Japanese and garlicy cheese
So, I'm trying to download RENT from itunes, but it is taking forever... and I haven't done a blog for nearly two weeks... this should give me something to do =P
I finally got my timetable sorted!! As I said in my last post, I had to sort out my own timetable, which was a real pain in the bum; and the times for some of the classes were not put up until the last minute, so I couldn't officially decide until then. Thankfully I managed to sort it so that I got everything that I wanted, and the lectures are quite spread out across the week.
I have taken all first year modules, which include quite a few Italian modules (for obvious reasons), a module in French-English translation, and two Japenese lessons as well as the compulsory French modules for everyone taking the DEUF programme (which means the lectures will be in French rather than English); and I have really been enjoying them. Before this week, because I didn't know all the times etc, I have only been trying out certain classes to see which fit and which don't. What I find a bit weird to get used to is the fact that most of my classes are in French - the hardest of which is Japensese. I have never learnt a language like it before and it is hard to get used to the symbols, but I do really like it and have learnt bits and bobs of vocabulary. Some of them I knew already from watching anime, and some of them were completely new to me - I already have a vocab book for them!! If there is one thing that annoys me, it is that a lot of it is focused on writing the symbols rather than the prononciation of words as well, but I've only had two lectures and is probably a bit nit-picking.
As I said, all of my lectures are in French, apart from one Italian lecture, and my translation lecture which is predominantly in English (with a Kiwi lecturer) - which IS kind of annoying, but can I understand why it is taught that way, and it has also already been so interesting to see how the French translate a text into English and the problems they personally come across - such as words (like "quais") that don't really have a meaning in English, and I've already learnt some new vocab. Did you know that les nymphéas are not nymphs, but water lillies? You do now =P
Oh, and a quick shout to anyone at uni: please don't moan that you have so many 9ams and finish late on such and such a date! I have found that it is the same for most Erasmus students, that unis here start earlier and finish later than we do: as in, I have an Italian lecture at 8 in the _______ morning and my Japanese lectures both finish at 8 in the evening. When walking out from Japanese, there are an amazing amount of students still hanging around campus that you just don't see in Bangor!! Hope that makes you happy.
I have been told that the library at the university isn't good AT ALL, so, this week, Ellie and I went to the library next to Part Dieu to register there. It was fairly easy to do and we managed to get student discount. The library is very modern, to me looks more like a museum; and it's really big with so much choice in there, so it is most likely that I will be going there often to do research for my dissertation. Part Dieu itself is absolutely HUUUUUGE!!!!!! It is the biggest station in Lyon, with a metro access underneath, so anyone visiting there will probably have to come through it at some point. However, recently, they incorperated that with possibly the biggest shopping centre I have ever seen. Normally, as far as they go, I am used to the Trafford Centre in Manchester, or Cribbs Causeway in Bristol, but this takes the biscuit. I have not been around much of it yet, and even then, it is quite easy to get lost. Not to mention, it definitly has the biggest supermarket I have seen in France right at the top of it - as in one of those with an esculator in it - and they also sold mini laruousse dictionaries for a good price! =D
Not much else to say at the moment, apart from, I have kind of grown addicted to RENT and have finally grown accustumed to the French cheeses. If you like musicals, give RENT a listen (either the original or final broadway cast or the film version, all of them are great); it is set in 1989 New York about a group of young people, most of whom either live in poverty and/or have AIDS; and it makes me both laugh and cry at the same time - for Idina Menzel fans, she plays Maureen in the show too =) Also, thanks to my friends, my new favourite work food has now become doritos with garlicy cheese (like boursin) rather than bn bns - serisouly, try it, you can thank me later =P
I hope you're finding this entertaining and you are enjoying reading. =)
Charlotte
I finally got my timetable sorted!! As I said in my last post, I had to sort out my own timetable, which was a real pain in the bum; and the times for some of the classes were not put up until the last minute, so I couldn't officially decide until then. Thankfully I managed to sort it so that I got everything that I wanted, and the lectures are quite spread out across the week.
I have taken all first year modules, which include quite a few Italian modules (for obvious reasons), a module in French-English translation, and two Japenese lessons as well as the compulsory French modules for everyone taking the DEUF programme (which means the lectures will be in French rather than English); and I have really been enjoying them. Before this week, because I didn't know all the times etc, I have only been trying out certain classes to see which fit and which don't. What I find a bit weird to get used to is the fact that most of my classes are in French - the hardest of which is Japensese. I have never learnt a language like it before and it is hard to get used to the symbols, but I do really like it and have learnt bits and bobs of vocabulary. Some of them I knew already from watching anime, and some of them were completely new to me - I already have a vocab book for them!! If there is one thing that annoys me, it is that a lot of it is focused on writing the symbols rather than the prononciation of words as well, but I've only had two lectures and is probably a bit nit-picking.
As I said, all of my lectures are in French, apart from one Italian lecture, and my translation lecture which is predominantly in English (with a Kiwi lecturer) - which IS kind of annoying, but can I understand why it is taught that way, and it has also already been so interesting to see how the French translate a text into English and the problems they personally come across - such as words (like "quais") that don't really have a meaning in English, and I've already learnt some new vocab. Did you know that les nymphéas are not nymphs, but water lillies? You do now =P
Oh, and a quick shout to anyone at uni: please don't moan that you have so many 9ams and finish late on such and such a date! I have found that it is the same for most Erasmus students, that unis here start earlier and finish later than we do: as in, I have an Italian lecture at 8 in the _______ morning and my Japanese lectures both finish at 8 in the evening. When walking out from Japanese, there are an amazing amount of students still hanging around campus that you just don't see in Bangor!! Hope that makes you happy.
I have been told that the library at the university isn't good AT ALL, so, this week, Ellie and I went to the library next to Part Dieu to register there. It was fairly easy to do and we managed to get student discount. The library is very modern, to me looks more like a museum; and it's really big with so much choice in there, so it is most likely that I will be going there often to do research for my dissertation. Part Dieu itself is absolutely HUUUUUGE!!!!!! It is the biggest station in Lyon, with a metro access underneath, so anyone visiting there will probably have to come through it at some point. However, recently, they incorperated that with possibly the biggest shopping centre I have ever seen. Normally, as far as they go, I am used to the Trafford Centre in Manchester, or Cribbs Causeway in Bristol, but this takes the biscuit. I have not been around much of it yet, and even then, it is quite easy to get lost. Not to mention, it definitly has the biggest supermarket I have seen in France right at the top of it - as in one of those with an esculator in it - and they also sold mini laruousse dictionaries for a good price! =D
Not much else to say at the moment, apart from, I have kind of grown addicted to RENT and have finally grown accustumed to the French cheeses. If you like musicals, give RENT a listen (either the original or final broadway cast or the film version, all of them are great); it is set in 1989 New York about a group of young people, most of whom either live in poverty and/or have AIDS; and it makes me both laugh and cry at the same time - for Idina Menzel fans, she plays Maureen in the show too =) Also, thanks to my friends, my new favourite work food has now become doritos with garlicy cheese (like boursin) rather than bn bns - serisouly, try it, you can thank me later =P
I hope you're finding this entertaining and you are enjoying reading. =)
Charlotte
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