The Macquarie Parklands (my new home)

The shuttle took us to a couple apartment buildings called the Macquarie Parklands, located on the corner of a busy intersection. I was greeted by to lovely Aussie women “Kim” and “Any,” who are conveniently my Resident Assistants (RA’s). We all split off and went to our different rooms. I lived in the “Wattle” building Room 20 on the first floor. I was the first to arrive. Kim showed me around the place telling me all about my new home. Long story short, there are a lot of maintenance requests coming. The apartment consists of two singles and a double room. I live in the double with Brandon Chiwaya from New York. A few days later, my other roommate arrived. His name is Chris. He is from all over the place. His parents travel all over the world, so he said he lived a good couple of years Indonesia, so I guess I’ll say he is from there. The set up is pretty nice. The living space is a good size. The bathroom is set up differently. The toilet is like in a walk in closet and next to it is the bathroom with the sink, tub, and even the wish machine and dryer. This is convenient considering I live with currently three guys and one bathroom.



My other roommate has not arrived yet, nor do I know if he will. I got a nice patio, and the RA’s live across from me. Most International student seems to be living in the Macquarie village. Although, the village more expensive and considerable nicer. However, it so far seems that you have more freedom in the Parklands than the village. No buddy checks up on you, or tells you to be quiet. It is really like living on your own, which is nice change. My building (or what the locals call a “Block,” not building) is very homey. My neighbors are mostly American in my building. However, the next “block” over is mostly European.