Over the past week, I have been to campus every single day to work out registration. It's not like Canadian universities where you do it all online with a few clicks of your mouse. This is days and days of standing around in long queues and running around to obtain signatures from anyone remotely associated with every course one is taking. For me this meant running around to multiple campuses, which wasn't fun. The good news is that Canadian charm works wonders here! I managed to bypass a lot of lines and a lot of signatures by using good ol' Canadian mojo on the course convenors and the dean!
I still have to get the internet and banking set up. Both take forever here. Patience is something I must learn. We were originally told internet set up would take 12 weeks. More Canadian mojo had to come into play to get that cut down to only a few weeks.
I have met many amazing people from around the world here. There have been a lot of orientations and social events for international postgrads and we have all gelled really well. I have met people from Zambia, Zimbabwe, Scotland, Switzerland...It's a really cool experience.
My roommates and I all have serious political conversations every night before we go to bed. It's really interesting to have that kind of stimulating exchange between people from vastly different backgrounds. All of the roommates have now moved in. The other Canadian girl and I actually know mutual people from Ontario, which is really cool.
So sadly, nothing too exciting has been going on yet. Tomorrow my diggsmates and I are all going to Muizenberg beach (it's like 30 degrees here!) and then next week school starts up. I am planning on doing a sundowner (drink beer and watch the sun go down) up Lionshead (mountain peak) next week. And then believe it or not, I think I am going on a camping trip next weekend. I don't know if my high maintenance tendencies will jive with camping in Africa, but I'll let you all know! Haha.
Peace out!
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M "&" M, glad to hear you made it safe and are representing.
Zambia, Zimbabwe, Scotland, Switzerland, Canada...wow, like a miniature little "League of Nations".
Rumour has it that upon arrival you immediately proceeded to the ocean to engage a "great white" shark...and then upon successfully achieving that endeavour took on the nation's greatest dodgeball player and put them to shame (wait, do they even consider that a sport?)
Serious political exchanges...I sincerely hope that you and your roommates do not come to blows...I know how competitive you can get..lol!
Things around MIL are going...we're planning another paintball massacre in a few months...for some it is too exact revenge, for others, well let us just say that people don't seem to learn the first time around...and for a select few it'll be a new experience...I'll forward you pictures (pre & post)...working on the "formula one" day as well.
Looking forward to "interesting" stories/events.
Work on that accent, and tan of course!
Keep well, always.
John
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