So today I got up fairly early because I had a lot to do. What I forget is that fairly early is still defined by Santa Cruz time- meaning 8.30am. I was a bit surprised to see a LOT of people out and about at 9.30/10am when I left my flat to head over to the UBC Go Global office to introduce myself and check-in for the Gala event. I had to remind myself that UBC is closer to the real world than Santa Cruz is (where everything except coffee shops open at 10am).
Apparently this Friday the go Global office is having some event involving the ice hockey rink and tricycles. It was described to me as human bowling so of course I had to buy a ticket. After the trikie/ice/human bowling event there is a dance at the pub on campus (which I learned last night from Paul turns into a club every Wednesday night).
After checking in I went to go get my student I.D. and bus pass at the Student Union Building. I got to the Student Union Building only to discover I had been mis-directed and was re-directed to the bookstore. So while at the bookstore I decide that I should check out my text books (hella expensive and only one I can attempt to buy used) and picked up two of the required texts as well as a planner, some notebooks, paper and dividers.
I considered getting a UBC sweatshirt so I could stop being that asshole who is attending one University and wearing the sweatshirt of another University (I always thought it was sooo tacky)but decided against it. At this point in the day my UCSC sweatshirt was the only sweatshirt I had. That is- until I got back to my apartment to discover a cleaning lady throwing out everything in the apartment that the previous tenants had left (I kinda wish I had known- I would have gone through the cupboards and kept some stuff like the cans of soup). This woman told me my bags had arrived and were at the front desk at the commonblock. So I raced over and got my stuff and then unpacked- with nothing short of relief.
Around 2pm I headed back to the Go Global office and took a tour of the campus. There is some cool stuff here at UBC and I plan to re-visit some of them and take pictures. I met a girl from Norway who's name I couldn't even begin to pronounce (it sounds like it could MAYBE be something similar to Heather) let alone spell. I told her I would call her Nonnie because...there was no way I could pronounce her name she seemed okay with that. She is a civil engineer major (awesome) and seemed a little bit shy. I'm realizing I'm pretty bad at small talk- but am working to ask more questions and stuff. Nonnie sings, and wants to try salsa dancing while here at UBC.
After the tour I then took off to downtown Vancouver for an initally frustrating shopping experience. At first I was at Sears looking for bedding and not only did they have a shit selection they were HELLA expensive. I bought some towels on clearance and then wandered off to try to find cheaper bedding. I walked for several hours into different stores and finally after walking into a drug store (and impulsively purchasing my favorite Benefit mascara) I asked the sales lady if there was any place other than Sears to get bedding and she told me about a store called Winners (great name right?) which I discovered- is essentially a Ross.
At Winners I bought a blanket and a yoga mat. I couldn't find sheets I liked so I'm going to cruise Amazon/target for my textbook, sheets and *maybe* a second gen iPod nano...or some other mp3 player. I really miss mine. :-( And it will be nice to have some music to work out to. While standing in line I met another local- who is a cook at a downtown Italian resturaunt. She told me about a Winner's store location that was on Broadway (closer to campus) that had more housewares. The way she pronounced house the first time I almost didn't understand (cute Canadian accent- she even said eh?)
Anyways- finally made it home and am all kinds of sore. Time for some yoga. A long, hot shower and some reading. I have a lot of events to go to tomorrow and pretty much through the weekend.
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