Due to us being 21 hours ahead... Happy Super Bowl Monday!! I got a group of gridiron fans from orientation to follow Joe and I down to Sal's New York Pizza downtown. Apparently it's where a lot of the Americans go to watch the game. Also, they advertise their pizzas are all made with Wisconsin cheese, so I will feel loyal to the Pack.
I completely intent to be the obnoxious American fan who cares way too much about that sport that isn't rugby. GO PACKERS! You'll be able to hear me cheer all the way across the Pacific!
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Video 4
Video #4 - We went to a Maori cultural show (very cool) and they did some sweet war dances. My father's advice to "come home with a nice Maori girl" will be harder than initially anticipated...
(So mine didn't upload... but this basically gets the jist of it. They do this all the time. I think I want to take a class to learn it)
Friday, February 4, 2011
Some Videos!
So video #1 - Riding up the glass elevator on Sky Tower (Auckland's Space Needle). It's 600m tall and I got insane vertigo at the top
Orientation So Far
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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