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Tuesday, March 07, 2006

perhaps long awaited, an update

I have no idea why New Zealand likes to make getting Internet so damn tricky, but it does. My flat will be getting broadband internet access by the end of the month, but until then, I'm restricted to using the library (which doesn't provide free access off the Uni of Waikato website: WTF inserted here) or Internet Cafe's. the Library is closer in between my two classes today, so here I go.
I'm still officially not homesick, but I do miss some of the comforts of home. I'm getting so used to everything here, though, and I'm so busy all the time it's hard to miss things too much. Last week, "O Week", school started, and my basic report on my classes is that they're fine. Philosophy will be tricky, but I like my Professor, so I'm good there, New Zealand History will be a bit dry, but duh, it's History, and Chinese is currently so boring I could scratch my eyes out...since it's 101, everyone is learning the basic characters for the first time, except me, so until we get a little more into it, it's bound to be dullsville. It should be fine in a few weeks, though. Every class here does three lectures and one tutorial a week, a tutorial basically being a lab. My history and Chinese ones will be cake, but my Philosophy is slated at 8am on Tuesdays. How the hell we're supposed to be Philisophical at 8am is beyond me. My tutor, Dan, though, is quite cool, and is going to try to push it back, so three cheers for him.
O Week is essentially a lot of pub-hopping and concert going, then going to first classes hung over, if at all for most. I successfully went to none of my classes hung over, though I did go to a pub Monday and Thursday nights, Thursday to see a really great Kiwi band, Elemeno P. The Lime-wire enabled would do well to get some of their stuff. Saturday night was a clubbing night, and since the drinks at pubs here are so god-awful expensive, I had a bottle of Riesling before we went out. In retrospect, the entire bottle was not such an ace-plan, but I didn't figure that out until a great night at the Bahama Hut was well over. Though someone please tell me now that boys named Matt are just TROUBLE and should be avoided.
Sunday was a cheap beach trip to Raglan, about 50km away...not bad for $2, but the weather was awful. We ate some good pizza in town, and now I've been to an NZ beach. This Saturday we're off to Mt. Manganui with the International Centre, which is apparently a much, much nicer beach, though I still only paid $5 to go. Yay. Then next weekend, my flatmates and friends and I are all off to Auckland for the weekend. I really, really love the fact I have no Friday classes, and no classes Monday until 3. I'm bound to get so spoiled here.
All this is definately been a lot of work, and a lot to get used to, but I'm doing so well. Sorry I can't update more frequently, but that should change the 27th. Unless Telecom screws us, which could happen to. I'm really off, now though, so I can look over the half of my Philosophy text I didn't read before class. Bye, everyone.

1 Comments:

Blogger Bridget said...

Did we not know that about boys named Matt?

8:26 PM

 

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