Amserlen

Since before my January exams I have had to email various Aberystwyth departments in order to try and sort out my mess of a timetable. What made the situation worse is that occasionally it would change randomly, sorting out one clash and causing another! I am the only person doing Welsh/International politics in my year and I wouldn't be surprised if I were the only one in the uni at the moment so the departments don't really gel, hence major timetable problems every semester. Sigh.

But today, 8 days into my second semester, my timetable has found a great deal of peace, there are no clashes and only one small hiccup which I can live with. So, here is an insight into my studies:

(For non-Welsh speakers, my Welsh modules are: Cymraeg Llyfr a Chymraeg Llafar - Written Welsh and Spoken Welsh; Gloywi Iaith - Language Improvement; Ysgrifennu Creadigol - Creative Writting and Llên Gwerin - Folk Literature)

Only one 9am, which I'm very pleased with and no clashes. So why am I still moaning? It's the location of these places.

Because I'm nice (and I have this time to waste) I have taken a small map of a bit of Aber to mark important, uni locations for you. Starting top left, marked '20' is Pentre Jane Morgan, right on the peak of Penglais Hill, where I live. It is then a short, couple-of-minutes walk to the buildings marked 4 (Hugh Owen), 5 (Llandinam), 7 (Physics) and 24 (International Politics Building) all of which are where my politics lectures/seminars take place. All the way on the bottom of that map, marked '50', is the Old College where Welsh is taught - on a good day it's about 10/15 minutes walk but depending on weather, mood, etc it can take much longer, plus the walk back up is a killer! 


So the only problem on my timetable is that on Thursdays I have politics in the IPB (24) with less than 10 minutes to get to OC (50) and then back up the hill for politics again in HO (4) in less than 10 minutes. Yes, that's right, the map and timetable and rant were all about this tiny, no-point-in-getting-worked-up-over-it complication on my timetable when, in actual fact, I'm rather happy with it as a whole :)

Thanks so much for putting up with me and well done if you managed to make it this side of my rant!
Liam x