Monthly Archives: September 2009

updates

Posted on September 29. 2009 by Valentina

It’s been a while since I put up a post (oh no! are we seeing a recurring pattern?) and a lot has happened…  This weekend was busy. Saturday we had Vanier Olympics (Color Wars in Totem) and well, I don’t … Continue reading →

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learning to study

Posted on September 17. 2009 by Valentina

I am proud to say that today I made two great discoveries that I really want to share with all the other soon-to-be-panicking first year students. As my calendar fills up with assignments, quizzes, readings, etc. I decided to start trying out … Continue reading →

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on courses…

Posted on September 13. 2009 by Valentina

I haven’t updated this blog in a while, but … who can blame me? this first week has been crazy, fun, but crazy. I don’t have Frosh, but I did have Jump Start, Gala and Imagine. A quick note on that … Continue reading →

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Jump Start and favorite places

Posted on September 2. 2009 by Valentina

It has been more than two weeks in UBC and I can’t believe it!  Jump Start has been totally amazing, I can’t imagine how my UBC life would look like if it wasn’t for this awesome program. Really, I am … Continue reading →

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Dalai Lama

Posted on September 2. 2009 by Valentina

I know this is going to look very cliche, but he really does inspire me. I have spent this summer reading some of his speeches and I absolutely recommend them to anyone.

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