Friday, I only had one hour of classes, so I was off to the beach ASAP afterwards as the weather was beautiful. I took along the camera and did a bit of a photo shoot. Friday night was Laura (my flattmate)'s 21st- the big birthday here- so we had half of Dunedin over for cake and then we went out to a concert at a bar, which was a lot of fun. The band was like funky big brass music so there were trombones, trumpets, as well as general band instruments.
Saturday a bunch of my friends and I went out to the Farmer's Market (thuh FAH-muhs MAH-kit) and bought some nice fruits (Strawberries are cheap and in season here!) Then I attempted to do homework for about 6.5 minutes but gave up when they all came by and yelled "BECKs we're going to the beach... get in the CAHH now!" We went to boulder beach on the Otago peninsula - which was amazing because it was really secluded. The only problem was that we had to bushwack for about 30 minutes and scale 2 cliffs to get there. Once we were there it was pretty awesome though. Later we went and met up with some friends at good ole St. Clair beach and went swimming, briefly. Later we played touch and tackle rugby, soccer, beach volleyball, and finally cricket. Cricket is crazy because there's a bowler and two batters! And you run with the bat! I got a pretty decent hit and was so excited that I chucked the bat and almost started running in a circle. That's another difference- you run straight in cricket! Finally I got home on Saturday night, and fell asleep right away.
Sunday, which was today, I had a field trip to Allen's beach for Marine Ecology! We did quadrant sampling of the eulittoral, littoral, and sublittoral zones! This mostly included counting and identifying barnacles, but it was a lot of fun- and kelp is so huge here! On the way out we all played in the beautiful waves and some of the guys brought out their surfboards. We also saw a beached seal, which was a little sad, but the tide was coming in so our profs though he'd be OK. Like everything else here, the Rocky Shore lab was extreme and involved 15 minutes of rock climbing over steep edges. I don't think we could have done the same thing with Bio 208 last year- the athletic skills of Kiwi's far surpass anything else I've seen.
For the rest of today I've almost considered doing something productive, basically just doing a lab report for microbiology.
I seem to have developed a cold, which is ironic, because I've never been so warm and content in my life.
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A cold?! OH NO NOT A WIRUS! If you would like, I'm willing to donate some of my strep throat to the general sickness of Fleg. Really, I'll swab some of my bacteria on agar and incubate it and somehow send it to you so it will still be alive when you get it?
Your host of sports sounds intimidating! When you get back you'll have to teach me cricket. My daddy's been trying to teach me for years and I just don't get it! lol.
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