waiting for tix to print. the dive was fantastic. nope, the viz wasn't phenomenal; i dint see a great white/manta ray/mola mola/whale (few of the things on my list of 'stuff to see b4 i die')... but it had been abt 170 days since my last dive in phuket & I was practically dying for another N2 fix. the water was 10deg, viz abt 5-6m, but i loved every moment of it. the 7mm wetsuit tt we all struggled to get into was real effective in keeping the cold out, right up to the moment we ended the dive & got back onto the boat & into the wind. saw a cute little cowfish & lots of kelp, as well as crayfish tt dig their sharp legs/claws/whatever into anything they can find & look like lobsters. & today begins yet another week of endless pracs. this semester my favourite (& the only one i enjoy) day is monday, when I have only 2 lects & ZERO pracs. i wldn't mind them so much if not for the fact that they begin at 3 & stretch on for 3 long hrs & result in me having to walk back in the cold & dark. the printing & cutting shld be ready abt now, i hope. 'cos i'm in too deep & i'm trying to keep up above in my head instead of going under
YES this saturday, Tinderbox, 9am. then OW starting 6 for 2 wks! esp wkends
ytd was my bday! 19 seems so much older :( went for a bbq at King's beach at abt noon. there was a cake & everyth. i was forced to drink carrot+celery+orange juice made by some frens (knowing how much i hate celery) which was disgusting, owing to the incredibly overpowering taste of celery. then, when i was preoccupied, i was ambushed with a powder bath dumped on mostly my hair & face. pretty hilarious :-D also got a bar of dark chocolate (70%), which i'm eating now :) went out for committee dinner at 8.30 at an italian restaurant, followed by a 'meeting' at the bakehouse. finally got back at abt 11.30 planning a wkend dive trip some time soon!!! it'll be terribly cold but i dun care better stop b4 i go crazy again
forget wat i said previously. i'm simply too lazy to post pix. mebbe a yr frm now u'll see melbourne pix & go, 'i dint noe she went to melbourne recently!' & realize tt they're the pix frm 2007... sch has started and i wish i were still in melbourne. now i haf to start looking at all the various unis to apply for overseas exchange! i'm sitll undecided whether to go for the start of the sch yr in the UK, which means next sept, which is a pretty odd time, halfway thru sem2 in aust. & whether to go for a yr or just 1 sem. then there's the stupid fact tt i haf to do geology this sem. i simply see no pt. less than 4 mths and it's Hello, Great Barrier Reef! god i miss it quick change of subject before i go nuts once again: ... ... ... ... ... can't help it! any slight mention of anyth to do with water & my mind immediately dives into the sea. cantwaitcantwaitcantwait for summer & the hols!!! hope my exam timetable will be short & end early so i can be off!!!!!!! lots of exclamation marks as i get increasingly delirious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! when really it's closer than it is too far
still in Melbourne, flying back to Hobart tmr nite. been months since i've lived in a proper, crowded, noisy city with more ppl than steep slopes. missed it :) had loads of fun the past wk, mostly hopping on any train tt comes by & stopping at random stations (mostly based on the name) & wandering ard the towns. feels much colder here than in Hobart, despite Hobart being more down south. been wearing abt 5 layers everyday... pix to be loaded when i get back
warmer weather this past few days :) the bball court is no longer iced over. onli v little snow left on mt wellington i bet i'll be the most underdressed person in melbourne, seeing as i've alr gotten so used to below 10 deg weather (i'm currently wearing a t-shirt n shorts wif my rm windows wide open) yep i'm flying to melbourne this wed. will be staying a wk. gonna catch the Amazing Human Body exhibition, as well as visit Uni of Melb and mebbe Monash the last time i went to melboune was in 2002. not a v gd experience, for i had 2 Lit essays due n onli 1 wk in sept to complete it. spent the plane rides n the last day of the hol frantically writing, when everyone else was enjoying themselves...this time round i've no assignments due altho i'll haf results to occupy my mind on the last day. exam results out on 11 jul! |
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