Well I arrived in Australia yesterday around 7:30AM. After getting off the biggest airplane I have ever been on in my life, I had to make my way through customs and border control. After that process was over I found this girl named Amy that was from New Jersey but goes to school in North Carolina. After we gathered our luggage we met up with a bunch of other Bond students. We all loaded our stuff on the bus and headed to Bond.
When we arrived here the first stop was for people who were living on campus. I thought I was living on campus but when I told this one girl, who is a current student, I was living in the Towers she told me to stay on the bus and that the Towers were located off campus. Me being the newbie, I listened to her and the bus dropped us off at the off campus housing, "The Towers". I walked in with a few other people and me and this girl Rachel showed our ID and they told us that we were not registered to live there. They told us that the Towers that we were looking for are located on Bond's campus. So we had to drag all our luggage, which was easily over 100lbs, about a mile to campus in the heat of the Australian summer. That was by far the worst thing I have ever experienced. The only good part about that whole situation was that her and I got to talk and I found out that she is from Michigan and plays volleyball.
We finally made it to campus and checked in and got our room keys. Her and I became really good friends after this long process and we are living in the same building which is even better. Everyone in my building has their own room and bathroom, which is so nice. After settling down into my room and unpacking a little I headed onto campus to enroll in classes and get my student ID. As I was waiting to enroll in class I met this girl Sara, who happened to be Rachel's friend. Sara and I ended up eating lunch together at what is considered the "cafeteria" here on campus. It is more like a deli. There is no such thing as meal swipes, but rather you just have money on your card and they swipe it and the money gets deducted.
After getting all of my things done I came back to my dorm and had a meeting with all the new students who are living in my dorm. They went over all the rules and requirements. Shocking to find out that they actually encourage drinking and going out and having fun. Rachel and I then went over to Sara and Erin's place. The 4 of us then went to this BBQ that was on campus and we met a bunch of other Australian girls who we all became good friends with, one of them being Laura. She is the one teaching us all the lingo and telling us what everything means. After the BBQ we all went back to our room to get ready for the toga party which was at the bar that is on campus. We had a lot of fun at this toga party. We met a bunch of people from the US and Australia. When the toga party was over we all went back to our rooms and crashed.
All of that fun happened just yesterday alone. Today was a little more laid back, but I am still exhausted. I had a very relaxing morning and basically was in bed all morning. Around 11 Rachel and I went to grab some lunch. After lunch she had to go get her student ID and I had to go get an adapter. After we both did what we had to, we met back up and her, me, Sara, Erin, and Laura all took the bus to Robina Town Square which is pretty much like a mall. They have a Target, but it is a little different than the American version. We got some things that we all needed, and also in this mall was two grocery stores where we got some drinks and snacks. We all took the bus home and got back to campus around 3:40. Rachel and I quick changed and went to this cocktail party on campus. They had some speakers that talked to us about our time here at Bond and the opportunities that we have.
While we were sitting down we ended up meeting these two awesome people. Louise, who lives in Canad is studying abroad here. He was so nice and it ended up that he used to live in PA when he was a really young boy. Tanika, who lives here in Gold Coast, was one of the nicest people I have met yet. She was telling us all about Australia and telling us every where to go and not go, what to eat, where to swim in the ocean, and even offered to take us to the beach tomorrow. After we all exchanged phone numbers and talked for about 45 minutes, Rachel and I left and went back to our rooms.
That is pretty much where I am at now. I am probably going to get into bed now and try and sleep off this jet lag. I am so exhausted. I am excited to see what the rest of the week brings. I am looking forward to everything that is about to happen.
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| This is Rachel |
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| Left to Right: Me, Laura, Rachel, Sara, Erin |
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