Today I did my University applications through VTAC (Vic) and UAC (NSW). I put University of Melbourne down as my first preference with their new generation Arts degree, and then Monash with their Arts (Global). I also applied through UAC for Australian National University in Canberra and the University of New South Wales in Sydney. So overall I think I have a very high chance of getting an offer for a course I will be happy with. I must say, UAC have got a far better system for their applications, it has far less questions and is way less confusing than VTAC’s process. UAC also let you print out the bill so you can pay via PostBill pay, rather than waiting for VTAC to send out their invoice.

Today I also went down to JB Hi-Fi and bought two CD’s that I’ve been looking forward to. I’m now the proud owner of The Cat Empire’s new album; So Many Nights, and I also got Jose Gonzalez’s new album In Our Nature. Both definitely lived up to my expectations and the artists seem to get better with each album.

This weekend the FISAF Nationals were held at Haileybury. This morning I had the wonderful privelage of giving up my Sunday to help marshal for this event. However during my duties I came across an abundance of what are often referred to as “Stage Mums”. These are parents who practically live through their children, and with many of these events its not unusual to see a parent highlighting the possible consequences of not winning. Some of the ones I heard today were “you’ll never get sponsored if you lose” and “we spent all this money on airfares and accommodation…”. Now I have always considered sport at a junior level to be something that the kid enjoys, be it football, aerobics or tennis, yet some of these parents seem to take it way too seriously and pretty much suck the fun right out of it. The poor kids look terrified and don’t really enjoy being up on stage performing.

Overall it was a pretty easy day, and better yet I receive compensation for my time, which I don’t often receive when I generously donate my time to Haileybury.

Today I had my Probationary Licence Test which I managed to pass (Have no idea how considering I was convinced I made about 20 mistakes). So I can now drive around anywhere, anytime no matter what my parents are doing. The most exciting part of this is that I now no longer have to rely on Connex to get me anywhere, so all I can say is Au Revoir!

I then just got an email telling me one of my SAC’s is now rescheduled for Thursday which just topped my day off, so overall I had a very good day.

Well it is finally Spring which is certainly my favourite time of the year (maybe not so much this year due to those inconsiderate people at VCAA). I’ve spent the last week doing school work as I have 3 SAC’s next week (one of them is a 3 day math SAC) which has meant that I haven’t updated this blog as much as I should. Once exams are over I will be making some pretty cool changes to this blog which will overall make it a more exciting place to visit. One thing I would like to talk about is my sociology excursion on Thursday to an organisation called Urban Seed. They run a lunch program for the homeless in the hope of giving them a safe environment and someone to talk to. It was a pretty interesting excursion (not really relevant to the sociology course, but was good nonetheless) and I encourage you to have a quick look at their website and donate some money if you can.