Hannah

Hi everyone,

It's finals... again.  I've totally lost my motivation to do anything related to school. Or anything that doesn't involve food. Today my biggest accomplishment was either getting out of bed or taking a shower. I haven't decided what I am the most proud of yet.

If I would write a book about my life right now it would be called Hannah and the Case of The Missing Motivation. It would be written à la children/YA's detective novels. Think Nancy Drew. It would however, be directed at a somewhat older audience. It would feature me, searching for motivation to do things. Disguised in its detective novel form it would actually be an existential exploration and a soul-searching spiritual journey. It wouldn't be for everyone. Quite difficult to understand.

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Lost the motivation to write anything more. I'm just going to end this post right here.

Hi everyone!

Reading break is coming to an end and I hope that everyone has had a great week. I sure did. I started my week by going to a Food Truck Festival and a potluck (I may blog about this in the future). After that I went packed my bags, hopped on a plane and flew to Montreal. Here's what I did...
We returned to the apartment and promptly fell asleep. I woke up, and headed to Outremont to visit Gloria, Francois and Aurelia (my aunt, uncle and cousin). We went up to the top of Mont Royal and skated. Then we went to Schwartz to eat smoked meat. All in all, it was a perfect Friday full of eating.
Saturday, Feb 23rd
The previous day we had actually had some nice weather but when we looked outside Saturday morning it was snowing again. A little bit of snow would not stop us and we went walking in Parc La Fontaine. At noon we walked into La Banquise, a crazy and wonderful poutine restaurant. We were joined by Milkshake (!) and after lunch his friend Adelya joined us too. 

We went to St Viateur for bagels, one of two famous bagel places in Montreal, the other one being Fairmont. After this we walked back to Becca's apartment along various nice streets, enjoying(?) the snow. Then I packed up all my belongings and started my journey back to Vancouver.

Shout out to Becky who I randomly ran into at the airport in Montreal.

Special thanks to
Becca, my wonderful twin who let me stay with her
The gorgeous and wonderful roommates Laura and Carla,
Milkshake, for meeting me
Maria&Chris for dropping me off/picking me up at the airport.

Montreal, I will be back. I promise.
/Hannah

It's Valentine's Day and I'm single. So I decided to write this. All you single people out there. This is for you!

I'm not waiting around for a man to save me, because I'm happy where I am. I don't depend on a guy to validate me and I don't need to be anyone's baby. Is that so hard to understand? No, I don't need another half to make me whole.

Kisses and hugs and hearts on my nails

Hi!

As usual, the busier I get the more frequently I blog. So because I have five midterms next week I am obviously going to update my blog. Today I'm going to write about hugs.

But first I need to share this amazing song. Absolutely obsessed with it at the moment.

Hello there.

For those who don't know me, my name is Hannah. Originally from Sweden but now living in Vancouver, beautiful British Columbia. I moved across the world to be a student at University of British Columbia (UBC).

When I started this blog, my purpose was to share a bit of my life and my experiences with friends all over the world. 1 year, 4 months and 25 days ago I attended Imagine Day. I had a great time and now, I want to give back to the UBC community and make it possible for new UBC students to have just as a good time as I did. But we need you to make this happen... (Keep reading for more info).


At UBC, we have North America's biggest one-day orientation for incoming first-year, transfer and exchange students. We call it Imagine Day. By saying that it's big we really aren't exaggerating. There are approximately 7 000 students who attend Imagine Day.

A sunny UBC

"That's a lot of people," you may say to yourself. "How does an event of this size run smoothly?" Well, this day is made possible thanks to all the volunteering UBC students. There are more than 1 000 volunteers involved in Imagine Day!

I see what you're thinking. You're thinking, "Oh wow, that sounds absolutely amazing. I wish I could be a part of this day!" Guess what... you can!

Pep rally at Imagine Day

With this many students involved, you might wonder how Imagine Day works. All new UBC students are welcomed to Imagine Day, where they are divided into smaller groups of about 10 people. These people are led by a MUG leader. MUG simply means My Undergraduate Group. There are faculty specific MUG leaders, as well as International Welcome MUG leaders. Then there are a whole bunch of other people that are a vital part of this day running smoothly. They are the Squad Managers, EcoTeam and Welcome Team (description here).


"But Hannah... Why should I apply to be a MUG leader? Like, what does it mean? What's in it for me? What's the meaning of life? Why do some people not like pie?". Great questions, you! I'm going to attempt to answer them.

Why YOU should apply
Being a MUG leader is great. At least, this is what I've heard from everyone I know who has ever been one. Confession: I was never a MUG leader. So, in this section I've gotten some help from some friends that have shared their personal experiences with being involved during Imagine Day.

"I think the best part of my whole experience was the connection I made bringing people and places together. (...) I got to introduce students to new people, a new campus, and the many opportunities that they have here. Seeing the enthusiasm that these students had for UBC reminded me of how lucky I am to be here, and challenged me to do more in order to make the most of what time I have left"

"I have had the please of being a MUG leader 3 times now, each time even more exciting than the last! Getting to connect with the students prior to their arrival at UBC allows me to ease their minds a little before they arrive on campus in an absolutely frightened state (...) Being able to nudge these new-to-UBC students in the right direction is a pleasure and a feel-good experience. Especially when the day is capped off with the pep-rally (my favourite!)  

Some of the best moments I have had as a MUG leader are working with the other MUG leaders, reconnecting with my Muggies post-Imagine Day and seeing how well they have settled in (...) You don't have to be loud and crazy, just love UBC and be passionate about sharing your own experience."

"MUG Leading is amazing for several reasons:

1. Screaming.
2. The Pep Rally.
3. You feel very knowledgable.
4. You can tell your first years all the little-known cool things about campus that nobody knows about, and so they feel like they're in on something.
5. Face paint and you get a T-shirt
6. You have a lot of flexibility to make the role your own.
7. Screaming
8. Some of your first-years will think you're God-like."

It is now 2013. I realize that it has been 2013 for almost a month now. I'm a bit slow.

I had many plans for the blog. 2013 was going to be the year of blogging consistently. But I changed my mind.

2013 is going to be the year when I am honest with myself and everyone who follows this blog (if there is anyone following this blog). Therefore, I am going to stop promising interesting updates if they aren't coming. I am going to stop being so flaky about this.

This blog will be updated at spontaneous times, whenever I feel like it. There isn't a schedule to it so if you're actually interested then subscribe or bookmark it or whatever you kids do these days.

However. I do actually have an interesting post on the way. It will probably be up tomorrow. (I swear that I won't be flaky. I've already started writing it!).

In conclusion: I look forward to sharing another year with you and hopefully there will be some sort of consistent updating.

Hannah