busy busy busy

ok so i've been super duper busy for the past few days - i don't even remember when i made my last post but it probably wasn't that long ago? tuesday? or wedensday or something

but i feel like it's been FOREVER

ok so thursday was the aquarium and honestly, the exchange program is really disorganized and it's hard to meet new people since they didn't exactly force you into small groups to meet new people - you just sort of stuck together with the people you already knew

we got off the bus near town hall and they gave us an hour to walk around so we walked around the entire harbor after we ate lunch on the steps of town hall

anyways - all my pics from the aquarium are up on fb

i have a whole bunch of cool videos of animals though but too bad for you since i don't plan on uploading them =P

after the aquarium, we walked to The Rocks to The Argyle for happy hour but i didn't get anything

then we took the bus back to IH (international house) and ate dinner

then it was Pancakes on the Rocks! really good pancakes/crepes =) just in case you didn't see my picture on fb, i'm going to post my Devil's Delight pancake and crepes picture again
then yesterday was orientation again except it was cold and rainy - bleh

they told us 9:45 am but it started at like 10 something and it was FREEZING in the auditorium - crazy

and we sat there until 12:20ish and so we went back to IH to eat lunch and then it was back to the auditorium at 1:20 - then we sat there some more until 3

i went to the exchange office and successfully got into a new lecture time =) so it's not from 6-8 pm on tuesday now

and there was a free bbq! interesting since it's different than texas bbq - they had sausage and chicken that you could put in your bread - it was kinda weird cause the chicken looked like thai satay and then went to get insurance stuff done

then ate dinner and talked to peeps and took a shower and read and slept lol

there was a party yesterday night at Soho but i decided not to go cause i was really really tired lol

good news: my study abroad advisor sent an email to gigi (the lady who needs to approve of my economics course)...and i sent some emails to her too lol so she's basically getting bombarded by emails...BUT oh well at least i have a good chance of getting into the course now =)

and as promised, here's pics of my room

it's quite small and a little messy at the moment since they gave us SO MUCH papers/brochures/forms and stuff and i have no idea where to put themmy key! the little tofu was only like $1.75 cause it was on sale at that morning glory story =)there's masking tape cause the yarn started to fray lol

today i woke up - went to lunch and stayed and chatted with people and now i'm in my room with no plans except going to see hp tonight =) relax day yay

All settled in...ish

ok so i moved into my dorm (the International House) at UNSW and attended orientation yesterday

everyone's pretty nice so far - mostly everyone just introducing themselves and such but i think a lot more people are moving in soon

ok so first - last saturday!

we went to a cake shop called adrianos zumbo and they have these really interesting cakes - very uniquethey write your name on these whiteboards and then line up all the cakes you want on them and at the end of the counter they pack it up

mommy: auntie cat says you prob won't get to eat any of these haha

then we went to SWEETNESS and bought marshmallows and i got some gummy candy too
such a cute little shop no?

and then we went to a place literally called 香港茶餐厅 for some afternoon tea - then went back to auntie cat's place to eat dinner

and then then next day they dropped me off in my dorm

not much to say there except met some nice people, food is ok, and it's kinda cold around the dorm cause it's shady and stuff

ok well ENROLLING in classes is a pain in the ass cause you have to get approved for most courses (esp if you're taking upper level classes) so you have to go to each department's office, get the person to sign it (or give it to someone who can give it to them for you if they're not in the office), then go back to the international office so they can enroll you (cause you can't do it yourself online)
and it doesn't help that most classes are already full - so if you really want to get into a class that's full you have to go talk to the lecturer to see if they'll let you in
now the economics course that i need was nice and will let me in but the finance prof was all "full is full" and i'm like ugh considering the only lecture class open that i can take is from 6-8 pm
but i got enrolled in 2 classes - yay! and waiting approval for the others so i'll be going out again tomorrow morning running around campus (which isn't easy since it's basically one big hill and you have to climb literally like 50+ stairs)

so this took approx like 2 hours of my morning which i guess isn't that bad but i was running around from office to office and back and forth throughout the entire time

then in the afternoon i walked down Anzac Parade (street next to the uni) with a girl from france - it was interesting hearing how she thought the fact that the architecture of buildings were all different was interesting - and she was also amazed at the palm trees (she thought they were exotic) so it makes me appreciate our palm trees more haha
saw a morning glory store! look at all the blue bears! and they have a sticker photo booth inside haha so i told the french girl about them

these are the birds you see hanging around trash cans lol it's pretty interesting considering we only have fat pigeons

i also bought a stuffed bean curd cell phone strap just to put on my dorm key so it's not so easily misplaced haha i'll take a picture of it later along with my dorm
and so now i'm just gonna go take a quick shower in the cold and then curl up in bed to read haha..and sleep early cause i'm actually really tired from running around everywhere


random note: when you say thank you, people say "that's ok" and that's just weird to me cause we say "that's ok" when people say sorry lol
random note 2: girl on the first floor across from me needs to close her blinds cause she bes in her underwear (lacy underwear i might add) and i can see her =|