It's been a while

I haven't written in a while. I've been quite full of stuff to do between training and studying. Next Sunday we have our first match of the new semester at Brighton. It's also the same day of the superbowl. Luckily the superbowl is late at night so we will have time to come back to Guildford and watch it in Chancellor's (our Uni Pub) which have accepted to show the superbowl until late as they have bought a 24 hour licence and they can stay open on special occasions.
The photo I put up is Thales' 21st Birthday and we made a surprise party for him at his sister's house. In order from left it's Nina (she's on our course), Peter (my housemate), Thiago(friend of Peter), Debora(Thales' girlfriend), Thales (who you can barely see, and finally Thales' sister. It was a great night we had fun and danced samba, olè!

Exam results

Well, I just received my marks and my average for the first semester. I actually thought it was going to be very bad. That is why i promised myself I would work so much harder the second semester. I mean, what's the point of going to University if you don't put in the effort. Anyway I actually passed both exams, Microeconomics with 57% and Macroeconomics (the one I thought I failed) with 42%. I got 66% in Computing for Economics and 50% for econometrics.
These aren't amazing marks but I am quite happy they didn't go worse. I could be in a much worse position right now. My total average is 50%.
I can make that mark so much better during this semester. I believe in myself.
Especially now that we changed so many lecturers and they all look very competent. I actually listen to the whole lecture without being distracted and it looks to me as this semester things have changed and i'm up for getting a great mark at the end of the semester.
And I also started Training again. AH!The great pleasure of american football. We have a match in two weeks in Brighton and not many people are showing up to training. I hope that people who aren't bothered to train don't ruin this season for me and for all of us who train. We won 4 out of 4 games and we have a chance to get to the playoffs and maybe win but only if everyone shows up and trains...Hope everything goes well for me this year. I feel it will.!!

All Good

It's all going well. We had most of our lectures already and they all look interesting. We also have a team project to give in this year. The group is made up of me Thales Matthew Nina and Stefano. We have to think up of something to study about and then write a 3000 word report and an oral presentation. Stef though up of talking about the cost and benefits of hosting a worldcup. And as a reserve Thales thought about talking about the latest reform of the Common Agricultural Policy.
I also applied for another 3 jobs. The first is at the Regional Economics and Analysis Directorate, the Second is at SISU Capital Ltd as a support for equity analysts and the third is at Experian as a research assistant. They all sound interesting and i hope it all goes well.

First day back at Uni!

And here we go again. A new semester at hand and our first lecture of the week. Political Economy. Actually the name has nearly nothing to do with the course. It's actually a history of economics kind of thing. Starting from the 16th 17th century up to now analysing different views by famous economists. It looks interesting. At least the first lecture was. The book costs about £40 but i found a used one for £17 on amazon which is good. We also went to town to get some food and other stuff. I'm not going out tonight as tomorrow is the heaviest day of all. 6 hours of lectures non stop...can't wait....

I'm back

Finally back in england and after 10 minutes into guildford I dropped all my luggage at home put my jacket on and went off to weatherspoon's to meet my friends, and on the way i stopped for a burger at the kebab shop. Am I really Italian or am I becoming an english person...
It's good to be back and i woke up quite early today as I have to go train at 11.
Well these christmas holidays have helped me a lot. I had time to relax, time to think and I spent quality time with my parents and family.
I also realised that Economics is not my passion. I mean I like Economics, and I like studying it but I realised it is not my passion. It's not what I want to be stuck with for the rest of my life. I am considering doing another degree...Maybe in Computer programming.
Well enough serious talk and let me publish a photo of my garden in Italy full of snow!!!