Happy Valentines Day! Yes, they have it here too and it is commercialized but it didn't seem quite as bad as in the states. I went to a Note Taking Skills workshop at 10 but it was boring and not much help. I really like how they do orientation here because there are many different things going on but you can pick and chose as to what you would like to attend. I then went to an intro the library session; it was somewhat interesting, now I know what they have ...

It's O (orientation) week! We had an official welcome ceremony at 10am. I was going to get the free breakfast offered by a local radio station before hand but I didn't get out of bed soon enough so I just headed to the ceremony. It was pretty interesting. It is the University's 10th anniversary this year; they have had the fasted growing enrolment of an Australian uni ever. The Vice Chancellor said that the first year they were open they had just over 500 st...

Melinda had to bring Kristy to work today so Beth and I went along and we went shopping at the Sunshine Plaza in Maroochydore. The plaza is really pretty. There is a canal running under part of it (a bridge separates both sides of the plaza) and it looked like you could rent little paddle boats to cruise around in. We went to Target to look for swimmers and I eventually found some. They have Target and K-Mart here. Target seemed pretty much the same all thou...

I decided to be adventurous today and take a tour around campus. It is less than a 5-minute walk and it is very pretty. Campus is on or is surrounded by a wildlife reserve. My walk is kind of marshy-like but there are flowers and different bushes to look at along the way. I walked on a few trails and took many pictures along the way. The buildings are very unique and there are many grassy areas for kangaroo watching. It took me a while to see any but I fina...

I woke up at 7:30 for some unknown reason today. I was going to go back to bed but figured I better not get used to sleeping long hours at night. It was a day of firsts. I finally left UniCentral to get some food. They had a free shuttle bus running from 1-5 to Woolworths grocery store and back. I met a girl that goes to Concordia Moorhead so now there are officially a whole lot of people from the NDSU/MSUM/Concordia area. I also met 2 guys, one from Washin...