by Eunice Amante | Nov 7, 2017 | Auckland Life, Education, Inside Word 2017
This year has finally come to an end. I have a couple more exams left and then I will be officially finished with my first year. Writing this post gave me a chance to look back on my first year of university. I got to thinking about how if I had known that this year...
by Eunice Amante | Oct 5, 2017 | Education, Inside Word 2017
I am currently surrounded by what seems like a sea of assignments and surviving off of the caffeine running through my veins. It has not been an easy week to say the least. There will be times where you’ll be so overwhelmed with assignments,...
by Eunice Amante | Sep 7, 2017 | Auckland Life, Inside Word 2017
While procrastinating on my assignments during this mid-semester break, I found myself looking at journals from earlier this year. They were all about me looking forward to things ahead or reminiscing on memories. Then I came across a journal which simply said...
by Eunice Amante | Aug 11, 2017 | Accommodation, Auckland Life, Inside Word 2017
I’ve been hesitant to write about my experience of living in a hall because I don’t want to discourage people from hall life. As a disclaimer I want to remind you that this is my experience and everyone has a different experience. I always imagined that...
by Eunice Amante | Aug 1, 2017 | Auckland Life, Inside Word 2017
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...
by Eunice Amante | Jul 4, 2017 | Auckland Life, Campus Life, Inside Word 2017
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...
by Eunice Amante | Jun 16, 2017 | Inside Word 2017, Study tips
Fifty percent. I am halfway through my grades for semester one. All 4 of my exams are worth 50% of my final grade. That is no small sum. Thankfully and scarily I only have two more weeks of exams left and two more days to study for my first two exams (yikes). I am...
by Eunice Amante | Jun 1, 2017 | Auckland Life, Inside Word 2017, Money/Scholarships
These past couple of weeks have been jam packed with all sorts of cool happenings, assignments and some big changes coming to my daily life. Happening No. 1: My amazing friend flew up to see me! I have been so blessed to have such incredible friends across the...
by Eunice Amante | May 19, 2017 | Auckland Life, Inside Word 2017
I have three very big assignments due within the next week and a half, but unfortunately I caught a serious case of procrastination. While I was staring into space (when I should’ve been starting on my assignments) I thought about how the schedule I wrote in my...
by Eunice Amante | May 4, 2017 | Inside Word 2016, Inside Word 2017
Let’s talk about the infamous gap year. I’m realising that college students are almost halfway through the school year which means the pressure is on. If you’re in your final year of college you’ve already started thinking about the options you...
