Nathan Waters

Just got back up here (Wollongong) on Sunday after a 2 week hibernation back ‘home’ in Moruya.

I live on-campus which you may or may not already know. But this session they shut-down a whole section of the campus as they didn’t have enough new enrolments to fill units (as a lot of Americans stay here for the first session and then go back for the second).

So for 3 hours solid on Sunday I was moving to a new room, which in a way is good but it kind of sucks since I had an awesome ground-floor location. I used to be really close to the laundry, bike shed and the dining hall, plus my room let in very little light which was awesome for laziness, sleeping-in etc.

Oh, and of course it happened to be my 19th birthday when I had to drive 3 hours and move rooms… fun!?

Now I’m on the second floor of another building in a unit of 5 people (inc myself), and they’re all pretty cool except that the doors automatically close so I haven’t really seen much of them so far. Something about my new room that could become painful when the weather starts warming up is that directly beneath my window are 6 hot water heaters. Plus the window is facing north which ads to the heat and also means I can’t manage to sleep-in past 10.30am (which is a lot earlier than my 2-3pm sleep-ins).

This session I’ve decided I’ve had enough of Computer Engineering and so now I’m just doing Commerce. The subjects seem fairly interesting: Marketing Principles, Introduction to Management, Quantitative Methods I and Introductory Microeconomics. But what’s even better is my timetable for this session…

I have 14 hours a week, compared to the 22+ hours a week for Comp Engineering last session. And the earliest time I start is 9.30am and the latest finish is 3.30pm. Plus I have Tuesdays off.

It might not sound much to some lucky students who manage to have 5-day weekends, but it’s a massive decrease in hours from last session which should help give me more time to focus on my business/es.

I’ve give an update on what’s happening with DropBuy (my revamped computer business) and with YE Blogger soon.

Nathan Waters
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