Hello, The last month in London was intense. Even though I still have three more weeks here, I am finally done with the schoolwork! The UK educational system is rigorous to say the least, but I’ve survived. The last two weeks I did the amount of work I normally would have done in an entire…
Category: UK: Queen Mary Univ
I’m Ready to Leave
I have less then a week left in this country and I can’t wait to go home. Don’t get me wrong, I more than enjoyed my time here in the United Kingdom, but I miss the United States, with the exception of the politics. I miss my pets, my family, my friends, Rollins, my job…
The End is Nigh
It is amazing how quickly this three-month semester is coming to a close. That famous saying of “time flies when you’re having fun” was completely evident with my study abroad experience because three months were gone in a blink of an eye. But I did so much, met so many great people, and made so…
Germany and Wrapping Up
Just as I said last time, where has the time gone? Three months went by in the blink of an eye, but at the same time I feel like it’s been so long. I’m comfortable in my little corner of east London and so accustomed to the local grocery shops and surroundings. I’m so used to…
Appreciative of this Experience
Here we are. It is hard to believe, but it has come down to the final few weeks of my time abroad. In other words, exams are rapidly approaching and my work load is exponentially increasing, given how light my work load was earlier in the semester. Yet I certainly have enjoyed my time here,…
New Beauty
Something that I always expected about traveling the world was the profound beauty waiting for me to discover. And I can wholeheartedly say that the beauty of the world has lived up to my expectations, and exceeded them. Over this past weekend I traveled to the White Cliffs of Dover with my best friend, who…
Placism
Setting the Scene – Stop reading this blog and pump Lorde’s “Perfect Places” on repeat, then come back to this blog post PLACISM /pleɪs//ˈɪz(ə)m/ noun The mindset, philosophy, or perception of the world that focuses on where you are as the quotient of your happiness over all other things. Confession. I have fallen prey to the above idea time…
Self-Reliance
We all gotta learn it at some point. I’ve never been tested more than on my time abroad. The only thing keeping me sane these last couple of weeks — which have been exceptionally trying — is philosophy. I’ve been going hard on thinkers like Schopenhauer and Kierkegaard in class, but I’ve found time…
Parents and Paris
I’m already halfway through with this semester?? Where in the world is the time going? October brought about some visitors for me. First, a friend of mine living in Germany who came to enjoy the city for a weekend, and secondly, my parents! My parents took ten days off of their normally scheduled lives to…
Carpe Diem and Study Hard
Halfway through my program. Now is the time when people come to terms with one of two things. Either they miss their families because it’s hard to go so long without them, or they recognize they are getting closer to going home, then start to get sad about the ending of their study abroad program….