Orientation Week!

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This week has been great what with so much free food and great fun things to do. Today we started off with continental breakfast (yum yum) followed by sessions on thrifty living at CMU. It was really amazing. All the teaching staff here are by and large very articulate and extremely witty. The dean of student affairs, Dr. Paul Fowler was amzing. It was such fun listening to him. The Vice provost of CMU happens to be an Indian and she also spoke really well. She basically stressed on mixing with people and really enjoying what you're doing as this is the only time that you have to enjoy yourselves. She said "this is the break that you have from society and family obligations. So do this for yourselves". That was really very stimulating.
In the afternoon we had a four course etiquette lunch. The first course was soup, second course salad, third course was lasange and the last course desert. We had an instructor who lead us thru the whole meal.
To top it we had a desert fair. In the evening, we paid 10$ for a cruise called the clipper cruise. It was simply amazing. The skyline of pittsburg was like manhattan (in the movies that i've watched). Amazing!!
Tomorrow they take us shopping and day after also. Well gotta go now as we have a shuttle to catch. The story will continue...

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