Mrs. B's retiring

zirong went for a montreal trip with her program-mates in commerce and ended up returning with a brand new hp laptop. i can't believe it when she told me. apparently someone entered her name for the lucky draw and she won the laptop. what kind of luck she had... last year i won an ipod through the arts and science survey and i considered it "blind luck" already. then amazingly this year zirong beat me for it...

bch371 coordinator mrs bronskill's retiring next year. when i first heard the news, i was like "oh great, then she can enjoy her life do whatever she wants." since i heard her dreamt life is travelling around and bird-watching. think how busy a person is before retirement: first is studying then is getting a good job, working hard to get promotion, raising children etc. life is nonstop and hectic all the time. sometimes i don't even know why i'm this busy, i seriously want to slow down my pace to have a break, to do something i long to do e.g travelling around to see how wonderful the world is. sadly most of the time i can't afford this luxury.

in contrary, when my classmate mike heard the news he was silenced for a while, then came up with such a reply: "shit, then how about my bch471?" well, mrs b is the course coordinator for 471, so her leaving might cause a structural change in the teaching team for this course which can in turn affect our performance next year. i never thought in that depth tho. maybe i'm just superficial. this difference in thinking can reflect at least two things: mike and i have really divergent thinking pathways, and i don't care that much about grades as he does. anyway still good luck to mrs b. she's really kind and helpful in every way!