Gidday! Can you guess where I’ve been? Don’t worry, I’ll fill you in soon enough! As usual, I apologize for the lack of updates. However, now I can share the good news with you: the semester is over and has been for about a month. I finished my exam marathon November 3rd after a series of back-to-back all-nighters. My first exam was in this room I had been in before for course registration and it sort of reminded me of this scene in Harry Potter where the Great Hall was replaced with long rows of tiny desks. It was interesting to have all these proctors walking by, scrutinizing my photo idea, and looking out for any signs of cheating. Most of my exams were OK enough although my New Zealand Plant Ecology and Animal Biology exams were on the tricky side (I was only prepared to comment on the impact of fire on Australia and NZ, not South America and the animal biology one went on forever, asking all of these ridiculous knit picky questions which included an entire unexpected page on Maori conservation practices). Nonetheless, I am satisfied with my grades (2 A+’s, an A, and an A-…you can probably figure out the source of the A-) and am really grateful for my awesome semester at University of Otago.
Before I get on to the exciting stuff, I feel that in addition to my lack of posts, I have really neglected to update you on my day-to-day happenings. So to rectify that and put myself in the more-or-less here and now, I wanted to briefly tell you about my wonderful Saturday. After a week of lounging around the almost empty flat and doing nothing productive, I awoke early Saturday and headed over to Dunedin’s weekly Farmer’s Market which I have recently fallen in love with. While I set out to grab the usual Bacon Buddy (a popular market delicacy), I stumbled upon this Polish couple (well I think they were Polish) and purchased one of their scrumptious mashed potato turnovers. After buying some picnic supplies, I went to Countdown (a supermarket) to meet Ebony and a few of her French colleagues, Marie and Mathieu. Ebony drove us out to Taieri for a delightful picnic. We lounged on the “beach” and conversed in French and English (well, I was conversing in English and trying to decipher their French conversations to the best of my ability). On the way back, we stopped at this little fruit stand and purchased this inventive fresh fruit ice cream that was delicious. I still can’t get used to eating ice cream outside in December! Although, let’s be serious here, a warm sunny day in Dunedin is rare, even in the summer. Later on that evening, I rushed over to The Bog in order to quickly wish Natasha (one of Ebony’s friends I met while in Riverton a few weeks ago) congratulations on graduating. As I was walking away, Tash came up to me and generously invited me to her graduation dinner. The million course dinner took place and a nice Italian restaurant and was really enjoyable. Her invite really made my night. Personally, I think it’s random, unexpected invitations and events like this that make life worth living. If I wasn’t completely avoiding internship applications and MCAT studying, my here and now would sound pretty nice, eh?
So, I was going to continue on with details on my recent Oz/Raro trip however, as I began writing about my trip, I realized I have way to much to say. In order to not strain your eyes with my vacation tales, I have decided to dedicate an entire, upcoming post to my trip. Don't worry, I will actually post details about my trip unlike last time!
Oh, I guess I should let you know that I did something crazy today, with the help of one Ebony Hinds. Yep, I got my nose pierced. It's been something I've wanted to do for a while now and I figured if I didn't do it now, I probably never would. My mom came home from her study abroad trip with purple hair so I guess there is something to that saying "like mother like daughter."
You'll be hearing from me shortly!
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