Picking up where I left off from, I did not go to the gym early morning (typical)...I rather took a slow day and skipped all my lectures to spend my afternoon at the gym. 30 minutes of bike, 30 minutes of treadmill, and 30 minutes of rowing does the body good!
Prior to that, Thursday was the teams last hockey match...they kicked ass...won the overall thing...and as a prize received a meat pack. Congrats RED!! Dinner was at OPORTO...good chicken burgers they got there...order the chili sauce.
The weekend was a quiet one. Age booked us all tickets to see Alice in Wonderland 3D. It was pretty good...we got to keep the glasses, so I guess I'll be taking them to see Avatar in 3D which I still havn't seen. Hopefully I will soon. Rashmi and Dips havn't seen it and Nash said he wanted to see it again too, so it's a party..HEY!!
Tuesday I had tutorials...which is basically like our discussion groups back in the states. They were back to back, another thing which just gets on my nerves. Basically, my lectures and tutorials start at the beginning of the hour and end at the end of the hour. This would seem very punctual and organized for teachers and students who have an hour break in between, or more. But not so helpful for the students who have back-to-back lectures or tutorials. I mean if we, as students, are supposed to get the most out of every lecture, and out of every tutorial, I don't see how that would be possible, For example, I have three lectures on Fridays, all back-to-back, and at three different locations. Now, if classes start on the dot, and end pretty much on the dot, then I have no idea how I would get the most if I miss either the last 5 minutes of class, or the first 5 minutes of class. Usually all the seats are filled up within the first 2 minutes of the hour...which leaves all the late-comers to either ask the people already sitting down to get up and move to the empty seats in the middle, or either to just sit in the back of the hall, on the ground. Now I personally do not want to resort to sitting on the ground, not that I have anything against it. But how would I take notes, listen, and see the screen if im sitting on the floor in the way back?
Oh...what is that you say? Why not leave a little early from your previous class? Well usually the most important announcements are at the end of the class, or you would know what the readings would be if the professor decided to go off on a tangent and not follow the schedule that he/she gave out at the first day of classes (it's happened many times...in every class I've been through).
Now I guess if the university scheduling committee (if there even is such a thing) would be more a little more sensible and not realize that the student body is not equipped with a teleporting device that can transfer us to different classes on the spot, I think I wouldn't have a problem with my schedule. But...clearly that is not the case here. SO my name is Kunal...hear me ROAR!.
Also tuesday I went to my first professional cricket match ever! (New Zealand vs. Australia). It was an eventful day. I drove down to Hamilton (an hour drive from Auckland) with Dhiru and Manny and met up with the rest of the crew there. Aneela was already there for a meeting so she joined us, Nash's bro was there too and Dips apparently had work to do there so he joined as well. So basically it was another party HEY!!! New Zealand was batting when we got there and I though it was gonna end soon, but apparently that was not the case. Nash told me it was a full day thing before, just didn't really think he meant it. After New Zealand batted, Australia basically batted until they won...but the last couple runs they needed were just dreadfully long and it was getting pretty damn boring. But the company was great, which made it fun. We were basically sitting on the grass part of the stadium right near the fence and people kept coming over, trying to grab signatures from Doug Bollinger, who basically got a couple people thrown out. Nice job Doug, way to be the Debbie Downer on a beautiful day, no wonder kiwi's dont like the ozzies.
So you can take a guess who's the beautiful day and who's the debbie downer. If you can't...than you have serious problems my friend.
(oh that woman in the white hat...funny story...we asked her to move several times cause she was blocking our view...but she basically turned around and gave us the evil eye with some words and stood her ground. When she did move..we celebrated by clapping...oh she was Indian btw...which makes it all worse when the evil eye is received)
What else??? I FINALLY have my room set up. Got the duvets which only arrived a couple weeks late. No problem though...I already fell sick and it's passed now (that's sarcasm at its finest). Before leaving the states we were advised not to bring bedsheets or pillows or blankets or anything because they will all be provided. But when we got here we were informed we had to pay for all of it. It also didn't help because the lady who was supposed to be welcoming us to this beautiful country and the city, decided to go off on a rampage about what we can't do, and that we had to pay $120 for the bed sheets. But then again...she did say welcome...I guess we're not scared anymore :-) OR how about the fact that after traveling across the damn globe to get here finally to be settled in peace, we are told about the HOUSING FEE!!! I was really happy the entire trip didn't come out to be as much as i thought it would, but then we get stuck with this housing bill. What a great way to start off the semester huh! I guess the internet set up wasn't so bad. I only stayed on the phone for 45 minutes bitching at the people to give me connection because I was informed I should already have it. (once again...sarcasm's finest)
I guess even if all these unfortunate things had to happen to me in such a freakin awsome country, I'm glad I have and know people. I guess just knowing one person is so much more better than none at all. But I've been blessed with quite a few people actually and I'm glad for that (awww NO I'm not gonna get all emotional so don't hope for it) That's my room up there...the bed, the desk, the wardrobe, and the view I get.
Tomorrow is another day of classes, I'm dreading it. I guess the eye candy, aka "maal", should be good. It usually is when the weather is nice. :-) That's one thing to look forward to.
Song tonight is Tukde Tukde (R&B Mix) by Navin Kundra. (really chill beat)
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