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 Sparsha Karingula | Sep 12, 2017 | Education, Inside Word 2017
Before I left for my second semester, my lovely mother wrote me a poem in our native language, Telugu. Each line consisted of life advice she thought I ought to keep in mind. It’s the very first line, though, that resonated with me. So naturally, I got a...
by Sparsha Karingula | Sep 12, 2017 | Education, Inside Word 2017
They say home is where the heart is. I can’t help but agree as I think about all that I’ve done these past few weeks of break. Blueberry Picking My mom took my twin sister and I blueberry picking and it was honestly the highlight of my day. I loved...
by Sparsha Karingula | Sep 12, 2017 | Education, Inside Word 2017
An array of colors splatter across the night sky. Oohs and aahs filter through the air amidst the sporadic booms. In the middle of all this noise I sit, surrounded by my friends, whom I haven’t seen in over four months. Only one sentence replays over and over in my...
by Sparsha Karingula | Aug 11, 2017 | Auckland Life, Campus Life, Education, Inside Word 2017, Study tips
I’m currently sitting in front of my gate at Shanghai International Airport, waiting to board my 15-hour flight to New York City. With five hours to go until my plane arrives, what better opportunity than now to reminisce about the last month of exam preparation and...
