A place to stay, and bats

I have found a place to stay at Dundee (thank God, finally). I will be staying at the hospital residency. It will be 4 people in a unit, sharing a kitchen, living area and bathroom. More or less like the way it is at Ormond McCaughey - 4 people in a corner...

The best part of it is the rate. They charge us only GBP6.5 per night (I can't find the poundsterling sign on my keyboard...) The rate might increase this year to GBP7.5, but even then it will still be waaayy cheaper than Ormond (with the current exchange rate, that converts to around AU$15). Ormond charge you AU$65 a night when you stay outside the academic dates. Surely food wouldn't cost me $50 a day, right? So I'm happy.

Below is a picture I took at Sydney botanical garden (or somewhere in Sydney). If you look closely, you can see things dangling off the branches. Those are bats. They are sleeping. Because it was day time. Obviously.

Speaking of bats I remember having a science teacher in year 9 who was quite memorable. She wore purple sneakers to class, and wore bat-shaped earings. She got really edgy when anyone makes the slightest noise. A pen clicking would make her go "Sshh, quiet please!!" As if the pen could help itself. As if the pen would understand. As it was, no one listened, and we went off making as much noise as we liked anyway.

The last 2 weeks of my holiday..

... I spend in Sydney. All by myself.

Three weeks before uni is due to start I headed off to Shepparton for a one week rural elective placement. That means I still have another 2 weeks of holiday after that, and as usual, I stay in Sydney. My mum initially wanted to come and accompany me, but she couldn't get a flight on the same day as me. Then I thought, maybe it's not really necessary for her to come all the way here just to accompany me. SUREly I can survive on my own for just 2 weeks, right?

Hahah it's nearly the end of the 2nd week. And I have to say I manage amazingly well on my own! My biggest fear at the start was being alone at night time, but that turned out to be nothing. My second fear was of feeling lonely, but that too, turned out to be nothing. So now I'm pretty confident I can live independently, which is a really good thing since I know I will have to do so one day. This is a practice for the future, kind of..heheh=)

I also cook. Some turned out better than others. One of the worst was the meatball I tried to make. It was burnt on the outside, uncooked on the inside -.- (I should've used a low heat to fry it...) I made scrambled egg once, and I have to say, it was really easy to make! I don't get how Ormond always manage to screw it up... It's a pity I couldn't take any picture, my camera is broken, although I just bought it last December =(

Today I'm going to clear up my fridge. And that means coming up with a dish that has for its ingredients: 250g minced beef, 6 eggs, 1 1/2 spring onions, garlic, shallots, broccoli, bok choy and spinach. I just realized I bought a little too much grocery for one person...