presentation

The previous week was really stressful for me, as I had an oral exam in "Kulturschwerpunktthemen Italienisch" on Tuesday and the Jaywalking presentation on Thursday. I had the presentation togehter with Alexandra and we dealt with the following topics: Gaelic Athletic Association, alcohl abuse in Ireland, Bloody Sunday, Good Friday and crime rate in Ireland. It was quite difficult to find some interesting facts about the crime rate and unfortunately I couldn`t find any comparison to Austria. Alex had some problems with the topic Bloody Sunday as David Monagan mentioned in his book that it was in 1921 during a Hurling match and Wikipedia said that it was in 1920 during a Gaelic football mach. So Alexandra was a bit torn but at the end she decided, together with Lisa, to mention both, to avoid misunderstandings.

All in all, in my opinion the presentation was quite interesting and our colleagues were really attentive. Furthermore it was great that they really cooperated when it came to the discussion point.

To be honest I am quite happy that it is over now as I am not a fan of presentations.

girls, girls, girls

Yesterday evening Alex, Kristel, Hermi, Julia and I went to the "Tomawirt" to have dinner together und to talk English. It was like the last time absolutely entertaining, funny and also interesting. We talked about different things, like University, our plans for this summer,...

Okay, there was a bit of some girls talk as well! ;-)

We met there at quarter past eight and spoke in English for about 1 1/2 hour. As soon as our food arrived we stopped talking in English because we had to concentrate on our food. :-) By the way it was delicious and I recommend this restaurant to everyone although it took some time until the food arrived but therefore it was really mouth-watering.

It was a fantastic evening and we will meet also next week to do something similar. I think Hermine will add some vocab we came across yesterday.

We had a barrel of laughs!

And here is a special picture for Julia, I think she will know what I mean! :-)

oral exam

The day before yesterday the rest of the SUK IV group had the oral mid-term exam, so had Kristel, Alexandra and I. We met two hours before and discussed the questions, which are in the script, together. All of us were quite nervous but we tried to calm us down. Our exam began at 15.55 and ended at quarter past 4. After the first question we got more relaxed and, thanks to Lisa, it was like a 'normal' conversation.

All of us got a 2 and we were really satisfied with it.

I hope that our final oral exam will be similar to this but I think in june our nerves will be more strained than this time.

oral exam

As Alexandra, Kristel and I have to sit our oral exam tomorrow I had a look through the questions in our script. I tried to prepare myself a little bit so that I am not too nervous. But as Julia and Hermi said it is "easy peasy", so I try to trust them and I will tell you as soon as possible how the exam had been.

fun...

Yesterday in the evening Julia, Hermine, Kristel, Alex, Maria and I met in the Propeller for a drink and had decided before to speak English. Before we met I had thought that it would be a bit strange and embarrassing because it is not a typical place for speaking this language, but it was really funny and the situation was very relaxed. We were there for about two hours and spoke about different themes. Some very serious the others entertaining and of course there was the typical girl talk. All in all it was a very nice evening and we all together decided to repeat this as soon as possible. I think all of us had a blast.

conversation with children from England

Today I was skiing and on my ascent I had a funny conversation with five children from London. They were between 10 and 12 years old and they were really cute. They told me how stupid it is to carry the skis and how funny and beautiful it is to schuss down the slope. They explained where they have their youth hostel and why they are in Carinthia. They said that they went to Carinthia voluntarily with their teachers.
The funny thing was that they called the cabins bubbles and they were fascinated by the snow which was glittering.
It was a very amusing and entertaining ascent.