day 3: 7hr ikea trip!

well.. it took up more than 7hrs. more like 9, if you include going from home to school, and waiting for everyone, then from school to home. but lets not include that.

so for what would've been a 1/2hr car ride, it took us 2hrs to walk/bus/train/train/walk to ikea... ONE WAY.

then we spent about 3hrs there (lol) then another 2hrs coming back. dangs... haha

and its so insanely hot right now too.

its so different living in sydney.

where i am, its kinda like york region of markham: ppl drive everywhere. public transportation SUCKS. and everywhere is really really spread out so walking takes forever, altho its like next door.

also, the roads/streets arent grid-like. they're curvy/slanted, twisty, etc. so you cant just hop on a bus going in that direction and hope to end up at your destination... cus you wont.

but ah well... forget the bus system. i dont even know where things are yet! =\

as of right now... living in sydney sucks.

its like 27C today, will be 30C 2mrw, and theres no a/c. but at the same time, you dont really want a/c cus it doubles the price of rent.

so with no a/c, we open the windows. and the animals are SO LOUD. bugs and birds chirping, other things making other noises...

the spiders are massive.

random creepy crawlies everywhere.

=(

i can only hope school itself will be amazing.

altho, my housemates are pretty cool right now.

sucks that i gotta share a room (for this semester anyways), and theres 5 of us sharing 1 bathroom. (7 girls in the house, but 2 girls share an en suite room).

we have 1 fridge (back at summit, there were 5 of us and 2 fridges was barely enough. lol)

but yeah... right now, tis just so hot that im just... ranting. its so uncomfortable cus its humid hot.

im used to dry hot in toronto, and once we step indoors, theres a/c. but not here.

lets hope it only gets better from here.

cant wait til this jetlag is gone.

cant wait til school starts.

cant wait til the weather cools down.

cant wait til i adjust to this new lifestyle.

im going to hug an ice cube.

PS. this was too negative of a post. so here are some good things:

- at least i have internet (albeit, its ridiculously slow).

- meeting some awesome ppl (both the students who have been here for a semester, and the new intakes =))

- its a new learning experience. altho im not really enjoying it (adjusting to change), its better than the routine of wake up, work, go home, maybe nap, dinner, sleep, repeat.

that was definitely no life for me (not at that job anyways)