Little Mermaid

昨天下午，被窗外的陽光弄的心煩意亂。
惦記著自己只剩一週就要離開，但其實過的是學生生活，很多觀光客該去的景點都還沒去，下週就要考試了，明天還要交一份報告！什麼時候能有機會去呢？想到這裡，再也讀不下去，也罷，就回應陽光的聲聲呼喚吧！終於知道為什麼外國人這麼愛曬太陽，因為有陽光的日子真的很舒服！

因為是臨時起意，之前也沒有去過info center拿資料，我就憑著一張Metro地圖，轉乘火車到站後，以模糊的方向感往前進。總覺得丹麥自助旅行不太方便，因為指標或商店很少附英文，丹麥文的世界實在不好理解！（其實應該早點去i拿資料的，後來去逛了一下i才發現哥哈很多可以逛的，還好我還有一週～）問路人的經驗其實很有趣，路上遇到一個熱心的先生，看我對他的方向說明不甚了解，直接告訴我沿著指標就可以找到，原來Little mermaid = Den Lille Havfrue ，我已經看到好幾個指標，但之前對我一點意義都沒有，現在終於懂啦！

小美人魚的雕像真的很小，丹麥同學說那是丹麥的一個笑話，很多人千里迢迢來到這裡，就只為了看這個Little Mermaid！但附近其實很美，很多人就近坐在雕像的旁邊，欣賞港口的美麗與寧靜，我想，小美人魚應該不會感到孤單了，每天有這麼多人與她為伴～


或許也是在這裡住了一段時間，才會有悠閒的心情純粹坐在一個地方欣賞風景，不用一個景點一個景點收集，這樣的生活真的很愜意。附近可以逛的其實不少，有一座五星狀的公園及湖泊，另外，這座教堂及雕像噴水池是這趟旅途的驚喜。教堂從哪個角度拍都很美，配上噴水池壯闊的水聲，讓我想起Victoria Squire of Birmingham（但有些遜色），在大自然美景旁的這些景觀，我想不管來幾次都會覺得感動吧！


近三點出門，晚上七點回家，其實天還亮著。心滿意足的開始寫報告，雖然很久沒有熬夜，但這次是心甘情願的熬夜，用睡眠換取一次美好回憶，算是很划算的交易。

Beautiful harbor

If you come to Copenhagen, you will find it's not a big harbor and not the most beautiful one in the world.
But this harbor has very special atmosphere.

Different from other sightseeing place, all you can see is people eating, drinking and chatting anywhere.

If you are lucky, you could find a pretty resturant to eat, and enjoy the view of the harbor.
More enjoyable, you can find a ship where serves food and drink on board~

If you are as poor as me, my Danish friends recommend to buy some beers in the shop, find a place near the port, sit with friends, and enjoy the same scene as others.

The harbor is the house of ships, and walking around always let me feel relax and warm as home.
It will be perfect, if my family and friends are here....

Folk dancing

Copenhagen Business School has planned a lot of social events for the students joining International Summer University Program.

At the first time, when I see these activities, I feel very surprised that almost 17 activities are hold during the six weeks! How can I handle the study, dissertation and activities at the same time? So, I give up the 13 events which bundle together before.

However, after I attended the first two class, I notice that if I didn't join the social program, it will be difficult to know Copenhagen more. Therefore, I missed the BBQ at the first day, amazing Race on Monday, but I joined the folk dancing after the two activities.

Honestly speaking, I'm not quite interesting in this activity, according to the introduction,"Most of the dances date from 1780-1880 and were originally danced by farmers and poor people....old fashioned..." I can imagine what it will look like!

But joining a activity is totally different experience with just looking. After their performance, the eight old ladies and gentlemen invited everyone to dance with them. Then, you saw more than 100 people surround as a circle, and started dancing!

It's really fun that you danced with everyone. Some dance steps are easy to learn, but others are not. Such as, you need to change partners seven times, and then danced with the guy you met. Moreover, you can see people bump together! It's really old-fashioned, but I think it's also a pure pleasure that just enjoy the live music and people gather together~

Otherwise, the energy of those dancers are amazing! I just danced around 30 minutes, and felt very exhausted. They are much older than me, but they danced all the time!!

First impression of Denmark

The speech in the information meeting changed my impression of Denmark.

Danish are proud of their flexible labor market, which generates their ability to face the internal or external competition. If people are unemployed, they will be forced to take training courses. Skill is the most important thing in this country; therefore, their education program is up to date.

As the speaker mentioned, Denmark has open economics, and has their own monetary system and language, which is totally different from the another world dominated by the U.S. or Britain. In order to own the liberty of these perspectives, they have been training being more flexible, negotiable, and practical in dealing with the environment.

The most crucial words he said is "Danish take decisions because the future is uncertain, they have been forced to survive." Likewise, Taiwan also faces an uncertain future; but, can we find out our core competencies to develop competitive advantages as Denmark?

I still need to investigate more about the Danish culture... it's what I'm expecting~

Arrive Denmark!

Due to bad time management, I stayed up the whole night to pack my stuff which had to be shipped to Taiwan before I set out for Denmark... Thanks for Yumi and Maple's help, I can catch the train to London in the last minute!

It's very natural, when people feel tired and exhausted, they always think about the negative part. When I stepped on the earth of Denmark, I asked myself, 'why I come here alone?' I want to have more time with my dear friends rather than to know new guys just among these 6 weeks. But... I took decision already, and I can't regret. Because I haven't really experienced it!

Terrible things always come together. I went out and forgot to bring my purse, so I have to go again... It's raining but I didn't bring umbrella... (The weather is similar to Britain, and you don't know when it will rain....) Then, I went to supermarket to buy a milk. However, I only bought a drinking yogurt because I can't understand Danish!! Fortunately, I have a gorgeous residence, it's the only thing I enjoy in this moment~

Actually, I didn't see the beautiful port, and just came directly to my accommodation... so... it shouldn't be a real Demark for me... Let me explore more and then I will describe more...

Last but not least, I have already missed all my friends in the UK and Taiwan~

*'Porcelænshaven' is the name of my residence. It means a garden.