Introducing… Natty :)

‘ello, ‘ello, ‘ello 🙂 For some reason the urge to suddenly start talking like a British policeman just got majorly overwhelming. Probably because I just finished speaking to my mum on the brand new, super, amazing Telstra landline which was installed today. Finally! But anyway, I’m losing my train of thought…

So, hello to everyone 🙂 I’m Natty, I’m from England (hands up if you hadn’t worked that out yet!) and I’m here in lovely Melbourne for the next three years to study Arts. I’m majoring in linguistics and haven’t decided what my minor/ second major etc is going to be yet. This semester though I’m also doing creative writing, democracy and ‘an ecological history of humanity’ (which always sounds really daunting and serious in my head and hence the quotation marks to  covey the gravitas lol).

I arrived in Melbourne two weeks ago and am still trying to adjust to this insanely hot weather and all of the cultural differences. Yes, I know, I didn’t think there would be that many cultural differences between England and Australia either. But I was wrong. Luckily I don’t have to deal with a language barrier (most of the time… how am I meant to know that a pepper is called a ‘capsicum’ lol) but have found finding my way around and dealing with currency a little bit difficult. Not to mention Tax File Numbers… I won’t even go there today, it just hits a raw nerve haha.

I live on my own in an apartment which I am absolutely in love with and am finding the adjustment there absolutely fine. I’ve not felt too homesick or lonely yet. In fact, I’ve only had one minor hiccup which involved me wrestling with a hoover bag for half an hour but it’s solved now; I got rid of the hoover. Seriously. I’m going to rent one from the front desk downstairs.

Making friends has been easy peasy Lionel squeezy (does anybody else get the TV ad reference there or am I alone in my British humour haha?). I’m so pleased! I went to Uni for a couple of months in England but dropped out because it was absolutely awful, there were hardly any transition or orientation events and I felt like I hadn’t met anybody new unless you count the four walls in your bedroom as ‘people’ lol. BUT Melbourne has been completely fantastic! I’ve met so many wonderful people and am signed up to a zillion clubs (M-ASS, CAKE, PIRATES, MUCS, Fotoholics…there are more I think, judging by the number of free bbq’s I’ve attended) and I’ve been genuinely impressed by all the effort the University has gone too to help students settle in. I hope everyone else feels that way, is anyone finding it to be a completely different experience? Maybe I’m a bit over excited lol… I should be a Uni Melb cheerleader haha.

Mmm what else to say… writing an introduction is surprisingly difficult but to sum me up I’m usually in a crazily good mood and very sociable, I’m willing to try most things at least once and I absolutely adore people who make me laugh. I was thrilled to meet some of the other first year bloggers today – we have a really crazy, fabulous bunch of people, you are all going to love them!

TAFN.

Love, Natty x