Further campus impressions
The mensa on the SRH campus has a number of disadvantages in comparison to the UC Dining Hall. I know, this will sound incredible to the people who are 'enjoying' Dining Hall food every day, but in my opinion, there is no other conclusion possible:
Of course the advantage is that the available food is on average of a better quality than in DH, especially the warm meals.
The campus, I found out, is not purely a university campus. There are also many people doing some kind of berufliche Ausbildung, i.e. professional training, and other variants of non-university education. Looking back on these first few days, I cannot resist feeling that my previous room was, as a whole, nicer. Here the room is fine, but the environment and overall conditions could be better. The campus makes me nostalgically long for the UC campus, and I can't even lock myself up in my room because I can't cook, without a kitchen :p.
But, now that the holidays are over and even Reunification Day (3rd of October) has passed, 'normal' students are returning to the campus, which helps at least to make me feel less out of place here. And I have found a number of nice foreign students, so now we can complain together, which is always more fun than alone :).
Whether I will want to stay on this campus I still don't know. But, what I also don't know is whether I will be able to get a different room. So, what I do know: at least for the time being I'll have to stay here, and maybe I'll find out it's actually quite nice...
P.S.: Sorry for this somewhat pessimistic post, and don't worry: I'm fine :).
- the celebrated rule that you can eat as much as you like of the 'basic' side dishes, like fries or pasta, does not apply here
- dinner is between 17:00 and 18:45 on Monday through Thursday, and till 18:00 on Fridays and in weekends
- dinner is, as far as quantity and type of food is concerned, about as much as a solid afternoon snack
- the main meal of the day is lunch, served between 11:40 and 13:20, and I have class every weekday between 11:00 and 13:00, and not on campus; i.e. I will miss lunch five days a week
- you have to bring your own cup (!?)
Of course the advantage is that the available food is on average of a better quality than in DH, especially the warm meals.
The campus, I found out, is not purely a university campus. There are also many people doing some kind of berufliche Ausbildung, i.e. professional training, and other variants of non-university education. Looking back on these first few days, I cannot resist feeling that my previous room was, as a whole, nicer. Here the room is fine, but the environment and overall conditions could be better. The campus makes me nostalgically long for the UC campus, and I can't even lock myself up in my room because I can't cook, without a kitchen :p.
But, now that the holidays are over and even Reunification Day (3rd of October) has passed, 'normal' students are returning to the campus, which helps at least to make me feel less out of place here. And I have found a number of nice foreign students, so now we can complain together, which is always more fun than alone :).
Whether I will want to stay on this campus I still don't know. But, what I also don't know is whether I will be able to get a different room. So, what I do know: at least for the time being I'll have to stay here, and maybe I'll find out it's actually quite nice...
P.S.: Sorry for this somewhat pessimistic post, and don't worry: I'm fine :).
posted by Olivier at 4:18 PM
3 Comments:
Why does your current campus make you long for the UC campus? Is it reminiscent, or actually the opposite?
I gather the atmosphere is not quite the same, so it probably doesn't quite compare; OTOH, I have no idea what the architecture is like, and that might be similar to our campus.
I'm sitting in Locke. Grey clouds are chasing through the skies over Kromhout. What's your weather like?
Cheers,
Sietse
It is quite the opposite of reminiscent. The atmosphere, the architecture and the people (except for the four foreign students I found here) are all different, and I liked them better at UC.
The weather is the same, though. But, only since I moved here. So maybe I'm just prejudiced. But, I will probably be moving elsewhere.
Volgens mij heb ik niks te klagen, dan... zowel lunch als diner zijn voor mij complete dinermaaltijden, zowel bij m'n dorm als op de campus...
Eten jullie veel aardappels, daar? Dat mis ik hier. Het is bijna altijd rijst. *klaag klaag* Maar het smaakt meestal best goed. En daar bij de moffen dus ook wel, blijkbaar.
Zie het having to bring your own cup als een uitdaging om jezelf te onderscheiden van De Rest en koop een mooie originele. Heb je meteen een leuk souvenirtje. :-)
Voor spam in je comments hoef je niet zo heel snel bang te zijn, denk ik, want als ik een comment achterlaat moet ik een 'word verification' doorgaan en daar kunnen spambots niet zo goed tegen.
Geniet van je weekend. :-)
M.
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