De 2 uger som studerende i Australien er rundet. Det har været nogle travle dage og jeg har ikke haft meget tid til at nyde opholdet hernede. Jeg har fået en australsk bankkonto med hjælp fra en venlig ældre kvinde, og det pudsige var at jeg var derinde på min fødselsdag var det ligeledes hendes datters fødselsdag. Verden er lille engang imellem. Jeg har nogenlunde fået mine fag på plads, selvom jeg lige skal have besluttet et sidste fag. Vi har været alt for sent ude med at vælge fag, og det kan vi heldigvis takke International Office for. Tror aldrig jeg har mødt så uduelige mennesker, som dem der arbejder på IO.
Jeg har fået sendt de relevante papirer til hotelguide som havde arrangerede hotelophold som ikke eksisterede hernede og samtidig vil de dække taxa udgifterne, så det er rigtig dejligt, men nu må vi se om de ikke bare tager resten af mine penge i stedet.
Så har jeg fået australsk nummer, og det var ligeledes en kamp, da jeg skulle have fjernet låsen på min gamle mobil, så det skete gennem skype med direktør Lund. Takker igen.
Endelig så har Liesbeth og jeg lige fået accepteret 2 lejligheder, men vi har været lidt uenige om, om vi skulle tage en af dem eller ej, idet vi gerne vil have en tredje lejlighed, der er meget bedre på alle punkter, såsom pris, placeret i forhold til RMIT osv., men jeg mener bare heller ikke at vi kan blive ved med at vente. Vi får svar i morgen og så må vi se om vi skal blive endnu en uge på vandrehjemmet. Det er ikke så slemt at bo på vandrehjemmet og vi gider heller ikke betale en formue for ingenting, så regner med at vi har noget i løbet at næste uge. Og ja vi går hernede som det underlige ægtepar/kærstepar, men nej vi er ikke kærester og bliver aldrig nogensinde kærester. Så jeg regner ikke med at jeg skal forklare det mere, føler mig som en båndoptager, der gentager det lidt for meget J
Jeg havde en rigtig god fødselsdag ellers, sammen med Jacob Lykke (en kammerat fra Asb som nu har været hernede i 11 måneder og vender tilbage til DK d. 27. juli), Liesbeth, Peter (Asb) og et finsk par som vi har mødt (Vesku og Tuuli), som er nogle søde mennesker.
Der ud over så trives jeg godt hernede. Har stadig ingen stedsans, så jeg er ofte rundt på gulvet når vi er i the city, men skidt med det, jeg lærer det nok.
Skal jeg være helt ærlig så holder jeg mere og mere af Melbourne og Australien for hver dag der går. Men damn der er mange asiater hernede. Det er helt vildt. Samtidig er det altså rimelig dyrt, så det gælder lige om at finde de rigtige steder at købe mad, tøj osv. Jeg skal i hvert fald have købt noget varmere tøj idet det jo er mega koldt.
Har haft undervisning i denne uge og må indrømme at det er meget anderledes i forhold til Danmark. Jeg synes de har flere krav og så er de helt tosset med fremlæggelser, så det skal nok blive fun. Synes selv jeg er ved at vænne mig til at snakke engelsk, så tror jeg vil blive glad for det i sidste ende, og jeg fik da også ros i går for hvor godt jeg snakker engelsk. Okay han var en smule beruset, men en kompliment er vel en kompliment om den kommer fra en ædru eller beruset person. Sammenlignes Asb og RMIT, så er Asb bare elendig, ligesom Aarhus Universitet. Sorry. Teori, teori, teori men når du så kommer på arbejdsmarkedet kan du ikke bruge det til en pind. Wow så kan I Kloge Åger virkelig bruge jeres fine 12-taller. Haha, ja okay måske er jeg lidt bitter fordi jeg ikke har fået et 12-tal. Håber at opholdet på RMIT vil gavne mig lidt mere. Jeg har blandt andet valgt Creativity in advertising, hvor vi skal komme op med innovative ideer og skitsere dem. Jeg er så meget på røven. Yes det bliver en udfordring af dimensioner, men hvis jeg kan få banket det ind i min hjerne, tror jeg det vil gavne mig, hvis jeg ønsker et arbejde i udlandet.
Okay tror det er nok for denne omgang, skal jo også skrive det på engelsk, så jeg gider ikke rigtig skrive mere. I er meget velkomne til at sende mig e-mails. Jeg havde åbenbart nogle problemer med at modtage e-mails fra d. 14. juli – 18. juli, så hvis jeg ikke har svaret er det fordi jeg ikke har fået den. Send den igen og du vil få en sød lille e-mail fra mig.
Ciao Martin
English:
The 2 weeks mark has come. It has been some busy days and I haven’t the time to enjoy the city yet. I have now an Australian banc account with the help from a nice older woman, and the funny thing is that when I got it, it was on my birthday and it turned out, the same day was her daughter’s birthday as well. Some times the world doesn’t feel that big. I’m also almost done with getting the right courses, still missing one though. We should have been quicker to get the best times and best courses, and this I can thank International Office. Never meet so useless people as them working at IO.
I have send also the necessary papers to hotelguide which arranged the stay in the hotel we booked, that wasn’t in Melbourne and they will also pay the costs for the taxi so that is good. But let’s see if I get the money or they’ll just take all my money on the Danish account.
Furthermore I’ve received an Australian phone number, which also was a struggle, because my Danish phone was locked, so I had use skype with my father so he could get everything fixed with the Danish mobile company.
Finally two apartments have been accepted, but Liesbeth and I aren’t sure if they are of interest because they are really expensive and we are hoping to get another apartment that has everything we can’t. It is not so bad living at the hostel so if we don’t get the apartment, we may have to stay here another week, but that will be fine.
And yes people see us as the weird couple, but no we are no a couple and we will never ever be a couple, so quit asking me, sick of saying the same thing J
I had a really nice birthday with my mate Jacob Lykke (from Asb, who has been in Australia 11 months, but is returning to Denmark, the 27th of July), Liesbeth, Peter (Asb) and a Finnish couple that we’ve meet (Vesku and Tuuli) who are nice people.
Other than that, I like Melbourne, I still have no clue where I am, when we are in the city, I get so easily lost. To be honest, every day that goes by, makes me like Melbourne just a bit more. But damn there’s a lot off Asians. It’s crazy. Furthermore the prices are similar to Denmark so you need to find the right places to buy food, cloths etc. I need to buy some warm clothes because it’s freaking cold in Melbourne.
This week I have had lectures in four courses and I have to admit it is nothing like in Denmark. I think they demand more from us and they are also in love with presentations, so that will be a challenge. I’m getting more used to asking and responding to questions etc, so I’m hoping that in the end, I will like this learning process. If I compare Asb and Aarhus University to RMIT, I think RMIT is so much better. Sorry. It’s all about theory in Denmark and how much can we use, when we are done. Nothing. I hope I will learn new approaches here. One of the courses is Creativity in advertising, where we have to come up with innovative ideas and skits them. You’re probably thinking, good luck Martin Lund, and you’re right. It’s going to be a big challenge, but then again this can benefit me in the end, if I want to have a job outside Denmark.
Okay that’s all for now. Apparently I couldn’t receive emails between the 14th and 18th or around that period, so if anyone has send me an email without an answer is it because of this. I’ll respond every email that I receive, as soon as I can with either an email or a phone call (mostly family will get this).
Ciao Martin
søndag den 26. juli 2009
mandag den 13. juli 2009
I Australia/In Australia
Dansk:
Så er man sørme kommet til Australien. Tror det har været min værste tur i mit liv indtil videre. I tænker sikkert, at jeg bare tuder, men jeg vil gerne lige argumentere. Turen startede kl. 9.30 fra Nørre Åby sammen med mine forældre. Normalt tager det cirka 2½ time at køre til Hamborg og da de åbner lågerne 12.30, mente min far vi sagtens kunne køre kl. 9.45. Jeg ville gerne køre lidt tidligere. Det gik rigtig godt derned af indtil 80 km før Hamborg. BOOM og vi sad i kø. I starten var jeg nu meget rolig, men efter man har siddet i 1½ time og kørt 2 km, så begynder man at blive rimelig nervøs, skal jeg fortælle jer. Panikken bredte sig også da vi godt kunne se at denne kø kunne tage lang tid, og vi kunne ikke komme af. Gennem sms’er fra Liesbeth fik jeg fortalt at efter 14.40 kunne man ikke tjekke ind længere og med 1 time til at køre ca. 70 km var jeg klar til at leje et værelse i Hamborg og købe en ny billet. Med speederen i bund, en masse held og en lille smule vanvittig kørsel, nåede vi det med 5 minutter tilbage. Fik at vide fra Liesbeth at jeg var ligbleg, da hun så mig. Nå men vi fik mig tjekket ind og jeg fik taget afsked med forældrene. Derefter skulle jeg lige have en øl, hvorefter Liesbeth gerne ville shoppe ind. Da jeg var færdig med min øl, ville Liesbeth lige se hvornår flyet fløj, og vi besluttede derefter, at det var en god ide at gå imod check in, da det stod på skærmen. Så vi gik derhen og da vi ankom, fik vi at vide at det var sidste udkald, hvilket betød at havde vi ikke gået derhen, så havde vi misset flyet og min fars vilde kørsel havde været forgæves. Vi kom på flyet, og turen til Dubai var rigtig god. Opholdet i Dubai var heller ikke til at klage over, og derefter ventede en lang tur på 14 timer i fly, som ligeledes var fin på nær at mit tv gik i stykker, da vi havde fløjet i 12 timer. Skærme og jeg er simpelthen bare ikke venner. Vi ankom til Melbourne lidt over 22 og efter en tur igennem deres sikkerhedssystemer, kunne jeg gå ud af lufthavnen med en afslappet fornemmelse. Vi skulle bare have en taxa og derefter hen til hotellet som jeg havde booket. Vi fandt en taxa og fortalte taxamanden hvor vi skulle hen. Taxamanden kendte ikke hotellet. Han ringede til taxaselskabet og de kendte ikke hotellet. I telefonbogen fandtes vejen ikke i Melbourne, og da vi spurgte en flink mand i et andet hotel, kunne han heller ikke finde det. Sikke en perfekt slutning. Vi gav op og i stedet fik et værelse på det andet hotel. Fik en god nats søvn. I dag har der været lidt problemer med at finde en stik til strøm, fordi Australien skal være anderledes end resten af verden. Indtil videre er jeg helt vild med Australien :-)
English:
I’m in Australia. Think it has so fare been my worst trip ever. You’re probably thinking by now, what a crybaby, but let me explain. The trip began at 9.30 a.m. from my parents’ hometown, Nørre Åby. It normally takes around 2½ hours to drive to Hamburg and as they the gates at 12.30 p.m. my father thought we just could drive 9.45 a.m. and still have plenty of time. But I wanted to go a bit earlier. In the beginning it went really well until we were 80 km from Hamburg. BOOM and we were stuck in traffic. In the beginning I was calm and collecting, but after being in a car that in 1½ hours has driving 2 km further, you begin being pretty nervous, I can tell you guys. The panic spread when we could see that the cue could be there much longer and because we couldn’t get off the road. I was texting with Liesbeth and she told me that I had until 2.30 p.m. and then the gates would close and since we had 1 hour to drive 70 km, I was ready to get a hotel room in Hamburg and buy a new ticket. With the accelerator pressed down, a lot of luck and a bit of insane driving we made it with 5 minutes to spare. According to Liesbeth I was white as a ghost when she saw me. But I got checked in, said goodbye to my parents. Afterwards I wanted a beer and then Liesbeth wanted to go shopping. When I was done with the beer, Liesbeth wanted to check when the flight was leaving and we decided that it would be best if we went towards the next check in. So we went to the check in to the plane and when we came there they would telling us it was the last call, which meant if we hadn’t gone to the plane, we would have missed it and my fathers’ crazy driving would have been a waist. We were luckily on the flight and it went fine to Dubai. In Dubai there were nothing to complain about either, and then the flight of 14 hours was the only think between us and Melbourne. This flight went fine as well even though my television brook when there was 2 hours left. Screens and me aren’t the best friends. We arrived in Melbourne at 10 p.m. and after getting through the security system, I was much more relaxed. We only had to find a cab, and drive to the hotel I had booked. We found a cab and told the driver where we were going. He didn’t know the hotel. He called the taxi company and they didn’t know the hotel either. In the phone book we couldn’t allocate the road it was on and a nice guy in another hotel couldn’t find it either even though it should have been close by. A perfect ending. We gave up and booked a room in the other hotel. Got a good night’s sleep. Today we have only had problems with getting power for the computer, because Australia has to be different compared to the rest of the world. All in all I’m loving Australia so fare :-)
Så er man sørme kommet til Australien. Tror det har været min værste tur i mit liv indtil videre. I tænker sikkert, at jeg bare tuder, men jeg vil gerne lige argumentere. Turen startede kl. 9.30 fra Nørre Åby sammen med mine forældre. Normalt tager det cirka 2½ time at køre til Hamborg og da de åbner lågerne 12.30, mente min far vi sagtens kunne køre kl. 9.45. Jeg ville gerne køre lidt tidligere. Det gik rigtig godt derned af indtil 80 km før Hamborg. BOOM og vi sad i kø. I starten var jeg nu meget rolig, men efter man har siddet i 1½ time og kørt 2 km, så begynder man at blive rimelig nervøs, skal jeg fortælle jer. Panikken bredte sig også da vi godt kunne se at denne kø kunne tage lang tid, og vi kunne ikke komme af. Gennem sms’er fra Liesbeth fik jeg fortalt at efter 14.40 kunne man ikke tjekke ind længere og med 1 time til at køre ca. 70 km var jeg klar til at leje et værelse i Hamborg og købe en ny billet. Med speederen i bund, en masse held og en lille smule vanvittig kørsel, nåede vi det med 5 minutter tilbage. Fik at vide fra Liesbeth at jeg var ligbleg, da hun så mig. Nå men vi fik mig tjekket ind og jeg fik taget afsked med forældrene. Derefter skulle jeg lige have en øl, hvorefter Liesbeth gerne ville shoppe ind. Da jeg var færdig med min øl, ville Liesbeth lige se hvornår flyet fløj, og vi besluttede derefter, at det var en god ide at gå imod check in, da det stod på skærmen. Så vi gik derhen og da vi ankom, fik vi at vide at det var sidste udkald, hvilket betød at havde vi ikke gået derhen, så havde vi misset flyet og min fars vilde kørsel havde været forgæves. Vi kom på flyet, og turen til Dubai var rigtig god. Opholdet i Dubai var heller ikke til at klage over, og derefter ventede en lang tur på 14 timer i fly, som ligeledes var fin på nær at mit tv gik i stykker, da vi havde fløjet i 12 timer. Skærme og jeg er simpelthen bare ikke venner. Vi ankom til Melbourne lidt over 22 og efter en tur igennem deres sikkerhedssystemer, kunne jeg gå ud af lufthavnen med en afslappet fornemmelse. Vi skulle bare have en taxa og derefter hen til hotellet som jeg havde booket. Vi fandt en taxa og fortalte taxamanden hvor vi skulle hen. Taxamanden kendte ikke hotellet. Han ringede til taxaselskabet og de kendte ikke hotellet. I telefonbogen fandtes vejen ikke i Melbourne, og da vi spurgte en flink mand i et andet hotel, kunne han heller ikke finde det. Sikke en perfekt slutning. Vi gav op og i stedet fik et værelse på det andet hotel. Fik en god nats søvn. I dag har der været lidt problemer med at finde en stik til strøm, fordi Australien skal være anderledes end resten af verden. Indtil videre er jeg helt vild med Australien :-)
English:
I’m in Australia. Think it has so fare been my worst trip ever. You’re probably thinking by now, what a crybaby, but let me explain. The trip began at 9.30 a.m. from my parents’ hometown, Nørre Åby. It normally takes around 2½ hours to drive to Hamburg and as they the gates at 12.30 p.m. my father thought we just could drive 9.45 a.m. and still have plenty of time. But I wanted to go a bit earlier. In the beginning it went really well until we were 80 km from Hamburg. BOOM and we were stuck in traffic. In the beginning I was calm and collecting, but after being in a car that in 1½ hours has driving 2 km further, you begin being pretty nervous, I can tell you guys. The panic spread when we could see that the cue could be there much longer and because we couldn’t get off the road. I was texting with Liesbeth and she told me that I had until 2.30 p.m. and then the gates would close and since we had 1 hour to drive 70 km, I was ready to get a hotel room in Hamburg and buy a new ticket. With the accelerator pressed down, a lot of luck and a bit of insane driving we made it with 5 minutes to spare. According to Liesbeth I was white as a ghost when she saw me. But I got checked in, said goodbye to my parents. Afterwards I wanted a beer and then Liesbeth wanted to go shopping. When I was done with the beer, Liesbeth wanted to check when the flight was leaving and we decided that it would be best if we went towards the next check in. So we went to the check in to the plane and when we came there they would telling us it was the last call, which meant if we hadn’t gone to the plane, we would have missed it and my fathers’ crazy driving would have been a waist. We were luckily on the flight and it went fine to Dubai. In Dubai there were nothing to complain about either, and then the flight of 14 hours was the only think between us and Melbourne. This flight went fine as well even though my television brook when there was 2 hours left. Screens and me aren’t the best friends. We arrived in Melbourne at 10 p.m. and after getting through the security system, I was much more relaxed. We only had to find a cab, and drive to the hotel I had booked. We found a cab and told the driver where we were going. He didn’t know the hotel. He called the taxi company and they didn’t know the hotel either. In the phone book we couldn’t allocate the road it was on and a nice guy in another hotel couldn’t find it either even though it should have been close by. A perfect ending. We gave up and booked a room in the other hotel. Got a good night’s sleep. Today we have only had problems with getting power for the computer, because Australia has to be different compared to the rest of the world. All in all I’m loving Australia so fare :-)
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