Sunday, February 8, 2009

The very first Assignment

So in order to get a feel for the school's equipment we were all asked to make a short video of what we found strange about Denmark and Aarhus. I just so happened to be the sole international student in my group, so the responsibility of the topic fell to me. I could already tell what some other groups were doing: beer in Denmark (it's so cheap, and so ready available everywhere, there even in our school vending machines), the bikes (there are so many bikes, and the bike paths are actually huge and separated from the main road), and the buses which no one did, cuz I don't think you can film on the bus, but anyways in Aarhus only, you get on at the back of the bus and get off at the front by the driver, and its pretty common for people not to pay even though they should).

Anyways, I chose to do it on tap water. Everyone drinks it here and people hardly buy bottled water, unlike in North America. I know in Ottawa our tap water is good enough to drink, but yet no one really does it, especially from there bathroom tap. Let me explain. So the school has no water fountatins at all, the journalism school or Journalisthøjskolen actually looks like a bunker, its all concrete and low into the ground. Since there are no water fountains, they have glass cups (pint glasses) that you can fill up at the washroom. Even in Canada, I rarely used the water fountain next to a bathroom because I somehow make the connection between the founatin and the bathroom in my head. You may think I'm weird, or not, but have you ever seen someone go into the public/school bathroom and fill up a glass/bottle and drink from it? I think not!

So here's the video my group made, I'm no actor so don't judge, but if you like my acting abilities than compliments are more than welcome.









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