Random follow #12 - @OliviaFranceska

Twitter is a place where peoples stories unfold.  People who walk past you every day but you never meet.  People who work in the office down the hall or sit in the same lecture theater as you.  You know they are there but you never talk to them or find discover their story.  Some peoples stories unfold as they alert the world to what is happening in their world via social media.  Or in this case via twitter.

@OliviaFranceska, so I discovered this week, is about to embark into a new journey in the year ahead.  She  will be packing her life up from where it currently exists and moving city.  Maybe she will take a plane, possibly a train and most likely a car.  Moving anywhere any time can be daunting and it can also be exciting too.  So where is @OliviaFranceska headed for?  @VicUniWgtn.  Yes, yet another (soon to be) Wellingtonian tweeter type person.

Here is a snapshot of her bio as it stands today - 

"Once described as the Queen on acid. I loves jaffa cakes and mojitos, innit. Prospective Wellingtonian".

I have a feeling that sentence may change as this year progresses and the word prospective will get dropped.  And so will her story and her tweets.  I sincerely hope that she will share with us some of the experiences of moving town, finding new friends and embarking on her voyage towards knowledge and 

a career.

So what does she tweet about?  Stuff.  Real everyday type stuff.  Her tweets aren't long winded.  they tend to be at the shorter end of the spectrum but they tell you enough about whats going on.  I really enjoy tweeters who do this because it allows you the reader to fill in the gaps.  For example - 

"Manual cars are just that much more awesome".

If you a Wellingtonian or live in the capital city can I recommend that either you follow @OliviaFranceska or that she follow you?  A few names spring to mind straight away - @reedfleming, @torysaurus and maybe even @lmfbs who is a tried and true local.  All old hands at the university experience.

This is Victoria University.  Well one building anyway.

(Editors note - there has been a change of plams for @OliviaFranceska and she has decided to stay in Auckland for the time being.  Fingers x'ed she makes the jump to living in Wellington one day.  Maybe 2014?)