Hooray for Friday
For me, today is Friday. For most of you that are reading this, you are probably already just mid-way through your Saturday! Haha. All I can say is that I have a good weekend to look forward to. My brother and aunt will be here on my Sunday and I will be picking them up from Denver International Airport. I will try to get a bulk, or at least a start on my homework so I can spend some time with them. I still got a lot of things to plan for. I just only found out which bus they can take to get to CU because it is about 10-15 minutes out from the main campus. Other things will pop up I'm sure...like I really need to get them a cell phone so we can keep in contact while they are here.
So later on today I have to attend a meeting for my new job on campus. It is from 4-5pm. After that I'll probably go grab dinner then PARTY!!! Um, I mean do my assignments. Maybe the next time you hear from me, I'll have pictures up of when my brother and auntie arrive in the US of A, woooooooooooo 
Hallett Hall Party
Last week Chris and I were just "chillin'" in our room and he put on some music. A few minutes later there was a party in here!. It was a great way to get to know my floor mates a bit better. It was kind of the pre-game chillout session where we all just talked about crap and generally had a good time. I have some nice photos to share...
From left: Me, Nick, Patrick, Julie, Anastasiya
The gathering moved further up the hall...(notice Chris with the BIMBO shirt LOL)
Hannah and Nick
Anastasiya and Julie (in the background)
Ice Skating
I've only ever been ice skating once in my life before I went to the CU Ice Rink, that was in Albury. In Albury, they had a temporary marquee set up and it was quite small. I had bad experiences skating there with my brother and Matt. But on Saturday, Todor, Kathy and I went ice skating and I was quite nervous but all I can say is that it's definitely easier the second time you do it. It's cheap to skate there too, only $1 just to hire the skates. I'm sure that as time goes on I'll get better. As usual I've got some photos, but this time I have videos:
I needed a hand at the start
After that I was fine
Todor was so excited about ice skating...
Rate My Sleeping
Back at my home university, University of Wollongong, sleeping in lectures is a common practice and does not seem to be frowned upon by your fellow peers or professors. I was once the sleeper in my first year but I learnt that you should sleep in a bed, after all it is more comfortable. Well anyway, my friend sent me a picture of a guy dozing off in a database lecture and somebody actually took a mini video of his little sleeping spell. Fellow peers then proceeded to rate his sleep. See for yourself:
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And of course to top it off we have the youtube vid:
New York City
I did say when I found out that I was going to Boulder, that if there was one other place in the US I could go, it would definitely be New York. Well a few days ago Sophie, Vicki and I booked a ticket to NYC!!! Wooooo. We are staying for 6 days right smack bang in Manhattan and only a few minutes away from the Empire State Building. There are so many things to do in New York but I'm just there for the ride. The girls suggested we go see a show on Broadway, which is a viable option but I'd prefer to also walk around, enjoy the sights and do some city shopping. I want to eat at a hot dog stand, ice cream stand and buy newspapers from someone selling them on the busy city streets. To top off my good mood, I found out today that I'm going to be working as an "Earn and Learn" apprentice - systems administrator at CU. I'm so glad that I'm doing it because I'll get some real hands on experience in the field. Now back to my coffee...
Pearl Street Parade
Last Friday, Sophie, Vicki, Jess, Katie and I went down to Pearl Street to visit the cheesecake factory. It so happened that there was this parade for the football game that night. It was really, really good. The CU marching band was there to help support our team and there was people on top of the car throwing out free mini footballs. This just goes to show that America is really into their football. Everyone was shouting all the chants, which knowingly I knew as well but I was a bit hesitant to participate. I was wearing my Wollongong Uni hoodie and some lady came and talked to me. She said that she loved Australia and that she also did her study abroad at UOW. It goes to show that the world is a small place after all. So as usual I managed to score some pictures of the event - though I stole these pictures from Vicki's camera.
Car thingy
CU Marching Band
The Game
CU lost against FSU for the record. Visit the rest of the gallery here.
Tennis at CU-Boulder
After 4 weeks I finally got off my butt and found some people to play tennis with. The courts are made of hardcourt...I don't particularly like them anymore because it's really hard on your feet. You get worn down pretty quickly which makes it twice as bad for me. I played with Patrick last week and today, and yesterday I played with Jin and Maaya. I've managed to score the same court on all three occasions! And of course I did take a few photos, including a video, which I can't upload to YouTube because the file is over 100mb. If anyone knows some online editor that I can reduce the quality of the video, please leave a comment. I haven't managed to get photos of Patrick and I playing but that will come in time, here are photos of Jin, Maaya and I.
Check out Jin's forehand
Maaya getting ready for the next shot
My forehand
Contact point of my forehand