Day 4

I'm almost finished building up my bike again, I just need some wheels and a chain. Hopefully, I can get them cheap and then don't have to worry about breaking them.

Now that I have had some time with the flatmates, we are all getting along so well! We've been having all these long (multiple hour) heart-to-hearts, about anything from politics to movies. Martin, the kid from Sweden, I swear is Ross in a few years. They could be related; he is tall, lanky, red hair pulled back in a pony tail and they even have many of the same mannerisms. He plays lots of video/comp games and likes strange music and movies. no offense, ross. Anyway, it's just really weird.

I successfully survived course approval, which was long and incredibly convoluted. You first have to pick up a course approval form, with a preselected schedule. Then you tramp all over campus, wait in long lines, and get the dept heads to sign each of your course selections. Next, you get the form checked by a selection volunteer, which sends you to a computer lab where they enter your information and any changes you have made to your schedule. If there are any time conflicts (which occur frequently), they send you to yet another computer lab where they try to rectify them. If that fails, you go back to step 2, choose another class, and go get the required signature. It took several hours. I finally got a schedule, which I hope will be an interesting one:

Intro to Biological Anthropology (incl forensic anthropology)
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Biological Chemistry
Intro to Economics

Little nervous for taking so many science classes, but two of them are 1st year courses, so I hope to not have too much trouble.

The weather has been rainy and cold since I arrived, but this morning was sunny and only a bit breezy. We are going to go on a hike to the top of the surrounding hills, to get a good view of the peninsula and Dunedin. I'll post pictures when I can.

Hope all is well at home, miss you all.