November / Spontaneity

It is now November, and though I try my best to denounce the formal measurements of time, it is still a bit unnerving to see the seasons change. But, I am happy with my time here. I do not feel like I have wasted much of it, and I do feel that I am garnering some deep relationships with people, which I appreciate very much. 

I realised that much of what I love about the college is to do with spontaneity. Planned things are a great joy, but often nothing beats the night walks into the forest, or to Weirs, or the impromptu bay jumps or fires, or even the weekend trips, the bike rides to Metchosin, the movie nights. Conversations that randomly spring up, sometimes they just last until 5:30am, and you’ve no idea how you conversed for 5 hours. 

Middle East & South Asia Regional Day is coming up - and I’m excited! Sadly, it’s the last regional day of the year, and the last time that I’ll be able to represent myself at a Regional Day, but that’s ok! It’s been very fun, but also sometimes gets pretty stressful. 

I wrote my first Philosophy Essay last week - it was not as difficult to write as I thought it would be, but I’m sure there is much to improve! I will really try harder to start writing more about what goes on here, but these past few weeks I have found it to distill the days into one blog post. One thing that retrospectively was beautiful, was the sheer excitement that people brought back from CAS week when seeing each other! Running down East House lawn to hug Morgane, or looking for Marta while she looked for me and then reuniting in front of the first floor bathroom in East House and screaming!!

This weekend we had a East House sleepover in the dayroom, where we gathered to watch Fight Club (which was really interesting, but I did not enjoy the violence), and talked to each other, and slept in the dayroom. I really love being in East House - the people are so wonderful, and full of life, and I think we get along with each other. Which, I really appreciate. It helps to create such a essence of home, and whenever I walk in through the door I feel this comfort in my heart, that I can’t really explain. 

Theo