July 12
Last night I went with a group of Australians from my floor to the movies. There's a Hoyt's Cinemas down in the mall and on Tuesdays the movies are cheaper. When we got there there was a large line of people waiting to go into one of the theatres and we found out that Pirates of the Carribean 2, the movie we were going to see, was sold out. A minute later though, we found out they were going to open up another theatre for Pirates 2. We bought our tickets for $9 (that's like, $7 U.S.) and stood in line to wait for them to let us go into our theatres. Before we were let in, the line for Pirates was so long it went out into the mall and past several stores! When we finally were let into the theatre our cinema ended up being about 75% full. It's amazing how many people were there, and the Aussies I was with said they'd never seen such a long line for a movie before.
The movie was good, I enjoyed it and would definitely recommend it to anyone who was a fan of the first one. We didn't get back until about 12:30 and I didn't get to bed until around 1:30. We didn't have any orientation activities to go to this morning, (except commencement which was optional and everyone skipped), so I slept in until after 9:00. My sinuses felt just as bad, maybe even slightly worse, this morning as they did yesterday. They ended up getting better throughout the day though. I'm trying to eat a little healthier until they get better. We went to an organization fair type thing ("Market Daze" and barbeque at the concourse on campus this afternoon. It ended up being hotdogs with onions and bread... so I had an onion sandwhich. There were also very few organizations present with tables, but there were several pamphlets with information about various clubs. I think I am going to join the Outdoors Club. It's $5 and then every couple of weeks they go on a trip and do fun stuff, such as canyoning, surfing, hiking, biking, camping, rafting, etc. It costs only $2 for each activity that you participate in too, which is way cheap. Definitely sounds like it migh be fun.
This afternoon Jamie, one of the other American exchange students from Colorado, and I decided to go thrift-store shopping. We had heard about a Salvation Army right here in Belconnen, but when we went to check it out we found out that it was closed due to a water pipe breaking which was requiring them to repair the store. We had heard about another Salvation Army in a different suburb (Mitchell) and decided to catch a bus and check it out. Neither of us had ridden on the Canberra buses before, so we looked at the map at the bus interchange and found out which buses went to our destination. We then went to the bay and waited for the bus. After about 5 minutes or so the bus arrived, we found out that with a student ID it was only $1.50, and we were off. Neither of us had a map and we didn't exactly know where we were going. We knew the bus went on the street where the store was, so we hoped we could spot it and then press the button that tells the bus driver to stop at the next bus stop. We rode the bus for an hour, but we never noticed the salvation army and somehow missed it. We ended up riding the bus to the end of the line, getting off, and then catching another bus to get back to Belconnen. It was a fun trip though anyway, as we had nothing else better to do besides sitting in the dorm all afternoon. We had fun getting to know Canberra better while talking about various topics including where we might go on weekends or breaks -- New Zealand for example, and Cairns, Melbourne, and other fun-sounding destinations. In all we spent a little over an hour riding the bus then walked back to the dorm from the bus station.
The movie was good, I enjoyed it and would definitely recommend it to anyone who was a fan of the first one. We didn't get back until about 12:30 and I didn't get to bed until around 1:30. We didn't have any orientation activities to go to this morning, (except commencement which was optional and everyone skipped), so I slept in until after 9:00. My sinuses felt just as bad, maybe even slightly worse, this morning as they did yesterday. They ended up getting better throughout the day though. I'm trying to eat a little healthier until they get better. We went to an organization fair type thing ("Market Daze" and barbeque at the concourse on campus this afternoon. It ended up being hotdogs with onions and bread... so I had an onion sandwhich. There were also very few organizations present with tables, but there were several pamphlets with information about various clubs. I think I am going to join the Outdoors Club. It's $5 and then every couple of weeks they go on a trip and do fun stuff, such as canyoning, surfing, hiking, biking, camping, rafting, etc. It costs only $2 for each activity that you participate in too, which is way cheap. Definitely sounds like it migh be fun.
This afternoon Jamie, one of the other American exchange students from Colorado, and I decided to go thrift-store shopping. We had heard about a Salvation Army right here in Belconnen, but when we went to check it out we found out that it was closed due to a water pipe breaking which was requiring them to repair the store. We had heard about another Salvation Army in a different suburb (Mitchell) and decided to catch a bus and check it out. Neither of us had ridden on the Canberra buses before, so we looked at the map at the bus interchange and found out which buses went to our destination. We then went to the bay and waited for the bus. After about 5 minutes or so the bus arrived, we found out that with a student ID it was only $1.50, and we were off. Neither of us had a map and we didn't exactly know where we were going. We knew the bus went on the street where the store was, so we hoped we could spot it and then press the button that tells the bus driver to stop at the next bus stop. We rode the bus for an hour, but we never noticed the salvation army and somehow missed it. We ended up riding the bus to the end of the line, getting off, and then catching another bus to get back to Belconnen. It was a fun trip though anyway, as we had nothing else better to do besides sitting in the dorm all afternoon. We had fun getting to know Canberra better while talking about various topics including where we might go on weekends or breaks -- New Zealand for example, and Cairns, Melbourne, and other fun-sounding destinations. In all we spent a little over an hour riding the bus then walked back to the dorm from the bus station.
posted by itsbenrael at 7:08 PM
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Wasn't Pirates wonderful!
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