My aunt and uncle live in this awesome 80-year-old house in Toronto that must have been used as a dormitory when first built; it's three stories, with about six bedrooms, and an old-fashioned bathtub I'm lusting after (if only because cleaning the thing must be a snap -- toss the curtains in the wash and just give the tub a good scrub). I understand now how they could have had 9 people in this house when my family visited in 1987 without us killing each other, especially since 5 of us were probably in our bratty stages at that point.
Visiting family whilst on an Asian-comprehensible "mission" -- that being the college quest -- thankfully gives relatives something to talk about. Law school isn't about me; it's a family decision. Case in point: my grandfather called this morning from Vancouver to weigh in with his vote for New York. My uncle kept a Ming Pao overview of NYU for my mother to read. My aunt -- she's wonderful, as I'm discovering -- knows her share of lawyers too. They love talking about this stuff, and I'm happy to let them keep doing it.
As for me, my gut feeling surprisingly likes Toronto. Having done the crash tour of New York, had fun with its subway system, sat in on Constitutional Law and lived in Greenwich Village, I'm sure that city can give me the education I want -- but I think Toronto will let me have the life I want. Meh, I spent half the night thinking about this (my mum snores, but please don't tell her) without coming to any strong conclusions, so I'll be making a school-by-school breakdown that will probably please those of us into stats and whatnot.
Besides, I'll have 200+ photos by the end of the trip to sort -- I need the organizational breathing space.
Visiting family whilst on an Asian-comprehensible "mission" -- that being the college quest -- thankfully gives relatives something to talk about. Law school isn't about me; it's a family decision. Case in point: my grandfather called this morning from Vancouver to weigh in with his vote for New York. My uncle kept a Ming Pao overview of NYU for my mother to read. My aunt -- she's wonderful, as I'm discovering -- knows her share of lawyers too. They love talking about this stuff, and I'm happy to let them keep doing it.
As for me, my gut feeling surprisingly likes Toronto. Having done the crash tour of New York, had fun with its subway system, sat in on Constitutional Law and lived in Greenwich Village, I'm sure that city can give me the education I want -- but I think Toronto will let me have the life I want. Meh, I spent half the night thinking about this (my mum snores, but please don't tell her) without coming to any strong conclusions, so I'll be making a school-by-school breakdown that will probably please those of us into stats and whatnot.
Besides, I'll have 200+ photos by the end of the trip to sort -- I need the organizational breathing space.
