Whew. First week done. While it's nice to think I'm already 1/12th through the semester, it's also kind of depressing because I know it's going to go by sooooo fast.
Wednesday I had a long day with a ton of time to kill (like 4-5 hours) between classes. I spent the time exploring the library, signing up for Picnic Club, and reserving a spot in surfing lessons in a week. I went to that art class and really like the sound of it compared to the psychobio class. It seems like almost all of the lectures are interesting guest speakers or performers and it includes a field trip to the Sydney to an Art Museum. There are a bunch of Americans in that class, but oh well. When I was waiting for the bus afterward I heard a bunch of them saying it was so boring and they might not stay in the class... which I thought was so stupid because the prof seemed super nice and everything sounds like it'll be fairly interesting. It seems like there are a fair number of people here - especially Americans- who are just sort of here to party. Which bugs me because I really want to learn about the culture. Like all the trips that you can sign up for spring break are mostly just party trips, which I'm not as interested in. But I digress.
I walked in late after that art class after like 7 and was told I should get ready really quickly because we were going out to eat and then out right after that lol. We went out to eat at this Brewery that is between us and the beach, so basically not far at all. They had pretty good food and of course good beer. They have about 9 different types that all have funny names - shark oil, barbeerian, longboard, rust, dipto, and an Obama Pale Ale haha. I don't know if I mentioned before that Wednesdays are big going-out nights here for some reason, but they are. We went to the Glasshouse and danced for a while, but I had to bail before long since I kept yawning from my long day.
Thursday I didn't have food chem until 2:30, but I was late anyway because I waited for the bus for 45 minutes. It's free and supposed to come every 20 minutes at the latest, but it's not always the most reliable in reality. This little girl at the bus stop did give me one of her cadbury eggs though haha it was really cute. That class so far has been pretty much all chemistry review as well, but I'm hoping that'll just be the first couple classes. It's going to make for a boring semester class-wise if I'm not actually learning anything...
Woke up early this morning due to our stupid neighbor above us vacuuming in heels at 7:30am forever. Like, what the hell? I was the only one with class today, so it was kind of sucky. It was my Play and Pedagogy lecture and tutorial which is basically an education class about the importance of child's play. I met a couple girls and the good thing about that class is I think I'm one of the few international students in the class. It makes me really conscious of my American accent though, like as soon as I open my mouth it's so noticeable that I'm not from here.
I'm starting to notice more of the weird things aussies say. Like they say "How are you going?" and replaced 'math' with 'maths'. I swear I'm going to go back to the US spelling everything aussie-style too. colour and customise. haha. They also pronounce a lot of things totally different, some of which I think comes from the UK english, but idk. Like oregano is totally different, and especially science-y words in my classes.
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