AKA: THE UBC SLC.

Saturday, January 12, 2013 was a REALLY good day. I

And these moments (as described in the title of this post…) happened a lot!

Like how, for example, before the conference even STARTED, I had one of those moments (Moment #1). Because when I came into the CSI&C to volunteer  check in, it was dark, but as I headed to the Chan Centre, it was bright out, at 8:30ish and it was beautiful. The sky was an AMAZING blue, the air was so clean and fresh, the mountains were in perfect view.

I have some serious advice for everyone at UBC. Take advantage of this sun. And appreciate the view, stop and smell the roses. Nature never fails to amaze me. Natural, raw, REAL beauty and it’s just there, waiting to be stared at.

It was CRAZY gorgeous! (And true story: I saw two coyotes. … Yeah I’m from Vancouver and I haven’t seen any before, don’t judge. THEY WERE SO CUTE.)

Moment #2: Hearing Luca Patuelli speak. I just – There was just – I couldn’t even -. Okay, I’m going to take a deep breath and you can’t see me and even if I’m typing up this blog post and not ACTUALLY talking and- It’s just really hard to explain being able to hear someone so inspirational tell us personally what he went through. Because he WENT for what he wanted, no questions. And I guess that’s what I took out of it you know? That’s the awesomeness part, knowing that people like Luca exist. That talent can sometimes be learned.

For me, I always feel like talent is something you’re born with (usually it is) I mean, I can’t say I’m a great artist because even my stick people look deformed. …So it always stops me from trying when I find that I suck. But Luca worked HARD for his passion and it paid off. Sometimes hard work turns INTO talent and sometimes we gotta be brave enough to work for it.

Seriously.

I feel like I could do anything because of him. He’s freaking BEATING his condition for God’s sake. The doctors said he can’t walk, his LEGS say he can’t walk and he’s just all: “Nah, bro. I got this!”

…I have a big feeling that posting ALL my moments might make this post endless, so I’m going to leave it with these two, and put up the rest later!

I hope everyone’s first bit of Term 2 is going lovely.

I’ll be back!