This is me at the medics’ christmas party with two of my mates and a pic of us going down to the party from Wills Hall on the bus. You can’t see it, but I was wearing an awesome snowman tie that played christmas music and flashed when you pressed the end of it!
Thursday, December 8, 2005
Hey,
Life is getting back to normal now, after being ill last week. I thought I was feeling better last Friday night when I went to formal, but I was still unable to eat much. I got better for Monday though by managing to take it easy over the weekend.
Saturday I went to Leicester. We went overnight because our game was on Sunday at 12:00pm but the rest of the Bristol teams were going up for games on Saturday. Leicester was great because I got to visit Allison! For friends who don’t know Allison, she’s practically the only Canadian I know from home in England, she’s from Brockville to and studying medicine. She took the time out of studying to give me a little tour around Leicester and to have a coffee (sounds kinda like a dating advert). I thought Leicester was a nice city (from what I saw), and campus. There was lots of huge Victorian style buildings and the city centre was all decked out for the holidays. Leicester is different in contrast to Bristol, it has a lot of red bricked buildings more like home, whereas Bristol has a lot of Sandstone buildings which are very beautiful, but it was nice to see something different. The only thing was that the centre was PACKED with people, I could barely move, but I was down there with a friend on the hockey team from Hong Kong and she said there was loads of space to move around compared to home (yah right!). The team went out Saturday night for drinks/clubbing/partying with the Leicester hockey medics. The people I was staying with were very nice and let me get into their house at like 10pm (I was still ill) so I could get a good nights sleep (I probably shouldn’t have gone away, being ill, but I had started to feel better and thought I could do it).
Sunday, they made us a full fried breakfast (I was staying with two other UoB medics), which was great and very generous! We then headed to the match. I had a pretty good game, saved loads and only let in 2 goals. I actually did a successful tackle out of the net for the first time! We won the game 6-2 (I think), a great match for us! I did manage to stop the ball (really hard plastic ball) with my inner thigh (where there is no padding) and am now sporting a nice, ugly, bruise. We got back around 4pm, and there was a sports club dinner for all the medics teams (so Rugby, hockey, netball, football medics’ teams were all there). They were serving pizza and a bottle of wine. After being ill all weekend, I decided it would be more beneficial to stay at home and get some rest.
Monday I went to class all day and learned stuff. Tuesday was my day off, I went into the library and got some work done then tried to do a bit of Christmas shopping which was unsuccessful. Tuesday night was the medic’s Christmas party. It was great – our society booked out an entire bar for the evening and it was all filled with medics. For £2.50 you got a small glass of champagne and a mini mince pie. Mince pies are a real tradition here at Christmas, my grandma used to always make them at home, so I’ve had them – but they don’t seem to be as big of an item in Canada, but I love ‘em. I had lots of fun, it’s great seeing everyone and wishing them a merry Christmas. The wine/beer was cheap and the music was awesome – just a great Christmas party.
On Wednesday I went to my physiology tutorial in the morning, we mostly took up homework and learned some things for our exam in January. Then after lecture I went to Rugby practice. I had fun, we just played touch Rugby for the practice, but it was great because I’m still figuring out the game (I don’t really do much on the pitch at the moment). I did manage to get a hold of the ball a few timea, and I did score a try – it wasn’t too much, as the play was already at the tri-line and I was just passed the ball, but I guess it was sort of my first one. I was pretty tired that night, and managed to get to sleep at like 9:30.
Today, I woke up late (8:20) after my long sleep and made my breakfast before heading to class (10:00 – so still loads of time). We had histology, which for the first time I found very interesting, for studying tissues, and I felt I really understood the lesson. The last histology sessions have been a little more vague. I had my epi tutorial in the afternoon which I also found interesting, but thought the time moved really slowly even though we were done by 4pm. Tonight I auditioned for the medic’s play next term – don’t know why I did it, but they are very good at making you do embarrassing things (I guess that’s what an audition’s all about). I had to read a passage, but I’ve never had to propose gay marriage or sing the Canadian national anthem in an interview before! It was a riot though, even for me.
Well, Christmas formal tomorrow (last one of the year). We’ve already got a huge conifer Christmas tree in the dining hall and one in the pub. I’ve got and essay due Monday and two exams next Friday to study for on the weekend. I think I’ve got a Rugby fun game an a hockey game too this weekend. Can’t believe I’m home in just over a week!
-Pete
This is my bedroom (looks messy, but I just have my books out) and my little ensuite bathroom, it’s not huge, but there’s more than enough space for 1 person.
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