Nothing in Life is Free…

Paying for the internet per page loaded should be a crime. Since it is not I'm a café crook. I go into random café's around my apartment, order a hot chocolate and go web-crazy. I'm never alone; I always bring an accomplice, because 'borrowing' internet should always be a group activity. Like today, I just left Well-Connected Café, (no pun intended) and got my Facebook fix.

Since I've been in Australia I noticed a lot of people stare at me. I don't even have to open my mouth to speak and they automatically know that I'm not from Sydney. It's expected, I know, but to be such a multicultural city I thought I would get less looks. But what can I do, by all means stare on. I was talking to my roommate and she even said she gets an arrogant vibe from some store employees or people on the street. As if we are dumb Americans, lost and confused in Australia. I might be lost and confused at times, but I'm not dumb!

Today I went into K-mart with a friend and an employee asked to search our bags before we left. The same thing happened in the beginning of the week in a mall and I took it lightly then. But if it happens again I'm going to flip. The thing about the K-mart incident was that my friend bought $40 worth of stuff; it wasn't like we just walked in and walked out, like at the mall. We'll just see what happens the next time I go into K-mart.

First Sydney club last weekend was interesting. Found out people don't really grind here. That was … lovely (sarcasm). Nothing to lose sleep over, I just danced across the floor with everyone else. Good times. Club and bar hopping is fun; I'm taking advantage since I can't do it at home yet. I found a hip-hop club over here! Funny story, at the club last night the bouncer got my friends to bring me outside so he could give me a rose. Definitely one of the funniest things that has ever happened to me! He looked like he could be Daddy's age, that was the shady part, but he wasn't disrespectful. I just laughed and said thank you.

First full week of classes is officially over. Each class is four hours long, yes FOUR, and they are all pretty late in the day. Mass Media in Australia is good; it's a small class and the professor is a really funny woman. We have a quiz on my birthday, doesn't get better than that. Australian Culture and Society is like a history class. All the talk about the colonization of Australia by the British and removal of Aboriginals is a mirror image of the British coming over to the US and booting out the Native Americans. I get riled up in that class!

That's really it for now. I'm waiting for my clothes in the laundry $3 to wash $3 to dry (makes me miss Wheaton)!!! Much more to say soon hopefully, like when I try Kangaroo pizza! Paying for internet has been making my Skype use very limited, so I apologize. Most of the time I'm on at night (East Coast time) which is when the BU building opens and wireless is free.

Peace,

Kenya