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It's the Weekend!

I just finished week 3 of law school! What a nice feeling to have the weekend come around again. After class tonight I went with my friend Mel (she's the dual citizen from San Fran) to the Clare Hotel to meet up with her boyfriend and a few of his work friends for some post work Friday afternoon beverages. It was very fun! Here in Australia, if you see places like Cooper Hotel, Clare Hotel, Marlborough Hotel, these are actually pubs or bars. So when you come to visit me, keep that in mind!

It was nice to relax after the week, and then I walked back to my house in the pouring rain, which surprisingly was also nice. I don't mind walking in the rain if I'm heading home, but it's the worst when you get soaked heading TO somewhere as opposed to FROM somewhere. So I was drenched when I got home. I could have taken the bus but it's so warm here, the rain doesn't leave you chilled, it leaves you refreshed!

When I got home Chaska (the 13 year old daughter of my landlord) had two friends over and they were very hyper and being teenager-y. One of her friends is named Ra. I said, "Ra, like the sun god Ra?" "Yep!" Wow. I am sure getting exposed to some interesting folk in this lovely place I call home! (Thanks Mom and Dad for NOT naming me Ra.)

Here's a photo of me studying with Mel. Just so you know I do actually study here. I don't just go to bars for after work beverages and converse with children named after Egyptian gods.


(Ok..we may or may not be fake studying...but I still think it counts...)

And on a sidenote: HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!!

Hockey Morning in Australia!

I was up bright and early on Monday morning to get ready to watch the hockey game!! I had been to the semifinal at a bar near Darling Harbour (fancy touristy area of Sydney), and there were lots of Canadians at that one, and we knew it'd be even BIGGER for the gold medal game! No matter that it meant waking up at 5am, leaving the house at 5:30am, and meeting Marie at 6am to head to the game! We arrived about 6:30am and there were already a ton of people there, but we got some good seats with a clear view of the HUUUUGE screen!



Plenty of people dressed up in Canada gear, facepaint, and wigs!! And flags too! It was very exciting even though I was so tired. (I'm still getting used to my new digs, and it was quite windy all night and all the trees and branches scrape against all sides of what me and my friends call my yurt. It pretty much is a yurt. Ha ha. So I didn't have the most restful sleep, which is the point of this aside.)

We met up with Jason from our law program, who is "mad about ice hockey" and plays for a local Sydney ice hockey team. I now have to refer to hockey as "ice hockey" because there is field hockey here that's way bigger so if you say just regular ol' hockey everyone assumes you mean that! So "ice hockey" it is.
Jason was excited to finally have a use for his Crosby jersey..he got it last year and had never worn it!


Everyone was totally pumped for the game! It was amazing.


Marie and I got these wigs from Go Lo, which is a dollar store that Marie found in the mall near uni. How great are they!!


We were all pretty excited nearing the end of the third period. We thought we had it in the bag! But then, The US scored, and the entire bar was in a state of shock!! (except the six people that were actually cheering for the Americans). We couldn't believe it! It was heartbreaking.

We still had faith though. Jason said that Crosby would do something great, and we just had to be patient. (Jason is the Aussie, you'll remember). And he was right!! When Crosby scored, it was pandemonium!! We were sooo excited, we were hugging strangers, and then Marie burst into tears, which totally made me burst into tears! We waited for the medal ceremony, and the whole bar sang along to our national anthem. It was so great. If I couldn't be in Canada for it, the James Squires Pub and Brewhouse on Darling Harbour was where I wanted to be!!

Here is Marie celebrating the win!!



I love CANADA!!


After the game we had class!! It was a busy day! I was very thrilled to be Canadian that day! As I am every day in Australia..but especially because WE WON GOLD!!!

I have an American friend and I made sure to text her to rub it in!!