torstai 28. lokakuuta 2010

Life is good

I really like it here in Belgium, I haven´t yet had this "must go back home" -feeling that usually comes in the first months (I´ve heard).

Although, today I couldn´t help missing my MITIM colleagues.. Main reason for missing them is the fact that it is my birthday today.. Last year in St.Petersburg my colleagues arranged me the surprise of a lifetime - a ride with pink limousine with good friends and plenty of Russian sparkling wine. After the ride the night ended with dinner & dancing. That was spectacular evening that I will never forget!!

 Love & miss you guys, hope you´re doing good where ever you are right now!

<3

torstai 14. lokakuuta 2010

Finally L.A.

I mean Learning Agreement, not Los Angeles.. ;)

I had to change quite many of my original courses due to overlapping in my schedule. The overlapping was because I had accidentally taken my courses from the same "module" (which was not explained anywhere in the course catalog - and I wasn´t the only one with the same problem), but fortunately I found good, more interesting courses to take. 

The biggest problem of waiting for the L.A to arrive is the fact that I´m not able to access the course material in HUBwise (kind of like Noppa in LUT). I got some materials from some other students in the classes, but not all...

Finally, yesterday I received the signed final Learning Agreement from LUT (it´s good to be prepared for delays and just take it easy meanwhile) and I took it to the coordinator today. And, dadaaa, the same day, I got the courses to my schedule! Great!

So now my schedule looks like this:

Monday
10.30-12.30 Business Intelligence Methods
13.30-15.30 Business process and operations
15.30-17.30 ICT Strategy & Architecture

Tuesday
17.30-19.30 Environmental economics (I´m loving this course!)

Wednesday
-

Thursday
10.30 - 12.30 ICT Strategy & Architecture
17.30-19.30  French (not for credits, for fun)

Friday
8.30-10.30 Global information management
15.30-17.30 Russian language & culture II

The time I´m not spending at school, I´m working 20 hours/week for CSR Forest project for LUT (http://www.lut.fi/en/business/research/researchprojects/Pages/CSR-Forest.aspx). That´s also related to my Master´s Thesis....

So, looks pretty nice, yeah?

tiistai 5. lokakuuta 2010

Back from Paris

Mutts by Patrick McDonnell





Last week I had my first French class... in French... Fortunately English was quite acceptable in Paris :)