on what its really like to be a first year student at the University of Auckland
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...
Just Another Manic Monday
[appears from under a mountain of essays and scripts and schedules, HOP card in hand]
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 I...
WELCOME TO MEDICAL SCHOOL
As a high school student and even first year university student, I always remember being curious about what the medical school course looked like – sure it would consist of mostly theory in Phase One (Years 2 – 3) and Phases Two & Three (Years 4 – 6) would involve clinical attachments at various hospitals in the upper North Island, but if you’re anything like me, you’ll crave a detailed breakdown of each part (yay for lists!). Here’s what we study in Phase One (Years 2 – 3) of Medical School.
Carlaw Park Student Village
Hello everyone! I was feeling artsy and decided to make a video about my hall of residence whilst I drew a rough sketch of it. I am not the best artist by any means, but drawing often helps me feel...
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 I...
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...
First half semester – class review 😎
University is hard. It's awesome, but like, super hard. This first half of the semester has been a mixed bag, either I loved the class and turned up to every lecture, or I had a few regrets about my enrollment choices. This is a rundown of my experience with each of...
What’s in our pantry?
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...
What’s in my bag?!?
Alright, I'll be the first to admit that neither of the girls in the thumbnail above are me. 😅 I couldn't get a nice photo of my bag as it was just a lumpy black shape sitting on the floor, so stock photos it is! Internally cringing at...
SURVIVING MY FIRST MONTH AT ELAM
Straight outta high school, straight outta the cage that NCEA has put us “secondary school artists” in. Coming from a school in East Auckland with 350 kids in our year, there were 20 kids in our art class, three of us ended up going to art school. That is, only 0.8%...
Engineering Camp!
I know, I know, from the title, you might be thinking: engineers in kayaks, 19-year-old students building tents, and roasting marshmallows, fully grown dudes riding ponies. Let me assure you that it was not that kind of camp. In fact, the technical name for it was...
The Great Return
“You lot are always on holidays”, “do you even get any work done”, “just wait till you are in the real world”. All statements I have heard my whole life from unfortunate souls who are in full-time employment whilst I’m living the ‘best days of my life’ in the...