Week 3! Small update because I can

It's been a while, and I haven't been that busy. I've been going to the beach, watching rugby games, playing pool and yesterday I did some work. I still have a 100 page article to read for tomorrow but that'll get done sometime. We didn't really do much this weekend. Most of the Colgate kids went to Surf Camp, a weekend long surfing experience. Apparently it's easy to stand on the board but to go past that is insanely hard. Good thing I didn't pay $300 AU to find that out!

I did end up going out last night (Sunday). We were at a bar with a live performer who mostly played popular songs like Red Hot Chili Peppers songs. I bought a beer to disillusion myself as to how good the band actually was and then found Colgate kids from the other dorm. Phil (Colgate) was tearing up the dance floor. Dude was going nuts. He eventually got kicked out for being too drunk but got back in. On the way back I had a kebab and some baklava, and hell yeah that was good. Zora mentioned one true thing: Spending money at bars. I've been spending a lot of money on drinks at bars without realizing it and buying beers I don't really need. We went to go see Alice in Wonderland (good movie) in town and we came there an hour early, so we went to the bar next door and bought beers to chill. And then we realized that we spent money on social beers when we already spent more money on movie tickets.

Connie's class is alright. We had to do a nature exercise where we found a forested area and wrote a response about it detailing our surroundings: sight, sound, touch. We had to draw our scenery, which led to hilariously bad drawings by everyone. All of us went to the Botanical Gardens across the street from uni (convenient!). I chose a rotunda that was in a duck pond and I saw this awesome eel that was pecking at a duck's feet. Apparently the eels eat baby ducks so they have to watch out.

Haven't tried any new restaurants but I did find a small Japanese place that has sorta cheap stuff to go, and it's right by the bus stop. They have an ice cream place similar to Cold Stone. It's called Cold Rock and it is literally the same thing. I haven't tried Outback yet but I may have to - it's really hard to find a decent burger around here.

More next week! LADY GAGA CONCERT, the Sydney Aquarium (class trip) and commencement!

Dangerous Animal Count: 2 (Spider in the shower. Yikes.)