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過節•兒子•大學

(2011-11-27 22:52:53) 下一個

時間過得真快，感恩節就這麽過去了。

這是兒子讀大學後第一次回家，也就沒有做什麽大的計劃。大人小孩一起蝸居在家，吃飯，睡覺，爬山，看電影，玩遊戲，也算是其樂融融吧。

當然購物也是其中一項，需要去一家店購買衣服，感恩節晚上十二點鍾開門，店鋪全場打對折。Deal是不錯，可是那是午夜時分，正是開始做美夢的時刻啊。

老公體貼，兒子孝順，自告奮勇去店鋪等開門。兩個男人去購買衣服。。。不那麽放心，可是想想等在凜冽的寒風中的滋味，得了，反正不就是買一堆外套嗎，不至於是一件超難度的事情吧，樂得窩在溫暖的家中享享大小男人的福。我於是列了一張購物清單，姓名，有男有女，尺寸，有大有小。

第二天醒來，清點大包的衣服，數量和尺寸都對。當然，男人購物必有一失，毛病出在哪兒呢？全部是清一色的藏青，除了兒子為他自己買的那一件----這還可以容忍。但是，全部是清一色的女式，除了兒子為他自己買的那一件----這可咋辦啊？哈哈！

兒子回家過感恩節，女兒特別高興，老爸老媽就甭提了。但是兒子的時間是分布型的，除了家庭，還有他那久未見麵的同學，一去就是大半天的聚會。。。

還算不錯，在與朋友網聊的間隙，兒子給媽媽寫了一篇小文，匯報大學第一學期的生活。

First quarter at UC Davis has definitely been a new experience. The most obvious change was college itself. Until that point, I lived at home and hadn’t spent longer than a week or two away from it without my family. The only person I knew after my parents left was my roommate. Getting to know other people turned out to be pretty easy, as everyone wanted to get to know each other. Events also made this easier with free arcade games as well.

My dorm room was much easier to get used to than I thought. At first, it was really different from what I expected because I had stayed at a Davis dorm before at Tercero and the setup was totally different (different type of bed, wooden desks and wooden dresser). The other big difference of the dorm is that our room opens and automatically closes like a hotel room. This is normally no problem because I keep my key with me at all times. Once this quarter in the middle of the night I forgot to bring the key with me, which locked me out of my room for 2 hours before I found a phone to get the residential advisor to open the door for me.

When classes started, I expected them to be similar to high school, but on a bigger scale. In a way it was, there were still lectures and everything and they did last longer. However, there is a lot more freedom. Professors often give breaks in the middle and there are random breaks where the professor suddenly breaks the stress in the class by throwing things across the room.

In addition to the classes, I had to get used to the town of Davis. Since UC Davis had everything I really needed to function, it took a while to get used to where everything was because I only went to a specific part once a week. There was one time when we were hungry and my roommate had the idea to go to McDonald’s since it was only a few blocks down the street. Little did we know, it was actually farther than we thought, and ended up to be 1 mile down the road. When we finally got to McDonald’s, it started pouring. We ended being stuck at McDonalds until it closed at 10 pm (which was really weird for a McDonald’s) and then walking back to our dorm in heavy rain.

Overall college took some time getting used to, but in the end is its own experience. Davis offered a new environment to get used to, as well as a new type of class, where professors can teach in their own way with whatever works for them. This in turn reflects the general theme of my life at Davis thus far, exploring new areas and changing things up.