intro blog post #1

Hello everyone! My name is Daisy Storey, I’m a third year student in Psychology at UBC. Although it is my third year or my undergrad, it is my first year here at UBC as I recently transferred from the University of Ottawa. So far, I have truly loved living in Vancouver. The change in climate and the beautiful nature surrounding the city is most definitely what I have most enjoyed about living here. But, attending school at UBC is surely second. I've really fallen in love with the campus and my classes here, as well as my professors. Either I have gotten really lucky to date, or the professors at this university are truly awesome. 


The main reason I stumbled across this class was while I searched for the literature requirement portion of my degree, however RMST stood out to me in contrast to the other classes listed. There was definitely a sort of mystery to this class that appealed to me as I have never heard of this genre of course before. I think that I was also drawn more towards this class because of my love for piano. Since I was little, I have been playing piano of all sorts of genres and by all different types of musicians. However, about five years ago I stumbled across a cute little piece by the title “Sonatina in G major Romance- Allegretto - L. van Beethoven. This opened the door to many more pieces from Beethoven where I always found interest in the ones tied to romance. 


I expect this class to be relatively heavy on readings and potentially difficult at times, however I am up for the challenge. This class is much different than any of my psychology classes or electives I have taken to date so I expect there to certainly be a sort of shock initially when beginning this class. I can see myself potentially having difficulty trying to make sense of what the text messages are and what they are trying to relay to the reader, but again, this is just a wild guess! And I will see as I go. After having watched the first lecture, it is certainly a topic a bit more out of my comfort zone and perhaps abstract than classes I have taken in the class. But I think with time, a sort of familiarity with the type of content will come, making the class a little bit more comfortable. 


Also, a few years back my family and I traveled through Peru and did a massive hike to Machu Picchu where I was introduced to Inca Kola! It is quite yummy! 

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  1. AsthaJanuary 17, 2022 at 1:15 PM

    Welcome to the course Daisy. Such a delight to hear about your experience in Peru- I too, hope to visit someday! :)

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