Thursday, March 8, 2007

Studying...boring

Let me think what I´ve been doing this week... Nothing but studying :/ I think most exciting so far has been this visitor lecturer at our Olympic Games class. He came from the US and travels around the World to collect information of cities having hosted the Games. It was interesting listening to him but the exciting thing was that he was SO hot :P I can´t recall when was the last time I saw such a good looking guy! Anyways, the Olympic Games has turned out be quite an alright subject. (I chose to take it so that I wouldn´t spend too much time studying while I´m here. My logic is to have 3 "real" subjects and one "fun" subject.) It´s being taucht in Kuring-Gai Campus, which is a 30-min drive from the City Campus. UTS provides students a free shuttle bus to get there and back. The Kuring-Gai Campus is so nice! It´s a rather small campus in the middle of a national park so it´s surrounded by beautiful nature. I always get there a bit before the class starts so I´ve got time to sit outside drinking morning coffee. The class discusses the Olympics from different points of views: history, interference with politics (e.g. World Wars, the Cold War, the Great Recession), economics, impact on the hosting cities, media (especially TV), sponsorships, culture etc... I´ve got quite a lot of reading to do at home, though. I´m still wondering if we´re going to do a field trip to the Olympic Park or not.

I´ve been writing my case all day today and it´s a pain in the ass! I´m making alright process but it´s so slow writing in English. I´m hoping to finish it tomorrow so I can enjoy the weekend. I was so happy to get my gym program done today, after sitting home for hours. Michael, the gym instructor, made me a really cool workout! It´s lasts only for half an hour but it´s really intense. It includes a bit of running on the treadmill and muscle exercises (push ups, chins, cleans...) Hopefully I´ll get fit following it :)

Now I gotta start reading for my Global Strategic Planning class, that I´ve got tomorrow morning. They actually expect you to read the course book, articles and some additional stuff during the course. I think it´s going to be easier studying for exams having read the material before hand but it takes up a lot of time. By the way, sorry for my bad English. I´ve been trying to write good, academic English all day so I´m feeling too lazy to care at the moment. Tomorrow we´re gonna play drinking games and go to this ice bar, but more about it later...

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