CallmeSquirms

Hey all, so my mom has been here for a week and we've been busy with everything. I've been even busier handling our adventures and class/homework, so an update with all of our two week adventures should come on 3 October. And then Chris comes to visit :)... read more

It's been a while- this week I had a paper, presentation, and test so I haven't been up to a lot. I did, however, go to Australian Idol on Sunday! The girls across the hall went the Thursday before, but none of them could go on Sunday, so we took their free passes. Claire, Sarah, Little Jackie and I got all dressed up and left around 4. The studio is inside this Sydney Entertainment center... it has the equestrian center, a football or rugby stadium, the Fox studio, and a few restaurants and bars. After waiting outside for maybe half an hour, we finally got inside. We were seated on the aisle of the center section, in the second row behind the judges. Eventually they had us move down into the reserved seating section, so we ... read more

So, there hasn't been a lot to report. The weekend after orientation I went with some of the girls to Paddy's market. It's like the French Quarter in New Orleans. A lot of cheap little stands that sell absolutely everything. My purchases include a $10 for 10 minute massage , zebra print light-weight scarf, and DG sunglasses. Mine were falling apart, so this purchase was completely necessary. It just happened that I bought DG ones, after Delta Gamma... The next weekend and this weekend have been extremely uneventful, but that's okay. I've been slowly exploring the area around the Tiffany, which includes a little market and other cute shops. Some of my roommates are planning a trip to Nimbin, which is the Amsterdam of Australia, but I'd rather save my money for when my mom and ... read more

The long awaited bungee day! I felt sick all day, and I’m pretty sure it was just butterflies. We got to the place, A.J. Hacket, and I was to go on the minjin swing first, with Matt and Caroline. The minjin swing is where you put some harness on, and you get hooked to this wire, as well as hooked to the two other people. You put your legs out so you look like Superman, and then get hoisted up as high as the bungee tower. When the little light on the ground goes green, one of you has to pull this little cord, and awayyy you go. I screamed the whole way forward, and then we paused for a second, and went all the way backwards. I screamed for that, too. By the second or ... read more

9:07PM, the 'resort' Saturday night we had our dinner cruise. We all got dressed up and walked down to Darling Harbor and waited for our boat. It was very snazzy. We had the whole upper level to ourselves, and as soon as we sat down we were served Champaign. Almost right away we were able to go out on the deck to take pictures of the bridge and of the Opera House. However, since it was pitch dark outside, a lot of my pictures did not come out. After coming back into the warm boat, we were served bread. I asked the lady if they had gluten free bread, and she said she would check. I guess the bread everyone else got to eat was not good at all. The lady came back with a plate ... read more

9:20PM, the hotel So I forgot to mention that Wednesday night we went out to a restaurant, and I had kangaroo. It wasn’t bad! And it has a lot of benefits- it’s environmentally friendly, spares the population of kangaroos, and it’s healthy. I also bought my first legal drink, called Neptune. It was blue with crushed ice, and an orange peel on top. Thursday we had our walking tour. It was rainy most of the morning, so we did a few detours to stay dry. We did see a lot though. Hyde Park, the shopping ‘arcades’ , countless coffee shops, other random sights in the city. Included in the walking tour was the Botanic Gardens. Definitely taking mom here. There are these birds that, if you bring bread with you, they will perch on your arm ... read more