c’est fin

Well Ladeez and gents,

its offically over..the first semester of uni…only 7 more to go…(yes I am one of those insane people doing summer school..kill me now).  I hate to say it..but i ENJOYED the LWB142 exam…I actully knew what I was talking about..and for that I would love to thank my AMAZING tutor Frances (you rock!!!)…141 however…well lets just not go there…at all…ever.  My business subjects went down a treat…lots of writing long answers which is really my thing   I was relativly prepared for exams considering I worked most of Swotvac…I love my job Seriously it rocks.  Aside from that..I’m not faced with about 5 weeks alone (my flatmates moved home for the holidays) working on and off…and watching Dr Phil with my cat whilst eating TimTams…most people would go..”how boring” I however am revelling in the fact that I don’t have to read Legal Institutions and Methods again…thank god. Not that it isn’t interesting…its just after the 50th time it loses its fun.

Aside from all that, who is going to the QUOTALs end of term drinkies at birdees? Preetttttty sure we should all go…seeing as some of us havent had a decent drink in weeks/months (damn you Kevin Rudd).    Stupid alcopop tax…wtf…who ACTUALLY calls them an alcopop….even my GRANDMA doesn’t call them that..and shes pretty awesome…

Anywho. I am going back to Dr Phil…with my cat….and the Tim Tams….

Tootles

xx

Solve the worlds problems…

http://www.safenow.org/

Look at it. Trust me.

Its funny.

Bling

Well…having been a bit busy/lazy the last few days etc I haven’t posted…so here it is.  Break went by way too fast.  Can’t wait until our big holidays.  However; next Friday, I have something I am dreading….a flu trial.  Yes…being a poor uni student..thought I’d sign up for something that gives me money and I have to do very little for…so I’m off to be stabbed with needles and watched etc…Shall be interesting if nothing else I guess.  Anyway, my LWB142 is almost done…almost being the key word..but tomorrow is my day off so as well as house cleaning and cooking that shall be my main focus.  I’m trying to find a new job, because mine is rather tedious and non useful.  Aside from that, my life isn’t particularly exciting except for the chance that I go to the Ronnie Johns Chopper Reid show on Friday night at the Tivoli (WOOT). Hehe  Hope everyone is going well

xx

break?

Ok. So…envisiged mid term break…relaxing..chilling with my mates…few days at work to get the cash up.sleeping in.
Or not.
So…got up this morning…rode my bike to work. Not a good idea. Can’t sit now. Plus have mild concussion from running into tree and cut on leg from pants getting sucked into wheelchain thingie. Got home after work (didn’t drop anything today!!) And thought that I might do my Legal Citation exercise…seeing as up until last Wednesday I thought it was teh same thing as the Library one…ahem..So I did it…it only took about 4 hours. THIS IS NOT NORMAL. Sigh. I have like..an epic headache. But on the plus side, I’m finding my 142 assignment amazingly fascinating…no seriously…the info I’m reading through really gives me insight into an interesting world!. I’m excited about Law. Whilst reading cases etc is not the most fun and I disagree throroughly with the lecturer who said that if we didn’t like reading it we should go home…because finding it fun, eing educated and being interested are all VERY different things. I am finiding it a bit difficult to go to the law lectures…Just because mostly…they are the same as whats on the slides etc. I go..but I must admit I did catch a few winks until my good mate elbowed me into awakeness. So glad I’m getting a chance to sleep in a bit and relax etc…and watch a bit of Biggest Loser…sad…but true. However; uni is interesting…I like my subjects, although they are a bit hard..and it scares me when people ask what I’m doing..and as soon as they hear law they laugh and go “haha Good Luck”. On a nice note, I had a good weekend and witnessed the birth of some kittens! it was amazing! I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter. Be glad to talk to you all soon! We need to have a law student get together!
xx

I Will Survive

“At first I was afraid, I was petrified” 

Quite well describes that first week….

“Kept thinking I could never live without you by my side”

Where the hell is my textbook?

“I spent so many nights..thinking how you did me wrong”

WHY! Why did I choose law? AM I CRAZY?

“But I grew strong, and learned how to get along”

That’s right.  I am strong.  I am strong..I am oh god…no more legislation 

“I will survive”

Guess that’s the crux of the argument isn’t it?  We will survive…No matter how hard things seem right now, it will settle down and we all will live.  For example, LWB141…No one told me (or indeed the rest of my class) that we had to quote the source…well…that was an interesting tute…

“Ok Mr X, what part of common law would you say did this?”

Followed by much of the class frantically flicking through study guides and guessing which random piece of whatnot actually related vaguely to the question that the tutor was talking about.  Oh by the way, I STILL have no idea who my tutor is.  I mean..I know WHO he is..he’s that guy who is my tutor..However I somehow managed to miss his name..and hence I’m kind of stuck going “hey you”..which I hate because it makes me feel rather like Jonah Takaluah…except it makes me want to go “PUCK YOU MISS”.  Oh damn..now I have the songs from MR G THE MUSICAL stuck in my head…

“Everything ends in sadness, fulfilling all your fears

What goes up, must come down

And it all ends in tears

But you don’t have to worry

Cuz your not here right now

And this world is a bad bad place

And we wonder why or how

Oh  Selene, Oh Jessica,

Those god damn drugs that bloody car

You look just like, you did in your bed

Except this time you’re dead”

Is it uber sad that I knew that by memory?  Lets just say in my house…we have a bit of an obsession for Summer Heights High.  Wow my spell-check hates uber..hahaha

Ok concentrate Keira.

Law.

Yes.

I am actually quite enjoying LWB142..especially my tutes..as I have a great group of girls in my group and in general, we have a really smart and enthusiastic class.  Some comments were priceless though.  Dear God, my media player has started playing the Beegees and I was unknowingly singing along…I have reached the epitome of sadness..

On bigger news.

KRISPEY KREME IS OPENING IN BRISBANE.

Now yes. These are the most horribly fattening donuts in existence..but seriously..have you tried one? Its like eating HEAVEN…except with a hole.  Try their Devils Food one…narghhh *drools*

Back to uni.

I am getting excited to start our group project for LWB 142, it looks great, found some great info and getting organised and into it etc.  Finally finished my Library Exercise after much rushing back and forth and confronting confused 3^rd years to ask where something was.  But indeed.  It is complete.  I just have to hand it in and hope and pray that it is in fact, the right thing.  That I have not mixed up reprinted legislation with acts or something like that. 

Anyway.  I’m quite sure I have blabbered on about pointless stuff for about 3mins of your life you won’t get back…Feel special aye?

Have a good week! If it all gets too much..Sing some I will Survive..

xx

Songs – I Will Survive Gloria Gaynor

Mr G The Musical – Summer Heights High

Oh..and this picture is attached because it makes me laugh.

the bane of my life.

ok..just a quickie…

WHY ARE THERE CREEPY SALES PEOPLE AT THE GATE ALL THE TIME!!!!!!

(apologies if you are a creepy sales person)

But seriously…I feel like I have to…run through the gate and to the road crossing really fast so I don’t get conned into giving all my money to some charity/hair-salon/worthless piece of junk…

So frustrating…and slightly scary..I’m just waiting for one to come up and open a trench-coat to try and sell me pirated dvds or cocaine or something…

over-dramatic perhaps? I don’t know…you tell me…

xx

To cheer? Or not to cheer?

Howdy.

Well, yet another busy week begins…and although I don’t actually go to uni until tomorrow…Just thought I’d post a few choice thoughts.  Sat down on Saturday to do my homework/readings etc…now..maybe it’s just me..but I seemed to have an epic amount of reading to do..and some of the questions…I was like…ergh.   However; I believe I have conquered the questions (to some extent) and almost finished my legal citation exercise…although I have this ghastly feeling that I have done some of it wrong…very wrong.  Ah well.  We shall see.  But all I can say, is thank god for legal dictionaries.  Aside from that about 15 hours of work, cleaning and seeing Phantom of the Opera (which was magnificent….go see it..seriously) my weekend pretty much disappear in a flash.  One question for anyone (my one reader….) does anyone know who to contact about the QUT Cheerleading team?  Being an ex head cheerleader (its not as bad as it sounds ok) I’d love to at least try for a new team..but I somehow managed to totally miss market day and everything that went with it…so If anyone knows someone in it..or the coach…or something..let me know.   Also thanks for that blog about giving blood….guess what I’m doing after uni Friday? Yeah…going to visit the vampires….*shudder*  Also has anyone noticed a slight rivalry between the faculties…say…engineering and law??? Maybe its just me….or maybe something deeper lurks beneath the calm surface….dun dun dunnnnnnnnnn.  Dramatic mood much?  Anyway, I’d love to hear how everyone else is going with their legal citation exercise….and anything else….just so I know someone else has actually stared it..(anyone???).  Anyway.  My kitten has decided to now chew upon my precious legal dictionary so I must go rescue it from its furry grave.

Good luck everyone

Xx

K

And off we go…

Well, it’s started, the first day of 4 and a half years here at QUT.   Before I get into anything, I best introduce myself.  I’m Keira, I’m 18 and a first year Business/Law student here at QUT.  I have recently moved to Brisbane from the sunshine coast (well….Gympie-ish) and am attempting to settle into the hectic city life.  Before we get started, let us establish, the basics.

Name – Keira (rest withheld so that no one stalks me and stands outside my window at 3am singing Can’t Fight the Moonlight)

Age – 18 (as of January)

Location  - One of the many suburbs starting with C in East Brisbane. (haha stalk me now)

Hobbies – Dancing, Music (Clarinet, Sax etc), Reading, Generally hanging out etc. 

Interests  - The military, history, law (well duh), travel etc.

Degree – Double degree in Law and Business majoring in International Business.

Pets – One kitten.  Sergeant.  One poodle (at home) Baby.

Now. Lets get down to the nitty gritty.  Law.  At QUT.  Well.  I started today….after much too-ing and fro-ing with my insane computer skills and a little help from a multitude of sympathetic co-ordinators etc who assisted me through my computer illiterate times, I have FINALY established a time table.

 Today, I had a LWB141 Tute and a LWB 142 Lecture, both seemed alright.  Until I got that person…you know..the really scarily smart one.  Who sat next to me…had already been to the lecture…and had done 27 pages of notes….Now, normally, this person would be me ( well…the obsessive note taking anyway), however; being the busy person I am (I work part time as a waitress) I had somehow managed to omit the fact that I had to buy a case book…my bad.  However, after meeting a few people, I discovered that uni students are in fact normal (ish).  No longer did I feel quite so horribly terribly nervous.   It is certainly an odd feeling going from the top of the school as a year 12, to being newbies again.  Coming from a relatively small school, (87 in my grade 12) to suddenly have 500 people in a lecture is rather intimidating.  But anyway, after about an hour of frantic note taking, and another hour of trotting through the law library my first tute was over. 

My first lecture cleared a lot of things up, everything was simplified, explained and made clear.  Thank goodness for that.   Now knowing approximately when and what my assessment was for 2 subjects and having acquired a few friends, I felt somewhat better.  More reassured. 

Now if anyone else is feeling rather lonely, lost, etc, don’t just stand there.  Be the random kid that introduces yourself to someone else standing alone.  Chances are, they aren’t just a random loner.  They too are probably lonely and a bit scared. 

Uni itself seems good.  For some mad reason, I am excited about learning.  And must  I say, the Law Library is AMAZING.  It looks stunning and seems to be very very well equipped.  I have had a quick look at the other library and it looks great too, I just wish I had more time to wander aimlessly around the campus and explore.   I am somewhat daunted by our library task, however I am sure that the magical library ladies are able to assist…Must I also say, the first librarians I have met who actually want to help you..and don’t just look at you like you are disturbing the peace in their space. 

Anyway.  I have truly babbled on enough.    I would be interested to hear what others think of enrolling and the law library? Feel free to comment etc and let me know J  I am excited to see what the rest of the week brings and wish everyone the best of luck. 

Ciao.

Keira.