More about IH and life at the uni

 Life in IH is quite interesting. Think of the close-knit relationships you have with your dorm floor and make that a whole dorm. IH is small enough to get to know almost everyone, but big enough to never seen someone sometimes. 


What's also great about it is it's facilities. Not only do we have a dining hall that feeds us 3 meals a week, we also have a reading room, computer room, mini gym, TV room, and a recreation room. In the rec room, we've got two ping pong tables, a newly broken air hockey table (acts as a table or chair now xD), a pool table, two Foosball tables, and a piano. Plus there's the huge window sill where people sit and use the free school internet, "uniwide".

After hearing some people play beautiful pieces on the piano, I want to make it one of my goals to get back into playing. I can boast years of lessons, but at the end of the day, I don't even have a fully memorized piece to show off. Maybe that should be my goal instead. :3 In any case, I've been learning the piano version of Linkin Park's "From The Inside". It's quite beautiful, and it's essentially memorizing chords and then the melody. If you're lucky, I'll play it for y'all. ;)

Otherwise, IH is also great for meeting people, staying in touch, and keeping updated about what is going on that night. Just recently, I went to a house party nearby with a small gang but later the house was filled with a lot of IH people, so I felt comfortable enough. The hosts were exchange students also, all from France. It was one anglo-looking girl, one dark-skinned Asian girl, and one pale skinny guy. It was BYO, so we each carried something in. 


At one point at the party, I'd just come out of the bathroom and into the kitchen. I was then greeted by a guy and girl.


Him: Hey, you live here, right?
Me: ... No, that would be the only other Asian girl at this party. -_____-


This keeps happening to me. Either something like this, or something like "From California?? I never would have guessed." This happened to me at my first dance class when a fellow student introduced himself to me. Really? I speak with an American accent and I dance like a black girl. 


Anyway, back on topic. I have people to walk back with. : ) Yay.


Recently it was Foundation Day, the university's birthday. What does that really mean? The whole campus gets wasted. Just kidding... sort of. It starts in the daytime with a ton of booths on campus selling stuff and giving things away for free. That's where I got the two free tickets to see Step Up Miami and ice cream. It ends at night with a party at the UniBar/Roundhouse. The Unibar area is your typical bar with pool tables and couches, and the inner building is the dance floor. DJ was horrible though, the music is too trancy and beatless. Oh well, I went with a group and we had fun regardless. :)

International house also likes to encourage the sharing of cultural knowledge, so they have these things called "Study Break" where the people from each country sign up to present with food and such. Recently we had Sri Lankan study break, where they made this stir fry noodles thing and this pink pearly whipped-creamy drink. So awesome! :D ;D :D I wonder what I will do to present the US... o_O 

Although the dining hall here is consistent... the food can suck a lot of the time. Their only coffee option is a powder, so I have to make myself some milk tea...

And here it is. For those who have been asking me about whether or not I have tasted Vegemite.. I FINALLY HAVE! Made by my dear friend Philippa again : ) Butter on bottom, vegemite on top! It was... interesting...

We also had Opening Night, where IH invites consulates from all around the world to attend this dinner. Can't really figure out what the rest of the night is about, but here are pics.

Food was STILL cooked by the IH staff, so it wasn't brilliant. Got served chicken satay, where everyone wanted salmon. I asked the waiter to trade, and got angry stares from around the table. But no worries, I think the chicken was actually better. -___-

UNSW has an annual poster sale, and guess what I booouuughhttt. :3 KITTIESS! It hangs over my bed. ^^ I also got a Friends poster, which I won't post but it's awesome, mark my words. :)

In other irrelevant news, I discovered that in some restaurants, takeaway boxes cost $0.50. :( So you either have to force it down or leave it...

Also, in beer pong, it's not girls blow, guys finger the ball out of the cups. Everybody blows...

TILL NEXT TIME!