Hello
everyone, I hope you are studying hard and staying well in this period that is
notorious for sickness bugs. At the moment I have a bit of a sniffle, which I
really hope does not develop into anything further; I could really do without
being sick at the moment! The good news is that I have submitted all my work
for this term, but the bad news is that I still have three exams to prepare for
in the first week of January. I just hope that I manage to pass my exams, as I
am generally not very good at them.
Moving
on from the doom and gloom that exams are, a brand new year is upon us, and
soon it will be 2015. I know that most people will have New Year’s Resolutions,
including myself with the cliché get fitter, work harder, etc. but according to
research conducted by the University of Scranton in the USA, just 8% of people
achieve their New Year’s goals! Although that is a very low number, I plan on being
part of that 8% for 2015 to make the year more successful and productive.
As I think I mentioned in my
previous blog, although I am not a huge fan of Christmas, I am a fan of
Christmas food, and I think that shops and restaurants removing their Christmas
specials (such as that sandwich from EAT. I spoke about last time) will be what
I miss the most.
I have decided to include a random or
weird fact at the end of each blog that I find interesting, and hopefully you
do too. The first blog fact will be based on a library and opera house in North
America. So what’s so interesting about this library/opera house you may ask?
The weird fact about it is that it is on the border between the United States
and Canada, where the stage is in one country, and half the audience is in
another. This means that the library/opera house has two addresses, one for the
USA (Vermont) and one for Canada (Québec). The library/opera house was
deliberately constructed on the border to provide the border communities with a
centre for learning and cultural enrichment upon its completion in 1904. If you
want to find out more about the Haskell Free Library and Opera house, you can
check out their website: http://www.haskellopera.com
Anyway, hopefully you found that
fact interesting, and I hope you are all keeping well. I hope you all enjoy
your break over the Christmas period, and have a Happy New Year! Until next
year everyone!
