Fantasie Impromptu

MegaPost!

hehe~~ so bare w/ me ..this is a huge post combining yesterday and today's reflections on life (lol)~
Yesterday studying at WMX:
So yesterday I had to go to CGA dinner....so I bused to school right after work ended....and ate lunch at Ravens...after lunch I went to study in the balcony of WMX 3rd floor study area....
Yesyes...it was chilly and the weather wasn't that great~~ but I think that's partly made the view looks literally "one of a kind"!
While I was studying (and obviously not very concentrated <-- maybe this is why I slept at 4AM hehe~), I looked across at the mountains....the dark-grey clouds layered over one another in chunks. There were fractions of sunlight peaking through the empty spaces made by the intersections of clouds, dispersing the mountains into multiple shades of green. It's just an amazing view...Looking at the view dominated by serenity, I felt abstracted from the presence of the school environment....I felt that nature was all around me. A mixture of feelings swarmed me - excited, calm, frightened, dreaming...
For an instant, I felt like it's the end of the world...for an instant, I felt that this is the quietness before a storm.....and then I recognized...it would be the end of the world..if I don't go back to my studying hehe~

CGA Dinner:
so..this is CGA dinner....Diamond Alumni Centre is so pretty, w/ such an awesome view....(w/ all my awe's ...it's obvious.this is my first time there.. yesyes...Raheel said he's been there four times already....so not as excited haha~) Yes...from the balcony of the centre, the the greeness of the tree tips separate to an unbelievably serence view of the (Fraser?) River and North Van (<--as Laura said). Although the weather wasn't as nice to see any reflections of gleaming sunset on the water, the small islands in the river were surrounded by clouds of mist, giving off a mysterious but serene feeling --> it's just awesome (no other words)! ....if ppl ever tell me now that SFU is ugly...I'll seriously argue intensely otherwise hehe~~
Anyway...food was awesome too~~ beef , potatoes..lotsa stuff..hehe but I don't know the english terms for these trays so......won't go too deep in this....but one thing....I'd say the food was even better than my grad cruise dinner, which was already pretty good and expensive.....And what's more the dinner was free!! (and we had yummy cheesecake for dessert ^.^~yummy~)
AND OF COURSE, MOST IMPORTANT - THE PEOPLE~~
Wow~ I never realized so many CGAs are SFU aluminum (about 700 CGA students are SFU aluminum presently...and more in numbers for actual CGA)...hehe:D:D (makes me proud to be in this school)...People are all friendly and resourceful at the dinner.....but one thing I regretted not doing and learned from my regrets is that-----THE IMPORTANCE OF RESEARCH before going to these events......(i.e. some of the people I knew were able to really connect and conduct an interesting conversation with the CGAs and were offered co-op and work positions from the CGAs, in which a lot of them own firms etc----> this is something I should be trying to do also....well at least for future references...therefore I should be more prepared before going to such events next time...)
Overall, going to the CGA dinner benefited me in such a way b/c it really made me think what I want to do ...where I want to head...what are my plans for my career future.... In that sense...it was really a valuable experience^.^ (Of course, other stuff I learnt were what questions to ask...how to conduct conversation in such formal settings...where to situate myself at dinners......many many more valuable experiences that will make my next time going to such dinners/events even a better experience than this time ~~ HAPPY!) And of course, I definitely have to mention...I won a prize too of $25 gift certificate to a restaurant/bar :D:D
I am really glad that I went despite I had to stay until 4AM trying to study for BUEC 232 midterm !!

More to come tonight!!

posted by Lulu @ 3:52 PM