Month: March 2011
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Chapter Ten: Falling Off The Other Side (~jinghan)
Being motivated and hardworking: it’s good, but there is also going too far and just burning yourself out. I forgot about the danger of this when I was trying to shake off my holiday-laziness. And then it all came crashing down. It didn’t help that the weekend before I had said something stupidly mean to […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/seconds/2011/03/31/chapter-ten-falling-off-the-other-side-jinghan
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Writing an Assignment, Cara-Style
Okay, I’ve flipped through my copies of “The Principles of Writing in Psychology” and “Writing for Psychology” (Which are both orange. Conspiracy theory, anyone?) but I feel like the world is lacking a more back-to-basics, stripped-down guide to attacking a lab report from a world-weary second year perspective. For you, my pretty stars of readers, […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/seconds/2011/03/30/writing-an-assignment-cara-style
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Chapter Nine: BrainSpace (~jinghan)
The water is a perfect temperature on my skin: not too cold and not too warm. Light dances on every atom* of air suspended in the the water; it’s like swimming through sunlight. Surrounded by the blue of the water below and the blue of the sun above, my mind and body relax. Thoughts flow and […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/seconds/2011/03/27/chapter-nine-brainspace-jinghan
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Just another manic Friday
Is anybody else loving this cold weather? It’s bringing back memories of big coats, gloves, scarves…. basically the best parts of winter. I’ve also really enjoyed sitting at cafes on campus and watching people trip and slip and step in puddles while wearing thongs. Silly people! My least favourite parts would have to be the […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/seconds/2011/03/25/just-another-manic-friday
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This is it (Gianina)
Oh hello there. I am quite surprised that I still have author privileges for this blog. Some of you might be wondering who the hell am I. But I suppose that’s to be expected, since I left everything hanging about, oh, three months ago. Fast forward to this month then — Yes, I have indeed […] -
Chapter Eight: Slow Torture of the Sleep Deprived Mind (~jinghan)
It’s Thursday 11am. “Listen to the crackle of the beanbag beans,” I tell myself, “the mumble of a whispered conversation, the quite snore of someone else on the beanbags. Listen to the gentle hum of the air conditioning, the quiet buzz of the film being played through the headphones. Feel the pressure of the ground […] -
FML
I went to see Mark Ronson perform at the Palace Theatre on Bourke St last week – all in all a great concert, despite the mood being soured by one particularly individual with whom I made acquaintance. The conversation when something like this: Random: hey man, are you a uni student? Me: yeah man, I’m […] -
Chapter Seven: Sick and Tired (~jinghan)
“Ah… but what happened to your negative?” I ask my student knowingly. “But didn’t I factorised it out?” I look at the page again. Shit. She did too. I’m being out-mathsed by a yr12 student. “Oh damn you did too! You’ll be teaching me soon!” I joke, “It’s not my fault, I’m sick.” I make […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/seconds/2011/03/18/chapter-seven-sick-and-tired-jinghan
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Secret diary of a uni student
That’s what it feels like these days; it’s mountains and mountains of homework and obligations. It feels like no-one understands; like you’re drowning in an empty ocean……until you realise you’re surrounded by people in the exact same ‘boat’ (if I can continue with this metaphor). It’s confusing and altogether unpleasant. But it’s life and nothing […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/seconds/2011/03/18/secret-diary-of-a-uni-student
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Chapter Six: Toughen Up. (~jinghan)
Note from the author: I could be getting some well deserved sleep but this post is a week overdue, pretend I’m writing this five days ago. I’m agnostic. But if I believe in some God(dess) of fixed identity, then s/he is a very sly cheeky deity that answers prayers in the most obscure of ways. It was Wednesday […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/seconds/2011/03/15/chapter-six-toughen-up-jinghan
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