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It is 8:05 pm Monday night a.k.a. 5:05 am Monday morning.
I have been in Melbourne for four days. Hurrah! Everyone here, as usual, is SO NICE! It's amazing. I want everyone I know to come visit me. It is an experience of a lifetime. Please come some time.
I have a home, as of last Friday, and I move in tomorrow. Address your expensive letters to:
Evelyn Hulsey
St. Mary's College
PO Box 140
PARKVILLE VIC 3052
Australia
My roomate's name is Angela, she is from Malaysia, and I'll meet her some time this week..
So, Australia is CRAZY about music and movie piracy, as in the really pay attention and track and catch and punish people, so if I want to not get thrown out of my housing, my music downloading days are over - farewell limewire, etc. No new music until i get home. If there is something you think i should hear, tell me the name. I'll make a Grand List and get it all when I come home for Christmas. Good times. That's some of the worst University-related news I've heard yet. The other is that I still don't have a Student Visa, and pretty much everyone else does. Whoops!
I've met so many people today. My friend Nelson from Kenya is built like a big black Coke machine. Half the people I met today are from Mauritius, and I was proud to know where it was on the map. Vaguely, but better than most people. It's one of those little dots on the map near Madagascar. One girl and I hit it off immediately and I think we'll be keeing up for a while - she was one of the other six white people in the International Undergrad (NOT exchange or study abroad - the people were two french, three swedish, one german. there is one other american, but he looks asian, i.e. like everyone else, sort of.) - Her name is Johanna, she is from Sweden, in her first year, although she turns 21 in a month or so, she is studying Politics, and I think we will get along very well. I like her. She is cute, very blonde, and street smart. I can learn a good bit from her.
I am the only international girl in Mechanical Engineering. I hope there is a local girl, or else it will be an interesting four years. I'm very hopeful. Seriously. And I'm thinking about leaning more toward a concentraion in BioMechanical engineering (prosthetics), while not abandoning the car-making dream, just curious about other available engineering tracts.... It all sounds so fun, though! I met a lot of chemical engineers today - ew.
I have watched the Simpsons twice today. There are so many Fox channels here.
Australian commercials are the funniest things you will ever see. Oh goodness. Someone has got to come down here. I want to show you EVERYTHING.
My friends, I am in love with the most livable city on Earth (voted many years in a row now - look it up!)
I really miss Austin, all the same. I find whenever I have free time, time to ponder, I keep going over all the times with people that I want back. It's confusing - I'm happy here, it's exciting, I love meeting people, but I really, really want those times back at Mozarts and the Hill and Magnolia and ZIlker and all the other, less frequented but just as memorable places. I miss it all so much. I have to stop now, or I'll get out of hand. It get sad too easily. Keep talking to me!
please.