Sorry it's been so long! Nothing much had happened until a couple weeks ago and then my computer crashed, taking two long assignments with it.. Talk about frustrating!! I was able to retrieve them though, luckily. My new computer is in the mail so I'll write more when I get it. School is going okay -- quite hectic though. Still not used to printing out cover sheets everytime. I've forgotten to do so almost every time I handed in an assignment. Two weeks before...

I completed my first week of classes at Deakin! It was a rough week though. I'm having some trouble fitting my level of knowledge into my classes because they're categorized so differently. I found that two of them were way above what I need and I was not prepared for them so I'm currently waiting for the ones I signed up for to show up on my account so I can select what times I want. It's so complicated! Everyone here where I live is going through it together th...

It's been a really crazy week or so and I finally have time to finish what I started writing about! Rotorua was a crazy place! I did something I never knew existed - Zorbing! You basically get inside a clear, rubber bubble filled with water and roll down a hill. It sounds strange but it's so much fun! We spent a few hours at the zorb headquarters watching others tumble down the slope until it was almost time for dinner. We had prearranged a Tamaki Maori Culture ...

Hey all!! We've been in New Zealand for our second day and are not regretting the impromptu trip whatsoever! It's so beautiful and reminds somewhat of home. More so than Australia at least... We arrived in Auckland yesterday in the evening and had time to find our hostel which was a cozy little cottage-type house that was great for the night. We then ventured into the outskirts of town where we found a Thai restaurant that looked delicious. So we stopped for din...

I am here for school so I decided I should write a little bit about campus and what I've seen so far. I don't want anyone to think I'm on vacation! :D Thursday after the trip was an international student orientation on campus. We all attended a presentation on the overall ideas on campus and the differences between other countries and Australia learning. We also heard about the technologies on campus like using our ID card to purchase and the fact that others ca...