Friday, February 6, 2009

Erasmus

OK, it's been 3 weeks now since I've been an Erasmus student in Metz, France , and in all this time, I saw that the French students are big consumers of the Facebook experience.

So, on a group, I found out that you know you are a real Erasmus when:

  • you do things that you would never do in your hometown.
  • you don't want to show your latest party pictures to anyone that's not an Erasmus.
  • spending the day at uni means a day spent in front of your mail, msn and facebook.
  • not even 30 calls from the neighbours and a visit from the police can keep you from having another big party. You just move and change neighbours!
  • you came to your Erasmus-country wanting to find new friends among "the locals", but soon realised that the other Erasmuses are more fun.
  • the people you just know by your own made up nicknames, such as the hunk, the pop-guy, Hi5, barefootman... etc are people you absolutely want to invite to your birthday party.
  • most of your time is spent preparing for or recovering from a night out.
  • you to everyone proudly present old silly songs from you home country, claiming that its a classic... without being embarrassed.
  • you no longer care whether it's Monday or Friday - it's still partynight!
  • you recognize people saying hi to you in the street thanks to the pictures you took last night.
  • you refer to everything as before or after a certain Erasmus-event.
  • you know that nothing is better than a night out at the Erasmus pubs and clubs - although your friends complain about always going to the same places...
  • you kiss anyone and anything without bothering about the consequences (good or bad).
  • you blame all your bad behaviour on the fact that you're an Erasmus.
  • you do a test to measure your consume of alcohol and get serioulsy worried about your health.
  • you know that the time of your life is now!