Hello, everybody.
My name is Polina.
Here at Lancaster University, I am a postgraduate student
and I study International Business and Strategy.
Right now it's 9:30 and the day is promising
to be very eventful and exciting.
So I suggest you keep me company for today.
Let's go.
I start my day with breakfast.
A cup of coffee is a must have.
I make it in a moka, which I bought here in town,
and it's a very meditative process and always uplifting.
For breakfast,
I often eat oatmeal porridge with milk and always add here
flax seeds, chia seeds and blueberries to make it tastier.
After breakfast, I usually go to the gym.
If classes don't start too early in the morning, I try to workout
before I go to the Management School.
Sometimes when the morning is busy and I have to get out earlier than usual,
I postpone it for the afternoon.
Our Sports Centre has almost everything you might need for a good workout.
Three gyms and several studios where you can
participate in group classes or work out independently.
It also has a large sports hall
where you can play and badminton and other team games three times a week.
We also have training sessions here with Archery Club, and upstairs
there are squash rooms and balcony from which you can watch the game in the
large hall below.
So, for more, there is a climbing wall, sauna with steam and swimming pool,
and I think it's obvious that I like the Sports Centre very much.
And no wonder I'm a frequent visitor here.
On average, I come here three or four times a week.
Right now, I'm back in my dorms and I'm going to drink
this protein milkshake with no added sugar.
After that, I will change my clothes
and get ready to go to the business school to have my lectures.
Let's go!
On my program, we
have on average from two to three lectures or workshops a day,
but much more time was spent working on our own or in groups.
Every three weeks we study one subject, and every three weeks
we have an exam and couple of big projects.
This format is quite intense, but I like it.
It has many more advantages than disadvantages.
You can focus only on one subject, but you have to work a lot and at once.
For example, we can spend around eight hours working on a project
with a group for several days in a row, or
we can write an essay for 13 hours.
But to be honest, I don't want to change this.
I really like it because although I work a lot in the Library,
it fully depends on me, on my productivity and my time management.
Basically, I decide when and what I do.
I really like the sense of responsibility and freedom.
And with
all this amount of work and studies, I have enough free time to have good,
healthy sleep, to go to gym, go out with friends, maintain
a YouTube channel and get involved in all type of creative activities
I want.
After class today, we met with my friend, Leslie.
Today, we decided to sit in the Costa
and have a cup of latte.
We don't do this very often, but the more valuable
and enjoyable such gatherings turn out to be.
As I've already said
I have to spend quite a lot of time in the Library,
but I'm lucky since this is one of my favorite places on campus,
right in the middle of the Library, not far from the entrance.
There is a living tree named Norma.
Everything is like this here, water and natural at the same time.
There is
also a spot from which you can admire the sunsets
if you come and study earlier.
The most common
place in the library is the couches on the second floor near the wall,
completely covered with plants.
The Library is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
You can come here with a backpack on your shoulders
carrying coffee or some yummy snacks.
And I really, really like it because it's more
pleasant, just tidy like that since I always get hungry
when I'm starting or working in the Library.
This is a Cartmel College music room,
which is the perfect place to end to this day and relax.
This room can be found in the Barker House Farm
and you can book it and play whichever instruments you want.
And now it's time for dinner.
So the day has come to an end.
OK, now it's time to have some rest and sleep.
Thank you for being with me. Bye bye.