Throwback to Re-O Week

It’s the final week before mid semester break and it seems all the course co-ordinators sure want us to know about it! Three tests over two days this week. This is only a taster though, I’m seeing multiple tests and essays due all within a few days not too...

Assignment Season

With the mid-semester break approaching, this marks the ushering in of the month which is full of due assignments! Unfortunately, every subject has a schedule to keep. This schedule often means that assignments fall into the same time period. Don’t stress, everybody...

Enchantment Under The Sea

It’s that time of year… Just as I thought I had saved up enough money for that new pair of shoes I’ve been wanting I am back to square one all over again. This predicament can be summed up in two words : BALL SEASON I am not usually into dressing up...

Adventures and Whirlwind Semesters

It seems every time I write one of these blogs I make a passing remark about how quick the semester has gone by and this is no exception! Genuinely unsure how its the last week of the the first half of the final semester which means my first year at University is 3/4...

UMATter to me!

Hello all, We are well into Semester 2 and thinking back a lot has happened in the last couple of weeks. Secret Admirers Week The second week into the semester was Secret Admirers week here at Unihall. This has probably been my favourite event on the hall calendar...

Confusion of the future!

Hey peeps!   It’s been quite a week! A crazy week in fact! Filled with assignments, quizzes and a mid-semester test! Living with literally no sleep and drinking endless amounts of coffee, i might as well have it running through my veins! If you haven’t...

the campaign frenzy;

A week ago, my friend popped a random question, ‘What’s the weather in your heart now?’ My instant reply was: hurricane. It was only a few days away from the start of the campaign for the AUSA Elections. Posters, banners, masking tape were strewn messily across my...

Don’t let the bed bugs bite!

This past week and a half has been very stressful. To start it off, I had a 20% Geography test, a 20% Psych essay, a 10% Stats assignment and a 5% Anthro assignment all due within one week. I like to call this “the week from hell”. I don’t need to...

Always take the weather with you

Have you noticed how often we talk about the weather? If you actually think about how often we mention the weather, it’s kinda weird. Obsessive, some might even say. This obsession is so extensive that even our NZ music legends have expressed it through their...

Procrastination level: Frank Ocean

There’s nothing more daunting than a blank page staring back at you. Scratch that, there’s nothing more daunting than looking at a blank page knowing you have to fill it – and then some. It’s times like these where words like ‘coherency’ and ‘fluidity’ seem like...