Today, I picked up some free Kin swag. It was pretty awesome, because all I had to do was fill out a couple of surveys and huzzah! free t-shirt and beer mug.
Although it would’ve been nice if the mug didn’t have “Class of 2011” etched on it. But borrowers can’t choosers!
NO LONGER SHALL I COMPLAIN ABOUT THE LACK OF FREE STUFF. KIN IS THE BEST.
I’m going to wear this to Day of the Longboat.
Posted in Kinesiology
Tagged Kin Pride, procrastinate now don't put it off, Yay free stuff!
Here’s one of my favourites, “The Way I Am” by Ingrid Michaelson 🙂
Clown hugs and kisses if you know which commercial this song was featured in!
Happy Monday everybody!
Whew! The weekend’s over. I’ve had time to sleep, eat, paint my nails, soak up sun, catch up with family and old high school friends, and did I mention sleep?
I am now ready to finally start studying for tomorrow’s anatomy lecture in my Kin 190 class! Wait a minute, I thought I had that class on Friday…
It feels a bit strange to have the same class for what feels like the second time in a row. At my high school (Burnaby North, in case you were wondering), we had a weird system where we had 4 classes a day, and every other day we had a different set of classes. So we’d have classes A, B, C, and D on days 1 and 3, and classes E, F, G, and H on days 2 and 4. To make it even more confusing, each day had a mixed up order of classes, and Wednesdays classes were shortened because we had a tutorial period. Those administrators were definitely trying to mess with our heads.
My point is, I’m not quite used to having a set weekly schedule. Routines are downright unfamiliar to me, especially in when I’m in my denying-that-summer-is-over phase! The beautiful weather isn’t helping. But I’ve got to get over that, because it has come to my attention that midterms will be upon us in a month. And that is a scary thought.
I’m very good at procrastinating, indeed.
Here I come, bone structure!
Posted in Courses, FIrst Year, Kinesiology
Tagged high school, procrastinate now don't put it off, weekend
YES, IT’S TRUE. For all those Harry Potter fans out there, real-life quidditch does exist! And it’s at UBC in the form of both a club and a team. Wahoo!
I went to an open session of quidditch on Tuesday. It was held on McInnis field, by the bus loop. Oh boy, it’s more intense than I thought it would be. To an outsider, it seems like a cross between American football, dodgeball, and basketball, all with a broom between your legs. If you’re an avid Harry Potter fan (like me!) you’d realize that it’s actually quite similar to what was described in the book.
But how does the snitch work? There’s actually a person who gets dressed up in bright yellow, and runs around campus (yes, the entire UBC campus) with a tennis ball in a long sock hung from a belt around his or her waist. The seekers have to grab the tennis ball sock from the snitch; however, the snitch can fend off the seekers easily because the snitch has no broom to contend with. There’s a lot of potential for the snitch to be a scumbag interfere.
And did you know there’s quidditch at other universities? I saw a transfer from the University of Ottawa playing, and my friend who goes to Berkeley said that the Berkeley quidditch team trains super intensely. I’m sure that the UBC team/club isn’t quite so aggressive, but they did mention that they play against UVic.
Personally, I enjoyed playing the game, but I’m not sure if I want to join the club. Their games and practices run rather late in the evening; being a commuter, I can’t really afford to stay on campus for that long. I’d have to get dinner on my own, and I’d lose precious study and sleep time. On the other hand, the fangirl inside me is insisting that this is absolutely something I should do (Harry Potter, squeal!). Also, quidditch appears to be quite the workout. But I’m just going to wait until Clubs Day and see if there are other clubs or groups I want to join.
Anyone else have a similar dilemma?
On my way to the Osborne Centre, I saw that the B1 parking lot between Agronomy Road and Thunderbird Boulevard was occupied. There were a lot of trailers and tents set up, and people milling about. Many of those people were dressed in scrubs (the clothing health workers wear). Others were fiddling with equipment and pointing at things.
What?
Apparently, UBC’s the set for a new TV show coming out this October. It will be on CBC, according to a nearby traffic control guy.
This isn’t the first show (or movie) to be filmed at UBC. If you go to Wikipedia, there’s a huge list of shows and movies filmed on campus, as well as the rest of Greater Vancouver. It actually surprises me how many films had scenes that were shot here.
From what I could see of the costumes, it’s going to be a medical show. So perhaps there will be clips that are shot in some of the local hospitals? We’ll have to see in October!
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