Currently: In IBLC listening as fellow students discuss the sexual aspects depicted in the media. Really hungry too.
Out of all the days i’ve been at UBC ever since I started my first year, this has probably been the most refreshed i’ve ever been.
I decided to go swimming this morning and it has got to be ONE of the best decisions i’ve ever made. Doing some sort of active exercise in the morning really makes learning in class that much easier and more efficient . Swimming in particular is just so soothing because it warms you up and you feel so comfortable after wards. And it better, considering how much there is to do at UBC.
Seriously, there’s so much to get involved with. Here’s a taste of all the stuff I did last week IN ADDITION to countless hours of trying to stay caught up.
1. I played Badminton for the first time at UBC Rec!
2. I joined UBC Badminton Club.
3. I joined Chinese Varsity Club.
4. I joined UBC Finance Club
5. I joined International Business Club.
6. I joined Dragon Seed Connection
7. I went to a Longboat Practice
8. I had an interview for Sauder Squad. I am on Sauder Squad! YAY!
9. I had an interview for Enterprize Officer for Enterprize Canada 2009. Rejection.
10. I had an interview for Chinese Varsity Club Froshee. I think I got rejected?
11. I played Ultimate on an Intramural team for UBC Rec.
12. I organized/am the captain of a dodgeball team called Sweaty Balls of Happiness. Waitlisted.
Now I hardly have enough time in this class to talk about every single one of these things, but i’ll try to hit a bit of some (and don’t worry I am concentrating in class!). Actually come to think of it, let’s generalize.
So back at Frosh, I remember hearing from everyone that there will be a few things you really should try at UBC. One of them was Day of the Longboat (the other one I remember was Storm the Wall which isn’t happening yet). I haven’t actually raced yet but yesterday I met up with my team and it was AWESOME. It was the first time I got out onto the water again ever since dragonboat (which actually wasn’t too long ago but feels like a million years ago) and it was a lot of fun. Also, being someone who has actually gone out on the water before for paddling makes it feel like I can bring some knowledge to the team and maybe even spread the wonderful feelings that paddling can bring to someone’s lives (how cheesy right?). I guess this ties into one of the goals i’m setting for my first year (and for the rest of my life I hope) and that’s making sure I actually do the activities that I set my mind to doing.
And in actually doing the activities I set my mind to, improving my interview skills was definitely one of them I kept in mind ever since grade 12. This week I went to three interviews for clubs/groups and I really saw different aspects of my interview skills develop at each various ones. I’m finding that going to interviews really are preparing me for real life.
Which entails rejection.
I got my first rejection last night. I guess it’s no big deal its expected. But getting rejected really makes you learn more about yourself. Success is hard to find and I think rejection will really build my persistency to work harder and work towards things that I want (eg. That bank teller job i’ve wanted for the past few years).
So all in all (this class is ending), I feel that i’ve learned more in these first three weeks about myself (not about the actual classes!) than I probably learned about myself in the first few years of high school. And with that, I am off to continue this learning process that will have more of an impact on my life than those similarly important things I read in the many textbooks I have. BE BACK LATER TODAY!
PS. First UBC Blog Entry 🙂