So, it is party time again, folks!

[wiseheart]

Each year this time, we launch my virtual birthday party, which starts on October 1 and ends on October 9 at midnight, sharp. The goals of the party are to post as many comments and collapse as many threads as possible, on as many new pages as we can. It is always great fun, as you can see if you check out the similar entries of the last few years.

This year, I'll also throw the real party at mid-time - and post the recipes of all the food that will be there for you, so that you can all participate if you want to. Virtual food has no calories.

Fandom-related discussions are as welcome as the ones about coffee or chocolate (just to name a few favourites from previous years), and, of course, pictures and recipes of birthday cakes. ;)

So, drop by, tell your story, post your pics or silly poems, ask questions you always wanted to ask and have a good time!

Soledad, in excited expectation




Oh, and by the way, to provide birthday gifts hobbit-style, I've got a revived story and a Kansas 2 update for you.

Enjoy!

Comments

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

My undergraduate engineering degree was actually four-and-a-half years, which has been the standard for engineering degrees in Sweden for decades. Pretty much all science degrees are four year courses in Sweden, so I find the three-year degree courses here in the UK very short. It does seem we are moving towards the four-year degree being the standard here, too. There has been talk of making the Physics BSc at Queen's an exit degree only, so that we don't admit students to the three-year programme, but can allow them to exit with some degree after three years if they aren't getting the grades we require for them to be allowed to progress to the fourth year.

What did you do your degree in? The officially translation of my degree title is Master of Science in Materials Engineering, though I would generally express it the other way around as an engineering degree in Materials Science.

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

when I was at university, engineering degrees usually took four years but most other sciences were only three.

Officially I have a Master of Arts in Natural Sciences but in practice I switched over the years (owing to an allergy to maths) from studying chemistry & biochemistry to graduating in pathology, mainly studying virology & cancer.