Rain, rain, go away.

Hello again!

It’s very rainy and gross here right now, it was monsooning before. A friend and I are going to go to the movies since we can’t go to the beach anymore.

I had my first week of classes, although some don’t happen the first week so I only had a couple. So far they all seem really interesting, although what I’ve realized is that I already took my phonetics class back in the states. It’s the same one, but this time, I have to use an Australian dialect, no American accents allowed. On one hand it will be pretty boring since I just went through all of this last semester, but on the other hand it’s going to be very hard since I don’t have an Australian dialect. I guess I’ll learn a lot!

I don’t have classes on Thursday or Friday, which is perfect because now I can go on lots of weekend trips. Everyone here is starting to plan Spring Break, which is in April. My Dad is coming to visit and we’re going to Tasmania, yay! Then for the other week of break (we have two here) a few friends and I might go up to Cairns. Snorkeling and rainforest, here we come!

Last night everyone in my program went out to Thai food together, yum! Then everyone headed back to the apartments and went to local club, it is Wednesday after all. This evening I’m going to go see Melissa (finally) and we’re going to watch Lost together, then go shopping for Mardi Gras tomorrow.

   Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is on Saturday. There’s a huge parade where everyone dresses up and then after goes out on the town. It’s a huge event here, I’ll be sure to take tons of pictures. Get ready for lots of neon clothes!

  More pictures to come, hope everyone liked the others. Things are going great here, I’m having so much fun! School gets in the way a little bit, but I suppose that’s part of the ‘study abroad’ thing...one must study. Miss you all!