on what its really like to be a first year student at the University of Auckland
Swimming in a Pool of Pity

Swimming in a Pool of Pity

Today marks the first week of semester two complete.   Me llamo Eunice. Soy americano, soy de California. Vivo en Nueva Zelanda.   For my general ed class I decided to take Spanish 104G which is beginners Spanish. Or so I thought. The textbook and workbook...

A Uni Musical

A Uni Musical

For probably just about all of us Disney movies have been a stalwart through a large part of our lives. So its natural that after six months at university some of those theme songs that permanently live in the recesses of our brains began to resonate quite strongly....

Mid-year resolutions

Mid-year resolutions

As one of my favourite podcasters once said, I don't believe in New Year's Resolutions in the traditional sense. Nobody I've known has ever managed to stick to them. That’s not to say that goals aren’t important, they are. However, one year is way too long a timeframe...

Relocate. Relax. Recalibrate.

Relocate. Relax. Recalibrate.

I can proudly say that I survived semester one. I'm not going to lie these past few months have been some of the best and worst times. Exams stretched out quite a bit in comparison to a lot of my friends so I found myself stuck studying for my remaining two exams...

Friends

My exams were slightly later then my mates this semester and missed catching up with a few of my good friends from high school coming home for the holiday break. However after learning his lesson and the importance of friends, now with...

You live and you learn

You live and you learn

I've finished my last exam and man, does it it feel sooo good. Those two weeks full of exams were a whirlwind and yet it felt like they would never end. Semester one as a whole, literally flew right past me. I'm 1/8 done with my degree, however, I'm supposedly not...

Three down, one to go.

Three down, one to go.

If you were to look around the hall today, a crowd of people is not what you would find. For those unfortunate few (like yours truly) who still have exams to sit before they can actually begin their break have a huge building all to themselves. Besides the fact that...