Registration, Face-plants and Sports.

For one of the top schools in the world, Glasgow is hurting on its technology front. Majority of classrooms still use chalkboards, the library has over 1 million physical books rather than just having everything online, and only small select places on campus have Wi-Fi. However, above all else, Glasgow has yet to conform to the online registration process and instead has 16,000 student wonder around campus for the day attempting to register for all their classes! It was nearly as bad as I had originally expected but it not something that I would enjoy doing again. I spent the first 7 hours of my day sorting out my classes and other than currently being registered for too many, I think I am set.

Today also marked the beginning of sport tasters which allow all students to try any of the club sports they wish. Each club has their taster at a specific time and place and today I played some volleyball (which was a joke), did some boxing (which was hilarious and a great workout) played a couple hours of squash, some badminton, and then attempted to go curling but the team never showed and those of us who were waiting got fed up and left. It was an athletic filled day and it was only the first of many.

Thought of the day - How do you stumble?

Between a couple of my registration sessions this morning I was sitting on a bench, near the front drive of the university, people watching. With all the events going on this week there are a lot of electrical cords and power outlets being run from buildings to nearby tents or out to speakers and whatnot. They create a minor obstacle but still one that can be hazardous. After seeing a few people stumble I started thinking about how I stumble. I usually try to walk away and pretend like nothing happened or I make a comment similar to "He's OK" and throw my hands up to prove it. Anyways, a woman was texting and not watching, caught her foot and full out biffed. I started walking over to her to help her out fully expecting she would be standing by the time I got to her. Not a chance, she actually never moved. Lay face down for a good 8-10 seconds before trying to get up. Never hit her head, just lay down. The quote "It doesn't matter how times you fall, it matters how many times you get back up" came to mind. For this lady - 0! So my thought for the day, don't ever stay down, it looks way to similar to giving up.