My Arrival, In Pictures

Tags: Family, York, News, Food, School, Flickr, Friends, Shopping, Travel, Events

[Because things have been so hectic, here is merely a quick rundown of the past week is the best I can do for now! Lots of pictures, and lots happening enroute to my new home in York!]

Day One - Food and Departure

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Too much food! Dim sum with Bachan, Mom, and Daniel. Claude decided to head over to the aquarium and got up close to some of his relatives. Off to see Patty and to ship boxes! (THANK YOU!) David cooked more food for dinner. Get squished by Daniel and David. Off to the airport with Mom and Dad.

The Flight - More food

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Hop on the Globespan plane - aisle seat, last row. Line up for the one functioning toilet is noisy and inconsiderate, meaning no sleep. Safety instructions in Icelandic. Free wine! And more food which makes me unimaginably full. After letting people off at Glasgow, I get a window seat for the highlands. And landing at Manchester Airport.

Day Two - Landing in York

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Take the train from the airport to York - nice scenery and musical fellow passengers. Finally get to York station from where I can see the Yorkshire Wheel, which I’ve yet to visit. My luggage and I somehow get to my empty room! Sure it’s a dorm, but Wentworth is pretty nice - block C from the outside. TONS of waterfowl on campus which for the short meantime I love. I find my new home at the music building where I pick up my enrolment pack.

Day Three - My First Trip to the City

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After thirteen hours of sleep and a fire drill, I make my way into the city for the first time - the River Ouse. The streets are amazing - I can’t believe I live here, but quickly am so tired and frustrated with having to set up that I stop taking pictures. Clifford Street. New flatmates Ros and Kai. Then me, Demitrius and Ros at Wentworth Karaoke. My room set up, with new bedding - the stuff that was supplied was utter crap!

Days Four and Five - Settling in

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More incredibly tame birds on campus. I’m eating well - see Mom? The first thing, the postgraduate welcome, mostly just emphasizing the fact that “we’re people people”. Chicken bacon and smoked cheese sandwich from Krusties in town. My first peek at the minster, but I’ve more errands - no gawking yet! My new mobile, which has been the cause of some problems.

Day Six - Back again, with Ros

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There’s more things to pick up so I go into town with Ros and can’t resist the Minster. Amazing foot traffic. Our first fish and chips is yummy! A peek of Clifford’s Tower. The room is getting there, with a reading light! (It’s such a fiasco without one!) And the famous Miquelrius notebooks - I FOUND THEM. Oh, and Ros is a stationery freak, too.

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My Vinson Assistanship

Tags: York, School, Work, Website Design

Remember this post?

Well, I got it. :)

PS. I REALLY need to do something about this blog design….

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My Graduate School

Tags: York, School, Work

Long story short, I’m going to the University of York in the fall. Exciting. :) Want to know more? Ask me later… I’ve gone over it so many time lately! And I applied for this:

Vinson Assistantship for Internet Services (Â£4,000)
This post entails about 11 hours work per week, developing and maintaining the department websites and assisting in running web-related systems. The assistant will have considerable scope in proposing changes to the sites and in applying and enhancing personal skills in web design and related areas. Applicants must be proficient in coding HTML. Familiarity with PHP, MySql, Photoshop or similar programmes will be a distinct advantage.

I can’t see that many/any of the other postgraduate in students would have those skills, so I do I hope I get the placement. Being an international student on a student visa, it would be nice to get a few hours of legal work on campus, some monetary subsidy for my outrageous fees, and a chance to keep doing webstuffs!

Yay.

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