Category: Social, personal & family life
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'Ello There Mate! (Phoebe)
This is my first blog post and as you might be able to gather, I’m a little nervous. I find it easy to communicate and connect with people I know but the idea that my thoughts and feelings are being read by many is a little daunting; the mind, after all, is our most private […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/first-year/2014/08/30/ello-there-mate-phoebe
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When life hands you lemons (Adi)
It’s been five weeks into uni and needless to say the assignments have been flowing in: like why do essays insist on not writing themselves? Not to say that I’m not adoring my subjects because I actually am, they have fortunately met my expectations – thank goodness, well except my breadth subject but that’s a […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/first-year/2014/08/29/when-life-hands-you-lemons-adi
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I can't think of a title (Adi)
The flu finally caught up with me so the diligent tone I hope to set this semester has taken a bit of a back seat. Seeing as the bug is going around it was only a matter of time until it caught up with me. It’s my third week into College and all I can […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/first-year/2014/08/06/i-cant-think-of-a-title-adi
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Home then back again, kapow! (Juliet)
The holidays are nearly over and the slog begins again. Or so I whine. It has been a lovely winter break and I must admit I have mixed emotions about the semester ahead. I’m so used to waking up late in the morning with the sun streaming-in through the blinds in my old bedroom, with […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/first-year/2014/07/16/home-then-back-again-kapow-juliet
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The End (Simone)
Nearly a year has flown by since I began writing on here – freaky stuff. I haven’t really come to terms with being a ‘second year’ uni student yet! I think 2013 was the fastest year of my life! But, yet, a really good one. Life just keeps moving, doesn’t? I feel like we’re always […] -
RE: A little letter to the [past] and beyond (Simone)
Back at the beginning of the year I wrote this cute (cute? Strange? You decide!) blog-letter to my future self. Here’s a link to it – A little letter to the future and beyond (Simone) – (I’m going to post it underneath anyway). So, as promised, here is my reply 🙂 Don’t worry, this isn’t going to […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/first-year/2013/11/29/re-a-little-letter-to-the-past-and-beyond-simone
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23 things I've learnt in 2013 (Simone)
I write to you on my official last day of university for 2013. There are exams, essays, references, stress-outs, and all-nighters still to come over SWAT-VAC and beyond, of course. But I still feel like today is a momentous day, my last day of going to classes as a first year UniMelb student. Wow. Time […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/first-year/2013/10/25/23-things-ive-learnt-in-2013-simone
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I'm nearly a third of the way through my degree and that terrifies me quite a bit. (Victoria)
I read a lot of fanfiction. Like, a lot. Like at least six since lunchtime. I’ve been reading it for years and I’ve developed such perfect headcanons for my ships that I know exactly what to look for to make me happy. One of my favourites is academia!Merthur. Merlin and Arthur meet through the university […] -
Semester Two, end of week 3: already behind in readings?! Yes. (Simone)
On Thursday afternoon, a massive tidal wave of assignments and readings pulled me under. Now, normally, I can swim through these – after year 12 my freestyle is pretty solid! – but, I feel like right now I’ve started to drown. It’s all too much, and I can’t see any cute life guards ready to […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/first-year/2013/08/17/semester-two-week-4-already-behind-in-readings-yes-simone
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I'm home and everything is wrong. (Victoria)
So, as you should know, I moved out of home to go to UniMelb, so going home for holidays is one of the things I do. So I got home about an hour ago and have only noticed how different everything is. My parents now have no children at home (I was the seventh and […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/first-year/2013/07/11/im-home-and-everything-is-wrong-victoria
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