The past few days have not been too exciting to write about but I'll do my best not to bore you to death :) Friday I went to the Melbourne Aquarium with two friends and it was not worth the price to get in. The only fun park were the sharks but even then the tank was pretty small. We then went out for happy hour drinks on the river and it was a fabulous restaurant with the best meat plate I've ever eaten yum yum yum. This past Saturday a group of girls (mix of americans/other international students) went to the city to celebrate one of the American girls birthday! We had a taco dinner at Moniques and then went to a night club in downtown Melbourne. It was a very good time and needless to say we all pretty much slept sunday away. I also found a tutor job in the past week and will be tutoring an 11 year old boy in English for two hours a week (for 50 bucks yaaaaa buddy!) Got to love that Australian minimum wage is 20 plus dollars. I also entered my blog into this website for a blogging job and was accepted and will get around 10 bucks a blog as long as I get 1000 views. When I get that sorted out I will post the webpage so you can all help rack up my views!
Classes started Monday, but lucky for me I only have class Tuesday-Friday so I had one extra day of summer vacation. For now my lectures are extremely boring (and each are 2 hours-want to talk about a snooze fest) but at least all my professors are australian so i can zone out with australian accents in the background! It is also very interesting sitting in a lecture class of 300 plus, because at Rhodes my biggest class is probably around 30 people maximum.
Funny side note: My crime professor only brought up examples of American crimes in class so she either hates America and thinks were a country full of murderers and such or Australia really is the safest country in the world and she couldn't bore us with the petty crimes they have.
Cheers! (as all my professors say when ended class)
Kenzi
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Eureka Sky Deck
Last night all the international students got to go on top of the Eureka Sky Deck, which is the tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere. It is absolutely beautiful up there, especially in the night time. You can see all of Melbourne perfectly 88 floors up!!
Friday, July 19, 2013
ROO'S AND ROOFTOPS
The past few days have been full of orientation sessions, enrolling in classes, and getting to experience more of Melbourne! One of the highlights of my week was seeing my first kangaroos!!! yay they are so cute. Below is a picture from my uni's wildlife sanctuary where there are kangaroos and some other random animals. Sorry aunt buddy no koalas yet but I'm working on it for you :) Sadly it started raining during the wildlife walk but my group of friends made friends with the sanctuary manager who gave us free beer that he brewed himself. As you all know I hate beer more than anything but felt rude not drinking it or making gross faces after taking a sip so I took one for the team and it was awful but in Aussie land you just don't turn down a free drink for the sake of your bank account!
Friday night a group of my new friends (mostly American and Norwegian) girls took a short tram trip to the middle of the city to meet up with our friend from Denmark who has a apartment in the city and let me tell you its the best apartment I've ever seen and I am sooo obsessed with it. The skyline picture below is a picture from her freakin patio! Needless to say I will be there a lot. We then went to an Italian restaurant called Medici which is right on the bay. It was also beautiful but would have been a lot more enjoyable without the rain! It is definetly a place we will revisit because it has lots of restaurants on the water front. We then went to a club that had 4 levels, and the top floor on the rooftop was by far my favorite. It was another beautiful skyline view and although the drinks were horribly expensive I at least was able to get another free drink from some Kiwi's (New Zealand natives) who were very interested in hearing all about North America.
When it was time to go home...thats when the adventure really started. Me and my fellow TN friend Julie got somewhat lost trying to find the tram and I swear every person we talked to sent us to another wrong place. We ended up missing the last tram of the night and thought we were gonna have to sleep on the street (lol) until some nice aussie guys invited us to McDonalds (classy) and then said they were heading halfway to Bundorra (suburb where uni is) and would pay for the first half of our cab so it wouldn't be a 70 dollar cab ride home. While I'm sure this whole story sounds shady, Australians truly are just genuinely nice people and Victoria (state of Australia I'm in) is one of the safest countries in the world so dont fret.
Today was the international Amazing Race in the city but it rained all day so after about 30 miserable minutes my Norwegian friends and I said screw it and went to a cafe and talked then went home. I seriously love hearing the Norwegians talk as much as the Australians and they are all so nice. Also I learned that a lot of areas around Norway and Sweden pay for peoples college tuition as long as they dont fail out....so Amurica help a sister out and give me a free education ha ha. My mind is still blown by that.
BEST NEWS OF THE WEEK: SIGNED UP FOR A SURF TRIP at great ocean road. Google it and your mind will be blown. My trip is with the La Trobe surf club and is the 9th of August. yeeee yeee
Love and Miss You All
xo, Kenz
Friday night a group of my new friends (mostly American and Norwegian) girls took a short tram trip to the middle of the city to meet up with our friend from Denmark who has a apartment in the city and let me tell you its the best apartment I've ever seen and I am sooo obsessed with it. The skyline picture below is a picture from her freakin patio! Needless to say I will be there a lot. We then went to an Italian restaurant called Medici which is right on the bay. It was also beautiful but would have been a lot more enjoyable without the rain! It is definetly a place we will revisit because it has lots of restaurants on the water front. We then went to a club that had 4 levels, and the top floor on the rooftop was by far my favorite. It was another beautiful skyline view and although the drinks were horribly expensive I at least was able to get another free drink from some Kiwi's (New Zealand natives) who were very interested in hearing all about North America.
When it was time to go home...thats when the adventure really started. Me and my fellow TN friend Julie got somewhat lost trying to find the tram and I swear every person we talked to sent us to another wrong place. We ended up missing the last tram of the night and thought we were gonna have to sleep on the street (lol) until some nice aussie guys invited us to McDonalds (classy) and then said they were heading halfway to Bundorra (suburb where uni is) and would pay for the first half of our cab so it wouldn't be a 70 dollar cab ride home. While I'm sure this whole story sounds shady, Australians truly are just genuinely nice people and Victoria (state of Australia I'm in) is one of the safest countries in the world so dont fret.
Today was the international Amazing Race in the city but it rained all day so after about 30 miserable minutes my Norwegian friends and I said screw it and went to a cafe and talked then went home. I seriously love hearing the Norwegians talk as much as the Australians and they are all so nice. Also I learned that a lot of areas around Norway and Sweden pay for peoples college tuition as long as they dont fail out....so Amurica help a sister out and give me a free education ha ha. My mind is still blown by that.
BEST NEWS OF THE WEEK: SIGNED UP FOR A SURF TRIP at great ocean road. Google it and your mind will be blown. My trip is with the La Trobe surf club and is the 9th of August. yeeee yeee
Look at the baby roo!!!
Monique's apartment entrance
Rooftop Livin
Roooo
Welcome to my city <3
More roooo
Love and Miss You All
xo, Kenz
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
The past two days have been a lot of fun! Monday I went to the city with my new German friends to meet up with another friend who is living downtown. First we walked around a bit then found a food court like place to eat lunch. I have still yet to get used to Australian prices considering my mind was blown to pay 9 dollars for just a sandwich and a bottle of water, no sides or nothing! Then we went to a very large shopping mall and I bought some Australian jeans considering my luggage was no where to be seen or found and I couldn't wear the same clothes any longer! After that we went and watched The Heat which was hilarious and I strongly recommend seeing it, just not in Aussie land because it will cost you 19 dollars (holy moly)!
Tuesday was the begginnig of orientation week for international students so we had to sit through some long boring lectures, and after waking up the past 2 days at 445 am because of jet lag they were very rough! But tuesday night was extremely fun as I experienced going out down under for the first time! We went out to a bar with a nice beer garden that is apparently the place to go on Tuesdays during the school year. After staying out until 3 am I was finally able to sleep until 8 so that felt amazing. It's crazy what jet lag will do to ya.
Best part of my day= MY LUGGAGE IS HERE!
Some Aussie slang for y'all:
-Are you pissing on me?/ He was pissing on me = He was pulling my leg.
Imagine hearing this said casually and your mind being blown..i thought that the poor girl got peed on hahah
Tuesday was the begginnig of orientation week for international students so we had to sit through some long boring lectures, and after waking up the past 2 days at 445 am because of jet lag they were very rough! But tuesday night was extremely fun as I experienced going out down under for the first time! We went out to a bar with a nice beer garden that is apparently the place to go on Tuesdays during the school year. After staying out until 3 am I was finally able to sleep until 8 so that felt amazing. It's crazy what jet lag will do to ya.
Best part of my day= MY LUGGAGE IS HERE!
Some Aussie slang for y'all:
-Are you pissing on me?/ He was pissing on me = He was pulling my leg.
Imagine hearing this said casually and your mind being blown..i thought that the poor girl got peed on hahah
Sunday, July 14, 2013
Jet Lag struggles
I've made it! Unfortunatly I can't say the same about my checked bag aka my life for the next 4.5 months so hopefully they find it asap. The flight was not as bad as I expected, minus being stuck in the middle seat next to a very large man who liked to snore. It is not about 645 am (yes Nana i know shocking that I am alive...consider this the one and only time in life I'll be morning person) on Monday morning and I am about to eat bfest and register with the university.
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
2 days!
Hey y'all!
A few of my friends and family have asked me to blog my Australian adventures and I thought it would be a good way for everyone to keep up with me while I'm down unda! I will be spending the next 4.5 months in Melbourne, Australia at LaTrobe University. I am more than excited to see what Australia has to offer. My trip begins Friday night when I fly from Memphis to LAX, LAX to Brisbane AUS, and then Brisbane to Melbourne!
My Australian Bucket List:
-Come home with an Australian Accent
- Learn to surf
- Find P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney
-Snorkel in Great Barrier Reef
- Climb the Sydney Harbor Bridge ( for anyone who knows myself or my mom this may kill me considering we can't even drive over a bridge without severe anxiety)
- Go to New Zealand
-Auckland Bridge Jump (again the bridges I know...)
-Try vegemite/other Australian food
- Pet a kangaroo
-Find Paige an Australian boyfriend
Also thanks to everyone who has made this trip possible for me! I love you all and I hope you enjoy following my adventures while I'm gone.
P.S if you have a smart phone/iphone I will be able to text/call through the free app called Viber!
xo, Makenzie
A few of my friends and family have asked me to blog my Australian adventures and I thought it would be a good way for everyone to keep up with me while I'm down unda! I will be spending the next 4.5 months in Melbourne, Australia at LaTrobe University. I am more than excited to see what Australia has to offer. My trip begins Friday night when I fly from Memphis to LAX, LAX to Brisbane AUS, and then Brisbane to Melbourne!
My Australian Bucket List:
-Come home with an Australian Accent
- Learn to surf
- Find P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney
-Snorkel in Great Barrier Reef
- Climb the Sydney Harbor Bridge ( for anyone who knows myself or my mom this may kill me considering we can't even drive over a bridge without severe anxiety)
- Go to New Zealand
-Auckland Bridge Jump (again the bridges I know...)
-Try vegemite/other Australian food
- Pet a kangaroo
-Find Paige an Australian boyfriend
Also thanks to everyone who has made this trip possible for me! I love you all and I hope you enjoy following my adventures while I'm gone.
P.S if you have a smart phone/iphone I will be able to text/call through the free app called Viber!
xo, Makenzie
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