So I made mince and tatties today!! My first pretty much legit cooked meal ever...and it was a Scottish dish! It's basically some meat, gravy, onions, and then mashed potatoes (or tatties). It was actually REALLY good. I'm excited to make it for people back home :)
Well after a weeks full of classes, I can honestly say I enjoy them...and have no idea what to expect. I still can't tell if I actually need to read the material. Yeah they "suggest" or "encourage" it, but can I pass if I don't?? They should really let me know these things, I mean shoot I'm not here to study let's be honest! I'm here to travel! I basically need to know how much I can slack off and still get by. Goodness my father would be extremely upset with me for making that comment, so naturally I'm going to make that comment online where he can easily find it.
My classes are actually interesting, for each of my 3 classes, I have one lecture a week, one movie screening, and one seminar. So in my Television Drama seminar yesterday, (with the awesome older stereotypical British professor) we had to all introduce ourselves. Turns out, my professor has been to Kansas! And apparently he went to some seminars or conventions or something in Kansas. Then he went on to talk about how we were each going to sign up for a seminar to start off and lead once during the semester. He then went on to say that they do "this" back in the states, he then leaned over looked at me and said slightly chuckling, "so we should expect you to be really good at this!" And by this he means public speaking...starting off a seminar and leading a discussion. Is that just an American thing?? Either way, I can twirl in fron of 50,000 people, but make me open my mouth and project words in front of a room full of 12 people?? I want to throw up. I thought I was going to faint introducing myself and where I was from. But hey...it's all good ya wanna know why?? Because I get to talk about SOAP OPERAS...which we all know America has a great selection to choose from. So we'll see how that goes!
I also had my "induction" for the gym today. What I learned:
How to turn on a treadmill
How to make the treadmill go faster
How to turn off the treadmill
How to use the leg press
...need I go on?
Their gym actually is pretty cool....unbelievably small compared to the rec, but their equipment is really up to date and nice. AND I can rent a badminton court to practice baton! That was interesting trying to explain what I was wanting...but still, I'm glad I have a place to practice...if I feel the need to :) They really have so many sports facilities to use, it's pretty great. Tons of clubs too that are easy to get involved in. I joined the polo club! I have my first lesson next Wednesday... OH YES.
Tomorrow we're heading to Edinburgh again...such a great city...another busy weekend!
CHEERS!
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