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Every beginning of a school year is like a big operation that my bank account would go through and bleed really hard. This year is not an exception. Actually, I should say, that this year it’s even facing a bigger operation.

I recently registered my arch studio and that add up to a total of 19 credits this term that I’m taking. I checked my UO account summary and the tuition fee went up more than fourteen hundred as soon as I clicked on the little button to add studio into my schedule. Whew~ the number on the UO bill is even larger than the number I planned to put on my bank account. But… I love all my classes. Three of them are required major studies and the other one is Japanese. I like to study languages. I don’t want to give it up. Well, that means I need to pay more for my curiosity. Kao!

I went to buy books today. It felt really good to go outside and have some sunshine. I guess I stayed in the house for too long. Can you imagine me skipping on the street, and singing like an elementary school kid? I can’t wait for the new term to start. I was too lazy and bored during the summer. But I’m sure I’ll complain about how busy and deadly tired I am in no more than 2 weeks. I’m still a little bit nervous to put my hands on foamcore and cutting knife again.

DWTX’s books are really hard to find, especially when I don’t know the course number of the classes he’s taking. Well… I just search for 600 classes…hee… There’s one optional book that was sold out. So I went to the info counter to see if I need to order it for him. The person who helped me is also named David. He suggested that since the book is optional, I better wait till DWTX comes back and order it by himself. He also added “Oh… you’re so nice, buying books for friend…must be a special friend hum?” Hhhee.. He made me blush I think…

I just found out that Nico Larco is going to be our ‘spatial composition’ teacher. Oh yeah! Now, all the 2nd year arch girls will be happy that they can take this Spanish magnet’s class. I know some of them would fight for an extra space in his studio. And I’m sure he’ll have lots of ‘after class questions’. Well, handsome and talented professors equal to popularities. But, James Givens is still the ‘real man’ for all of us. Everyone likes his class and gives him really high respect. Even some students from other majors come to take his intro to architecture class. And some guys even try to dress up like him during presentations. I wonder how he could be such a professor, that people admire him, crazy about his classes and a little bit scared of him. Maybe some ten years later, Nico will be the next Mr. Givens. But for now, that middle aged man with suits that doesn’t match, magnetic voice and eyes that can read your mind behind a pair of glasses with thick black frame is the one and only Givens in the school of Architecture. (I know it sounds silly, don’t laugh, thx~)