Sept 5-7 - Bionic

Monday: I turned in my essay for my research class and then hurried back thinking I was going to go out with a couple of the girls, but it just didn't happen. So instead, I played rugby for the first time with some house folks for two hours! Then Kim, Manjit, Udeshika, Sahani and I went swimming at the rec centre. Big day for sports!

Tuesday: Oh my golly I could not move! All that running and swimming put me out of commission. We were all laughing at eachother that afternoon as we hobbled around complaining of being sore.

Wednesday: I met with the graduate diploma advisor about what to take next semester since the course lists were out. It was a very short meeting because I got lost and went to the wrong building and so showed up about 10 minutes late, but it only took 5 minutes to chat anyhow. Dont know that I left there feeling any more informed other than understanding what the coding means.
After my classes, I had plans to meet Kim in the city for dinner with some other American students she knew. We ate at The Elephant and Wheelbarrow. It's your typical English Pub (with a sister pub in St. Kilda) with its decor and food and beer. Everyone's food looked great. I ordered the grilled chicken breast wrapped in pancetta over mashed potatoes with asparagus and hollandaise. It was good, but WAY too salty. I left with my tongue burning from the salt - and I can't blame it just on the pancetta. The others mentioned theirs were a bit on the salty side as well.
We left the NJ people to go to Father Flany's for the live music and drink specials. Kim and I got there early and got a booth and settled in. We had some nice drinks, some good conversation with Robi the drummer/backup singer, and met some other LTU folks there. Robi says to check out his band RadioDogs. Their single is on there - BIONIC.