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...
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...
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...
A question often asked by students, particularly in their second year is, when is it a good time to get a part-time job? Will there ever be a good time to work a part-time job on top of study? I must admit I have thought long and hard about the potential impacts that...
I love a good cram. Diamonds are made under pressure, right? So here’s UNIVERSITY 101: A cram course to university at the University of Auckland, lectured by me! Learn about the how the university year is structured, the types of classes we attend, and...
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 spent a fair bit of time reflecting on the...
Trigger warning! Don’t watch the video if you suffer from epilepsy(?) or conditions that prevent you from watching fast (and shaky) videos. As you guys can probably tell, I had a bit of fun with this video… I mean, I heard the song, saw an...
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...
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...
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 some typical...
