The Real Uni Life

So it’s fast approaching winter and most people are probably jumping for joy, after all the 45 degree heat is ebbing away, so is the desperate need to hang out in the shopping centre just for the air conditioning, now you can actually wear clothes and go outside. However, there will be a large group of people who aren’t jumping for joy at the sign of winter, people who probably don’t even know each other from Adam yet they all have one thing in common.

That’s the people who got handed the glorious cold. I know I just did. Now comes the coughing, sneezing and feeling like you’ve been hit by a train not to mention the copious amounts of scrunched up tissues you’ve become inundated with. Then along comes the loneliness. People start to avoid you, and it’s not surprising, you look like the walking plague and I’m pretty sure they don’t want some of what you’ve got. So not only do you feel like the virus that came to uni, everyone begins to feel the Chinese idea of wearing face masks is a pretty good one. Then along comes the anger and hate; that is the three people who hate me for sharing my little problem with them.

So now your on your own, just you against the rest of the world, unless of course you pal up with someone who shares your terrible fate. Then it comes to you there is light at the end of the tunnel, uni light! You could stay home and get ahead of your 100% happy and healthy friends by doing some uni work. What a revelation! Instead of waltzing down to the local pub for a beer like you’re so cool, or going shopping, or even thinking about the idea of having a life, you can live the real uni life. The life which entails sitting at home and reading books, studying and handing your work in on time with a smile rather than rushing through the door looking like you’ve just competed at the Beijing Olympics. Yup! For just the small price of a box of tissues, your friends and your self esteem you can have the perfect uni life all you need is the common cold. Here have mine, I’m almost done!