Second week of classes

March 11

Nothing major happened since the last time I posted except that the rain has stopped and the sun is out. The combination of heavy rain followed by sun has made everything exceptionally green. I've been trying to get out and take pictures of the campus and St. Lucia area so that I'll be able to capture my neighborhood at its finest.

Last time I left to go to the UQ Beach Volleyball meeting which turned out to be just playing volleyball for about three hours. And it was a lot more fun than I was expecting. Turns out that this level of volleyball requires you to be tall and you automatically have an advantage. So I've been doing pretty well and meeting people in the process. About 60 people were there last Thursday and there have been between 30-50 people at the two meetings since. We meet every Tuesday and Thursday nights for two hours, but usually some of us stick around for a third hour. It's crazy to think to that these types of college clubs exist and are active year-round. UW beach volleyball? Sorry, not happening. But as one might expect, very few participants are not exchange students. One of the executives said that around 10% of any semesters participants are still there for the next semester. So far, I've met people from Australia, Barbados, Zambia, California, Indiana, New Hampshire, Germany, and Florida.

We had heard about this place downtown that was having a Free Bucket of Wings promotion tonight, so we decided to check it out. The wings were great and the South Bank side of the downtown area is much less crowded and somehow harder to navigate than the main downtown portion on the north side. The most interesting part of the night, however, was taking the CityCat to get there. Travelling the river at night is really awesome. All the car and foot bridges are lit up, plus all the lights from downtown buildings make it very photogenic. I will try to bring my camera along the next time I take the ferry at night.