Mancunian side of life

People have such misconceptions of Americans. We were playing a game of Never Have I Ever... (then you say something you've never done) and one girl from Sweden was at a loss of what to say. So we told her to say something very American, since most of us playing were American and she'd get us all out. "Never have I ever made my own doughnuts." I don't know about you, but I do that on the daily? She legitimately thought Americans not only made their own doughnuts, but also ate them every day.

And everyone thinks we're loud. Can't really argue with that though.

One of my teachers is someone you would call a fruit loop.. or a space cadet. She's so organised that she's disorganised. She'll walk out of the room when people are talking to her. And to get us started on our group project, she gave us some "guidance" aka the following screenshot. She literally just typed the name of our project into the Google search bar, like what?

Google project search:

I have a lot of free time here since there's no actual commitments beyond class, such as the work and club commitments I have at home. I was nervous about being bored during the day, but I'm finding that I actually just have time to do things I want to do. I can go shopping on a weekday, or go to the gym, or hang out in a friend's room. Which were all activities that would have been cut from my schedule last semester.

There's a big event (or sometimes 3) every night of the week. It's really confusing at first because you typically need tickets to get in. So, if you don't know about something and try to go last minute, the tickets are almost always sold out. That's what happens when you live in a city of over 100,000 students. But I love that there's so many places to go, because you never go back to the same bar twice, it's always something new. Chapel Hill's going to have to step it up when I get home. 

Last night, one of my friends from my Catholic school days took me out to dinner. He's actually a student here, so he knows all the good places to go that I'd never find myself. I can't wait to get to know Manchester a little better through all his recommendations. 

I've had a request to show you my bulletin board's progress as I keep adding more and more flyers/ pictures/ etc. to it.

Here it is, 1 month into my stay: