Orientation.

I’m sitting inside one of the classrooms here at City University, waiting for the course orientation to begin. Unlike my undergraduate times, when orientation is always a big thing (if not huge), my postgraduate orientation seems like a rather low-key event. No cheering, no float building, just sitting in a room listening to the academic advisors giving speeches and sharing experiences. I think that’s a signal that I’m getting old. That said, I’m still excited about the session later.

Besides getting excited about the orientation, I’m also quite excited about my new job at Baptist University. I know I’ve been talking about it for days, but when I was at BU this afternoon to do some admin work, the general feeling is that I should be able to have an interesting time there. I don’t know how to describe the feeling – it feels like I’m not there yet physically but mentally I’m already one of them. I guess I’m someone who likes to be always associated with something.

The past week or so has seen a lot of my colleagues – within and out of my own department – getting news about me moving to BU. Nearly all of them are congratulating me about moving “one step up” to an university – which I find slightly amusing because in terms of job function I’m definitely not moving upwards. Oh well, perhaps that’s human nature – we always think the grass is greener on the other side. For me I haven’t get to see it yet, but I do hope the grass is indeed greener over at BU. Haha.

15 minutes to go to the start of the session and I’m still the only person sitting in the classroom. I’m pretty sure I’ve not gone into the wrong room, so where’s everyone?