by The Inside Word | Sep 13, 2016 | Inside Word 2016
The title isn’t strictly true. The enormous amount of tests and assignments that are quickly approaching haven’t made me stress, they’ve made me forget. I believe this is a special teenage condition called procrastination. The mid-semester break is over and I have...
by The Inside Word | Sep 13, 2016 | Inside Word 2016
The team has finally arrived in Hawaii! Months of training and hard work has lead to this. After hours of travel, a long day of shopping at Ala Moana and a final flight to Kona we arrived at our hotel for the week. The next day we went down to the race base,...
by The Inside Word | Sep 13, 2016 | Inside Word 2016
I’m sitting here in my room in Uni Hall, eating a mandarin. Today is Thursday: the two-week mid-semester break is nearing its end. Gosh it’s gone fast. I spent most of it in Christchurch – I’ve only just come back to Auckland today to get some study done over these...
by The Inside Word | Sep 7, 2016 | Inside Word 2016
(Warning: Not your usual post. Give yourself 7 minutes.) A plethora of books sit on my shelf. The words ‘resistance’, ‘power’ and ‘struggle’ jump out at me. Apart from being the titles of the essential readings for my course, they...
by The Inside Word | Sep 7, 2016 | Inside Word 2016
This morning was the beginning of many for the past week. I didn’t have to set an alarm, didn’t have to worry about packing my bag or making lunch. FREEDOM!! Until work at 3 of course…. With Spring finally here, I was able to get in a bit of sunshine which was a big...
by The Inside Word | Sep 4, 2016 | Inside Word 2016
Hi wherever and whoever you may be, Once again I am at home (real home not auckland home) its confusing now that I technically have two homes. If you’re reading this you may be thinking that University is just us going home all the time because it sure seems as...
by The Inside Word | Sep 4, 2016 | Inside Word 2016
Hello, lovely people! I hope those of you who went had a great time at the Courses and Careers Day. I hope this has gotten you excited for life after school – yes, there is such a thing – and that it’s given you a stronger idea of what you want to do. Continuing on...
by The Inside Word | Aug 31, 2016 | Inside Word 2016
Hey Fam, It is mad to think we are already half way through Semester 2. Just a few days ago I was travelling home after Course’s and Career’s Day and had serious Déjà vu when I realised I had been doing the exact same thing a year earlier with my Mum as a year 13....
by The Inside Word | Aug 31, 2016 | Inside Word 2016
There is officially zero days left to go until take off! The engineering waka ama team has battled through the training these past five months and finally reached the time we’ve all been waiting for. Recently we have dwindled down our training in order not to tire...
by The Inside Word | Aug 31, 2016 | Inside Word 2016
WHO OPERATES A CHAINSAW AT 8AM IN THE MORNING?? First day of the semester break and I was awoken, much to my despair, by the recurring roar of a chainsaw next door. To sleep or not to sleep? I didn’t have a choice. Half-awake, I wandered out of bed blindly and...
