Iddo Hamani

 Iddo Hamani from New Jersey (Suburbs. Studying Civil Engineering. "My goal is to finish my degree and then take a few years off traveling the world and meeting new people." Favorite quote: "Live your life to the fullest because you won't get out alive."

Iddo is an exchange student from New Jersey. He is here for one semester and living in Macquarie Village! Those that live in the village, especially on exchange, are like a family. It's a very social community as all the macquarie and UBar events are right next door on campus! I admire Iddo for stepping out of his comfort zone to study abroad in a different country, not knowing anybody. I think it's an incredible opportunity and I would love to study a semester abroad also. Travelling is a very common goal. I think its important to see as much of the world as you can. It can broaden your horizon and show you a different side of life.

-Danielle xx

Alex!

Today’s Human of Macquarie that I had the pleasure of meeting was Alex. Alex is future politician in his 4th year at Macquarie University. We talked for a while and I asked him if he has a life moto that helped him get to where he is in his university degree and if he would like to share it. He then he paused for a moment and responded with ‘not really’. I then asked if he has a favourite saying. He chuckled and then responded with ‘some people say I’m indecisive… I’m not too sure about that”, i found this to be very witty and amusing. 

Emma xx

Miguel and the Nepal Appeal

In the Macquarie courtyard, I met up with Miguel, a student that was taking part in a fundraiser for those affected by the earthquakes in Nepal. Miguel told us about his team and his experiences with his efforts.

“I’d like to thank everyone that helped to donate. In just 20 minutes, we raised over 100 dollars for the Red Cross Nepal Appeal. We pride ourselves in coming together and helping those in need when we can. It’s been great to be a part of”

Will

Albert

I met up with Albert on the grass in-front of the macquarie lake, who was relaxing with a friend.

“Oh she’s not my girlfriend, we’re not dating. She’s one of my closest friends, we met in second year. I can tell you, I’d probably have gone insane if I didn’t have her help” - Albert, studying Accounting in his third year.

Will :)

Hakeem

This is Hakeem, I met him in my marketing class and decided to find out a little bit more about him. After asking him what his favourite saying/life moto was he sat and thought for a moment and then turned to me and said "can i tell you later as i'm not quite sure at the moment". Later during the class he turns to me and out of nowhere says "winter is coming". I look at him very confused and realised what he is talking about and ask why he likes that saying. Without missing a beat Hakeem responds with "i think it speaks to being prepared for whatever life throws at you.... and i love Game of Thrones". I think he has really captured the real meaning of the quote that the writer was trying to convey.

Emma xx

Meet Jack!

Today i got to know Jack, he is in his second year at Macquarie. His dream job is to work as a "search engine optimization" worker. When i asked him what his favourite moto or saying was that he lived by he was unsure but responded with "i know which saying i dislike the most". Firstly he explained where he heard this saying from."I was in Thailand and was sitting at the train station with my friend and this dirty homeless looking man came up and sat next to me and started smoking a 'joint' and i asked him not to as there were lots of police around. The man then turned to me and said 'if you live life outside the box you are taking up to much room'. The man then proceeded to through the joint and me and run away laughing." At this point in his story I looked at him very confused. He then proceeded to say "i disagree with the saying as you should take up as much room as you want and experience as much as you can in this short life".

Emma xx

Meeting Marius

Today I met a future Accountant, named Marius. He is in his third year at university and cannot wait to finish and start his career. He is a happy member of the Macquarie hockey club, and says he loves nothing better than playing hockey with his friends. You may have seen him around the past few weeks running the bbq to raise money for his team. When I asked him what is life moto was he laughed and said "My life saying is don't forget to pull out... jokes jokes, my life moto would be don't give up on what you enjoy doing".

Emma x