Blow your socks off!

Hey you,

I was remembering my first week at varsity and I thought of you; O-week starts next week right? Anyway, I just thought I should tell you a bit about my first week at Rhodes…
Well, it started off with ‘the Great Depression’; I was so sad to leave my two-week boyfriend behind, only to come to some little town in the middle of nowhere: Grahamstown. It was hard to be as excited as the other girls because all I could think of was how much I missed everyone back home. Although I had some really awesome moments during O-week, I realize now that I didn’t enjoy it as much as everyone else did. I had such a negative attitude towards everything and maybe if I had tried to ease up on the ‘boyfriend issues’ and interacted more with the girls in my residence, I would know everyone better today. As a consequence, even now, I find it hard to fit into my residence and to get along with the girls. Coming back to my story: eventually, my boyfriend and I broke up soon after O-week and I found the most amazing guy ever! So, in other words, don’t fret about your boyfriend back home because often those kind of relationships don’t last - especially if you have only been going out for two weeks – because of the distance, and eventually you’ll grow apart. Rather, have fun and go wild during your first week at varsity. “You only live once!” And sooner or later, I’m sure you will find someone to enjoy your university life with. But for the moment, just think of the week ahead and all the good times that you going to have. Take lots of pictures!
Cheers!

Letter to My younger Self

Dear friend

Firstly I just want to welcome you for your first year in University, the beginning of your new life with different people, a place where you can make your dreams come true if you believe in yourself that, you have what it takes to be studying in a university. I know that you are so excited and nervous because this is your first time to be on your own, away from your family and friends, with no one you know, and I know you going to miss home which is a natural thing to do, but don’t forget that your family is going nowhere and you will get time to see them again so for now it’s time to start your new family. You know, for the first time in varsity life is very interesting and also challenging, so when it comes to your social life, I want you to be careful on what you choose to do and not to do because there is a lot of different things happening and some of them they will do no good to you, so to make your life easier you must make friends with people who will be a positive influence to you, people who will not want you to change who you are in order to meet their standards, people who will accept you as you are.In terms of academics, believe me when it comes to varsity subjects all sound really good and interesting but don’t just take any course without doing some research about it in order to find out what the course is really about because you will end up with regrets of doing something which you don’t even know why you are doing it

Study hard and everything will be okay

Your future friendKenny