home sweet home

It was a very relaxing day for me today. I was supposed to have two classes: econ 101 and math 231. Econ was canceled because my teacher was not feeling well. I was supposed to have a quiz in that class today, but now I have until Monday to study for it. I got up a little later than usual because I had calculus at 12. The most exciting thing about today would have to be me coming back home for the weekend. I love to spend time with my family, especially now when I don't get to see them as much. I realize how many people cannot go home and visit their families as often. So, whenever I get a chance I like to get away from the campus for a change. The best part is the food I get to eat whenever I come back home. It gets kind of boring eating the same food at the dining halls. In addition to that, they don’t always have what I like. I could always cook my own food at the dorm, but it’s more convenient to just go to the dining halls.

long day

This past Monday would have to be one of my busiest days ever at UNC this semester. My day started off early at 7, because I had a quiz in econ, which was at 9 in the morning. I had classes until 4:30 in the afternoon that day. I did have breaks in between, but even during the breaks I was doing homework that was either due that night or the next day. I knew that I would not have much time to do it at night. I think the best part would have to be going out to eat on Franklin St. for dinner. Right after dinner, I had the Kappa Epsilon meeting at 7. The meeting ended at like 7:40, so we decided to ride the bus, because the meeting was at the pharmacy school and we really didn’t feel like walking back to our dorms from there. After waiting for at least 15 minutes the bus finally arrived, but it stopped on Franklin St. and the driver told us to take the P2P from there. Since I lived on north campus, I decided to just walk back to my dorm, because I knew I would have to wait for a long time for the P2P. However, I had to walk all by myself back to the dorm, so I was a little scared because I rarely saw anyone else around me. It seemed as if I was the only one out at that time. Anyways, I got back to my dorm safely, but it was like 8:15 and I still had to study for my Spanish quiz, which I had the next day. So, I studied until 11 and then finally decided to relax, because the day had been so long.

Folk belief

I'm doing acne control. There's a belief that applying raw egg yolk controls acne.

Inauguration...

I hadn’t realized that inauguration was such a big deal until I saw the live coverage. I guess that was because I had never really seen a president being inaugurated before. I had never really taken any interest in politics until now. All of my classes got canceled because of the snow, so I was in my room watching the inauguration. I was eagerly waiting for speech, but my roommate and I decided to go take pictures outside in the snow and later on went to lunch. So, by the time I got back, I had missed the inaugural speech. Now that I think about it, it was so busy at Lenoir at the time of the inaugural address, which must mean that those people were not watching the inauguration either.

However, I watched the speech online when I got back to my room. I thought that it was a great speech. His eye contact with the audience was what kept me glued to the screen. “Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this, America: They will be met.” The confidence and responsibility with which he said this was implausible. It was amazing to see how 2 million were gathered there to support him and watch his speech in person.

First blog ever....

Hey!

My name is Saba and I'm a freshman at UNC. I was born in Pakistan, but my family moved to the United States when I was 9 years old. We've been in the US for 10 years now. I'm from Asheboro, where the North Carolina zoo is. I guess that's enough about me. I would like to share with you guys what my first semester at UNC has been like.

I was really excited and somewhat nervous about my first semester at UNC. I was excited about meeting new people and being away from home for the first time ever. I was also a bit nervous about my classes and how I would do during my first semester. I really didn't get the classes that I had wanted, so I signed up for the classes that were available. I ended up taking two math classes (calculus and statistics), two science classes (biology and chemistry), and English 101. In addition to that, I also had two labs for the science courses.

It was not really as bad as it seems. I ended up with a total of 17 credit hours. The only thing I didn't like was that I had all 8 am classes. It was very hard to get up early in the morning. Even with the 17 credit hours, I was able to take out a lot of time for leisure activities. However, I do regret the fact that I couldn't really get the teachers I wanted for my science courses. I also didn't get to attend any of the football games, which kind of makes me feel like I've missed out on a huge part of college life, but I still have the next few years to do that.



Well.... I guess that's it for now.