Bits & pieces
Brussels is quite a nice city. I'd love to tell you all about it's turbulent history, inspiring architecture, etc, but I'm afraid most of my attention went to it's more comestible attractions. I can tell you the french for "waffle" is "gauffre" and that'll have to do for "culture".
While there, my girlfriend and I found out that we've passed the Helsinki University of Technology entrance exams, and will be returning to the smelly, noodle-sucking, student lifestyle once more. We're in good company, Martin Sheen is also returning to college this autumn, he'll be studying English lit, philosophy and theology as an undergrad at the National University of Ireland, Galway. I'm serious.
I'm very delighted by the idea, I hope to be sufficiently solvent and lucid as a sextagenarian to go study all the things I was curious about, had to ignore because they didn't impinge on my main studies.
I'm also just back from watching my home-town team draw with the local Helsinki football team HJK. The experience of walking down familiar Helsinki streets aurally bathed in the accent and expressions of home was exquisitely surreal.
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Double congrats on the incipient skoolin' and edumacation! That's great news (and were you ever that concerned about not getting in? Of course not!)
Thanks :) Now we just have to get a few more crazy events and trips to Postres in before I cut down my work hours...
Congrats, D!! You are a gentleman, a scholar, AND a blogger.
I hope to emulate Mr. Sheen one day, and get a proper education on the old sod, when I'm an old sod.
Well done old chap, we're very proud... but frankly, we knew you would make it already!
Wann ist die Party, fragen wir uns?
Thanks and thanks :)
If we two sods happen to be on the same old sod at the same soddin' time, what schennanigans...
dj - wenn ich eine wohnung finde, haben wir eine Party ;)
Congratulations Dave! Thats great news... Is Niamh living with you over there now?
I've not heard very good things about Brussels so doubt you've missed much. In fact the food seems to be the best thing about the place.
Thanks :) Niamh is coming over at the end of August, she's finishing up some work she has right now, before she hands in her notice.
Congrats!! Will the old good times with flexible schedule be gone?!
I think my schedule will still be flexible, but just so I can dash off to lectures... Hope it works out.
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