Malta

The debate on Turkey joining the EU turned to a heated event with a major divide in opinion on whether they should be allowed to join or not.  There was a local journalist speaking with the position that they should not be considered as part of the EU.   He believes that they are still major violators of human rights and that there way of life is far to different from that of the rest of "Christian Europe".  A proffessor of mine was also on the panel speaking in favor of Turkey joining the EU.  He belives that they have made major improvements to their way of life and standard of living and that they could be a major boost for European relations and so forth.  Where the problem arouse was with the students passion in their own opinion.  Their arguements were well established but as soon as they really disagreed with a point they would begin shouting in Maltese.  I, however do not know much in regard to the Maltese language so I don't know what was said.  They would then settle and revert back to english.  To note, the Maltese speak loudly even when they are talking about simple things it's just their style and sometimes you are under the impression that they are yelling, although in this case I do believe even though I do not know what was being said that they were yelling. 

The weather is much cooler these days.  I wear a jacket to uni and in the computer labs where I check my emails and write my blog I still find it cool.  Today there was heat on in the lab so it was a very exciting day for me. 

My Italian flatmates had a lunch in our flat yesterday and it lasted for 6 hours.  That it pretty typical for them if it a larger get together.  We are planning on having a "girls night" in our flat before the people that were only here for the first semester leave.  As well, we are going to have our final pot luck for the semester on Saturday.  It's sad to have things changing so much over the next couple of weeks but...I will lose 2 of my flatmate, I will be gaining at least 2 more new friends from who knows where in the world and that is something to look forward too!