Category: Social, personal & family life
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Chapter Twenty-Five: In Sickness and In Semi-Health (~jinghan)
“I was sick over the weekend, had that scratchy feeling in the back of my throat. You know? But it’s better now.” As my boyfriend was telling me this, I suddenly noticed a scratchy feeling in the back of my throat. I chose to ignore it, except to drink some tea in the hope that […] -
Cristina would like to re-add you as a friend. Confirm/deny? (Cristina)
Dear person reading this who (hopefully) used to hold me in high regard but would now probably feel inclined to deny a friend request from me on Facebook due to my appalling blogging skills, It has been roughly 46 days since I last blogged. You probably want an explanation for that. Well, to be perfectly […] -
Exam results: miracles, and disappointment.
Expected to fail one subject, but passed that and failed another. It's like being crushed and being exhilarated at the same time... Resulting in confusion-wrapped nothingy-ness.blogs.unimelb.edu.au/first-year/2010/07/07/exam-results-miracles-and-disappointment
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Chapter Twenty-One: Dressed for Show (~jinghan)
“I love school uniforms, I mean do you want to decide what to wear every morning?” I said it back in primary school. I said it in high school. I said it in a rebellious tone, but perhaps it was more of a whimpy excuse than gutsy personality. I hear the tap of my heels as I […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/first-year/2010/07/02/chapter-twenty-one-dressed-for-show
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Chapter Twenty: In Case of Boredom (~jinghan)
Someone (a friend I think) came up with the phrase “study whore”, and it applied to me. Although I don’t get paid for it (studying, that is) I do indeed take to studying with a mercenarily vicious ambition, such that studying kinda takes over my life. I sat on my bedroom floor twiddling my thumbs. Now […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/first-year/2010/06/15/chapter-twenty-in-case-of-boredom-jinghan
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How Not To Do Swotvac: A Cautionary Tale (Cara)
My name is Cara, and I’m a stressoholic. Welcome to my Swotvac. I’m currently wrapped in a blanket and perched in a tiny room on the second floor of my college which contains nothing but four squashy armchairs, a heater, and a keyboard. Peering down into the quad, I feel secure and hidden away. In […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/first-year/2010/06/04/how-not-to-do-swotvac-a-cautionary-tale-cara
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Chapter Eighteen: Exhaustion (~jinghan)
The final week of semester one is over, and anyone who has read my posts probably think I’m surfing a wonderful new life style, but just as the semester finishes… I’m exhausted. All the new people. The new style of studying. the new life style. The new expectations. All the people I don’t see much […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/first-year/2010/05/29/chapter-eighteen-exhaustion-jinghan
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Peskipiksi Pesternomi (Cristina)
The title has nothing to do with this blog. Although if you get the reference, you may allow yourself three cookies. SO what to say? Well, last Wednesday, Jinghan and I both attended a bloggers/transition volunteers lunchamadoodlemathankyouthingamabobbie. Neither of us knew that the other was attending, so it was cool to finally meet, and I […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/first-year/2010/05/24/peskipiksi-pesternomi-cristina
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Chapter Seventeen: The Facebook Connection (~jinghan)
“Hi, do you have an email address? I’m trying something crazy and daring: life without facebook. Wish me luck. Jinghan.” I send this message to a dozen facebook friends that I don’t have the email address off – most of them people I’ve met since uni started. It is safe to say that facebook has […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/first-year/2010/05/22/chapter-seventeen-the-facebook-connection-jinghan
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Let's talk about college! (Cara)
Rinaldho’s post reminded me that my posts, few and far between as they’ve been, don’t talk about what is, let’s face it, pretty much the biggest part of my uni life: college livin’. I know that I haven’t always been totally positive about being here, and have moaned on many an occasion about the injustice […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/first-year/2010/05/18/lets-talk-about-college-cara
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