despite the time zone differences finally i had a longer chat with bakkerud. you know, just like one of these chats we had during interrail or during violating certain policies here and there. one of these small talks about everything and nothing at all. i just think it gives a pretty good overview of how do we, the uwciers, percieve the world after leaving the bubble. oh, and if you wondered about the plagiarism thing, i have bought the copy rights from bakkerud for a pint of beer. i shall pay immediately next time we meet.
andreas says:
hey
grzesiek says:
bakkerud! what is up in the land of queen elisabeth II?
andreas says:
yo! it's really cool here. watched man utd - fc copenhagen last night! fucking awsome!
grzesiek says:
but you lost, eh?
andreas says:
yeah, but the atmosphere with 72000 people was too good to spoil that!
how are you doing up there?
grzesiek says:
i am all right. hanging out mostly with internationals. you get some impression of a border between you and the north americans.
andreas says:
yeah, same actually... almost only international friends. don't know what's going on witht the brits.
grzesiek says:
haha, we've got to meet up
andreas says:
yeah, do you think you can drop by here when you go home for christmas?
grzesiek says:
i am not going home for xmas. i am staying here with other uwciers. mostly because it is not even 3 weeks, and it would be physically tiring to change time zones twice within this short period of time.
andreas says:
ah, ok. they advertise with manchester - toronto for 148 pound. really thought about going to vancouver. got a really good friend from netherlands/israel, who wants to go to toronto, so might go wit him.
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grzesiek says:
and the buddha in bc is so so popular. they are as chilled about it here as the dutch in amsterdam.
andreas says:
haha! wicked. so easier and cheaper than alcohol?
grzesiek says:
comparing to norway - yes! but about the alcohol thing. the stores are still state-owned monopolies... and you have to have two picture IDs with you to prove you are 19. i am not even asking how is it in the uk... :-)
andreas says:
haha. nah, it is not cheap here. i haven't really been out clubbing or drinking yet. mainly hanging out with friends - cinema, football and so on. actually started getting used to big city life. you have to be much more independent and responsible on your own life. but also gives you so many oppurtunities.
grzesiek says:
precisely.
andreas says:
and you are not limited to the bathroom any more...
grzesiek says:
haha! but i kind of liked the bathroom. it was warm.
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grzesiek says:
but i was actually thinking of dropping by manchaster on my way home in april.
andreas says:
yeah, that would be cool.
grzesiek says:
once i get to london is it cheaper to fly or to go by train down to manchaster?
andreas says:
train definately. can get it for 10 pound and takes 2 hours.
grzesiek says:
awesome.
andreas says:
or maybe bus, takes longer, but only cost 2-3 pound if you book before. maybe you could fly from here to poland. think jet2 has really low price to krakow.
grzesiek says:
maybe, but i would rather go on my way back.
andreas says:
yeah, ok.
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andreas says:
i'm going to flekke tomorrow.
grzesiek says:
what!!?? i hate you for being back in europe!
ąndreas says:
no kidding. flying after lectures, going to copenhagen on monday and cambridge to visit claudia on wednesday.
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grzesiek says:
give a huge hug from me to claudia, though
andreas says:
i will. it's gonna be fun to see cambridge as well. hope to go follow a lecture. imagine that ali g studied there.
grzesiek says:
yah! for real.
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grzesiek says:
are you studying like hell, though? i hope you still have time to chill?
andreas says:
i've studied less than 10 hours since i came. i cant describe how chilled my course is.
grzesiek says:
cause i was out clubbing only twice, and i thought i would be out every fucking day. but, i mean it's not the studying that keeps me here, on campus. there are just more interesting things to do than clubbing...
andreas says:
ok, that is still more clubbing than i've had. i'm going quite much to the gym and pool and cooking with friends, exploring the city...
grzesiek says:
awesome. i am getting so fat here on their foods. though i haven't eaten a hamburger since i came.
andreas says:
haha. where the flekke trot spirit?
grzesiek says:
the only thing i do is playing football. no one care and knows how to play this game here, so i play mostly with internationals (again).
andreas says:
that's cool. i started football as well. i play in manchester city's academy.
grzesiek says:
fuck off. (no offence, please)
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andreas says:
there is another uwc student at my exact course! she's from adriatic, milda's co-year. she got fucking 44 points in the ib.
grzesiek says:
and went to manchester!? hahaha!
andreas says:
yeah, fuck off. hahaha! there are so many oxbridge applicants here.
grzesiek says:
i have laszlo's coyear here who scored a lot too.
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grzesiek says:
but how weird is that: we are stuck to the uwciers for the rest of our lives...
andreas says:
from nordic or uwc'ers in general?
grzesiek says:
both, i think. here there is so many of them. like at least 50. apparently, in north amercia only mcalester beats us.
andreas says:
wow. but it is really true. we are stuck with the uwc thing...
grzesiek says:
some completely cut off from it here, though and others just don't go beyond these people, you know.
andreas says:
when i found out that the girl on my course was from adriatic, it suddely felt like i had known her for years. she had heard about matute, for instance. and you? do you stick with uwc?
grzesiek says:
oh, i have friends in and out of the circle. but: if you wanna have a good conversation, you just have to come back to the source.
andreas says:
yeap. uwc makes the world so so small.
grzesiek says:
yeap.
andreas says:
yeap. it's really weird though, as i said, i almost only hang out with int students here, where most of them took the ib. the british seem so boring and plain. quite immature sometimes.
grzesiek says:
exactly. same here. and most of the canadians or americans go to the uni when they are 17!! and i am approaching 20... so if you sum up the age difference with so called "cultural differences" you get quite a gap between me and them...
andreas says:
yeah, same here. brits are a year younger. i think we have more in common with other internationals.
grzesiek says:
bingo. sometimes i think that our nationality is internationality now.
andreas says:
haha, but that is true. i have to get used to be an immigrant myself. i keep going around referring to arabs as immigrants. and friends here always correct me.
grzesiek says:
for du er fucking perkere!
andreas says:
haha. good times, ah?
grzesiek says:
good times.
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andreas says:
another thing. uni of manchester has exchange programme with uni of toronto. so... might be 6 months in canada after the summer.
grzesiek says:
cool. i cant tell you anything about toronto, though.
andreas says:
they also have to melbourne, australia. so i will see.
grzesiek says:
well sfu has exchange programs all over the place, including lots of unis in uk. you could even go to fiji if you were desperate enough.
andreas says:
haha.
grzesiek says:
i am quite serious with fiji.
andreas says:
that you would go there??
grzesiek says:
no! i just thought there was no universities on fiji. you see, even though i am this open-minded and graduated from uwc my vision of the world is still pretty stereotypical and perhaps distorted.
andreas says:
yeah. would probably be a weed uni.
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andreas says:
i'll pack a bit now and then go to bed (1 am here). but ill check out possibility for canada in easter, and inform about my plans that month....
grzesiek says:
right. trot and skål for me. hope there is no rain and fiskekakke.
