Sydney Life

Halloween in LA!

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:24:27 +1000

With my first batch of midterms over the week before Halloween, I decided to celebrate the brief breathing time by beginning Halloween celebrations early. Yep, the movies are pretty accurate – Halloween is HUGE in America. There are countless stores entirely devoted to selling Halloween costumes and accessories (I’m not really sure what they do for the remaining 11 months of the year), and as early as the start of October, businesses had started scrambling to make most of the festive (ie. money-spending) mood of American society ... myself included.

And the Winner is......

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:57:48 +1000

Sydney University has over 200 clubs and societies!
On the 14th October, there was a glamourous awards night to find out who had the best events, who had the best poster, the best t-shirt, who is the best club!

Big mistake!

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:13:56 +1000

Forgetting to wear gloves on the daily bike ride to uni is quickly becoming a huge mistake!

What is Mind? Does it matter? What is matter? Never mind. Except you should, because that's what this blog is about.

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:16:44 +1000

I was sitting in my Philosophy of Mind lecture the other day when a thought occurred to me. At least, I think it was a thought, and I think it occurred to me, but if the subject has taught me anything it’s that you can never really be sure with these things.

Why I Love Sydney Uni

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:18:19 +1000

Sydney Uni in the Dust - September 2009

Apart from being one of the more photogenic universities in Australia, I thought that I would list a few reasons as to why I love Sydney Uni. This isn't a glossy puff-piece, and one of the good things about this blog is that I know that I can talk about when I'm having a tough time with Uni - this is just a list of why I love Sydney Uni; these are reasons that reaffirm why I've chosen to study here, and these are qualities of the university that I also believe are important to protect.

First (and Second) Impressions of UCLA

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:45:13 +1000

Time certainly flies when you're having a great time! It's hard to believe that I've already been in LA for a month and that I've survived the 3rd week at UCLA. So here are my impressions of LA and UCLA so far ...

The Canadian campus Life

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:32:40 +1000

So many cool things about Canadian campus life that are very different to Aus.

DRIVING DAYS ARE OVER

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:21:08 +1000

After 4,500 miles of good times road tripping its finally time to say goodbye to Bruce the eclipse.

What is with the weather?

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:08:47 +1000

The weeks before the break I was so pumped it was already summer! I wrote a blog (which I didn’t post – clever!) about the joys of 30 degrees in September! I’d gone on a beach weekend vacation with 11 other uni students to chill on the beach in the Central Coast and head out fishing, jump off a wharf swimming, a late night BBQ – all things summer! The next weekend again I’d spent at the beach, eating mangoes, sushi and Boost juice – the 3 ingredients of summer!

Now a week later it’s FREEZING! I’m sitting writing this all curled up in a dressing gown and ugg boots (the height of fashion I know!). But seriously: dust storms, record high temperatures for July, record low temperatures for October, summer in winter and winter in spring. Come on weather – work yourself out!

Mid life crisis? Try mid semester crisis!

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:56:07 +1000

So, I might be exaggerating a little, but it’s definitely crunch time! In the last few weeks I’ve had over 10 assessments due – it hurts! But, it’s my fault! I decided to take on five subjects this semester!

I kind of wanted to write this blog to advise against overloading. It is a great way to speed up your degree, or in my case catch up subjects I didn’t do in previous semesters (because of things like travelling and internships), but it is a lot of work. I’ve actually had three subjects for the last two semesters so my rant and rave now is probably all part of the shock of having a lot of work due at one time!

Homelessness for one night at Uni!

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:49:04 +1000

Every night 105 000 Australians fall asleep homeless. On August 20th 2009, that number was bumped to around 105 100, as I joined other young people to participate in the very first Generation Y Winter Sleepout at the University of Sydney.

“I went home in the morning and realised the irony as I “caught up” on sleep in my own private bedroom. I almost cried when I realised I was one of the lucky few with my own private bathroom.”

dude, check that out!

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:47:45 +1000

I know I'm supposed to be writing about honours, but in the spirit of photojournalism...check out the dust this morning!

The best part of semester

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:12:19 +1000

Had a great trip to the Bureau En Gros (stationary shop) last Monday. For some reason I love picking out pens, books folders etc... This was followed by the dreaded trip to the uni bookstore, the worst of the damage was my $166 electromagnetism book.

The other thing about canada is that you need to get ready for winter early, so the shorts are going away, and jackets are coming out, even though its only the 3rd week of autumn. It's an exciting time, starting uni in a new city - everything is new and you feel like a first year again, I dont even know where the uni bar is!

Field work with Luke

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:23:54 +1000

Today I took the train to Whoop-whoop to help my fellow honours sacrificial lamb – erm, student – find field sites for his honours project.

Here he is, trying to look for spiders up a tree – Science, you’re doing it wrong...

Excitement. Come and get some!

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:30:51 +1000

Howdy kids,

Well, it’s already three months in to the Magical Land of Honours, and EVERYBODY wants a piece of action!

Slowly, we bright young things are being transformed into caffeinated zombies (below), so grab your tin-foil hats, lest we catch you and try to suck your brains out through your earholes...