Hello my friends!!! I know, I know, long time no see indeed!!! I'm extremely sorry for having been dead till now! But the reason I haven't written much is that in the place where I lived in Venice there is STILL no internet connection! They had promised us we would have it by November, but in the end it became July and still no trace of it... All the students are so angry at the office!! Because we have to use internet for everything regarding our university... if we want to register for an exam or whatever, the only way we can do it is using internet... and so we had to go continuously to the university library or to internet points and so on.... that was so stressful!! The moments I was at home I had always too many things to do and I seriously thought I couldn't make it anymore with such a tight schedule...

But I managed somehow ^___^

My first year at university was, overall, satisfying and successful! Most of all I managed to live up to my parents' expectations (that were pretty high!!!) and I'm very happy about that! Of course I don't do it just for my parents, it's first of all for my own good too!!!

Talking about this, I had more than once the chance to talk with my house-mates and they seem to not understand the way my parents raised me (and are still raising me, we can say!).

My parents told me at the beginning of the year, that if the highest mark is 30, I should work hard in order to achieve at least 28. If the mark I get is lower, it would be better to retake the exam. Many students don't study in order to get top marks, they are content with 18, that is the minimum mark to pass the exam. Others aspire to better grades but there are few students aiming at the maximum. So my house-mates insisted that my parents are super-strict, but I think my parents said that to me because they want me to be successful, right? The better I am, the more likely it will be that I'll be chosen when looking for a job. Besides, I don't think my parents would really make me retake an exam if I got 27... the meaning of their message was that I should always do the best that I can, and it's a really good meaning! ^____^ So I'm really thankful to them for always supporting me and reminding me that I can do better and better! If they sets very high goals, it's because they believe in me ♥