Last week and this week were wild. Last week was the week where I had 3 tests on monday and tuesday. So the rest of the week, I decided to have fun. Wednesday, my friends and I had our usual (new tradition) wednesday night barbie at the Coogee Beach. Heaps of people turned up, so it was pretty much a party outside :) It was a lot of fun!

On thursday, I agreed to go on a date with a guy I met at the fitness center, but nothing came out of that. I guess I said yes, but don't really like him in the end; we're very different.

Friday I visited Cabramatta, one of the cultural hubs in Sydney, mostly Vietnamese. I actually went to visit it because we needed to do our essay on it for my sociology class. Afterwards, I met up with Ryan and Bryant to talk about our trip to New Zealand, and then went out that night to a place called 3 Wise Monkeys. They had a band playing cover songs and popular music and oldies so it was a lot of fun. I went with Ryan, Bryant and Sarah. Joelle was the one who made us want to go, but she was too tired to come out :( Oh well, we had fun. Bryant introduced us to a really nice beer called St Anoud St Cloud. it was light and citrusy and refreshing, very nice!

This week, I had to write my 2000-word paper on Australian multiculturalism and vietnamese immigration... It was a big pain to write, since I really dislike writing essays. I also had to find lots of academic sources: Wikipedia doesn't count :( So I handed that in today and now I have no more assignments or tests to study for until finals! Woohoo!

I attempted to go for a run on tuesday evening. It turned out to be very unstructured between periods of jogging and periods of walking, for a total of about 20 minutes of which 15 were jogging! That's good right? But now, even 2 days later, I'm still sore: my calves and back :(

I still went to the weekly Coogee barbeque yesterday, and ended up staying there until 10pm! And still had to finish my essay! But I'm glad I went because I met some really nice people!! It's okay though, I managed to submit my essay on time, got 8 hours of sleep and spend most of today making Budinca de Spanac, one of my favorite dishes, yet didnt get to eat it :(

Last week I told Jonas I was going to make some spinach dish anyways and he wrote me on msn in big letters with a happiface and everything that he loves spinach so i thought it would be a good idea. I admit I kind of invited myself, but it's okay if it involves free dinner right? It could probably serve 6 people a good meal or 12 people side dish (I made it in a rectangular baking dish) but he didn't want me to come over in the end. I really like him and his housemates and his place, it's really homey! I understand he had to do work, but hey!! it's free food! and good food! with spinach! and me! One of his excuses was that it was his turn to cook. That's not a reason... it's an odd one anyway. Oh well, he just didn't want a guest. Maybe I should have called one of his housemates, but it's okay. Instead I went over to Courtneys, brought bbq chicken, and indulged by getting myself lamingtons, a magazine and a bottle of wine :) We were about 15 people and had a huge family style dinner. That kind of gathering makes me really warm and fuzzy and happy inside :) We ate and talked and talked some more! Then we watched Pirates of the Carribbean 2 and I ended up arriving home at 1h30 am! What a fun evening! Dinner parties, potlucks, barbeques are such good fun! Must have more of those back in Montreal.

xxoooo hugzzz