(PS. I know that it's already 2013, but when one is on holiday then internet access is not readily available.)
I
learnt a lot last year so I figured that I’d make
you lists of the things I learnt in my second year at Rhodes:
1.
That I am blessed to have so many amazing
people in my life.
2.
That making new friend is easy if you try.
3.
You know that you are officially someone’s
friend when you drive them home in a stranger’s (now friend’s) car.
4.
If he’s overall is too clean he is too young
for you.
5.
That being said: You will be called a cougar
by your Journ friends.
6.
That I like Journalism a little, but I know
that I don’t want be a Journalist.
7.
I learnt to love writing.
8.
I learnt to love T.S Elliot. John Keats
9.
I learnt that D.H Lawrence is my Boy.
10. I learnt to love
spoken word poetry.
11. Foam parties aren’t
always that fun.
12. I learnt that keeping
your heart on your sleeve is not the best idea.
13. Nor is it always a bad idea.
14. That even by third
year, guys can still be super immature
15. That one should not
be fooled by what they can see.
16. That someone can
still be a law student with about a hundred hours to their name.
17. That BoatRaces and
Tri-var are the greatest jams of the year.
18. That next year I
should go to Fish and Fest.
19. That losing your
sister, who is visiting, in G-town might not have been a good idea.
20. Um…let’s just say
that post-drinks isn’t always that great.
21. I learnt to
appreciate the privacy of my room, the friends who live around me, the joys of
communicating with my family and friends back home.
22. I learnt that going
Lion King on your phone is the best way to get signal.
23. I learnt lot about
responsibility and conflict.
24. I learnt to live by example rather than telling others how to live.
25. I learnt that working
with a res just because you think entertainment rep of that res is cute is not
a clever move.
26. I learnt that I am
happy that some people are graduating and that I will never see them again.
27. I learnt that I am sad that some people are graduating
and that I will never see them again.
28. I learnt that someone
quoting Shakespeare to you in a club isn’t as romantic as it seems.
29. That starships were
meant to fly and that YOU were a wild one.
30. That it’s time to
leave Friars when there is a certain amount of couples hooking up and a certain
amount of girls crying.
31. That you can tell the
time by the amount of BP pies left.
32. That some guys res’
are just stupid!!!
33. That there will
always be that one guys res that you have too many friends in. A.K.A Goldfields!
34. That you will never
truly live down what you did in first year, but that, that doesn’t have to
dominate the rest of your life.
35. That Youtube is
amazing programme and that one day I will go to Vid-Con (or Summer in the City,
or any other Youtube gathering.)
36. That someone who can
do a proper cover of “Payphone” (by Maroon 5) is regarded as a good musician in my books.
37. That Paradise Fears
is a great band.
38. That seeing your
favourite band live is amazing, but having them sit down with you to chill is
unbelievable.
39. That birds are still
scary.
40. That I don’t have
time in my life for people who don’t respect me.
41. That in G-town you
can go out dressed any way you want.
42. That being proud of
who you are has a little to do with being proud of where are you are from.
43. I learnt that
strength is more than mere muscle.
44. I learnt that despite
the hate still in this world that there are people will to stand up for what
they believe in.
45. That Tarryn’s list of
things that she learnt this year is much better than mine!
46. This year I let the
facade of first year fall away and I let my idealistic side go so that I could
see what it’s like to truly be a student. To be someone truly to shape
themselves and grow into someone they actually want to be.
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| Me and my girls, Roxy and Kate |
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| Me and my friend Murray |
