"Dress shabbily, they notice the dress, dress impeccably, they notice the woman..." - Coco Chanel

So I went to University this morning to take my placement test for German...I arrived at 8:45 AM for a 9 Am start to our test and there were several of us, all from different countries, Argentian, Mallorca, Spain, China, India, Romania and Turkey.  I was the only one from the US - I was kind of bummed as I was hoping to have someone to hang out with but at the same time, glad because it would have made studying German that much harder as I am sure I would have reverted to talking in English all the time.  The test consisted of  4 pages of  reading comprehension, fill in the blanks and questionnaire and an interview.  I almost laughed out loud as the only thing I filled out was my name and contact information.  I folded the test and handed it back to the test taker after 3 minutes and he asked me, "are you done?", and he would talk to me really slow like I was Helen Keller, I said to him, equally slow, yeeeeessss, I ammmmm fiiiiniiished, caaaannnn you gooo ahead and dooo the interviewww?  

So he started asking me questions in German and he could tell after the 3 blank looks I gave him that I didnt understand so he reverted to English and started talking slow again, which I then interrupted him and said that English is my first language so please go ahead and speak to me normally...Im from the the US...OH!  He thought I was Japanese or Chinese or something...fucking moron.

So after a tour of the campus, which was an hour late due to the other interviews -  Im now back home making  a really late lunch.  

Note to self about the university:

• there is no AC anywhere!  Bring bottled water.
  
• I will have to revert to wearing shorts and jeans again like I was in school.  Im really bummed out about that as I havent worn any of my work clothes since the end of May.  Prada and Gucci stick out like  sore thumbs  plus the heat is not conducive to couture on the campus and trains. I might bust it out during the fall.
  
• Go to school with an open mind and do not be a megabitch (very hard but Im doing it!)

I go back on Monday to start my first day of school for 4 hours each day.  Based on what was given to me as information - if I study really hard and apply myself, I can technically become a native speaker (or something akin to it) in 1o months time.  Thats taking into account that I have no life, I just study and do nothing else.  What did I get myself into?  I was never much of a student back in college and the thought of being back in a university setting is giving the bad case of the hives.  Wish me luck everyone!

PS - they serve alcohol in the cafeteria!!!!!  YEAH!