The life here...

Hey everyone!

It took a while but here's another update. The reason you all had to wait so long ;P is because my days are crammed full with working, working, working, cycling eating and sleeping. Yes guys, I'm making at least 10 hours a day at the uni. And still I have the feeling that I'm not getting anything done. The techniques that I have to use in the laboratory take up a lot of time, but I'm training myself to do two or three things at the same time. My weekends however are a combination of sleeping in, the west end market, dinner with friends and a lot of parties! I just moved to another part of the city. Yes, near my favorite market, West end! This is one of the most popular area's in Brisbane. It has lots of little restaurants, (cocktail)bars and clubs. It is a good shopping area too! But I'll have to stop myself from doing that for now, The rent here is killing me. It's a lot more expensive then "anti-kraak". I have a job at the Uni but since the guy from admin is on holiday I have to wait to be able to fill in my hours. I've worked a good 10 hours already, what I think is a fair amount, considering the long days I'm making in the lab. This weekend there is a little festival in the "Valley", thats the club/party area in the city. They will block off all streets and there will be live performances all day and night. Lucky that its not cold at all at night. a jumper or jacket over your dress is enough to be nice and comfortable. So I'll be heading up that one. The weekend after I'm returning to Stradbroke Island. The Island I went to the first weekend I was here. But this time it is to attend a reggea festival called Island vibes. The fun thing is it's during halloween and I agreed with a friend to go as vampires... what else ;P (owh Edward) I have two new roomies by the way, One is Josh, who is living at the house permanently, a nice Ozzie guy. The other one is a German guy called micheal, a funny surf fanatic who, I hope, will teach me a few tricks on the board. Tonight I will be attending a ballet class with Sarah a friend who became practically my neighbour since I moved to the street opposite to hers. After we will head into the valley to watch a live performance in the "Alhambra". No idea where or what that is. But who cares! It will be fun anyway! I'm having such a good time here, I have a lot of fun people around me, and I'm getting offers to stay longer to aid in other researches or to do my Thesis here... I might... But I'll come back first anyway to finish my bachelor. Ashamed that I haven't done that allready. The laboratory here is quite prestigeous. To be honest, I had no idea. Our professor is a celebrity in environmental research especially looking at ocean acidification and its effect on coral reefs. But thats just the tip of the iceberg. I haven't had time to look up more. since I haven't even got time to read all the articles I must read. So I feel a bit guilty writing my blog instead of reading an article. Well, pick or choose in this case. As you are used to I'll add some pictures later on... I have to save them as .tif file to be able to upload them. Internet here sucks! For a western country they are far behind on that aspect.

Got to get back to work guys... I'll try to write another one after the weekend with lots of pictures! Kisses!