End of year 1:what I've learnt

(this blog contains swear words used a lot)

So this uni year has been a weird one. We've had our ups and downs but overall we've made it in the end. Congrats. To close this year I wanted to look back on what I've learnt this year at uni. Everything from what Guerilla marketing is all the way to learning how to open a beer bottle top with my teeth.

Looking back at the start of this year I didn't know what I was doing. I was just a little fish entering a bloody aquarium. I mean these fishes looked like the ones from shark tale and I was little baby dory. Now that's an analogy and a half there. Still, I was unsure about a lot of things, how to make friends, what clubs were like (I turned 18 late summers and became ill for most of the rest of summer) and what I was even doing there. You see I had never had uni in my idea plan. It was mainly due to my thoughts that uni was full of exams, something I've hated since I was little. I never knew you didn't have to do exams until I stepped into college. Even then I wasn't sure if it was right for me due to the struggles I had gone through in my college first year. Nonetheless, in second year I was like "fuck it I'm going to uni bitches" and somehow got in, cheers NTU love ya.

My first semester was probably the most difficult for me as I was I had to start over and try to do something I wasn't ready for. As I got to semester two I kind of broke the idea and got what needed to be done. I was more focused and had an idea of what needed to happen. Clubs were like the fun place I could go, not to get drunk but let loose, something I needed when it came to submissions and deadlines. I secured a group of friends and felt comfortable with them. We had fun and I knew I was alright. Then BOOOOOOMMMMMM!!!!!! CORONA (that bitch) hit us and nobody knew what to do. We had fun and then it all kind of stopped like a ton of bricks. All of a sudden everyone was getting kicked out of the flats and uni became online. That week when we didn't have anything and everyone was going home was the strangest thing I had ever witnessed. Streets became quiet, clubs became closed and my uni life was cut short. I remember the night just before I left for home. We had a night just me and my only friend left, playing ping pong with pots and pans, having a walk around to find an open McDonalds. It was a weird time but in the end, I was so glad it happened as we got to relax and have teenage antics one last time (something we didn't know at the time).

The Alice then didn't know what was happening but in the end, is glad for this opportunity. Online learning has been a great thing. I've been able to get more help (something my shy arse loves) and focus more on my work understanding where I went wrong in my first summative. Yes, it's not the best thing that's ever happened but I wouldn't change it. One day I'll be telling my kids (or my 20 dogs) about the Covid-19 pandemic when they ask for help during history class. It will be cool to look back on this blog as the help my forgetful fucking arse will need. I mean I'm forgetful now so I can only imagine what it will be like in 30 years.