John Olinda So what are you working on this week? I'm wrapping up the last week of teaching and getting ready for a visit to the United States.

Nkrs Finishing the move from the apartment to the house and some things for university. If there's spare time, I plan to rework several parts of my interpreter.

John Olinda When does the academic year end at your university?

Nkrs It starts in October and ends in September next year. There are two semesters (Oct-Jan and Mar-Jun), 6 periods for exams (two in Jan/Feb, two in Jun/Jul and two in Sep), and the rest is summer vacation which is about 6 weeks long. This is the situation in general - some faculties start earlier, and some start later, but not more than a week or two. My faculty, for example, starts "on schedule".