October 2009
2 posts
“If you buy a pair of pants, why would you wear them around your knees? I know...”
– Soci of poverty is officially my favourite class
“I took it upon myself to remove them (those rowdy students), I didn’t use...”
– My Prof on the topic of education and poverty, and the responsibilities of teachers to act as agents of the school.
September 2009
9 posts
“Since we’re in the northern hemisphere, we will be bias and put the northern...”
– My astronomy professor while trying to illustrate with a stress ball and a basketball, why seasons occur on earth. Naturally, I laughed out loud!
One month
I can’t believe I’ve been here in Berkeley for a whole month and a day already. Time is passing way too quickly and I’m thoroughly enjoying myself over here.
I always knew that exchange would be a really fun time, but I guess it was always such a distant thing that I didn’t really expect it to be a reality. I definitely think that I’ll return home, different.
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“If you think I’m going on a tangent, you must be sipping whisky…”
– My Sociology of Poverty Professor in class today after giving a long explanation to a question
Swine flu mania!
So there’s Swine flu going around I-house. People walking around with masks and everyone’s talking about it. Think more people are going to catch it in due time. So guess I’m going to be popping more Vitamin C’s and drinking more waaater :)
Received this in my email this afternoon:
Dear Residents of International House I-House is working with campus to support the health...
“Study in the library if you want to get swine flu!”
– Someone’s facebook status on the Swine flu that’s going around I-house!
August 2009
6 posts
Another letter
Hi everyone :) Sorry there haven’t been many updates over the last few days. It’s been rather busy and time has just been flying by. I’m still loving America and I think my eh-merrr-eee-can accent has become hella slick (as they would say) :). Much has happened over the past few days, so I shall just update in point form :) : Over the weekend I’ve been to Sonoma...
“You tell him!”
– An old white lady who was walking by on the street with a walking stick, when Alice was shouting “BULLSHIT! BULLSHIT!” to Chong Ming who was claiming he was one quarter Indian.
HELLO FROM BERKELEY!
Hello all people who are reading this :)
Will start off with an email I sent to my family yesterday. Photos and more adventure stories coming soon. Love you all!
Hi Family,
Just dropping a quick note to say hi from Berkeley :) We arrived around 1120 this morning (15 Aug), squeezed with 5 other people in a shuttle. I lugged my super duper heavy luggages up a steep “mountain” (it was...