Quick updates and a resolution meme

[sirius_luva]

Quick summary: On January 31st I will be flying to Perth since my university term commences in February. I will be studying Classics and Ancient History at the University of Western Australia. My beloved hamster has cancer. ;_; I've got a persistent sore throat and PCOS. My sister is engaged, and I am so happy for her. ♥

In 2012,

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[_silverfox]

*hugs* That's the sad thing about hamsters and mice. They grow old and sick so soon. :(

All the best of luck for startng uni. It may have taken a little longer than expected, but at least you got the chance to study subjects that suit you after all.

[sirius_luva]

*nods and hugs back* She's more than 2 years old and that's already old for a Dwarf hamster; she still has her own personality though and is friendly and greedy and... on one hand I will be really sad if she dies soon, but on the other hand I'll also feel horrible if I'm in Australia when she dies. ;_;

Thank you! I'm horribly scared nervous but also looking forward to it. :D I'm hoping to see if I can do a double major since the Medieval and Early Modern History course quite interests me too; you don't have to make the final decision until second year, so I'll be taking the modules in the first year and will see if I can cope with it. :D

[_silverfox]

Well, I don't know how that's handled in Australia now, but here, at least back in 1993 (and before that) anyone was free to just walk into an auditorium and listen to any lecture they liked. You didn't even have to be qualified to be a student in the first place, or register, as long as you only wanted to hear the information and didn't need a grade for it. It didn't extend to seminars or exercises, though, but if you find you can't handle the workload, but are still curious maybe you can do something like that.

[sirius_luva]

That's awesome! Well, I can ask, I guess. :D Though I think it should be fine if you're a student. A friend in Singapore's NUS said her friends often crash her lectures when bored and the lecturers don't mind as long as they behave. (Non-students aren't technically allowed in lectures, but I sneaked into a WWI lecture once. >_>) But yeah, I could do that too. :D

[_silverfox]

The Professors didn't even care who was there and who wasn't. If you preferred to study from a book, or somebody else's notes then appear for the exam it was your choice. The Professor just came at the scheduled time, lectured for whoever was in the auditorium and left without ever taking attendance. Why should he care whether there were 300 or 500 people in there?

[sirius_luva]

Wow. XD