In the Picture: The Business Building at UH

So everyday at University of Houston is an adventure for me. Seriously, many things/people crack me up. I would like to say that my university is one of the most diverse in the country. So it is where you get to see (And hear) a whole lot of … Diversity. Anyway, I have a few stories to share and I do not want to put them in different posts so I will just list them in one.

~ Ever since the Spring semester started, I have been seeing an unusual scene almost daily. There is this girl who walks around campus barefoot. Yes, she does. I mean I see her going from one class to another, in the computer lab, going up the stairs, getting food … All without having shoes on. I am starting to wonder, does she go to the restroom barefoot? That would be absolutely nasty!

~ The other day in my Entrepreneurship class, the professor who is 81 years old decided he wanted to spice things up. Usually, everyone sits quietly and listens to him (Not because they are good kids, but they would be sleepy). On the board, he drew a picture of a project in development, and then he called a group of people to the stage and assigned jobs to them. He started to ask them questions on how they would go about finishing the project, and they had to provide answers. There were 7 people: 6 guys and 1 girl. The girl was either a homosexual person or she did not pay much attention to her looks; she had short hair, no makeup, and an X-Large shirt and baggy pants on. She looked exactly like a guy. The professor actually thought she was a guy and addressed her as one! Suddenly, everyone seemed to be interested in what was going on, the girl felt embarrassed, and I resisted the urge to laugh. For the rest of the class, the girl was pulling her shirt tight and close to her body and womanly areas if I might say. I really felt bad for her, but you know what? Today she showed up to class wearing earrings and a tank top.

~ Sometimes after my classes are over I stay in the student lounge to catch up on my studying. A couple of days ago, I was sitting and using the laptop and feeling utterly isolated from the outer world when I heard a loud voice. I looked up and there was a man lying on the wet floor. There was a moment of silence we only experience in movies. Apparently, one worker at Starbucks (We have a Starbucks in the student lounge) had just finished wiping the floor. The man was in a hurry and somehow slipped falling on his butt. The worker ran up (Down?) to him asking if he was okay. And a student rushed to collect his belongings and see if he needed help. The man was embarrassed but tried to look fine, and he even joked about it “I’ll take it that’s wet!” When I left a short while after, I made sure to walk slowly.