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My first months in Belgium I've already been living in Belgium for 6 months. Trying to finish my master degree. At the beginning I was really exited about this new adventure, actually I was hanged out with new international people, most of them latinos (it's not possible to don't have latinos friends when you are one of them). I went to parties and I practice just a little bit of my english there. I know, it's not the best place to practice speaking skills because of the loud music, but I did my best. What does happen with the university classes? In the very start, the lectures were good and quiet easy, I'd say (or in this case I'd write). Then, suddenly, the level of all my classes speeded up. By the end of the first month, I was full with new projects, new information to learn and many things to catch up. I was overwhelming with many things to do and I didn't know how to tackle that situation. So I started to quit parties, social events and I focussed in the material and studying every single day, even weekends. I must confess that I'm not a person that can focus for one thing for a very long time, so maybe that was one of the reasons I was having issues with my master. Also, as I mentioned in a previous notebook, I don't feel confortable, confidente with my level of english, and that was struggle me. Additionally, I was trying to give time to my girlfriend the weekends. She supported me and I was really have to be with her. I can recharge my energy and continue with that overload of work. So the weeks advanced and the information never stopped. A lot of new topics to learn, the most difficult one was something called "Modelling of Complex Systems". I've never been involved in that topic and the Professor assumed that everyone had previous knowledge in something called "First Order Logic". Obviously, I was quiet lost even with the definition of that topic. Another course that was really hard was something called "Declarative Languages". I had a two graded exercises sessions of that I epically failed both. I was very upset myself. Don't misunderstand me, I was quiet happy to be in another country learning new things, most of them were super interesting for me, but I never expected the work involved in this experience. In the next notebook I'd like to write something about the winter holidays and the feared examination period. If you have any comment/suggestion/complain please leave a comment. If you want to practice your Spanish please feel free to contact me.

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My first months in Belgium

I've already been  living in Belgium for 6 months. I'm trying to finish my master degree. At the beginning I was really excited about this new adventure, actually I hung out with new international people, most of them latinos (it's not possible to  impossible not have latinos friends when you are one of them).

I went to parties and I practiced just a little bit of my english there. I know, it's not the best place to practice speaking skills because of the loud music, but I did my best.

What does happened with the university classes?

In the very start  At first, the lectures were good and quiet  quite easy, I'd say (or in this case I'd write). Then, suddenly, the level of all my classes speeded  sped up. By the end of the first month, I was full with new projects, new information to learn and many things to catch up.

I was overwhelming  overwhelmed with many things to do and I didn't know how to tackle that situation. So I started to quit parties, social events and I focussed in  focused on the material and studying every single day, even weekends.

I must confess that I'm not a person that can focus for  on one thing for a very long time, so maybe that was one of the reasons I was having issues with my master. Also, as I mentioned in a previous notebook, I don't feel confortable or confident with my level of english, and that was a struggle for me.

Additionally, I was trying to give time to my girlfriend on the weekends. She supported me and I was really have happy to be with her. I can was able to recharge my energy and continue with that overload of work.

So the weeks advanced and the information never stopped. A lot of new topics to learn, the most difficult one was something called "Modelling of Complex Systems". I've never been involved in that topic and the Professor assumed that everyone had previous knowledge in something called "First Order Logic". Obviously, I was quiet quite lost even with the definition of that topic.

Another course that was really hard was something called "Declarative Languages". I had a two graded exercises sessions and that and I epically failed both. I was very upset with myself.


Don't misunderstand me, I was quiet quite happy to be in another country learning new things, most of them were super interesting for me, but I never expected the work involved in this experience.

In the next notebook I'd like to write something about the winter holidays and the feared examination period.

If you have any comment/suggestion/complain please leave a comment.

If you want to practice your Spanish please feel free to contact me.

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