International students in England: July 2011

British Breakfast:.

If you like hearty as the morning, I put "breakfast British" on the heart. Toast, sausages, baked beans, once enough for lunch, dinner and afternoon snack. With us at the University of British relatively cheap breakfast for about 2 pounds in the canteen - you can choose from more than 10 dishes. Here at the University cafeteria (it taste better that he look at):
Inserts on the plate, is different from one region to. Hampshire and therefore here are Southampton usually: toast, beans, sausages, black pudding, grilled baked tomato (usually just a slice), hash browns, grilled mushrooms, fried or mashed eggs. Here the ingredients in detail:
Black pudding
The first incongruous. Black, most believe fortunately is no longer the Schocki pudding and Süßzeug, so already widespread. Exact details, I save you only so: pork blood part, it is grilled and blood sausage fans have certainly benefit from this. in a fit of madness times itself tried - it has a taste as of the aussieht… Only this that brave.
Baked beans
My personal highlight - really tasty. The beans are served in a thick sauce - especially that softer taste, very rarely salted - arrives at the restaurant. Only you can not eat beans: which are given directly to the toast disk - to-eat and baked beans with toasted bread. The only drawback: each beans are as you know a Tönchen
Toast
Accepted in reality by itself. However: served is white toast! Fans of whole grain will have certainly no joy. Have seen still nowhere somewhere in England, you would have the choice. However, as I said, the toast is rather an enhancer flavor and surface for the baked beans.
Fried
Or that very English - and in all regions, where I was, part of it also. Looks like a buffer of small potatoes, but not really the same. Potatoes fried in small pieces are cut, all mixed, Petrie of small round, grilled dish. Taste: so rather bland honest gaaaanz. It applies the principle of toast: very good with baked beans!
Sausage (sausage)
Grilled sausage looks like mostly just on the image. Gourmet is rather: finger off… As you can see the sausages are very thick, short and is usually not particularly taste. But you are simply just for a good British breakfast. I recommend but: be sure with ketchup (which you get more not automatically - check!).
Grilled tomato (grilled tomatoes)
Hurray, the first healthy ingredient. twisted language whose bold and meat in the reinbeißen of briefly roasted tomatoes. Funny: most of the time it gets only a single, small disc… clearly: the spirit in the English breakfast is rather in fat and true protein. Here at the University you must place each disk itself, that the British know nothing.
Spiegelei (fried egg)
Accepted in reality by itself. Sometimes there are Eierspeiß ' instead of just egg (for my German readers: English scrambled eggs: scrambled eggs). Fried egg looks like, but often rather not as here on the image, usually double will fried.
Grilled mushrooms (grilled mushrooms)
The second more healthy ingredient. Also here is once more: you get especially many flat mushrooms. The negotiation is required. Generally, you get exactly 2 slices of small mushrooms. In the Southampton' canteen it: ask me! When the waitress on it, there is a free additional slices.
All together on a plate could then watch - the first image in the box of storage to the canteen of the University, the second image nice and then republished on the plate (and as you can see, I took a good day and has been very Chamignons)

Week of the day 6 Freshers - karaoke at Deer's head, Conference of introduction

6 Freshers week days:
Shortly before 09, Conference Room:
Ohoho - s now serious. My first session in a conference room. But no Conference is an event of introduction. So that all students learn. There are as I here by the way in which Internet wireless to any campus very practical for the mobile laptop Twiddlers.
Evening, the Vindi room:
Oh God, all the English hate me. Am after the thing all launch (purely academic here) directly to their door, FAZ was but apparently still at their introductory session (aja, sounds professional). Am so to Vindi, which leaves paranoid to complete.
Then: good reading Hall was packed with students of management aufgedrehten noisy. Now, the proportion of international students is very high - there are very many Chinese and Japanese, European countries are also represented: are very numerous in Greek Southampton, some Spanish and Turkish Cypriots, I also met very many Indians. Well, but if you wrap while the total number of undergraduate students, then the still is a time not many foreign students, but of course mainly English (in the master which is completely different studies - there are mainly international students). After the students as to join their countrymen and women, it is intended to prevent that at least in the approach to the management of the University. Direct solicitation so: international students please separate! You can contribute to the cultural exchange so fantastically.
HM. Ok. With my Austrian accent, Schwarzenegger, I am about as unobtrusive as Darth Vader to the Viennese under English. And I have a loud organ also one at that. In compensation for, I'm still not yet soft and thin, but also more powerfully built. God is with me.
I was so some more put - away by nice French cel, with which I have maintained, rucki zucki to English.
Task: we should tell the other what we have about us. Where we come from, our pastime, blah blah. I opened the mouth of little, since it has already said: Germany! Have tried to so teach students the difference between the Germany and the Austria. That was, but apparently not exciting enough, because entertainment was moving in the direction of different cities in England, who at the school, the bands of English rock.
Ignored if was somehow most of the time simply. The English now interested not on other nations, is somewhat known Yes (course exceptions). But simply ignored is difficult.
Vindi has said that it was virtually only on the first day. And also I would be obliged to support me not necessarily in English - there is indeed much other foreign students. HM - am but also a little here, for me, integrate or not? And how you want to go, if it is ignored by the English?
Well, what solls. Today, there the night karaoke very certainly to uni-pub "stag's head". Hurraaa!
(Almost) every Thursday deer's head he brings the micro and the bookstore. Of course, the songs are currently not rabies, but Britney Spears and co are Hey, with a bit of Guinness in the blood, a pleasure for the whole family.
Karaoke night at the head of the deer a incidentally is a funny Facebook group.

Accounting - Bachelor year 1: sweet Grandma, sharp finance

1 Year of Bachelor in / term 1:
Financial accounting manual
Oohoooo…. I found a replacement for Grandma Mignon for my life in England. Is one of my "Financial Accounting" topics (best English: module) and is for learn us the method of accounting and order. Professor: hair poodle small, white, huge glasses and Cardigan. Saccharin. As an accessory. Would be me wondered not if she would have called us at the beginning of the Conference again quickly to go to the bathroom. Hard to believe that this woman wants to teach this that American finance and mathematics.
The course itself: Eh well, so rather mau. I was never good with finances and money - always one to an independent young adults do, let me but secretly always to my father, which regulates things for me. Buy my God me Yes nor nichtmal my phone even. Embarrassing, embarrassing. Is therefore high time that I have myself with money and a set of accounting and therefore separated.
If there are differences between the accounting in England and Germany or Austria, I do not know. Our financial grandmother said certainly that directives apply Yes anywhere.
The typical English "balance".
Well, what is student Erasmus and must choose its subjects, which I recommend not financial accounting: at the beginning is everything that is still simple enough, but more final exams come, more it. The test itself consists mainly of mathematical tasks, then a small part is in the form of the test (you must answer 3 questions). You have 2 hours of time - which is quite difficult, but who exactly!
Attention: make one needs a calculator and the University with the emblem of the University on it. There are student - buy Union shop on campus - with an other calculators you cannot mean and monitored during the test, if one also really the correct calculator has

New mode and disasters fashion island

This species is a threat to the public in England. Why? Willingly and consistently showcases wear parts and costs incurred by various fashion brands. Preference in the emitted combination. Not like here in Austria, where rather see you the display attracts is then in real life yet returned to normal. Non - United Kingdom, optical showcase is the reality of urban fashion.
If a party not without ulterior motive should thus be issued. The old 14 next year sees that and stöckelt therefore leg hard in following children disco. In all, these models are sort mode. Normally we girls want hide Yes our buttocks - especially after Christmas, or (in my case) when the boyfriend left us when McDonald was just the week of Asia (shrimp Burger).
Or but, we would like to put the accents of countries here and cowboy spirit spread, eventually all recalls the belt, but somehow the laced frontal turn adjusted leather man pants. Or?

Management of human resources - 2. year Bachelor: "Fools" teachers and the India

2 Year of Bachelor in - beginning of the summer semester
Long live - my 4. (!) Start of semester. One of my new subjects: "human resources management". The Conference is led by an Indian with an Indian accent who is incredibly drolligem (and also unfortunately sometimes a little difficult to follow).
As me is an avid fan of Bollywood or at least ever seen an Indian film, which is itself well understood to expect dancing performed the curriculum of the Professor on the Office of teacher, wearing a coloured silk shirt, ideally at the same time of
Indian knowledge transfer
a tail of effusively nuns Hundeiner hysterical group Choreinem laugh Kinder20 of hips vibrant women in colorful saris
Explain that by the way in which specific Vorlesunges vocabulary of semi expressions.
(Which, since now not included: here is an excerpt of a typical Bollywood film)
After 15 minutes becomes quickly evident: a religious choir is not invited. Not a dog tail probably weddelnder also. Instead: complicated discussions to the blockade of motivation of the technical staff in operations of the company. No doubt: the Professor is a competent professional for questions which are somehow related to the management of staff. Unfortunately, he is not pleased that. Instead: embarrassing happy understatement.
After the first 20 minutes of the first page of blink of eye mischievous unit Professor Conference: he would have no idea on the manual, just presented.
One of the recommended works
Hahaahahaaa… It has nevertheless minute explanation of psychological behaviour in accordance with the theories of motivation of Maslow monitoring (for interested students: the pyramid of motivation of Maslow). Boring, interesting, complicated - different one student to another, but certainly not: stupid. This discourages the teacher but not step to claim the exact opposite: it therefore knows exactly what he is talking about it. Following the decline of mandatory eye.
ahahahahaaaa
And for the whole of the region, until then still not understood that this was a joke now and having their requested to laugh, it encourages comment still behind: who wants therefore not stupid it should correctly read the book.
HAHAHAHAHAAAAHAAAAA
Absolute disbelief between students international, polite smile to English. Then: new competent excess complicated in terms of human resources management.
Why is obviously intelligent Professor behind the counter of the teacher and publicly stated that he had no idea of the features all contained and stupid in the head, that it is in principle and me is a mystery to this day. Indian sense of humour? Has no policy for the integration of the English Government? Or simply only particularly progressive teaching methods?
A statement by who, to this end, I like your Kommentare….
Apart from the need of something getting used humour of the Professor is "human resources management" recommend: interesting and varied - and a test of light at the end of the semester

Week of day 7 Freshers - all lots of free stuff at the Freshers Fayre!

7 Day week Freshers:
Lunch, kitchen:
Yes! Returned event in any week of Freshers Fayre of the Freshers - in addition to the Bunfight. Why? In the whole of the grounds of the University all imagine business possible and we hope students as potential buyers: banks, restaurants, bars, insurance, Modelabels… Everything which is in the process and we students is: free tips for lots of!
In the morning, that there was a human snake of the Student Union building - the official admission to the Freshers Fayre is indeed it. I will then at 10 o'clock in the morning. Around the world, the stands were built, where companies were presented. A noted marketing terms absolute nonsense, because I have almost no company name. And free stuff are also lot of scrap metal. After an appropriate sort, only a few useful utensils are left:
a can of "Baked beans" by Heinzein some pens and memory Bleistifteein stick of any broadcast radio maps of purity table Schokoladeein
Our free pizza
The best was "Domino" - a provider of well known pizza free fresh pizzas cooked and given accommodation has however
If all in the hype really more than anything is the infamous Freshers Fayre.
What was there another? AJA - "sale poster": a small tent was erected on one of the green areas around the main square, where you can buy different poster. In all sizes and all motivations: life-size Uma Thurman - pulp fiction poster, fun reasons, Tierfotos… Everything is there. I added an almost grandeur nature Betty Boop - displays.

The first night

Can not sleep. Here, everything is so quiet. Me, it was clear that the first night is a little odd, especially since that person here does. And the bed is also uncomfortable.
Bah, now am student. The boring life in Austria "goodbye" said and now I am free. I am studying in England - now go! Bear quilts of tomorrow!

Freshers week! General details… And the average: first night as a student in England

Hurraaa! You have a week correct Freshers only once in life - and this means a fun weekend in England! And between the University organises other events such as the Bunfight each day (all imagine the University student societies) or the Freshers Fayre (free stuff from lots of).
Here is the calendar for my Freshers week my 1st year of Bachelor:
Saturday: Day of major watershed in the dormitory Sunday: Welcome Party / Brazilian CarnevalMontag: Inskribieren on the campus of Tuesday: day of student survival on campus Wednesday: "Bunfight" on the campus of Thursday: introduction in the respective schools Friday sessions: Freshers Fayre at the campus
There are courses Freshers week - calendar for each year. Usually little changed from the year of the year.
So, and here the early - arriving in my first year of Bachelor and all is first night in the Studentenheim… Much Spass…
Residence for students, first year of Bachelor, end of September:
UFF… AM eeendlich after hours of waiting at the airport, 2 hours and 30 minutes of bus ride, eternal Herumirren for what edible after 22 and action of spectacular relocation of Foundation in my room and then I to bed together.
Oh God, all that is exciting. As a first year n "meet" to "Greet" - service book University student, who then seek to the airport. Am immediately after landing in the Hall and now by some (perceived) minors in the orange T-shirt with large letters "University of Southampton". Knew that I will be older with 23 than most others, had therefore this did not discourage me. Then first expectation was called y until enough students arrived to fill a great coach. Then: 2 and a half bus ride hours by Hampshire in my life.
The good: the meeting welcome all readers service (own United!) Student residences. My student residence: "Hartley Grove", part of the large "Glen Eyre halls" - complex.
First impression: hectic. Hartley Grove is one of student residence several Gebäudecomplexen in very "Glen Eyre" - there are a few others. And already, Hartley Grove consists of 3 lines of the building, 4-stöckigen. Therefore, one can imagine the size of any student village. On the page "Accommodation - student rooms" it y a plan and a description for a better orientation. Only so much is said here: my room of reception (the administrative centre, where it is necessary for various problems ranging) I wander a minutes 20 estimated - mounted. But a Moppelchen am good, yes huh, prejudice does not make me.
First stop: Glen Eyre receive. There, you need to sign, I would show, forms to sign and returned out of the room key finally gets then. The large "weekend of watershed", where most students arrive is tomorrow and the next day. As a student international, I, came a little earlier and most of the international - so everything is still relatively quiet until now.
I therefore made my room key, my suitcase taken and los went through the forest (the course is located partially in the forest - incredibly green) until after Hartley Grove.
Hurray - this is my new home:
Hartley Grove
Very beautiful: many green all around. The first impression of the House and the apartment itself was so great! Note: it is still little that in this case, the great basin is tomorrow.
Am so pure in my room. HM, Yes, the room. Am used to and suddenly now face in a tiny room in the House in Vienna rather my apartment. Well, now student even am. The establishment of: a bed, a box, a nightclub, an Office, a Chair. That's all.
At the time, it was already after 22. Note: In Southampton it somehow even nix after 22. No shop, no restaurant and in the immediate vicinity of the Foundation also no Pub. Finally landed on the Tanke - with a hostile to the ticket office and platform guy full of zerqatschter and I hope still not expired sandwiches.
Approximately 23 - my room:
strident ring - breathing a few jumps later became apparent that here a phone rang me. Finally found a small telephone in one of the load Desk and took off. Receipt - was it I was allocated a wrong room.
01 Morning.
Although my half déballé suitcase back room leerräumen and even once with case 20 min back upstream waddle at the reception. The home of the draufkamen people all that they have lost my other keys of the room. Welcome in England. An eternity half later finally had my key. Am therefore once again with heavy suitcases all the long journey back to a building, that building was next to my old. In a room that looked like the other. I have asked the security officer, who had accompanied me, where the meaning remains the if ever two rooms looked right. It has deployed only with the eyes. Don't know if I will go through.

Context management - first year of Bachelor: team spirit that we like it or not. And a small ghetto.

1 Year of Bachelor in winter semester. My second Vorlesung…
After a week of Freshers spectacular while he is still super good mood (Restalkohol) I but socially disturbed kommunikatorisch (are simply not as easy as in American Aufklärungsfilmen named after that various pie connection on the University). Especially after the disaster of the session "introduction", where somehow no English wanted to speak to me. However, today was a glimmer of hope. Note: it is y no better deal breaker of ice for intimidated students as a well tempered with some used to expose the vocabulary.
09: 00, conference room
Just in time teaching pushes desk is a gentleman mid-height with huge white moustache and much gewaltigerem beer belly behind, rips the fist tight in the air and cries: "Hello team!
Puzzled faces among the students. Property to wipe even Spuke of Professor of the people face in the first row, he stomps in towards the Centre of the room. ""Hello team!"s continues, he wants to see"Action".". Some students struggle through finally "Hello" If the expectant happy face of the professor at a quiet.
As it looks at Austrian or German University, but here in England is you as a student as did addressed no Ahung "Team", and that any if you submit before the Professor alone or in group. Finally you kindly feel, be part of the great community of the University and the Professor therefore does not respect show - reminder: authority in the English universities is Ugh.
Educationally valuable or not, in any sensational case like mood of the morning for academic content. goes further: "Hello team! I can 't hear you!' calls by the lecturer, a hand behind the ear of holds and the other here with his finger in the air, as if it was not a University Professor, but motivator for verbally limited special students.
After that students meet this time satisfactory loud does not have a long monologue on the importance of dialogue between teachers and students first follows rather than knowledge relevant-manual. Namely, big is written in England, there is not really a Conference without teachers who required students to the participation of the verbal instructions on a regular basis.
The first lessons of management there (specific: "Management in context", a Conference on the various political and economic factors for managers and those who want to it). Delete: after each instruction the teacher is "Yeah?" or "you feel me?" turn. As if we were not in Southampton, but in the Bronx in New York.
Between there are a few attempts at more or less boredom with small "team work". Long by about 3-5 min pauses, where it is supposed to keep a small discussion on a question of Professor with the neighbour of the seat or seat neighbor are intended. The Professor chooses then generally one or two students randomly, which must then present the results of the discussion in a few words.
Absolutely crappy courses - the purpose is of such exercises but not an academic, but a social: such forced mini talks to facilitate students to close social contacts (mostly very young in English of the first year and unstable universities). Such negotiations minies are also more rare studies. In the last year are rather because that hard small soft facts speak. However: in the first, a good way to come up with a comrade in the conversation couple weeks at least.

: The recommended manual

Apart from Professor comes in "Management in context" to capture various influences on an organization. Primarily be here of contemporary issues in the negotiations. In my first year Bachelor was still the real estate bubble in the United States and the economic and banking crisis resulting quite actually, so in fact the most discussed and how large and small companies as the best to behave. Other major topics were everywhere on the fluctuations in various currencies or new legislation policy or political action of the EU. It was so read newspaper asked.
At the end of the semester, no there was no audit - the classification occurs when 'Management in context' by 4 small (about 1500 words) of long essays, each in a different current theme. The limit of 1500 Word now appears not many words, but just that also includes the difficulty on this subject: capture, is more difficult than you think what is important in such a small word limit.

Nando - chicken satt and super leckeres Essen!

Yummy - which is on gebrutzeltes, grilled or fried chicken, is the place! If the ordinary chicken has the choice, the land of a being expensive in of the "Nando" on the plate. Regardless of whether spare ribs, grilled chicken or Hamburger - Nando that offers each. Except for vegetarians. But simply you can help some people.
Southampton is the Nando in the top floor of the shopping centre 'WestQuay' (at WestQuay) on the so-called "food terrace". Of unfortunately it often wait - time approximately 20 minutes of a seat, I had to wait…
Great: the Paro-meter ". You can select precisely the level. Nando is known for its sharp dishes. I am rather no sharpness Tiger and the same kind would be not as sharp and decide of a loved one for "mango & lime".
Here the Paro-meter (indicated a small translation):
It is said here: "Heat" means not only "heat" in English, but is also synonymous with "sharpness". Therefore if someone said "hot":
warmman is a rather him or her is just angeflirtetoder sauce in the Hamburger is sharp
By the way, I have the Paro-counter on the homepage of Nandos.

The doctor, advice of panic and hygiene of pregnancy in adolescent girls in General

My posts tagged ' when the doctor English uncle ' start or end ranking with "not well". It's by no means incompetent doctors or nurses lack motivation, but perhaps more restricted injections of cash from the Government in General and the setting for British citizens to own health in particular.
There are my first (and last) visit to the British gynaecologist:
Year of Bachelor in the summer semester on the bench before the doctor's Office
All girls and women are aware of the problem: focus, a few tests to the University, a little too much coffee and a little too little salad and the cervix containing acid and wants no more on the period. Also happening to me - which is probably on the many test stress, we here at the time where the. After 3 months without delay, but with a mother very anxious because wütigen acute grandchildren (age of women exceeded the 25 may know what I mean) I have repeated in the "Medical Center" of the University in order to security would be.
Visit expired roughly as:
All those who want to a large open on the sides and the staircase to the upper floor sent, so that everyone in the Hall of the Medical Centre knows the physician immediately to all other "normal" patients: the "down" has a problem.
Right to the entrance door is clear: teenage pregnancies are a trauma of the United Kingdom will never recover. Look at the door: a giant poster with a stress out and certainly not older than 12 years, former small mother in one hand a milk bottle in the other a baby this sad look with a pacifier in his mouth in the camera. Including red letters: are you ready? All advertising for Durex condoms with Strawberry flavour.
Interior: a small waiting room full of girls starrenden ground. Turning
University Medical Centre
are so sexually permissive takes as always to the world than the influence of alcohol.
Since then, so I sat between the posters on the swine flu, post nasal pathogens and attempts of recognition on the fatal consequences of syphilis and Tripper, genital warts, AIDS, drugs in General and smoking during pregnancy. General of the British of we, the student population is soon clear: sharing of cans of beer and bottles of wine - the people who hang out after the first implementation phase of joint and then packed clubs youth stagger home, have pleased with each of the other unprotected sexual intercourse.
The Frauenärzin itself was surprisingly professional: how many days there I because the
Warning for the sexually active British
Pregnancy test would have been done. Explanatory words from me (single, stress and the student-to - last but a few weeks in the box at night at the House has passed to retry Lehrstoff) bring little: the laboratory analysis of blood, it said. It could never know. After 5 minutes, I was complemented sodenn again both the room, with a brochure on the morning-after pill.
Note: the initial diagnosis in Frauenärztinnen on the island: pregnant in doubt in any case. If fact, who lives in a relationship and may be pregnant, don't panic. To wait, blood test and drink tea.

Jesters

The most famous Club of Southampton - at least among us students
Alcohol, English teenager in an intoxicated stupor, guys horny emergency, condoms in the corner and obsolete location - not really a cliché which is not here is used. Cheaper alcohol? Necessarily. Toilet clogged without toilet paper? Very similar. Useful-English? In any event. Spit next to the entrance? Of course. Not for nothing, the Jesters was named by the magazine FHM UK for the zweitschlechtesten Club of England.
Recommended for a visit of the Jesters: clothing resistant to tear, a high level of alcohol, slip-resistant footwear. From the outside looks still poor. Entry main is Golden "Jesters" next to the sign, but night club experts go course before opening of Jesters about 22 in the "clown" - a pub directly next to the Jesters. There are just as cheap beer and cider, mood while always uncomfortable. Location moderately, the clown is not just jewelry, but the atmosphere is always impressive to ausnahmenlos. It is no less well temperate servers! At 10: 00 then the nail: a door directly on the Jesters opens directly into the clowns - a small secret, therefore, as so bypasses the huge human snake outside the main entrance of the Jesters one. You go a few steps to the Grand Court of front by the Jesters of clowns. And then the end with pleasure.
Beer spirits him away: "Jesticle" is cocktail creation hotel of Jesters – 2 large glasses of and the evening can begin, or is again. Come to stomach - but in any case you can remember then nothing more. Ingredients: 3 great shots of vodka, Malibu, lemonade, blackcurrant cordial (which is) and a few drops of orange juice. Fitting in: the bright red color.
A thanks to Jesticle own offshore himself brain, go to the dance floor. Attention: the soil is so sticky that you paste generally rest with heels. So many things to do. But the terms of dancing you come there to step very far after the last 10 minutes of order men angegrabtscht and then struck by their girlfriend.
In terms of the bubble, the Jesters is a challenge: the girl before the toilet snake is mostly endless supply long, short, and flushing toilet paper can only up to about 23. After that the washrooms are already - clogged a possible explanation for various vomit around the main entrance.
However, if you come to Southampton, must at least once in the Jesters. The experience is unique (for me). The atmosphere among the students is unbeatable at any speed - everybody sings, dances, grölt. A party atmosphere, that I have never known it in Austria or elsewhere in the world, frankly. Especially on Mondays - then it is indeed a pint of foster or a shot of vodka for 50 pence (converted on 60 cents!).

The bridge of Vertigo

Unusual names Yes are a must - including "Vertigo bridge" for English pubs (the 'shaky' free the dizzy bridge - translated something perhaps more, but for the funny, we adhere better to the literal Uebersetzung…). All in my field on London Road. For early risers like me is a dream, because the bridge dazed namely throughout the week the subject 07 morning open! Ideal for a triefendes fatty but super large "British breakfast." After there are a few clubs on the road to London, hitting many students for lunch of mainly hangover in the morning.
In the day, but rather an old crowd dominated! I now have nothing against older persons (retired), but only to the Info: at noon, the older term (and many retirees) then snow instead. In the evening, the situation changes new and many students from the preheater.
'Bridge of Giddy' is highly recommended for smokers. Pubs and restaurants in England smoker must smoke Yes usually outside the Zigarettchen - and which can be uncomfortable if it has no seat, or the pub directly across the street is located and it is not place for the masses whole smoking (especially in the evening). The bridge of vertigo has a few chairs and tables for smoking never before - even in bad weather.

"Medical Center" - romantic hospital at the University of

Come to England as a student, must (should / is forced by teachers in all cases) be registered with the local medical centre. At the English universities, was right on campus, is a small house and help diseases unfortunately not much one. You should always register.
Therefore I am, like many of my other international students of colleagues also, in the first two days at the medical centre at the University of Southampton (the building small in the image above). After about an hour waiting in the snake huge fully with relevant international first, to get to the reception and gets a questionnaire to hand down first. After the first observation of the issues, it soon becomes clear where greasy Hollywood directors herhaben fantasies Sales in terms of police interrogations. The first question: if it has been vaccinated against the following diseases:
Meningitis CMRR (measles, mumps, rubella)
If not: hot tip from me: simply not "no" ankreuzen… The next question would be that, if it wants to have a "booster" for the appropriate vaccines. But in reality you since the great even the choice: to arrive at the Germany Erasmus student. Hardly "no" for meningitis c selected, was already a physician of the lips of compressed body close the eyes and the syringe to manage by hand.
I have been happily HRV (although it is generally are actually not required for England of vaccination). Next: General questions on health, previous illnesses, pregnancies, Lustig etc. designed specifically for women, the question for the smear (what what result last smear test of your?) Nothing because not completely sure, go to the gynecologist for interrogation and to inform about the dangers of unprotected sex. Which particular ensures this frown when devout Muslim Studenteninnen and their parents.
But fortunately is only questioned at the beginning, there was still no action. That's why my recommendation: Lüüüüüüügen. Which had not left of vaccination: person examines problem in vaccination, to the audit, the money is missing English health care in General and of the University of Southampton, in particular. And who do wish to have a blood test in the laboratory on a provocative speech and embarrassing information with the gynaecologist, where is the last ' smear tests for security without notable features concern have failed.
Here are a few technical terms - will know more, what physician or whose disease is intended, but is not as grad I educated or smartest man: here a small overview:
GP (abbreviation of "generalist") - this would be the English equivalent of the "generalist" or simply "generalist." The first question, if you have the time emergency hospital: "are you registered to your local GP. Who then say a name does not have to pay! For this reason: as a student international immediately to the University Medical Center go and register can be. While that heavy, complex and sometimes embarrassing (smears technically) but free and guaranteed without problems, you should have time at the hospital.Also important: "local" GP - the GP should be approximately 1.5 RADIUS km of the place of residence. As a student international, is now and again, to say that it is registered with the GP of the University (at the Medical Centre), if an emergency situation and must be in the hospital. But: when you're sick and to a special doctor must (tooth forms, ect..) and it goes to the medical centre of the University, life, but a little outside the RADIUS, it may be that the people at the Medical Centre will send one to another hospital. But, as said, a hospital of absolute emergency, simply specify the GP or the University medical centre.NHS (national health service abbreviation): the health system in England in State "walk Centre": is it not deadly sick, one is recommended by several "walk in centres". Because can you towards, and is relatively fast (certainly more rapidly than in hospital emergency rooms) be treated. Here are the addresses of 2 centres of popular walk-in: http://www.unidocs.co.uk/local-wics.htm (at the time relatively near the University).
Click here to go to the medical centre at the University of Southampton: http://www.unidocs.co.uk/home.htm (Note: equal to the first link above in the first image brings a contraception Beratung…)

WestQuay - one of the largest shopping centres on the southern coast of English

Main entrance to the WestQuay
Since I'm a girl, I want of course Shoooooppen and Southampton proposes this as all Supertolles: WestQuay! One of the largest shopping centres on the English South Coast - a joy for the Mädchenherz and the death of each portfolio. For girls: there are stores (almost only) for clothing. For men: there is an Apple store.
The situation of both: from the railway station at the civic centre (for all buses served), it is 5 minutes high street up to the main entrance:
The can go offshore. The labels of well-known fashion in England are represented in WestQuay (next, River Iceland, Dorothy Perkins, marks & Spencer, Hollister). The full name Klar nix now say one, no problem. Simply stop. I am indeed a large "following" - fan, but unfortunately not of the Preisen… In total, there are 3 floors:
I have quite brash plans stolen from the official home page of WestQuay. There is a plan together with the legend. You can see: nice big. That the hunger of many purchases or first must reload, which is on the 1st floor of terrace "food". It there is a large living room and the abundance of and even 2 fast food restaurants "rights": a restaurant Pizza Hut and 'Nandos' (my report on the "Nandos"). Schoen: the roof! In the summer, which is open and offers a view on the behind WestQuay shopping area. Also important: in the bathroom are the floor! That is so presses, must at the terrace of the food.
Special highlight: the "dream cupcakes" in the basement (my report on dream cakes) - for small sweet snacks. If you like instead of cakes of Donuts dear, goes to "Krispy Kreme"...

Week of the day 1 Freshers - invasion of the first year and first party at the residence of the student

The 1 day of the week fresher:
In the morning, my room
Gah - meltdown. Were the search directly for the window: all full young excited ravaging the land with the parents and a lot of luggage in tow. Around the world teenies hyper-nerveux system, concerned parents, boxes, Koffer… Feel now a bizarre adult me because I arrived without parents. However, I have obviously no Mami, who will shop for me or Daddy, who has set up the Internet connection for me.
Afternoon:
Hooray! My apartment is more empty! After my flatmates are indented: living with 4 Musleminnen and a Chinese. The Musleminnen are 3 since the Malaysia and one of the Caribbean. You learn them never: the Caribbean is one of the last Nations that I associate with Islam. So it's not surprising me and then again as FAZ (your name) is not a headscarf, but the other 3 already. FAZ is how a "first year" and "environmental science" (environment and so…). The other 3 are already in the last year and almost done with the student - and as old as I. HM… Well, was also before the work. There is no reason to feel lousy.
Shortly after midnight - my room:
God, I am so old. Note: any person wish to study in England, should be less than 21 years or amputate the use. After a common shopping at the supermarket has FAZ and I for the Welcome Party in the "bar Glen" - a small bar in the residence of the student. Already at 20: 00 on the first torkelten how we some students contrary to, for which the evening drinking probably already at lunch began and is apparently over. Health! In the bar - view: spectacular. Rocking all over the world of young people who probably generally so intimidated by another classmate, the residence of the student and the University, it is now correctly still had the courage. Well, since it seems yet again, what do strict alcohol laws and famous high schools in England: once detached from the parent line, there are alcohol just semi combined intravenous, ideally sex among teenagers.
FAZ as devout alcohol then Caliphate that had heard, but as I by the English students drink and spent and wanted to have access. I will announce: no, it's not a Klischee… You drink all really just as much. Also interesting: clothing for girls. ULTRA-short at each temperature - short skirts, cutting deep, microenterprises dresses and high heels. And here the physics plays dress by the way no matter - any so thick or thin, like a girl you to kindly nuttig. A paradise for people with complexes of the value auto for me: there is always a thicker and impossible is attracted as oneself. My camera wanted to relatives and a few particularly crazy clothes has been held but photographers, FAZ. He has a right: that adolescents in other countries get only stupid ideas.
In the evening, but had a good: we met some students international nice - from the most incredible corners of the world: Bahamas, Singapore, Brünei, USA…

International students in England