Bond Uni

How you goin', mate!?


The second week of school has ended and were finally getting in the swing of things. Teachers here seem to be supper nice, along with all the local students. We have noticed the very high number of international students and actually find it hard to meet Australian's our age. Besides the Americans most friends we have made are European and Asian. Its really eye opening being placed in such a diverse place and can be very beneficial to all of us. We are all so privileged and are eating this opportunity up.


Bond Uni is one of the most prestigious schools in Australia. Therefore every school event they run is well done and a lot of fun. So far the three of us went to the Toga party, Tight and Bright, and Bond-stock. Toga and Tight and Bright were on campus and for Bond-stock they bussed us all to a field near Broad Beach. Tight and Bright was packed and everyone looked ridiculous. Bond-stock was supposedly the best concert for college students in the area, but we all thought it was to big a venue for the amount of people. However, we all loved it and dancing to the techno music was good fun. Since it such a great school the prices are through the roof but everything so far has been well worth it.


Alli and me made it to club sign up day. I couldn't believe how awesome it was. There was a DJ, free food and drinks, and "heaps" of people. We were both so excited we signed up for ball hockey, soccer, handball and extreme sports. I honestly can't wait to get involved and meet new people. It's also going to be great fun and exercise.  Handball starts today so we will see how it goes.


Andre my roommate, who's a junior from Quinnipiac College, which is in Connecticut, is the man. He's in soccer and handball with Alli and I. Him and me also joined the "Res Wars" together. All the dorms join and battle every week in a new event. On Wednesday we had our first event which was dodge ball. Our dorm had the biggest turn out and we all had a blast. Girls and Guys were both first place, so team red started off strong. Next week is trivia then we have beach volleyball, indoor soccer, ultimate Frisbee, basketball, res sports carnival and we end with a team dinner.  Its going to be awesome.


A lot of the kids from Mikey and my orientation group all signed up to go to Cairns October 12th to the 16th. We are all going to scuba dive the Great Barrier Reef and go on a ATV tour together. Though Alli has been already, she didn't get to do these excursions and is excited to go back. The Weekend after, the same group is all going to "Spot X" for surf lessons with some local pros. Well all came to Aussie with the intention to travel and now that everything is booked we can't wait to go on our trips. We love Australia.


NO WORRIES,
CHEERS!