O-Week

O-Week or Orientation Week for those Americans that don’t abbreviate everything, of was we say in the MT major Abrives. Ev. This is how things work; I go to Griffith University (or Uni) on the Nathan campus. I am part of Girraween College, and I belong to G Block, which is basically the stairway that I walk up to get to my flat. I really need to get some pictures up soon.

Thursday night we did a Brisbane Pub crawl. We went to three different pubs from 8-2. Thankfully I have been drinking for 5 years already so I was not one of the people falling over before we even left the first pub. Most the people I am living with are first year students, but most of them have taken a gap year, and have either worked to save up money for school or have traveled. I think that makes a lot of sense, and it’s a damn shame that our college system is so messed up and competitive. Well I am not going to into it. Anyway the pub-crawl was amazing and again there will be plenty of pictures I am sure.

The next night we went into Brisbane and again and did a version of the “Amazing Race,” you know the game we ran around the city collecting clues and completing challenges. I think that I sweated out about 5 lbs that night. My Flatmate Silvie and I had Chinese food from a vendor in the main square, and then met of the rest of the group at the pancake manor, which was a glorified IHOP that used to be Catholic Church.

The next day we went down to the Gold Coast, and on the bus ride down my new friends Andrew and Michael (I always seem to find Michaels to be friends with don’t I?) explained the state of Australian politics, and basically what I can gather the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd became really popular after it came out that he went to strip club in US. Which you know makes sense. We went to surfer’s paradise, the waves were huge, but that might have had something to do with the storm that was blowing into shore. The Gold Coast was just an Australian version of Myrtle Beach, a great place to visit, but no real substance.

Our last O-week activity was a party at Garden City. They played Party in the USA. Don’t worry I put my hands up. I also wore my Arkansas Razorbacks T-shirt so that when people asked me where I was from I could just point to the shirt. Its really funny that after about a drink or 7 people really love to start telling me what my opinion on American politics should be, but I just tell them I have some already and not worry about it.

Tomorrow is the first day of classes. I feel the way I always feel about going to classes. A little nervous, a little excited, and hopeful that they will be great.

Chris