On Friday, I went to my small group as usual. Each week there are new faces, which is always exciting. No one else from the U.S. has shown up, so I just keep meeting lots of international students! After small group, we usually go over to Du Vihn's house for dinner; however, this week he had to go out of town after the meeting. So we decided to go out to dinner in the city. Michelle, who is actually from Australia and helps out with the bible study, had a place in mind for dinner. We parked at South Perth and then took a ferry across Swan River to get to Perth city. We went to a vegetarian Indian restaurant, which is buffet style, and you eat at much as you want, and then pay what you feel you should! The chefs and people who work there are volunteers and the donations go toward some really great causes. After dinner we took the ferry back and then went on a long walk together. It was so beautiful to see the downtown all lit up at night, and the moon was full and seemed to have an orangish glow.

Saturday, Diyva and I went to Carosel (one of the malls near campus) for lunch and a little shopping. Her mom was flying in later that day, so she was really excited about that. After shopping I showed Diyva around my flat (even though there is not much to see) because she hadn't ever been to Vickery. Later that night, Livia (my flatmate) cooked lasagna for me, Matt, Amber, and Jenn at our place. Matt and Jenn are both from Elon as well, but I didn't really know them before. This was the first time we've had friends over for dinner at our place. After dinner we went over to Matt's place to watch a movie. We ended up watching "Baseketball" and "Clockwork Orange."

Compared to the rest of the weekend, Sunday was quite uneventful. I went to Curtin Community Church again this week. After church I did a lot of cleaning because we have an inspection every two weeks, and Monday is our inspection day. They are pretty strict here about keeping our flat very clean. The RA's even do random inspections sometimes, and we get fined if we don't keep up with our chore for the week. Most of the girls I live with are relatively neat, but most don't really keep up with their chores until inspection comes around. The rest of my Sunday was dedicated to my FIRST math assignment. We have ten days to complete it, but it is going to be very difficult. Once the assignment is due, it will already be time for my midterm in that class!