Just a sidenote…

Well hi there! Apologies for me just slipping in here at the last minute. Not so unusual for me though…I often find myself running too early for something…and then I relax and slow down and end up being amazingly late…which is frustrating to say the least, especially with this whole new responsibility of getting to classes on time.

Hi! 🙂 I’m Emily 🙂

And as you may have noticed I’m a little late to this party here…sorry about that. I actually expressed my interest in participating in this blog a few months ago, before Uni even started, and then Uni life began to distract me and such thoughts of writing (or typing) up something that wasn’t for an assignment were blown right out of my head.

But I’m here now 🙂 so yay for that! And I’m really excited to talk about my experiences so far at Melbourne Uni.

But first things first, a little more self-indulgent talk about me 🙂 I’m a first year (obviously) science student…(so Ben, don’t worry you now have an ally…) and my subjects this term are biology, chemistry, physics (fundamentals) and creative writing as my breadth.

As a side note, lots of people I’ve talked to seem to hate the idea of a breadth subject while, for me, it’s one of the reasons why I picked melbourne…I was actually seriously planning on doing a double arts/science degree for most of last year but the option of taking creative writing as breadth seemed more practical…although practicality isn’t always my top priority.

Now back to me! 😛 I also love disney, Harry Potter, and musicals Monique! In fact, I’m in the ensemble for UMMTA’s (the University of Melbourne Theatre Association’s) production of ‘Tommy’ which starts next week! So forgive me the shameless promoting and come along! 🙂 It is amazing!

As another sidenote, I can seriously recommend nothing better than joining clubs, societies or other uni groups as a way of making new friends. Even for shy, little me it is practically impossible to not to get to know at least a couple of people who participate in the same activity you do. And also, take some risks! I had convinced myself I wasn’t going to audition for this production because I was too intimidated by the idea of singing alone in front of a group of strangers, but I can honestly say that I am so so so glad I did!  ‘Tommy’ has definately made my first semester one to remember.

I’m slowly realising the sidenotes are becoming longer, and probably more worthwhile, than the other parts of this blog but no matter, let us move on…

Now onto uni life…a couple of weeks ago I was definately in the aforementioned ‘honeymoon phase’  and absolutely loving uni. To be fair, I am still enjoying it…I’ve just finally realised some actual work is required to stay on top of your subjects! 😛 In previous years, I haven’t necessarily been a manic A+++ student, but I’ve definately been in a department often labelled as ‘nerdy’. I feel like I’ve let my studies drop a bit this year, which I guess is a common thing in first year, but I’m trying to work it back up before exams…eek.

I’m the kind of person who wants to do as much as they possibly can, in an amount of time that it is impossible to do it all in…and uni has presented me with even more opportunities (such as ‘Tommy’) than school did, and believe me, opportunities were not thin on the ground there. (For example, last year I participated in rowing, choir, the school musical, athletics, cross country…and I may be forgetting something else…) So anyway…studying has, unfortunately, have dropped back further than it should in my list of priorities.

I will, therefore, be trying in the next few weeks to prove myself still a worthy member of the land of nerd-dom…and I will let you know how that goes.

Apologies for the bizarre structuring and lack of content in this post, I just really wanted to get my first one out there. The next one will be thoroughly more entertaining and informative…I promise. 🙂