Ah, finally. I had some trouble with the blog website so I wasn't able to update it. Tonight I went out with some friends to the Library bar, which is a really cool place where they serve expensive drinks in a setting with shelves of books, fireplaces, and home-type decor. It was really nice to go out for once!
Also going on in my life, one of my friends whose a freshman is strongly opposed to staying at university. Thus, as good friends, we're trying to get him to think through his options before he quits school, moves out of International House, and ends up working at Jucy Car Rentals for the rest of his life, cleaning out cars. He's really impulsive, so we're trying to get him to think through where he's going to live once he moves out, etc. Kind of interesting because I've never had to help a friend with a decision so big, especially because his parents want nothing to do with him if he quits university.
A word on apricots- here at International House they manage to squeeze apricots into EVERYTHING. We have apricot cookies, muffins, scones, brownies, cakes, in our salad with corn and carrots, out at breakfast to put on yogurt or cereal, etc. It's insane how many times I've had apricots this semester. If I never saw one ever again it would be too soon.
Did you know that milk powder is one of New Zealand's biggest export products? A fellow scuba diver, Piotr (moved here from Poland), works in the milk powder industry and apparently it's a big deal around here.
I've decided not to go diving or to explore some caves (another option one of my friends proposed) this weekend because I've got those two big tests to study for! Tomorrow is "Christmas" here at I.H., so we'll get a big christmas dinner and we all did Secret Santa gift swap. Should be fun! Then, I'm pretty sure there's a karaoke dance party to follow. In other, unrelated news, I applied to work at the Borders in Waterford starting the end of August, so that when I'm down at Avery Point I can hopefully make some money.
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