{"id":28423,"date":"2016-06-10T09:23:34","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T13:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/?p=28423"},"modified":"2016-06-09T21:24:23","modified_gmt":"2016-06-10T01:24:23","slug":"the-start-of-a-great-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2016\/06\/10\/the-start-of-a-great-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"The Start of a Great Journey!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Oh, the excitement of our first discovery at the Drawsko site in Poland! Credit: Danielle Donnelly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nHey there! My name is Meimei and I\u2019m excited to join this AWESOME group of Life @ U of T bloggers for the upcoming school year. I am SUPER EXCITED to blog about our awesome university and events that take place on-campus! And of course share my experiences at U of T with you!\u00a0 Yay! As this is my first blog post of the year, a brief introduction is in order! You can learn more about me and my fellow bloggers if you click on the Crew tab \u2013 go ahead, you won\u2019t regret it!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSo let\u2019s get right down to it!\r\n\r\nSo a little about me\u2026..\r\n\r\nBefore I applied to U of T, I followed this blog \u201calmost\u201d every day and it\u2019s so cool that 4 years later I\u2019m one of the bloggers now! I hope that you, YES YOU, will love this blog as much as I did (....and still do, of course!)\r\n

I\u2019m currently double majoring in Biological Anthropology and Biodiversity & Conservation Biology as well as minoring in Buddhism, Psychology, & Mental Health. Oh my! So many interests but so little time! I truly believe that your undergraduate years are the best time to explore a variety of subjects and at U of T, there a TONS of courses to pick from. Hence my broad spectrum of Subject POSts. Beyond the walls of a classroom, I am involved in a number of on-campus organizations such as Friends of M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res (Doctors Without Borders) where I serve as the Media Coordinator, U of T Dance Club among many more. I love attending Hart House Theatre<\/a> productions as well as UC Follies<\/a>\u2019 productions. I absolutely love to travel and explore other cultures \u2013 one of the most amazing experiences of my life was when I had the opportunity (thanks to the Cloister Educational Foundation of Toronto Award given to me by U of T that I applied for after acceptance into the program) to travel to Poland and take part in the excavation of a 17th<\/sup> century burial\u00a0(caution: possible vampires)! Not only did I learn about forensics but I also learned a lot about the Polish culture during that era, the architecture and of course, FOOD! Did someone say Pierogis? YUM!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Our bearded skeleton (Credit: Meimei)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n
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Close up! Facial hairrrr! (Credit: Meimei)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n
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The City of Amber! AKA Gdansk, Poland. (Credit: Meimei)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\nMy hope is that through me you\u2019ll get a better sense of what U of T life is like, the opportunities we have open to us, the places we often stumble upon, and the chance encounters this place makes happen. When I came here my friends back home would joke that I was going to \u201cHogwarts,\u201d not U of T. Yes, there are several places on campus including several dining halls that does have a little bit of a Harry Potter feel to it, but let me tell you\u2026 this place? It\u2019s pretty magical.\r\n\r\nStay cool ;)\u2026until next time!\r\n\r\nMeimei","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Oh, the excitement of our first discovery at the Drawsko site in Poland! Credit: Danielle Donnelly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nHey there! My name is Meimei and I\u2019m excited to join this AWESOME group of Life @ U of T bloggers for the upcoming school year. I am SUPER EXCITED to blog about our awesome university and events that take place on-campus! And of course share my experiences at U of T with you!\u00a0 Yay! As this is my first blog post of the year, a brief introduction is in order! You can learn more about me and my fellow bloggers if you click on the Crew tab \u2013 go ahead, you won\u2019t regret it!\r\n\r\n
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