July 13th, 2009

Oh dear, another update.

So, first day of school today. Wasn't really school though, was mostly just information, rules and stuff.

Anyway, school started at 8, and we barely made it. Road work just infront of the school, slowed us down a bit. We weren't the last to show up though.

Had some time to just talk to the others, though. Allan Perry (our Chemistry teachers and apparently he's head of the program) was late, 'cause his car had starting problems. Was great meeting my other classmates again. Sucks being so far from everything<.<

Seems everybody else had had a great weekend^^ When Allan showed up, he started telling us about some rules at school, stuff about bullying and harassment. Nothing special really

Angie (a kind of tutor) gave us lots of papers to fill out again. Once we had filled those, a guy from a nearby... diving school (not sure) came in and told us about the PADI certificate, about the things we could experience, prices, what the lessons would be like and then he showed us a video. Prices: PADI certificate - $380, $350 if more than 8 people are gonna get it, Medical Certificate (or something) - $50-$60. Pretty cheap in my opinion. Will definitely get one, and I'm sure quite a few of my classmates will as well.

After the PADI guy... we had our morning tea, I think. Or maybe that was just before... don't remember, doesn't matter anyway. Lots of cake, fruit and biscuits. And tea/coffee/juice. Unfortunatly, we probably won't get that every day. It was nice though. Then we had a police liaison show up. She told us about some laws in Hervey Bay. Knew all of it from home anyway; not allowed to drink unless you're 18+, no drinking in public AT ALL,  never go alone after dark (apparently some lads think they're pretty tough when the sun goes down), never leave belongings or drinks unattended. Told us some stuff about what to do if we were assaulted/robbed. Gave us a folder as well. Not much different from Denmark, or any other country I think. We HAVE to wear a helmet when we're on a bike though. Pretty damn annoying... guess I just have to get used to that as well.

Dulcie drove us to school today, and picked us up as well. We'll be riding the bus home tomorrow though. Was a little annoying that we had to go when Dulcie picked us up. Some of our classmates went to get new sim-cards for their mobiles and after that, to the beach. Mathis and I couldn't really go, as Dulcie came and picked us up. Will be easier just to take the bus then. $1.5 pr. ticket, less if you buy them in a bulk. We might ride the bus to school as well, but we haven't decided yet.

Not sure what's left to say about today:P except... we had t-bone steaks for dinner!