Week 18: 6/1-6/7Monday involved a lot of writing and not much sleep, but I completed my final essay and so my two social science courses are now officially done. It turned out that the topics and requirements (2000 words and one textual example) for these two final essays were relatively similar, so I ultimately decided to combine them into one essay I wrote about American History X. Since I technically hadn’t handed in a graded paper in twice, I wasn’t breaking any rules. I handed the two copies in Tuesday and Wednesday and spent the remainder of these two days recovering besides training. Everybody else had finished with lectures as well so the weekend involved a lot of bars and celebration. Friday morning Chuck and I went to Cheers Restaurant & Bar down George Street to watch the first game of the NBA Finals. It felt a lot like back home, because Cheers is an American themed bar (based on the show and bar in Boston) and they primarily show American sporting events. We played some pool upstairs and had lunch (I got myself some fish and chips) together. Later in the night, some of us went to Sydney Harbour to view the light show going on. It was pretty cool – differently colored lights all around the area were used to decorate buildings, trees, or whatever else they could think of.
We proceeded to walk across the Harbour Bridge (which you would think I’d have done by now, but haven’t except on a bus) and I got a few more cool views of the harbor from above.
Shortly after stepping foot in North Sydney for the first time I got on a train and rode back home. Next week brings the final national holiday of the year for Australia being the Queen’s Birthday – yes, they celebrate the Queen of England’s birthday as a national holiday. It’s actually expected to be a little colder next week and carry snow to parts of southern Australia, which should make focusing on my studying a little easier. Also, a lot of girls from our hall our going to New Zealand starting Tuesday next week, but on the other hand, Brett just got here today, so I will most likely be spending at least one night with him over the next few days before he goes to Fiji with Danielle on Thursday for a week and a half.
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