on what its really like to be a first year student at the University of Auckland
9 Weeks To Go
9 Weeks to Go As we count down to the departure date for Hawaii I have decided to introduce the team members to you all so you can get to know them a bit better. So to start off with I will give you the personal profiles of two team mates: 1. Name: Cara Berghan...
Exams Are Over. What Now?
Phew! Exams are done and dusted (dead and buried?) and with them over, we’ve officially finished our first semester of university! Achievement unlocked! It’s been a hell of a ride, but we’ve made it. I think some small part me suspected that I might not make it this...
Chess Let me in!!!
UNIVERSITY CHANGES YOU. Semester One is officially over!! Now with more time on my hands to know what to do with I am left with time to reflect on my journey at the University so far. When I was once a very active busy person who put my hand up for every opportunity...
Freedom
In all honesty one week ago I couldn't imagine life that didn't involve study and three days in to my holiday I still find myself thinking "Okay I'll talk for twenty more minutes and then I'll go study again". Exams had me going crazy, but its all over now and I have...
Pubs, Clubs and Planting Shrubs
Hey everyone, This time last week I was an hour into my first exam, extremely well acquainted with the general library and my life was basically Eat-Sleep-Study-Repeat interspersed with a bit off stress. With Semester one done and a month of holiday ahead naturally I...
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 to...
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 the...
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...
Trapped in the Shower: And Other Formative Experiences
Hello everyone! I hope you’re all well. This blog was due last Thursday. It is now a week late. To miss a deadline is poor form anyway, but to miss it by one whole week is really quite atrocious. I’d like to apologise. To myself, to the blog runners, to any...
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 so...
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...