There was an Earthquake in the UK, but I did notice any rumbling last night. Maybe the Bass Drum in the Club where me and my classmates went last night was to heavy.

Oh, this morning I got up after four hours sleep and I felt like Moist von Lipwig when he’s been awaken by Vetinari, the Tyrant of Ankh-Morpork, after climbing around Ankh-Morpork at night. Thanks to Tealin for the great picture!

After getting up, I went to the Exam Hall and finished International Law. I answered a question on the general characteristics of International Law and tried to pull some Environmental Law into it. The other question was on Sources of International Law in relation to the Prohibition of Torture. Well, we’ll see how it went.

Afterwards me and my classmates went to the Eagle, the Pub where in 1953 the discovery of DNA was announced. Was good to kick back the shoes a little bit. We were discussing the exams and our plans afterwards.

I am in two minds about the exams. I think I rather prefer writing essays because then it is easier to focus on things that are interesting. On the other hand, with exams once they are done, they are done. Writing exams is mostly a memorizing practice, but with only two weeks time for studying the memorizing becomes quite patchy.

Anyway, it’s time to enjoy a little bit of the Cambridge sun now and then do some research for the Master-Thesis.

I don’t sleep well before exams. Not because of excitement, but usually when I crammed my head with the things in the book, I get so many interesting ideas. Brains are strange. Just came back from US Foreign Policy exam. I answered questions on China and on Economic Foreign Policy. Went alright. Now it’s time to do some catching up. And then Tuesday with International Law, one more to go…

Finished the Economics Exam, chose a question on exchange rates and another one on Regional Trade Agreements. A funny thing happened in the beginning. It turned out that the page with the questions of the exams included some remarks made by the lecturers when they drafted the questions.

Afterwards went to lunch with my classmates discussing the Economics class. We all really liked the heterodox approach that Michael Kuczynski took in explaining economics and we liked discussing concrete problems in the seminar with John Forsyth, such as Sovereign Wealth Funds or the Commodity Markets for Energy Resources.

One of my classmates told me that Michael Kuczynskis brother is Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, the former prime minister of Peru. Well, Cambridge always makes up for unexpected surprises.

Back to the desk to study US Foreign Policy. Two more exams to go…

Just finished the exam in International Political Economy. Exam questions dealt Trade and Finance. One was about the Doha Development Agenda, the other about the collapse of the Fixed Exchange Rate System which I answered by discussing the impact of the Gold Pool in the 1960ies. Doable. Back to the library for Economics. Three more to go…