The past couple of days have been hellishly stressful (I know this because my elbows have flared up again). Waiting for the exam results is definitely not a ride in the park. Luckily, the wait is over AND I PASSED EVERYTHING WOOT WOOT! I am now officially done with university (for the time being :P) [...]
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Haemoglobin
Posted: October 8, 2011 in Life, UniTags: anaemia, haemoglobin, injection, tired, vitamin B12
I’ve heard this word uttered plenty of times – on Grey’s Anatomy, on House, and in primary school we used to have competitions to see who could say it the fastest – but I never really knew what they were (or did) until a couple of days ago. I had been feeling exhausted for quite [...]
I can’t believe the holidays are over. I definitely miss the undergrad days where we would get 5 weeks’ of relaxation instead of a measly two. I’m back in Cape Town – just in time for the crappy weather to overwhelm my sunny disposition. My flatmates have gone out, so I’m stuck in the flat [...]
Back in undergrad, I used to hear all sorts of horror stories about how atrocious postgrad was going to be. So horrible that it made me look forward to articles where I must spend weekends at dimly-lit warehouses counting boxes and bean-cans to earn my keep. I didn’t believe much of it as I figured [...]
Growing up, I always believed in the best of people. I would give them the benefit of the doubt before I would cast them as “bad” or “untrustworthy”. Of course, I was then regarded as naive, gullible and inexperienced. Back then, I used to feel sorry for all the cynics of the world and vowed [...]
Today, I had my first tutorial where I didn’t have to play the part of a lost soul huddling in front of her notes, pretending to listen intently at the tutor. Today, /I/ was the tutor and I couldn’t help but feel slightly nervous. I had never tutored before, and I’d always been a little [...]
This is a follow up of a previous post. Decisions regarding our futures are probably the most important (along with what to have for breakfast and whether to wear the 3 inch or the 4 inch heels). Now that I am nearing graduation, I have to start thinking about what lies beyond the varsity enclosure: [...]
Famous Cracks and Fail
Posted: August 30, 2010 in humour, UniTags: fail, famous crack, university ranking
When interviewers ask me why I chose UCT as my tertiary institution of choice, my standard answer is always “Because it is the best university in Africa.” After all, it is the only university in Africa to make it to the top 200 of the World University Rankings. But what does it actually mean? Was [...]
When I was little, I had little or no grasp of the true cost of things – my worldly possessions consisted of sweets and chocolates; I was not a materialistic brat. I always marvelled at how much my parents paid to get me through school. I remembered thinking that paying anything over R100 for a [...]
