Bergische Universität Wuppertal

Some sentences from an email, because I’m too lazy to update lately.

This week is welcome week at the University. I feel like a freshman. It sucks to have two bachelors, heck even one, and to feel like a complete newbie again. Sometimes we are humbled in the slightest ways. So far the politic classes are a bust — all filled up and uninteresting/have already taken them. There are some law classes, but the building where they are suppose to be is not on the maps. Everytime I ask questions, people either give me blank looks, tell me they don’t know (as if I have the audacity to ask them!), or come up with the excuse that it is their first semester. I went to the highest building today and found the music department. They were more than welcoming, the people were friendly, and other students even smiled — if you do not know German culture, this is a wonder. However, perhaps they were exchange students like myself. Needless to say, if the credits do not count, I’m going to go to the friendliest of all departments. Tomorrow I’ll be visiting the economics/business/law. My hopes are not high either.

Do I have a ton of friends? Not really. Slowly old friendships are being unearthed, new ones discovered, and sadly some buried. But everything takes time, especially in such a skeptical and sometimes overly critical society. Nothing is getting me down though. Especially not the weather, it has been good for the most part. Everyday I go out expecting the worst, and am astounded by the sun relaying beautiful colors from trees, leaves, blue skies and deep rich grasses. This transition from Köln to Remscheid has been a euphoric one. I was expecting to be underwhelmed with a new situation, however am wholly astonished and awstruck that old memories are continuitously blended with new experiences.