Monday 14 November 2011

CoperniCam '11

This has got to be the most well executed student-run event I've been a part of.

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I'm going to humbly say that it EASILY beat (past tense of beat=beat??) the BioSoc biology ball in Edinburgh, Teviot halloween party in Edinburgh, the halloween party I attended here a few weeks ago and (probably stepping on thin ice now-) the ScandiSoc vikingfests.....!

CoperniCam was arranged for the 3rd time as a student film festival with every little detail from the Oscars being adapted to suit the Kraków scene. I'm obviously referring to the red carpet, stilettos, bow-ties, moustaches (we're in the month of MOvember after all) and paparazzis eagerly filming and flash-photographing everyone.

The doors were to be closed by 8pm for the show get started- Natalie, Weronica and I came through the back entrance and sneaked our stuff back stage as we were going to sing later. CoperniChoir (which I joined a few weeks back in case I have not mentioned this earlier...) uses labcoats and red ties/bows as 'uniforms', so we dumped our bags and got mingling. I was in awe by how posh everyone looked and did not even realise that we'd managed to get upstairs without walking through the backdrop-area where everyone got their photos taken before actually entering the reception area! So Natalie and I jumped down the stairs and got a sneak shot before finding our seats next to Mia and Johannes to watch the show.


  Another bunch of lovely girls in my class: Marita, Mia K, Ann Cecilie, Kaia, Tina & Rachel

The show started off with a short intro film where you saw the host/hostess getting dressed and all made up before they jumped on to a motorcycle and got on the road (very well filmed by the way). Then they arrived outside the venue where the film stopped and suddenly out of the blue, there was a motorcycle groaning its way through the aisle. They were obviously met by an amazed crowd. Very impressive!


9 films were screened in total and the ones I remember the best were titled "Jon Bond", "CSI: Kraków", "From Kraków to MD" and "The Tale of Jagiellonia"- last one made by some guys in my class which you can see here:


After the first break, the old members of CoperniChoir got on the stage and sang a song they'd previously sung at UKA in Trondheim. Then, us newbies joined them to sing a 90's medley which sounded awesome! I barely remember the journey from the stage and back out form the rush of people cheering. Fun times! And here we are: 

 
CoperniChoir :)

The awards were literally trophies of the Copernica logo and were awarded to the best actor, actress, for the best photography/editing, best manuscript and best feature. I don't even remember who won what because I was way too busy looking at the people giving away the awards running up to the stage after their individual "intro" videos aired on the side screens (another 'pro' adaptation of the Oscars which I thought worked really well). Anyways, after clapping for 20 minutes my hands got just as sore as my feet and I decided to make my way home. Excellent night, though! And the weekend has been the equivalent of a mini holiday with casual amounts of reading (which I am catching up on as we speak), Saturday cake-time and two trips to the cinema. Love my life (will probably take this back the week before the next round of midterms!) 
Laterzzzz!

All photos are from Copernica's profile on facebook by the way ^^ 
I should really get myself a point-and-shoot camera..

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Friday 11 November 2011

ELEVEN!

Since everyone is in such a sharing mood today I will do the same: I am sure you are all dying to know what I did at 11:11 11/11/11.... I made myself a cup of tea and watched this video:



This will never get old. EVER!

As a tiny piece of trivia: today is also one of the several national holidays in Poland (independence day). It will be an exciting day indeed as I plan on going over the twelve cranial nerves and seeing "immortals" (??) at the cinema as a final treat. Weehey!


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Monday 7 November 2011

Daily amusements.

Today I biked into a giant groove-like area between the road and the pavement so hard my lunchbox made an upside-down-U-shaped jump out from the front basket and landed on the ground without shattering or emptying its contents. It's only just after noon and the fact that my lunch survived this incident has made my day already (as I can imagine a different outcome if  the exact opposite had happened!) What a great start of the week ^_^

Happy Monday to you all!

Sunday 6 November 2011

Ja mieszkam w Krakowie!

Photos of the flat coming up!












 
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'11 Wishlist.

It's the same ball rolling every year. ...and this list is only displayed here because people tend to ask and I never know what to tell them. Will update the list if anything else comes to mind.

Friday 4 November 2011

Midterms, visitors, Halloween....

I had my last midterm LAST thursday and it was a big relief to get it over with. Another example of how this place is rather well organised is how we get our test results almost immediately afterwards- i.e. the next day, which hardly ever happened in Edinburgh! Then again they stressed us out a little before the histology test as the invigilator called out our names at random at the front of a huge lecture theatre and we were seated as we had collected our answer sheet. then once everyone was seated they handed out the question booklets and the whole thing just messed up our heads just because nobody knew what was going on and even filling out the answers/signing the papers seemed much more complicated than necessary. Anyways, this turned out to be my best exam out of the four, so I am not complaining!

The subjects are quite enjoyable. I am particularly liking anatomy and histology so far and have finally managed to get all the paperwork done to get exempted from general chemistry. This was a big 'hallelujah' moment as I am grateful for every bit of chemistry I can get away with!

Now it's back to studying for the next block of topics in all three subjects. I also have a Polish midterm soon which is more of a nuance than a concern at the moment. Anatomy and embryology however are the things I need to dedicate my life to for the upcoming week!

I truly wonder how my desk ended up like a bombshell just hit the place. Feels like I tidied it yesterday! Gaaaah!

 And it's sad to say that it has taken me 4 years to understand how ovulation really works and how eggs get fertilised.... The good thing is that from now I'll never forget it!

As I mentioned previously my parents visited two weekends ago and while their stay was short and sweet it was good to see them again and be able to show them around town. They both loved Kraków and particularly could not get over how good the shopping is here. So all you people from Norway (or the UK for that matter) who want to visit- while I'm studying for the day I'll be sending you off to Galeria Krakówska for a few hours to mingle and spend some potatoes (i.e. Zloty). Aska and Agata also came to visit a few weeks earlier and it was so good to see them again ;) Fun times!

Fitting three in a row in my bed is clearly not a problem!

My halloween costume was quite well executed (though not as A-MAzing as last year's teenage mutant ninja turtle outfit) and I got to make use of the pirate sword/sable that I found in the flat ;) Haven't seen any good photos from the night so you'll have to imagine how awesome it was ^^ We went to a flat party and arrived at the same time as the cops (i.e. policja!)- slightly silly how we walked up the stairs and came straight down again as they kicked us out immediately after stepping inside the flat at the top of the building.  A good bunch of the people hired their costumes and the variety was immense- well, in addition to at least 3 cats and 5 pirates including myself there was the entire Winnie the Pooh gang, an xmas tree, a rubics cube, the black swann, Edward Scissorhands, Wolverine, a crocodile, and Lara Croft +++ ! The party we went to later was inn a  "vault-like" club with lots of rooms and stairs, a decent DJ and incredibly soft, velvet-y walls! I could have rested on those walls for hours!

...from Malene's photos. Shame you can't see the entire awesomeness that is my pirrrrrate outfit 


.yearrrrrh!