The Inside Word 2016

a mountain of tissues;

This is a post in praise of the university health services. Prologue.  20th June, Mon. 10am. - 'Achoo!' I looked around, hoping that I wasn't disturbing my neighbours too much. 'Achoo, achoo, ACHOO!' My body shook and I couldn't resist the sneezes. 20th June, Mon....

the social worker and her stitches;

‘I thought that I’d been hurt before But no one’s ever left me quite this sore.’ These words were playing in my mind as I was studying for my last paper. Apart from being the well-known lyrics of my favorite Zumba song, I could not help feeling that it adequately...

12 Weeks To Go

Hello everyone! My name is Josie Stevens and this is the start of the blog documenting the Engineering Waka Ama team’s training for the September Queen Lili’uokalani Race in Hawaii. I have never blogged before so I thought it would a great experience to learn how...

Postexamitis

Some people can walk out of an exam and wipe it from their mind instantaneously. I am not one of those people. I suffer from Postexamitis- A disease that can be best described as the inability to let go of the exam, even hours after it's finished. I can't help but...

Hurdle One Jumped

The law is exam is over. That’s so crazy. I still feel like I should be holed up in my room religiously reciting cases and case details to myself. After the exam, a lot of people posted on the LAW 121 G Facebook page that they felt they didn’t do well. I don’t know...

So Close, Yet So Far

The end of the semester is within reach, but there is one last hurdle before I get to head home and do nothing for 3 weeks. Exams. Ugh. You can tell exams are here by the drop of standard of dress and increase of caffeine consumption in the hall. It is now a common...

Law, Languages and the Kardashians

First two exams on the first day: sussed. I decided to take a break till Sunday... but it's Tuesday now... whoops. Promised a semester course review so here it is. It will just be a short ramble about how I found the courses throughout the semester. You can find...

ex-hale, ex-ercise, ex-cuses, ex-ecute,

see what i did there.... pretty clever huh..... if you didn't get it i was trying to emphasize that EX-aamms are upon us. Yes its that time of the year peeps. That time of procastination and absolute dread and pain ( by the way whoever invented exams I really dont...

Ella’s Exam Poem..

One day until my first exam!!! Am I stressed? You could say that lol Let me introduce to you my "STUDY" routine in the form of a Acoustic poem. (p.s do NOT follow this routine your self if you want to succeed!!!) SLEEP: We all love our beauty sleep right? So much...

Weather I go or Weather I stay

The Struggle is Real So I was sitting in class this morning thinking 'hmm what should I write my blog on today....'. Then I looked down at my damp shoes, the rain spots on my pants and started getting really frustrated thinking about the weather. As you may have...

#when I need motivation;

I’m feeling a bit crazy as I type this. Not crazy in a bad way though. It’s the kind of energy that is bursting from inside, threatening to spill over. The kind that makes me want to sprint down the street, bounce on the pavement and tumble down the hill. Any hill....

When Things Go South…

Hey Fam! I'm afraid with exams right around the corner it feels a bit like things are going south. But lucky for you this blog is not a pity party about that. A few weeks back I was fortunate enough to get the opportunity as part of this blogging to head down to...

Study Tips Part 2

Hey everyone! How we all feeling? its been a crazy 13 weeks, and thankfully we're nearly at the finish line! I hope you found my last post of study tips useful and as promised, will give you 5 more tips on how to maximise study. Studying smarter, not studying...

March For Moko

As some of you might have read in the newspaper, the people who abused Moko Rangitoheriri, pleaded guilty to manslaughter. As a result of his death, people decided that there were too many kids dying at the hands of parents and caregivers in New Zealand, so the...