FIRST WEEK OF UNIVERSITY STUDIES!!!!

25th July 2005 Monday

My day started like any other day for a person in a new place... absolutely LOST.... My very first class was at 10am.... when I got there, the place was quite empty 'cept for a few cliques around the shop... 20 mins pass... No lecturer... hmmm... strange... another 5 mins pass... I got restless, so I bailed... Just took my stuff and walked off... went back to my room for a coffee... What a way to start the very first day of uni... oh well...

Next class was for the same course, but the lecture... I got there and lecture was on.. so YAY!!! But it was so weird... The lecturer was just talking about what was going to happen in the next few weeks, and she continued for the next 2 hours...

Lunch break...

INVASION OF THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS!!!
During the course of the morning, I noticed small groups of high school girls all over the place... I thought nothing of it until I went for lunch... outside my lunch area, were hordes... no throngs of high school girls everywhere.... Talk about an invasion and as you walked around, you could feel about minimum 30 eyes following your every move... it was so freaky.... eeeks...

Last class of the day... Nursing lecture... I supposed I thought the same thing would happen, like my last lecture, but lo and behold, the lecture didn't really talk much about what was going to happen during the course... instead, for 3 hours straight, she talked about politics and her 2 cents worth of everything that was happening in Australia... And she also spoke in a discriminating fashion about foreign nurses in Australia... It was so uncomfortable...

After class, was exactly dinner time, so I walked down to the food area, only to find it locked and there were lots of people dressed formally... Oh... A formal party... oh well, looks like I had to go back to cook noddles... wrong!!! I got to the entrance of the college, and my friends shockingly asked me why I wasn't dressed.... Then I found out that there was a formal dinner for all the residence of the college... so I did what was necessary and rushed to get ready... man... that was the fastest time I have ever dressed up formally in my life...

Dinner was nice... the head of college organised this speed dating thing, so that everyone could get to know everyone else... very fun... everyone was so friendly, I then got invited to go to the Uni pub with my floor clique... wow... an assimalation into the clique... cool...

The whole culture here is to drink... You join any activity, and you're gonna drink... Thats the rule of the culture... It was great... You just drink, and go around getting to know people... I found it so easy getting to know everyone around... everyones very friendly when they're high... heheheh some over friendly... this drunk girl always came to me asking me to take care of her... but she had other friends doing that, so I just looked out for her every now and again...

Got back to the college and found out where everyone hung out during the day... was invited there and was encouraged by a lot of people to go there so that I could hang out with them... quite a cool bunch of people... might even find a few good friends...

26th July 2005 Tuesday

Drank quite a lot last night, so when I woke up this morning, I found that I had over-slept... I had missed the 2 lectures I had for the morning... oh well... meant that i had the whole day free then... explaination... well, I have only 2 lessons on Tuesdays, and these 2 are lectures... so if I miss them... well... you get the picture... anyways...

In the evening, I found out that lane party was today... it was the biggest party of BK (Bellenden Ker College - where I stay)... Everyone had to dress up as something beginning with S... I was wearing a Saint Andrews T-shirt, so I said I'd just go as a saint, but then last minute, I changed into my track pants and a singlet, and said I was a sprinter... smart huh... lowest maintance costume... I practically sleep in them... hehehe

During the course of the party I was hanging out with Alvin, this other Singaporean guy from my floor... I was talking to him and he mentioned that girls get very drunk and very 'friendly' with you during parties and said that I should be careful... hahah... weird... this 18 yr guy telling me to be careful thinking I like around his age... I mean I appreciate what hee was doing, but seeing as how drunk he was, I didn't have the heart to tell him he's barking up the wrong tree man... such a nice fellow...

Another night of drinking...

27th July 2005 Wednesday
NO CLASSES AT ALL... My Wednesdays are free... tatally no classes at all... very cool... recovery day...

Hung out with the guys at the 'study room' playing drinking games in the evening... then a few of us got together and went down to the Uni pub... Trivia Night!! WOOOHOOO!!! We were called "TEAM SOBER"... but at the end of the night, we were all just pissed drunk... hehhee We blame the hats... For every 2 jugs of beer we ordered, we'd get a hat... by the end of the night, we went through 16 jugs of beer and had 8 hats... how big was our group? 5 strong... hahahaha

Another day of drinking..

28th July 2005 Thursday
Today I had classes proper... didn't have tutorial though... oh well... 1 less class is good for the soul... or the hungover... hehehe

In the evening, I couldn't believe it... 'WWW PARTY' (Wild Wild West Party)... dress up as a cowboy/cowgirl or a red indian, and you get in for $4... instead of $8... dresses up as a cowboy... It was fun... I didn't really enjoy the party though... Don't really enjoy country music... anyways, shot were going at $1 per shot... So... not bad a deal... hehehehe

Another night of drinking...

29th July 2005 Friday

System recovery... 80%

System failure... 10%

System unknown... 10%

Okay... 8am class... quite fun... labs here are actually quite fun... the lecturers think you're dumb and underestimate you... cool... good way to impress them... hehehe..

In the evening, almost everyone were going to the pub to check out these 2 live bands playing there... I opted out for I realised that I needed a timeout from drinking... It was a good idea, cause I just wanted to relax and chill out in my room... alone...

Just can't wait for next Friday when there's a 'SUPER HERO PARTY'... dunno what I'll be going as... hmmm... still thinking...