Long overdue update

So, about two months ago, Matt, Amanda and I arrived back to Wollongong (after a treacherous drive down a mountain with very sharp turns in the dark while it was raining and foggy) where we were greeted by a small gathering of the people who also lived here last session and had come back for more. We spent a few hours regaling them with our tales of radiators replacement, beach house borrowing and koala encounters before we all went back to our new rooms and tried to settle in.

So this semester, I've been pretty broke, and so it hasn't been too eventful. Here is a quick run down of some of the major occurrences

• We went to a pool party where I almost gave Charlie concussion, but she was fine

• Noor made a surprise reappearance and announced that he'd be here for at least one more semester

• I've been going to the beach A LOT, but forgot to moisturise my forehead, so it peeled

• I decided to take on a research project that dominates the latter end of my week

• KB residents went on a pub crawl where everyone had to wear orange and I got kicked by a member of the bar staff in one of the pubs

• We had a formal dinner with a 50's theme

• I saw The Blanks (Ted from Scrubs' band!) at Unibar - they were awesome

• I got a job as a dish pig / kitchen hand. I regularly come home with blisters from over-chopping
• I had to use my first two weeks' wages paying for the fine I got for driving an unregistered vehicle...
• I have a new found love of my friends' band The Omissions 

• I became one of the members of the 4am club (where we stay up until 4am watching movies and being nuisances) but I may have to retire soon, it's making me late for all my classes
• We discovered the magic of 24 hour shops such as K-Mart and McDonnalds

• I've embarrassed myself singing along to Beyonce a lot of times
• We ate pancakes IN A FORT!

• I beat Amanda in a sumo wrestling challenge. She never even had a chance (I let her win one round so that we could have a longer go...)

That's all I can think of for now. Next week is the Easter break, but I don't have anything planned yet - maybe something exciting will happen, maybe not, but it all depends on when I'm working - hopefully a few days in Canberra/Sydney are on the cards :)