Today I had to make a briefing for new students on campus. I gotta say on a side note that I really miss eggs, breakfast is continental here on the weekdays (no more
omelets!) and I think I have been going through egg withdraw. Anyway, I went to campus and got schedules for the upcoming Orientation Welcome week put on by the university - I also found out that I am in the Faculty of Science. Later in the day I received my accepted courses, Biology of Australian Flora and Fauna and Field Biology of Australian Wildlife. Unfortunately the two classes I need to graduate (an art and an
English) were rejected (crap) - so I have to come up with some new options and try to push them through. Tomorrow I meet with an advisor to actually enroll me as a student and set up a timetable for the semester so hopefully I can fix everything before classes start on the 28
th. It was raining so I didn't really get to explore much but spent the rest of my day working on my
never ending email account and looking for new classes to try. After a delicious dinner of mashed potatoes :) I hung out with my new Aussie friends and watched them
rehearse for their play. Whitley College puts on plays every semester through their WARTS program (Whitley Assoc. Residential Theatre of Students or something like that). This semester they are doing "The Pajama Game" a musical by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. They asked if I wanted to be in the chorus and I am still thinking about it - I'm just not sure I will have the time to practice - it goes on in 3 weeks! I took some pics of the courtyard when the sun peeked out for you.
Here is the courtyard of Whitley College - nick named the donut because as you can see it is round. It has another building that is rectangular and connected by a hallway. They call that building the Tim Tam.
There a lots of pretty plants and birds in it - unfortunately I am on the outside so I can only look over a tin roof (oh well it will stop me from running outside every two seconds to catch a new bird on film
Here is the website for the College if anyone is looking for a more detailed description...
http://www.whitley.unimelb.edu.au/
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Wowzers...yes, I said it. Sounds like you are having a great time! Anxiously await the next bloggin event haha. Hope the meeting with advisor went well, good luck with the classes. Thinking will have to set up skype account when get back to school!
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