01.01

Minasan konichiwa !
That's "Hello Everyone" in Japanese.
Today, I'm going to write about the things I've accomplished this year.
Because if we all don't sit down and do that once in a while,
we'll turn into self-loathing people.
#InflateThatEgo

To my friends back home,
who have yet to begin Uni.
Maybe you can imagine yourself accomplishing all these nonsensical things
when you begin your adventure.
No offence to anyone, of course.
Ohhh wait,
look at the time.
I'm gonna have to dash now.
I've got a play to catch.
Eight Gigabytes of Hardcore Pornography.
Has a nice ring to it, doesn't it ?

*One Day Later*
*Several moments of procrastination later*
*Several nude scenes and a bad ending later*

Now where was I ?
Oh yes,
trying to justify my Accomplishments List,
despite it making me look like I have an oversized ego.
Haha just kidding,
my ego's already the size of Australia.

Well, without further adieu,
let this incredibly boring, stupid, ego-inflating list !
(Please don't hate me)
(Please Like Me)
A list of things I've accomplished in my first semester of Uni:

1. Became familiar with the UWA Campus
2. Stayed at a university college
3. Attended a lecture
4. Seen a peacock(s) on a daily basis
5. Heard noises from a peacock fight
6. Learned Hiragana, Katakana and basic Kanji
7. Conversed with Japanese people
8. Sorted out my own timetable
9. Bought coffee from a school/uni cafe
10. Tried Chai Latte
11. Entered the University's Japanese Room (Mutsumi no Ma)
12. Participated in a citizen science project (ClimateWatch)
13. Wrote a scientific article that got published
14. Volunteered with children
15. Went swimming at a pool in Australia
16. Found several bus routes from home to Uni
17. Relaxed on a piece of rock cliff/shore thing
18. Tried eating at a 24/7 joint in Perth (Fast Eddy's)
19. Spend several dozens of hours on writing one article
20. Wrote a 2500-word essay
21. Wrote an essay on Indigenous Astronomy (fascinating stuff !)
22. Have a sleepover
23. Went to SciTech
24. Watched a planetarium show
25. Attended a Muslim Ramadhan Iftar Dinner
    
26. Created a LinkedIn profile
27. Actually submitted and applied for volunteer jobs
28. Ate a Bi bim bap
29. Ate mushrooms ! (MAN UP !)
30. Bought new shoes…. IN AUSTRALIA
31. Jumped around at a trampoline theme park (Bounce Inc.)
32. Took a bus all the way to Wanneroo
33. Tried a bunch of new playround equipment (Quite scary)
    
34. Ate my first quiche
35. Had a horror movie marathon
36. Watched Human Centipede I AND II
37. Had a conversation with my tutor about her phD thesis
38. Read actual scientific articles
39. Became deeply interested in a topic #soils
40. Met the (ex) Chief Scientist of WA
    
41. Platinum-ed Final Fantasy XIII
42. Went for a 3-hour walk
43. Tried playing a game of pool (and won…)
44. Got a haircut at an actual saloon (again…IN AUSTRALIA)
45. Attempted rock climbing
46. Twisted my glasses while rock climbing
47. Completed a short course in Agriculture
48. Peer review another person's work
49. Had friends over at my place
50. Picked up a(n) (unused) condom from the ground outside the
    
    
    cafe of the science library
51. Watched a theatre play
52. Seen people strip…in real life (IN THE PLAY, I mean)
53. Ate a cake from the Cheesecake Shop

I think that's all I can think of at the moment.

I know some of them sound really silly,

but nevertheless,

I'm quite happy with them.

Hoping for more adventures in my second semester of Uni !

Listening to We Are Done - The Madden Brothers

Chilling on a Sunday afternoon,

TK