Maliciousness, thy name is Every University Ever
After waiting in line for over hours, I recently learned that my course schedule is not only overloaded, but some of the courses have new places in time, and who knows, possibly space. I was under the impression that I came over here because I had been accepted as a Lund student, but apparently I need to collect signatures from 5 professors, some of whom may not be on campus, before I’m actually enrolled as a student here. I have a feeling that the next task I’ll be ordered to complete will require human sacrifice, probably involving virgins. Lots of virgins. With extra virgin.
On a lighter note, I got a group tour of the city from a Lund student today. We were shown cheap shops, cheap pubs, free libraries, and the sort of things that every student should know about (read: party central). I’m continually impressed by how beautiful European architecture is. I heard 4 separate people mention that they felt they were in the world of Harry Potter while walking through the streets. Women bike passed you in dresses that rest atop their ancient comfort bikes, their tires clattering on the cobbled roads. The man who owns my new favourite pizza place spends the last part of the working day sitting out side his store with a beer, a cigarette, a newspaper. He shares his stories with anyone who’s willing to listen and fills the bellies of any who are hungry and asks mere pocket change in return. People leave their bikes unlocked and cars stop for pedestrians. It’s as close to utopia as I’ve ever seen.
And yet when I heard a lead about a potential job opening mere minutes from campus, my intrigue and relief instantly turned to uncertainty. 8 months away? What about home? Or those I left behind?
What’s going to happen?
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I presume that when talking about human sacrfices you are talking about extra virgin olive oil this would result in a very slippery ceremony. I cannot picture girls cycling with their dresses resting on their acient bikes You will have to take a photo. Do the men cycle too you have not mentioned them?. Your student tour was obviously well planned now you know all the right places to go. Too bad about your courses I hope that you get them sorted out very quickly you don’t want to spend your time as a tourist. I for one would like you back in less than 8 months
Unfortunately, my camera is too crappy too take many pictures, especially moving ones. Once I get a proper camera, I’ll be taking way more pictures.
The men do have bicycles, I just thought a girl’s dress resting across the frame of a bike was a nice literary image.
A big part of me would like to come back home as early as possible, but another much larger part of me realizes that now is my time to see the world.
Alex, It looks like if you can’t work courses in to your schedule due to too much red tape that there are choirs in Lund!
There’s a Lund Institute of Techology Students’ Choir; website is in Swedish but in there somewhere are MP3 soundclips:
http://www.tlth.lth.se/~choir/
Lund Vocal Ensemble – Was founded in 1990 and since 1995 Ingemar MÃ¥nsson has been the choir’s conductor. The choir consists of around 40 singers and has a broad and varied repertoire with a certain emphasis on contemporary European a cappella.Sounds like Renaissance Singers:
http://www.lundsvokalensemble.org/index.php?lang=en
Lunds akademiska kör (Lund Academic Choir) – LAK was founded as a women’s choir in 1927, but since 1948 it accepts both women and men as its members, currently numbering a few and forty. The web site is mostly in Swedish, with a short summary in English.
http://www.af.lu.se/foreningar/lak/
Lunds Oratoriek̦r РA mixed choir from Lund.
http://www.lundsoratoriekor.se/
Here’s a page with info about all the choirs in Sweden to peruse:
http://katalogen.sunet.se/cat/entertainment/music/choirs
I haven’t tracked down any barbershop groups yet.
Don’t even think of accepting a job until you’ve spent more time there. It’s foolish to react on impression so quickly. Besides its a big world and there are other places with jobs. For example, think of how useful it would be to lear swahili.
:J
I asked a bunch of locals about they choirs, and they said that a bunch do exist. There’s even an all-male choir, which could be quite cool.
You make a very good point, j-dawg. Sweden has made an incredible first impression, but when it comes down to it, I really have four options. Work somewhere comfortable, work somewhere crazy adventurous, or work somewhere that pays me like a pimp. The last option would be being a comfortable, adventerous pimp. And that’s just not easy.
JEEBUS! You can’t stay in Sweeden! Good GOD who would play Jesus? My life is coming crashing down…