York University

Ending up at York University to attend a symposium on open source software at the Seneca College campus on York (after mistakenly going to the campus in Markham), I got off the bus and proceeded in entirely the wrong direction. I ended up at the gym (the one with “York Lions” on the building”) and asked for directions. The lady at the counter gave me a map and told me to go in a diagonal line that she charted out, and to ask people if I’m going the right way. I said “so people are nice here, then”. She agreed with that statement, and sent me on my way, clear across campus. Moral of the story: when looking at maps on in York, the red arrow is not the “you are here” symbol, but rather you have to look at the blown up part in the corner.

went to school here for a year on an exchange program. Hope to get back in next year to do grad school. Loved it here

This is where I spend many a night avoiding a lot of work I need to do. I live on campus, and the food is terrible (monopolies on food and drink, of course), but the professors I’ve had are great, there are some nice quiet places, and it’s beautiful on a Sunday morning when there aren’t 30 000 people wandering around. There’s a gym, of course, and wireless all over, but mostly it’s nice when you find a spot to contemplate amid the concrete spires.