Botanical Gardens and other updates

So not much has happened since last sunday. My life has (finally) become rutine again. I go to school, read, attend lectures, go home, cook and read some more before bedtime. Booring! But usually we have a lot of fun in the weekends to make up for all the boring stuf during the week. However, this weekend we decided to stay home to save money and also to relax a bit. I was looking through my planner and found out that this is the last weekend in a whole month that I will spend in Brizzy. So think it was a good idea.

Anyways, here is a little recap from the past week. I have a hate/love relationship to mondays. I hate the fact that its monday, first they of the week after fun weekend. I hate getting up early, allthough that isnt really an argument, since I wake up everday no later than 7 anyway. haha. But I love our schoolday on monday, allthough Im totally pooped in the end. We have psychopathology day on mondays. Every week there is going to be a guest speaker whos going to talk about his or her mental illness/disorder. So on monday there was a old man with schizophrenia who talked to us. He brought his wife (also a schizo) and their dog. Couldnt really understand him though, probably because of all the meds he was on. But the parts I heard were interesting. We also have a lecture in psychopathology, and then a tutorial after the guest speaker. So loong day. but fun :) In our tutorial we try to diagnose people (case studies). So I kinda feel like a psychologist when im finished. haha. 

On thursday Anette and I were invited to our german friends again just up the street from us, to have a barbie. Got to know some more german people, and are planning a trip with them to gold coast next weekend. They are not going with us to the concert, but we are hanging out with them at Surfers and staying with them in a backpacker.

On saturday Anette and I went to Fortitude Valley (close to the city center) and checked out China Town. Fun place to just walk around and look at people. Definitely going back for some chinese food! After walking around in the valley we went to the city and Queenstreet Mall. There were a lot of people crowding in the middle of queenstreet, so we were curious and wanted to check it out. Turned out an australian singer/celeb was signing his new cd and he probably had a performance as well (didnt see that). He must have been a famous person. He had 3-4 bodyguards, poore things they were walking aroung in black suits in the sun.. ahhh. And he looked famous, so we had to take a photo of him. Cant remember his name though. haha.

Anette and I were about to gome home after our celeb meeting, but then we thought why not check out the museums at Southbank. So thats what we did. They are free, so a nice thing to do when you are a student! There was a "chinese project" exhibition going on at the modern art museum, and also a lot of aboriginal art etc. After our cultural day in the city we took the ferry home :) Went down to the village or the vill and got some takeaway later in the evening. Yummy.

Today, Chanel, Marianne, Anette, Delphine and I went up to the Botanical Gardens for a picnic and a relaxing afternoon. Also free :) The gardens = beautiful! I know my mom would loove it! So I took a lot of pics for her! (check out facebook, and anettes album). I especially liked the japaneese gardens and the tropical rainforest.

So thats basically what Ive been up to lately. The upcoming week I think Ill have to be a really serious student. Because on the weekend we are going down to Gold Goast and the V-festival on sunday. Im soooo excited!! Think also we are going to a rugby game on friday, like in a stadium with 60,000 people.

Drop me a line anytime. Want to hear what you have been up to :)

Loove Marion

ps. couldnt get the pics up here today. check out face