Time flies
when you’re having fun! I cannot believe my second semester in Kaunas already
reached the half way milestone. Slowly but
steady the first signs of spring carefully appear. It has been a long, dark
winter, but actually I expected it would be worse. I remember well how
temperatures occasionally dropped till around -30 when I lived in Estonia as
well as Latvia previous years. I haven’t experienced that this winter.
I’ve not
been writing too many study related blog posts lately so therefore a little
update on my personal life in Lithuania right now. At university everything
goes following plan. I’m still very thankful that I conquered my hesitation and
simply applied for my Journalism and Media Analysis Master degree here in
Kaunas. The five courses I take leave a lot of space for my own creativity and
I value that a lot. These are by the way the classes I’m attending:
- Communication
Cultures
- Audiovisual
Journalism
- Research
Project in Audiovisual Journalism
- Media
Economics
- Risk and
Crisis Communication
This must
be the first time ever I actually like a course concerning economics. Yippee!
This
semester is socially a bit differently organized than the first. I really miss
the people I met during that time. Astrid from Denmark was a wonderful
roommate. She’s very bright and has an awesome sense of humor. It was always
good to have her around. I really hope to visit her in Copenhagen later on this
summer. Melissa from Germany is also intensely missed. She shares the same
passion for adventure as I do and also the ‘Sparfuchs’ syndrome is something we have in
common ;-). After the upcoming summer holiday she’ll spend half a year in
Sweden so there will probably be enough possibilities to finally see her again.
Also without Jenny and Sofie from Sweden, Aneta from the Czech Republic, Sophie
from Belgium and Simon from Denmark the dormitory lost some of its energetic
spirit. The good memories remain though.
Melissa, Nienke, Jenny, Sofie, Sophie, Astrid, Aneta
Because I
didn’t join the spring semester introduction week I didn’t really have the
chance to easily get in touch with the new Erasmus students. Actually I’m ok
with that, since I cannot identify myself at all with their ‘OMG we are Erasmus
students so we HAVE TO party as much as possible’- mentality. Luckily this
semester I have the opportunity to get to know two very special persons a bit
better. Yi, my roommate from China, and Jun, a journalism student from South
Korea. It’s so beautiful that even though our cultural backgrounds are so
diverse, we still share so many views of life. Yi is a Master degree student in
Social Work and that definitely shows off. She’s a great listener with a heart
of gold and she’s incredibly fun too. Jun on the other hand seems to me like
the most fearless and curious human being on earth. It’s wonderful how he soaks
up people’s personal stories and dreams. Yeah, it’s good to have those two
around.
Calm travel companions somewhere in the middle of nowhere in Poland. Jun and Yi.
Till so far
my little study update. I just finished three midterm exams so it's time for a well deserved Easter holiday.
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