It’s already been one and a half weeks into the new school year, and man, I’ve got to say that UBC is a gorgeous campus. It’s huge, but beautiful (and I find that I lose my breath in-between 10 minutes to get from one class to another) — a drastic change of scenery from SFU (no offense at all). The campus is sprawling, and seeing all of UBC’s classic landmarks in person is an experience to relive; I have never seen so many students walk around!

I wasn’t able to write a Week 1 post — as soon as the first day of classes began I had no downtime whatsoever to sit down (well, I did, but most of my hours were allotted to reading the latest chapter of Anthology of Classical Myth, solving exponential equations and brushing up on chemistry, blegh…with some Facebooking).

My sister and I have three classes together. I know: “sisterly competition” is a bit overrated, if you ask me. The best aspect when we head to the new SUB a.k.a. The Nest is lounging on the awesome bean bag chairs, yet each time we arrive there’s students fighting for space everywhere.

Now, let’s talk about the campus food. Gosh, Pie R Squared is my heaven! I’ve never tasted such savoury gourmet pizzas like theirs before, and at a smashing decent price: $6.50 for two large slices + pop? YAY. I strongly advise people to try the perogie pizza; it runs out quickly because the flavour is that good. They even include mashed potatoes, loads of cheese, green onions, and a super generous helping of perogies on the top!

My sister’s adjusting to university life quite well, but of course, there is no escaping the stress of sitting inside a lecture hall containing 300+ students and feeling like you’re simply a number on some occasions. Otherwise, she’s happy I’m here to ease her into the college vortex.

I almost died yesterday! Was walking to my Calculus tutorial, and this student cyclist barely missed my body by 2-3 cm; I tell you, there was no possible space, except he still managed to whiz past me! Watching endless students cycling (and longboarding and skateboarding) across campus is horrifying — my chest lurched so indescribably when I saw him hurtling towards me, and I swear my life flashed before my eyes. If my sister wasn’t there to pull my sleeve, I may have been injured.

Crossing campus is a dangerous mission that needs to be handled with the utmost care.

Mon signing out.

P.s. I’ll discuss my classes in a later post…I may or may not have two biology assignments to complete before Tuesday next week.

And it’s also Fraternity Day today. Sigma Chi’s table is hard to miss.