I started off the day learning that the second apartment I looked at was no longer available (boo), but its okay because I figured out I will be able to move in with Yalin on Monday!! Once I got that I figured out I walked over to the Australian Museum and day one of work was really fun. When I got to the museum I went through security and got my first visitors pass. I got to meet Andrew Mitchell, the researcher I will be working under and he's just a really nice guy. I think he's in his 40s and he's married and has a 10 year old little girl who is adorable. He bought me a coffee which is a 'flat white' (Aussie coffee lingo is SO strange - a flat white is espresso with steamed milk) and we chatted a bit about my goals, his plans, and what out joint game plan should be. I also learned he was born in South Africa, moved to Maryland to get his masters, moved back to S. Africa for a while, and eventually moved to Sydney to get his PhD and work with the Australian Museum. After we got to know one another a bit he toured me around the research area of the museum. I got to see all the behind the scenes areas and he showed me around the Lepidoptera collection, which is SUPER COOL btw. Who would have thought i'd be excited about moths and butterflies, but they're so pretty! I got to meet a few of the staff, but he assured me I would meet more of them on Thursday when we'd have afternoon tea with everyone (afternoon tea!!). The tour made me so excited to work with him on the research. I couldn't stop smiling at the museum and the upcoming work. After the touring was done we decided that was about all we could do that day and he suggested I go explore the Museum itself. The collections are really cool. They have an aboriginal history, geology, skeletons, local fauna, and dinosaur exhibit. I spent a good two hours just looking around at all the exhibits and the small gift shop. I also spent a solid 2 hours reading in the atrium which is beautiful (kindle, FTW). On my walk home I found out that Maccy's (McDonald's) has free Wifi, WIN! I ate dinner at Bar 333 which had a really good 10 dollar dinner special on their Chicken Parm which was really yummy. By the time I got back to my hostel room (116) I got to meet my three new roomies: Losh (21), Staphan (24), and William (20) from Sweden. They all work together on farms and are in Sydney for a few days of vacation. I got to chat with them for like an hour and can I just say, Swedish people are very on top of american politics. I think like half the time we talked it was about current politics in America. It was really impressive that they new so much. After we chatted for a while the hall outside became really loud and we opened the door to see a bunch of hostel peeps yelling about free drinks at the Scary Canary (the bar next to our hostel). So we all got ready and headed down. The rest of the night was just chillin' in the Scary Canary with them and meeting a bunch of random people which was fun since I know absolutely no one.
From LA to Australia, here are my random ramblings of ridiculousness XD
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Day 4: The Australian Museum! and other random fun :D
I started off the day learning that the second apartment I looked at was no longer available (boo), but its okay because I figured out I will be able to move in with Yalin on Monday!! Once I got that I figured out I walked over to the Australian Museum and day one of work was really fun. When I got to the museum I went through security and got my first visitors pass. I got to meet Andrew Mitchell, the researcher I will be working under and he's just a really nice guy. I think he's in his 40s and he's married and has a 10 year old little girl who is adorable. He bought me a coffee which is a 'flat white' (Aussie coffee lingo is SO strange - a flat white is espresso with steamed milk) and we chatted a bit about my goals, his plans, and what out joint game plan should be. I also learned he was born in South Africa, moved to Maryland to get his masters, moved back to S. Africa for a while, and eventually moved to Sydney to get his PhD and work with the Australian Museum. After we got to know one another a bit he toured me around the research area of the museum. I got to see all the behind the scenes areas and he showed me around the Lepidoptera collection, which is SUPER COOL btw. Who would have thought i'd be excited about moths and butterflies, but they're so pretty! I got to meet a few of the staff, but he assured me I would meet more of them on Thursday when we'd have afternoon tea with everyone (afternoon tea!!). The tour made me so excited to work with him on the research. I couldn't stop smiling at the museum and the upcoming work. After the touring was done we decided that was about all we could do that day and he suggested I go explore the Museum itself. The collections are really cool. They have an aboriginal history, geology, skeletons, local fauna, and dinosaur exhibit. I spent a good two hours just looking around at all the exhibits and the small gift shop. I also spent a solid 2 hours reading in the atrium which is beautiful (kindle, FTW). On my walk home I found out that Maccy's (McDonald's) has free Wifi, WIN! I ate dinner at Bar 333 which had a really good 10 dollar dinner special on their Chicken Parm which was really yummy. By the time I got back to my hostel room (116) I got to meet my three new roomies: Losh (21), Staphan (24), and William (20) from Sweden. They all work together on farms and are in Sydney for a few days of vacation. I got to chat with them for like an hour and can I just say, Swedish people are very on top of american politics. I think like half the time we talked it was about current politics in America. It was really impressive that they new so much. After we chatted for a while the hall outside became really loud and we opened the door to see a bunch of hostel peeps yelling about free drinks at the Scary Canary (the bar next to our hostel). So we all got ready and headed down. The rest of the night was just chillin' in the Scary Canary with them and meeting a bunch of random people which was fun since I know absolutely no one.
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a flat white? whaaaat?
ReplyDeleteafternoon tea!!!!!
i am so so exited for youuu!
free drinks!!! was there a scary canary at the bar?? ::raised eyebrow::