Today I was on a boat
Monday, April 18th, 2011 at 18:30 | categories: Antibes, General mumbling
Julian, a dude from Montreal, organized a little boat trip for us and rented a nice small boat from the Antibes harbor. It was a perfect warm and still day at the sea. It was so nice that even my phone wanted to swim.
As we anchored our boat somewhere between Golfe-Juan and Cannes, us dudes decided to take a little swim. I was urged to go first, so I jumped fearlessly into the deep blue without remembering I still had my iPhone in my pocket. I actually enjoyed bathing in the sea for minutes before realizing what had happened.
Anyway, I didn’t let the little mishap to ruin the nice afternoon, and I’m confident the phone’s still going to work. I opened it using a kitchen knife and it’s now drying up.
Preparing for the trip. Note that Julian's grabbing water, not beer!
Julian & Lindsay
The famous Antibes view, this time from the sea
Even I got to drive
Feeling like MacGyver again
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School: Digital Marketing
Sunday, April 17th, 2011 at 17:48 | categories: School
It’s time to continue the school series again, this time about a course called Digital Marketing. The issues discussed in the classes involve stuff like how to design web sites (how to get the most out of them marketing wise, not the actual layout design&implementation process), the channels used in digital marketing, the advent of social media, web 2.0, search engine optimization and so on.
As the contents of the course are pretty much right up my alley having worked with web design for a number of years now, I found the course relatively easy. However, it provided at least some extra insight to issues. There’s an exam as well as a group work along with minor homework included in the course, but nothing too major. I’d recommend every exchange student to choose the course–if not for anything else, you get pretty easy credits.
The course is worth 4 ECTS.
People getting ready for the class
Partay
Saturday, April 16th, 2011 at 11:07 | categories: Beer
I don’t think us exchange students are that clever. We try to collect all the memories possible now that everything’s ending, and what do we do? We get drunk and remember nothing.
Last night we had a house party at the so called Tree House in Juan-les-Pins. That’s where three Canadians live, and since it’s the top floor with way too many stairs to climb, we call it just that. The tiny apartment was cramped up with people but that only makes better atmosphere.
Anyway, the pics say a lot more than words!
My fan club
Enthusiastic people
Courtney's not impressed.. or is she?
Big in France
Thursday, April 14th, 2011 at 19:45 | categories: General mumbling
More than once an older lady has stopped me on the streets or in a supermarket to ask me how tall I am or what on earth I’ve eaten after I’ve walked past them. Usually when they realize I’m twice as tall as they are, they freak out slightly. It’s a little bit funny. I hope no one freaks out too much and gets a heart attack, though.
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Thursday, April 14th, 2011 at 10:26 | categories: People, School
For most of the exchange students this is the last week of school. I had my final exam yesterday, some still have exams on Friday and Monday. The 3,5 months of school seem to have gone by in a breeze and it’s strange that it’s over so soon.
In the evening we had a goodbye party at the beach, one with many to follow, and it’s slowly starting to strike everyone–most of us are probably never going to see each other again. People are hoarding memories as much as they can by asking people to fill in their scrap books and by taking ridiculous amounts of photos.
The life of an exchange student is actually pretty miserable. First you’re sad because you don’t know anyone, and in the end you’re sad because you know everyone and have to leave. It’s the time in between, though, that matters. And that has been pretty awesome.
Taking an Asian picture of the ones leaving
The Yes Men
Girls playing with the sand
Writing on the scrap books
Who is this dude and why is he always making that random face?
Girls and the beach
Group photo
P.S. Since some of my friends are playing war with the Finnish army somewhere in a forest, for solidarity’s sake I’m also going to spend time in the nature. Sure, it’s mostly going to be on the beach, but hey, it’s the thought that counts, right?
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