First Trip is Booked!!!!

Hey all,

Sorry I havent blogged anything in the last two weeks, I have been pretty busy with a test and a report.

First i will start off by saying how pumped up I am to have booked a trip to Ireland for a little pre-christmas travelling!!! Speaking of Ireland and the Irish, I have a crazy Irish friend here in wales, Mark Holland, maybe he`ll be up for showing us a bit of Belfast...if he lives close that is?

Aside from that things are going a little less exciting but good nonetheless. When I sit back and think about it, it is pretty crazy to realize that I am actually in Wales, and have been here for more then two months!! I love this place, the people are awesome, the air is breathable lol, the hills and valleys are beautiful. Of course I love Canada more and plan on coming home soon after I graduate, but I can already tell that I will always have a soft spot for Wales, haha, as lame as that sounds.

In terms of school, things seem to be going pretty well. I feel comfortable with the learning style and the material a lot more now then when I arrived. As for tests and papers, I have had one test (worth 20%) and handed in one paper.

It seems as if they mark very hard here. I learned the majority of the test material in College and had a good grasp on it, but I didnt do as well as I had hoped on the test. I got a 73%, which was the 5th highest grade out of about 150 students, and a first, but still below my personal expectations of an 80 or above. I guess I will have to either readjust my self expectations or put that extra bit of effort into studying.

Either way, now that the first test has passed, I feel more in the school mode and ready to do well.

I'll leave it at that for now.

Cheers!
Kyle