My Dorm Room.

Now that the second semester is over and the only thing left before the summer is the final exams, 

I thought I should take some visual records of where I have lived for the past year. 

This is the general view of the room- Unit:K2G

I knew I was going to upload these photos but I didn't really bother to clean up the room- because this is truly the average day look. A bed is such a great place to sleep on during night and put things on during day; often before going to sleep, I organize everything back to where they belong.

The 'No parking sign' on the back is one that I got from Ottawa. One night back in grade 10, I just decided to take the paper sign out of the snowbank to put it on the wall- now it's hanging on the wall in Toronto, taking me back to Ottawa time to time. If you look closely, there is also a picture of Ford Fiesta of the Ford World Rally Team.

Before the last Christmas break, I rearranged the direction of the furniture to optimize the usable space and create a small room that is somewhat like a private office; you know, visually enclosed- a chair facing the door. At first, I thought it was a revolutionary idea but then I had to put the blind occasionally in order to look at my glossy laptop screen.

I framed the leftover OC Transpo bus tickets as a souvenir- pretty good idea isn't it?

Although they are useless in Toronto, the tickets mean a lot to me and it is worth keeping them displayed. Looking at them always makes me think about all the bus ride I had and the the related memories: shopping mall at St.Laurent, night walking at Tunney's Pasture, running home from Metcalfe, saturday school at Merivale, playing baseball at Bayshore, library at Centrepointe, beach barbecue at Mooney's Bay, fairwell at the Airport, friend's home in Orleans, buying an iPhone at Vanier, watching movies at Gloucester. There are just so much memories condensed into this one symbolic piece of paper- the bus tickets.

Collection of my photos and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom.

This whole wall decorating thing- I didn't really understand why the others did it . But then I realized it when I woke up in the morning and felt like I was in a plastic box. In my opinion, putting pictures or posters is a process of creating a distinctive space of self, around new and unfamiliar surrounding environment; just like a seed trying to put down its root.

Trust me, I've been to other rooms and my room is pretty descent compared to them. 

One of my housemates still hasn't opened his printer box yet.