Student life!
Time for the obligatory "what's going on" post!
Well, today was the first day of my 'new life' - my new life as a student, that is.
Ok, so you're all wondering how I can be at university already when I only just recently talked about applying for uni in Canada.
I changed my mind.
When the Sydney offers came in I found out that I had been offered a place in my first preference course - which, I never ever expected. So, after much writhing around on the floor in painful indecision I decided that I would stay in Sydney and do the course that I love, instead of going off overseas to do a course I wasn't 100% sure about. I figured I'd save the living overseas for exchange or for my masters degree.
Last week was 'O week'. I ate many a free barbecue lunch, met many, many new people, went out on the town with enormous crowds of students and joined some fun student clubs (the ultimate frisbee team, the film society and the theatre repertory). I didn't have high expectations for university, so I would say I was pleasantly surprised with Orientation. It all felt right, university just fits. I especially enjoyed observing the diversity, the laid-back attitudes and the atmosphere.
At the welcome I tried to keep the corners of my mouth from curling up; I had this goofy grin plastered on my face for the whole day. I just kept thinking, "woah, I'm a university student!" whilst I was weaving my way through crowds of hundreds of new students.
Today I went to my first lecture. I only have the one lecture on Mondays, so this is how the new routine goes: Lecture on Monday, then I go to work. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday I have lectures, tutorials and workshops. Friday is my day off uni and I work.
I feel grown up.
But with this goofy grin, I'm pretty sure I'm still 7 years old on the inside.
Well, today was the first day of my 'new life' - my new life as a student, that is.
Ok, so you're all wondering how I can be at university already when I only just recently talked about applying for uni in Canada.
I changed my mind.
When the Sydney offers came in I found out that I had been offered a place in my first preference course - which, I never ever expected. So, after much writhing around on the floor in painful indecision I decided that I would stay in Sydney and do the course that I love, instead of going off overseas to do a course I wasn't 100% sure about. I figured I'd save the living overseas for exchange or for my masters degree.
Last week was 'O week'. I ate many a free barbecue lunch, met many, many new people, went out on the town with enormous crowds of students and joined some fun student clubs (the ultimate frisbee team, the film society and the theatre repertory). I didn't have high expectations for university, so I would say I was pleasantly surprised with Orientation. It all felt right, university just fits. I especially enjoyed observing the diversity, the laid-back attitudes and the atmosphere.
At the welcome I tried to keep the corners of my mouth from curling up; I had this goofy grin plastered on my face for the whole day. I just kept thinking, "woah, I'm a university student!" whilst I was weaving my way through crowds of hundreds of new students.
Today I went to my first lecture. I only have the one lecture on Mondays, so this is how the new routine goes: Lecture on Monday, then I go to work. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday I have lectures, tutorials and workshops. Friday is my day off uni and I work.
I feel grown up.
But with this goofy grin, I'm pretty sure I'm still 7 years old on the inside.