Category Archives: ILR

Life is Good

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Posted by Phoebe Yu on March 9, 2010 – 10:50 pm
Filed under ILR, Involvement, Travel

I apologize for the lack of updates. Looks like I failed one New Year’s Resolution already, but fear not, Spring Break is just around the corner and since I am being extremely lame, I will be staying in Ithaca for the break and treating it as some sort of zen sabbatical.

I did pretty well on one resolution so far – Take every opportunity to travel. There was Mock Trial at Yale in February. This past weekend I was in Shippensburg, PA with the Cornell HR Games (basically Jeopardy, HR style) team competing in the Northeast Regional. Both Cornell teams made it to the semi-finals and went head-to-head. To my immense surprise, my team made it to the finals and went on to beat Shippensburg University. NORTHEAST CHAMPIONS, HOLLA! It’s so nice to have the plaque back after the series of Penn State wins in the past couple of years.

So other than that, why is life good? Canada broke the record for the number of gold medals at a Winter Olympic game! Ithaca is finally showing the first hint of spring! I may have exciting plans for next spring semester! NY Fashion show just keeps fueling my love for fashion! School is chill but interesting! Love, love, love Cornell.

Cornell, Eh?

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Posted by Phoebe Yu on September 23, 2009 – 6:47 pm
Filed under Academics, Dorm Life, Finances, ILR, Involvement, Job, Travel

Goodbye Vancouver. Hello Ithaca. This is the tale of a Canadian in America. I’ve had the worst blogger’s block in the last three weeks, so here’s an attempt to glossily cover my current situation!

Trip Here – My parents insisted that I fly all the way as they were probably under the illusion that if they let me out of the airports, I would have 1) ended up in some other continent 2) blown my tuition money in Vegas 3) eloped.

3 flights, 4 airports, and 12 hours later, I finally got here in one piece. Note to self: never get on a plane that’s smaller than the average public bus again.

Pre-Orientation - Half a week of university-sponsored fun with international students, what’s not to love? I may have been too eager about Poker Night. If you’re an international student coming to Cornell, I strongly suggest attending Prepare. The participants are so diverse and the volunteers are extremely friendly.

Campus - Huge, beautiful, fusion of old and modern and some architectural pizazz.

Housing - I’m in a double in a suite with four awesome girls, living in the super-modern West Campus. The room is quite large and we have our own bathroom. Our house is also one of the newest buildings on campus.

Dining - The food is… good so far. I’ve never ate at dining halls before and have been warned many times, but wow, I’m impressed.

Finances - Opened a checking and savings account with M&T, currently running a bit low on cash after paying off bursar bills.

Classes - It ranges from fascinating to let’s-count-how-many-people-are-asleep-right-now :D Sophomore year is moving along at a slow pace so far.

Extra-Curriculars – I’m definitely still going on momentum post-UBC. There are a few really great groups that I’m involved with right now in the fields of consulting, student government, business magazines etc. More on that later.

Work - I found a job! Love it!