04.02.2014
Well hello.. University is still going well. I am well ahead on a assignment in Curriculum Studies. I am writing about the whole mentally of the school system and why I think that teachers should have a lot of freedom when teaching the kids.
University only takes up quite a small percentage of my time here in the Republik of Mancunia. I have got myself a little nice local pub with a lot of local beers on - something I enjoy! The guy working there, Francis is trying to learn a bit of Danish so we have some funny conversations. In general I meet many different funny and interesting characters around Manchester. Somehow ended up chatting with three old guys for a couple of hours the other day!
The people I live with are really entertaining too. Christine who owns the flat and are in her fifties have got quite a bit of knowledge on a lot of different topics. She used to be a journalist for a big national newspaper, have since owned various businesses and is now sort of in between and trying to find something new to do. She is really interested in mindfulness, the power of attraction and meditation - topics I've never personally given a second thought. This means that we have many interesting conversations and I must admit that I actually find myself being very fascinated in parts of mindfulness and the power of attraction now. There are many ways of defining those topics but basically if you really believe in something you will automatically sent out vibes to the world, and the chance of it happening is increasing. It sounds really simple but a lot of people could probably do with thinking more about it. There are many ways of defining it though and a large part of it is nonsense. "Wish something and the universe will sent it back", nah wish something and work for it would probably be better, mate. Some of the experiments made on the subjects are quite interesting though.
I even went along to one of her meditation classes today. Special experience that! I was expecting a load of people dressed up as monks but it turned out everyone seemed quite "normal". Because I was new in the class I even had a few special talks with some of the people arranging the whole thing. Some of it is too much for me but some of their points are definitely valid I think. "Don't think too much about getting this job, cause another better opportunity might be around the corner if you don't get it" "Think too much about getting ill and you will surely get ill". Its just a nice positive look at life really and I actually really enjoyed it. Very different to drinking Guinness in the pub last night anyway!
