Happy New Year !

Happy New year 2011 !!! (pic: reunion with my Burkinabe compost partner in Paris)

Well, apology for this late message of the year...

From the beginning of the month, I was already taken by academic article reading and submission of my last essay of last semester...
 

On 17th, the second and last semester started.

I decided to better organise myself this semester to avoid chaotic situation with so much work at then end like last semester.

But I feel already that it is too late...

Well, maybe partially because I had 100% off of study until January 3rd for 2 weeks...

But I really needed it !

After the new year eve party near Oxford, we went to Stratford-upon-Avon where Shakespeare is believed to be born on 1st.

 His probable house

Small and cute village

Next day, we went to Oxford.

The "English-speaking" oldest university in the world was very much integrated in the city (Radcliff Camera: the university library lecture room now)

It was very historical and elegant town.

Town-center church

It was great holiday and time flied so fast.

I had hard time going back to my study-based life style rhythm but it is already second week of the semester so I am getting used to it.

Despite the intensive scary course, I was very happy to see my course mates again.

We all know that we won't have much free, easy time later in the semester so we organised a pot luck party for which each brought one's own country dish.

Oh... it was soooo good and I ate toooo much (well, as usual)... lol

Italian style rice, Spanish omelet, British beef stew, British cottage pie, oriental stir chicken (by German), hot chili (by another German), Korean bbq, German apple pie, sushi, teriyaki chicken...

I hope we can have more such occasion before we finish the course!