Confirmation from Judith

Yesterday, Judith sent an e-mail to accommodation office, also cc: to me, regarding my unconditional offer. I hope that goes well.

Where is my accommodation offer?

In the last contact with the accommodation office in a month ago, they said that the accommodation will be allocated in mid-July. This is the beginning of August, and I am nervous about it already. Yesterday, I e-mailed to check whether my offer has been issued. It turns out that the accommodation office did not receive the confirm that I have accepted the unconditional offer. GOD! I e-mailed Judith Gordon today asking for her help in this. I hope that this is not risk the chance to get the accommodation. Anyway, they already collected me 250 GBP and guarantee the accommodation, so they must be on it.

I also have no MyED login. They said that I need it to confirm the accommodation offer. I e-mailed Lynda Henderson asking for help in this yesterday. There is no response from her yet.

01 August: Blogging Habits (beta)

I planned to blog my EuMI life at least 2 lines per day. The beginning of the month is a good day to start my blogging habits. For the summary of each day's blog, read the first line of each paragraph.

Last Friday, I got a pack of letters from University of Edinburgh. It contains documents about matriculation, international student advice, graduate student advice, and some welcome party registration form. I have read it through on last weekend and will post some useful detail here after this hectic week.

I bought a running shoe form Adidas yesterday. Super Nova control 10 numbered 9 1/2 is my shoe. After using it once in the morning, it is worthwhile for its 3,170 THB expense. (It is actually 4,170 THB, but I have turned in my old shoe to get the discount of 1,000 THB.) The photo of it can be found in my blog in Thai.

I went to the NAiST lab and had been assigned to write a paper on my work on Tree Editor. It is my effort to create the tree editor on the web platform which does not need any special program (except Firefox browser) installed. The paper will be presented on SNLP 2007 held by my laboratory, so I have 14 days from now to write it. I may not be able to present it since the conference will be held in the end of this year. However, it happen to held on my Christmas break and they provide me the expense on plane, I may come.

In the late evening, I go shopping again for an electric shaver. I always want one since I found the documentary about shaving on either Discovery Channel or National Geographic Channel. Since I can shave quickly and safer without using foam or water, it may help me to shave often. If anyone in Thai and know me, they usually found me unshaved especially in the busy week. It cost me 1,470 THB since it is a rechargeable one which I prefer since I can use the unlimited electricity in my house at EDI. It is warranted for two years, internationally. Its photo can be found in my blog in Thai.

My website project: A is goes well. In this Friday, I will submit the work and get 5,000 THB to pay my expenses.

ED's Student card

I've e-mailed to Judith yesterday asking about student card application. Tanin and Ravi had got the application already, but I have not received it.

Judith said that it is not the urgent issue. Anyway, she passed my query to the Registry. The student card will be issued upon my arrival at ED.

A postcard from ED

Today, I've received a postcard from The University of Edinburgh. It confirm the receipt of my unconditional offer.

Why I got only a postcard? A (Tanin) said that he got a package of university card and etc.

The postcard said:


"We have received your firm acceptance of our unconditional offer
and we are delighted that your are coming t study with us.

If you have any questions about the University or your studies
please don't hesitate to get in touch with us.

With best wishes

The Postgraduate Office

0131 650 7142
sciengmail@ed.ac.uk

Mass update

This is the mass update since I have been in monkhood for a month.

EC process

• 10 April, 2007 Luca Valenzin e-mailed me to wait for EC confirmation.
• 4 May, 2007 Luca Valenzin e-mailed that the EC has accepted the position and scholarship. He told us to send the acceptance letter. (I've sent it for a while.) I have to wait until the end of the month.
• 1 June, 2007 Luca Valenzin e-mailed that I will be contacted by my main university.

Edinburgh side

• 12 June, 2007 The unconditional offer is finally arrived. Together, there are a brochure of funding (wonder why?) and accomodation.
• 15 June, 2007 I've sent a signed unconditional offer through EMS (Thailand's express mail service). It costs me 9xx THB. If I remember correctly, it should be 6xx THB through Fedex, isn't it?
• 15 June, 2007 Judith Gordon, a co-ordinator of ED, e-mailed me informing about the acceptance, and accomodation issue. This e-mail indicate that I can use the acceptance letter for visa application.

Flight

• 14 June, 2007 I went to reserve flight with Amornsak at Majestic travel (Langsuan Rd.). It cost me 29000 THB for a one-way ticket BKK-Dubai-London-Edinburgh. In 03:xx of 8 September, I will fly with Emirates and transfer in Dubai. Upon arrival in London, I will use British Midland to Edinburgh. I will arrive there about 18:00 EDI time on 8 September.

IOM

• 14 June, 2007 I went to register at IOM about 16:00. They said that the registration is open only in the morning, so I reserve a queue for tomorrow 09:00. I've observed that there is nothing in the website indicate that!
• 15 June, 2007 I registered and went to Payathai 2 hospital to have my chest x-rayed. After went back to IOM, the IOM doctor tell me that there is a dot in my lung, so I have to went back to Payathai 2 to re-x-ray again. After x-ray I saw that the doctor in Payathai 2 write on the diagnostic report that I am NORMAL. But IOM doctor need me to have sputum examination. So I have to do it three morning at IOM. I've observed from pantip.com website. They said that many people have to do it. They will have to carry the x-ray film (quite bulk) with them on the plane and may have to re-x-rayed upon arrival in UK. If I am lucky enough, they will have me do health check for every 3 months for free.
• 16 June, 2007 I've do my sputum collection for the first time, it is very hard.

That's all update for now. The next thing to do is to pass IOM and wait until 20 June for UK Embassy to open again. Amornsak suggest me to observe the health insurance prices in Thailand.