Currently listening to: “La Vie Boheme” – Rent
After twelve amazing years.
Thank you, Jonathan Larson.
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#005: Le weekend doth arriveth!
Currently listening to: “Dégénération” – Mes Aïeux
I apologise for the (utterly rubbish) Franglais title (and my tendency to lapse into such phrases); there’s a rather pleasant Facebook group for habitual offenders and I assure I’m seeking help and support for my problem.
That aside, I think we can all take a deep breath – there you go, inhale, and exhale – and say with sufficient certainty that we’ve made it through the first week. True, the “real work” hasn’t begun yet, and I think I speak for myself when I say that I’m still drifting in a vague, indeterminable fog of something-ness. Something quite like fog. A fog of semi-uni-consciousness: it’s there, and so am I. We’re both generally aware of each other’s presence, but not doing too much about it. Let’s just wait till the papers begin; we shall see in due time.
In other news, I’ve been looking at a bunch of clubs/organizations over the past week, and I’m intrigued by several: Engineers Without Borders, Antigone, Ubyssey, to name a few, have managed to stick in my mind (large mental Post-It notes in bright yellow!) Oh, and of course, who can forget Le Club Français? I’m thoroughly excited to start getting involved in, well, just various things. Putting pen to paper! (Real paper! In this time and age! I KNOW!) Speaking French! I don’t know, maybe even taking up a completely random sport that maybe thirteen people have heard of! …PENTAQUE! No, I jest. I shall do no such thing. But you are welcome to join me in my exploits – oh, speaking of sporting activities and exploits, I recommend the movie “La grande séduction“, where (as a very tiny sub-part of the plot) villagers play cricket according to their own rules. BUT I DIGRESS, as usual. Point being. Odd Sports = worth a try.
Yes.
I shall blog more in due time. Meanwhile, I’m looking forward to the BlogSquad brunch on Sunday; I’ll see y’all there!
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#004: Imagine Day!
Currently listening to: “Just Dance” – Lady GaGa feat. Akon
So today’s been an absolute madhouse; I’m still trying to get things straightened out in my head, but we’ll get there eventually. A sea of bright colours greeted me after a decidedly lengthy bus ride (hurrah for public transit, and thank goodness for Les Cowboys Fringants songs playing on loop on my MP3). The Arts students were decked out in purple, while the other faculties were showing their spirit with their appropriately-coloured clothing. After trawling around the Buchanan compound, I managed to find my MUG and joined the motley crew: we were led on campus tours, talks, and other such activities. I’m so thrilled to have met a bunch of my fellow Arts One students; they’re all quite terrific- a real bunch of laughs, from what I’ve seen so far- and the profs are equally entertaining. On a separate note, I can’t stress enough how the weather has an uncanny knack of being particularly finicky, especially on days like this: I’m definitely investing in a pair of wellies much like the ones Paddington Bear dons, as I’ve quite frequently thought of doing. But I digress, as usual- what was I saying before that? Oh yes. The pep rally at the War Memorial Stadium was terribly fun: there’s nothing quite like seeing large colour-blocked bunches of excitable first-year students and MUG leaders waving balloons/feather boas/handkerchiefs and chanting their little lungs out. Most entertaining and rather heartwarming, I daresay.
In other news, I’ve my first class at eleven tomorrow morning. Psych 100! Hurrah!
More news coming your way some time soon!
Currently listening to: “Kiss You Off” – Scissor Sisters
So…I got the job at Indigo! It’s quite funny really; half the week I’m persuading people to take out as many books as they could possibly want to read for free, and the other half of the week I’ll be trying to make people pay for as many books (and other trinkets) as I can possibly sell them. Thank goodness I have no principles whatsoever.
In other news, two days more to the start of school and such; it’s really quite exciting and nerve-wracking all at the same time. I shall look forward with great excitement to the hour-and-a-half-long commute; the mere thought thrills me to no end. You will soon learn that I am supremely easily amused: while donning the Arts students’ requisite purple robes, I will probably be the one kid sitting there, being incredibly entertained by watching people from various faculties walking around in gigantic colour-blocks.
Anyhow,
Kellogg’s All Bran Strawberry Medley owns my life right now.
It’s probably one of the most amazing breakfast (and lunch, and dinner) food I’ve eaten in recent years. The strawberry clusters are absolutely to die for, and the chunks of dried strawberry are heavenly. Oh, the cereal bits are pretty good, too. Bottom line: try it, it’s supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and better for you than other addictive substances.
I’ll be back to haunt you some more soon. Till then, tally ho, pip pip, guv’nor!
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#002: Count with me!
Currently listening to: “Role of a Lifetime”- bare: A Pop Opera
Three days left ’till the beginning of the pick-your-own adventure book I like to call UBC!
I suppose it’d only be polite if I did a real and proper introduction; goodness knows the bits and bobs I leave lying around can be confusing as I struggle to keep up with my train of thought (which, like time and tide, wait for no man).
I’m Mary, as you might have figured out by now. Born and bred in Singapore, I moved to North Vancouver in 2005 with my family on one of my father’s whims. As they say…good times. I’ve been struck by wanderlust and it’s my personal goal to travel to every Canadian province by the end of 2010 before spreading my wings to another corner of the world. (Great Britain would be quite pleasant, I believe.) I don’t know what else you might want to know about me, so feel free to ask, or simply check out the “About” page; the random tidbits of information should keep you well entertained.
In other news, I had a walk-in interview at the Marine Drive branch of Indigo today. I’ve been looking for a second job for ages now; my job at the North Vancouver District Public Library (Lynn Valley Main) has been positively delightful, but some extra income would be perfect – just the thing to fuel my next cross-Canada adventure! Hopefully that went well; I’ll be hearing from them by the end of next week, so I’m keeping my fingers and toes well crossed.
More inane natterings in a bit; I’m rather hungry and dinner awaits.