Amelia Orientation Week

So the international students got to school about 5 days before the local students to get settled in. We had a few days of orientation of the school and the town which is a 15 minute bus ride away. It was pretty overwhelming and I was nervous about everything. I was sick all orientation so I could hardly talk. But as homesick as I've been I have made new friends whether they're American or Norwegian or British. It was pretty quiet until my flat mates moved in, which I'm glad they have because it's less lonely. The way it works is there are 8 people in a flat (dorm) who share a kitchen.

The eurolearn girls and I went with a girl who has been here since fall (the third one from the left) to lunch and she took us here. I thought it was really cute.

Signing up for classes was stressful because they had us look online for times but when I brought them my timetable they told me half the times that were online were wrong. fml. But eventually I worked it out. The way classes work here is there is (usually) a 2 hour lecture / week and maybe a seminar. I'm taking 2 ed classes that don't have a seminar and a sociology class with no seminar. The psych one i'm taking has a seminar every 2 weeks. So right now my schedule is:

 Monday class from 

11-1 and 3-5

Thursday class from 

10-12

2-3

4-6

Or pretty much I'm in class while people in Edmonton are sleeping.

That's it. I don't have classes Tuesday, Wed or Friday. It's really weird. Students here are expected to do a lot of independent study though, which is where the tutor (prof) gives you a reading list and says "read what interest's you and however much you want". =|

They use essays a lot here and I'm kind of nervous about that but I'm sure I'll be fine. I'm finally sleeping through the night now as opposed to waking up at 2 am and not being able to go back to sleep. I'm excited to join a club and start my zumba and yoga classes!

My room is finally set up and I think it looks much better now. I think that's it for now!