Some MAJOR Updates!!!!!

I'm soooo sorry for this very very late post/update! I have been busy and bombarded with school work, social activities, and miscellaneous things that I keep on forgetting to write new posts... for almost 3 weeks? Okay, I'm actually pretty busy (well, really, lazy..) so rather than writing about every minute that happened in the past weeks since the last post, I'm going to summarize things in different categories...

Academics

Well, as you know, school had started. My courses has been great. All my 4 professors are great, and it can also mean really hard. I think the hardest I have to face is Spanish Baroque Theatre. I have to write reviews and comment on different quotations, and it has to be at most 4 pages long! Well, not that I've never done it, but to do it like 5 times throughout the year? Um... please give me a break... In addition, I have trouble keeping up with taking notes because, one, my Spanish isn't that great, and two, the professor has a slightly different accent than what I've heard and she just says things. A LOT of things. So much that just when I'm writing she'll be spitting out a lot more that I'll just get confused. =____= Anyway, don't get me wrong; the prof is very very nice and very informative. She's also passionate about the subject and is willing to share and teach! And she is ridiculously young for a prof. Probably late 20s or early 30s? I've talked to her couple of times after class and she was really understanding.

My favourite course would probably be 15th Century Spanish Literature. I have no prior knowledge of this topic at all, but the prof is just amazing. She is very informative, knowledgeable, passionate about the subject and approachable. She jokes sarcastically with students. I feel that she is one of those people whom you don't want to mess with because she can be a major bitch, but if you don't give her trouble she'll be a great person. She is probably in her 40s or early 50s but her sense of fashion is darin for her age. Tight jeans and sleeveless tops. And during breaks she would go outside for a smoke and talk to students too. She honestly makes me feel that 15th Century Spanish Literature is the best literature to be ever created in the literary world, LOL.

The other class is 19th Century Spanish Novel. It covers all the literary movements in the 19th Century, such as Romanticism, Naturalism, and Realism, etc. The prof is as well very good, but one problem I have is that sometimes he talkes too soft that I can't hear him.... And plus there seems to be a lot of things to do for this class but even now I'm still confused.... =____=

The last class is Spanish Language and Languages in the Hispanic World. For me, this is like waaaaaaay too easy. It talks about Spanish and other languages in Spain, and frankly I've known some information about minority languages in Spain before coming to Spain, so everything in the course so far is like a review or repetition. The prof is ridiculously nice, but to the point that she kind of is like a push-over...

Social Life

Well, this is going to be long, if I can remember what the hell happened! Waaaay to many events!

First thing I remembered was that the university organized a free event, like introducing Valencian and a guided tour. I got to know a lot of people from different countries! And the university is recruiting volunteers to become English conversation group leaders, which sounds really really interesting! Time for some revenge >:)

The next day the university organized a free dinner!!! MMMMMMMM... It was delicious! But there were unsurprisingly TONS of people, so in the end... I didn't get desserts, but it didn't matter cause I was fullllll from all the food and drinks! And I randomly bumped into Chris, and he was ridiculously desperate to find local Spanish people to practice his Spanish. And he even told me that he would only respond if I talk to him in Spanish. Bitch. But it didn't last long, haha. He later found his friends and roommates, and were absolutely undecisive about what to do or party. Well, frankly it didn't bother me that much cause I was going home so I just walked with them in downtown since I live downtown too, LOL!

The most recent was Kristen's birthday!!!!! We all met up at Michelle's apartment, and she seriously prepared a lot, despite being so last minute! There wasn't a ginormous crowd, but there was enough to make it a fun night (like 12 people)! We later illegally went to Michelle's friend's family restaurant, which was pretty much like Chucky Cheese, LOL, with children's play zone. All of us ate, drank, and talked with one another about anything that came to our mind. And then someone suggested to play tag, so we started playing tag in the dark in children's play zone. Honestly, it was FUNNNN. Crazily fun. And dangerous too. It was definitely different from birthday parties at clubs, but I really felt it was one of the best birthday parties I've ever attended :P

This weekend is a 4 day weekend for me because Friday was regional holiday in Valencia (Dia de la Comunidad Valenciana) and Monday is the Spanish National Day (Dia de la Hispanidad). And moreover, Monday is also Thanksgiving Day in Canada!!! So Chris and I are planning a dinner for our roommates and friends. Kristen couldn't make it because of some important plans... but she'll be there in spirit for sure ;) But it's not exactly like Canada because there are some supplies we can't get it in Spain :P