Jazz, waves and breakfast at Tifanny's

This Wednesday I had to linger after class as I had signed up for participating in a research study, neccesary to obtain a percentage in my grade (it's not for a bonus as it is at Erasmus). In the end I spend an hour (!) instead of the half hour it was supposed to take on a survey of 33 (!!) pages. The first page was the same question, but then askes with different answering scales or option.

I left the room completely cranky, but the clouds around my head quickly dissapeared as I got to Manning bar where there was a Jazz evening. Some friends of mine and other students were playing on stage while I was enjoying a free drink with some other friends. Afterwards I headed home to cook with Lisianne.

That evening I also started booking my trip with Pedro for when he arrives in November. We will go camping in Airlie beach close to the Whitsunday Islands and the great barrier reef, then we will head to Brisbane to catch the bus to Noosa. Then we will head to Melbourne to go camping again in Hobart, Tasmania. I am really looking forward to it and I can't wait to be in that little tent next to the blueest of seas.

Thursday I went to Paddy's market with Lisianne to go shopping. It basically is a big hall full of stalls and you sometimes wonder whether you made a mistake and walked down the same lane again, because half the stores sell the same souvenirs. I did find a nice hat so I can prevent a lovely red line forming on the top of my head. They also sell a lot of veggies and fruits for very low prices and while we were looking around we were entertained by a marketlady shouting 'Lady Gaga' and 'Ella Ella umbereeeeellaaaaa'.

After eating dinner with the four of us with our just bought veggies I went to watch the last revue of the season: Cadavatar, the medicine revue. As a friend perfectly summarized, the revue showcased all possible talent except comedy. The dances were amazing full off stunts which wouldn't be misplaced on a gymnastics competition. I do believe that to be a medstudent hear they ask you two things 1: can you do a backflip? 2: Please lift up your shirt. Half of the show was filled with barechested medstudents and girls in lingerie. The puns towards avatar were amusing and this revue actually had a story, but I didn't really have to laugh about any of the sketches. I didn't mind though, watching people summersault over each other is quite entertaining.

Today I walked from Bondi to Coogee beach with Lisianne and we couldn't have picked a better day. The sun was shining and the waves were enormous. It took us three hours because of all the stops and it made me realize how impressive this country actually is.
I just came back from a friend's place where we watched breakfast at Tiffany's. Now it's time for bed and I have moon river stuck in my head.