updates
I thought I should update, for those who are wondering what's going on.
Well school is a lot less scary than I imagined. The work is interesting, and not that hard yet. Teachers seem keen to help. There're nice interesting people but no one I have that instant/super connection with yet. Still I've been enjoying myself.
Been working hard and making full use of resources. I must say, and the man agrees, that the uni central library (they have like heaps of libraries and I have access to all) is probably one of the top if not the most well equipped and amazing libraries we've seen. And I think we've been in quite a few. It's huge, it's thoughtfully laid out, it's got an amazing collection (ahhh... old rare books....) and seating to cater to any kind of style you prefer. Full range of facilities. Heaps and I mean heaps of computers. I think NUS/NTU pale in comparison. And all this for a smallish university town? It's fab, it's academic heaven.
I love it. :)
Half of the cohort or slightly more are "young ones", that is, 18 year old "school leavers" meaning they just got out of high school. They're behaving exactly as 18 year olds away from home for the first time would, and should. Sleeping in class a lot. Having big weekends. And not knowing what the heck the lecturer is saying, or maybe not being too bothered. After all, life's about going out and being on top of what's happening tonight, or what happened last night right?
Totally! Ah. Brings a smile to my face. Well can't count on in depth academic discussion most days but it's a nice lot of people. Only 3 guys. One of them guessed I was...18 or 19! Aww. Sweet little 21 year old.
We've got our logburner put in and lots of wood stacked outside, lovely woody smell. I think the man's pretty much got the hang of it, after much experimenting with various shapes and patterns. Got our lounge curtains and blinds too. Looked so different! Much warmer in here now in the mornings.
Been productive in the garden too. No I don't have chickens yet. Obtaining the animals isn't the hard part, it's constructing/obtaining suitable accommodation for them that's cat-proof. But this season we did enjoy beans, spinach, lots of salad, silverbeet, a range of herbs (parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme, mint, chives, assorted basil), some cute little potatoes and there's shallots and corn to come soon. Yay!
Recently sowed cabbage, mesclun and leek seeds. The little mesclun seedlings are very cute. Got two leek "teenagers" and several dill "teenagers" too. Well that's my term for plants which are older/bigger than mere seedlings and aren't quite adult yet. Oh and I managed to germinate some pear seeds. I have 7 little seedlings now, recently produced their first true leaves. Will I one day have some pear trees! Things like that make me want to keep this garden for a long long time.
This weekend, long break for Easter. Off Fri-Wed. Gonna stay here in Dunedin and relax, read, prepare assignments, garden. Relax! The hot weather's come back in full force and I'm the last to complain. Was a sweltering 30 degrees max today! But not humid so not quite like sg. Phew. Looks set to be warm and sunny for awhile longer. It's great!
Took some photos of some of our produce, but I'm too lazy to put it up. Maybe tomorrow.
The play's taken a new direction (in both senses of the word) so it's alot better now. I'll still be glad to be finished with it and hopefully take on another "ECA". Wonder how people have time to watch telly? I don't even have enough time to do all I want to do without it!
So in summary, it's been good. More when I can be bothered again!
Well school is a lot less scary than I imagined. The work is interesting, and not that hard yet. Teachers seem keen to help. There're nice interesting people but no one I have that instant/super connection with yet. Still I've been enjoying myself.
Been working hard and making full use of resources. I must say, and the man agrees, that the uni central library (they have like heaps of libraries and I have access to all) is probably one of the top if not the most well equipped and amazing libraries we've seen. And I think we've been in quite a few. It's huge, it's thoughtfully laid out, it's got an amazing collection (ahhh... old rare books....) and seating to cater to any kind of style you prefer. Full range of facilities. Heaps and I mean heaps of computers. I think NUS/NTU pale in comparison. And all this for a smallish university town? It's fab, it's academic heaven.
I love it. :)
Half of the cohort or slightly more are "young ones", that is, 18 year old "school leavers" meaning they just got out of high school. They're behaving exactly as 18 year olds away from home for the first time would, and should. Sleeping in class a lot. Having big weekends. And not knowing what the heck the lecturer is saying, or maybe not being too bothered. After all, life's about going out and being on top of what's happening tonight, or what happened last night right?
Totally! Ah. Brings a smile to my face. Well can't count on in depth academic discussion most days but it's a nice lot of people. Only 3 guys. One of them guessed I was...18 or 19! Aww. Sweet little 21 year old.
We've got our logburner put in and lots of wood stacked outside, lovely woody smell. I think the man's pretty much got the hang of it, after much experimenting with various shapes and patterns. Got our lounge curtains and blinds too. Looked so different! Much warmer in here now in the mornings.
Been productive in the garden too. No I don't have chickens yet. Obtaining the animals isn't the hard part, it's constructing/obtaining suitable accommodation for them that's cat-proof. But this season we did enjoy beans, spinach, lots of salad, silverbeet, a range of herbs (parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme, mint, chives, assorted basil), some cute little potatoes and there's shallots and corn to come soon. Yay!
Recently sowed cabbage, mesclun and leek seeds. The little mesclun seedlings are very cute. Got two leek "teenagers" and several dill "teenagers" too. Well that's my term for plants which are older/bigger than mere seedlings and aren't quite adult yet. Oh and I managed to germinate some pear seeds. I have 7 little seedlings now, recently produced their first true leaves. Will I one day have some pear trees! Things like that make me want to keep this garden for a long long time.
This weekend, long break for Easter. Off Fri-Wed. Gonna stay here in Dunedin and relax, read, prepare assignments, garden. Relax! The hot weather's come back in full force and I'm the last to complain. Was a sweltering 30 degrees max today! But not humid so not quite like sg. Phew. Looks set to be warm and sunny for awhile longer. It's great!
Took some photos of some of our produce, but I'm too lazy to put it up. Maybe tomorrow.
The play's taken a new direction (in both senses of the word) so it's alot better now. I'll still be glad to be finished with it and hopefully take on another "ECA". Wonder how people have time to watch telly? I don't even have enough time to do all I want to do without it!
So in summary, it's been good. More when I can be bothered again!