The Inside Word 2016
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 explain to you...
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 songs...
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...
3 Weeks To Go
Training has been heating up as Hawaii gets closer and closer. We now do two night paddles a week on Mondays and Wednesdays and also our longer paddle every Saturday morning. All of us are also trying to hit the gym as much as possible between lectures in order to...
Inter Residential Rivalry
Well its week 4 of Semester two and boy has time flied! I back in Business (literally because I changed degrees) and ready to pump out another semester but what better way to do it than a bit of friendly competition?! That's right Inter Residential sports is...
University Hall & O’Rorke: A Visual Shootout
It's been awhile since I've had a post up– I didn't just up and vanish, though! I'll be back in the regular swing of things again and have heaps to share very soon, info on halls, general thoughts and the wonders of Auckland. The crazy period of semester is yet to...
Things not going to plan
Whoa it's already the end of the third week of uni. Man time goes so fast, anyway semester 2 I'm finding so far apart from my two 8 o clock classes a week is a lot more chilled compared to semester one. Firstly because we don't have weekly assignments and the 1...
Admiration is in the Air
What an exciting time last week was! Two important traditions loomed large in Uni Hall: the annual ball and Secret Admirers week. The ball was fun. That’s all I have to say about it, really. Some people got up to tricks; everyone looked smashing; a few of the songs...
Choosing a home and the anticipated UMAT
It's the 2nd of August?! How??????? I am unsure as to how 7 months have passed in this absolutely crazy year but here we are. Yesterday the applications for student residential accommodation at UOA opened so I presume that is on your mind (unless you are past this...
1st Sem – From Poplhlth to Chem.
Hey Team, So this was supposed to be an audio blog but because of the technical difficulties involved last time I decided to move back to good old pen and paper or more accurately back to the trusty keyboard (I’m sure you can appreciate that Willy C.) This blog is...
BIOSCI Banter
Hey Everybody, This is an audio blog reviewing 2 of my first semester papers in the Biomedical Science First Year course. These papers are BIOSCI 107 and BIOSCI 101. https://soundcloud.com/user-82654168/bioscibanter If you still want to know more here's the link to...
Old Shoes and Low Key Computer Programming
There are several things in my life that are changing at the moment, bringing with them a little frustration and difficulty. I'd like to point out in advance that although these changes are minor and non-life-threatening, they are the only remotely dramatic things...
Thinking Like Michelle Obama
It’s no secret that I idolize Michelle Obama. She went to Princeton, graduated from Harvard, joined the law firm Sidley & Austin where she met Barack and later went on to marry him. It didn’t just end there, she then made him the president of the United States...
Simply, Life!
Hey peeps! So now we’re back into the swing of things, and the holidays are a thing of the past. With it being week 2 of the semester, my to - do is slowly but steadily increasing, but my thoughts are most certainly fixed upon the weekend! Also talk about...