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    Look at this! Another blog entry!

    At least it’s not six months after the last one, haha! Life in lockdown…the days are starting to blend into each other and I’m losing track of what day of the week it is. Maybe that’s because I’m also on holiday from university at the moment – we were meant to be on holiday as of this Friday – and I’ve barely looked at anything uni related, apart from my Japanese because I really need help with it. My weekly living costs – that I get as a part of the Student Loan – will go up by $3 next week and by $1 the following week. This usually happens…

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    Lockdown, Day 1

    Yesterday was the first full day of a lockdown in New Zealand that is currently scheduled to last four weeks. It could be extended but we don’t know as yet. And I’m already bored! I will still have to study during this time but it’s finding the motivation to do anything. I’m still in my pyjamas. My hair is a mess. My cat is on my bed sleeping – and yes, I’m very tempted to get back into bed and sleep! I can only watch so much on Netflix or Youtube before I get tired of it. I could be on Education Perfect for my Japanese for hours but I’ll…

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    Restarting the blog yet again

    You know, sometimes I’d forget my own head if it wasn’t glued on. My university classes will now be online as of tomorrow and one assessment that was due to happen this week will now be deferred – it’s a speaking test for my Japanese language paper. Which is good because I definitely don’t remember it all now so I’ll get more time to revise for when it actually does happen. I don’t know what will happen with the in-term test as yet but the class will find out in due course. This is what the course coordinator (he is our main 先生) wrote in his most recent message to…