The first part is about getting to do some sports with the university, I've previously mentioned it before so in short: I needed a medical certificate and the sports office and the international office told me to go see the uni doctor but hey-ho the university doctors said no-no-no we are moving so we can't do it and told me to go see a doctor in town... that I'd have to pay for -.- geee thanks. So after wasting time unnecessarily for a week one Friday I decide right, let's do this and luckily there were the numbers for the docs in the pamphlet I got from the international office - so tried ringing a couple and no answer -.- It took me so long to get into the mental state of being ready to phone someone in french and say what I want and no one freaking answered!!!!!!!!!
So a couple of days later I tried going to see them without an appointment. On the outside of the building it said that in the morning everyone could come in and afternoon is reserved for appointments - so went in and when I got to the door on the first floor it said APPOINTMENTS ONLY!!! wtf? Why oh why? So went all the way back home - 10 mins - to get my french phone - I never have it with me when I need it. So phoned them on the way back - nothing - no one answered yet again although it was the right number and office hours. Rang every minute until I got back there then finally gathered my courage and just went in hoping that there'd be like a desk or something to greet patients but oh no no no no just a waiting room and closed doors. So waited for a bit hoping that the doctor would come out and ask who the hell are you. But no no no sat there like an idiot for about 10 minutes til another lady who had an appointment - how if they don't answer their phone - was called in and since I do not have so much courage to just barge in and ask excuse me. I left :D lol it was a nice room though :D There was supposed to be 3 other doctors in the area so went out to look for them. Surprise surprise didn't find any -.- at the same time constantly tried to ring the other doctor to make an appointment and yeah you guessed it no one answered. Finally found another doc, went in and sat there, I was about the 6th person in the queue. So sat there about 20 minutes, one person had gone in in that time, thought fff this, I need to go to lunch at twelve, so pretended my phone rang and walked out. Saw that the doc's office was going to be open in the evening 18-19.30 as well, so decided to come back then and sit through all the waiting. My lecture finished at 6 and I got there about half an hour later being yet again the 6th or 5th person. The queue moved so slowly and it was 19.30 already and I was about third or something by that time, but I was certain that they can't kick people out just because the office hours are over and they didn´t. Instead, more people kept coming in! I think the last one, before I left, came in about ten minutes after 8 or something...
So finally my turn and after how much fuss the uni did about having the medical certificate I'd expect to get a proper medical examination. Wrong, he just wrote a letter, not even asking if I have any allergies or asthma or all the usual questions everyone always asks. He just asked for my name and absed on that yeah why not, she's fit to do sports no problemo... WHAT??? It took me a minute + two hours waiting approx. but that paper with the doc´s signature doesn't mean a thing!!! Because I might have serious asthma or something making me unable to do sports and he wouldn't know because he didn't ask me anything!!! But at least he didn't charge me anything for it :) and now i could go and register for sports.
Opening a bank account went quite smoothly . had to choose from 2 banks, made an appointment in the first but then decided to go with the other instead - they dealt with me immediately. Got my proof of address from the uni accommodation, passport and student card and that was about it, we spent like half an hour or 20 minutes setting the account up with some basic insurance in case I lose my passport or something - only 8 cents a month so why the hell not? And yeah the deal is that it only costs me 16 cents a month for this year - since I'm a student, later on will have to check is it worth while keeping my bank account open or not... if it doesn't cost too much I might keep it open for a bit for when I've finally decided what to do with my life and if I would ever possibly need it or not.
And finally - where I got the name for this post: Library or mediatheque as it's called here. Decided to subscribe since I had my proof of address letter already written - so why not, might come handy and yeah here as well as in the UK you have to prove your address everywhere -.- Got that done and went looking for a book to read, thought of getting a childrens book - so it would be easier to understand but saw the drama section first and after spending a couple of minutes just looking at the books something caught my eye - "Un roman Estonien" by Katrina Kalda, wow this is a sign - I must get that and I did feeling so good :)
btw just to let you know it's holiday time soon for me here :)
Ttyl ;)
Jazzz...
So a couple of days later I tried going to see them without an appointment. On the outside of the building it said that in the morning everyone could come in and afternoon is reserved for appointments - so went in and when I got to the door on the first floor it said APPOINTMENTS ONLY!!! wtf? Why oh why? So went all the way back home - 10 mins - to get my french phone - I never have it with me when I need it. So phoned them on the way back - nothing - no one answered yet again although it was the right number and office hours. Rang every minute until I got back there then finally gathered my courage and just went in hoping that there'd be like a desk or something to greet patients but oh no no no no just a waiting room and closed doors. So waited for a bit hoping that the doctor would come out and ask who the hell are you. But no no no sat there like an idiot for about 10 minutes til another lady who had an appointment - how if they don't answer their phone - was called in and since I do not have so much courage to just barge in and ask excuse me. I left :D lol it was a nice room though :D There was supposed to be 3 other doctors in the area so went out to look for them. Surprise surprise didn't find any -.- at the same time constantly tried to ring the other doctor to make an appointment and yeah you guessed it no one answered. Finally found another doc, went in and sat there, I was about the 6th person in the queue. So sat there about 20 minutes, one person had gone in in that time, thought fff this, I need to go to lunch at twelve, so pretended my phone rang and walked out. Saw that the doc's office was going to be open in the evening 18-19.30 as well, so decided to come back then and sit through all the waiting. My lecture finished at 6 and I got there about half an hour later being yet again the 6th or 5th person. The queue moved so slowly and it was 19.30 already and I was about third or something by that time, but I was certain that they can't kick people out just because the office hours are over and they didn´t. Instead, more people kept coming in! I think the last one, before I left, came in about ten minutes after 8 or something...
So finally my turn and after how much fuss the uni did about having the medical certificate I'd expect to get a proper medical examination. Wrong, he just wrote a letter, not even asking if I have any allergies or asthma or all the usual questions everyone always asks. He just asked for my name and absed on that yeah why not, she's fit to do sports no problemo... WHAT??? It took me a minute + two hours waiting approx. but that paper with the doc´s signature doesn't mean a thing!!! Because I might have serious asthma or something making me unable to do sports and he wouldn't know because he didn't ask me anything!!! But at least he didn't charge me anything for it :) and now i could go and register for sports.
Opening a bank account went quite smoothly . had to choose from 2 banks, made an appointment in the first but then decided to go with the other instead - they dealt with me immediately. Got my proof of address from the uni accommodation, passport and student card and that was about it, we spent like half an hour or 20 minutes setting the account up with some basic insurance in case I lose my passport or something - only 8 cents a month so why the hell not? And yeah the deal is that it only costs me 16 cents a month for this year - since I'm a student, later on will have to check is it worth while keeping my bank account open or not... if it doesn't cost too much I might keep it open for a bit for when I've finally decided what to do with my life and if I would ever possibly need it or not.
And finally - where I got the name for this post: Library or mediatheque as it's called here. Decided to subscribe since I had my proof of address letter already written - so why not, might come handy and yeah here as well as in the UK you have to prove your address everywhere -.- Got that done and went looking for a book to read, thought of getting a childrens book - so it would be easier to understand but saw the drama section first and after spending a couple of minutes just looking at the books something caught my eye - "Un roman Estonien" by Katrina Kalda, wow this is a sign - I must get that and I did feeling so good :)
btw just to let you know it's holiday time soon for me here :)
Ttyl ;)
Jazzz...
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