As far as school is concerned: Last Sunday, I dropped my History course and enrolled (or enroled, in Aussie words) in a class called Cor 110, better known as Innovation, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship (ICE). First of all, history is not my thing, but more importantly, I believe that ICE will actually benefit me in my career. The class is going well so far. We have our first big assignment due next week so I’m hoping to finish it up for revising tomorrow. There is so much happening though because each class has intense reports/assignments/assessments due in the same week! I’m not too concerned though ;)
On to more important things!!!
Yes mama, my life still revolves around food here just as much as it did at home… and I love it! We cook and bake everyday – I must have been enrolled into a culinary institution because these people are amazing. In the past week I’ve had salmon, kangaroo, native Finnish sweet buns, lots of cookies, and SUSHI!
The family!!!
I was nearly in pain it had been so long since my last sushi meal. We went to the main mall in the Sunshine Coast to the Sunshine Plaza in Maroochydore and got sushi to go. It wasn’t the best quality but temporarily satisfied my quench. If only I had my bamboo rollers I could make my own… sounds like a wise investment J
but SO worth it
I think this past week was the first week that did not feel like total vacation. We have all been quite spoiled but it was nice to start with some structure. It was a little intimidating realizing that assignments are due within the next few weeks. One nice thing about USC is that, because it is a fairly small university, a lot of us have similar classes. It’s always helpful to have a study buddy and someone to keep you motivated. Fortunately, we managed to squeeze in a beach day amongst our studies. I think we may have called it a “study break”. Quite needed! We all have Tuesday afternoons off so I do believe we may have started a pattern. When we can’t get to the beach we also have two beautiful pools we lay out and… and study…
Alex Beach, Sunshine Coast
Maggie and I enjoying our ice-cream
lovingly supplied by Magnus
On the roof at a penthouse party
To all of you – I am so sorry that I haven’t gotten in touch with you individually. It’s so complicated with the phone and internet fees and the crazy time difference. But it certainly doesn’t mean that I’m not thinking about you. I love y’all so much and think about you everyday. I love getting Facebook comments so even when I’m not responding, know that I am reading them J
I love you all so so much – I promise my next update won’t take quite as long ;)
I really hope your dad and I will be able to experience first hand some of this awesome food while we're visiting you. By that time, you'll all have had plenty of practice time and the food should master chef material :D
ReplyDeleteAny chance of you getting to Red Head Beach while you're there?
haha, that sushi looks like the stuff you find at Dinkins! :P
ReplyDeleteLooks like a bunch of fun, food looks super yummy, hope things are going well, I enjoy the blog updates ;)
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