What ho, poppets.
Finally, the first week of university is over. I've gotten lost about nine times a day, but I'm starting to find my way around. I like my classes so far, but there's plenty of time for that to change, lol. Some of my lectures are HUGE!! Like, three hundred people, like in my Linguistics class. Though my Jewish Civilisation, Thought and Culture (JCTC) class is small...Like, ten people, which is a bit disappointing because essentially it's a good course, but it's not a "sexy" course, like Psychology, Linguistics, English etc. My lecturers are pretty cool thus far except for my JCTC lecturer who seems nice, definitely well informed (she's Jewish, for Pete's sake), but she's a bit wishy-washy, which I don't like very much.
Tutorials start next week which will take up more time...Which is good, because last week I had a gap of, like, four hours between a couple of lectures. I can't keep myself occupied for that long, lol.
But aside from all of that craziness, nothing much is happening. My mother and Snappy returned from their holiday (they went to Egypt for three weeks, in case I didn't mention it before, lol) this morning laden with souvenirs and photos. 1300 at last count. They got to pass through Israel on their way to Jordan, or something, too, which is something I've always wanted to do...Well, go to Israel, rather than just pass through :P. My mum climbed Mt. Sinai (where she told it on the mountain, lol) and walked in the desert and spoke to some Israeli soldiers and rode a camel....Or at least that's the way she told me. I'm going to wait until she stops being so chuffed about the whole thing and can break it all down into sentences, lol.
On Tuesday I went to the This Is It DVD launch to which I won tickets (first thing I've ever won, mind you). I wasn't sure that I would be able to go, but I managed it. Ah, the miracle of taxis, lol...Getting from anywhere to anywhere else in ten minutes. It was hosted by an Australian TV personality Ian "Molly" Meldrum and there were a few rather special guests....Kenny Ortega (Micahel Jackson's director and producer) who said a few words and seemed like a really lovely guy, Travis Payne (choreographer extraordinaire) also lovely and chatted a bit about what it was like to dance with Michael, "you don't choreograph Michael Jackson, you choreograph with him". Jason Jackson, Australia's foremost MJ impersonator, was there - he's a great dancer, though a little too slight and short for my liking (nothing like Navi). Guy Sebastian and Delta Goodrem (two Aussie singers) did Earth Song together, which made me and everyone else cry, but that song always makes me cry, lol. And, who am I forgetting? Ah, that's right, Jackie Jackson was there. Yeah, you read that right, the oldest Jackson Brother. It was amazing to see and hear him in person...He's so gentle and softly spoken, he started to cry when he was speaking which made everyone else cry harder. Travis and the male principal dancers did some of the routines from This Is It, (Jam, They Don't Care About Us and Earth Song), which was so cool, and you could see that some of them (Travis included) had tears in their eyes when they were dancing...Yeah, I was sitting that damn close. Afterwards, Travis Payne signed my ticket.
I was humming for days afterwards, lol. Still am. Definitely a highlight of my week...I still can't believe that I got the tickets - there were only 50 being given away.
Man, it's been a big week. I still can't believe that I'm doing the whole university thing, especially at Sydney uni. I think it will all work out just fine if I can stay on track and commit myself to the work. Far out, I'm tired.
Hope all has been well with you guys :) xx
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