Monday 19 September 2011

German market

I had the opportunity to work as a volunteer in the FIG Trampoline & Tumbling World Championships. It's an experience I cannot forget in a hurry. I had the opportunity to work with a large team of event managers and above all met delegates from different countries, I had never had such opportunity before. it was a great event which gave me a great exposure to event managing, planing, organization and team work. The program added colour to my study in Birmingham and gave me another edge in my CV. I watched the gymnast perform and took several pictures and met new folks. I don't want to mentions names because I have more than enough to mention. 


Luckily for me after the first day of voluntary service, when I was returning home, I passed through the German market. I was overwhelmed at the traffic of people present at the venue. So much to mention, I saw people using jars to drink beer and the whole environment was just fun and fun and fun. Burgers, barbecues, pizza and hot dog snack were all over. Different traders of all manner of products. Different bars and pub was erected with different iconic images on their top. Indeed I was tired after the program but deliberately pop in to know what's going on there, I wish I took a picture of the event. I'm glad I didn't miss it. 

My expectations

My expectation is actually high anyway, I believe there are so much awaiting me like reception, folks that I will meet, the lecture mode, weather and many more. It's my first time of traveling overseas so I have great expectation.

Scholarship offer

Receiving four thousand GBP scholarship is a miracle I never expected in the sense that I ought to have being admitted into Aston University as at last year but due to insufficient fund I couldn't . I asked the admission officer if there was any scholarship offer for Africans and she said yes but only for graduates with a first class and I graduated with a second class upper which evicted me.
As result, I differed the admission to this year to prepare financially for the following year but still had a deficit of exactly 4000 GBP. Miraculously, Liza Rodger (Senior international Officer from Aston University) came to Nigeria to prepare and counsel prospective students. She visited the PFL (Preparation for life) organisation  which is the accredited agent assisting me for my educational pursuit. I was told the Aston officer requested for the name of a student coming to Aston who earnestly need a financial assistance, two names were given but I was selected.
When I received the mail for the scholarship, I was overwhelmed, believe me I had tears running down my eyes because I was on the verge of quitting the admission offer from Aston one more time. I believe God wants me to be in Aston and he's indeed at work for my success. I'm so grateful for this offer and I can boldly say Aston University has extended a generous hand to me.