Life is Short

I wish there was a course called Travel Studies or something. Travel 101. Introduction to Travel. The Philosophy of Travel. Travel and You: Identifying the Sightseer, the Tourist, and the Traveller. Travel Techniques: A Practical Insight to Travelling in the 21st Century.

I leave behind homework and test preparations to indulge in the cascades of the Rocky Mountains; escape mundane classes to take a hike up the Grouse Grind; and while my classmates grapple with term papers this weekend, I shall be sipping my coffee at Original Starbucks (the first Starbucks!) in Seattle.

With my worn 40L backpack on my excited shoulders, I hesitate, but for 3 seconds, before I turn to close the door, while the sharp-edged, crispy-paged textbooks wait patiently on the floor.

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One Response to “Life is Short”

  1. Squareface @ 49°North » Our sojourns aren’t all that rosy says on November 2nd, 2007 at 2:11 pm :

    [...] My dear friend Winnie commented that Reina and I, who are on exchange in Norway and Canada respectively, only blog about “nothing but fun and more fun”, and that the only time we talk about school and books is when we boast (my word, not hers) about skipping classes (I think this was directed to me ‘coz I bragged so in one of my previous posts). [...]

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