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The first week of classes is barely over but looking at my calendar, I already have 2 weeks of death scheduled for Feb 23-27 and March 16-20. So if the first week doesn’t kill me, there’s a backup.

Goodbye Phil!

One thing I am happy about is that my Philosophy course is almost over. Words cannot express how much I hated that class. Grrrrrrrrrr! Philosophy just isn’t my thing. I hated how that class was full of discussions (the 2 kids that ever contributed were annoying as hell); the readings were the most brutal readings I have ever done; my book has fallen apart into 3 pieces so I can’t even sell it!

The only class I enjoyed was the last class, not because it was the last class, but because there was a guest speaker. He was this old brown man with a British accent (cool already!) who was an actual bioethicist for some hospital downtown Toronto. He told us lots of awesome stories:

1) There was a car accident on the 401 where the front end of a car was completely smashed into a truck; the driver in the car was stuck and couldn’t get out, and there was gasoline dripping beside him. One policeman arrived at the scene but he couldn’t pull the driver out because the driver would bleed to death. The driver asked the policeman to check how long the ambulance and firefighters would take to get there – another 20 to 30 minutes. The driver knew that there was going to be an explosion before any other help would arrive. He didn’t want to burn to death so he pleaded with the policeman to put him out of his misery. What should the policeman do?… He walked away.

2) A psychiatrist was reading the newspaper one day; he came across an article about a guy who was sent to jail because he committed some come, but the evidence for the crime was only based on one sole witness. The sole witness was his patient, a compulsive liar (hrmm.. know too many of those). The psychiatrist contacted the police and the guy was released from jail. The psychiatrist, however, was not so lucky. He was sued and had his license revoked.

3) A study was done on over 30 000 homeless people in the States. They wanted to find out what the #1 item homeless women searched for in garbage cans (aside from food, of course). Any guesses? This one is kinda disturbing.

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*