Hello everyone! It’s been so long since my last update😅 Sorry for not being active, but I’m actually back on campus since October! Well, which means my final year has just gone past by 7 weeks (also submitted my first assignment already lol). I should really come here earlier at the beginning of the weeks, but I’ll catch up with everyone in today’s article 🙂
嗨大家！距離我上一篇文章有一段時間了吧😅 抱歉我都沒有很認真的更新近況，不過我其實十月就已經回學校了！不過這也代表我的大四也已經過了7個禮拜了(在這期間還交了第一份報告哈哈) 我應該在前幾個禮拜就要來更新的，不過我會在今天的文章和大家一一交代的 🙂
After finished my placement in August, I have got a short break to chill and relax as my summer vacation. Although I was still working on my placement report and didn’t get a chance to travel back home, it was a great time for me to take a break from work. I applied for university accommodation this year and I was lucky enough to get an on-campus room, which I have never experienced before! I always live a distance away from either campus or town so I was pretty excited! I moved in during freshers’ week which it was supposed to have a lot of different activities and social events around usually. However, because of COVID they have changed some indroduction online and set up regulations and rules for face-to-face contact event. Not a fresher myself but I still managed to attend the classic film by the lake event! Instead of letting people sit around on the grass, but this year they set up tables, controlled and record people that get into the venue, which make me feel much safer. Of course, my friends and I were wearing face masks all the time! It was quite a different experience but I don’t mind having table service and bigger space to watch our all-time favourite, Sherk!
在我八月結束實習之後，我有大概一個月的時間休息放鬆，也可以說是過了一下我的暑假。雖然我還是在寫實習報告而且今年沒回台灣，這段時間還是讓我好好的充了一下電。我今年申請了學校宿舍還很幸運地被分配到在校園的房間，因為每年都住離學校還鎮中心有一段距離，所以想到以後上課超方便就蠻開心的！我在新生週的時候就搬進來了，本來這時候都會有很多活動之類的，不過因為肺炎所以很多介紹都轉為線上或是面對面接觸的活動都設了蠻多規定。雖然我不是新生還是參加了學校最經典的湖邊戶外電影的活動。之前都會讓大家隨便坐在草地上，不過今年學校放了桌子還有控制跟記錄每個進場的人員，也讓我覺得有比較放心。當然我和我朋友全程都是戴著口罩的！這次經驗蠻特別的，而且我還蠻喜歡在看史瑞克的時候有更多空間跟桌邊服務的😂
Being away from the campus after an entire year, so many things has changed, such as new study/social spaces are built and of course, different signs and rules are everywhere on the campus. University has changed the student service office into a new space called ‘Nest’ for the students to either take a break or study in there. It was super cute even with a comfy sofa and pretty lighting. I have only been there once but it is really relaxing, although it was a little bit crowded during the weekdays I think I will find a weekend to study there with my friends! Another big change is that we all need to book a slot and a seat through the library website in order to control the number of people in the library. Everyone has to wear a mask indoor everywhere on the campus, of course, that applies to the entire UK. So far I can see everyone is following the rules very well by wearing masks into lecture and malls, compares to the time during March/April I think people are more aware with protecting each other and themselves.
在離開學校一年之後回來之後很多地方都變了，像是多了新蓋的學習、社交空間，當然還有到處都有各種維持社交距離的標誌。學校把之前學生服務處的辦公室改建成一個叫做Nest的學習交流空間，讓大家可以過去讀書或是休息。裡面裝潢得非常可愛還有超級舒服的沙發跟很漂亮的燈。平日的時候裡面都蠻多人的，雖然我到現在只去過一次，不過我大概會再找一個假日跟朋友過去一起讀書！另一項大改變就是現在去圖書館都要先預約時段跟座位來控制進出的人員和人數。只要是在室內大家就都一定要戴口罩，不管是在學校還是外面的商場大家都有在遵守這項全英國適用的規矩。我覺得跟最嚴重的三、四月比起來真的有好非常多了，感覺大家也比較能保護自己跟他人。
Lots of things have changed this year and we are all slowly adapting at the same time, in my next article, I will tell you guys how my current lecture has become so stay tuned😉 I will be updating even more regular from now on!
很多事都變了而大家也都在慢慢的適應這一切，在我的下一篇文章我會跟大家介紹我現在上課的內容跟方式，就請大家慢慢期待囉😉 從現在開始我會更新的更頻繁的！
See y’all next time!
Mandy xx
