FINALLY

I made it! I’m here! Somewhere in the middle of Italy! I have internet but there’s also a lot of work, so I won’t be around too much. And in honor of Halloween, I’m going as an unwashed nanny/olive-picker! No costume needed.

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New Zealand

Well, updating certainly hasn’t been a priority as of late. I’m currently right outside of Wellington, NZ, staying with Callum, who’s a friend I met years ago and has become my special someone. In short, it’s great! We’ve been bumming around the city, hanging out with his friends, being stupid, and watching The Life of [...]

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Last minute!

Well, I’ve got a bit more packing to do, and then I’m walking over to Whitley College (one of UniMelb’s housing) to meet up with Amanda and Rosie so we can go to Tassie! I’ll be back Saturday night, but Lora and Josh are taking me adventuring and then we’re staying at Josh’s and they’re [...]

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Flashbacks con’t: Relay For Life!

Alright, well here’s the deal. My internet will be cut off in 59 minutes, so I’m gonna do an abbreviated version of Relay and try to upload pictures I haven’t had the chance to do. In short, in spite of all the stress, Relay went AMAZINGLY. I was in charge of ceremonies, entertainment, and survivorship [...]

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Flashback series 3: Great big fascinators and tiny top hats.

November 4th is the Melbourne Cup. Sure, it’s the informal public holiday where all of Melbourne goes to the (horse) races. However, informal public holiday means that EVERYTHING closes for the day. Everything. It’s ridiculous.     But, it worked out well, since Grace and I were going to the races too. We packed a [...]

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This post is not relevant to my being abroad..

…but I have to share anyway. Okay, so on the news just now, there was this chimpanzee with two ADORABLE baby snow tigers who obviously think it’s their mother and the snow tigers kept doing that thing that cats do when they want to be pet so they rub against your leg, and the chimp started [...]

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Flashback series 2: Cthulhu night and the freeze

The day after Halloween, I brought Cthulhu Night to UniMelb! For those not in-the-know, Cthulhu night is an event that happens at midnight on May 1. The idea is to go around drawing Cthulhu (an elder god, created by the sci-fi writer H.P. Lovecraft, fictional, obviously) in chalk and trying to summon him. The legend [...]

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Flashback series 1: Halloween

  One of the things about Australia that baffles me is Halloween, mostly because Halloween seems to baffle Australians. Which is to say, they don’t do it. This is quite a bit of a culture shock for me, given how Hampshire Halloween is one of the parties of a lifetime. But it seems that no [...]

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American politics from a foreign perspective

So, it’s 1.25 pm and I’m doing something I’m sure a bunch of you are doing right now…staying glued to my TV and constantly cross referencing three other news sources, waiting for THE word on the election. Australia’s definitely got an opinion. Channel 9 news (which has been switching between the US’s abc news coverage [...]

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They bounce, carry their young in a pouch, and are amazingly tasty on my dinner plate

I am so excited for dinner tonight. Assorted veggies and herbed kangaroo steak. Yuuuummmm. Kangaroo steak is a lot like beef, except that it must be cooked rare, since the only other option is burnt beyond a crisp. It’s got heaps of protein, and is really super lean. I was looking for emu at the [...]

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