Small-ish University

It may be a mid-sized university but there isn’t a day that I run into someone I know I find. It all depends on how close I am with them. It’s pretty cool though, that I could just run into someone and ask if they want to have lunch with me since I actually have time for it!

Yesterday, I spent my lunch hour with JH and chatted about all the different things going on at school. It was interesting to catch up with him since it has been 2 weeks since I’ve had a conversation with him. Somethings don’t change from high school here–a lot of stuff still revolves around the work associated with school but it’s still dynamically different.

Today, I had my biology lab with an acquaintance of mine. That was definitely a conversation that was very intriguing. Although she’s a con-eddie, I do regret to say she doesn’t have the passion that some people possess in this program. Her reason for doing it was because it was her second choice to MAC for Health Sci. I’m disappointed and things like this always happens. Somehow they wrote an amazing personal statement of experience and took the opportunity away from someone else... However, passing judgment is not duty. I hope to find out more about her...

OMG, first time this month that I’m writing two days straight o.O I should commit more time to the blog. I also can't believe it's my 101th post (:

Mumbo Jumbo

University can just be mumbo jumbo flying straight at you. For some it may be the time of their life. For others another phase very similar to high school. I am at the crossroads in determining how I want to live the next 7 months here. Can you believe it a month has almost gone by? It'll be October by the end of the week.

There are the stresses of school. Stresses from peers. Stresses from achieving that grade. Stresses from living a healthy style. Stress can't be a big part of my life anymore and that's why I've decided that I have to stop having such high expectations of myself specfically in the academic aspect. I do encourage extra cirriculars and just getting to know everyone.

My experience so far here @ Queen's has been spectacular. I don't think it's only the fact that people in Canada are nice. Some people here are genuinely nice because they are like that. Perhaps that PSE did separate those who are more well rounded than others. Truthfully, I am most intimidated by a lot of people in all aspects. Some are diligent students such as my engineer floormate. It's amazing to see her up at 6 am doing work and be able to live a life beyond the walls of her room. On the other side of the spectrum there are those who just are able to PARTY HARD AND PLAY HARD. No jokes. 830 am lectures and they aren't even second guessing another drink.

A longer post for today. I felt like the need to share. Don't you ever wonder why the heck they schedule intramurals @ 1130 pm ???? Seriously, as much as I love basketball and I will still go- it's a tad late. To end, whatever stresses is bothering you, chuck it out the window. It's no longer high school where you have to make the grade to get into university- it's the real world now.

Psychology

I'm paying a bunch money to go to school. I expect to get something out of the prof and the T.A.. With only one hour in class and one hour with my T.A. it's just reading the textbook and their modules. Great. Anyway, life is strenuous, in a different way then ye olde IB, but it gets to you sometimes.

1. Rock geology! (pun intended)
2. Do awesome on this self learn psych course
3. Fulfill my duties as a socialite, and talk to people
4. Continue doing intramurals, that starts next week. (: I'm excited
5. Have a blast of a weekend
6. Be ok with chucking marks out the window

The funnies.

There are always those people you know who get are always studying. Along with those who always drink. Then you have those are just in the middle and not at either extremity. I live on a floor of that dynamic. As much as this dynamic is crazy one may say, we've created a tight nit community as one – as "2 nort" says my don.

Friday and Saturday nights are the days were the floor is 100 times more lively then it usually is. Believe me on a regular basis they are already all very lively. You get to meet the alter egos of your floor mates and their miscellaneous friends. You get to almost get in trouble because you're being too loud. Everything goes down.

My experience last night... I was out for a dinner with some alumni from HS so that was all cool. Chat about living @ Queen's and just everything else that buzzes in town. After that was some games and my chilly walk home. (It's way too cold to be only Fall right now) Hung out with my floor mates and decided to head back into my room. I found that I was troubled by the fact that I couldn't get into my bathroom. Long story short. My can-mate passed out and was sleeping with her head on the toilet seat. I couldn't get into my bathroom and had to go use someone else's! Not to much surprise she doesn't even remember what she was doing last night.

University is the place where you meet a diverse group of people. Perhaps one of the first funnies and at the same time a nuisance I'm sharing with the world.

Cheer-withdrawal Symptoms

If you were in my position as of this moment, you would be experiencing the cheer-withdrawal symptoms as well. Last week was jammed pack, without a break of fun, gleefulness of meeting brand new people. This week, it's not so much that... Rather, sleeping through a few classes and trying to de-stress people. 

I guess this is where I.B. all fits in. University is all about self-learning and it distinguishes those who can do it and cannot. I guess I'm on a floating boat at the moment due to the fact that I am technically retaking a few courses. Myself, I'm not really a gung-ho person for doing my readings online or on a e-textbook. Therefore, my favourite class so far is Geology. Old school prof who just loves to go with the pen and paper. 

Other things go on in life. I'm integrating myself in a new community, whether it be with my floor mates, fellow con-eddies, intramurals (which start soon?), church and other awesome extracurriculars. I like how it's not all about school. Even though, I do feel out of the loop sometimes because I seek out more then my simple floor mate relationships. Not that they are simple ones (: There's a mix bunch of people, we just get a long just fine. Anyway, back to feeling out the loop. It's been running errands for school – purchasing that printer, or that thing, or going to get a textbook. 

Who knows what I will become of in 8 months. 

I know one thing for sure right now. I love my new community. 

Froshie Woshie - Schoolio

I can't believe school is starting tomorrow… For some perhaps it's already their second week at it. I'll see how it works out and how it compares to the deadly rigor of IB. I'm just hoping that I rock at it.

New friends, faces and cheers. Lots and lots of cheers. I love the program and it's simply great to be in an environment as awesome as the con-ed family. Always feeling the CON-ED LOVE (: KH, my can-mate is also a con-eddie so it makes my life so much easier traveling around campus to FROSHIE events even though she is in arts.

I'm totally excited for school – can't wait to kick its butt. However, the impeccable system of Moodle is back. Everyone just loves to use Moodle eh. Not much in life except for the major lack of sleep and loss of my voice.

Anyway, short post so to make up for it I'll share one of the many many cheers that I've learned.

Thunder

Thunderation

We're the Con-Ed delegation

If we work with determination

We can create a great sensation.

It gets louder and louder. We rule. All the narcissism I'll share today. At some point if I ever get to it I'll share photos.

The other kind of busyness

Sometimes you're just completely busy because of work and all that is stressful. There's also the different kind of stress when you're doing way too much stuff going on. I think the last time I posted was quite a while ago. To save time and efforts. I'll do a short point form summary.

1. Toronto may seem big, but it's also very small in a sense. On my random trip to SquareOne trip to check out the stuff in town I ran into quite a few people. It's surprising. You don't expect to see someone halfway around the world. It's just not like Hong Kong where you always run into someone. Anyway, pretty cool.

2. Meeting new family friends and all that fun stuff. Over the course of the three days I have met a lot of my mom's old family friends. It's really funny that this really old family friends of ours, that I've never met before is also in the same program. WOOOO CONEDDIES but she's in arts. Anyway, small world.

3. Queen's Queen's Queen's. Oil Thigh is my new favourite song. People are great and uber friendly. I think my most random encounter yet is with the "congregation" of Koreans. It's even funnier because one of my floor mates urged me to sit down with the group. It all ended with a three hour conversation over kimchi instant noodles and Canada Dry Ginger Ale (: YUMMY.