baby, what's in that satchel?

so! things that have happened since i last last last posted, not counting the two-sentence posts:

1. zoot and i are finally moved in together!

2. mum came to visit and we visited a few touristy places in sydney like the botanic gardens and the aquarium. but mostly she helped with home setting up-ness which was greatly appreciated. then she left on saturday and there was plenty of sniffling and sunglasses-wearing.

3. we went to mardi gras and it was spectacular!! the costumes and floats were pretty amazing and the atmosphere was really festive and we got a pretty decent spot upon which to perch and view the parade. pictures are on someone else's camera so i'll get those and upload them. may i not be lynched for saying this too but i didn't understand some of it. particularly the need to emphasize the gay-ness of certain things. like gay ten-pin bowlers and gay soccer referees. how do they differ from normal ten-pin bowlers and soccer referees? it's like how at mardi gras fair a few weeks ago there was the lesbian choir. isn't a lesbian choir just a women's choir?

4. uni started today! mondays and tuesdays are really intense (do we really need 6 contact hours for advanced technologies?), wednesdays and thursdays are empty for now and may they stay that way. fridays are light. it seems i've done some of the readings before for the theory unit, and advanced technologies deals with wide-span structures which we've done in 3rd year as well at uwa. maybe i will do well here! just because it's semi-familiar material. friends-wise everyone seems to know everyone else and there are only 4 noobs including myself, so hopefully that situation improves soon.

5. sondha arrives on friday so that'll be fun and there'll probably be a huge cook-up! yay.

6. they sell mogu mogu lychee drink with nata de coco at the faculty cafe. DOUBLE YAY!