BUTT IN MY EYE.

Very nearly, anyway!

Firstly, it should be known that within the confines of the courtyard in the place that I live, smoking is prohibited, and secondly, that smoking is allowed on balconies.  However, some apartments' balconies, open into the courtyard.

The other night as I walked out I noticed two European girls smoking on said balcony and as I walked under the balcony, minding my own business, what should I see fall merely inches in front of my face but a carelessly discarded cigarette butt.  One that could have, had my timing have been any different, very easily landed on my head, clothes, or, worst case scenario, in my eye.  Luckily it was none of those.

I have since sent a complaint to the UNSW Housing commission, the outcome of which is that the girls have received a 'formal warning' about their actions (or so said the email reply).

Hopefully a 'formal warning' is enough to have them consider their actions, and no longer smoke where they shouldn't (or at the very least, no longer carelessly discard cigarette butts into a place where they know not what damage they could potentially do).

If I catch them doing it again, I will simply complain further until noticeable action has been taken (because I'm like that).

- Ian.

CAMPUS DRINKS CHEAP.

If you go to UNSW, you'll find drinks no cheaper than at the on-campus Regency Chemist.  Last semester, the owner of the chemist asked all customers to sign a petition to allow him to keep selling drinks and goodies, as the powers-that-be of the university were threatening to prevent him from being able to do that, simply because he's out-competing the (the quite frankly, overpriced) on-campus, university run stores.

To me, it speaks volumes about what kind of a university this is that it is attempting to bully out their competition, rather than, as any good practitioners of business would do, compete with them.

In school, in business, in life, bullying tactics are not acceptable under any circumstances.

- Ian.

Semester 2, 2012.

If I don't pass at least two of the three subjects in which I'm currently enrolled, then this is my last semester at UNSW, and I'll be expelled.

Creative Writing I love, and if I do manage to pass both Creative Writing and Education, (or even Linguistics), I will change my degree completely to Creative Writing.

I got my first test for this semester back on Monday, and I got 28/70 (40%) for a Linguistics test.  It's not that I'm not smart enough to pass the test, it's just that I couldn't be fucked studying for it - I hate studying; I always have, and I always will.

In the mean-time, I'm looking for a job.  Hopefully I'll get something.

- Ian.