Back to School!

I still had to pinch myself when I entered the hallways of Mount Royal as I could not believe that I'm back to college for another four years. While initially I took this news with a lot of frustration (Imagine four years of university from La Salle just went down the drain), I was excited to be in the midst of younger people (not that I'm old...I think...) and to engage myself again in academic activities.

With a lot of enthusiasm and excitement about my first term, I had all my books ready a couple of weeks even before the semester started. While this sounded a bit nerdy, I had no regrets when I saw the line in the bookstore. It was way too long and I heard that a lot of the required books were no longer available. Another plus is that I was able to buy used books which are normally 20-30% cheaper. The good thing was that the books don't look like they were used (or even touched in my case...not a single fold).

I also bought some new clothes which would somehow make me look like I'm in my teen years. Of course, everyone here insists that I'd pass for a seventeen year old. I guess I have my parents to thank for this. To totally complete the look, I'm sporting the short cut again as against my "over the ear - japanese-ish" hairstyle I used to have.

As if all that was not enough, I actually started reading some of the materials already. I guess, I'm pretty determined this time because this second chance means an opportunity to do better. Moreso, college is on my tab and with thousands of dollars to spend each school year, I'm definitely not settling for a C (not that I ever settled for one...;-) ).



The first two days of school went by smoothly, as expected. It was all about coursework information and orientation. Based on my initial impressions, it looks like I will have pretty good professors for this term. Everyone had extensive experience both in the academe and the private sectors. Of course, this might mean higher expectations, too but that might actually just give me the right push to work harder. After all I need a 3.0 average to get to business school at U of Calgary.

Anyway, it looks like I will be writing on this blog more frequently. I also have some "backlogged" stories and pictures to share as we had the Calgary Stampede and a trip to the Calgary Zoo. 'Til next time!

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