When in Oz..

I had told myself I'd keep this blog updated consistently through my stay here. I lied. Not that I don't have the time to, just I think I've ran out of things to say. I guess I could update it daily with what I actually did each day, but that'd be too much of a Dear Diary entry, n'est pas moi.

Just a couple of random things I've noticed here a month and a half into my exchange:

• It's very hard driving on the other side of the road especially when the wheel is on the other side too. I kept swerving left, I actually had to use my side mirrors for once
• House music is very big here.. I sorta miss the mainstream top 40 stuff
• Everyone loves a Canadian
• I've spoken more French here than I have in the past 5 years, it all comes back to me with the help of bzzr
  
• I actually say "about" differently
• You can definitely burn on an overcast day, they weren't kidding about the nonexistent ozone
• Pop here is beyond expensive.. $15 for a 12 pack
• Toilet paper is also expensive
• Wine is not expensive
• No one uses the word "washroom"...
• "G'day mate" is not used that commonly actually
• Female tactics to get into clubs back home do not work that well here
• I hate the bouncers at Billboard, enough said.
• Beer is way too expensive here. $8-9/pint at clubs and bars
• I'm never going to drink wine again after this
• People don't chug, they skull
• Vancouver's weather is nothing compared to the crazy shit that can go on here
• What you pay for internet access here is a joke. I miss my fast cable..
  
• Melbourne has extremely fit people, moreso than Vancouver it seems
• Short shorts are in fact fashionable and widely accepted..even if you're fat and it causes a wedgy, or maybe not.
• There are so many smokers here. Women smokers are still a turn off
• American Idol is actually shown here, up to date too
• I'm surprisingly not homesick at all
• I HATE ECOLOGY, EVEN IN AUSTRALIA. HATE HATE HATE.
• My goal is to kill a cane toad, it's illegal to NOT kill it if you're in possession of one :) I've learned so much about the Bufo marinus.
  

I guess I'll be adding more to this list as time goes on. Until then, off to the beach I go before it gets too cold here.

This is one of the reasons why I came to Australia, you just can't see anything like this anywhere else. The picture does it no justice, the colours of the water were simply amazing, it was a breathtaking view, believe me:

Phillip Island