So this is what third year is like…

… it’s tiring, basically. Subjects are on another level again, and I find myself struggling to have the perfect, or close-to-ideal, work-study-life balance. ANYway – it seems pretty quiet over here, especially compared to the posts in the First Year Blog. Oh well. It’s week 3 of the semester now, WEEK THREE! It’s been, oh, 3 or 4 weeks since my last post, so I’ll probably find it hard to recount what has happened during all that time. I’ll try anyway:

1. I finally, FINALLY, got access to the 2nd floor computer labs in Architecture! My major is design-related, so one has to wonder why it has taken all this time for me to get access to those labs. It’s probably got to do with seniority or something.

2. my timetable: After changing out of subjects twice and with a little bit of help from the Alloc8 help desk, I’ve gotten a pretty good timetable. Good, as in I actually have Thursdays off and have Fridays free for half if the semester.

3. student union membership: For the first (and maybe last) time, I’ve joined the Student Union. It has been pretty great so far. Sure, I always miss the lunch time events because of classes, but I’ve saved money on club memberships and textbooks. And I love, love, luurve Rowden White… and the member’s lounge too – it’s such a comfy place to have breakfast (never mind that there might be people sucking face close by while I’m eating).

4. post-intermediate German: It’s only been 3 weeks, and I’m already struggling. It might have something to do with the fact that 2nd year students from the Post-VCE stream last year are with us. Is this another cost-cutting measure by the Arts department (considering the fact that there’s actually enough people to fill separate German 2A and Post-Intermediate classes)? I dunno, but it sure makes learning German a whole lot more challenging. Spacing out in class and not doing homeworks are now officially out of the question. Oh. Mein. Gott.

5. graduate careers fair: I spent an hour shoving paper ads of this event to people, which was fun. Attending the actual event? Not so fun. While there, I just got this, er, premonition that I’m going to be so highly unemployable next year. I sort of got that impression from walking stall-after-stall of organisations looking to hire engineers, engineers, and more engineers. And don’t even get me started about those looking for Commerce graduates. I steered clear from Those stalls. I got some freebies though, which serve as a sort of consolation prize.

6. mucs: That is, Melbourne University Choral Society. Now THAT has been and still is FUN. Our next concert, nay, concerts, would be in BMW Edge. For the 1st time since I joined, there’ll be 2 concerts in one day: matinee and gala. We’ll be performing Italian Baroque music – Vivaldi et al.

7. work: Nowadays, it’s a case of ‘more money, less time to spend it’ kind-of-thing. In the future, I’ll probably stick to the 10 hours a week recommended by the Uni.

Well, that’s all for now. I hope everyone’s all settled again in Uni =)

By the way, if any of you are interested in going to the annual Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show next week, here’s the link. It’s bound to be great!