Buckle your seatbelts boys and girls, because you are in for a treat.  So remember how I mentioned that I visited Manly to watch that indoor ski and snowboard competition at some bar?  Alright, so I was actually on a date.  We will call him “Guy #1”.  Guy #1 also took me to walk his dogs on the beach with him before we went to the bar, but that is besides the point.  So on Wednesday night at the bar, I met one of Guy #1’s friends that works for Red Bull.  We will call him “Red Bull Friend”.  On … Continue reading It’s A Small World

Thanks to Dillon (who by now you should realize I’m with 24/7 – this blog is basically his life too) we ended up spending our Saturday night at a house party of 70 gay Aussie men.  No complaints from me, I love being the only girl in situations.  And boy oh boy, you could spot me from a mile away!  Dillon even argued that the guys paid more attention to me than to him!  I guess that group has a new little mascot 😉  Although we had to pass on going out to all of the gay bars and clubs … Continue reading Honey, Are You Lost?

Okay, so they’re actually called my “flatmates” here I guess.  Irregardless, I have 5 of them.  And for the first 24 hours I was here, I didn’t see one of them.  Alas, I have finally began seeing them (although, not for more than a couple of minutes at a time).  One flatmate is an Australian girl that also happens to by my floor’s RN (resident networker), one is a guy from Jordan, one is a girl from Italy, one is an Australian guy, and the last one I have still yet to meet despite being here for four days now… … Continue reading The Illusive Roommates

Soooo I’m staying in Australia… But actually.  Thanks to my friend Cora back in the States, Dillon and I now have a new friend: Ruby.  She’s a Sydney local that happens to be both drop dead gorgeous and a total sweetheart.  And let me tell you: her and her boyfriend Jack showed Dillon and I quite the night out in Double Bay (an Eastern suburb of Sydney that just so happens to have some of the most expensive real estate in all of Australia).  For those of you that know me well, you already know that I much enjoy hanging … Continue reading Mama We Made It

I’m used to always being the country native, so it’s honestly thrilling for me to go to a different country and be the person to actually have the accent for once.  And boy is my accent strong.  The Aussies, as well as the international students, can guess that I’m an American from the moment that I open my mouth.  No complaints from me though, I like standing out 😉 Continue reading I’m From America

Aussies go HARD.  For how expensive the alcohol is here, everyone seems to drink far more than they do back in the States.  And boy do they drink.  Every night, there are people getting drunk around 8PM and staying out partying until 4AM.  I’m serious when I say “every night” too.  Even business men start drinking right when they get off of work – I can’t keep up!  What’s more, since the drinking age is 18, you are allowed to openly drink in the campus housing – you just can’t do so in the common areas after 10PM.  This is where … Continue reading The Spirited Truth

Alright, so I had just spent almost an entire day traveling.  My first flight departed at 6:30PM on July 17, 2016 PST and my second flight didn’t land until 6:30AM on July 19, 2016 AEST.  Not only that, but I had just left summer in Seattle, Washington and arrived halfway across the world during winter time in Sydney, Australia – so I was a little dazed and confused to say the least.  Luckily, the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) had a shuttle to take exchange students from the airport to the campus university, which eased my soul quite a lot. … Continue reading Settling In