July 1, 2006

Today I slept in until about 9:00am. My energy was really low when I got up, and I felt pretty weak. I bought a $5.50 continental breakfast in the cafe of the hostel, and drank about 4 glasses of orange juice (I felt really dehydrated!), then had two slices of toast with butter and jam, and some berry yogurt (which tastes very good -- and is spelled yoghurt -- over here).

Later in the morning and early afternoon I went for a walk and visited the Canberra Museum and Gallery which is a block away from the hostel. I looked at the displays in the galleries, and one of them, "collages" by this one dude, just looked like a kid could have it. It was pieces of newspapers, etc. pasted onto boards, and then splattered with paint all over. Yay for art. The display room with the Canberra "museum" had some cool stuff about the history of the city though.

I bought some "staminade" (cheap gatorade) at the grocery store, an some crackers, orange juice, and canned food that I figured would be safe to eat being that I'm not feeling too good. I then also walked down the street and found out where a local church (Anglican) was so that I could go tomorrow morning. I had to stop and rest on the bench outside the church before heading back though, because I had so little energy. I came back to the hostel and rested, drank staminade, and e-mailed people after my walk. A couple hours later I had regained a bunch of my energy and was feeling much better. I had corn and brocolli for supper.

My roommates in the hostel as of this evening are an older (gray hair, etc.) guy named John from New Zealand, a younger (30ish) Polynesian guy from New Zealand (he's an IT dude that works for the Aussie gov't), and a my-agish guy from Ireland named Joe, who has a perfect Irish accent. The younger New Zealander slept on the bunk above me last night, and he's a little heavier, and moves a lot, so whenever he moved it moved the whole bunk. :-x. It will be nice to have my own single when I get to University of Canberra.