First Day of School

Posted on September 5th, 2007 by Ed Lau

That’s right. Five carefree months are once again over, seemingly almost before they started. Seriously, even though I seem to get more and more time off, it always feels like summer is getting shorter. My feelings are always mixed when it comes to school. It usually means more torturous hours and monotonous classes but it also means I get to meet new people, party and, well, UBC is always full of hot girls.

This year started off the same way it does every year, really with me skipping my first class to sleep in. Changing my “normal” sleep regiment is difficult since I’m not used to waking up when the sun is still in the East. But hey, at least it was a nice day out.

UBC, University of British Columbia

This is where I’ll be taking just about all my courses this year. Yep, one building which is a stark contrast from the miles of trekking I had to do last year going from building to building.

UBC, University of British Columbia, Buchanan

My first sociology prof is…for lack of a better word, perky. Almost annoyingly perky but she seems nice enough. This class will be on the sociology of work, which is perfect for me since I have plenty of work related material to use in papers. In fact, I got an A on one I wrote last year titled Confessions of the World’s Worst Employee. The prof had us tell the rest of the class about our worst job ever and I can tell she loved my London Drugs horror stories. I haven’t even gotten to our more interesting customers yet…

UBC, University of British Columbia

…although one girl had a particularly good reason for hating her job at a copying place.

Another thing I do every year in just about every class is arrive a bit late so I can get a better look at who’s in the class before I sit down. Usually I try to sit beside a girl that doesn’t look like she’s a slacker and conveniently forget to bring a pen (although I’ve had to add “My laptop is low of power.” as well in recent years) for an easy way to introduce myself. Sounds absurdly lame, I know but it’s worked for… six years now. At least it’s not as lame as John Chow’s compatibility test

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  1. krillz said on September 5th, 2007 at 3:32 pm

    good thing school is over for my part, damn I do not miss it a bit!

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  2. Rosie said on September 5th, 2007 at 3:44 pm

    Hurrah for sociology!
    I totally forgot about John’s compatibility trick. It freaked me out when he did that trick on me!

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  3. Stephen said on September 5th, 2007 at 8:02 pm

    Reminds me! It’s time to go back for Mandarin lessons plus some random course in some subject that I’ve always wanted to learn about. Time to rip up the course calendar and do a random draw :lol:

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  4. betshopboy said on September 5th, 2007 at 11:16 pm

    Black boards and chalks are still in use? Very nostalgic!

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  5. BigMan said on September 6th, 2007 at 2:17 pm

    Was just going to say the same thing :) Think we got rid of them when I started High School so about 11 years ago :P Damn im old

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  6. Alex said on September 6th, 2007 at 3:54 pm

    School starts for me too. Now I’m dead tired, I barely have enough energy to blog

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  7. kenny said on September 6th, 2007 at 9:49 pm

    Will this be a start of a new Weekly blog series entitled, “The Girls of UBC?” hehe

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  8. Rick Yuen said on September 6th, 2007 at 11:42 pm

    Ah, Buchanan building, the memories. The good thing is you are close to the SUB for food. Any freebies yet from all the booths?

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  9. Chris Jacobson said on September 7th, 2007 at 9:54 am

    You pull the old ‘forgot a pen’ line too? Nice! lol

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  10. Ed Lau said on September 7th, 2007 at 11:24 am

    It’s become more difficult in recent years since…I carry a laptop with me to classes.

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  11. Michael Samuel said on September 7th, 2007 at 12:59 pm

    Oh! shit. I hate my school and all its things. Thanks god, I am going the next year to college and I will live the real fun life of college. Every time I remember the school, I get very angry!….anyway, thanks for your post

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  12. watch bones said on April 21st, 2008 at 1:11 pm

    At our school, no one has laptops. It’s actually kind of freaky O_o

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