Dear MQ,

---First Order of Business---

Dear Macquarie University Students,

I would like to introduce myself as the pathetic university student who transferred from UWS at the beginning of this year in the hope of achieving a degree more suited to my preferences and favoured subjects.

Aside from a the horribly long waiting time to find out whether my application had been successful or not; the transition was quite smooth.

And that my dear reader is where the niceties stop...

Whereas at UWS I had a solid group of companions- at MQ I was met with drained faces whose main sustenance was based on cigarettes and coffee.

Aside from that is the fact that I sat in my first Geology lecture next to a couple of asians (who i don't mind to label because that is what they are) who seem to be incapable of initiating or maintaining conversation.

Is it really that difficult to tell me what you like to do?

Or how you are?

I mean seriously, are all exchange students from ALL backgrounds unable to converse in the most widely spoken language on Earth?

Must you make University life a drag by linking each other's arms under a very strangely coloured silk umbrella and jabber to yourselves in Mandarin while walking past me?

Moreso, it can be said that some of your manners are atrocious considering I can open doors to buildings for you while not even receiving a nod of gratitude to recognition.

Keeping in mind that yes you have things on your mind, study, money, work etc etc; it will not however cause you a stroke to say goodmorning back sometime.

I am yet to encounter anyone at Macquarie University with any charisma, character or sheer whackiness of which UWS students possess in abundance.

And Hey!...If I can come here at the age of 3, keep my language at home and amongst my community and still talk with those around me in English; then I'm sorry but you can too...


That is all...