Week 3

So here I am at the end of week 3! The pace has definitely picked up and there's no time to kick back. I need to remind myself to stay focused but at the same time I can't forget to take everything in. I was talking to my roommate and she said that even though a year sounds like a long time, it really goes by before you know it. She said there were a bunch of things she wanted to see and do while she was here but kept putting them off thinking she'd have time to do it later. Well she's leaving on Tuesday and you guessed it, she never got around to doing everything she wanted to do.

So yeah, about the living situation... she's outta here next week and my landlord told me a new student is moving in. The idea of me movin' on up...to a deluxe apartment in the sky (I couldn't resist), probably won't happen. I thought for a small increase in rent I'd move up to the penthouse and get my own bedroom AND bathroom but actually I'd still be sharing a bathroom up there too. I could take over the bedroom in my current apartment but my rent would still go up $50. I'm hardly ever in the apartment so I think I'm just going to stay put. $50 a month isn't worth it just to have a door. The new student is supposed to be arriving sometime in June and he's going to be in the in the Foundation for Visual Art & Design program, the intro course to the school if you don't know what you want to specialize in.


School is tough! We've already had a few tests and our Term 1 projects have already been assigned. The thing is, between studying for the tests and working on the projects you don't have time to do anything else. Seriously, there is not enough time to do anything else! I did OK on 2 out of the 3 tests so far, but I'm not happy with just being average. I want to ace everything and I think I'm just putting unneeded stress on myself. It's actually a good way of seeing who will crack under the pressure. That's my guess anyway.

So after finishing one of our tests we had a bit of time to kill before our next class so a couple of classmates and I decided to walk around Granville Street. It's one of the main strips where everybody goes on nights and weekends, kinda like Georgetown back home.
(DougieDog, just a funny pic)

After walking up and down Granville we still had some time so we went to the beach at English Bay. Now when I say beach, it's a place where water meets land. No super fine sandy shores but it's a cool place to chill if you're tired of looking at glass buildings all the time.


It was nice just to get away from school and get some fresh air even if it was about 60 degrees that day. At least the sun was out and it wasn't rainy :)


It was was weird to see a palm tree in Canada. I thought, there are no palm trees here! Apparently there are. Sure they're not the ones I'm used to seeing but they do look like something you would find in a tropical climate. If you look real close you can see the snow on the mountain tops in the background. (weird...)



Well it looks like my updates have turned into a weekly thing now... but it's nice when to catch up with some of you on Skype or even just chatting on IM. I'm not online as much as I used to be because I'm on campus editing whenever I can, which is where I'm headed off to now...