Uni Life- Who said nything about growin up?
Well, well, well.. had my first taste of uni life today. Let me just let you in on a secret- UNI IS WAY DIFFERENT TO WHAT ITS LIKE INDA MOVIES! Yep, and as gay or stupid as that may sound, its true. Most of you that read this are already into or past the uni stage, and are probably mentally giving me the "..well, DUH?!" treatment, but, geez, how was I supposed to know?
Hmm, I think I'll start from the beginning; set my ramblings straight. Well, as mentioned yesterday, today was the BIG DAY, when I was to see my chosen campus, for the first time. BOY- was I in for a surprise! I mean, I know I had had two friggin people (YEAH-> SARMILLA, SJ, YAN-YEE, n AJAY, I've reserved each of you guys a burial plot across da campus?!) warning me not to get my hopes up- but get real?! I didn't think it could be that bad!
I keep telling myself that it was just because today was meant to be a pretty shit day, I mean, I had bad vibes from the moment I woke up, to the minute i got tangled up in my sheets and fell off my bed, to the second I nearly blew up the microwave (coz i left a spoon in there by mistake.. oops?!).
The day began with me meetin up with Ayesha at E.W station as planned, n us deciding on catching the 11:40 train to Lidcombe. That's when things started going (further) downhill; just as we were getting all psyched about actually getting there ahead of schedule, !@&*in Cityrail announces that our train is delayed by half an hour. Needless to say, we got over our 'high' in a hurry, and soon set about getting ourselves all pissed off.
Well, after a journey of what seemed like 12 hours, we finally reached Lidcombe. Omg, to those of you who actually live around there, or have affectionate tendencies towards that area, I pity you, and in no means am I trying to offend you or your taste in locality.
We spent the next 20 minutes waiting at the bus stop for the uni bus that was supposedly meant to arrive every 10 minutes, wishing to god that we had cars (or even a friggin bicycle?!) to get outta that dump. At one stage, this huge scary evil lookin guy drove past us, and i remember distinctly wishing for a helmet to protect the remnants of my brain from any bullets- lest he wished to shoot my brains out.
By the time our bus finally arrived, I was practically having a hysterical laughing fit (for no apparent reason- yeah, i kinda get 'em when I'm scared shitless?!) and Ayesha was attempting to shut me up and disassociate herself from me simultaneously- in vain.
The first thing that Ayesha and I noticed was the HUGE cemetery located across the road from our campus. Apparently, it's known to be one of Sydney's most largest graveyards- and caters for practically every religion! Anyway, sorry, that is besides my point. Can you imagine having to go to uni, alongside that HUGE depressing thing? OMG?! &@*#@*&^*@&# Let me just say, it was scary as hell- we couldn't help picturing it during Winter- when it gets dark early!
OOh, and about the actual campus! I have never seen a more depressing place in my life- EVER! (Disregarding the cemetery across the road, of course). The buildings are all gray- with little or no colour at all. There are no lively 'anythings'- and the only life I could see was in the few goldfish swimming around in a little pond, just outside the Physio Dept. Ok, I know you all are probably thinking that I am a little diptstick that doesn't know a good thing when she sees it- but lemme ask you, how many of you have actually been inside the USYD Lidcombe campus, eh? I ain't gonna deny that I'm being very pessimistic, but yeah, let me just remind you, that these are my musings afterall- and I am feeling downright bloody pessimistic at the moment!
Well, anyway, Blahdy-blah-blah we ended up catching the train home, loaded with our new UNI books, all crammed into our lame little "welcome to USYD- Cumberland Campus' bags, and looking like someone had just chewed us up, and regurgitated us back onto the floor. Before we split however, Ayesha and I decided that:
1. She was going to get her Ps ASAP (there ain't no chance of me getting mine at this rate- until i hit 65!)
2. We are going to be buried together under this huge oak, right near the cemetery gates, and
3. We are going become MAQ uni bums, and get wasted at their campus (esp. since ours doesn't have a bar! *SHOCK, HORROR!*)
Well, that's it for now... I wonder if the cemetery folks would give us funerary discounts? Afterall- Maq students get movie discounts?! Geez?!
Hmm, I think I'll start from the beginning; set my ramblings straight. Well, as mentioned yesterday, today was the BIG DAY, when I was to see my chosen campus, for the first time. BOY- was I in for a surprise! I mean, I know I had had two friggin people (YEAH-> SARMILLA, SJ, YAN-YEE, n AJAY, I've reserved each of you guys a burial plot across da campus?!) warning me not to get my hopes up- but get real?! I didn't think it could be that bad!
I keep telling myself that it was just because today was meant to be a pretty shit day, I mean, I had bad vibes from the moment I woke up, to the minute i got tangled up in my sheets and fell off my bed, to the second I nearly blew up the microwave (coz i left a spoon in there by mistake.. oops?!).
The day began with me meetin up with Ayesha at E.W station as planned, n us deciding on catching the 11:40 train to Lidcombe. That's when things started going (further) downhill; just as we were getting all psyched about actually getting there ahead of schedule, !@&*in Cityrail announces that our train is delayed by half an hour. Needless to say, we got over our 'high' in a hurry, and soon set about getting ourselves all pissed off.
Well, after a journey of what seemed like 12 hours, we finally reached Lidcombe. Omg, to those of you who actually live around there, or have affectionate tendencies towards that area, I pity you, and in no means am I trying to offend you or your taste in locality.
We spent the next 20 minutes waiting at the bus stop for the uni bus that was supposedly meant to arrive every 10 minutes, wishing to god that we had cars (or even a friggin bicycle?!) to get outta that dump. At one stage, this huge scary evil lookin guy drove past us, and i remember distinctly wishing for a helmet to protect the remnants of my brain from any bullets- lest he wished to shoot my brains out.
By the time our bus finally arrived, I was practically having a hysterical laughing fit (for no apparent reason- yeah, i kinda get 'em when I'm scared shitless?!) and Ayesha was attempting to shut me up and disassociate herself from me simultaneously- in vain.
The first thing that Ayesha and I noticed was the HUGE cemetery located across the road from our campus. Apparently, it's known to be one of Sydney's most largest graveyards- and caters for practically every religion! Anyway, sorry, that is besides my point. Can you imagine having to go to uni, alongside that HUGE depressing thing? OMG?! &@*#@*&^*@&# Let me just say, it was scary as hell- we couldn't help picturing it during Winter- when it gets dark early!
OOh, and about the actual campus! I have never seen a more depressing place in my life- EVER! (Disregarding the cemetery across the road, of course). The buildings are all gray- with little or no colour at all. There are no lively 'anythings'- and the only life I could see was in the few goldfish swimming around in a little pond, just outside the Physio Dept. Ok, I know you all are probably thinking that I am a little diptstick that doesn't know a good thing when she sees it- but lemme ask you, how many of you have actually been inside the USYD Lidcombe campus, eh? I ain't gonna deny that I'm being very pessimistic, but yeah, let me just remind you, that these are my musings afterall- and I am feeling downright bloody pessimistic at the moment!
Well, anyway, Blahdy-blah-blah we ended up catching the train home, loaded with our new UNI books, all crammed into our lame little "welcome to USYD- Cumberland Campus' bags, and looking like someone had just chewed us up, and regurgitated us back onto the floor. Before we split however, Ayesha and I decided that:
1. She was going to get her Ps ASAP (there ain't no chance of me getting mine at this rate- until i hit 65!)
2. We are going to be buried together under this huge oak, right near the cemetery gates, and
3. We are going become MAQ uni bums, and get wasted at their campus (esp. since ours doesn't have a bar! *SHOCK, HORROR!*)
Well, that's it for now... I wonder if the cemetery folks would give us funerary discounts? Afterall- Maq students get movie discounts?! Geez?!
posted by NaZZ at 6:55 pm
2 Comments:
No BAR???? What the hell do they expect you to do there??? STUDY? You are in uni, totally unacceptable ... But you wouldn't need the bar since you are toooo chicken to taste ANY of the drinks they serve there!!
I could see how you would wanna bum at MAQ .... but we have ugly buildings too .... however we do have a shopping center across the street from us and having the entire uni built around the bar would create a completely different environment to your cemetery :P On the upside you could do regular seances instead of watching scary movies?? It would be a whole lot cheaper and would be much more of a bonding experience!! muhaahahahahahahahahahahahah
Completely loved the blog Hunka Punka :P Whats the release date for the next one???
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Hey Nafisa...
hehe i didn't actually read ur whole blog entry abt macq yet, but since ur like practically forcing me to post a comment i decided i better. So here goes.
Well congrats on making it till uni and u've actually finished enrolment too..top stuff! I'm still going through the whole process coz the stupid things online... i mean yeh its good and all coz its online (convenient, easy blah blah) but if u hav a question, theres no one sitting there u can ask, plus its sooooo confusing!!!! I'm taking forever! Well hopefully i'm doing it right...god knows how many ppl i've asked abt enrolment procedures...
Hmm...what else....man i don't wanna go to uni!!! I mean yeh i do coz of "freedom", uni life etc etc, all hat stuff everyone says abt it but then none of u guys r gonna be coming to my uni...actually i think two are, but there doing courses totally different to mine so therez not much chance we'll see each other around!!! We'll hav to fully keep in touch coz i've heard it doesn't take long to drift apart....don't want tthat to happen at any cost!!!!!
Ok man i think i've written enough for a first time...i've never written in anyonez blog...feel honoured coz ur the first! Plus i feel honoured to be the first to write in ur blog! Thanks! Hey i'll try to write as often as possible k? Okiez bye!!!!
Lots of Love,
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