Aug. 29th, 2009 at 11:00 PM
The weather is quite nice in Copenhagen these days.
Most of the time, we bathed in sunshine during daytime. Even though it’s windy, I can feel some heat in the air. You can see Danish smiling, pushing the huge, luxury baby carriages everywhere. The atmosphere is leisurely and unhurried, from Monday to Friday, weekend, everyday……people walk on the street with satisfying smile, just like they’re enjoying their vacations.
My school is about fifteen minutes’ walk from my dorm. The distance is just right. On the way I’ll pass by two cheap markets called fakta and Netto(when I say cheap, I mean it’s just a little more expensive than the stuff in Taiwan; the price level here is 5 times the one in Taiwan.) so it’s convenient for me to supplement my food and some daily commodities. I’ve been here for two weeks, and meals are different from time to time. When I was alone in my dorm, it’s always toast, cheese, coffee and water. And that’s all. Just need to stuff my stomach anyway. It’s easy and fast when you have full schedule, just like these two weeks. When it comes to some activities, there may be some changes of my menu: pizza, hotdog, pizza, hotdog……these two take place by turns. I think they’re the two cheapest meals you can buy here.
And beer. I, or students in Taiwan, seldom drink beer. Why would you want to drink something that tasted so strange? But, after coming here, it seems like everybody love it so much and drink it like drinking water. I was so strongly curious. And that’s why I step in the world of beer. The beer pool.
Most of my dorm mates are Europeans or Americans. Our yard is very busy these days. It seems everybody will gather to the long picnic table in the yard and enjoy beers once they’re free. Not only guys but girls! During the first week (the week I took crash course), there’re only two Asians in my dorm- one Korean girl and me. (Two Singapore girls moved in the next week) Most of the time, the Korean girl just stayed in her room, so I don’t know much about her. The voices in the yard were so loud at night that sometimes I couldn’t do anything including sleeping, so I could not but join my half-drunk dorm mates. Sit, and there would be beer in front of you. And then it’s chatting and drinking. After few days, I got familiar with the faces in our dorm, and met many friends from different countries. I also found that Carlsberg beer is not as bitter as Taiwan beer. It’s really good when it’s cold and fresh.
There are pros and cons about beer. Good things are it makes you more relax and easy to know friends. Bad things—when you drink too much, that will definitely burn a hole in your wallet, and it’s not so healthy. I went to too many parties last week and didn’t get enough rest; plus, drink too much at night; so I’m sick now. It’s still busy outside my window, it seems like everyone has his lunch outside in the yard. I really want to join them but my voice is awful. I’m afraid there won’t be anyone who can understand what I’m saying.
Party. I think everyone has his limit about this thing. I think two parties a week is my limit. But…when it comes to my dorm mates, well, at least most of them, party everyday is normal. Dance all night, no problems. Maybe it is the so called “culture gap”. It’s hard to imagine that club being students’ important gathering place in Taiwan,
Yeah, it’s really hard to imagine.
