Week of rest sort of

For anyone in the states that uses a urinal this is what you have in Australia. There are only little bumps in the wall that are the dividers. You just go and step up and pee. Some of the ones instead of that tile step up are just grates to stand on. There are also these really wierd things out in public that are like pillars. You just walk up and pee in them. This seems really odd but you get use to it. It is really hard to find bathrooms. It is not like america where everywhere has a bathroom that serves food. Even the fast food chains dont have bathrooms. So if you need to go most of the time you stop in a bus or train station or a bar. Sometime you have to walk a long way befor finding one.



This is the first week where I didn't have that much going on for once. I went to class which is becoming more tolerable. I don't hate sitting for 3 hours as much now. Monday we went to the Opera house to see a "Mids Summers Night Dream". It was fun althought the play was kinda of odd. There was no sets or anything. It looked liek you were going to see a concert. All of the people you would assume would be in the pit where on stage. When it came time to speak some of the players would stop playing and then speak. This was a very intersting way of doing it and i have never seen a play like this. The thing lasted for about 2.5 hours. We were in the back and we could see everything going on.
This is a picture I took with my phone from my seat. As you can see the stage is full of the musicans. After the play we walked home and just enjoyed the night air. Which is a lot more doable then the really warm temps in the day.

The week was pretty tame up intill Thursday. We had Ultimite frisbee practice and then when to go eat dinner with the team. After that was the Vegas party held by the Housing at the campus run bar. This was fun but really intersting to see what the rest of the world sees when they hear "VEGAS". For us in the states most of us have been there or atleast see or hear from others. Here it is a long journy that no one really goes to. People were all dressed up. Lots of girls dressed as showgirls and cocktail waitriss out of the 50 and 60 vegas style movies. Some guy had a bunch of tin cans taped to his back draging aroud like a just married car. Which was funny cause that isnt a vegas thing really other then getting married in vegas.

Friday we went to the park to jsut chill. One of the kids had friends coming from down south to visit. So they meet at the train station. We then went and got pizza at broadway for 5 Bux which i still cant get over. Then went and did some sight seeing stuff.

MARDI GRAS

Well most Mardi gras are fun but sydney take a differnt twist on it. They have the largest Gay and Lesbian parade in the world for Mardi Gras. We got there late as usal with any size group. When we got there it was hrad to see but what you did see was very surpising. There were lots of topless girsl in the parade. There were people getting whiped. There was a float pulled by people like horses. It was really a site to see. If the parade wasnt enuff the people coming to it where jsut as outragious. Some people got really dressed up. What is funny is that there are lots of stright people that dress up "gay" just for fun but a lot of people jsut show up in street clothing. This was also the first time I have ever run into rude people here in OZ. Idk if it was teh crowde or just a bunch of tourist or what but there was a lot of rude people out.

Sunday as normal is a day of rest and HW. I hope everyone is having a good time springing forward. We are on daylight saving time till april when we fall back. Also we have decide we are going to Bangkok for easter becasue we have to family to celbrated it with. That should be a very intresting time. This will be the first time I am out of the country that i dont know the launguage. I am actully really ecited about this. I really want to get a hand made suit for like 70 USD like you always hear about.