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k this will be the last of them, onwards is new years resolution and 2013 :]

To correct a past statement, the biggest change of university is not sleep deprivation but living in dorms. And it is awesome (with juuuust a few drawbacks: loud neighbours, boring food, and no wifi in rooms T_T).

Before moving in, I wasn't too apprehensive about having to share almost everything with a roommate. This is mostly thanks to Shad and Lisa-Marie's awesomeness. While my new roommate and I didn't gossip late into the night too often (all thanks to problem sets), she is an absolute saint for putting up with me haha (hi Tania :D)

Luckily, Chestnut has several conveniences that softens the transition from home to dorm. Since the building is re-purposed from an old hotel, there's a bathroom in every room and weekly cleaning services. Without the two, dorm life would be rather miserable. Unluckily, my floor happens to be the 2 out of 26 floors that has single beds, the elevators are beyonddd sketch (this is the first thing I mention to anyone that comes over), and the food has gotten worse over the course of the semester.

Speaking of food, meal time is the absolute best. It's about the only time when everyone is together and not stressing out over work haha. There's always so much laughter, mainly cause our maturity levels has clearly not improved (or has even decreased) since high school and we tease (success of which varies greatly from person to person) each other about any and everything. It's rather unbelievable how close I feel to my new group of friends.

Sentiments aside, a few practical notes on dorm living:

• I've accepted that hoodies and other lounge-wear as necessities.
• It's actually quite easy to smuggle food out of the cafe.
• You can never have too many storage bins, or cups/tumblers.  A basic set of utensils is useful as well.
• It is imperative to stock up on snacks during the weekends back home.
• The cloths I wear is a much much smaller subset of the cloths I brought. 
• Cloths (and notes) will inevitably end up every where. I blame the second law of thermo.
• Have fluffy bedding and you will be the envy of all. 
• Also useful to have extra pillows/cushions to make sitting on the floor more comfortable. 
• Bring lots of power outlets since plugs will vastly outnumber outlets. The outlets also seem to be intentionally placed is impossible to access places. 
• Most importantly, learn to sleep with excess light and noise.