Hello freshers. And non-freshers. I am officially back.

Wow, it’s been a while. What have I been doing, you might ask?

Well, my holiday was of variable quality. For the first month, I participated in UROP. That is a pretty cool thing for all new students, as it allows you to do some research during your holiday. Of course, you might do that in your labs or practicals anyway, but a) you will definitely not get paid for this (and it’s possible to get a bursary for UROP), and b) you have no chance of publishing a scientific paper. So I worked on something in the Biomedical Engineering department (a.k.a. The Pink Cube), and it was pretty interesting.

Secondly, I went to a place I wanted to visit for a long time - Hong Kong. It was my first trip to Asia, and hopefully, not the last.
Then I briefly came back to London, with my main intention to move to a new place. I succeeded in doing this. The little downside is that my new, um, apartment is of a size of the bathroom in my house. But hey, at least it’s practically on campus

Lastly, I went back to the home country of Poland. Nothing special there - life as usual. Except I did some hiking in the nice Czech mountains. I returned to London last week - after a bit of an argument with Ryanair and Wrocław Airport staff (come on, my luggage was only 4 kg overweight ;)).

So here I am. Sitting in my second home - the library (I still have no internet at my flat - and none of my neighbours uses unsecured wi-fi), trying to think what to do. My current ‘to-do’ list has 12 items, hopefully, will be done very soon

My office/home... Soon yours, too.

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Hello everybody, after month of not posting.

You might be asking why did I not post for such a long period of time. Provided that it was Easter holidays, and I had nothing to do, I must have revised so hard I could not write a single post. Well, I didn’t. And I can explain why.

I left UK on 25th of March, and returned on 25th of April. That gave me an entire month. My goal was to learn (’revision’ suggests prior knowledge of the subject, hence ‘learning’ is more appropriate) immunology, one big module examined in June. I also planned to write my tutored dissertation – 4000 words, a relatively easy topic (’Causes and remedies for falls in the elderly’). In other words, I had plenty of time to do both.

Week 1:
I did nothing. After all, it was the first week, I had to relax a little.

Weeks 2, 3 & 4 (an average day):
10 am: I wake up, take a shower, have breakfast. I check my email, read the news, visit Facebook. 12 pm:My mother calls and tells me to walk the dog. So I set up the bike, get a GPS fix (as mentioned, I am a geek and I track all my workouts on the internet – have a look!), and I’m ready to go.
1 pm: I’m back. It takes some time for me to recover – after all, I’m not usually very active.
1:30 pm: my copy of Janeway’s Immunobiology is still in the suitcase. I check the news, emails (and I have 8 email accounts), social networks.
2:15 pm: I’m ready to write my dissertation, but there is only one our left – I have to go to my driving theory lectures (compulsory in Poland). So is there a point in even starting?
6:30 pm: I’m back, I have dinner, talk to my parents how my day was (huh?). I then need to do some work in the garden.
8 pm: There’s something interesting on TV. I can’t miss it.
10 pm: My brother needs some maths and biology help.
11 pm: Internet routine again. Come on, something important might have happened in the news…
12 am: I’m finally free. But also a bit tired. I’m sure my work can wait… After all, I can theoretically write 4000 words in one day, easy.

Week 4:
Time to go back. What was the point of bringing a 2 kg textbook with me?

But, there is a positive side of all of this. I am certainly relaxed. I walked, I jogged, I cycled, I did some birdwatching (witch I was never interested in). I learned how that some people should never be allowed to drive, and I belong to this group. A very productive month, I must say. Hope the summer term is equally productive.

Here are some photos from my visit in Poland: