I want a carrrr =(

Haha, SAVING UP FOR A CAR. 'Cause if I stay here or move to Gold Coast, I'd still want a car. It takes me an HOUR to get to uni and on Tuesdays I have a 9am start D=

Okay, I'll quickly go through my days since last Thursday.

Friday! I lied about swimming. Or I just got lazy. Haha. I went to uni in the arvo and met two people from a group called SOW (Students Outreach for the World). Also got a few things organized.

Saturday was the picnic with Studentlife. It was pretty cool. It's funny though, because I met so many people who are studying science and I could not stop thinking about Big Bang Theory. XD Later one of the guys took me and a girl around Sydney for a tour. We went to the Lindt Cafe and I got two scoops of ice cream and OH MY GOSH it was good. 70% Excellence ice cream <3 The cookies and cream was good, but not as good. =) After, me and Sarah went to Mardi Gras!! HAHAHA. Yeah. She was asking around if anyone wanted to go, and since I'm new to Sydney as well, and she didn't have anyone to go with, I went. Also 'cause I thought it would be an experience. It was a little boring... just standing there. >_< But oh well.

Sunday, I spent the whole day watching TV... until around dinner, when I went out for $10 steak with all-you-can-eat sides! Whoot. It's also a cook your own steak type of thing. Someone stole my steak off the stove thing D= So I grabbed one which was "unclaimed" and it was way overdone and a little burnt. Ugh. Oh well. After, we had Korean ice cream (they are almost all Korean =D) and gathered at a Woolworths loading dock where the pastor of the group had a short word and prayed for all of us for uni and everything. I must say, it was the first time I've ever prayed in a Woolworths loading dock. xD Some of us then went to watch Shutter Island, which was an alright movie. Interesting, but very reminiscent of Whose Reality? Got home at around 12:40ish.

And woke up for class at 8ish to get to my first Psychology lecture! Twas okay. But what was a major shock was my Linear Algebra lecture! The lecturer introduced the class for the first 5-10 minutes and then got straight into the math! ZOMGOSH. INSANE. Ugh. I still cannot believe that I'm studying math. After, I went for lunch with SOW peoples. Then to my Bioethics lecture, which was quite boring, because it was just an introduction on the subject. Nothing interesting.

Now I'm home and gonna get some TV and sleeeeep.

I'm thinking I'm gonna buy some of my textbooks anyways, because they would be interesting reads anyways, if I do get into Bond, I'd keep em. Like my psych book, bioethics reader and probably my human anatomy book as well. *sigh*

HOPE YOU GUYS ALL OVER ARE DOING WELL AND STUDYING HARD! =)

-jmah

Boring day...

Today I stayed home. I went out for lunch, but that's about it. There were a few events at uni, but I couldn't be stuffed going.

Tomorrow there is a Bible study on at campus held by one of the Christian groups, but I dunno if I can be stuffed going to that either. Haha. As bad as that sounds. Not that I don't want to go, just I don't know if I can be bothered travelling to go for an hour? Haha. Maybe I should. Yeah, I think I will.

This Saturday there is a picnic on held by another Christian group, and I'm looking forward to that, because the people from that group seem very friendly. And it seems like a good bunch. =D

I'M JUST WAITING FOR THE 18TH OF MARCH ALREADY!! D= rawrgh. Then I can either go full on with joining clubs and buying textbooks and settling in OR I'll be packing up and leaving! RAWRGH. Oh well... I'll just have to wait.

Haha, after I wrote about the picnic, I began searching for picnic food I can make and bring, 'cause it's a bring-a-dish sorta thing. Ahhh, can't decide... OH! MAYBE. I'll just make some chicken wings... marinate with stuff and then grill and bring. That's easy. Maybe...

-jmah

PLAN FOR TOMORROW!
Swim in the morn morn morn.
Uni in the arv arv arv for Bible study and more scouting of clubs to join. Whoo.
And I don't have anything planned for tomorrow night. Maybe prepare for making whatever I'll make for Saturday. Humm.. Plan. =)

En Rolled

YAY! I AM OFFICIALLY A STUDENT AT UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY! Whoot.

My subjects for semester 1 (officially) are:
Bioethics (to count to a major in History and Philosophy of Science)
Differential Calculus
Psychology 1001 (to count to a major in SI-KO-RO-JEE)
Linear Algebra
Human Biology (FREAKING 6 CONTACT HOURS A WEEK???)

Sadly I have a math subject everyday of the week. How annoying. I still have to sort out my Diploma of Languages...

Today was just enrolling and walking around checking out the O-week stands and joining a few clubs here and there. I don't really see the point, if I'm not sure if I'm staying yet, so I'm keeping it to a minimum. I'll wait till Bond gets back to me. *sigh* It feels very "in between" at the moment.

-jmah

BOND

So I had my interview today!

Have a good feeling about it. Thanks guys for your prayers and support!! =)

So now I await offer dates... *sigh*

Today has been the most hectic day EVARR!!

I missed my tiger flight in the morning to Gold Coast, so I caught the next Virgin Blue flight.... Arrived on time still. I was actually still an hour early for the interview. MY GOSH QLAND IS HOT.

Interview was rather enjoyable =)

After, took a cab to airport, flew back. Now I'm back in Sydney.

BUT! On the plane, I met some amazing people. Kim and Glen. I mostly talked to Kim and it was very interesting. They flew to GC to visit Glen's dad who just had a heart operation done yesterday... and he's up and about today!! Haha. We talked a bit about everything I guess. During the flight I got a prompting or an urge to share with her and so I kept reciting to myself the first line I would say "SO DO YOU GO TO CHURCH??" hahaha. At one point I thought to myself "No, I don't have the courage for this..." And I think God placed me in the specific situation for that, because when I did sum up the courage to ask her, she said yes. Haha. And so we talked about missions, Hillsongs and creation/creator. I think my prompting was because there was the most spectacular view from the plane. If you looked out the left window, there would be lighting (we were above the clouds) and if you looked right you could see a rich orange sunset that resembled the Aborigine flag. It is this sort of scene and view that makes it impossible to deny that there is a creator. Only something or someone who was incredibly creative with an appreciation for such aesthetics could make something like that be.

On top of that, there is so much that we see, but also so much we don't. In the same way, there is only so much we know, and there is so much more that we don't. It's not like we, humans, are all knowing. Again, how can you deny there is a creator when there is so much in the world that we don't see, know or even understand? That is uninformed denial!! But being uninformed and still believing, is faith. =D

-jmah

You Knee Verse Itty

Yeah, went to uni today.

I'm now doing Science/Nursing. Whoot.

First year subjects:
PSYCHOLOGY!
BIOETHICS!
HUMAN BIOLOGY!
MATH...puke.
MATH...double puke. (Something like Calculus and something else...)

PSYCHOLOGY!
WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED SCIENCE?!
ASTRONOMY!
MATH...
MATH... (One stats and integral modelling or something...)

Okay. Post end. Sleep time, 'cause interview tomorrow arvo!! EEK!

I'm prompt too.

Today was rather impromptu. Got up with nothing really planned except for meeting up with a friend to visit a church in the evening. And then an Aunty called to invite my for lunch and chill time, so I went over and hung around, chatted, played some games... the usual. After that I went to church, which was a bit of a let down, but I'm thinking it could be just the wrong day to go.

I've found that for me olfaction, or sense of smell, brings about the strongest nostalgia. This happens when I smell very distinct smells that are attached to certain memories. This fact was emphasized when I was deciding what colognes to bring to Sydney and I took a whiff of one given to me on a special occasion. It was from Vanessa for the MHS formal. It not only brings back memories of the night, but an emotional state of mind as well. It is a very odd sensation. Not to say that it is bad or uncomfortable, but it is quite an out-of-this-world experience. Thanks Vanessa =)

Ahoy there!

Yay! I'm in Sydney!

Day 1! Whooot.

Well, nothing really happened. Arrived at around 7:10 and picked up my bags and took a cab to my family friends house. Got to their place with guests over for dinner, so I had dinner and goodies for dessert and got to listen to good chats.

The cab ride was actually quite interesting. I find when placed in situations which can get awkward very easily, it's also easier to make it not awkward. If that made any sense at all. Because I managed to have a really good chat with the driver as well, about Sydney, iPhones, driving a cab, GPSs, student accomodation and stuff. Haha.

Dinner convo was even more interesting! One guy was a priest or something from my aunty's church and he used to be a prison chaplain. He was telling us all these stories and it was really cool to hear. I have quite a vivid image of the night before a hanging spent with the inmate... The guy had funny stories to tell and I was rather amused. =)

Well, I'm sleeping in tomorrow, so I don't really have to sleep early, but I'm really drained, so I'ma sleep soon. It is already 1:30...

Hope you all are settling in your places or getting ready for uni back in Melbourne. =)

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you...

Just something interesting that I've found.

"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" is a very tricky statement. I had a nice long talk to my youth leader about it a long long time ago and we deduced that it was NOT a biblical statement, because some of the arguments that I constructed based on that statement were definitely not biblical. We decided that it was rather a skewed variation of biblical truth. BUT! Then I found it in the Bible.

Matthew 7:12
So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

Honestly, I cannot remember what arguments I had eventually constructed, but I just remember my youth leader saying that I was probably basing my ideas off a secular "belief", if you like, that had been a biblical statement construed by society.

Some food for thought.

Anywhos. Long time no post, so here is my past few weeks in dot point form:
-did stuff
-got Ps (praise God, and on the way home from my test, mambo number 5 was on the radio... how fitting)
-is now somewhat broke

YAY. Life is good. =)

I don't think it has sunk in that I'm moving to Sydney. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing... Oh well, I'll figure it out when I get there.

Things I gotta do:
-catch up with peeps before I leave
-clean room
-buy shit
-pack shit
-go swim
-love life (not that I'm not...just a reminder to do so)

I really don't think I should be getting into any games at the mo, but I'm installing Dragon Age: Origins on my computer now. Hehe.

-jmah

PS. As a side note... last night was my night of awkward misunderstandings.... Here is an example... there was another one, but that was WAYYYY too awkward to write here. xD

[On the topic of the legality of incest, after pumping up the car at the petrol station]
Friend: So how does that affect you?
Me: WHAT?! I HAVE TWO BROTHERS. WTFSDKALGRLKERG?!?
Friend: o_o I was talking about the petrol... but your brothers ey?

(Before that we were also talking about how my family writes down the odometer reading every time we pump)

I think I should really be sleeping more, then maybe I won't make things so awkward by not understanding people.