{"id":3261,"date":"2020-05-22T15:40:36","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T05:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thejugular.org\/?p=3261"},"modified":"2026-02-06T00:15:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T00:15:59","slug":"heart-been-broke-a-first-years-journey-to-finding-love-on-unsw-love-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jugular.org.au\/index.php\/2020\/05\/22\/heart-been-broke-a-first-years-journey-to-finding-love-on-unsw-love-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"HEART BEEN BROKE: A First-year’s Journey to Finding Love on UNSW Love Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Thy Pham, Edited by Katerina Theocharous<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Jugular is honoured to EXCLUSIVELY present this first look at HEART BEEN BROKE, a world-class blog produced throughout this quarantine period by one of our very own first-year students. Nevah Lone talks us through her heartbreaking journey to find love via UNSW Love Letters. Extracts available below.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day 53 in iso. My DMs are drier than the Sahara and I\u2019ve begun to lose hope of ever acquiring companionship. I\u2019ve signed up for a TikTok account and No Neck Ed is starting to look quite dashing. As I scroll through my Facebook timeline and heart react yet another love letter, I\u2019ve realised that I\u2019ve reached a milestone. 50 love letters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve also received no DMs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After this shocking realisation, I take this moment to reflect on my life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From my birth into the world, I knew I was destined for something great. I came into the world crying, screaming, and wailing for undying reverence and affection \u2013 quite like what I do now. Yet the burden of my struggle is growing heavy and worn. As I stare at my reflection, a single teardrop escapes out the chasm of my right eye and slides down, medial to my eyes, landing at the alar crease of my nose. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I post to my snap story. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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However, even in the depths of my anguish, I know that I can overcome this. I came into the world crying, screaming, wailing, and fighting<\/em>. With my self-directed learning style and developing skill as a reflective practitioner, I will find a way to conquer UNSW Love Letters. Just as soon as I respond to all these streaks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

—<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mahatma Gandhi once said, “be the change you wish to see in the world.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the same vein, The Weeknd said, \u201cif it hurts to breathe, open a window.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I\u2019ve decided to open a window, to take things into my own hands and enlist the help of my most trusted disciples to accomplish the impossible: writing the perfect auction love letter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After exhaustive research, these were our findings:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This report aims to identify common characteristics in successful auction love letters. Methods utilised included scrolling through all love letter Facebook pages (UNSW, USYD, WSU). Results show a trend \u2013 the number of reacts to love letters are directly proportional to several keywords: <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

wholesome<\/em>
lg<\/em>
18<\/em>
alive and breathing<\/em>
asian<\/em>
6 ft +<\/em>
fun-sized<\/em>
simp <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With those in mind, we got to work drafting, perfecting each word until it is immaculate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And after sleepless days and sleepless nights, we\u2019ve finally done it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We press the submit button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

—<\/p>\n\n\n\n

pros<\/strong>
WHoLeSoMe lg \ud83d\ude0d
18 so she legal 
<30 atar so you know she a mystery 
3 feet 6 inches 
underpaid marker at 2 tutoring colleges so she got that dosh \ud83e\udd11\ud83d\udcb8\ud83d\udcb2\ud83d\ude1c
asian
rice purity 110 \ud83d\ude07\ud83d\ude07
gyms so she got that gluteus maximus \ud83d\ude0f\ud83d\ude29\ud83e\udd17
down for 3am calls and dnms <\/p>\n\n\n\n

cons<\/strong>
on her Ls \ud83e\udd2e
band 3 in naplan <\/p>\n\n\n\n

looking for:<\/strong>
18-110 age is just a number \ud83d\ude24
6ft+ \ud83e\udd92
respiring and non-necrotic \ud83d\ude0d
asian \ud83c\udf8c\ud83c\udc04
someone to tutor my brother for selective<\/p>\n\n\n\n

—<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day 56. There are 29 reacts on my post, all of them laughs. 3 comments: 2 nonsensical tags and 1 comment from Eric Tuy. \u201cI may not be 6 ft but whats your ig \ud83d\udc40\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I bask in my newfound fame. Truly, hard work pays off. But there\u2019s one thing still missing. And as I sit there, waiting for it, it finally appears to me. The ping<\/em> of a notification. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are now 30 reacts on my post: 29 laughs, and 1 heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This immediately triggers an episode of arrhythmia, palms sweaty, knees weak, arms heavy. TWICE\u2019s What is Love? <\/em>plays in my head. Truly, this is it. I move my shaking finger to the heart and press on it, waiting expectantly for the name to appear. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ai Lone.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s my brother.<\/p>\n

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