1) I officially graduated. Or not really, because I wasn’t present at the ceremony and thus my diploma is still in the headmaster’s office. Why weren’t I at a once-in-a-lifetime ceremony?
2) Because I and my brother were fighting our way to win a four day trip to Amsterdam in July. One reason for our success, besides being two awfully good debaters, was that I developed a strategy that might have been immoral, but strictly adhered to the rules of that quazi-debate format. In short, we didn’t disclose our solution to the problem until the second — and last — speech of ours. Because the primary purpose of this format is not to make the two sides engage in argumentation, this was a perfectly legitimate way to deliver speeches.
3) I picked up golf. During my stay in the U.S. four years ago I played two rounds of nine holes, finishing each round with approximately 300 shots above par. But yesterday on the driving range the balls were flying in the right directions and into plausible distances, which motivated me to start golfing more intensively in the future. That will be another way to fill my free summer time.
More about each later.
