naught week of hilary term...

The first week in Oxford before classes started (naught week, as it’s known here), was quite busy! I had lots of rowing commitments, as I returned in time for half of training camp, which meant a couple outings or workouts every day. Around all of that, there were a lot of sessions being held at Said for us to get organized for the term, information sessions about how to tackle our New Business Development (NBD) projects that are due in April (and worth the equivalent of 2 regular classes!), as well as two full days of presentations on the elective options for next term (already we have to choose!). There were about 30 electives offered, and we have to pick six of them, of course making sure that none of them conflict on the timetable, which it pretty difficult! I think by early February we will find out what we’ve been placed in.

Of course being before classes started, there was also plenty of time in the evenings to catch up with classmates and hear about what everyone was up to over the break, as well as to celebrate the birthdays which we had all missed. We had one big birthday party on the Friday night, and Saturday night another small group of us ventured to London for the evening, ending up at a Brazilian club that had a live band! It was a lot of fun. Late on the 15th, in a final preparation for classes starting the next morning, I went with some friends to a late showing of King Kong. It was long (over 3 hours!), but really, really well done. Recommended!