So this past week has been pretty low key. I had a huge test yesterday in my cognitive psych class that was worth 35% of my grade! It was nuts. I have never had something count for so much. But marie and i got together and studied bunches. After all the studying, I think it actually paid off. It wasn't too hard... one of the essays was a little confusing, but i think overall it went very well.
last wednesday i went on this 70s love boat cruise our housing area had put together. it was interesting to say the least. i went with my friend nicola and we had a good time. it was a little nuts though with everybody packed on there and dancing the night away. but it was a nice break from all the studying i had been doing.
thursday we just took it easy and friday we were going to go to the beach but it rained. instead we went grocery shopping and i finished my notecards for the test. friday night we headed down to our friend's from finland, Simo and Anna's, place to have a pre-party before we went out. Anna's brother was in town so that was fun. There place is gorgeous! It looks right down onto the harbor and you can see the bridge and the opera house easily. It was awesome! After getting lost in north sydney for a while trying to find it, the ending factor was definitely worth it. from there, we jumped on a ferry across the harbour and went out in darling harbor. we also went to this bar called the ivy- which is supposed to be one of the best clubs in sydney. it was a pretty cool club but it was packed and really not as exciting as it was made out to be. but we still had a good time.
saturday because it was soo nice out we headed to the beach early. we played around with the volleyball, got kebabs and ice cream, did some shopping, and saw weird fishes swept up. the rip was nuts that day so we weren't allowed to swim much of the lifegaurds went nuts. but we decided to make a whole day of it and stayed down there until sunset. joe tried to go surfing for his first time ever which was entertaining and then we got dinner and caught the bus back. it was sooo fun to just hang at the beach all day and the weather was perfect! favorite day at the beach by far...
sunday we took it easy and tried to study a bunch. as for other interesting news- henry won president of marquette. shoutouts belong to kovac and camille and lars is going home soon!
i think that is all. these next couple weeks have to be low key before spring break!! miss you all!
cheers :)
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
St. Patricks Day and Melbourne!
Heyooo!
Okay sorry it has taken me soo long for this one. I wrote this lonnnggg one on saturday and it all got erased some how. so i was really frustrated. but i have decided to try again.
soo last week was st. pattys day! yay! unfortunately, it is not that big here. it was funny because on campus it was obvious to see who the american's were because we were the only ones in green. nevertheless we did our best to keep the tradition alive. after class we got ready and headed to the city. there was a little more green there. we hit up a few irish pubs and then went home earlier for class the next day. obvious highlight of the day was getting to talk to grammsies turner to wish her a happy birthday and to talk to paul about the updates at home! it was sooo great to hear some familiar voices and to make complete sure grandma was the star of the parade.
wednesday i played it low key and got some homework done. i hung out over at maries for a while and then went home to pack!
thursday was the big day... off to melbourne here we come! that excitement was unfortunately very short lived because when we got to the airport we learned our flight had been delayed 5 hours! now these flights were very very cheap, so we really couldn't complain but it was definitely a huge let down. we were meeting in melbourne a bunch of our friends who had left earlier that day and all had zero problems. so marie, kaitlin, erin and myself got stuck with the lousy flight and had to entertain ourselves at the airport for 5 hours. so naturally when they gave us our free food vouchers, we stocked up on red bull and some cookies and had ourselves a sugar high.
by the time we got to melbourne it was almost midnight. so we went to check in at our hostel and instead of the six person room we requested they had put us in the fourteen person room! now i will not go in to too much detail about this room but let's just say included many a naked boys, a couple that never left, erin's flip flops being stolen, and one guy who seemed to be detoxing off of some kind of drug. not necessarily your ideal room for the four of us girls. so instead of hiding in our beds scared, we decided to go meet up with our friends at the casino! i have never been to a casino before and it was nuts! it was still going strong at about 2 in the morning and marie ended up winning 175 dollars! kaitlin made about 50, i only made five, but erin lost so i still felt pretty good about myself.
after a long night at the casino we headed home and went to bed. up and at em early the next morning we set off to explore melbourne. being the shopping capital, we hit up the victoria markets (great place for food and aussy things) and explored all the many back alleys of funky little shops and places to try to get a real taste of melbourne. friday night we met up with all our friends, including ones from finland and norway, and had a night on the town! we had dinner at this little pizza place and then went to a bunch of different clubs. overall it was a lot of fun. be it that there were 12 of us in all, we were a little worried about everyone gettting along but it all worked perfect! erin did get clobbered on the dance floor a few times, but besides that we all had the best night!
the following morning we got up early again to go see what else was out there. i got to talk to pauls friend who lives in melbourne who told us some fun places to see and i was bummed we wouldn't be there longer to see more. we decided to go see the tallest building in the southern hemisphere and ended up getting the most magnificent view of the city! it was amazing. although marie held on for dear life out on the terrace, it was so cool to look down over the whole city and see all the different things it has to offer. after that we jumped on a bus to find the boys at some park. just our luck, the bus driver just happens to mention an hour and a half into the ride that he will in fact be skipping the stop we wanted because of some unknown reason. extremely bummed and exhausted, we decided to give up looking for the park and headed back to the city for some lunch and to pack up for home.
the plane ride home was suprisingly on time. we were travelling with a lot more people so they must have better luck. interesting thing about the planes here- they never check your id once. literally, this is no joke. it really kind of made me feel uneasy because i am so used to someone staring me down at the airports at home. it was nuts how quick and fast their system is. so after slamming a few tim tams (tim tam= kind of like an australian cookie/oreo/but soooo much better- dipped in coffee), we headed on the plane home to sydney!
overall melbourne is awesome! it is so much different than sydney although being victoria's capital and the second largest city in australia. it is much more wide open and there are fields and cows and such- made me miss home. it is more spread out and therefore loses some of the hustle and bustle that sydney always seems to have and minus all the crazy set backs we had we also had a hilarious time and one of the best weekends here by far!
this week- not much. tomorrow we have a 70s cruise with the place we live and the rest of the weekend i have to study study study. before midterm break i have one midterm and two papers i gots to get working on.
miss you all! cheers :)
Okay sorry it has taken me soo long for this one. I wrote this lonnnggg one on saturday and it all got erased some how. so i was really frustrated. but i have decided to try again.
soo last week was st. pattys day! yay! unfortunately, it is not that big here. it was funny because on campus it was obvious to see who the american's were because we were the only ones in green. nevertheless we did our best to keep the tradition alive. after class we got ready and headed to the city. there was a little more green there. we hit up a few irish pubs and then went home earlier for class the next day. obvious highlight of the day was getting to talk to grammsies turner to wish her a happy birthday and to talk to paul about the updates at home! it was sooo great to hear some familiar voices and to make complete sure grandma was the star of the parade.
wednesday i played it low key and got some homework done. i hung out over at maries for a while and then went home to pack!
thursday was the big day... off to melbourne here we come! that excitement was unfortunately very short lived because when we got to the airport we learned our flight had been delayed 5 hours! now these flights were very very cheap, so we really couldn't complain but it was definitely a huge let down. we were meeting in melbourne a bunch of our friends who had left earlier that day and all had zero problems. so marie, kaitlin, erin and myself got stuck with the lousy flight and had to entertain ourselves at the airport for 5 hours. so naturally when they gave us our free food vouchers, we stocked up on red bull and some cookies and had ourselves a sugar high.
by the time we got to melbourne it was almost midnight. so we went to check in at our hostel and instead of the six person room we requested they had put us in the fourteen person room! now i will not go in to too much detail about this room but let's just say included many a naked boys, a couple that never left, erin's flip flops being stolen, and one guy who seemed to be detoxing off of some kind of drug. not necessarily your ideal room for the four of us girls. so instead of hiding in our beds scared, we decided to go meet up with our friends at the casino! i have never been to a casino before and it was nuts! it was still going strong at about 2 in the morning and marie ended up winning 175 dollars! kaitlin made about 50, i only made five, but erin lost so i still felt pretty good about myself.
after a long night at the casino we headed home and went to bed. up and at em early the next morning we set off to explore melbourne. being the shopping capital, we hit up the victoria markets (great place for food and aussy things) and explored all the many back alleys of funky little shops and places to try to get a real taste of melbourne. friday night we met up with all our friends, including ones from finland and norway, and had a night on the town! we had dinner at this little pizza place and then went to a bunch of different clubs. overall it was a lot of fun. be it that there were 12 of us in all, we were a little worried about everyone gettting along but it all worked perfect! erin did get clobbered on the dance floor a few times, but besides that we all had the best night!
the following morning we got up early again to go see what else was out there. i got to talk to pauls friend who lives in melbourne who told us some fun places to see and i was bummed we wouldn't be there longer to see more. we decided to go see the tallest building in the southern hemisphere and ended up getting the most magnificent view of the city! it was amazing. although marie held on for dear life out on the terrace, it was so cool to look down over the whole city and see all the different things it has to offer. after that we jumped on a bus to find the boys at some park. just our luck, the bus driver just happens to mention an hour and a half into the ride that he will in fact be skipping the stop we wanted because of some unknown reason. extremely bummed and exhausted, we decided to give up looking for the park and headed back to the city for some lunch and to pack up for home.
the plane ride home was suprisingly on time. we were travelling with a lot more people so they must have better luck. interesting thing about the planes here- they never check your id once. literally, this is no joke. it really kind of made me feel uneasy because i am so used to someone staring me down at the airports at home. it was nuts how quick and fast their system is. so after slamming a few tim tams (tim tam= kind of like an australian cookie/oreo/but soooo much better- dipped in coffee), we headed on the plane home to sydney!
overall melbourne is awesome! it is so much different than sydney although being victoria's capital and the second largest city in australia. it is much more wide open and there are fields and cows and such- made me miss home. it is more spread out and therefore loses some of the hustle and bustle that sydney always seems to have and minus all the crazy set backs we had we also had a hilarious time and one of the best weekends here by far!
this week- not much. tomorrow we have a 70s cruise with the place we live and the rest of the weekend i have to study study study. before midterm break i have one midterm and two papers i gots to get working on.
miss you all! cheers :)
Saturday, March 14, 2009
heaps of fun!
This week classes were good. I am starting to really like my philosophy class and my teacher is awesome. We talked about these two artists who did a survey and put together the most wanted and least wanted paintings for a bunch of different countries based on the results. It was very interesting and if you want to check it out the website is: http://www.diacenter.org/km/. So that was fun. My history class touched on daoism; in psychology we did an experiment testing our short-term memory; and in my drugs class we heard all about tobacco's use in aboriginal australia and the sacredness it has come to represent in some of these areas. overall, all good.
i also discovered my love for australian kebabs this week. they aren't like kebabs at home- they are more like a wrap that they cook that usually comes with chicken, onions, tomatoes, lettuce, and hummus. delicious! we are obsessed and you can get them everywhere so that is a plus. the hummus here is delicious by itself too, so we enjoy that as well.
wednesday i got a package from home! so that was exciting. teresa made me this video with songs and pictures of us growing up for my birthday. it is awesome. i got my peanut butter fix and chex mix, plus lots of candy. thanks family!!
after classes this week, i decided to get some studying done. thursday i went to this little park down the road to read some and hang around. it was a gorgeous day so it was good to be outside and i actually went back today! thursday night we went on a pub crawl with this club exchange. we got to meet a lot of new study abroad students and enjoy some of sydney's best pubs!
friday we were planning on going to bondi, but because of the rain we had to cancel. instead, kaitlin, marie and i decided to go explore downtown some more. we ended up going to this huge market area in sydney's chinatown. talk about a perfect place to get souvies and such. anything you could need was there. so we bopped around down there for a while and had lunch.
saturday was our big day of the week!! a bunch of us had bought tickets to go to this concert to raise money for the wildfires and floods that have been happening in australia. it was at the sydney olympic stadium and started at 11. once we got there, the line was endless. so we waited in line for about half an hour to get in and got in right in time for coldplay! we had bought tickets kinda late so we were on the floor of the stadium but in the back oval. it wasn't bad seats, you just had to push your way towards the front. and push we did! but coldplay was amazing. i am not the biggest fan and i absolutely loved it. they also on their last song ran through the crowd which got everybody going... so that was fun too.
after coldplay, we walked around and listened to the other bands as well. the place was packed! the whole front side of the stage was filled with people to the top of the stadium and the floor was packed with people like us trying to get a glimpse of whatever we could. finally at around 4:30 we started working our way to the front of the second oval so that we could be in the front for TAYLOR SWIFT!! as we finally got to the front and were waiting.. out of nowhere it starting pouring rain. huge downpour. lucky for us, we found a random pancho and all huddle underneath it waiting for taylor because we are true fans. also, as everybody ran to get outta the rain we were able to get better spots towards the front. after about 10 minutes of getting soaked, the rain passed and the sun came out again and taylor came on!! now the hilarious thing about this rainfall though was that because it was mas chaos, everybody started jumping the second oval fence to get closer to the stage. as we watched tons of people throw themselves over, one guy actually got tackled and handcuffed by the cops. but those that got away just cheered and ran through the crowd. it was nuts.
after taylor's amazing performance!... we decided we had enough and left the concert to find some food. we hung around downtown for the rest of the night going anywhere that would let us in with our wet smelly selves. we ended the night just chilling on the harbour looking at the opera house and talking about the day. overall it was amazing!
today i am just trying to get some homework done but procrastinating by writing this blog... but it's okay! this week we have st. patricks day- which we are going to go to the city for. then thursday we leave for melbourne!! turns out a bunch of our friends from finland and norway are going as well and we all booked the same hostel! so that should be awesome. i think all together there will be close to 10 of us taking on melbourne. so i am sure it will be a good time.
hope you all are doing well and happy early st. patty's day!
i also discovered my love for australian kebabs this week. they aren't like kebabs at home- they are more like a wrap that they cook that usually comes with chicken, onions, tomatoes, lettuce, and hummus. delicious! we are obsessed and you can get them everywhere so that is a plus. the hummus here is delicious by itself too, so we enjoy that as well.
wednesday i got a package from home! so that was exciting. teresa made me this video with songs and pictures of us growing up for my birthday. it is awesome. i got my peanut butter fix and chex mix, plus lots of candy. thanks family!!
after classes this week, i decided to get some studying done. thursday i went to this little park down the road to read some and hang around. it was a gorgeous day so it was good to be outside and i actually went back today! thursday night we went on a pub crawl with this club exchange. we got to meet a lot of new study abroad students and enjoy some of sydney's best pubs!
friday we were planning on going to bondi, but because of the rain we had to cancel. instead, kaitlin, marie and i decided to go explore downtown some more. we ended up going to this huge market area in sydney's chinatown. talk about a perfect place to get souvies and such. anything you could need was there. so we bopped around down there for a while and had lunch.
saturday was our big day of the week!! a bunch of us had bought tickets to go to this concert to raise money for the wildfires and floods that have been happening in australia. it was at the sydney olympic stadium and started at 11. once we got there, the line was endless. so we waited in line for about half an hour to get in and got in right in time for coldplay! we had bought tickets kinda late so we were on the floor of the stadium but in the back oval. it wasn't bad seats, you just had to push your way towards the front. and push we did! but coldplay was amazing. i am not the biggest fan and i absolutely loved it. they also on their last song ran through the crowd which got everybody going... so that was fun too.
after coldplay, we walked around and listened to the other bands as well. the place was packed! the whole front side of the stage was filled with people to the top of the stadium and the floor was packed with people like us trying to get a glimpse of whatever we could. finally at around 4:30 we started working our way to the front of the second oval so that we could be in the front for TAYLOR SWIFT!! as we finally got to the front and were waiting.. out of nowhere it starting pouring rain. huge downpour. lucky for us, we found a random pancho and all huddle underneath it waiting for taylor because we are true fans. also, as everybody ran to get outta the rain we were able to get better spots towards the front. after about 10 minutes of getting soaked, the rain passed and the sun came out again and taylor came on!! now the hilarious thing about this rainfall though was that because it was mas chaos, everybody started jumping the second oval fence to get closer to the stage. as we watched tons of people throw themselves over, one guy actually got tackled and handcuffed by the cops. but those that got away just cheered and ran through the crowd. it was nuts.
after taylor's amazing performance!... we decided we had enough and left the concert to find some food. we hung around downtown for the rest of the night going anywhere that would let us in with our wet smelly selves. we ended the night just chilling on the harbour looking at the opera house and talking about the day. overall it was amazing!
today i am just trying to get some homework done but procrastinating by writing this blog... but it's okay! this week we have st. patricks day- which we are going to go to the city for. then thursday we leave for melbourne!! turns out a bunch of our friends from finland and norway are going as well and we all booked the same hostel! so that should be awesome. i think all together there will be close to 10 of us taking on melbourne. so i am sure it will be a good time.
hope you all are doing well and happy early st. patty's day!
Sunday, March 8, 2009
mardi gras weekend!
So today i decided to get some coffee since i have been going through some serious withdrawal of caffenine. i headed over to this little coffee place right by where we live and since it was a hot day, i asked for iced coffee. to my suprise... the guy whips out the ice cream, puts a scoop in with a shot of coffee. apparently "iced coffee" here means coffee flavored ice cream. it was odd, delicious, but odd.
since bumming around sydeny there are other australian habits that are a bit odd. here are some more words we have learned since being here... "heaps, mate, ducking up (which means heading over), jumper (as opposed to a hoodie), and oy! (to get someone's attention). it is definitely different but a lot of fun to try to incorporate into everyday talk.
okay now for updates from the week!
class this week was good. i had my first china in world history class and i am the only american! after my teacher found this out, he felt compelled to call on me more... which got a little old... it was also pretty interesting and i think going to be a good class. i also found out that ian thorpe (who apparently is the Australian michael phelps) is in my drugs across cultures class! so i think tomorrow i am going to try to sit by him. some of my new aussie friends say they are going to come to my class just to get a glimpse of him. haha.
thursday, marie, kaitlin, and i sat down and put together our first trip! we are going to melbourne in less than two weeks! it is, i believe, australia's second biggest city and according to lots of australians, a ton of fun. we are only going to go for two nights to save our money and such but i think it will be quite the adventure. can't wait!
friday, we went back to manly beach. it is honestly gorgeous there. i tried my first phalafel kebab because i was not eating meat because of friday, and it was sooo gross. i couldn't even get any of the boys to eat it. the kebabs here are delicious too, so it was a huge let down. we also did a little shopping around the area and marie and jill both got new posters! friday night, we all went over to beth's apartment for a party. everyone had partners and dressed as a theme- kaitlin and i did spanish theme, marie and erin were surfer girls, beth and kim were a tree and a tree hugger... etc. it was hilarious and a good time!
saturday was our main event!! mardi gras in the city!! the mardi gras parade here is the gay pride theme and quite the sights. they estimated about half a million people there and they were not messing around. the parade didn't start until 7:45 at night but because of the big crowd, we left around 3:30 to get down there. even then we still had trouble seeing the parade and tried to climb a tree but failed ... so instead, thanks to marie's pushing, we got up front enough to be able to see when the parade finally started. and thank god we did! all the floats and the people were nothing like the parades in the US... there was no shame. people were dancing and all in all we had a blast! we went with our new australian friends, nicola and morgan, who were also going to the parade for the first time. we all had so much fun dancing and singing along in the crowd that by the time it was over it was definitely time for bed.
all in all it was a solid week. i can't believe on tuesday we will have been here for a whole month!! the time is honestly FLYING by and we are lovin every minute of it. i am hoping as school picks up it will start to slow down a little but for the time being, we are just soaking it all in!
this week= we are doing bondi beach on friday (no worries, we will avoid the sharks) and maybe the blue mountains!
Cheers!
since bumming around sydeny there are other australian habits that are a bit odd. here are some more words we have learned since being here... "heaps, mate, ducking up (which means heading over), jumper (as opposed to a hoodie), and oy! (to get someone's attention). it is definitely different but a lot of fun to try to incorporate into everyday talk.
okay now for updates from the week!
class this week was good. i had my first china in world history class and i am the only american! after my teacher found this out, he felt compelled to call on me more... which got a little old... it was also pretty interesting and i think going to be a good class. i also found out that ian thorpe (who apparently is the Australian michael phelps) is in my drugs across cultures class! so i think tomorrow i am going to try to sit by him. some of my new aussie friends say they are going to come to my class just to get a glimpse of him. haha.
thursday, marie, kaitlin, and i sat down and put together our first trip! we are going to melbourne in less than two weeks! it is, i believe, australia's second biggest city and according to lots of australians, a ton of fun. we are only going to go for two nights to save our money and such but i think it will be quite the adventure. can't wait!
friday, we went back to manly beach. it is honestly gorgeous there. i tried my first phalafel kebab because i was not eating meat because of friday, and it was sooo gross. i couldn't even get any of the boys to eat it. the kebabs here are delicious too, so it was a huge let down. we also did a little shopping around the area and marie and jill both got new posters! friday night, we all went over to beth's apartment for a party. everyone had partners and dressed as a theme- kaitlin and i did spanish theme, marie and erin were surfer girls, beth and kim were a tree and a tree hugger... etc. it was hilarious and a good time!
saturday was our main event!! mardi gras in the city!! the mardi gras parade here is the gay pride theme and quite the sights. they estimated about half a million people there and they were not messing around. the parade didn't start until 7:45 at night but because of the big crowd, we left around 3:30 to get down there. even then we still had trouble seeing the parade and tried to climb a tree but failed ... so instead, thanks to marie's pushing, we got up front enough to be able to see when the parade finally started. and thank god we did! all the floats and the people were nothing like the parades in the US... there was no shame. people were dancing and all in all we had a blast! we went with our new australian friends, nicola and morgan, who were also going to the parade for the first time. we all had so much fun dancing and singing along in the crowd that by the time it was over it was definitely time for bed.
all in all it was a solid week. i can't believe on tuesday we will have been here for a whole month!! the time is honestly FLYING by and we are lovin every minute of it. i am hoping as school picks up it will start to slow down a little but for the time being, we are just soaking it all in!
this week= we are doing bondi beach on friday (no worries, we will avoid the sharks) and maybe the blue mountains!
Cheers!
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Finally 21!
G-day peeps!
So our first week of classes is over and the second is about to begin!! I guess for me though, it is technically not a week- only three days. Even though it is only three days, it is a packed three days. I am taking four classes and everyday i am in class for about five hours or so. So no worries, there is still plenty of studying to be done. The classes I am taking are:
1. China in World History- not really sure why but it was the only history credit I could get marquette to count.
2. Cognitive Process- class seems pretty interesting and we have to participate in studies to get credit so i think that will make it kinda fun!
3. Drugs Across Cultures- very interesting. almost every class we have a different lecturer!
4. Philosophy of Art and Beauty- seems okay. my teacher is real hippy like so i think it will end up being a good class.
Overall, no complaints here. The first three days were good and we start all over again tomorrow!
Since I had thursday and friday off, I got some work done on thursday and Friday we headed off to Manly beach! It is one of sydney's big beaches and it is absolutely beautiful! The water was so clear and the sand almost white. Also, it is in this little area with a bunch of cute shops and such. It took us about 2 hours to get there because after we got on the wrong bus, we then took the ferry across the harbour, which was actually a lot of fun! It takes about forty minutes on the ferry but it goes fast because there is so much to look at! Once there we met up with some other friends, played in the water, and sunbathed. By the time we got back to school, we were exhausted. But we rested up and then hit up the town to meet up with our friends from uni of sydney to ring in my birthday at midnight!
After a big beach day friday and party planning for saturday night, we took it easy saturday day. Kaitlin, Marie, and I got a pedicure and did some birthday shopping and then laid out for a bit to just relax. For the night, we made tacos, and had some people over to kaitlins for a little party. My roommates Soo and Crystal got me this little circular tin and a coin purse for my birthday! It was really sweet. and then kaitlin whipped out a shot book she had gotten everyone to help! I was so happy and so glad to get to see all the people I love in one book and to have gotten notes from you all. So if you were in that, thank you because you really helped make my birthday!!
We headed down to the city after dinner and went to Sydney's oldest pub where Marie convinced the live band to sing happy birthday and sweet caroline to me! Then we went to this other club called arglye that was a little bit more techno and such. Although we took the bus back- which for some reason was freezing- we got back and hit the hay. It was the most marvelous birthday and as my friend ryan kept reminding me- I WAS IN AUSTRALIA AND TURNING TWENTY ONE!! haha what more could i have wanted??
So our first week of classes is over and the second is about to begin!! I guess for me though, it is technically not a week- only three days. Even though it is only three days, it is a packed three days. I am taking four classes and everyday i am in class for about five hours or so. So no worries, there is still plenty of studying to be done. The classes I am taking are:
1. China in World History- not really sure why but it was the only history credit I could get marquette to count.
2. Cognitive Process- class seems pretty interesting and we have to participate in studies to get credit so i think that will make it kinda fun!
3. Drugs Across Cultures- very interesting. almost every class we have a different lecturer!
4. Philosophy of Art and Beauty- seems okay. my teacher is real hippy like so i think it will end up being a good class.
Overall, no complaints here. The first three days were good and we start all over again tomorrow!
Since I had thursday and friday off, I got some work done on thursday and Friday we headed off to Manly beach! It is one of sydney's big beaches and it is absolutely beautiful! The water was so clear and the sand almost white. Also, it is in this little area with a bunch of cute shops and such. It took us about 2 hours to get there because after we got on the wrong bus, we then took the ferry across the harbour, which was actually a lot of fun! It takes about forty minutes on the ferry but it goes fast because there is so much to look at! Once there we met up with some other friends, played in the water, and sunbathed. By the time we got back to school, we were exhausted. But we rested up and then hit up the town to meet up with our friends from uni of sydney to ring in my birthday at midnight!
After a big beach day friday and party planning for saturday night, we took it easy saturday day. Kaitlin, Marie, and I got a pedicure and did some birthday shopping and then laid out for a bit to just relax. For the night, we made tacos, and had some people over to kaitlins for a little party. My roommates Soo and Crystal got me this little circular tin and a coin purse for my birthday! It was really sweet. and then kaitlin whipped out a shot book she had gotten everyone to help! I was so happy and so glad to get to see all the people I love in one book and to have gotten notes from you all. So if you were in that, thank you because you really helped make my birthday!!
We headed down to the city after dinner and went to Sydney's oldest pub where Marie convinced the live band to sing happy birthday and sweet caroline to me! Then we went to this other club called arglye that was a little bit more techno and such. Although we took the bus back- which for some reason was freezing- we got back and hit the hay. It was the most marvelous birthday and as my friend ryan kept reminding me- I WAS IN AUSTRALIA AND TURNING TWENTY ONE!! haha what more could i have wanted??
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