September 08, 2004
No Internet for Me
I didn't get a chance to check email, but instead went to dinner with a bunch of SLS students after our Swedish class. We tried to go to the Thai restaurant down the street, but its operating hours were only 10-5. WTF? I suppose most people in Karlskrona only eat Thai food at lunch. So we moseyed over to the pizza/kebab place next door, which had more reasonable operating hours. I had a lovely pork "giro" (look how the Swedish comes more and more easily!) for an inexpensive 50 kronor.
Over dinner our group discussed the systemic problems with the University, the International Office, Student Services, and Karskronaham—all of which have screwed us over in the past in myriad ways. Apparently, the school administration is going to have a meeting in a couple weeks to discuss student grievances (and to make changes that will improve next year's students' experiences). We've been asked to provide feedback on our year so far, and let me tell you, we have a lot of feedback to give.
Afterward, we walked down to Frukt Huset (the fruit house) to check it out—it's supposed to be the place for more exotic produce and international foods. Unfortunately, it was also closed (what is it with Karlskrona?), so we called it a night and parted ways. Now I'm back at home, chatting with Jess about our assignment for tomorrow. We're supposed to give a 2 minute presentation about ourselves, observations of the program so far, and plans for the future. Jess already has 2 pages of single-spaced text for her presentation; I have nothing. I'm not sure what to say…2 minutes can go pretty quickly, so hopefully I'll just be able to make a couple bullet points tonight and wing the rest.
