A new vire

Stores close to early here, I came to my new room at friday and realized that I had to get a cable to connect my computer to their internet, on Saturday I arrived at the store 5 minutes to late, on Sunday I arrived at the store after being on a trip with other ISSU students to late, so now FINALY, I got a cable, just hopes this is the right one.

Owell, we were on a funny trip yesterday and I meet a lot of new friends, both girls and guys.
As it turns out not many of them are here for as l0ng as me.
Most of them are exchange students who only stay here for 6 months, like my housemate.

But I guess I use the time well and spend a lot of time with them.
I have my first lection today, starts at 11.00 am, and ends at 11.30 am.
Not to long, but I suspect this is the learning tutorial about what I can do as a marine biologist.
Truly I'm looking forward to start.
It can't be all that bad now can it.
And in about 20 minutes I have to go look for my classroom, I know the building, but I don't know where in it.
Could be everywhere.

Owel guys, wish me luck.

I can do this

Today we had a special day for everybody who had scientific and engineering on the school, the first thing that happends to me is that I'm not on the list. (oh joy)
We sit in this big room and wait for the thing to start and it does, they talk about stuff, older students tell us their story, about how they came to uni and got suprised by the freedom and liberty to do almost what you want.
One of them told us he were 17 years old when he came to uni, (what?! and I thought I'm young) he had been there for 7 years now.

We got a guided tour around campus, through the science building and some other parts of campus.
Interesting, to bad the girl who pointed out the places spoke lower than an engine that had been turned of. (hehe)

Owell in the end of the day I felt more than sick, I couldnt understand how the hell am I supposed to do this.
And then something weird happend, I thought to myself, it's good that I'm scared, if I hadnt been I hadnt taken this seriously. And suddenly I felt some kind of calm and a new found strenght, I'm gona do this, three years? Pffft give me more, I want to know everything!
I felt confident and sure that I will succeed, ofcourse not a walk in the park, but I'm gonna pass, and become a marine biologist.

We have theese math quizes next week it's especially for foreign students, (who me?, yes you, okay then) to see where they stand mathematicly. I'm kinda bad at math, but I'm gonna do this.
It's way to late to back down now. And I don't want to anymore, in the begining, especially when being at campus I feelt scared, nervous and smal, I still feel smal, but I dont doubt myself anymore, I know what I'm capable of doing, now I'm gonna turn that upp a few notches.

Marine Biologist year 2012?
YESSIR!

What to say

Well atleast I'm done with everything and ready for start.
Kinda nervous, but still I'm looking foward to this.
I can apply for projectwork next year so I'm going to do my best this year.
And the next one and offcourse the one after that.
And when I'm done we'll see what I'd do.

I have been here for six day's now, and I'm not yet used to the climate.
I mean I came from 20 - degrees to 30 +, thats 50 in difference.
Atleast I'm not hungry....all the time, I actually eat less here than I do back home, eat less but sleep more. Think that there is a connection?
Anyway, today it's quite chilly, only about 30 degrees but alot of wind, cold winds.

They started coming in yesterday, and have been comming in all day.
Not that I comlain, its not impossible to walk from the backpackers to the store five meters down the street without water now.

Well got to go, I have a meeting to attend to. (hurray)

See ya around.

So I'm here

I arrived yesterday, almost dead from the trip, flying for two days straight is hard on you.
I slept early and felt extremely happy over meeting some friends.
I started drinking with some guys, it was fun and I learned that Australian white wine doesn't taste like wine from sweden or norway.
But hey, wine is wine.
We played some drinking game with a circel of cards.
GREAT FUN!

And today I went out on a bar with some swedish guys. (one gal)
Two of them were swedish foraign exchange students.
And I really enjoyed talking with them, even thou my norwegian accent kinda plopped up sometimes.
Can't help it.

Oh! And I also visited Flinders University today, IT'S FREAKING BIG!
I felt like a small mouse not fitting in.
Owell, I'm done with setting up my courses. (only took about 4 hours)
Now, only paying the school remains.
Ohyes 10 000 AUD.
About 50 000 nok.
But I'm looking foward to it.

It's late here so I'm going to bed.
Cheers all;

Waiting at the airport

First day of my new adventure, who would have thought that little me would go out in the big world?
All the way to Australia, thats about....far away.
I'm not nervous, but I'm not completely calm either.
Thoughts rush through my head, am I really capable of doing this?
Will I succed or fail?
I've got the best wishes from my parents and they support me all the way, but if I fail to do this I wont be able to look them in the eye.

My heart is pounding harder and harder the more I think about it.
I was never any good at school, I just managed by luck, and now I'm goint to a university, which probably have though demands.
It's to late to give it up, but it feels so wierd, travel so far away, most of my friends envy me, some of them are sad.
But hey, it's not like I will be gone forever.

Thats all for now, I'll fill in the trip when I arrive in Australia.