Category: Social, personal & family life

  1. Holidays begin!! (Simone)

    The sun is shining, St.Kilda are playing Melbourne in thirty or so minutes (hence will probably win for once!! – touchwood though…), and the assignment-free, exam-free, week of (coffee) drinking, catching up, shopping, dancing?, movie watching, chocolate eating, all beckons. Holidays are upon me, hallelujah!! Winter has never looked so appealing. I know you’re absolutely […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/first-year/2013/06/22/holidays-begin-simone

  2. Exam week is sad. Nuff said. (Simone)

    Taking a pit stop to write for you, here, folks. I lie. My pit stop is procrastination. But you knew that, really, didn’t you! Let’s disguise this post as a much needed ‘break’ from study, rather than a delay in beginning my take home exam for Power, ahem… Found myself a little bit overwhelmed with […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/first-year/2013/06/11/exam-week-is-sad-nuff-said-simone

  3. "At uni, you will have loads of free time, won't have to study, and will spend every night out at bars getting crunk with your new mates", they said (Simone)

    A friend’s dad recently remarked, ‘Oh, you’re doing Arts, pfff! So that means you’re spending every night out at bars getting sloshed!’ Ahem, no, not really! For some reason a lot of people seem to think that uni students, especially Arts, are always out at crazy parties, but I’ve done a mini-survery of my fellow Arts […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/first-year/2013/06/01/at-uni-you-will-have-loads-of-free-time-wont-have-to-study-and-will-spend-every-night-out-at-bars-getting-crunk-with-your-new-mates-they-said

  4. I wish I could afford to procrastibake like I did in high school. (Victoria)

    By which I mean I don’t have he funds; screw what I can afford academically, I’ll still find a way to procrastinate. So here we are in swotvac. My last class was Wednesday so if I was a good student I would be knee-deep in studying right now. But I’m not. I have, however, visited […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/first-year/2013/06/01/i-wish-i-could-afford-to-procrastibake-like-i-did-in-high-school-victoria

  5. Stop- Don't say that it's impossible because I know it's possible. (Victoria)

    It’s Eurovision weekend and I’ve been thinking about the concept of a “Guilty pleasure”. I’ve never felt guilty about things I enjoy. I got home yesterday to find a friend watching Project Runway which he stated was a guilty pleasure. I’m not a fan of the show, but I watch plenty of crappy (read: brilliant) TV […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/first-year/2013/05/18/stop-dont-say-that-its-impossible-because-i-know-its-possible

  6. Before O-Week and after Y12, I set out some high goals to achieve this year in uni (Kiryll)

    To upend the cliff-hanger, I didn’t quite meet them. Because, what’s more comfortable: making reams of notes or watching The Matrix? Like a helium balloon, my élan fizzled out to trudge the smudged line between staying afloat and sinking in a hedonistic quicksand. Last week during a 3 hour break between lectures, I perched my […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/first-year/2013/05/12/before-o-week-and-after-y12-i-set-out-some-high-goals-to-achieve-this-year-in-uni-kiryll

  7. My little lightbulb moment (Simone)

    Lately I’ve been pondering my various possibilities and aspirations for the future. God, that sounds deep, hey?! But I promise you, I don’t mean to be corny and write a rambling post declaring myself to have these absolutely marvellous life plans where everything is mapped out – like in those movies where the girl decides […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/first-year/2013/05/05/my-little-lightbulb-moment-simone

  8. A view from the streets (Kiryll)

    After a hiatus that saw me suspended from action and breaching every code of blogger practice, I have returned. One test done, one essay submitted to the black hole of Turnitin. Uni is certainly here to stay and its routine has ossified. From that, I decided to bypass the academic chronicles and spoke to my […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/first-year/2013/04/13/a-view-from-the-streets-kiryll

  9. Sitting on the floor of the Spot eating a cold croissant and a hot coffee. (Victoria)

    Call me crazy but I actually prefer my coffee cold. Well, cool. I’m not even talking iced coffee I just like all my coffee with mostly milk. It’s more refreshing than a hot drink.  Also, everyone knows croissants are better hot and buttery but I cbf giving instruction to the cafe so it’s really my […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/first-year/2013/04/08/sitting-on-the-floor-of-the-spot-eating-a-cold-croissant-and-a-hot-coffee

  10. Curing those post-holiday, Sunday night blues (Simone)

    It seems I haven’t written for a while again! To get to where I am sitting now, you must fast forward me from: two blissful 12pm Saturday morning sleep-ins, a brief Autumn holiday with my family up to Hepburn/Daylesford, one half-finished Power assignment, a signed, sealed (and yet to be delivered) poem and notes (hallelujah! Always […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/first-year/2013/04/07/curing-those-post-holidays-sunday-night-blues-simone

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