The 'Ghost town' sticker is officially off the Uppsala map. Students from all over the globe are back in town. Last week of August was orientation for the newbies. SLU was back on the map as a happening joint. The empty dorms are filling in and life has sprung back in fall.
Funny as it sounds, I was asked by our lovely international students administrator, Stina-Lena Hellgren to offer my insight on my first year experience while in SLU. The presentation was set to be after newspaper reading for the fresh lot. As insipid as it may sound, the students were there, luckily for my presentation. My presentation was about observations that I had covered in my earliest blogs- funny incidents, the Swedish lot and their general temperament, things to do and look out for, the mystery of Systembolaget and messages from ex-SLU exchange students. The title was 'Warm up to Uppsala'.
While many friends moved on, many new have moved in. The nations are booming out with crowds that could induce claustrophobia in some. Pub-crawling is in, again. The new Biocentrum building is all set where you can smell the tantalising smell of new furniture and plastering. Parties in Flogsta are getting louder and louder while the pub in the SLU student union is keeping the local students indulged. For those who like smaller crowds, BBQ just outside the dwellings in Galbovagen is common. Most are making the best of what they can with their bicycles and moody sunlight. The Swedish have some dedicated Schnapps songs which they hum, rather loudly just before downing their shots. The General of the SLU union is dressed up a someone who I will describe as a man when a sailor is fused with a caped crusader. Its all good. Everyone are getting used to what suits them best- be it chilling out with the new friends they made or searching for what will keep them busy in their free time away from books.
:D heheh nice
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