It’s Over!

Today was my interview for UW School of Optometry. I was part of the afternoon session, which was from 1:00 to 5:00pm and there was about 70 interviewees. I think the total number of interviewees is around 150 but only 90 applicants will be admitted (not sure how many people actually applied.. I’m guessing 250ish). There were 3 parts to the whole session: the interview, a round table discussion and a tour. I was lucky enough to be one of the few who had their interviews first. 

My interview went by fairly okay, I think. Actually, it was really 3 mini-interviews with different people (kinda like speed dating, but without the fun). Two of my interviewers were really nice; the third one didn’t seem too happy to be there (or with me?) =. But apparently the interview is worth the least, so it doesn’t really matter. I’m just glad its OVER! =D

Some things I found interesting:

• a lot of optometry students are really good looking (even the applicants, lol)
• the ratio of guys to girls is about 1:8
• not a lot of people applied to the States (I thought I was one of a few)
• there are a lot of white people in optometry
• girls from Alberta are really pretty
• 100% employment after graduation

*crosses fingers*

Dirty Waterloo Water

Ever since I switched to using a white cup (for rinsing my mouth after I brush my teeth), I have noticed that on some mornings, the water is slightly yellow. This isn’t so apparent for the warm/hot water, but the cold water is really dirty looking sometimes. When I check the water in the toilet, It almost looks like there’s pee = Gross, I know. Then I have to let the water run for a minute or so before it’s colourless again. (This is such a waste of water, but the thought of putting yellow-ish water in my mouth makes me gag!) I think it’s because the cold water doesn’t get used as much in the winter, so it just sits in the water tank? This never happens at home though, so I will put the blame on Waterloo.

Sparks!

I have this warm fleecy robe that gets all static-y in the winter. When you move it around in the dark, you can see a whole bunch of sparks! =) 

Ian and I like to make gingerbread houses for the holiday season. This year, we got a kit and built our own house! I was scared that the roof was going to fall off when the icing was still soft, but it all worked out and everything is rock hard now. The kit had a whole bunch of candies and gummies, so we went wild lol. I like the roof the best. 

 

(hrmm why did the images rotate?)

New Blog

Hooray! New blog! I have switched over from blogspot to wordpress for two reasons: 1) wordpress has way nicer templates and I am a sucker for pretty things, and 2) I am procrastinating. =) 

Ian asked me why I bother starting a new blog when I hardly blog anyway. I told him that I will be much more inclined to blog now that this template is so cute (for now anyway…)!