A reflection of my time in Australia so far...
It's been a little over two weeks since I arrived in Perth. It actually feels like I've here for a lot longer than that, probably because of the crazy pace of the classes. We're literally in class from 8-4pm everyday. What ever happened to all those breaks in between classes?? I'm definitely getting my money's worth with this program. They're making us do 4 weeks of pre-term studies before the term actually begins. Right now, we've completed 2 weeks of anatomy and the next 2 weeks will be basic physiotherapy skills. Then comes the fun exams before the commencement of the term.
So in the past two weeks, we went through the origin/insertions, innervations, actions/functions, arteries, bones, and joint of the entire body. For anyone who has ever taken anatomy or even high school biology should realize how insane that is. It's incredible how much information we were fed in a day. Don't get me wrong, it was great but at times a little overwhelming. Now I just have to remember everything, sorry "understand" everything for my exam in 2 weeks.
I haven't really had the time or the opportunity to see the city yet. I've gone to the beach once on Australian day and I definitely have to go back. I went to the city this past Friday and bought myself some wheels. Oh yeah, red hot wheels. I got an amazing deal on it. It definitely pays off to do a little price comparison before settling on one. By Tuesday afternoon, I'll be cruising along the river with my 18 speed bike. What? Did you think I was talking about a car??
For the past two weeks there was only one other person living in my unit, a damn Yankee. He's alright to talk to in short spurts, anything longer and I feel like I'm going to kill him. All he does is complain about how everything is so inefficient here and how much better the system is back home. Every time he gets groceries, which is basically every other day, he makes it seem like he has to climb Mt. Everest to get there. It's only like a 15 minute walk, stop complaining. Geez, now I know why I dislike so many Americans. It always about them and how they think they're better than everyone else.
This past weekend, a new housemate moved in and I really like him. He seems really nice and extremely social. This will be his 5th year living in this rez so he knows his way around and is actually the senior RA this year. That'll be good because then I'll get the opportunity to meet a lot more people. I've only talked to him for a little bit but he seems like a fascinating person. He's in a band called 'La Foule', french for "crowds". They called themselves that because there are always people joining and leaving the group because of all the different students coming and going over the years The core never changes though. They're not bad actually. I don't know how to classify their style but they sound pretty good. If you're wondering where he's from since he speaks french, he's from a country called Mauritius. It's part of Africa but Mauritius is actually on an island, on the Indian Ocean side. The official language there is English but everyone speaks French there because they were originally a french colony. Pretty cool. Oh funny thing...ever since the new housemate arrived, the Yankee guy have kept his door shut. In the past 2 weeks, he has never kept his door shut when he was home. All of a sudden, he's like anti-social or something. I'm not complaining because now he doesn't come talk to me when I'm home. Honestly, I don't know why he's here so early. He doesn't have class for another 3 weeks and it's not like he makes any effort to tour the city. He claims that he wants to do all these things but doesn't because the bus system sucks or because I don't have this or that. Alright, enough complaining about the guy. He's really not that bad....
The only other people that I have met are the people in my class. There's only 30 people in my program and since our program is so structured, we will get to know each other extremely well. Everyone's really nice so far.
What else?? Well I joined the University Baseball team. I was walking home one day from the grocery store and I saw a group of girls playing what I thought was softball but it turned out to be baseball. I figure, it's close enough. I'll take what I can. I've played two games with them so far and it's been a lot of fun. The game is definitely a lot different than softball. I'll have to explain it in another entry.
So everyday I seem to discover something different or something new about Australia so it's been exciting. Overall, I'm really enjoying myself. Sunny weather everyday, fascinating classes, meeting new people, learning about a new country, what's not to like right?? Ask me in a month or two and I'll probably be extremely homesick.
So in the past two weeks, we went through the origin/insertions, innervations, actions/functions, arteries, bones, and joint of the entire body. For anyone who has ever taken anatomy or even high school biology should realize how insane that is. It's incredible how much information we were fed in a day. Don't get me wrong, it was great but at times a little overwhelming. Now I just have to remember everything, sorry "understand" everything for my exam in 2 weeks.
I haven't really had the time or the opportunity to see the city yet. I've gone to the beach once on Australian day and I definitely have to go back. I went to the city this past Friday and bought myself some wheels. Oh yeah, red hot wheels. I got an amazing deal on it. It definitely pays off to do a little price comparison before settling on one. By Tuesday afternoon, I'll be cruising along the river with my 18 speed bike. What? Did you think I was talking about a car??
For the past two weeks there was only one other person living in my unit, a damn Yankee. He's alright to talk to in short spurts, anything longer and I feel like I'm going to kill him. All he does is complain about how everything is so inefficient here and how much better the system is back home. Every time he gets groceries, which is basically every other day, he makes it seem like he has to climb Mt. Everest to get there. It's only like a 15 minute walk, stop complaining. Geez, now I know why I dislike so many Americans. It always about them and how they think they're better than everyone else.
This past weekend, a new housemate moved in and I really like him. He seems really nice and extremely social. This will be his 5th year living in this rez so he knows his way around and is actually the senior RA this year. That'll be good because then I'll get the opportunity to meet a lot more people. I've only talked to him for a little bit but he seems like a fascinating person. He's in a band called 'La Foule', french for "crowds". They called themselves that because there are always people joining and leaving the group because of all the different students coming and going over the years The core never changes though. They're not bad actually. I don't know how to classify their style but they sound pretty good. If you're wondering where he's from since he speaks french, he's from a country called Mauritius. It's part of Africa but Mauritius is actually on an island, on the Indian Ocean side. The official language there is English but everyone speaks French there because they were originally a french colony. Pretty cool. Oh funny thing...ever since the new housemate arrived, the Yankee guy have kept his door shut. In the past 2 weeks, he has never kept his door shut when he was home. All of a sudden, he's like anti-social or something. I'm not complaining because now he doesn't come talk to me when I'm home. Honestly, I don't know why he's here so early. He doesn't have class for another 3 weeks and it's not like he makes any effort to tour the city. He claims that he wants to do all these things but doesn't because the bus system sucks or because I don't have this or that. Alright, enough complaining about the guy. He's really not that bad....
The only other people that I have met are the people in my class. There's only 30 people in my program and since our program is so structured, we will get to know each other extremely well. Everyone's really nice so far.
What else?? Well I joined the University Baseball team. I was walking home one day from the grocery store and I saw a group of girls playing what I thought was softball but it turned out to be baseball. I figure, it's close enough. I'll take what I can. I've played two games with them so far and it's been a lot of fun. The game is definitely a lot different than softball. I'll have to explain it in another entry.
So everyday I seem to discover something different or something new about Australia so it's been exciting. Overall, I'm really enjoying myself. Sunny weather everyday, fascinating classes, meeting new people, learning about a new country, what's not to like right?? Ask me in a month or two and I'll probably be extremely homesick.
posted by Sub29 at 10:32 PM
1 Comments:
Hope you're doing well sabrina. sounds like they have you guys working real hard already! I must say I do enjoy the anti-yankee commentary ;).
Have fun!
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