New beginnings
Hello Durham. It's good to finally be here after all the built up anticipation of the last several months. It still hasn't quite sunk in that this is my new home. This is the place where I will be for the next 2 years. I've visited the Raleigh/Durham area several times over the last few years and it's always been a lot of fun. Two of my closest friends live in this area so the move hasn't been as bad as when I moved from California to Florida and didn't know a soul there. Of course the down side is that I've spent the last 4 days partying with these friends and haven't done anything as far as settling down is concerned. Well, that's not true. I did unload my car and I did get some shopping done and I did set up stuff like my cable and power etc in my apartment (which I absolutely love!). But I've made no headway in terms of finding furniture.
Stopped by Fuqua yesterday to take care of some paperwork. This was my third time at Duke and I still hadn't explored the campus so I figured this would be a nice time to walk around. It's beautiful!
So the actual city. I think it'll take me some getting used to in terms of the way it's laid out and the number of people. It just seems a lot more spread out and less populated compared to the cities that I have lived in. There aren't as many clubs/restaurants/malls as I'm used to. I obviously knew that before getting here but it just sinks in a little more once you actually experience it.
The good thing is that there are tons of younger people around. I loved Florida. I did. But there really ARE a lot of older people out there and it's not always easy to meet people you'd want to hang out with. In the 4 days I've been in Durham/Chapel Hill, I've already hung out with people from France, New Zealand and Hungary, besides the US and India. These were students from the three major universities in the area (Duke, UNC and NCSU) , so I guess what I'm trying to say is that this might not be the best of places in terms of things to do, but it's still a fun place.
It's a shame that my friend C is leaving in two weeks. Would have been awesome to live in the same city as her after all these years. We've had some fun times together. Guess I'll just have to make the most of the time I have.
I still haven't started on the huge pile of reading I'm supposed to get done before the healthcare "bootcamp" on the 6th. There's just one word to describe the stuff they've unloaded on me. It starts with a B. It's got to be done though. I think I'm going to head to the Bostock library after my meeting with the fianancial aid assistant director and get some reading done.
ps: my post titles just keep getting cheesier.
Stopped by Fuqua yesterday to take care of some paperwork. This was my third time at Duke and I still hadn't explored the campus so I figured this would be a nice time to walk around. It's beautiful!
So the actual city. I think it'll take me some getting used to in terms of the way it's laid out and the number of people. It just seems a lot more spread out and less populated compared to the cities that I have lived in. There aren't as many clubs/restaurants/malls as I'm used to. I obviously knew that before getting here but it just sinks in a little more once you actually experience it.
The good thing is that there are tons of younger people around. I loved Florida. I did. But there really ARE a lot of older people out there and it's not always easy to meet people you'd want to hang out with. In the 4 days I've been in Durham/Chapel Hill, I've already hung out with people from France, New Zealand and Hungary, besides the US and India. These were students from the three major universities in the area (Duke, UNC and NCSU) , so I guess what I'm trying to say is that this might not be the best of places in terms of things to do, but it's still a fun place.
It's a shame that my friend C is leaving in two weeks. Would have been awesome to live in the same city as her after all these years. We've had some fun times together. Guess I'll just have to make the most of the time I have.
I still haven't started on the huge pile of reading I'm supposed to get done before the healthcare "bootcamp" on the 6th. There's just one word to describe the stuff they've unloaded on me. It starts with a B. It's got to be done though. I think I'm going to head to the Bostock library after my meeting with the fianancial aid assistant director and get some reading done.
ps: my post titles just keep getting cheesier.
posted by MJ at Tuesday, July 25, 2006
3 Comments:
I am not sure I knew (until your previous post) that you were interested in healthcare. What exactly do you want to do with it?
wait...you already started????
Hey! came by your blog for the first time! I guess orientation is to start in another couple of days @ Fuqua right? I was WLed there and finally got the ding. I really think its an awesome school; a couple of my friends there would be your classmates now :) Hope this yr brings in more shine than the last. :sigh:
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