Category: News
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Procrastination: (Suzanne)
Involves 5 hours of reading newspapers (of another country) on the net even if after the first 30 minutes you get the point already. Involves listening to a back-to-back marathon of Prokofiev piano concertos instead of practicing. Involves waiting for an hour for a Saturday Night Live sketch of a Palin vs Clinton debate to […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/seconds/2008/09/14/procrastination-suzanne
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Music and Angels (Suzanne)
It’s secret angel week at college! This means you get a designated ‘mortal’, for whom you do nice angelic things, like leaving them chocolate or writing them a poem, for a week, all anonymously. At the end of the week you can reveal your secret identity if you so choose. So I went to a […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/seconds/2008/09/11/music-and-angels-suzanne
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Slainte (Georgie)
Pronounced ‘Slawn-cha’, it means ‘cheers’ in Irish. An important word in such an alcohol fuelled culture. Right now I am sitting in the lounge/kitchen of my college flat looking out from the third floor to below where there are lots of drunken Irish students shouting. I must say, I am a little in awe of […] -
The Finale, Farewell
A comment by a reader of the blog got me thinking….where have I been and where am I now? In First Year I was a bright-eyed, optimistic and excited student, determined to take advantage of every opportunity that possibly existed for me at The University of Melbourne. Being the first in my immediate family to […] -
Winter, please don’t leave me (David)
I don’t like all this sunshiny weather. It makes me feel guilty if I am not making the most of it by being active and out and about. I miss the gloomy cold Melbourne. Where I can sip tea, listen to mellow music and take in the silence of the dark streets. Weird hey? At […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/seconds/2008/09/03/winter-please-dont-leave-me-david
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A new one in the family (Kripa)
It was just once that I noticed a unique building being constructed on Berkley Street as I travelled by the tram on Royal Parade. I wondered what building it was with its eye-catching design. And now, I realise it is the new 13-level Economics and Commerce building. It looks very impressive; I bet the Commerce […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/seconds/2008/09/03/a-new-one-in-the-family-kripa
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Failte (Georgie)
And that is the only word I know in Irish – not Gaelic – and it means ‘welcome’. It’s pronounced ‘fault-ye’ and is plastered over signs and leaflets everywhere. Am still in Ireland having a bit of a wander before uni, which starts in 8 days. To keep things short I think I might make […] -
Ugh… (Suzanne)
I’m currently feeling really really sick because I just ate an entire block of dark chocolate for no reason other than that it was free. I have nothing else to report, other than the fact that just because it’s available and your mother isn’t around to stop you doesn’t mean you should do it. And […] -
Open day!! (Kripa)
Let me tell you, this is the first time I have done some real type of volunteering here as an Open Day guide. I did go for blood donation once but that didn’t do very well…. Nice and early at 8:30 am, I was stationed at the busiest booth: Gate 4, Swanston Street. But I […] -
40 Hour Famine, Open Day must-sees (Suzanne)
I am so, so, hungry right now, because I’m about 29 hours into the World Vision 40 Hour Famine, and I forgot to stuff myself during the meal immediately before my fast. Oh well. So far I’ve raised $62.60, and I’m aiming for about $120, which will feed eight kids in India and keep them […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/seconds/2008/08/17/40-hour-famine-open-day-must-sees-suzanne
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