Woot boost! Sorry it’s been so long since I’ve updated this but I’ve been pretty busy with orientation and Joe has been pretty busy with... well actually he hasn’t been busy.
Orientation is great. The people I meet are all quite similar to me. They’re here to have fun, experience another culture, not take school too seriously, and score with many members of the opposite sex. I’ve found nearly everyone here is a science major back home, and they tend to look at this as a trip to relax from the tough UC schedule and as a time to really experience their subject (geology, anthropology, biology) firsthand.
I have successfully introduced everyone here to my website and they seem to be taking kindly to it! I have to ease up on the sarcasm a bit around the Americans, as they have nowhere near as dry a sense of humor as the kiwis.
So far during orientation we have sat through many lectures on the kiwi experience, made some trips about, and explored the extensive Auckland nightlife. Our head advisor, Ivan, is a retired math professor from the U of Auckland and has a very practical approach to our “party” attitudes here. He has been advising us to have fun, experience everything, but just don’t do it stupidly. And, for the most part, we have been pretty responsible, and every person in our 60-something program has been up for 8:30 breakfast daily.
I have purchased my plane ticket to head to the South Island for around 10 days starting next Wednesday, and have heard amazing things about the places I plan to see. I have not been in great communication with Joe but it sounds like he wants to come down with me as well. Still not sure what his plan is.
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