Its a week since I am here at Kaiserslautern, Germany. Life is extremely different from back home in India. It will take a while for me to adapt to this new environment - its feels like I am reborn and am learning to do everything all over again! My mind was or partially still is in a daze since I landed in Germany. Its like my brains are addled in the cold weather.
I am studying my masters in Computer Science better known as 'Informatik' at the the Technische Universitat Kaiserslautern. My german classes is the prime of my life at the moment & its feels like I am learning the roots of English... Its like I am unlearning the English language. I have heard that the some Germans are too proud and refuse to learn the English language since they believe that german is the root of English. Well, the german grammar is a challenge!
My schedule goes like this: I wake up and cook my breakfast, go for my classes at 8:30 a.m., back home for my lunch break at 12:00 a.m. I have just enough time to cook my lunch and then rush back to class at 1:30 p.m. My classes conclude at 3:00 p.m. Then I am free to do as I please. Until now, I have been calling up friends and family till about 7 p.m. And then once again, I have to figure out what I must cook for my dinner! Shessh.... It makes me realise the value of home food... Everything was so simple and organized at home. God bless my parents! My mother is an angel!!
Stirring out to buy my groceries or any tiny essential for that matter is a big challenge for me. Why? The language barrier and the cold is a hurdle I must overcome. I miss my family, friends and the familiarity back home. I cherish the family culture that I am born into.
Last week the ISGS, a community at the university for international students organised a hiking tour to Humberg turm(tower) near the University campus. The trek was fun. And yesterday we made a trip to Heidelburg, a university town with a great deal of history to reflect upon. The interaction with students from all over the world is quite an experience! It makes me realise what a small world I confined myself to. There is so much more that I could not imagine earlier. :)
Life here is teaching me to become all the more independent. I have a long way to go. Tomorrow I am sure I will look back and smile at this day.
I am studying my masters in Computer Science better known as 'Informatik' at the the Technische Universitat Kaiserslautern. My german classes is the prime of my life at the moment & its feels like I am learning the roots of English... Its like I am unlearning the English language. I have heard that the some Germans are too proud and refuse to learn the English language since they believe that german is the root of English. Well, the german grammar is a challenge!
My schedule goes like this: I wake up and cook my breakfast, go for my classes at 8:30 a.m., back home for my lunch break at 12:00 a.m. I have just enough time to cook my lunch and then rush back to class at 1:30 p.m. My classes conclude at 3:00 p.m. Then I am free to do as I please. Until now, I have been calling up friends and family till about 7 p.m. And then once again, I have to figure out what I must cook for my dinner! Shessh.... It makes me realise the value of home food... Everything was so simple and organized at home. God bless my parents! My mother is an angel!!
Stirring out to buy my groceries or any tiny essential for that matter is a big challenge for me. Why? The language barrier and the cold is a hurdle I must overcome. I miss my family, friends and the familiarity back home. I cherish the family culture that I am born into.
Last week the ISGS, a community at the university for international students organised a hiking tour to Humberg turm(tower) near the University campus. The trek was fun. And yesterday we made a trip to Heidelburg, a university town with a great deal of history to reflect upon. The interaction with students from all over the world is quite an experience! It makes me realise what a small world I confined myself to. There is so much more that I could not imagine earlier. :)
Life here is teaching me to become all the more independent. I have a long way to go. Tomorrow I am sure I will look back and smile at this day.
u ve got a total transition in ur life :) happie u got to c dis wide exposure n differnt ppl :)
ReplyDeleteYep... :) this is just the beginning.
DeleteLike I said you will treasure this period ur entire life!
ReplyDeleteAwesome!! best way to let out what you think and feel :)
ReplyDeleteglad, your experiencing the other side of life in the other side of the earth.... live life to the fullest.. Cheers!!!
ReplyDeletethanks guys... :D
ReplyDeleteBeautifully portrayed :) cheers 4 d lot mor thingz u gonna experience in cum'n dayz :) hav a wonderful tym in ter sis.. !!
ReplyDeletewow sounds nice :) looks like ur life is turned around :) im so happy 4 u :P and cant wait to get out there my self :) nice one :)
ReplyDelete:D what was the field u wanted to pursue again?
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