Hey everyone! I know I've been slacking in my updates of this thing; I don't even have an excuse for you! I've been trying to get into the routine of actually going to school here, but it's been hard. I don't think I've ever been to class where it is nice out every day. It's not exactly conducive to studying if you ask me! The way they have classes here is really weird. Each class has a lecture for two hours and a tutorial for an hour every week. I feel like I am never in class! It doesn't help that every weekend is four days long for me! It makes it hard to get into a routine, but I can't really complain! It gives me plenty of time to go to the beach! Let me think about what I've done since I've last updated. I should update more frequently, it will save me the trouble of thinking about what I've done. Last weekend it was two of my friend's birthdays so we all went out on Saturday night to celebrate, which was a lot of fun. Last Saturday I was supposed to go to Maggie Island, but then we found out we might get hit with a cyclone! So we changed our plans and decided not to risk our lives-we went to the aquarium instead! It was awesome, they had a green sea turtle (the one in the picture above) that is supposed to be a vegetarian but because it is in a tank with so many fish and stuff it has started to eat other fish! Pretty sweet! We didn't end up getting hit with the cyclone, which was pretty intense from what I heard, it was just a little more cloudy and windy than normal. This week was pretty uneventful, except for some technology difficulties right before I had to make a presentation, but I won't get into that.
This past Friday there was a full moon party on Maggie Island. The party itself was alright, nothing too special, but we went and hung out on the beach for a couple hours and that was awesome. It was beautiful out and completely wonderful! Then we all ended up pushing each other into the water, which in retrospect was definitely not a good idea, but hey we all made it out alive! With a good story to tell too! I swam with killer jellies and didn't die. How many people can say that? Saturday and Sunday we went to the beach, I actually just got home! It was beautiful! The water here is so warm it always surprises me that it's salt water. I'm still expecting it to be fresh water because in my mind there is no way that the ocean can ever get warmer than freezing cold. I was supposed to go kite boarding this weekend too, but we messed up the lesson times, whoops! We might go tomorrow though! It's great to not have classes on Mondays! I'm going to post you some pictures of campus, because my mom has been requesting that I do so!
This is my frog friend. He lives in the stairs that I take to get to my room, he's nocturnal but he's there a lot. I'm pretty sure he protects me from anything gross coming into my building.
There's me holding a crocodile! He was much softer than I thought he would be. I was told that he could get up to 6 meters long! That's huge!
I couldn't figure out what kind of bird this was, points to anyone who can identify him.
This is just between some of the buildings classes are in. Some of the classrooms open up to the outside, it's so different than at home!
This is the path between the many buildings that the classes are in. The way the number the buildings is ridiculous. 302 is next to 24 which is next to 3. There is no order and it drives me crazy, on top of making me get lost all the time!
These are bush turkeys, and they are kind of annoying because they hang out by the student mall, probably because everyone feeds them.
This is one of the buildings I have class in, I think it kind of looks like a castle!
This is on the walk back to my room, I was playing around with the settings on my camera that's why it looks funky.
I was walking across campus to see my friends the other day and there were wallabies all over the place! It was so cool, I had to have seen about 10 of them on my walk.
This is looking up at one of the sets of stairs that lead to my suite. I live to the left on the second floor. It's really pretty! The flying foxes (which are what the giant bats are called) like to hang out in the trees pictured.
I'm heading to Sydney for Easter! I'm really excited for it. We're deciding what we are doing for spring break tomorrow but so far the idea is to rent a van and drive up to Cairns and drive around there for a couple days.
I hope everyone had a good weekend, I'm off to "do some homework" which will probably turn into watching a movie. What can you do?
3 comments:
Hi Molly-it's me jacob. I am jealous of all the wildlife you are seeing. But here is something to make YOU jealous. I went to a Celtics vs Cavs game. celtics won and Lebron only score 12 points. After the game I called the Mike Adams sports show and talked to him about the game on live radio. Way Cool. Well don't have too much fun without us. Hope you are having fun. Bye- jacob. oh yeah-ps school sucks!
Hey Jacob! I can't believe you went to the Celtics Cavs game! Sounds like a good time, and the celtics have Lebrons number if you ask me. and look at you Mr. Radio Star! That's pretty cool. School does suck, but look at what it's let me do! It's worth it, and it gets better!
i have heard little thus far about how hard you are studying and am thrilled over being able to remind your mom and dad of this each week when we walk and remind them of the costs...it sounds like you're having a great time thus far and with all your beautiful pics, I think we'll have to put in on a vacation list for some day in the future...keep us all up to date and stay away from all the "rogue motorcyclists"
uncle dave
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