July 27 - Lost

I had my first tutorial at 10am, so I left at 9:40 to get to campus. I ran into Aidan in the agora as he fixed his coffee and had a quick chat. About 5 ‘til I went in search of my classroom which was pretty upsetting. I went to the building and floor indicated and went to find room 122 and could not find it. I went to the floor map and it had rooms numbered up to 127, but no 122 on the map! I went up a floor. I went the building next door. I asked people I came across and no one knew. I came back and double-checked the map and then I saw someone else who looked puzzled and he was headed to 122 too. We went back outside and he saw two girls he knew and they pointed out a separate entrance where we could find the room. So about 5 after, the four of us walked in to room 122, the only room at this entrance, and a few minutes later the tutorial started. I think I will like this class and the project. In fact, I’ve already started writing notes on my pitch for the project. I have more and more ideas daily, but I think I’ll stick with the one I have in mind for now.

I came back and my housemate Manjit and Sandeep were watching Grease, so I watched and sang along. Neither of them had ever seen it! Manjit and I went to the Northland shops after it was over so she could get a going away present for someone and I could do grocery shopping. When I got back, Aidan had asked if I wanted to meet on campus, so I walked over and met up with him, Travis (his housemate), and Murat (his Turkish friend and consistent companion to Thailand). Aidan showed me the building and room where he does a lot of project work in case I ever need to find him. We hung out for just under an hour until his project meeting began.

I went back and made a stovetop version of Mexican chicken – most of the chicken ended up burned on the bottom of the pan, but it tasted ok. I also made guacamole. The tortilla chips here are just so-so. There are no Rotel tomatoes, so I had to use diced tomatoes and add Old El Paso salsa. The sour cream here is also a thicker consistency, but it’s ok. Tortillas are small – they only have the 5-6 inch variety. I bought some for later use. Anyhow, dinner was more or less successful.

Since a couple of us didn’t have class the next day, we grabbed the tram to Father O’Flanagan’s. Surprisingly, it was a quiet night there and so we had the bar to ourselves along with about 10-12 others. We had drinks and enjoyed the live music. By the end of the night, I decided I wanted to dance and stood up and all of a sudden, everyone in the room decided it was a good idea to dance. We even got the band to play another song so we wouldn’t have to stop. It was fun. Unfortunately, we had to taxi back at the end of the night, but it wasn’t too bad split among the 4 of us who went.