#38: Greetings from Home

Thursday 14 February


So CSU internet is annoying.

I really wanted to blog as much as possibly possible during this week, however incompatibility issues arose to disrupt my future plans from taking place. Apparently. The web browser Safari isn’t very welcome on the CSU network, hence my inability to email, post, podcast or vlog.

However, I now have Firefox on my laptop and should be able to quench your burning desire for Meg gossip from now on. To be blatantly truthful, I don’t have any particularly interesting gossip, rather just stories to tell of the week that passed. It is hard to remember everything that happened during O Week due to the frantic pace of the activities, but I will try to recall the most exciting events in as thorough detail as I can muster.

The town revolves around the Uni. The discounts they provide students are countless, with almost all outlets providing some kind of aid for us tertiary educated kids, ranging from bank accounts to ice cream, from cheap grog to cheap swimming pool membership, from not looking twice at a bunch of us screaming “I’m a little teapot” at the height of our inhalation to knowing what the theme was that night at the Uni Bar when we placed an order for 60 metres of material. After reading the preceding sentence back, I believe an explanation is in order, but keep up (Come on, I had to during this week). Most banks set up stalls on the central lawn on Wednesday, offering student account, as well as other information set-ups such as NRMA and student exchange. If you want really nice gluten-free ice cream, got to Annies’. There is always a venue for pre-drinks before a Uni bar night, providing Happy Hours and discount beer/cocktails for us adolescent alcoholics. $9 per week unlimited visits to the local pool. During the Mystery Bus Tour, we were forced to sing nursery rhymes at the tops of our lungs to please our leaders, which was obviously not surprising to the Bathurst residents who jeered and cheered. Spotlight, Salvo’s, Bargin Bin and Vinnies’ seem like the places to be for Bar dress up nights.

Basically, the community spirit is not only drilled into the new students of the college, but rather ingrained into their psyche through constant reminders of our togetherness through isolation. Everyone will say hi to you as you walk along the path to sign up for the week’s tutorials, however, it is only possible to connect with others if you take the time to understand the differing views. The journalism students seem like the most interesting to me, but that might just be my own preferences. Let’s see what happens when the returner’s make their… return.

I’m predicting a transformed atmosphere when I arrive back at my Bathurst home.



Lovemeg

(P.S. If you wish to contact me, do not hesitate to call me on 0263387582 or send me snail mail at CSU, LPO Box 8059, Bathurst NSW 2795)