Happy St. Patrick's Day! They celebrate it here too and a few people were up making noise by 7:45am because they wanted to start partying. I managed to sleep until just before 10 and then got up and went to the library. I did some research for my paper but couldn't type it because my computer wouldn't charge when I plugged it in. So I got bored and came back to my apartment. I was hoping to get at least some of it typed but I got lazy sat around talking to C...

I was really tired when I got up but my politics lecture and tutorial weren't too bad. I went to an Indigenous Cultural Experience thing put on by the international office at noon. It was interesting. They played the didgeridoo, did some song and dance performances, told us about some of the tools they used to use and demonstrated how to use a boomerang. I didn't take many pictures but I did take some video of the dancing and didgeridoo playing. We got a fre...

I was up by 8:15 and did some laps in the pool right away. I finally got my journal updated but it has taken me all day to do it. I had to finish editing my Fraser Island pictures and then had to get everything online. I did take a break for an hour or two and had a swim with Martin but then went back to editing my pictures. I had good intentions of going to the library all day to study but it was 8pm by the time I got everything with my journal figured out a...

I got up early enough to do a few laps in the pool before class. We got a new roommate! His name is Jeremy and he is from Coolum, which is near here. He said he thought someone else was moving in this afternoon but wasn't sure. Class wasn't too bad, the 3 hours went by pretty fast. I came back here and met our other roommate. His name is Craig and he has lived all over Australia. I tried making some homemade granola but it didn't turn out as well as I had ...

I got up about 8am to make sure I had plenty of time to make breakfast before my 10am class. Class was interesting today. My lecturer started talking about the American Dream, how he doesn't know what it is/doesn't understand it and how Americans are never satisfied with what we have. He hoped there were no Americans in the room and I didn't say anything. His comments made me irritated and I didn't say much in the tute even though we had to work in groups and...