Time's Awasting

Today was the day that I actually started to pack. I figured that I had put it off long enough and perhaps it would be nice to get to Carleton and actually have clothes to wear. It always surprises me how exhausting packing can be, and I would like to think I don't have that much stuff so it could be worse.

Challenge of the day: You would not believe how difficult it is to pack things that have been unpacked. Unclear? Allow me to provide an illustration: mattress foams (if you don't know what that is, it's a poofy sheet of foam that you put on top of your mattress so that you don't have the mattress springs permanently imprinted into your backside) should never be opened until you are ON SITE. I made the mistake of opening it first. I was just going to give it a poke and see what it looked like but then it had this really gross smell so I thought I should unroll it. Set it free! Air it out! And now it smells lovely but it refuses to get back in the bag. So now I have rolled it as small as possible so that it is the size of a large hockey bag and it is wrapped tightly in a colourful bedsheet to stop it from springing open and attacking unsuspecting bystanders.

Big fat mistake of the day: I set up my gargantuan printer to make sure it works before I drive it 5 hours out of Toronto. It weighs 64.2 lbs (I'm NOT exaggerating. It says so in the manual) and I went through the tedious process of loading in the ink and setting up the paper tray and I even installed something on my laptop (which is brand spanking new by the way!). This does not seem like a mistake so far UNTIL I got to the end of the set-up manual and this is what I see:

CAUTION: Once your printer has been set up and used, we do not recommend that it be moved or shipped unless absolutely necessary. Colour laser printers are complex printing devices. Moving the printer or shipping it without properly removing the installed supplies can result in SEVERE damange to the printer. As a result, your printer may not operate properly afterwards.

My only thoughts at that heartwarming moment that did not consist of several four-letter words were: they should really put that on the FIRST page! So what have I accomplished from that endeavour? I learned that my printer is working flawlessly before I jeopardize its well-being by actually taking it to the place where I will be using it.

Ryerson Ramss!!!

So today was my first day for our faculty orientation. It was eh...kinda dry. We were introduced to the library and design centre, which is a room filled with samples. Tomorrow we have our workshop intro and we are off to a mini field trip to the distillery district! So what 've learnt today: sleep is a challenge, but sleep! and eat healthy. lol.

I guess I'll keep you guys updated!

official start to FROSH WEEK!

I'm currently extremely exhausted because of excessive screaming/cheering, but it was all good. You might feel uncool or retarded at first, but after you're having way too much fun to even care. We had res council day, which is basically competitions against other floors of res. I've never had this much fun screaming and cheering my ass off. I guess the thing I got from frosh so far is that try to participate in the events with your floor-mates because you will bond with them a lot faster!

Yesterday, we had our pep rally... it was insane compared to the petty one at HTS. we were all jumping and extremely energetic! but then after I just collapsed onto my bed.

Tomorrow is my mandatory program orientation... I think it's going to be a tad dry, but we'll see.

I will have my first guest tomorrow! (hopefully...)

And I will be seeing most of you on thursday!!

さよなら！

Mon Premier Post

Ahhh, so this is the infamous blog that is supposed to hold us all together for the year so that distance shall be no match for friendship, eh? Very ambitious.

Let me just start off by saying that I have taken the liberty of reading all 9 posts thus far so I am plenty caught up so let's just pretend that I have been here from the very beginning. I have to admit that I thought chocolate.chip was a girl. It seems that chocolate, let alone a chocolate chip specifically, is a girl obsession but I stand corrected. Oh and I'm not 100% clear about the blogging protocol so if mocking someone's blogging name is off limits, I withdraw my previous statement and extend my apologies, Kevin (or chocolate.chip, if that is what you prefer to be called). Does this mean that we are not supposed to call each other by our real names? If so, then Melvin is a very clever "humper du vache" because now we all have to call him theMASTER. How humble of him.

But I digress.

I suppose I should say something about university since that seems to be popular and kind of the point of this blog. I have not begun to pack. My pile of stuff that should be making the trip to Ottawa with me is probably significantly bigger than Melvin's pile (though probably not as organized) and my freak-out level is signficantly smaller than anyone else's because it is non-existent. I don't even feel like I'm going anywhere yet. But don't worry, it'll kick in soon and the neurotic meltdown will be epic.

Packing Progress: Today I bought a laundry basket, two big flat boxes to store my copious amounts of junk under my bed, and a spoon (I promise it's not random). 

That'll do, Pig. That'll do.

MOVE-IN DAY.

finally settled down now in my new room... i have no roommate so my room is considered REALLY BIG AND i have my own bathroom :D but it might seem kind of lonely at times since i have a corner room all the way at the end of the hall. i'm extremely tired though... moving in is exhausting! there were a lot of people moving in, but the process was efficient and i didn't have to wait too long. Now to wait until 5 for my first floor meeting and then bbq time!

Anyone can come visit me this week! I'm in Pitman Hall, 14th Floor and Room 1425. Just give me a call before you come because I have to sign you in.

Hmm... maybe a little nap now, so sleepy.

さよなら！

EEK!!

こんばんは！

guess what, i've already started packing... pretty scary, trying to determine what to bring down there. yes yes, i know that i live 30 minutes away from my residence, but still, i want to bring what's most important the first time round. i can't imagine how people are supposed to pack for universities that are hundreds of miles away. i actually have to bring my printer down, which seems bizarre to me right now because in the real world, printing costs money... not just an endless supply of paper and ink at home.

next week is frosh, then the official start of classes. i'm already reviewing for my lovely math proficiency test, on the bright side, i found out that there is only one, not two. thank god. i also have to buy my textbooks and a clicker for lectures... clicker exercises for participation, i get marked on that too. seems like attending university is finally hitting me. i've already started to prepare for potential internships for next summer, scary i know.

well everyone, がんばって！

おやすみなさい、私の友達。

レイチェルさん (rachel-san)

PS: Sorry for the sudden japanese greetings and words. If you feel like finding out what they mean, ask chocolate.chip, my japanese partner-in-crime, or google them. laters

Hasn't clicked.

I can't believe Melvin is packing already and he's not moving in till like mid-September. I'm moving in next week and I still haven't packed. I'm doing this Quick Start Program and I guess it's getting me into school mode, but I don't think that it has clicked that I'm moving out. It just feels like Ryerson is another HTS. Maybe partly I'm getting used to waking up at 6:30 in the morning to commute. So living away from home doesn't seem real yet. But maybe it when Sunday rolls around and I have to start packing. I don't know if I'll have the time to pack everything on Sunday, but I have to. I got orientation next week and that's an all day thing. I guess it's a good thing I'm not a 5 hour flight away from home.

I don't want to commute anymore! It kinda sucks. But I don't have 9AM classes, so I guess it wouldn't be terrible if I had to commute.

Time for class to start!

Moving Away

For the past few weeks I have been cleaning up my room and slowly gathering a pile of stuff for me to bring down to California, where I will be going to college. When I say pile, I mean a very small pile, because as most of you know, I like to do things very slowly. Slow but steady!


Anyways, I made a packing list and everytime I read it over I start questioning whether I really need to bring certain things with me. Do I really want to make my dorm as similar to my room here as possible? Or should I only bring the bare necessities and start to develop a new personality once I am there? There are just so many things that I want to bring but don't really need to bring. Sigh. And while I am on this subject, let me just say that boy is it hard to pack for school. I think that if I were to have chosen to go to a school here, it would be easier. I say easier cause I know that no matter where you will be going to college, it is never going to be easy leaving home. But at least you will have the security that if you forget something, it is only a short drive away. For me? A five hour flight.


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myBlueprint Post Secondary Prep!!!

myBlueprint PSP... what an amazing weekend! Not only did i get to spend the weekend wit 21 other amazing ppl, i also got to learn alot about topics like budgeting, exam study hints, essay writing tips, and most importantly strategies to stop procrastinating!! (i kno we all need that lol) Not only did i meet really kewl ppl, but i also met some weird ones... but b/c there was such a diverse group of individuals, it made the experience sooo much greater.

On our final night, a bunch of us decided to play ten fingers (it's like 'never have i ever' for ppl who dont kno... and if u dont kno wat 'never have i ever' is.. well u gotta get out more :P). I ended up gettin out second... don't worry i'm not actually that bad, it's just that the things that they said were cheap lol. (and no i'm not a sore loser, haha) Afterwards, we tried this prank call on this girl but it kinda failed lol *sighs*

ooo and i finally beat emily in crazy 8's. WOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and twice in a row too!!! but in all fairness she beat me the first 4 times we played lol so i can't really be celebratin, but at least i finally won rite? :D :D :D.

ps: postgrad is such a cute movie lol highly recommend ppl to watch!

itt's emily

I'm going to second Rach's comment. I'm nervous about living on my own. As Jeremy (not Naresh, but the dude from myBluePrint PSP) said "there is more the independence then knowing how to do laundry." But now I got to learn how to cook and wake up on time and what ever else comes with living on your own.

Just think about it this way guys, we can learn together...as cheesy as that may sound.

I hope this lives. Hehe this kinda reminds me of postgrad (cute/funny movie!). So go watch it and you'll know what I'm talking about. You actually only have to watch like the first minute to get what I'm talking about.

And to echo chocolatechip aka Kevin...myBluePrint PSP was so damn fun and interesting. We met some amazing people. Pretty much everyone clicked (thanks to our speed meet game), so by the first night everyone went out together and invited each other to each other's room. We learnt how to write a legit essay and how to write an exam. We learnt about budgeting (so I'm on it now!) and just university life in general. I know I'm missing a workshop, but it's not coming to be right now. Our keynote speaker was David Major. He's so entertaining and inspirational. If anything ever comes up like that again, honestly guys go for it. It was such a great experience, from staying up late with the people you meet to the jail cell and sketchy rooms.

Now I'm looking forward to the Interior Design workshop because I get to meet more people and I'm sure it'll be amazing.

So sorry for like an uber long post, which was probably not smart on my end because I got to wake up at like 6:30. So I'm signing out.

Cheers to the gathering blog!

chocolate.chip signing in.

hey guys!

chocolate.chip here blogging all the way from markham ontario lol.

look forward to future blogs.

peace!

first post.

beginnings... hopefully this can survive.

Can you believe it!? University is starting in 2 weeks... give and take. I'm moving in next sunday already, and honestly, I'm kind of scared and terrified. Even though I will only be 30 minutes away from home, I'm going to be homesick because I'm stepping out of my comfort zone aka my house. But I can't let that ruin my university experience...I hope I can make the most out of these years.