Little Bro comes to University

My little brother came to the university with me yesterday. I wouldn't say it was a rude awakening, but when you've lived all your life in a small town of about 2,000 people, the city is veeerry different.

This was his first time taking a transit bus. He learned that you're supposed to deposit the coins in the slot... otherwise the bus driver becomes irritated. He also realized an important fact about bus drivers... they don't care about pedestrians.

Then we went to the mall to eat lunch. Then we went back to the university to sleep on the sofas upstairs, a popular area among students there. Woke up, walked to Japanese class.

Ah... Japanese class. While I was busy listening to the prof, my brother was equiped with my laptop and was busy blogging (about his own experience at the university which you can view here: http://the-power-passion-within.blogspot.com/2010/06/peek-at-university-great.html).

My Japanese teacher is quite funny... He's always mumbling away incoherently (in both Japanese and English) or speaking in a high-pitched squeaky voice... both of which my brother found equally entertaining. But then the students are all quite entertaining as well...

So that was a short recap of yesterday. Going to university is a big life experience. It's much more than just attending classes and studying. I think (and hope) that yesterday's peek at university life helped to instill some respect and understanding in my brother about what university is all about.