I learnt two things yesterday.

The first is that I got Distinctions for my subjects this semester. Total surprise for Litigation as that subject was freaking hard and the final exam was confusing and poorly worded IMO. But still, that means that I’ve managed to scrapped together an all-Distinctions year, even though I started most of the major assignments the night before. This is comparable to first year Uni where I also got all Distinctions (and High Distinctions) but I put about 50x more work into first year than this year. Hence, even though I’m a graduate now, I’m still not sure what’s the best way to study to achieve best results. Apparently one can do as well when they meticulously study and write notes for every class as well as when they do everything rushed and last minute.

The second piece of news is that I finally got a proper full-time job offer. The salary offered is disappointingly low in my books (I’ve been a [poorly paid] law clerk for three years already dammit!) but I’ve accepted it for now. I’ll be sending out resumé letters throughout the year to see if I can snag a better position elsewhere. But still, it’s enough to live off (I think) and I try to be comforted by the idea that – *fingers crossed* – this salary ought to be the lowest I’m ever going to get from now on.

But still, now that I know my income, I can start preparing to go house-for-rent hunting! I need to pick a place that is preferably the epi-center of my work, Macquarie University (so Tim doesn’t have to drive so far), College of Law campus and friends. Given that all these locations are quite far from each other, finding an available, affordable place might be quite difficult. I guess I’ll just do what I can!