Day 12: Pictures and Dramzzz

I woke up to a lovely text from Dr. Mitchell telling me to come in at 11 instead of 10, yayy! Another morning of oatmeal, watery chai, and a little bit of good news from some grad schools. When I got to work I discovered that my project would be to organize and photograph about 90 moth specimen to get them ready for more collections. Now, I know taking pictures is fun, but boy-o-boy insect pictures are hard work. It literally took me from 11am till 4pm to photograph all 90 because they require special light, very specific camera settings, and manually focusing each because they're so small and detailed. Manually focusing was probably what sucked the most. I took on average 5 pictures of each specimen and kept the one that was best in focus (meaning the middle of the wing was completely in focus and the rest of the insect was as in focus as possible). It was a long day, but I was proud by the end of it because I was able to finish the whole thing. I took a short break in the middle to eat my packed PBJ sandwich (so yummy, something about the PB here is wayyyy better than in the states) but otherwise I worked through and accomplished the task. I went home with a little bit of blurry vision (lol) but otherwise happy and arrived home to just Anton in the apartment. I was trying to figure out if I should go out, but because of the combination of heat and exhaustion I decided another night in was acceptable. I sat down at the computer and figured out a way to make netflix work for me in AU which made me super super happy. None of my other tv websites work here, so I was getting a little bored since we have 9 channels and AU is about 2 weeks behind the most recent US episode of all the shows. Right as I was settling down to watch a tv ep there was a knock at the door. Anton opened it and I heard a few voices asking if they could come in. I was a bit confused, but figured they must be friends of his or something, but I was wrong. 5 people came inside and immediately announced that they were from immigration and they were looking for someone that they heard from a tip lived here. Now, I just moved in and to be honest was struggling to remember everyone's name so I stayed quiet on the couch. When they got into the living room they asked Anton for his name and asked me for the same. They said they were looking for Jae Thi Li Chan and when the lady looked over to me and asked if he lived here I told her I had no idea (real helpful, right?). Anton also said he didn't know, and because his english isn't as strong the speed and accent with which the main lady talked was a little too much for him I think. They requested to see identification from both of us and while I went to get mine Jonathan came home. I came back in the living room as he was being asked to sit down in one of the computer chairs to show his ID as well. Turns out Jonathan = Jae and I guess he must have overstayed his welcome in AU. They took both Anton and my passports to verify them over the phone and ensure that we were both on valid visa's and apparently Anton has also only been here for like 2 weeks kinda like me. They asked Jonathan to talk to him in his room and he and two of the Immigration people disappeared into his room for almost 30 minutes to talk. When they finally came out he had a bag packed and they basically all left with him. As soon as they were gone Anton and I both looked at each other and simultaneously were like WTF!?!? He said that when they first asked to come in he thought it might be a robbery since they didn't say much, but that the whole situation was crazy strange. Neither of us really knew what to do, and since I just moved in and he moved in a few days before me we just kind of sat there talking about how ridiculous it was and how weird it was that they just kind of took him away. Now, I have no idea what they do with people that have overstayed their visa, nor do I know when/if he'll be returning but I assume they have to let him because he only took a duffle bag worth of stuff and things like his computer and dvds and such are still here. It was a very strange experience to have and I sure hope I never get on the wrong side of immigration people cause they were intense and one of the guys was effing HUGE. A little while after they left Anton said he needed to go on a walk because the whole thing kind of startled him and I decided to try and make some dinner. I ended up making rice with grilled red peppers, carrots, chicken, and soy sauce. By the time I was done making dinner Anton came back and we talked about how awkward it would be to have to tell Willy and Yalin that Jonathan was gone. Luckily for me Anton had known Yalin a little before moving in so he called her and let her know and then had to leave again to get to a study group. The rest of the night I was mostly flabbergasted by the days events so I just chilled, watched a movie or two on netflix and decided to take it easy.