Thursday, March 14, 2013

More university ramblings

I am bad at this regular blogging thing. I don't feel anywhere near interesting enough to be writing about my life and posting it for others to see.

So, where did we leave off?

Orientation week was fairly good. The university organised a music festival dubbed "Gear Up" with headlining bands such as Hungary Kids of Hungary, The Salvadors and Ball Park Music stealing the show. I went there not knowing a word to any of BPM's songs and ended up having a brilliant time, dancing in sync with everyone else. There was a pretty cool guy who walked me to my bus stop and talked about his life and his boyfriend, which I found strangely interesting. I feel guilty for forgetting his name though, since we even visited the bottle shop together. Hmmmmm.

At the university orientation day I met some really friendly people who turned out to be in some of my classes. However, the most interesting part of my day was winning first prize in the iPad mini draw. Nothing says "welcome to university" quite like a free iPad.

On the Friday night I went to the Rising Sun Music Festival, organised by the Australian Youth Climate Coalition. I had been hoping to meet up with a group of friends, but they bailed on me at the last minute. I actually ended up going with Jack (who works for my dad) and his friends. I was introduced as the boss' daughter and was affectionately called that by everyone throughout the night. Despite my social anxiety, I really felt comfortable with these people I hardly knew - they were just so lovely and easy to like. We had a lot of alcohol and swayed in unison to the reggae beats. I discovered some fantastic musicians, such as Xango! and Irie Knights. This experience has me craving for more live performances...

First week of university was both exciting and scary. I didn't get too lost, but having Japanese at a different campus can be annoying. The people overall seem really friendly and down to earth, which I love. The tutors are also pretty cool and don't talk down to me, like many of my previous teachers did.

We're halfway into the second week already... wow. It feels strange because I only have about 10 contact hours, since some of my subjects are conducted online.
I made a really classy entrance into my Japanese classroom the other day. The door requires a bit of force to pull it open, and I misjudged how much effort was required and fell backwards. My recoveries are getting a lot better though... I simply walked into the room, looked around and said "we're not going to talk about that" and sat down.
Speaking of Japanese, I was surprised just how much I'd forgotten after 18 months of not studying it. However, I'm still glad that I'm not in the beginner's class!

I'll try and get better at blogging, and at least try and make it more interesting to read... maybe throw in some lions and bears or something like that. I'm thinking of signing up for a radio program through the university, so maybe instead of reading my ramblings you'll all be forced to listen to them. Mwahahahaha