Phuket - orientation, accommodation and course selection

After lots of travelling we finally reached Phuket on September 27. Phuket welcomed us with heavy rain that wouldn't stop for days. But luckily Gerard, who I met on facebook, offered to pick us up at the airport and drive us to the university, because he had brought his wife to the airport the same afternoon. He runs a business renting out motorcycles in Phuket so the first thing we did was getting a motorcycle. It cost us 2,500 Baht (around 65 Euros) per month including 2 helmets.
Gerard and the other asiaexchange students recommended us the Ormthong hotel for the first couple of nights. It's located within 10 minutes walking distance of the university (2 minutes from Baan Maksong, another accommodation option) and costs 500 Baht per night (1 room/2 people). The rooms are quite large with fridge, aircon, TV, internet, hot water and a small balcony. After the first night we decided to stay there for the entire month which costs us 7,000 Baht plus water and electricity. So far I'm glad that I've made this decision, because the staff has been very friendly and when we had problems with the internet they did their best to fix it as fast as possible.


The next two days I was busy attending the asiaexchange orientation. Unfortunately, I had missed the first two days when the important stuff was discussed, so I had to figure things out on my own. Luckily, the other students were very friendly and helpful, so in the end it wasn't too difficult to e.g. buy the school uniform or get the fotos for the student ID taken.
I also had to change some of the courses that I selected because Human Resource Management was at the same time as two of the other classes I intended to take and International Economics wasn't offered at all. In the end I decided to take the following classes: Marketing, Strategic Management, International Business and Thai language.