The past few days have been sort of crazy. I moved into my college (dorm) and orientation week started today. Ive been sleeping alot, trying to catch up after the last few JAM PACKED days. Its my effort against becoming ill. But the food here at Emmanuel College leaves something to be desired. Ive already gone to the grocery to buy some Ritz and peanut butter. Thankfully the food in the city is more than respectable and Im really enjoying trying new restaurants (only downside is its expensive!). But I made a trek into the city on one of the CityCats, their high speed ferries yesterday. There was a music festival in South Bank, which is like the river walk section of town with lots of shops and trees and such. That was alot of fun to see the city. On the way back we went to KMart for some essentials. MOST EXPENSIVE KMART EVER. But I needed a hair dryer so I could take a shower! The dorm rooms are designed to stay very cool for the summer months so there is no heating or air conditioning systems. That means that now, in the dead of winter, they are frigid. I wasnt brave enough to take a shower and have wet hair knowing that it wouldnt be dry for hours. So I saved my first showering experience for this morning... but more on that later.
In the evening we all went to see Harry Potter at a movie theater in Indooroopilly. Yeah try to say that word to a local and not get laughed at. Im still working on it. I enjoyed the movie, but the busses we took to get their stopped running at 9:30pm. So at 11:30pm we were looking for cabs in the suburbs of Brisbane. Luckily we found them and it was one of the cheapest cab fares of my life... nothing like Washington DC.
This morning I attempted a shower. Queensland is under level 5 (apparently this is high?) water restrictions because this place has some serious water shortage issues. Signs in the bathroom say 4 minute showers, mind you... it takes 3 minutes for water to become a bearable temperature! Then the lights go out because they are on a 4 minute timer which is outside the shower. So sopping wet you must peak out of the shower and press the button again for light. It will take time to get a hang of this!
Hi Sam, sounds like you are off to a great start. I'm sorry that you were not able to take any pictures on your dive but maybe you can go again and post them. I have not been to see Leila yet but will soon - did someone send you pics? I'm glad you are having a good time - don't forget to study! - A Jaime
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