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We are suppose to say something like "Hey"
What should we say? Let's say today, the adventure continues
Yeah, that's good. You can say that.
Hey! Today, the adventure continues
Ok, let's do this
Hey, this week we are going to talk about the top of our two top five list
Adventure
Of our adventures here - our best things with Oxford
Our best things
And the worst things with Oxford the worst things
It's going to be intense And it's starting now!
Bad things number three English
Ahh! It's that cute girl. I have to think of something smart to say.
Something that makes her understand how complex and special I am as an
individual.
Something that makes her understand that I think in several levels.
Bad things number two The stress
Like a lightning out of the clear blue sky, suddenly a Friday evening
Like a wind from beyond the horizone sweeping in over the fields of the West.
Stress. The constant warfare, which is to
struggle to finish to essays in a week.
We feel very sorry for ourselves. That's half the reason of studiyng here.
"The gods envy us" Those are the words of an old greek och
latin philosopher.
I think that is true.
But not here. Definately not here. There is way too much to do here.
Have I mentioned that we work a lot. Writing, reading. All the time.
But, we do it together. We have friends; comrades.
But not communism. But comrades in a good way.
And I think its worth it.
But then you realise that, no, it's all about survival.
You never have a spare hour, and what I think, when I see my dear friends fighting
is that at least I am not alone. And that's when you realise there is a team spirit to
your intellectual isolation, in your little room in a tower somewhere far away.
You are not alone. You are no island, regardless of what John Donne says.
Or that is what he thinks by the way, that's right. No you are not alone.
Everyone has to go through this.
And that's when you understand the point of it all.
I think.
Bad things number one Cultural differences
I had great expectations. Oxford, what a thing!
What spectacular people I would meet. And how many friends I would make.
Everything would be perfect, only if it had not been for bad things number one.
Everybody thinks I am homosexual.
Don't get me wrong. I have no problem at all with homosexuality. It is just a bit
impractical that people assume I am gay when I am not.
Everything was great at first. There were so many well-dressed men talking to me
in various clubs.
It was only later that I realised I dressed in a way that said something I did not
quite mean.
Maybe there is a different gay-culture in England compared to Sweden due to the
different lad-culture.
In Sweden guys who hang out are as much lads as the guys here, and maybe
people see me as slightly opposite to that.
Anyway it is impractical.
Good things number two Good things number one!
Now, over to good things number two, which is that good things number one is
so spectacular and incredibly good
that number two is that soon, it is time for number one!
We don't have a number two. We only have a thing number one.
Well...
Good things number one Christ Church
Finally, the best thing on Erik's and my list.
Christ Church!
Erik's and my college, which is one of 38 colleges of Oxford University.
There is so much history between these walls.
It has hosted students like Albert Einstein, Lewis Carroll and John Locke.
The architecture is amasing.
I can show you!
This is Peckwater. The second and third years are living here, and Erik and I will
live here later on.
This is the Christ Church library.
Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland in a room up there.
It is not quite as nice downstairs, but that's where we usually study.
This is another spectacular place where we get the chance to be.
This is where we have lunch and dinner, and you might recognise it from the
Harry Potter movies.
Thank you for watching this video. I hope you have enjoyed it.
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And if you want to see last weeks episode, click here.
Thank you, see you next week.
But Erik, you still haven't changed clothes.