February 20th
Today was a fairly lazy day. With everyone still recovering from the public transportation disaster from the night before, not many people were early to rise in my apartment. I got up before most and headed down to the Macquarie Centre to do some grocery shopping. On the way, I took a few pictures of campus.
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At the store I got a boatload of stuff, including but not limited to: air freshener (crucial), battery charger (I'm pretty sure my other one won't work here, silly voltage), and St. Ives facial scrub. I was pretty thrilled about the scrub because I didn't see it at the other Woolworth's and I wasn't sure it was available.
On a very uninteresting side note, Woolworth's has every kind of TRESemmé shampoo and conditioner except the one I want. This is just mildly frustrating, but I'm looking at it as a way to try new shampoos for a change.
Ok, back to story. One thing I like about Woolworth's is that they have free samples, à la Sam's Club. One of the men giving out sausage samples cracked me up.
"These sausage samples are so delicious, if you give them to your friends, they'll disappear. The sausages, not your friends!" - Sausage Guy
As I left the grocery store, I tried to arrange my bags and spilled half my grapes on the table. Carrying groceries back and forth is not something I would wish on most people. I may invest in one of those shopping carts I hear you can purchase if I ever find one. Stealing a shopping cart carries a $1000 fine, so you won't catch me doing that any time soon.
When I got back, I realized I had essentially missed the Village's BBQ. I missed out on some free stuff, but I didn't really mind. I went to the gym after getting back, and by the time I returned and cleaned up, we were on our way out again. The UBar (I think) was having a Beach Party. Sounds fun, right?
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The dancing at the party was completely started by the group I was with. There was almost no one there. They also had run out of sausages, so I had a veggie burger. The veggie burger had actual vegetables in it. You could see the peas and carrots. It didn't taste great, so I didn't finish it.
We stayed for awhile, and then me, Tara, and Tara left and headed back for the village. It's T-ah-ra and T-eh-ra. Different pronunciations. I'm so sorry for mixing them up all the time girls. When we left, we saw this giant cockroach and bolted out of there.
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We hung out with some people from apt 8 on the grass for a bit, coated ourselves in bug spray, and then left to hang out with other people who didn't have our bug spray odor on them. Still fun. It was a long night, but pretty fun.
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