{"id":2372,"date":"2017-02-22T13:14:24","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T13:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/?p=2372"},"modified":"2017-02-22T13:14:24","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T13:14:24","slug":"kenzie-a-week-in-my-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/kenzie-a-week-in-my-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenzie: A Week In My Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are taking a peek into the jam-packed diary of Kenzie, one of our international students on\u00a0Creative Writing and English Literature\u00a0BA Honours<\/a>.<\/p>\n

NAME: Kenzie Karkkainen
\nCOURSE: Creative Writing and English Literature BA Honours
\nYEAR OF STUDY: Year One
\nACCOMMODATION: Raffles House, Wembley
\nHOME: Minnesota, USA<\/p>\n

Monday<\/h3>\n

My week started with a lecture for my literature class that\u00a0introduced the class to what we will be discussing in our\u00a0seminars over the next two weeks. This week we started the\u00a0module \u2018What is Drama?\u2019 and learned about Shakespeare\u2019s\u00a0Much Ado About Nothing. After the lecture I had a quick\u00a0snack from the Gallery Caf\u00e9 on\u00a0Regent Street Campus<\/a> and went to my extra module\u00a0\u2018Shakespeare and Performance.\u2019 Those two hours went quickly\u00a0as I find the staging of Shakespeare so interesting and soon I\u00a0was stopping at the library to pick up the books I reserved for\u00a0next week\u2019s reading and going home.<\/p>\n

Tuesday<\/h3>\n

The \u2018What is Drama?\u2019 discussion continued on Tuesday at\u00a0my 2pm lecture. I knew the lecture from the day before was\u00a0going to be mentioned, so I took a few minutes before class to\u00a0review the notes I had taken and to make sure I had my copy\u00a0of the play we had to read. It was my only module of the day,\u00a0so I went home and started Hamlet for my Shakespeare class.\u00a0My flatmates and I cooked dinner together and had a night in.<\/p>\n

Wednesday<\/h3>\n

I only had one seminar that ended at noon. Since it ends early,\u00a0I like to use the free afternoons to explore the area around the\u00a0campus. So far, my favourite place to go to is Regent\u2019s Park<\/a>.\u00a0The walk is around 20 minutes, and it\u2019s worth it. I particularly\u00a0love the sculpture garden where I like to sit under a tree\u00a0and read.
\n\"week<\/p>\n

Thursday<\/h3>\n

On Thursdays I don\u2019t have a class until 3pm, so I usually\u00a0spend my mornings organising\/reviewing my notes, reading,\u00a0or completing my weekly journal for one of my writing classes.\u00a0My module is a three-hour seminar about writing, and I go\u00a0straight from this to meet the Musical Theatre Society<\/a>. We meet\u00a0once a week for rehearsals and are starting practice for our\u00a0Spring show, Rent. The Society has been a great way to make\u00a0new friends and I love being part of it.<\/p>\n

Friday<\/h3>\n

Every other Friday I have a Reflective Writing class, but some\u00a0of those days include a guest speaker and today was one of\u00a0those days \u2013 we had a visit from author Toby Litt. Everyone\u00a0interested gathered in Fyvie Hall and we learned about the\u00a0writer\u2019s process, past, and inspiration. As a Creative Writing\u00a0student, it helps to hear what it is actually like to be a writer.\u00a0I had about two hours between the guest speaker\u2019s visit and my\u00a0class, so I met up with a classmate at the Gallery caf\u00e9 and we\u00a0hung out until we had to go to class.<\/p>\n

\"week<\/p>\n

Saturday<\/h3>\n

Two of my flatmates and myself have dedicated Saturdays as\u00a0our \u201ctravel day\u201d. One flatmate is from the Bahamas and like me\u00a0has never been to the UK before, while the other is from\u00a0the UK and enjoys showing us around. Each week we decide\u00a0on a part of London we want to explore and spend the day\u00a0there. Today we went to Westminster to see Big Ben and\u00a0Westminster Abbey. It was amazing to see the history and\u00a0all the different people that have come to London. My friends\u00a0and I wanted a snack and chose to walk to a caf\u00e9 we had\u00a0seen online. We walked through Trafalgar Square on the\u00a0way. Our journey ended at the Milk Train Caf\u00e9 where we\u00a0treated ourselves to the Choo Choo Clouds: an ice cream cone\u00a0surrounded by candy floss.<\/p>\n

Sunday<\/h3>\n

Like many others, I use Sunday as my day of rest. I spend the\u00a0day either watching tv or movies with the rest of my flatmates\u00a0or reading. I also use the time to tidy up.<\/p>\n

\"week<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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