Orientation! A place to get to know people!

Hey all, sorry it's been a while since I've posted anything, I've just been swamped with things to do, people to see, and money to make. This post will be about the pre-orientation events that I attended at my wonderful Uni.
Basically I'm going to outline out why it is sooo incredibly fun to attend these wacky events.
Firstly find out what's going on in your schools! what's happening, what are you interested in participating in, pick the ones you really want to go to, or go to all of them if you can. This is a great way to meet new people before everyone starts to solidify into their groups and programs.
Personally when I went to my events I just talked to new people all the time. I attempted to make at least one new friend at each event. Now I know around 8 new people from a wide range of programs within my university, people I probably wouldn't have met had I just gone to class.
Secondly these events were made so that you can get to know your schools better before you start your classes. This will really help save you time and embarrassment the first week, because you'll know where most of your classes are, or at least which building they're in.
Third orientation is one of those things that is guaranteed to be a topic of interest the first few weeks that school starts. This give you the oppourtunity to have something to talk to people about and yet again meet new people, including that cute guy you have your eye on hehe.
All in all, If you want to meet new people this is the way to do it. Go to some orientation events and get out there! You're in university now, it's time to shed your shell and show people the new you!

Ta ta for now, Thi!

Where's My Class and Who Are These People?

Alrighty so this past week I've been trying to find a job. Like I said it's a pretty big part of what I need for university. But this post is not going to be about money issues again, but rather it's going to be about getting to know your school.
My university has set up a bunch of "pre-orientation" events for the students to get to know their school. Basically I've signed up for about a million of them and cannot wait to get going. I find these will be a very fun way to
A. Get to know my school
B. Meet some really interesting people.
These are the kinds of events where you can get to know people before everyone starts forming their I guess "cliques" through their majors. Although I also heard that their is a much lower "clique"-ness in university. Anyways, this will allow you to meet a broad range of people and create a familiar face to look for on the first day of school
I also suggest going and taking a tour of your school (if that's possible for you), because this offers you a head start on not getting lost. When you get your schedules (which I have not) go and visit your school and locate where each of your classes will be. Why not be prepared right?

Ta ta for now, Thi