Round 2... Fight!

Besides the fact that this is a round 2 of random blogish entries (this time much more edited... down to mentioning some more fun random eventful days), I've been saying "Round 2" a lot recently... when I've eaten a meal... and 30 minutes later, I'm ready for Round 2! ("Round 2... Fight!" "Hey Sam, what's for Round 2?"). Mmm... food. I'm ready for dinner round two.

Sat - 9 August 2008 - ...then Emily from PoR picked up Brad, his friend Jacob and me. we drove to Edgewood(?) where we parked at the train station then took a train to the Rocks. went to Lowenbrau Pub (Germain, with 1L steins). met up with her friend who was celebrating her 21st bday. Georgie. and her friend Mel (Melissa) from Sri Lanka. had a pretty good time just hanging out and chatting with all of them. went upstairs and sorta danced with them a bit, though the music wasn't that great. will go to the suburbs where they live (NW) sometime... maybe watch a movie and play some billiards and... go to a koala park? not sure. should be fun though. then after went to Pancakes at the Rocks, which apparently didn't have eggs, which were pretty good (Hot and Toppos - buttermilk pancakes with whipped butter, vanilla ice cream, walnuts, fried banana and chocolate sauce) though expensive (11.95 for the two). then walked up to the Elizabeth street to hop on a 373. we were at one of the bus stops (this is all brad, jacob and i) trying to figure out which bus stop to go to from there to get where we needed when these two brazilian girls walked up and asked us about the buses etc. i talked to them for a bit there and then on the way, and then while we were waiting at the next bus stop.

Tues - 12 August 2008 - hmm... had first ELEC tutorial. hadn't done any of the problems, but the ones we went over in class seemed mostly easy. (i.e. easy if i do my work! shit... i need to get on that like whoa!)

Wed - 13 August 2008 - lotsa class (had lab). but got out of lab 1.5 hrs early... talked to mara a bit on the way out... went to TF potluck! nice, good healthy fresh food. and nice chai and date logs w/coconut. yumm... did some work later?

Thurs - 14 August 2008 - lotsa class... then went to TF and bought a fat bag (~.5 kg) of chocolate covered raisins. whoa. nice.

Fri - 15 August 2008 - woke late-ish... ate some raisin toast with butter before going to beach with sam and meghan. brad soon joined us. for a while just lay on the sand next to the two of them... chatted a little, lay in the sun. usually at a beach i will lay around/throw something around etc until i get hot then go in the water briefly (swim around, play in waves, etc)... but the sun here wasn't hot enough to overcome the breeze that was constantly sweeping away the warmth and keeping me a little cold. ended up laying there etc until some dudes who live up the street (brandon et al... kerouha house?) came and then played some two-hand touch football. solid, though i slightly underperformed (missed a 2-3 catches. should have had solid 2 of them. next time.) then went in water and swam for 10 min (~5 out, 5 back). was nice b/c swimming is awesome though quite cold. turns out that though back stroke is super chill in general (and would have thought good as "survival stroke") b/c not much effort but still solid... isn't great as a "survival stroke" b/c your head is mostly in water and gets quite cold (if water is cold). so in that case freestyle is a good choice (generally good for moving and staying warm (!)) and of course side stroke. side stroke maybe best in some senses. anyway... came back... was quite cold and took a loong shower. then just hung out for a while, watched tv, snuggled with myself on a couch... ended up eating finally (made some salad... ate with olive bread and cheddar... great! (and newman's own. holla)). then hung out a little, watched U.S. Dance (as they call it here. -> "so you think you can dance") then went up to danielle, alyssa and rachel's and hung out with the three of them (watched "There's Something About Mary" on TV). came back and started changing pwords b/c my fbook account was spamming people's walls. damn. changed some stuff around. then people came home... ate some bread and cheese, then worked out, now talking to john on skype (then sleep).

Sat - 16 August 2008 - woke to Kyle's phone call. at first said oh shoot can't be ready in 15 min to go to zoo... snap. Then was like... shit, I'm awake anyway... and I want to maximize spending time with people early on in the semester especially... and when they're sober especially! So I called back and said I was in. Got ready mad fast... Was a good time, was stupid, didn't think to bring my camera, but others took pictures so that was cool. while it was cool to see the animals i mostly was thinking about how small the enclosures were :( (compared to the wild obviously, but also other zoos i have seen like san diego zoo which is quite huge). afterwards went to chinatown and ate a delicious hot meal there with Austin and Ron. then went to central, took a train out to Olympic Park where I met up with Shira, Meghan, Brad, Amy, ... to watch the AFL game between Sydney Swans and Geelong Cats. They killed us.

Fri - 22 August 2008 - ...then stopped by danielle's and chatted with her and alyssa... then Tooti picked me up from there and then Shira and then to her house... her family was awesome and fun and joking and bantering and disagreeing and wagering and great (orientate! (which some people say here?) table an issue (which means they want to talk about it), fillet (pronounced fill-it)), solid food, then went out with shira and tooti, stopped by a few places but were dead then went to Lincoln near World Bar which wasn't packed or really happening but she knew a guy working there who got each of us a free drink (mine no alcohol) and then we just sat there and chatted and bantered and were ridiculous for like two hours. shweeet. ...early morning for study abroad trip to South Coast tomorrow. weather = ?