Notice how I used three exclamation marks?
I’m not going to go into deals what exactly happened at frosh. Why? I believe that the Sauder Frosh simply cannot be described in words. It’s simply indescribable.
What I am going to do, however, is to give you an idea what it had felt like being at Frosh. Fasten your seatbelt and hang on for the ride of your life!
First of all: noises — lots and lots and lots and lots of music, cheering, shouting, screaming, yapping…etc. The very moment that you walk into the Sauder Frosh crowd, you feel the energy. Not only do you feel the energy, but you also hear the energy, see the energy, taste the energy, smell the energy… you consume the energy.
You become the energy. You scream till your voice goes, till your mind blows, till your hands hurt from clapping, till your face hurts from laughing.
You meet friendly people and see friendly faces. You truly feel the energy in the atmosphere as people reach out their hands and say hello.
By the end of the day (usually between 2 - 4 AM), you’re utterly deprived of energy. You’re exhausted from having gotten up at 6 AM, from running (literally sprinting) around the campus all day, from the not-so-great food, from everything.
Yet, you must get up at 7 the next morning… 2.5 days and 2 nights… this is what you get from Frosh.
Well… there you have it. If I were to summarize what Frosh is all about, this is how I’d put it: it’s the loudiest and craziest experience you can imagine. I made lots of great friends over this awesome weekend and had the experience of a lifetime.
Tags: crazy, frosh, orientation, sauder
06.Sep.08 
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I would write more, but I’m currently too tired.
Sitting in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, I reflect on many things: crazy weekend at Frosh, Imagine UBC, my very first offical day of classes…
There’s a lot to be written about. Stay tuned. To be continued…
Tags: exhaustion, Life
03.Sep.08 UBC Comment (1)
Currently, it is 1:36 AM. I’ve finally settled into rez @ Vanier, Robson house.
Before I get to Sauder Frosh 2008, moving in…etc., let me just say:
UBC’s internet speed is freaken fast! 9464 KBits/Sec translates to (divide that by 8 ) 1183 KB/S (the unit we see on a day-to-day basis) which translates to 1.2 MB/S! In other words, a regular 700 MB movie would take 10 minutes to download! I can’t help but to use exclamation marks! No wonder there’s a 6 GB bandwidth limit for every 24 hours. By this rate, one could easily burn up to 100 GB in a single day.
Ahh… boy oh boy is it sweet. I’m enjoying my room… big time! Will update later about the crazy weekend I had.
Gotta catch some sleep now and get all pumped and ready for Imagine UBC tomorrow (or uh… today!). Later!
Tags: Internet, RezNet, Vanier
02.Sep.08 UBC Comments (3)
I guess now I can say that I’m officially a part of the UBC Blogsquad.
My Blogsquad blog (sounds like a tongue-twister) was configured a minute or two ago, so it still looks a bit raw and needs some polishing. Feel free to also check out HelperMonkey — it’s where we… uh… stare at freaky baby lemurs and hang out.
Oh, on a side note: I wonder where this post would rank in Google for the search query “UBC Blogsquad”. The wonders of SEO 
*Update* - As of Sept. 1, 08, this post ranks second in Google for “UBC Blogsquad”. 
*2nd Update* - As of Sept. 2, 08, my personal blog (yes, the one you’re currently reading) directly feeds to the main Blogsquad blog. There’s no longer a need for the blogs.ubc.ca blog. Big thanks to Humaira and Andre.
Tags: blogging, blogsquad, google, seo, wordpress
28.Aug.08 UBC Comments (3)
I wanted to publish this earlier on, but didn’t really get the time to. So here it is: a Toyota Prius police car that I saw in Beijing on Aug. 5, 2008, parked adjacent to Tiananmen Square.
You see police cars of all sorts: old, beat-up Volkswagens… shiny, new Hyundais…. unmarked, covert Mercedes Benz… you name it. I was really surprised and pleased to see an eco-friendly, super-mileage Toyota Prius. This really gives you an idea of China’s advances these days. In which other city in the world would you see a police Prius?
Oh, and did I tell you that that’s the kinda car I’d like to get? How can you not possibly get the King of Hybrids, the Prius? Its engine shuts down when you stop at a red light… it has regenerative braking… just imagine the possibilities!
27.Aug.08 Defensive Eco-Driving, Life Comments (4)
