A Story From NE113 Engineering Computation

(First Told By P. Ali Elkamel) «- Waterloo students always give credit 😉

There was once an engineering student who was walking along when he came across a frog. The frog said ” I am a magic frog! I was once a beautiful princess, but I have been turned into a frog. If you kiss me I will turn back in to a princess!”

The engineering student picked up the frog and continued on his way. After a few minutes the frog pipped up again. “What’s wrong with you?! Did you not hear what I said?! If you kiss me I will turn in to a beautiful princess and will be your girlfriend and love you forever. What’s you’re problem?”

“Well…” replied the engineering student, “I am a Nanotechnology Engineering student at the Univeristy of Waterloo. I don’t have a time for a girlfriend or a wife or anything like that, but the talking frog is pretty cool.”

Things I’ve learned from University so far (in order of importance ;)

1. EdCom is the supreme authority on everything

2. My navigation skills leave a lot to be desired – best to use the routes I already know when carrying heavy textbooks.

3. Don’t forget your keys in the excitement of toast.

4. There are people out there that are perfectly capable of beating me at Set.

5. University aims to teach us patience (by having lines for everything from cotton candy and inflatables (yes, university students love those) to events and the bookstore)

6. Always have a pen.

7. Engineers love drinking songs and raunchy comedy.

8. If you have consecutive classes in a program you really only have to know where the first class is – you can follow the crowd to the rest.

9. Always have something to do with you (so you don’t end up twiddling your thumbs while waiting a hour and a half for that girl with the 9th edition chemistry textbook to show up.)

10. Find nice boys who will walk you home.

11. Don’t get too attached to friends made in frosh week – but hold on to the ones who are important to you!

12. Let yourself gravitate towards people who you connect with.

13. Buy stuff off campus to save money.

14. Be efficient. Time is precious. (Yeah, yeah, I’m finally getting this one)

15. Have a back up plan. Especially for backflip phone alarms.

16. Sit with new people at lunch.

This is the courtyard for one of those other college residences. Their flowers are very pretty.

🙂

I am happy to be becoming an engineer.

I am happy to be at Waterloo.

I am happy to have earned my hardhat.

I am happy I have a good roommate.

I am happy about meeting so many new people, like minded and otherwise.

I am happy because of EdCom.

I am happy to have new cats socks.

I am happy to have a book on Nanoethics. Okay, and to have my actual textbooks too.

I am happy I can solve a Rubik’s Cube.

I am happy.

But I am a little hungry.

Dinner time now!

My newly obtained black and gold cat socks for ‘Black and Gold Day’!

That’s right, be jealous.

The Walk In Clinic (generally accessed from the other side of the building)

This is my new look for university!