Life
June 21, 2006 by Dave Earley
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Apparently this blog is to tell people what’s happening in my life, so quickly:
- Our bath problem is much worse. Having mentioned the fact that it drains very slowly several times in maintenance requests, I timed it again yesterday. A full bath took one hour and 26 minutes to drain. I kid you not. A full, correctly draining bath takes less than two minutes to fully empty. Obviously, ours is not one of these.
- I’ve been spending a lot of time watching the World Cup (no kidding, you say), although less so in the last four or five days…
- Kate and I had our 6-month anniversary on Saturday. I got some more of Kate’s favourite perfume – Shiseido’s Relaxing Fragrance – and we had some nice
Laksa pastaPad Thai for tea, made by my amazing wife. Well, I enjoyed it, but the shrimp sauce was a bit overpowering for Kate - I have an exam Thursday at 5.45pm, my only one this semester. In my Newsroom Operations course I missed out on a 7 (highest grade) by 3%. I lost 10% of my overall grade (91%) by handing in the two assignments late, but had I handed them in on time I wouldn’t have got the grades I did.
- Before next semester I have to decide whether to persevere with French, or go with a new major where I will likely lose credits for two French classes. That major will be European Studies if I take it, although leaving French is palpable failure to me.
- I’ve applied for membership at my church. It doesn’t change a great deal the way I fit in there since I’ve been committed for a long time, just not officially.
- I can’t think of any other dot points right now, so that is my very quick update.
Language skills sre important, but France is no longer a major power you should try and learn the language. It is not the 19th century anymore. Maybe try Pharsi or Chinese.
Why do European Studies? History and politics is indeed interesting, but you do not live there or even close enough to be THAT interested.
About your bath problem, try to open the sewer hole which I am sure is located in the bathroom. Maybe there is something stuck there. Trying this always fixes my bath problems.
Bren – I agree with more entertaining, but more useful? Not so sure (that’s a link to the course list). But yes, studying history and politics is pure joy compared to the kick in the gonads French feels like sometimes.
Allister – it is practical if you want to work in France or Francophone Africa… but honestly, who’s going to do that? Hmmm.
you major in french? now thats a cool major. screw practical, speaking another language (especially french) is the best way to be the cool kid in school. i say stick with french. how else can you serenade the wife? with mundane theories of european studies? psshh..
Go the European Studies. Much more entertaining and useful.