Nostalgia

After going to Niji (refer to my last post) with my original “UTSC group”, I felt nostalgic. I realized I miss university. It was a great experience because I learned a lot (past exams are key, professors are lazy), suffered a lot (finishing things last minute is stressful), and last but not least, I met my UTSC friends. Remember those obnoxious kids who talked and laughed incessantly during class, well that was us! We never paid attention in class, yet somehow we still managed to do just fine. Here are a few things we like to reminisce about when we're together:

1. The Great Wall of Abs

Close your eyes and imagine a stereotypical male Asian nerd. Now, place that face onto an extremely ripped body. Not Georges St. Pierre ripped, but possibly 2/3 there. This buff nerd at our school use to post pictures of him flexing with captions saying “It’s Pummel Time!” and “Great Wall of China” (in reference to his rock hard abs haha). His profile also said “Gangsta Rapper, Womanizer….” He was every bit serious….I kid you not!

2. The Gold Digger

Now I ain't sayin' she a gold digger, but I ain't messin' wit no nose picker

During Tax class, it was boring and dreadful, so naturally we never paid attention. One day, we saw this girl picking her nose in class. After 30 seconds of going at it, she still was not satisfied nor was she close to finishing. She prepared to dig for more gold by wetting a tissue and placing it carefully over her finger. She then proceeded to jam it up her nose and seemed genuinely surprised that her finger went right through the wet tissue when she took it out. Surprise, surprise! Ever since that time, she became our entertainment for Tax class. This girl also exhibits other unhygienic behavior such as cutting her nails in class, and had hair that looks like it was drenched in Crisco.

3. The Flamboyant Professor

Marky Mark over here can show my Professor how a real man does a crotch grab! Actually, Michael Jackson wins by landslide with his added gyration and the intense passion in his face. I chose this instead because how can anyone say no to Mark Wahlbert in his prime?!

We had this slightly flamboyant Professor. It really didn’t matter what his sexual orientation was, but we had an ongoing theory that he had a massive crush on one of our guy friends. Before every class, the Prof would try to strike up a conversation with him about some random irrelevant topics (i.e. T&T supermarket). Once, my guy friend suggested he should make the exam easier. The Prof responded by gently placing his arm on my friend’s shoulder and saying “anything for you”. I told him to “take one for the team”. I was quite hopeful until he told me to “f*ck off” haha.

This professor also liked to adjust his package in class A LOT. He thought he was so slick by hiding behind the laptop when repositioning his manhood. For such an intelligent and educated man, you’d think he’d realize students sitting on the side had a perfect view of his genital readjustments. I use to tease the same friend by saying “I bet he has a hard on because of you” and of course he’d utter a string of hostile phrases while we all laughed at him. Good times! Also, we didn’t rule out other culprits (i.e. crabs).

Those are only a few of the many fond memories we had during our university years. I miss university. I miss waking up no earlier than 12pm. I miss being able to hide behind my “student” status. No more excuses or shirking my responsibilities. This new found independence and utter control of my life is scary.