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Societies, Societies Everywhere!
Date
September 11, 2014
Today was a jam packed day of activities. After a morning of reading in the sunshine on campus and enjoying a very-reasonably priced latte, I decided to check out the societies fair. For those unaware, the Societies Fair is a chance for all the different societies, aka groups and clubs, on campus to advertise their existence and pass out flyers with how to find them. There are A LOT of societies available, so walking around was a bit overwhelming, so I ended up gathering a bunch of flyers and decided to sort through them later.
I was initially planning on heading to the gym afterwards, but I decided to attend a Ceilidh Crash Course class that was being put on by the New Scotland Country Dance Society. It was an overview of a number of different social dances that may traditionally be danced at a ceilidh, and let me just say that the amount of physical exercise was about the same as if I had gone to the gym for 2 hours. It involved a lot of skipping and galloping and was honestly a lot of fun. I definitely want to try and come to at least a few of the classes that they offer.
In the evening, I ended up going to the International Buddies meet-up. The International Buddies program pairs International visiting students with Edinburgh Students to provide a way to meet new people. I met my two International Buddies, Calum and Peter, as well as two of the other International buddies in my group, Merkel and Erin. We had a nice chat and I found out that Erin is in one of my classes. It is nice to have met some people so that now there are more friendly faces to recognize on campus.
While I was at the Societies Fair, I stopped by the booth of the Swing Dance Society and they told me about a social dance that was going on later in the evening, so after the Buddies meet-up, I dropped by the social for some swing dancing.
All in all, it was a very productive day. I am now faced with the task of sorting through all the flyers I picked up and planning out a schedule for all the societies I want to join and still leave time for my academics. Wish me luck!