After that we went on a field trip to the Rocks which is an old part of Sydney where the poor were pushed to live and housing looked more like scraps and rubble. We also took a picture with this aboriginal guy who was selling his music. 
Now, it is a thriving shopping area with a lot of history and views of the Bridge. This trip wasn't as fascinating as our past ones, but afterward a bunch of us went to this very popular place called Pancakes on the Rocks. Any time of the day they serve all sorts of pancakes that are covered in creme, syrup butter and or even ice cream. The chocolate chip ones I got was more like eating a fudge brownie so I only made it through one.
Tuesday we had more class and field hockey was pushed back to 4pm. We were pretty early for once and were met by a few more players than usual who were back form their holiday. Now there was three of us goal keepers and if it wasn't for having a high boiling point I would've snapped at this other goalie from the get go. In the end, we got along quite well, I guess if somebody brought in another keeper to my team without me knowing I might come off a little bit harsh too.
Wednesday I didn't have class until 6pm where we had a quiz so I decided to go to Manly Beach with Brenna and Gabby. We rented boards for $15 and I opted to wear a rashie (rashguard) instead of a wetsuit because I thought I could brave the 20 degree celcius water. After giving Gabby a few quick instructional tips, we hit the waves and found out Mother Nature was ready to rock us.
The first wave I caught, I didn't realize Gabby was behind me and I was heading straight into her. I ditched the board so the fin wouldn't hit her head underneath and she was fine. The next wave I caught and I was yelling to Brenna the whole time I was on the wave because she wanted to take pictures, but she was busy talking to a photographer.
After that, I blew out on every single wave and Gabby didn't catch a wave, but we'll get her one before we leave. This is evidence of me not paying attention when I was in knee deep water not holding onto my board and a wave slammed it into the outside of my knee.
When leaving Manly, we were walking toward the ferry and somebody grabbed onto my backpack. I turned around and saw JEAMIE DEACON. Jeamie was a senior when I was a freshmen at MSU on the hockey team and she also visited me in San Diego for Spring Break. I knew she was in Australia, but the chances of that happening are just astronomical. We chatted the whole ferry ride back and decided that we would get together with Adelle too and go to the Scary Canary for a drink after Adelle and my 6-9pm class.
In class we were handed back our Australian Quiz which I managed a 8 1/2 out of 10 which I thought was pretty alright and then I saw a few peoples scores as fives, sixes and even a three. So far so good with classes and I usually study about 30 mins. before the exams and do quite well.
Adelle, Gabby and I headed to Scary Canary to meet Deacon and her Aussie friend, but while on the bus this drunk guy was tossing a couple free mini stereos to anyone who wanted one on our section of the train and I'm happy to say I didn't hold onto the box for nothing in the club because this little guy BUMPS!!
Scary Canary was fun because if you're an international you don't have to pay to get in. We took a picture with this guy wearing one of those shirts with a drawn on muscular body and he was quite drunk, but hilarious. They also had a wet t-shirt contest going on, but we stayed away from that and ended up leaving before the show began. Turns out Deacon is driving up the Australian coast and we will see her again when we all happen to be in Cairns (great barrier reef) for the same few days!
Today (thurs) we had class and I took my exam on ecosystems and then we went to practice where we did a ton of shooting and me getting up and down for a good majority of the practice. Tomorrow is our big weekend with our roadtrip to the zoo to wrestle some Kangaroos, hike the Blue Mountains and come back in time for the Sydney Opera House Symphony!! Thanks for reading :)
Love,
ME
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