Auckland Life
Finding Balance – Studying, Socialising and Working
To get the complete university experience a range of elements are present. Focusing solely on your study and grades may sound great but, in reality, it will begin to consume your life and your grades will likely suffer due to burnout. Partying and socializing with...
What I’ve learned in my first semester of Uni 🤷♀️🎱☕
So, time for a life update: morning classes suck, kale smoothies are a great pick-me-up, hall food is actually pretty good and flatmates are awesome. University is definitely easier than high school for anyone wondering. I didn't actually believe that it was true...
Interview with exchange students! Part II
Welcome back to the second installment of 'Interview with exchange students!' If you missed Part I check it out here: https://www.theinsideword.ac.nz/2019/06/interview-with-exchange-students-part-i/ Without further ado: https://youtu.be/UaUmcjHO8F8 Check...
Interview with exchange students! Part I
This one's for all you incoming exchange students to the University of Auckland! I've been lucky enough to be placed into a flat with two lovely American exchange students, Jordan and Madison, and as the title suggests, I'll be grilling them for information that I...
10 things to bring to your flat.
To celebrate my 10th post of 2019 🙌, I thought I’d list 10 things that I don’t think I could function without in Carlaw. Hopefully some of these will surprise you! Clothes rack: I’ve had a clothes rack ever since my days in O’Rorke and I haven’t looked back since....
Favourites, University of Auckland edition!
Hello Hello! A bit of a light hearted post today, I’ll be sharing with you all my ‘favourite’ things, UoA edition! Favourite study spot: I’d like to say picnicking at Albert Park because that would be a great pun to start off this post. Unfortunately, my actual...
Climate Change at UoA : A Review
I love governance and all it entails, I have seen many processes at work in different work and volunteering situations but the University's governance system has definitely fascinated me. One of the reasons why I ran for my role in AUSA as Campaign's Officer was so...
Adulting is hard
Watch me trying to be an actual adult as I navigate my way through the city-livin', uni-studyin' life. And yes, you will most definitely catch me watching the Game of Thrones finale next week instead of studying for my two upcoming tests, seminar and essay 😉
Trying foods from Munchy Mart!
Hi guys, So I've been off procrastinating researching what video ideas to do for you guys and I stumbled upon the instagram page 'munchyreviews' which, as the title suggests, reviews food from the famed campus convenience store, 'Munchy Mart'. I guess you could say...
Dinner for $6.97 (Exploring Tai Ping)
I know what you might be thinking, "Psh, $6.97, I can go lower.", and you definitely can at Tai Ping! If you haven't heard of it before, I'm here to introduce you to Tai Ping, an Asian supermarket on Beach Road which has prices that will knock your socks off. With...
Practising what I Preach
Currently, I am sitting in my bed writing this on my laptop, I am the Primary Duty RA so I am holding the phone for when someone locks themselves out during that 3am bathroom trip. All the health experts would probably tell you what I am doing right now is wrong as...
An Aucklander in Halls?
Hey guys! So there has been a request for a room/flat tour, but I’m a fan of minimalism (and by minimalism, I mean the only decoration I have is a giant calendar, and even that isn't very exciting), instead, I thought I would talk a bit about why I chose to stay in...
What’s in our pantry?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VdQY76FESo Welcome back! I struggle to believe that we are already six weeks back into uni! Time has once again, flown... As my flatmate, Eva, and I were sitting on the sofa in our flat in Carlaw Park Student Village last night, we...
Jump from first to second year: part 2
Hello Hello Hello! Welcome back to the second part of the ‘jump from first to second year’ if you haven’t read the first part, I recommend you check it out here because everything would make more...
Jump from first to second year
Hello hello! It’s ‘9:33 pm Cecilia’ here, doing some editing! I wrote the majority of this blog at 9:30 in the morning after getting 6 hours of sleep, so it’s safe to say my mood has improved considerably from this morning (that endorphin hit from getting a bit of...
