An Average Weekday

What do I do on a weekday? Mondays and Thursday I wake up around 6:30am to go to work. The internship usually takes up my whole day between the 8 hours of work and the nearly 4 hours of commuting. Sometimes I have a special GLP lecture to attend from 6-9pm on those days so literally off the train to the lecture. GLP stand for the “Global Leadership Program.” It’s a program with a series lecture. Themes of the lectures vary from this like Cross-Cultural Communication to Effective Writing to Sustainable Leadership to Global Intelligence (like CIA or KGB). It’s pretty interesting and I’ll get a reference letter at the end to add to my resume. I am lucky to fit in dinner sometime I these days. On Tuesday, I usually sleep in and do laundry. My parents usually call and skype, which is nice. After my afternoon class, I tend to go into “prostitute courtyard” on campus to do homework among other things. There a odd statue of a white stone women leaning on a post in the courtyard hence the dubbed name. The courtyard also has stands to plug your laptop in so it’s an ideal place to do homework while enjoying the weather. Wednesday I start class at 11am so I am up a bit earlier than Tuesday. I usually meet up in class with my buddy, Sam. He is a cool local guy. We did our Consumer Behaviour group project together. His vocabulary and knowledge of the course is more vast than mine, but his grammar and writing skills kinda suck. Luckily, that is more my forte. I have a 3 hour gap in between my Consumer Behaviour and Russian class, so I usually end up going to the gym and killing some time till Russian class.



Most nights, me and Amanda cook dinner together. It’s nicer eating with someone than not. Amanda’s specialty is Garlic Noodles and mine is Tuscan Eggs, but we attempt to switch up the menu frequently. The carrots here are incredible! They taste really sweet and are extremely affordable. I could be a vegetarian in Sydney with no problem. However, I love meat to much. Kangaroo is so good fyi. It’s better than eating out all the time. It’s almost impossible not to spend 10 bucks when you eat out. Most of my roommates are not around or are off doing their own thing, so I end up in Amanda’s room. I get along with her flatmates pretty well. I am the unofficially 5th flatmate. Thursday night is U-bar night. The U-bar is the universities on-campus bar. They have themed parties every week. The patio there is a really great spot to sit and socialize among other things. I don’t count Friday as a weekday so I am not going to write about it.