An Ode to Baccs
Fame! We will account forever,
Light up the world with our minds.
Fame! We will account forever,
Sponsors remember our names.
(remember... remember... remember)
So begins the anthem of the 2006 Baccs.... arguably the most audacious song ever to be performed by white-clad accountants on the streets of Sydney - in 2004 at least!
Baccs in White
And perform it we did! Along with such classics as Abba's "Dancing Queen", "I still call Australia Home", and - 'cause it was Valentines Day - Greece "Summer nights".
And what did we get for our troubles? The entire day of busking (at Town Hall, Martin Place and Pitt St Mall, among others) yielded us an amazing 40c. I did the gracious things and let them keep my 1.3793c share.
Ok, so perhaps we weren't the best singers of all time... judge for yourself:
The crazy lecturer in the above clip is Frank "touch two things" Portelli. His crazy teaching methods, including "nap time", handshake practice and a lot of shouting, had most of us wondering why we'd decided to give up 6 weeks of our post-HSC holidays.
All-in-all though, the 6 weeks turned out to be an awesome way to start an otherwise fairly-boring degree. And most importantly, I got to know a truly great bunch of people.
If you ask me what my greatest regret from my 3 years in Bacc is, I'd say this: That I didn't put the effort into keeping most of these friendships going. And I didn't make nearly enough of the opportunities I had to tell them about the grace and forgiveness that we've found in the Lord Jesus Christ.
It's so easy to get lost at uni under the piles of work. And it's so easy to crawl into a hole with your "comfy" Christian friends. But the uni is a mission field, and before you know it, your time's up and you're witting silly odes! So to those of you still at uni, I say this: Get out there and spent time with your non-Christian friends, before it's too late!
Bacc Class of 2006 - I'm up the back!