Well, 'cause of such a quick response from Nathan and Pat (who was slacking in his threats), I'm gonna give you another post (actually, just 'cause I already wrote it in my journal and a lot happened last week). This is it for the next couple weeks. Next week I am in Broome, then it's Easter, then we're going down south, then I'm going camping then it's back to school. There may also be skydiving in there somewhere too...
Anyways, here it is, in all it's glory:
29-03-09
So, although I wrote last Saturday, it feels like forever ago. A LOT has happened. Monday came, I slept in, made pancakes (which I still have leftovers), went to class, came back. At dinner, Mische made banana oat muffins, and they were incredible! I ate two. There was also a tiny lizard in our kitchen. He was almost clear. Just chillin’ there, but then Liz took him outside. I don’t actually know that it was a him, but it just seemed appropriate to label it/him as such. Tuesday came, and we had class and then we had tut in the park. Oh yeah, Tuesday was my CRAZY day. We were supposed to go to Matt’s house to work on our project, but Lucy and Jacob couldn’t make it, so Matt, Kendall and I just worked in my room, which actually turned out better. I seriously got so lucky in meeting them. They’re pretty much my best friends down here, and I LOVE them. Around five o’clock, we had to start making dinner (spaghetti), so Kendal left and Matt and I went to make the spaghetti. Oh my goodness, so stressful! In addition to Matt, Lyndsey’s family was also there. It was really nervewracking in the kitchen, having Matt over my shoulder “What are you doing?” “Why are you doing that?” but it was all in good fun, and we were totally bantering back and forth. It was fun and stressful at the same time. But pretty much, Matt made the spaghetti and sauce, in all honesty. Wednesday was another day completely (duh). Lyndsey described me as a “vision in blue”: I was wearing my blue shirt, my blue shoes, and Corinne gave me a piece of gum that was also (incidentally) the same shade of blue. It was fantastic! I was also wearing jeans (and my underwear was blue too). Oh, and Lyndsey also noticed that I was wearing a blue hairtie too! I made Hannah take a picture (with the gum) ‘cause it was just too good. I also talked to Nicole when she said she was going to get the mail and told her that I’d been waiting on a letter from Leah for about a month, and she was like, “Maybe it’ll come today.” Lo and behold, when I got back from my shopping venture, there was not one but TWO letters waiting for me: Chelsey’s wedding invitation and Leah’s really long letter. For dinner, I finally used up my mince that I bought the first week we were here. I made a hamburger patty for the next day, and then made mince and potatoes for dinner, and it was so yummy! I also made frozen peas (which I ate the whole bowl) and drank a glass of milk with my dinner and it was perfectly lovely. Thursday was another crazy day. We spent all morning working on our project since we had to present that afternoon in tutorial. It wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t excellent. (Although, Simmon did say that he expects more of us and expects our newsletter to be one of the best if not the best newsletter). For the rest of the day, I did NOTHING (and continued on in that pattern until today—Sunday). I ate my Boost candy bar (which was really good) and was on facebook, and then I ate dinner (hamburger, fries, corn, Hannah’s dessert, ice cream, a plum) and watched High School Musical 3. After that, Laura came down and we continued the movie marathon ‘til midnight and watched Pride and Prejudice. Friday was nice because Nicole had hot brekky waiting for us (egg casserole). In class, Peta gave us the rundown for Broome, and then we took a walking tour of Freo and didn’t have tutorial. It was glorious! It was also Solene’s birthday, so we had cake at 12:30, and then at 6 pm we met at the Roundhouse and had some champagne (definitely would be better cold). Also, it was kind of weird because there was this group of Aussies have a fitness class or something directly behind us, and they were trying to exercise and we were super loud. Oh, and drinking in public is illegal… Oh, also, before that, we went to Bathers and laid in the sun and went swimming, and it was awesome! Brooke and I went to bed at 12:30. I was EXHAUSTED. And then I woke up at 11 the next morning. It was beautiful. We went with Grace and Emily to South Beach and I just read my James Patterson book for a while (it was super windy, so we just laid on the grass for a while). We came back for the triple birthday party and had a lot of dessert: strawberry cheesecake, apple crisp, and chocolate chip cookie ice cream sandwiches. After that, the rest of the house started getting ready for the yacht outing, and Brooke and I kind of just took it easy. I watched Paul Blart: Mall Cop (hilarious! Incidentally, Nicole went and saw it in theaters the same day—I just watched it online—and she hated it), and then Brooke, Laura and I watched Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit. Then, at 12:45 am, I was messaging with Matt, facebook chatting with Jami trying to figure out our presentation for Tuesday, and Denysse called me on skype and then came over. It was quite the night. I ended up going to bed around 2 am. Woke up this morning before 11 and read some in bed. Went down and had some Sultana Bran Crunch for brekky at 12:30. When I was down there, Anna told me that daylight savings time ended last night, so it was actually only 11:30. I got another hour back, and it was fantastic! I worked on CO142 reading for awhile, and then had a facebook chat/debate with Andrew Gill about the acronym afk meaning away from keyboard. It was lame, but fun. (Sidenote: last night Denysse tried to make an acronym for ‘save the date’ for her birthday –May 22: =STD. Hilarious!). Then we went to Tom and Sparkles’ house for the barby. They actually had a lot of booze available, but I had a ginger beer. We had yummy sangas or snags or sangers or whatever they’re called (sausages) and fruit salad and salad, and then for dessert we had ice cream with the bananas that you light on fire with brandy (I forgot what they’re called) and it was delicious! After a bit we left and came back home by way of the war memorial (or, as Matt just told me, it’s referred to as ‘the monument’) on High Street. I was only there for a few minutes, and then had to book it back for Mass, but I definitely want to go back there again soon. We RAN back for Mass, and made it there with a good 5 mins to spare. Oh, I knew there was something I was forgetting! Saturday, on the bus ride to South Beach, I got on the Cat on hit my knee on the seat. It hurt like a son of a gun, then there was a red bump, (randomly, with two red lines) and it hurt to bend my leg. It has since turned into a bruise, but I think you have to be a special kind of stupid to do that….
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
Comments?
So...
When I do remember to check this thing, I notice that there are not very many comments. And there's NONE on the last (incredibly long) post. I have a journal for myself, so I don't need to keep this one up if nobody's reading it. On that note, I will be out of touch for most of the next two weeks. But please, COMMENT! :)
When I do remember to check this thing, I notice that there are not very many comments. And there's NONE on the last (incredibly long) post. I have a journal for myself, so I don't need to keep this one up if nobody's reading it. On that note, I will be out of touch for most of the next two weeks. But please, COMMENT! :)
Saturday, March 21, 2009
My Weekend... thus far
22-03-09 2:12 am
Oh my goodness, SO MUCH to catch up on! Today was incredible, as was last night, so I think I want to start with those, since they’re still fresh, and then go backward and cover the other events. Okay, so, last night: we went bowling at this somewhat dodgy bowling alley about half an hour away from Freo. The best part was our bus. It was the most ghetto bus I have EVER seen, with some of the windows blacked out and green lights in the interior. It was also playing dance music pretty loud. We met Marco and Jocum (who told Liz he’d take us out by boat to Rottnest), and Kyle. The night went pretty well, I met some pretty cool kids (I think from UWA): Blair and Jess, Andy, Ben AKA Cracker, and Maddy. Ben was pretty cool (and 20) and I was chatting it up with him… and then his girlfriend came. But he was really good at introducing her to me right away, and was really nice about everything. I was actually winning for a bit, and actually tied with Andy for the 2nd game at 108 pts. Speaking of winning, I also got 14 out of 16 games for March Madness right, and am currently winning with my bracket (thank goodness Wisconsin won!!). So, after bowling (during which Kyle ripped his $180 pair of jeans, right near the crotch), Liz, Brittany, Brooke and I went out to the Orient with the guys (Sean, Jocum, Marco, and Kyle). Although, Brooke and I were the only girls for a short bit. Oh, and when we first got there, ALL the guys went into the bathroom. I think they were trying to fix Kyle’s jeans, but it was funny ‘cause when they came out I was like, “I thought only girls went to the bathroom together,” and Kyle responded, “In Australia the guys do too.” At about 11:30 we called it a night and left (‘cause Brittany and Brooke had surf camp the next morning). When we were leaving, the guys said goodbye, in a very special way. Let’s just say the Australian goodbye makes me say hello! Kyle did a hug and (kinda) kiss on the ear. Marco did a handshake and kiss on the ear (which I definitely felt). So… we got kissed TWICE. Came back, went to sleep… then Saturday. We went parasailing at 9 am and it was INCREDIBLE and AMAZING! Totally worth every dollar; I loved every second and was sad when they brought us down. When we first got there, we signed away all our rights… on a wet piece of paper with a pencil. At first I was like “Great, this is legit. Well, I guess that’s why it’s cheap.” And the harnesses were baggy (although I now know with a purpose). Also, they didn’t use locking carabiners. When Liz went up in the air she was holding on to her harness around that area and kept undoing her carbiners. Oops. Anyways, that was amazing. It was cool to go tandem with Nicole ‘cause you have someone to talk to (and it’s $15 cheaper). The guys in the boat would mess with us though, and slow down so we’d get dipped in the water and pull back up. The water was actually REALLY warm. And then we’d get pulled back up and our feet would be freezing, until we went and dipped them in the warm water again (which Nicole got pretty well dunked). So incredible. Then we came back and had breakfast. It was a lovely pre-brekky jaunt. I mean, isn’t that how everybody starts their weekend? Then I talked to mom and dad on the phone forever. Before we went to Cottesloe, we ended up watching some of the bball games for March Madness. It was close with Wisconsin, but I’m glad they pulled it off. Then we went to Cottesloe and looked at the sculptures, which were pretty cool. Although, overall, I’m not too impressed with the beach. I think I like South Beach more. We came back and made plans to go out to Thai for dinner. Mische made reservations. I think in that whole time I pretty much just watched the most intense Cold Case, and that was it. Oh my goodness though! Agent Jeffries got shot in the beginning. I mean, they were going by hour; it wasn’t even a cold case! It was sad though. Umm, then we went out to dinner at this really good Thai place. It was about $15 but it was REALLY good. I got Pad something that I can’t pronounce. Afterward, Mische bought Liz and me dessert at this chocolate place that I didn’t even know existed. And they gave us chocolate sauce with it, so I got dark chocolate sauce, and it was super yummy. I ate SO MUCH though; I’m pretty sure I expanded my stomach. That’s about the gist of it. Today was incredible, and I think I got a lot more out of it than I would’ve gotten out of surf camp.
As for the other days: uhh, a lot of stuff happened. Went to AQWA, wrote my 3000 page paper, watched Copycat, ate some good food, and essentially, I LOVE my CO142 group. Yeah. Okay, time for bed.
Oh my goodness, SO MUCH to catch up on! Today was incredible, as was last night, so I think I want to start with those, since they’re still fresh, and then go backward and cover the other events. Okay, so, last night: we went bowling at this somewhat dodgy bowling alley about half an hour away from Freo. The best part was our bus. It was the most ghetto bus I have EVER seen, with some of the windows blacked out and green lights in the interior. It was also playing dance music pretty loud. We met Marco and Jocum (who told Liz he’d take us out by boat to Rottnest), and Kyle. The night went pretty well, I met some pretty cool kids (I think from UWA): Blair and Jess, Andy, Ben AKA Cracker, and Maddy. Ben was pretty cool (and 20) and I was chatting it up with him… and then his girlfriend came. But he was really good at introducing her to me right away, and was really nice about everything. I was actually winning for a bit, and actually tied with Andy for the 2nd game at 108 pts. Speaking of winning, I also got 14 out of 16 games for March Madness right, and am currently winning with my bracket (thank goodness Wisconsin won!!). So, after bowling (during which Kyle ripped his $180 pair of jeans, right near the crotch), Liz, Brittany, Brooke and I went out to the Orient with the guys (Sean, Jocum, Marco, and Kyle). Although, Brooke and I were the only girls for a short bit. Oh, and when we first got there, ALL the guys went into the bathroom. I think they were trying to fix Kyle’s jeans, but it was funny ‘cause when they came out I was like, “I thought only girls went to the bathroom together,” and Kyle responded, “In Australia the guys do too.” At about 11:30 we called it a night and left (‘cause Brittany and Brooke had surf camp the next morning). When we were leaving, the guys said goodbye, in a very special way. Let’s just say the Australian goodbye makes me say hello! Kyle did a hug and (kinda) kiss on the ear. Marco did a handshake and kiss on the ear (which I definitely felt). So… we got kissed TWICE. Came back, went to sleep… then Saturday. We went parasailing at 9 am and it was INCREDIBLE and AMAZING! Totally worth every dollar; I loved every second and was sad when they brought us down. When we first got there, we signed away all our rights… on a wet piece of paper with a pencil. At first I was like “Great, this is legit. Well, I guess that’s why it’s cheap.” And the harnesses were baggy (although I now know with a purpose). Also, they didn’t use locking carabiners. When Liz went up in the air she was holding on to her harness around that area and kept undoing her carbiners. Oops. Anyways, that was amazing. It was cool to go tandem with Nicole ‘cause you have someone to talk to (and it’s $15 cheaper). The guys in the boat would mess with us though, and slow down so we’d get dipped in the water and pull back up. The water was actually REALLY warm. And then we’d get pulled back up and our feet would be freezing, until we went and dipped them in the warm water again (which Nicole got pretty well dunked). So incredible. Then we came back and had breakfast. It was a lovely pre-brekky jaunt. I mean, isn’t that how everybody starts their weekend? Then I talked to mom and dad on the phone forever. Before we went to Cottesloe, we ended up watching some of the bball games for March Madness. It was close with Wisconsin, but I’m glad they pulled it off. Then we went to Cottesloe and looked at the sculptures, which were pretty cool. Although, overall, I’m not too impressed with the beach. I think I like South Beach more. We came back and made plans to go out to Thai for dinner. Mische made reservations. I think in that whole time I pretty much just watched the most intense Cold Case, and that was it. Oh my goodness though! Agent Jeffries got shot in the beginning. I mean, they were going by hour; it wasn’t even a cold case! It was sad though. Umm, then we went out to dinner at this really good Thai place. It was about $15 but it was REALLY good. I got Pad something that I can’t pronounce. Afterward, Mische bought Liz and me dessert at this chocolate place that I didn’t even know existed. And they gave us chocolate sauce with it, so I got dark chocolate sauce, and it was super yummy. I ate SO MUCH though; I’m pretty sure I expanded my stomach. That’s about the gist of it. Today was incredible, and I think I got a lot more out of it than I would’ve gotten out of surf camp.
As for the other days: uhh, a lot of stuff happened. Went to AQWA, wrote my 3000 page paper, watched Copycat, ate some good food, and essentially, I LOVE my CO142 group. Yeah. Okay, time for bed.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Some of what's been goin' on...
11-03-09
So I think I am not so good at this whole journaling thing, but at least I have my gratitude journal, so I can remember the best things from each day! So… highlights… let’s see. March 1 Paul Harvey died (or at least that’s when I saw it on MSN). I went to Mass that night and volunteered with Minisha and Patrick to play flute. They were going to try to find one for me, and I’ll check in with them this Sunday. My AL375 prof emailed me articles for our paper, which was fantastic. I worked out and did Carmen Electra/yoga pretty much every day last week with Denysse and Emily. March 3rd was the Commencement Parade, which wasn’t really all that cool… except the Samba band was fantastic! My favorite was the guy with the pierced nipples that was wearing a corset with light up hearts over his crotch. After the parade we signed our name in the book for our school. Denysse and I have been making dinner together pretty regularly. We had meatballs and instant potatoes, and pasta, recently we made impossibly easy cheeseburger pie (and Australia doesn’t have bisquick, so we had to create our own—and quarter the recipe) and it was really GOOD! Tonight I made spaghetti, a baked potato, and had salad—all on my own without ANY help. I was very proud. I’ve been kinda sick, but I haven’t been feeling too sick, which is good. It’s pretty much my nose and throat, but it’s not too bad. Friday night Denysse came in and told me that we were going shopping in Perth Saturday so that they could find me clothes that are form-fitting. Going out clothes. I ended up getting a top (that I actually REALLY like), leggings, and a black jumper. The jumper’s cool ‘cause it’s very versatile and can be worn with or without a top. It’s kinda short though, so I want to find some shorts to wear underneath… spandex or something. I also bought a koala holding the Australian flag, and some eucalyptus lozenges, which I am incredibly grateful for, because they have been really helpful in the past few days. Sunday was a pretty good day as well. We went sea kayaking, and then had a picnic and went snorkeling off of Penguin Island. The penguins are so tiny! I really liked snorkeling. I’ve made tentative plans to go to New Zealand with Jami. I may be interested in skydiving (tandem) but probably not… I don’t know.
Okay, and skype wasn't working, 'cause UNDA blocked it, but we have it working now (at least temporarily) so talk it up with me now (while you still can)!
Oh, and look for an updated album on picasa pretty quick here. Caversham and snorkeling.
So I think I am not so good at this whole journaling thing, but at least I have my gratitude journal, so I can remember the best things from each day! So… highlights… let’s see. March 1 Paul Harvey died (or at least that’s when I saw it on MSN). I went to Mass that night and volunteered with Minisha and Patrick to play flute. They were going to try to find one for me, and I’ll check in with them this Sunday. My AL375 prof emailed me articles for our paper, which was fantastic. I worked out and did Carmen Electra/yoga pretty much every day last week with Denysse and Emily. March 3rd was the Commencement Parade, which wasn’t really all that cool… except the Samba band was fantastic! My favorite was the guy with the pierced nipples that was wearing a corset with light up hearts over his crotch. After the parade we signed our name in the book for our school. Denysse and I have been making dinner together pretty regularly. We had meatballs and instant potatoes, and pasta, recently we made impossibly easy cheeseburger pie (and Australia doesn’t have bisquick, so we had to create our own—and quarter the recipe) and it was really GOOD! Tonight I made spaghetti, a baked potato, and had salad—all on my own without ANY help. I was very proud. I’ve been kinda sick, but I haven’t been feeling too sick, which is good. It’s pretty much my nose and throat, but it’s not too bad. Friday night Denysse came in and told me that we were going shopping in Perth Saturday so that they could find me clothes that are form-fitting. Going out clothes. I ended up getting a top (that I actually REALLY like), leggings, and a black jumper. The jumper’s cool ‘cause it’s very versatile and can be worn with or without a top. It’s kinda short though, so I want to find some shorts to wear underneath… spandex or something. I also bought a koala holding the Australian flag, and some eucalyptus lozenges, which I am incredibly grateful for, because they have been really helpful in the past few days. Sunday was a pretty good day as well. We went sea kayaking, and then had a picnic and went snorkeling off of Penguin Island. The penguins are so tiny! I really liked snorkeling. I’ve made tentative plans to go to New Zealand with Jami. I may be interested in skydiving (tandem) but probably not… I don’t know.
Okay, and skype wasn't working, 'cause UNDA blocked it, but we have it working now (at least temporarily) so talk it up with me now (while you still can)!
Oh, and look for an updated album on picasa pretty quick here. Caversham and snorkeling.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Saturday: the Perfect day
Saturday was our big day. After the alarm in the building went off multiple times and woke us up in the morning, we left at 8:50ish and rode the buses to Caversham Wildlife Park. Oh my goodness. We saw so many cool things! There’re a lot of cool animals in Australia. There’s this bird that says ‘Allo. And we saw koalas, although they were sleeping, because they need to sleep for 18 hours. But I did pet one! And we fed the kangaroos. I love kangaroos! They’re so friendly (well, the domesticated ones), and would eat right out of our hands. They had white ones too (they’re not albino; they’re specifically bred to be white. The other ones are red and grey). A little joey even bit me (I don’t think he was happy that I was out of food). The turkey is ugly and gorgeous at the same time. But there was a really BIG spider in between the two fences between the turkey and us. AND I rode a camel! It was $4 AUD, so hey, why not? But in Broome, we’ll ride camels on the beach for an hour at sunset for $55, so I’ll definitely hit that up as well. We also saw dingos (which are not native to Australian), and took a picture with a wombat. Pretty much, Caversham was incredible. I think it would be awesome to work there; our guide gets to take home a little joey at night and take care of it. Afterwards, we went to the Margaret River Chocolate Factory and filled up with free samples. I thought about buying some, but no way would it last 4 months! After coming back, we left about 20 minutes later for South Beach. It was perfect weather and South Beach was GORGEOUS. The water was incredibly clear, and it was perfect swimming weather. The water felt really good because it was so hot out. Nick caught a jellyfish, and we held it (it doesn’t sting); it was pretty cool. And felt like… jelly! Weird, I know… There were also fish that would swim by, and they blended in with the sand really well. I also got completely buried in the sand, and that was pretty sweet. Later that night, I got a makeover; it was like the scene in Miss Congeniality where her trainer/makeup dude leaves and all the other girls pitched in. Then we went out. It was fun, but I don’t think I’ll be going to Newport again.
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