Monday 5 November 2012

Wrapping up the School year

Hey all,


Sorry its been awhile since an update. Not too much has been happening. We have had some pretty great weather though these last 2 weeks, which is exciting!  .We have had a couple of days where we go out and hang out in the park all, and I have started a base tan. Along with that, school is wrapping up. Classes are over and we are in our finals week so we have 10 days for so when all of our studio projects are due. After the cup, its back to work work work. At the same time though, its pretty sad because it means everyone is leaving, including me. I would love to stay in OZ for another 5 months, its been a really great time.

Also, found out that Halloween is a big flop in Australia. They really do not celebrate it here which is pretty sad. We did manage to go to one Halloween party though and of course it was with all the international students. It was a pretty good time. Also, and update on work, I get some hours but as soon as finals are over  can work everyday so I should be making a lot more money. Still a little weird to rub naked people though...
Biggest news though, The Melbourne Cup and the end of the semester! Yay! Well classes are over and have a week until we turn in all of our studio projects, so after the cup, its going to be very hectic. I did though, finish my stool for furniture today!
This is right after we cut it and screwed it together. We havent added the tension wires yet to keep the stool from compressing.



This is the stool with the wires. Excuse the writing, I left the film on to keep the stool from being scratched up before review on Wednesday. For the brief, the stool needed to weigh less than 2 kilos (4.4 lbs) and i might be slightly over...by 250 grams. Its alright though, i think its cool enough looking that the prof will over look that hah.

But for tomorrow, thats the big day of Melbourne Cup! Our little house is at maximum capacity, its like invasion of the irish here!  We did try to Irish proof the house though, hid all the breakables and bought plastic ware, but some how, we still managed to break a glass door. Ah, so close. Most of our room mates friends came on Friday or saturday, so Saturday afternoon we had a giant cookout. So goooood. But tomorrow all the festivities begin early! The Melbourne Cup is basically the Derby, everyone gets all dressed up and fancy and wears big ole hats. Unfortunately I havent bought any sort of head accessory, but thats alright, I will still be cute.  Tomorrow will be a great time and I cant wait to tell you about it!


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