so we come to the end of the fellowship (practically).

technically, I believe it goes to the end of the month, but last week was the last masterclass, and this afternoon is the last of the fellow (from this year) presentations.

there are a couple foundation/prince's charities events over the coming weeks, but they are not specifically graduate fellowship related.

think I will write further and in more detail about the impact (good or bad) this experience has had on me and my life/career/etc ambitions and goals (if I am going to discuss this, might as well go full hog, right?) at a later date, just wanted to say it's strange that this huge life change that was so exciting and terrifying all at the same time is practically over. it has led (almost seamlessly) into another adventure (grad school! woot!), but for seeming so huge at the beginning, it is going out almost without a sound.

it is a strange feeling.

but enough of the deep contemplation.

the main reason for this post was to convey the following awesomeness:

as previously mentioned, this afternoon is the last installment of the fellow presentations.
initially the schedule was to start at 2 pm, have roughly 45 minutes for each fellow to present their research and have a discussion about it with the group.

we all received an email from matthew (fellow advisor) yesterday morning stating an update in the schedule.
we would be starting at 1:30 instead of 2 and ending an hour later.

not to give each fellow more time to present and discuss the topics they have devoted months of their time to, as you might think.

but to take a break from 3 to 5 to watch the england - slovenia world cup match.
that will be projected on the large screen in the gallery so the whole foundation can watch.

I freakin' love this country and their obsession with sports (even if they are all convinced it is a lost cause, their team is an utter disappointment and there is not a snowball's chance in hell they will advance to the next stage. co-worker's words, not mine.)

either way, pretty awesome.

(the only downside is the usa - algeria match is on at the same time, so I won't get to watch that. to catch up all those who have not been watching, slovenia is leading the group, so they are most likely going onto the next stage. england and the US are in the running to be the other team from the group to advance. but england has to win. if both teams draw, the US will advance based on the goal differential, seeing as england failed to score any goals what-so-ever in their match against algeria last week. to sum up, the only way for england to go on to the quarter-finals is for them to win. on the other hand, the US will advance if they win no matter how england does, if they draw and and england either draws or loses. so the odds seem to be in the US's favour on this one.)

so I suppose all that is left to say is GO USA!

WOOHOO!

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