First Week Of Uni!
Again, sorry about the delays in posts. They are all recorded in my drafts, it's just that, uni has been very demanding and I am a workaholic. So... yeah. Just haven't been able to publish them on time.hah. I should really just stop apologising and get on with publishing everything! :S
First thing's first. UNI HAS OFFICIALLY STARTED!
And I am timetable to be at UNSW for 3 days/wk (Mon, Wed, Thur) for approx 6-8hrs per day with around 1-2hr break in between.
Yeah.. They're kinda long days, but it's what I have to do in order to avoid going to uni for more than 3days.
And no, I do NOT have the same or even similar timetable to Benson's. This is simply because we find it easier to focus on our studies without each other lingering around one another. And also, this way, we can make new friends along the way without making them feel third wheel and such I guess.
mm.. How am I coping? Well, I think it's fine as long as you take notes in lectures, do all your readings and tutorial questions. It can get tough at times, and you might find yourself cramming those extra bits and pieces until 3am in the morning or on the train to uni.. but it's do-able; as long as everything is scheduled properly and you set yourself to strictly do what you want to achieve.
Even though I'm saying all that, I'm far from being a good student. To be honest, I didn't even read the course outlines before Uni started. In fact, I didn't even log onto my UNSW account to check the blackboard on what was expected on the first day - eg. print out lecture notes. In fact, I didn't even know what blackboard was! Yeah.. the holidays totally took over, and I was still in "chill-mode", but then after my first lecture (since there were no tutorials the first week), I started to get a panic attack and went on the net that night to get everything under control -ish....
And the rumours are definitely true about the lectures. During the first few days, the lecture halls were so packed, that students had to sit on the floor. But as days passed, the lecture halls are now just barely half full.
heheh. Also to say that I've never skipped a lecture is definitely a lie. I can't stand sleeping through accounting on those super uncomfortable lecture chairs, I'd rather sleep at home instead. hahahs. It's okay though... as long as you don't skip every week, you should be well on your way to a good mark. (:
What else... oh! Where do I eat when I'm at uni? Well, on campus, I would either grab the toasted sweet chilli chicken wrap at the Upstairs Quad Foodcourt ($8) or go to Whitehouse and grab the Chicken wrap with chips for $7. If I'm not going for a quick bite then I'll walk down Kingsford, Anzac Pde to this pretty neat Thai Restaurant called Taste of Thai and grab their nicely whipped up dishes for $10 or go right next door to a Korean/Japanese Restaurant called Nikko for some ramen/curry! (:
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Another thing is that I bought a new printer specifically for uni. This is because we have to grab our own lecture notes and tutorial material off the uni website, and since I don't want to carry a laptop to uni everyday, I'd have to print everything out and sort them out into folders manually. And since there would be approximately 100sheets printed every week, I figured it would be a good choice to switch from an inkjet to a laser printer. And so, I went out to OfficeWorks with Benson (cause he had his Hyundai i30 which he adores to death) and each of us purchased a new printer! Because I like to have double sided print pages as it saves paper and space, I grabbed a monochrome laser printer that had automatic duplex printing function - the Brother HL-2242D for $98.42AUD (rrp. $149). It turns out that it's extremely handy and compact, gets the job done in a nick of time - I go off to make a cup of tea and when I come back, everything's printed up in a nicely stacked pile - the website states that it prints 24ppm, so it's not bad for something so small! (:
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mm.. what else.... Nothing much has happened, other than the fact that we have to find new clothes to wear everyday. After a few days, you kinda give up and just rock up with jeans and a t-shirt. hahahs. But this still further feeds my obsession with shopping, especially in the form of online bargains. :X
I've also been driving if that counts! Getting my hours filled and all that good stuff. On my 90th hour now, if you're curious! Though, I did have to switch instructors as the last one was a total scam.. and she was an Asian with really poor English.. you get the gist. It was just a recipe for disaster. Since then, I've switched to a male instructor in which my dad strongly disapproves of as he is ifty on male teachers (that's why he got me that lady), but then again, my instructor's super old. So tsall good!
But yeah.. that's it for now I guess!
CHAO! (:
Labels: driving, food, technology, university
UNSW OWeek
Since I'm going to be a first year uni student (I can hear you guys shouting NOOB already. hahah), I decided to go to the UNSW O-Week on Monday and Thursday.
The main reason why I chose to go on those days was not to see Channing Tatum, rather, I was more keen to go on the days where most of my faculty presentations and events were on. And of course, I would never be bothered to rock up at uni for 5days in a row. LOL
Anyways within the two days that I turned up, turned out to be pretty much just signing up to clubs and grabbing freebies. In terms of info and such, don't expect too much of it.
Also! On Monday, I went along with Benson and Zahav and Zahav brought us to the Whitehouse. A nice little on campus eatery with nice gourmet food and drinks (yes, there's even something for the alcoholics - ZAHAV!). andddd .. wait for it.... board games! So if you're into nibbling on wedges while sipping on a cold beer with your other hand occupied on a piece of jenga block, then this is quite a nice place to chill between your breaks. heheh I also ended up catching up with Angela here on Thursday after a long day of joining charity clubs!
And even though we had bad weather the weekend before O-Week, the sun came out to play during the week so we had great weather for this event! It was so hot that most of us were literally melting - makeup wise I mean. (:
Yeahhh that's it! There were heaps of people, freebies (like 5bags full!) and clubzzzsssss to join! YAY! I guess it's worth it for first years to come along and get used to the campus and such, but I'll probably just be going for a day next year - just for the freebies. heheh. (:
Labels: university, weather
Officially enrolled
I went to UNSW (University of New South Wales) this morning with Zahav, Angela, Benson, Irene, Roger, Maria and Mabel to collect our UNSW student cards. Benson and Angela was late so Zahav and I headed to Gloria Jeans for some iced coffee (since it was superrrr hot) before meeting up at eddy avenue bus stop!When we arrived at UNSW, we had to walk a longgggg way up in the sun before reaching the office and was then redirected to the library. Once we entered the library, we were offered freebies by a guy and of course we took them! Inside were some pamphlets, a 2Gb USB and a cute highlighter wheely thing! (:
We all took turns to take our Uni Student Card photo and it turned out that because the lighting was so bad, everyone basically looked horrendous in their photo; especially the ones of Benson and Zahav's.
After leaving the uni, I headed to Sushi Hotaru under Kinokuniya (in the Galeries) with Angela n Zahav while the others went to Chat Thai downstairs in food court. The food there was mediocre and the space for the tables and seating were tiny, but since they had a deal where it was $3 a plate for any sushi train dish, we were okay with what we got.
Were rushed to eat so wasn't able to take pictures of food. This is a photo Angela took with her phone
Oh and angela and zahav also got their hands moisturised at the LUSH store. (:
Then we went to starbucks in hopes of finding an air conditioned place to chill since we were just sweating nonstop in the summer heat, but people who weren't even drinking were bagging the seats so we walked out and went to Secret cafe.
We sat down on the outside tables and lounge and we each ordered a drink: me-affogato, Benson-peach iced tea, Zahav-strawberry milk shake, Angela-spring water and played big 2 and poker together.
Benson somehow tried to make the game more exciting by deciding who the winner was with the person who ended up with the most chips from poker set. Benson won the whole game of big 2, Angela left for home and then I played poker for the first time in my life and won every game! YAY!
Then we played a couple of games of pool and headed to Mappen across the road for dinner: udon, tempura and seaweed all under 10bux, hell yeah!
Labels: dinner, Friends, outing, university
Uni~
Hey guys!So uni offers came out last night and everyone (anyone that got into UNSW) was basically scurrying to get their timetables done. Most of us were up until 3am mixing and matching ours since the time slots were filling up really fast. lols
Anyways here's mine:
I'll be back to talk soon. Everything is just too hectic right now.
xox.
Annie
Labels: university
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