Rubatosis /ru-ba-to-sis/: The unsettling awareness of your heartbeat Awkwardness, nervousness, anticipation, excitement, chaos. Tension sways in the humid air, its presence heavy as the rhythmic sound of footsteps passes through the gate. Muscles drawn tight, smile slipping at the corners, the air presses down on the lungs with the weight of life. One too many…
Tag: Orientation
July Orientation 2025: You Are Being Perceived by Yashven Jayabalan
Perceiving the concept of an orientation the same way I perceive finding random talking points and verbalising ideas solely for the purpose of attempting to halt the inevitable awkwardness between a stranger– who is likely trying to do the exact same thing– and an excessively anxious individual without their daily dose of sertraline. You encounter…
February Orientation 2025: The Art of Making Small Talk by Yashven Jayabalan
Harness your skills at overusing phrases semantically related to the development of friendships at the grassroots during Monash’s very first student orientation event this year. This would be one of Monash’s biggest orientation events with a record number of students joining our university. We will probably never escape the dreadful cycle of trying to make…
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