In the last post, I offered some general packing tips. Now in Part 2, I will give you some really basic, completely obvious tips on how to organize yourself for the packing process: Drink some tea / eat dried fruit / listen to Beyonce. Do anything that will put you in an awesome mood for…
For Freshmen: Getting to Know your Roommates AFTER Move In
I recently wrote a blog about getting to know your roommates BEFORE you actually live with them. Now, ladies and gentlemen, it’s time to get into the topics you deal with AFTER you move in and start living with your roommates. There is a saying that goes “You don’t really know a person until you…
Packing Tips— Part 1
(In all honesty, this post is really for me to organize my thoughts and prepare for the grueling packing experience that awaits me (my room looks like a Goodwill collection center (don’t get any ideas, Mom…))) Packing. It is incredibly important. Without packing, your clothes would just be in the trunk of your car, intermingling…
UCLA Goes to London (Week 1)
Yesterday, I arrived home from the most amazing trip to England. I did Travel Study with the English Department and went to London and Stratford-Upon-Avon to study Shakespeare. This post is one of four where I’ll describe my four-week trip. Traveling to England was surreal. It was my first time traveling internationally so it was…
A short thought that is largely valuable
Recently, I had the pleasure of interviewing my city’s vice mayor. It was for an event called College Day,* which is going to be taking place all over San Jose, CA and is essentially an event that encourages kids to start thinking about college. This year’s theme is “Education Journey”. Basically, adults are supposed to…
The stairs at UCLA and why the ones they call the “Awkward Steps” are the only ones that feel right
Let me start by saying that I am 6’2″ (6’3″ if you ask my mom), and more than half of that is my legs. I am what you would call extremely lanky, spider-like, even. If I didn’t love eating ice cream so much, I would make one hell of a long distance runner. With that…
Floor Government (and why you shoudn’t be anything except for Publicity Chair)
When you get into your dorm room as a first year, you are going to be assaulted with information. You will get info on alcohol danger, what to do when you are walking home alone at night, how to join the writer’s club, etc etc. One thing that your RAs will be pushing on you…
Campus Celebrities
After being away from campus for three weeks as I enjoyed a vacation in Vancouver, Canada and its vicinity with my family, my absence seemed to have been much longer than that. Amongst my friends catching me up on what I had missed, what amused me the most was their insistence that I realised that Miley Cyrus…
For Freshmen: Getting to Know your Roommates before Move In
As incoming Freshmen, the one thing that most intrigues us about going away for college is the living ‘in’ college part. Before moving into UCLA, I loved filling out my housing application and inputting my living preferences, etc. I submitted my application, paid the fee, and waited patiently to receive my housing offer letter. The…
Bunches of fun
This post is for those of you who like dancing. Fall quarter of last year was a time of lots and lots of change for me. I started new classes, ate three meals a day with people my age, and began doing my own laundry. Perhaps the biggest change for me was saying goodbye to…
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