Back for Second S(emester) – Bella

Woohoo! First week  =  complete (yes, it’s only Thursday night, but I’m an Arts student). I have had an awesome first week back for semester two.

Monday

I had my first lecture back in the beautiful, shiny and new Arts West! I’ve only been waiting for this building for, like, 1 and a half years, hahaha. The wallpaper is absolutely majestic, and I was definitely tricked by the mirror illusion of a flight of stairs near the Kathleen Fitzpatrick Theatre (check it out for yourself in the basement!).

Tuesday

On Tuesday, after catching up with some lovely friends for coffee at Lot 6, I had my first class at the VCA campus. I was super excited to reconnect with a friend from Destination Melbourne, and have a friendly face at a new campus! I’m taking a dance breadth subject, and as we entered the studio, we were all like ‘woooooah’… Those facilities though! As an ex-dancer myself, I can definitely appreciate a beautiful studio. We did hip hop for two and a half hours, and my legs are still sore… hopefully they’re okay for next Tuesday… what a workout!

Thursday

Today is my Psychology day, with a two hour lab class in the morning, and a two hour lecture in the afternoon. In our lecture, we watched a really cool video about a ‘social robot’… so social, in fact, that I had to keep reminding myself that it was a robot (the researchers also named him Leo, short for Leonardo… so cute! You can search for the video on YouTube!). I also caught up with a friend for lunch, it was so nice to catch up. After uni was over for the day, I went to the launch party for Farrago Edition Five. The pizza was definitely welcome in the cold weather!

What I’m looking forward to for the rest of the semester…

• My internship, which is coming up soon now!
• Participating in a mentoring program generously run by the university, with a UOM Alumni mentor
• New (and catching up with old) friends
• More blogging, of course!

Hope everyone else had a great first week,

Bella 🙂