Thursday, May 17, 2012

Halls Ball

With only two weeks left of school before finals, things have become quite busy with final projects.. so there has been less to report.

However, last night, was the "Halls Ball", a formal for students living in the halls. I went with my friend Nicole, pictured in the middle with the black dress. We got ready at her house before hand and then headed over. It was a great experience! Overall, very similar to our formal dances. There was a live band that played an eclectic mix of music, including some kiwi songs that I didn't know.

Here is a song from a New Zealand band based out of Dunedin, called Six60. I've been obsessed with this song as of yesterday.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqnwqsJYyiU



On another note, Maggie and I pulled a prank on Matt today while he was at the gym. We took his door off the hinges and proceeded to put it on the roof. It was well worth it! :)


Friday, May 4, 2012

School work

Not much to report as of late.

School is starting to get more demanding as big end of semester projects are almost due. School in NZ does not have much tests, instead a lot of essays - not something I'm used to. I can't believe there is pretty much only a month left of this semester... I definitely feel like leaving after only one semester would've seemed too short.

I'm hoping to go skiing in June, should be really fun! The slopes will have only been open for a week or so at that point. Also in the plans is a trip down to Dunedin. I have a friend from high school down there, as well as all of the Otago University students I met during my orientation week for Australearn on the north island. It'd be great to meet up with them as well as see that area. Probably a weekend trip. Just gotta work out transport.

Plans are in the works!