Weekend Fun Friday, February 22 : Not much besides classes happened on Friday until Friday night. Then Kristin, Alan, and I went over to Michael's flat to watch some Aussie films Michael had rented from the library. We saw The Rabbit-Proof Fence first, the story of three little aboriginal girls who were taken from their homes to get "civilized" and how they escape and make it back to their family - it's a bit slow but really moving. After that, si...

Classes, Stereotypes, and Witches Interesting right? Not so much. But we'll get to that later. So classes have started, and I'm pretty much excited about all of them. One thing to note: The Australian Lit & Film class that I dropped to take Conservation Biology has Aubrey from Maine (new friend in the making), Alan, AND Michael in it. Crazy. So I had Indigenous Women first, and the professor herself is an indigenous woman, go figure. No exam in that c...

Alright so I just added a blog yesterday, but so much has happened between then and now that I thought I should add another one. Last night (Friday night) figured I was just going to be in for the night since no one made plans when, lo and behold, Kristin shows up and asks if I want to go out to a club. Not having anything else to do, and curious about it, I said yes - of course dragging Alan into it as well as asking Kristin to ask Michael *who lives closer ...

So it's officially the end of O-week, or Orientation Week as it's called here. And in about 45 minutes I'll officially have been here for a full week. Parts of it are becoming natural and starting to feel more "homey" (just like moving into a new dorm - though I still need some posters up on my freakishly blank white walls!). Today (Friday the 15th of Feb.) there was a ton of meetings about boring things such as Security on campus, Health Services, e...

Alright, here goes nothing! After a fun 30 hours in planes and airports I finally arrived in Perth, grabbed a cab and moved into my flat. I'm in the Student Village on campus, and I'll put in some pictures as soon as I get my internet on my computer working again. I got lucky enough to be in Flat #1 - which is the closest to the campus as well as the easiest to locate. My flatmates are Daniel, Alex, Alan, Toby, Sarah, Cho, and Stephanie. Only 2 native Aussies...