The Heating Stopped Working.

Again. 

Both hot water and general heating. Gone. The house is flippin’ freezing - I don’t think the people who built this house had the faintest clue what isolation is.

Unexpected Surprises

On a Friday.

It’s as we enter studio four that the teacher looks at us thoughtfully. Three have gone to the hospital, and half of those of us still present have some sort of pain or injury or other. The teacher gives us that contemplating once-over, thinks for a moment, and then she says: 

“You know what? Let’s go to Utopia and have coffee.” 

When the shock has settles – and we realise it was not a joke – two hours are spent in soft sofas in the cosiest little café you could possibly imagine. A passing rainfall patters on the windows, it’s warm inside and everyone is crammed together around one single table, matching up each other’s personalities with different dog breeds. 

However, don’t go thinking this is how university is in general over here, this was a rarity – indeed, it has never happened before. It was surprising and welcome and gave off a wonderful feeling of our university teachers caring about us as more than just students, but as actual people as well.