9 hours from now I will be leaving for Singapore! Asia will be the 4th continent I've been to (behind North America, Europe, and Australia). I'm pretty lucky. We're leaving for the airport at 5 in the morning, but I'm still super excited. Actually, I still have to pack...
I guess I'll recap since my last post...
Friday was pretty good; we had Australian History and this week was our first week of tutorial. Our person for tutorial is different from our lecturer, and she seems really cool. She's Scottish, and she had us go around and introduce ourselves and tell the best thing that's ever happened to us. I said mine was deciding to go to Notre Dame. Super corny but I didn't even care because it's so true. Friday night we all watched some of the opening ceremony before going out, then me and some of the girls went to The Shed in Perth again (and saw Kenz and Katie and some of the other Perth
kids, which was awesome).
Saturday was pretty lazy...pretty much just laid around and watched the Olympics, including about 3 hours watching cycling. NOT the most thrilling of sports, but we were waiting to see if something better would come on. For dinner our cooking group went to another fish and chips place called Sweet Lips, and I had some really good grilled Cajun fish and chips. Later that night was some more interesting Olympics....women's indoor volleyball! AND it was the USA! AND they won! (Not a medal match but it was still a win...) I was really glad I got to see it.
Sunday we had a field trip as part of our activity package to Caversham Wildlife Park, which was basically like a zoo except Australia style. We got to pet koalas and kangaroos and a wombat and it was basically just really awesome. Here's a few of the pictures (more on my Picasa site):
Momma and baby koala :)
Kangaroo!
When we got back we made a very dangerous discovery: $0.50 ice cream cones at the McDonalds that's like 100 steps away from our dorm. Sunday night a group of us went out to dinner again to a place called Mexican Kitchen (we're sort of running out of food with Singapore coming up). The food was great (but kind of really pricey) and we found out that they don't serve you free chips and salsa here...lame. But the best part was definitely the giant fishbowl peach margarita that me and 3 other girls split. Soooo yummy. The rest of the night was just more Olympics and working on my group project with my other group members. We had a presentation today about the population and demographics of Asia (specifically China's One-Child Policy).
Today (Monday) was more Olympics, the presentation which we think went pretty well, and another McDonald's ice cream run. Now I just have to pack and get up at the crack of dawn tomorrow!
Hope everyone's been doing well, and expect another post and a lot more pictures when I get back from Singapore!
<3
1 comment:
Mich, you're making my mouth water with your food descriptions...I definitely am missing Mexican food :( Next time I'm in Freo, you'll have to show me where I can find good Mexican :) The margarita sounds like it was delicious too! Hope you're having fun in Singapore and I cannot wait to hear about your trip when you get back!!!
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