The last while, i’ve noticed that my typical school schedule goes something like this.
7 am – Wake up
8 am – Head to school with a friend
8:20 am – Coffee + Crossword
10 am – 2 pm – Class
2 pm – 3:30 pm – Badminton at UBC Rec
3:30 pm – 9/10/11 pm – Studying at School
In all honesty, midterms have been alright. I’ve been averaging one a week and marks are dropping steadily from the first one. But that seems to be a part of university at least for the majority. And they warned us about it so I try not to set my expectations so high.
So some of you will probably wonder, what can you do staying at school so long? Don’t you have to eat and all that jazz? My mom frankly does not support me staying at school for so long when I have to drive/bus home and by the time I do that i’m exhausted on the ride home and I basically stay up because I feel “refreshed” after my shower.
Here’s my review on some of the things that have kept me going.
Ike’s Cafe in Irving K. Barber Library – The line up’s usually short. If you want a quick snack, this is an alright place to go (not particularly filling though). The stuff can be a bit expensive but hey it might be more convenient for you to just grab something from here to continue your studying. Plus if I go here, I don’t have to walk over to the Sub to get my grapefruit juice since they sell it at this cafe! (I usually study in Barber)
Starbuck’s in the Sub – I went there twice yesterday, once in the morning and once at about 8:30 pm. A great place to grab some last minute drinks at night (huge lineups throughout the day otherwise). I think they close at 9 pm (which is pretty good for the campus life since a lot of stuff closes really early).
This Chinese Food Place in the Village Food Court – After 8 pm. $5 for 3 items and you can get rice or noodle! It’s filling, it tastes alright. They even give you free water!!! Apparently my friend said you can get more rice/noodles if you want more too.
Last but not least…
Irving K Barber Itself – I’m sure everyone has different learning/studying styles and preferences, but Barber is my favourite place to study. Koerner makes me sleepy (lots of space to study). Scarfe has a lot of rooms but its far away from most of my classes. David Lam Library is too loud. David Lam Foyer has massive promotions so not the quiest place ever. CG Lounge is a great hang out spot or good to study in for awhile but not all day.
So in the spirit of midterms, good luck to everyone and loosen up for Halloween! And the thing i’ve been saying most often to people recently is
“If you say your brain isn’t working then don’t go to class it’s just better if you rest up and make better use of your time later”
Then again don’t let yourself get into the state where your brain is always “not working”:P And Eastwood’s blog addresses this well by making sure you acknowledge how you can make the best use of your time SOMETIMES when it comes to lectures and such so check that out! Be back soon!
8 replies on “An Addiction to School?”
Holy crap you study so much! I noticed that once you get on campus, it’s hard to leave… or I’m just too lazy.
My schedule is similar to yours on days when I don’t have work. When I do work, I still end up bussing back to make it to more meetings.
Still up on doing some lyryx labs together next week? XD
Ike’s Cafe in Irving K. Barber Library is utterly rubbish. I don’t know if you’ve had the opportunity to try the hot chocolate, coffee or Erl Grey, but….don’t. And the croissants – don’t even get me started! They’re not even buttery or particularly light – the way croissants ought to be! It is ridiculously convenient, though – with all my Arts One classes there, it is basically the first and last thing I see almost every day.
What do *you* suggest from there?
*Earl Grey, that was supposed to say; I can’t type today.
Haha… my typical school schedule’s more like this (not sorted by time):
– Sleep
– Wake up
(- Sleep)
– Swim (at times if I manage to wake up)
– Classes?
– Saxophone
– Blog
– Procrastination!
wow, studying… what a novel concept. I know I should be studying more than I am, but I usually can’t make myself do it unless there is an exam. I don’t really know how to study if its not for something specific, not to mention all my time is taken up by writing paper after paper and commuting. How do you manage it? (P.s. Isn’t badminton great?)
@Phoebe – left comment about lyryx labbing next week on your facebook. Actually, a lot of my time isn’t spent intensely studying. It’s getting less and less efficient and I take breaks quite often 😀
@Mary – to be honest, I dont’really suggest anything from there. If you want your money’s worth you’re better off going elsewhere. It’s all about the convenience factor that you and I have both already mentionned. Apparently the Lasagna isn’t that bad but the day I went they didn’t have it. Instead I got this pasta wrapped spinach and cheese thing that was mediocre but it was luke-warm. 🙁
@Eastwood – Your schedule sounds pretty balanced. You should do some stuff in the afternoon on campus though maybe (you do live on res right?)
@Jayne – A lot of my studying consists of preparing notes for classes (a lot of profs put slides on their websites; I type them out as a first breeze over them to fill in the blanks during classes, helps when the prof is going too fast too). There’s just a lot of note taking as well so that constitutes studying for me too. And Badminton is AWESOME. Making time for it really changes my time up. I feel more awake after I do some execise too.
I agree with the earlier sentiment about Ike’s. I ate there once and will never do it again. I mean, I paid $5 for a plate of lettuce and ranch dressing. It was pretty sad.
A really good place to eat is Suga Sushi upstairs in the Village. The stuff is pretty well priced and now offers Korean food if that’s more your style! Plenty of non-sushi options too. 🙂 Ch-ch-check it out.
IKE RANT!
I swear the ONLY good thing from there is the $2.50 Samosa, but that’s because they’re convenient. Sometimes they even taste rubbery because they’ve been sitting under the lamp for too long.
DON’T FORGET BLUE CHIP =D