Liga’s life at this point in time…

As I blog:

Currently, at this very moment, I am moderately damp (owing to the wet stuff falling from the sky) and sitting in the second computer lab off Monash Drive, Melbourne Uni. I will soon be leaving in order to attend my Linguistics Tutorial.

University:

I am a 1st year Arts student, and am hoping to transfer into Arts/Law next year. For this semester, I am studying Ancient Greece, Anthropology, Linguistics and German as a Diploma in Modern Languages (DML). I love every one of these subjects to bits – depending, of course, on what we’re studying in them,, and whether or not I’m stressing over assignments that are due *L*. I’ve always loved learning, and always knew that I wanted to go to Uni, but I don’t think I ever dreamed that I would be as happy as I am.

As a way of life, I adore Uni. I love the atmosphere, the ambience, setting – basically, whatever you want to call it, I love the campus. It’s very quickly become home. But most of all, I love how I can be me. To explain – I’m not inhibited, or trying to hide who I am. (Something I now realise I’ve done all my school life.) I can make it clear what I like, voice ideas and opinions that I probably wouldn’t have shared before, and I don’t have to justify who I want to be. The result of which, even in these few short weeks, is a noticeable change in my attitude. I’m more relaxed than I have ever been in my life, and feeling more fulfilled every day! (All happy things ;)

Friends:

I’ve decided that it is ok to take my time making friends. That’s not to say that I haven’t already made any, but just that I’m not in a rush to know as many people as possible. I suppose it’s normal to group the people you meet according to the subjects that you meet them in, so I’ll just list the ones that I seem to be spending most of my time with here. David (Anthro/Linguistics) Rania, Nathan, Blake (Linguistics) Carlie, Justin (German 1B) Tristan, Jemma (Ancient Greece). That’s meaningless to those outside of my ‘cosmology’ as an anthropologist might put it, but there you are.

Dancing:

Well, exams are on Saturday. I’ll be completing my Silver Street Latin (Salsa, Lambada) and my Silver Bar New Vogue sash, (Tango Terrific, Barclay Blues.) I was actually rather miffed today, because I went to the market place at North Court Union House, hoping to buy a red necklace that I saw there on Tuesday, but the stall isn’t there. There goes that idea for my outfit… But dancing itself is pretty good. Terry has also made me (unofficially) amateur staff, and I suspect it is because of Shae (Terry is my dancing teacher and his wife Annalise, had a little girl on March 16 this year, Shae Annalise Robertson) and needs more help with the studio. I live 2 minutes down the road, and have my licence now, so it’s kind of convenient for all concerned.

Things that have (fairly) recently changed:

My natural hair colour is brown, but you can’t tell anymore. I dyed it red after the last exams of Year 12, then purple just before New Years, and for a Black and White masquerade ball on the Saturday just gone, I dyed it, you guessed it, black! And I like this colour. I don’t care what anyone else says.

3 Miracles:

1. On the night of my 18th Birthday Party (April 8), I dropped a set of shot-glass chess on the floor, from about a height of just under a meter. Nothing broke. It wasn’t even chipped.
2. I was running inordinately late for class one Monday morning, and was going to only make the last 15 mins of an in-class Translation test, worth 40% of my mark for German. The teacher’s brakes had failed that morning, and (no, she didn’t die) she couldn’t make it, so the test was held the week after, and I didn’t have to go through signing affidavits in order to be able to do the test.
3. I can’t remember. I know there was a third, and I’ll get back to you.

And that’s about all I can fit in for now. Enough, I think. It’ll probably all be obsolete soon enough anyway! So, ciao, much love to all, plus a little bit more to a special few who have no idea who they are… xxx