Auckland: 4:02 PM; Boston 12:02 AM
The irony…on probably the most beautiful day since I’ve been here, I’m stuck in reading for class tomorrow and Monday (obviously I want my weekend to be free and clear, who knows what will happen). I’m not kidding about the weather, it’s the first day that it hasn’t rained once – to contrast, yesterday I was walking around downtown Auckland for about an hour, I think I had to go back and forth from sunglasses to umbrella probably four or five times, over the span of about 10 blocks. Apparently rain is the telltale sign of winter. Even though it’s not too enjoyable, at least Aucklanders don’t have winters like the Northeast US!
Tonight is pub quiz night, which I think will be a lot of fun – though probably won’t do too well if it’s all New Zealand-type knowledge (rugby, geography, etc.). We’ll see. Friday is apparently a “Themed Flat Crawl,” where those who want in have to decorate the place and/or themselves, and it’s some form of competition. No, I don’t know what we’re doing yet.
Other than that, classes started Monday, and as of this morning I had finally had at least of all my four classes. I thought of the adage “save the best for last,” as my history course (“paper” as they say here) rocks. Hollywood’s America. Some sacrifice in that I have to leave here around 7:20 (lecture starts at 8, and this morning I left at 7:35 and barely made it), and that there are also weekly movies on Tuesday night at 5. Still, the course reminded me why I chose to be a history major in the first place.
The other three classes…I enjoy Legal Methods, but it’s going to be difficult. Apparently, in this country, a law degree is attained as an undergrad, not postgraduate as in the states. So, therefore, I am taking what would be akin to a first-year law school class. Fun. Art History I really don’t know how I’ll survive, the lecturer isn’t that engaging, nor is the material. But considering the horror stories I’ve heard about NU not honoring credits overseas, I’m very hesitant to switch any of my classes. But it’s still better than Introduction to Logic. The material drives me insane, attempting to do it – I feel like I’m in grade school again, oh well. Easy A. Further aggravating was that the class location changed, and unlike NU, there is no notice posted at the old site – had I not gone up to obtain a coursepack that was being handed out, I would’ve sat through I think it was Intro to Geology or something random. Apparently one is supposed to learn that it moves through osmosis or whatever (in my case I opted to go back to the computer lab and look online), I was so annoyed about it that yes, I ended up skipping lecture. A record for me – I usually make it through to midterms before skipping haha.
Getting up at 6:30 this morning in the pitch black wore me down, I need a nap. Or something of that sort.
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