asleep to the sound of rain splashing against my garret windows... ♥
(and in case it doesn't rain there's always http://www.rainymood.com/ - do you remember the page, Lisa? :) )
Talking about plans - I decided to apply for a scholarship next summer that is issued by the IFMSA (International Federation of Medical Students' Associations). They offer part-time scholarships for professional clinical exchanges all over the world. At this point in time it is not clear if I have to go through the application process of Germany or the Czech Republic - unfortunately different people keep telling me all sorts of things, so I hope this gets figured out soon... :(
Nevertheless, I took a compulsory English test this Tuesday - it was the first national English test, so I assume it was harder than in previous years. So much for national test: That meant of course that all universities should start the test at exact the same time - however, Charles University started 45 minutes later due to the fact that apparently someone didn't save the latest changes of the powerpoint presentation they showed us at the very beginning... ;)
To me, the English test itself felt appropriate - for sure not too easy, but I hope I did alright. The test was not about passing, so I could score anything in between 0 - 100 points. Most questions aimed at specific phrases, grammar, rather sophisticated expressions (as in 'Choose the word that fits the best!') and there was also a part where we had to fill in the blanks.
Oh, I only just realized that I didn't even tell you yet where I would like to go (the placements get assigned to us according to the overall score we achieved (consisting of the English test and some other things, though the test itself is quite important) - right now my favourite destinations include countries in Africa (Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Rwanda, Sierra Leone) as well as Baltic States (Estonia, Lithuania) and maybe Thailand.
Of course that's not the only thing I have planned for the next couple of weeks / months:
I will also take part in some more activities organized by the International Club (they really offer awesome activities for us International students! :) ) including a 15-km-hiking-trip to the Czech Central Mountains next Sunday, a trip to Poland from the 22nd - 25th of November (we will be visiting Krakow and Auschwitz) and a trip to South Moravia (Mikulov, Perna, Brno, Olomouc) from the 7th - 9th of December. Since my friend Sarah from Bonn will be here at that time, she decided to join me - yeah! :D
So there are lots of things coming up for me in the near future and I'm really looking forward to that... :)
How have you all been and what are you up to? Is anyone even reading this blog still? :P
Looking forward to hear from you...
Due to the fact that I haven't blogged about any parties here in Prague yet, I decided to catch up on tat:
At the end of November I went to a party that was called "4 Universities Mega Party" and which was held... IN A CHURCH! Yes, you've read it correctly - the church is called Sacre Coeur and is usually reserved for weddings, but this night it was occupied by more than 1000 students.. ;) It also offered two stages, two DJs and a live band.
My Czech tandem partner Petra, Marta and me enjoying the welcome drink (hot wine punch), I don't know the guy, but he begged to be in the photo ;) )
some impressions from the interior of the chapel:
Since the photographer told us that only the top 10% of photos would be uploaded on the internet, us girls decided to do "something crazy" and lift our skirts just the tiniest bit... and what can I say... Marta sneaked out of it, but we still made it... :P
A few days later I followed quite a spontaneous invitation (it was decided upon on the very same day) to organize a surprise birthday party for Ruben, a German guy I got to know at the intensive language course in Brno. One of his friends came up with the idea and about 20 people from the course decided to join! Isn't that awesome? :)
Ruben's friends had told him that they had baked a cake for him and wanted to celebrate a bit in the evening - so that's how they lured him to their flat where we were all waiting.
Ruben's table for presents - I bought him an Advent calendar (even though the chocolates are most likely gone by now... :P ) and some German sweets
Preparations...
When Ruben finally made it there (with about an hour delay), all of us (apart from the people who live there) hid in the bedrooms, the walk-in cupboard and the bathroom. As our code word 'The smeagle (no idea why smeagle and not eagle, but it seemed to be some kind of private joke ;) ) has landed!' resound, we all left our hiding place.
And Ruben couldn't believe his eyes:
It was definitely a night to remember and I still think it's amazing how we managed to organize a big buffet, a table full of presents and lots of guests within such a short amount of time - we rock! :)
We also had the first snow in this season here in Prague and everything looked like in winter wonderland - it only lasted a day though... :(
snowman at Náměstí Míru
Now the weather is back to normal, it's not too cold (not colder than in Germany I guess..) and usually it only rains towards evening / at night time and I love to fall asleep to the sound of rain splashing against my garret windows... ♥
(and in case it doesn't rain there's always http://www.rainymood.com/ - do you remember the page, Lisa? :) )
Talking about plans - I decided to apply for a scholarship next summer that is issued by the IFMSA (International Federation of Medical Students' Associations). They offer part-time scholarships for professional clinical exchanges all over the world. At this point in time it is not clear if I have to go through the application process of Germany or the Czech Republic - unfortunately different people keep telling me all sorts of things, so I hope this gets figured out soon... :(
Nevertheless, I took a compulsory English test this Tuesday - it was the first national English test, so I assume it was harder than in previous years. So much for national test: That meant of course that all universities should start the test at exact the same time - however, Charles University started 45 minutes later due to the fact that apparently someone didn't save the latest changes of the powerpoint presentation they showed us at the very beginning... ;)
To me, the English test itself felt appropriate - for sure not too easy, but I hope I did alright. The test was not about passing, so I could score anything in between 0 - 100 points. Most questions aimed at specific phrases, grammar, rather sophisticated expressions (as in 'Choose the word that fits the best!') and there was also a part where we had to fill in the blanks.
Oh, I only just realized that I didn't even tell you yet where I would like to go (the placements get assigned to us according to the overall score we achieved (consisting of the English test and some other things, though the test itself is quite important) - right now my favourite destinations include countries in Africa (Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Rwanda, Sierra Leone) as well as Baltic States (Estonia, Lithuania) and maybe Thailand.
Of course that's not the only thing I have planned for the next couple of weeks / months:
I will also take part in some more activities organized by the International Club (they really offer awesome activities for us International students! :) ) including a 15-km-hiking-trip to the Czech Central Mountains next Sunday, a trip to Poland from the 22nd - 25th of November (we will be visiting Krakow and Auschwitz) and a trip to South Moravia (Mikulov, Perna, Brno, Olomouc) from the 7th - 9th of December. Since my friend Sarah from Bonn will be here at that time, she decided to join me - yeah! :D
So there are lots of things coming up for me in the near future and I'm really looking forward to that... :)
How have you all been and what are you up to? Is anyone even reading this blog still? :P
Looking forward to hear from you...
christina_abroad - 9. Nov, 19:42
