A few of the girls
This is what the bus looked like on the inside...
Dinner time!
The whole group and Nathan (our driver/guide)I just wanted to share a few more pictures from my Exmouth trip since I didn't get any group shots with my own camera, but now I have access to them through facebook!
I had a math assignment due on Friday, so most of my free time this week was spent working on that. It amazes me how long it can take to complete 5 math problems. This math class is by far the most difficult class I have taken, mostly because I don’t have the same background as most of the other students in my class. The lecturer has been very willing to help me; however, every time I go to his office for help, he always ends up trying to tell me about some other math related problem or phenomenon. So, it takes a while to actually get him to focus on my questions.
Drea, my roommate from Elon, finally booked her tickets to come visit me in Australia!!! I am so excited. She is coming at the end of May, and she will be here for about 2 weeks. I am really excited that we will be able to share experiences together in Australia. My classes here end May 29th, and I only have one exam, which is on June 15th. After my exam I will only have 6 days left in Australia before heading home. It is hard to believe I have already been here for over 2 ½ months!
Yesterday (Friday) I went to my usual Bible study, but I didn't stay for dinner because it was Livia’s birthday. We planned to have a party at our friend’s house and then go clubbing in the city. We were all excited until we found out we had to cancel the party. The housing assistants and managers found out about the party and told our friends were hosting the party that their housing agreement would be terminated if they had the party. We were pretty surprised because people have parties and gatherings all the time in the student housing. A few hours later we found out that we couldn’t go to the clubs either because they all closed at midnight because the next day was ANZAC day (a public holiday). We all felt really bad for Livia and we still wanted to celebrate her birthday. So, we went to dinner and then went and hung out at a different location on campus…Dave’s flat. Dave ended up walking Komal home soon after we arrived, and he didn’t come back because he fell asleep at Komal’s flat. So there were about 15 of us hanging out at his house without him. It was pretty funny because his roommates kept walking in and they probably were wondering what in the world we were doing in their flat!
Well this week has been pretty uneventful for the most part. The first week back at Uni after a long break is always a little rough. I received a few of the assignments I turned in before break back. It was really quite a shock to get my grades back here because the grading is so different. Receiving above an 80% on an assignment is very good and it doesn’t occur very often. One of my lecturers told us that in her 10 years of teaching she has given a student above 90% only a few times. So when I got a 64% on one paper and a 70% on another I was disappointed at first; however I found out that both of these grades transfer back to Elon as a B. We were told that the grading was a lot different before we came, but I really didn’t think anything of it until now.
I had a math assignment due on Friday, so most of my free time this week was spent working on that. It amazes me how long it can take to complete 5 math problems. This math class is by far the most difficult class I have taken, mostly because I don’t have the same background as most of the other students in my class. The lecturer has been very willing to help me; however, every time I go to his office for help, he always ends up trying to tell me about some other math related problem or phenomenon. So, it takes a while to actually get him to focus on my questions.
Drea, my roommate from Elon, finally booked her tickets to come visit me in Australia!!! I am so excited. She is coming at the end of May, and she will be here for about 2 weeks. I am really excited that we will be able to share experiences together in Australia. My classes here end May 29th, and I only have one exam, which is on June 15th. After my exam I will only have 6 days left in Australia before heading home. It is hard to believe I have already been here for over 2 ½ months!
Yesterday (Friday) I went to my usual Bible study, but I didn't stay for dinner because it was Livia’s birthday. We planned to have a party at our friend’s house and then go clubbing in the city. We were all excited until we found out we had to cancel the party. The housing assistants and managers found out about the party and told our friends were hosting the party that their housing agreement would be terminated if they had the party. We were pretty surprised because people have parties and gatherings all the time in the student housing. A few hours later we found out that we couldn’t go to the clubs either because they all closed at midnight because the next day was ANZAC day (a public holiday). We all felt really bad for Livia and we still wanted to celebrate her birthday. So, we went to dinner and then went and hung out at a different location on campus…Dave’s flat. Dave ended up walking Komal home soon after we arrived, and he didn’t come back because he fell asleep at Komal’s flat. So there were about 15 of us hanging out at his house without him. It was pretty funny because his roommates kept walking in and they probably were wondering what in the world we were doing in their flat!
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