Cake… and the notion of dreaming large (Gianina)

2nd week, 1st sem

I am still wondering what is the reason behind the names of my core subjects ( all of which end with the word “Environments”) – is it because the people who made them just want to reiterate that these are affiliated with the Environments degree OR is it because they are lacking in imagination?

Hi, I am Gianina, a first year Environments student from the Philippines (proud to be Pinoy!) To the people who find it hard to pronounce/remember a name with more than 2 syllables, please Please don’t call me Nina. To put it simply, you might as well dig your own grave if you happen to abbreviate my name that way, especially on a Monday morning. Ok… I’m exaggerating a bit.

On a more positive note, my o-week was relatively good – I met a lot of people, filled my mobile with new numbers (only a few of which are numbers that I actually use), and was able to familiarise myself with the campus. Be that as it may, I still ended up lost, late, and lost again during my first day. Thank you Alloc8 for that.

Anyways, during the said o-week, I also  joined 2 clubs – one religious and one faculty-based. I’ll be honest and say that I joined the latter because of its promise of free cake (and coffee too, although I’m not really a coffee person) throughout the year. Hmmm…. cake…. Ehem, speaking of coffee, I got one free mocha from Castro’s yesterday. I was on the verge of running late for one of my classes when one person from there handed me a free cup. Gee, what are the chances of that happening? It was the only positive thing that happened in an otherwise horrible day.

 That’s it for me for now.

For the students and supporters of the Melbourne Model, “keep dreaming large and everything will fall into place!” (words of one, er, wise prof).

To the people who are not so happy with the model, Tough. Deal with it.