The week that was

It was shaping up to be a pretty bad weekend last week, the day after gaga, I started to get sick :( come Friday; I skipped my morning classes but did manage to make it to 2 hours in the afternoon. Spent the weekend drinking tea…lots of tea, eating toast and sleeping a lot :( drug of choice was panadol (only one I have in the house, which reminds me I should stock up on something stronger) which staved off the stomach cramps for a bit. Was able to stomach some pasta on Sunday night and fortunately, it was gone by Monday morning so my afternoon lab was undergone without much trouble. Dinner on Monday night was roast pork ribs with rice and fried vegies. Haven’t had roast pork in ages, it was so good!

I’ve also been packing lunches for uni as well lately, which is an unusual thing for me. I live on campus so I usually just go home for lunch but this week, have been lunching (with my ham and cheese sandwiches) at uni which is a nice change and much more social. Come to think of it, I’ve never had lunch with my housemates…we’re never home for lunch on the same days lol.

I found this remarkable story on Wednesday; about a boy with 31 fingers and toes, whoa! the article is titled Chinese boy has 31 Fingers, toes. I haven’t found a follow up story on it yet. Shall go searching for it later if I remember. Also in the news, the weather around Australia has been extremely lately, from hail in Melbourne to storms in Perth. Also, Cyclone Ului hit Mackay as well. I wonder what happened to the 5 cyclones between Olga and Ului… (they are named alphabetically and male, female etc … eg cyclone Neville(male) was before Olga (female)) so from Olga to Ului there should’ve been 5 . It’s hard to keep track, especially of the cyclones that don’t amass to anything as I’m down south in NSW and the cyclones hit up north so I won’t hear about them unless they actually hit.

Last night I went to a ‘mystery dinner’ with my housemate. You sign up as either a host or a diner and are randomly allocated to someone’s place for dinner. It is run by my housemate’s church. All up, there were 9 people at the one we went to including the hosts and it was a very enjoyable night. :) We had; bruschetta, chorizo and mushroom pasta with cream and strawberry and blueberry trifle. No photos as I didn’t want to freak out some of the people I’d only just met with my photo-whoring ways and as we were eating outside, the lighting was too poor to produce a decent photo anyway.

The weekend is back, it’s almost mid semester and the workload is just piling up! I’m trying to be good and study during semester so I don’t need to cram, (*chants* I will not need to cram at the end of semester, I will not need to cram at the end of semester) We’re having a fire drill this afternoon at about 2:30 as well so I shall make myself scarce before then lol. If there ever is a fire, I know where to go anyway as there is a map on my door, besides, I’ve gone to a fire drill before. That’s my excuse XD

Gagaliscous

Lady Gaga is on the Monster Ball tour atm and I went to see her in Sydney on Wednesday!! She was absolutely awesome! Lots of costume changes and big sets and props like a huge anglerfish at the end!

This dress animated, the fans on opened and closed

Big leafless trees on set

It's March

The first 2 months of the year seem to have gone by so fast. It’s march already which means uni has started for 2010.

I had a much more interesting first day than intended which included walking in the rain, groceries and a bit forgetfulness. I only had one lecture at 1pm, which was cool, sleep in and only 1 hour of uni! Heck yes! It was a little bit drizzly when I left the house and I didn’t bring my umbrella. I wasn’t worried too much though the lecture theatre is really close to where I live and I assumed it would go away by then anyway…one cancelled lecture later (which I didn’t find out about until I was already there) I walked to the pharmacy building with some others where they were going to another lecture, (there was an umbrella to share J) then walked home in the rain, which unfortunately, was not only still present but a little heavier then when I first set out. Cold and wet I dried off and then waited for the rain to abate so I could do some groceries lest I eat instant noodles for dinner. It did eventually and at about 5pm I was off with a green bag in hand and my forgotten shopping list sitting on the coffee table *sigh* I did however have my umbrella this time in case it rained on the way back, which it didn’t :) Good thing I decided what I wanted for dinner though so I could at least get those ingredients. I made Bolognese, yum.

Welcome bags

I live on campus at the uni village. Every year they give you a ‘welcome bag’ which is filled with a few freebies and some coupons etc. Last year I got a lanyard, a 128mb memory stick, a stress ball, cup-of-cereal/ cereal to go (some kind of one serve cereal) an energy drink and some magazines and coupons.

This year I got; another lanyard, can of coke zero, cup-a-soup, a loyalty card from the village’s café (buy 9 coffees get the 10^th one free) and another magazine. Out of boredom, I took a photo of it hehe