Aussie McBlog

Things of Interest (perhaps)

Hello, hello. I hope this beautiful winter's day is greeting you warmly (literally! nyuk nyuk nyuk!), and that all is well in Canada. I have a few things that may be of interest to some of you (though perhaps not):

• Thirsty Merc is a very good band, despite Sally's claims that they are also the ugliest band on the face of the planet!
• Living three minutes as opposed to eighty minutes from campus is a delight!
• I have tried countless toilets in several cities here, and have yet to come across a toilet that spins the water when it flushes. Imagine my disappointment to discover that the water just rushes forward? I suppose my Simpson's experiments will have to wait.
• The soundguy at UniBar does an excellent job. I have debated telling him this, but I'm a bit wary, because whenever I compliment a soundguy after a concert, I get the, "are you coming on to me?" look. I'm not quite sure why... it might be because I start each conversation with, "Hey baby, I like the way you turn those knobs..." (kidding)

Dum dee dah, life has become somewhat normal. Tonight I'm going to Hillsong church in Sydney with a busload of young adults from Christian Life Centre. Should be interesting, given that I don't know any of them! Whatever. When you're brave enough to move to the other side of the world all by yourself, you're brave enough to hop on a bus to Sydney... at least that's what I keep telling myself. Crazier things have happened!

Last night I went to see Thirsty Merc, and I thoroughly enjoyed them!

Classes started for me this week and they look good (though who really knows from a one hour lecture?). I'm taking Chaucer, Eighteenth Century Literature and Culture, Democracy in Theory and Practice, and North and South: Approaches to the Relationship Between Advanced Industral and Less Developed Countries.

Why am I taking these classes? Well, because there are courses at UBC with almost the exact same names, that's why! YAH FOR DIRECT TRANSFER CREDIT. Except for the last one. The last one just looked fantastic and a poli sci minor at UBC just requires a certain number of credits at the 300+ level.

Well, je pense que it's time for me to do something else for a while... and after I upload some more pics, I'll take you on a tour of my room!

posted by Sara @ 2:45 PM