Maestro

Dzisiejsza wizyta w markecie zakończyła się niepowodzeniem. Niestety większość sklepów tutaj, jeśli tylko obsługują płatności kartą, akceptuję Maestro, Bankacount, Proton. Ta ostatnia to taka elektroniczna portmonetka bez PINu. Liczba sklepów które w ogóle obsługują karty płatnicze nie jest tak duża jakby się można po "zachodnim" państwie spodziewać. O dziwo, zagęszczenie bankomatów również jest niewielkie. W Poznaniu jest zdecydowanie lepiej pod tym względem, i nikt nie wybrzydza na moją VISAe.
Także rada, jeśli tu przyjeżdżacie to lepiej zabrać ze sobą Maestro, ewentualnie sprawić sobie tutaj konto. Wtedy ma się ten magiczny Proton, którym to można płacić w Almie.

Few days in Belgium

I've been in Belgium since 21 September, so one week is after me. What is so nice is organization for international students. The buddy program is a very good idea. When I arrived to Leuven, there were an information desk and a lots of voluntaries that help us on every moment. Orientation day was great, I met lots of people whom of course I didn't remember.

I haven't yet bought a bike, and after those five days I think that it is rather an tradition than something that is necessary for life here. Leuven is very small city, smaller than Poznań. It takes me 30 min to get on Haverlee Campus from Centrum. So it's less than in Poznań, where It usually takes me 45min to get on Morasko Campus. Really, you don't need it, but I am in some way an anarchist.

Public transport in the morning is overcrowded. Something, that for me at the first time was supprised is that buses don't stop on the bus-stop when there is no place inside. They have to invest in public transport.

University, we will see. After few weeks, on lectures is hard to say that there is better than in Poland. I hope that my home university at last accept my learning agreement with courses that I've chosen. Besides the lectures, those oral exams with openbooks will be some kind of misterious.

Ticket, trip

I've got ticket for the bus to Leuven. I'm leaving on September 20. I bought cases, somehow I'll pack and I can go. Indeed nothing and nobody is holding me here. Sad but it's true.

Master studies

Yes, yesterday I had interview for master studies of physics on my faculty. In fact it was really an oral exam, but everything went good.

Questions were basic. First was about general idea of quantum harmonic oscilator, next laws of thermodynamics and types of atom hibridization. Last question was so simple that I stopped. Eh there were legends about this question. What is spectrum of electromagnetic wave. Knowledge from primary school ;)

This session was very long. It started on 15 June, and last, bachelor exam, was on 21 July, so I am very happy that it is end. Next examination session, I hope so that on KUL, would be on January or February :) Yesterday my documents, and agreement with my home university were signed. Before leaving, I need to get healthy insurence and moste important, find some tranport to Leuven. My parents can't drive me there so I need to take bus or plane.

Holidays, Today I go to my forest for two weeks. Two weeks without internet, only nature, books, maybe I will go on trip to Lodz. I made very interesting excursion.

Bachelor degree

Yeah, after 3 years of studies I finally received bachelor degree of physics. Final exam wasn't, as we were thinking, so easy. But everything were good, I drew good questions, I told about these issues and answered a few questions. That's all. Now I am preparing for interview for master studies.