life

Monday

Lots and lots of problems. Major ones, minor ones, you know… problems. We managed to solve our biggest possible problem just today! After the Orientation day ended at 12h, Fulya, Annika and I had a big schedule on what to do next. (98% of the International students were from germany by the way). We have a super friendly supervisor called NJ and she helps us out where every she can. We signed up for classes at Ker Hall, we had our Student ID’s done at the University Center and after everything was done our search for a place to stay continued. We called some people who advertised on craigslist, we went to the community housing department, where Maya, a very nice girl, helped us out with our search. We came to a point where every one of us was pretty exhausted about finding a place. But finally, .. .there seemed to be light at the end of the tunnel. We called for a spot on Segovia Rd. The guy says that we could look at the place today, as long as we made it to his office in 25 minutes. So we jumped off of the computer at the community housing office, ran across the campus and drove to the office. 5 minutes before the office closed we came in and a friendly guy showed us the place. The girls immediately fell in love with the place as soon as we walked in. We told the guy that he should hold the place for the next day at 12h. We were all excited about the place because it is so near to the beach and to the campus as well. The restaurants and shopping street is also just one block away.. Here are some impressions taken with my cellphone camera, better pics will follow.

 

Tuesday

So we went to the office and signed the contract. Little did we know that the place did not accept credit cards. They wanted cash or checks. After lots of thinking we decided to each take the cash out of our account. We signed the contract and moved in immediately. The guy provided us with bar stuhls, chairs, a table, sandwhich maker, microwave and a TV. He also promised us a WiFi Router and some Bikes. Nice eh ?? We ordered a Pizza from Domino’s because we had to wait for a guy that had to fix our door lock. After that we went shopping for the rest of the stuff that you need to live in an apartment. The food shopping was the most fun obviously ;) We also managed to get Fulya a bed from an advertisement off craigslist. Annika and I bought air matresses for the first couple of night until we find something a little more confortable. We were all so exhausted at the end of the night. Tomorrow we will have our first day of class, .. which brings me to my schedule of classes. I had to pick three classes:

Tuesday -> Human Resource Development -> 18h – 21h

Wednesday -> Managing employee benefit programs -> 18h – 21h

Thursday -> Understanding the numbers for human resource professionals -> 18h – 21.20h