Sorry its been so long! Happy Thanksgiving!!

Hey everyone!  HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!  My fellow Americans and I decided to show the Aussies what Thanksgiving was all about, and we had a massive feast on Sunday!!! We packed the Dining Hall full of people and had a Ball!   The guy in the picture is a Tony, a New Yorker, who organized the whole shin dig!   Below is the very long table we set up with most of the people who came!  It was a blast.

Below is Laura, Ellen, Me and Allie!  2 Aussies and 2 Americans!  And some of my favorite people!!

Thanks Aunt Mary! Mexican food Night!!

So the Amazing Aunt Mary sent me a ton of Mexican food spices!  She knows me well, and had heard me complain about Australia's lack of Mexican food, or any real spice and she amazingly came to my rescue!!!  So I organized another Mexican food night for my housemates and friends at International House!  I made my moms fresh salsa again, which is always a big hit.  I have made it 4 times here, and every time it goes very quickly cause every body loves it!  

I also made enchiladas, lots of them!  They dont really have enchiladas in Australia, the only mexican style food they would have are tacos and burritos... but nothing compared to real mexican food, so everyone here loves anything new I make for them!  I also made some flautas.

My friend Sally and I are below.  

Aunt Mary also sent over 2 boxes of Churro mix.  So I made Churros for the first time in my life!  They werent hard to make, and were really good!  Below is a myself and Pat, an American Guy from Chicago, he helped me make the Churros.

Below is Steffen from next door, with the churros at the bottom of the picture.

So I am done with finals, all my essays are complete... after all that typing myself, my friend Allie and Stuey are heading off to Sydney for a few days!  We will be there from Monday to Wednesday, and then will go to the Blue mountains after that and will be there till friday when we come back home.  Im really excited and am looking foreward to going hiking, and having a great time!  I will post pictures of that trip when I get back!  

Im getting really excited to go see my sister In PNG!  I will be there for an entire month!  So fun!!!  I will go back to Australia for about a week after that, then I will be on my way back to the States in time for school to start!  I will get to spend time with my parents at the new place, and maybe might talk Erin into going Snow boarding with me... more like teaching me since I have only been once... but perhaps that could be alot of fun!  

Cheers!  

Angela

Essays= massive amounts of tea drinking

7,500

3 out of the 5 essays done!  Only 2 more to go!  

1st essay down

4,000 words done, 8,000 to go.  

Next essay is 2,500.... and its due tomorrow.... here I go!

2,453 down

heaps more to go until I am finished with all 12,000 words!  Eek

Now these are finals!

I have 5 finals due by next weekend... I have been working on all of them...

The hard thing is they are all essays... and if I add up the necessary word count on all of them I have to do 12,000 words but next sunday... I want to die!  

It would be easier if I was writing an article or a press release... but no I have a 4,000 word paper on whether Marxist theory has a future or not.... im not a political science major... so it takes me a little bit more time to research and understand everything... needless to say im tired... I have had 5 cups of tea today, and I have been constantly studying with a few study breaks in between!  

AHHHHHHH!!!!  

I just cant wait for it to be over!

Elections in Australia!

So today was amazing for me.  I was at work, and I brought up Cnn.com to constantly update the results... and my co workers all got on the bandwagon, and we even had a map where we would put M's and O's on the states won by Obama or Mccain!  It was a ton of fun, and the thrill of watching Obamas numbers go up throughout my shift was alot of fun!  

The best part was when we found out Obama won.  Eduardo the Chilean man I work with picked me up and everyone was so excited!  

The thing that stood out to me today was that the Australians, Chileans, and Brits who were around me at work were all really concerned about the American elections.  Its because what happens in America really does effect the rest of the world!  It was amazing how excited everyone got.  Australia is a big supporter of OBAMA.  

Im excited to come home to a new regime in the American political system!  Change is upon us, and I hope Democrats and Republicans can agree that change is needed.  The country is in a serious economic crisis, and the war needs to be reevaluated.  Im looking forward to see what Obama will do with the government. I am hopeful.  The Amazing number victory that Obama won by is proof enough that America was and is Ready for Change!

On another fun note, I was interveiwed by the Newcastle Herald the big paper for the area!  They even came out to the International House to take pictures of me and the other Americans on campus!  It was alot of fun, and I will probably be in the paper tomorrow!  Maybe even front page!  

Farewell at International House!

So this last Friday was our big Farewell dinner at the International House!  Everyone got all dressed up and we went to the Panthers club in town and had an amazing night of great food, recognition, and dancing!!!  

Below is a picture of  Bernd (Germany), Anna (Austria), me and Steffen (Germany)!  They are 3 of my housemates.  The other 2 didnt go :( 

Here is a picture of my hair!  I did it all by myself and was very proud!  I was going for a fun 60's look with the bright color and the big hair!  I ratted and teased my hair till I had a huge afro then I formed it all into place.  Then I added the green head wrap and lots of hair spray and bobby pins... Success!  I got alot of accomplishments!  I was very proud!!!

My friend Tom dressed up in an awesome teal suit so I figured we matched!  

I had lots of fun dancing that night!  Here is me with Ellen and Laura!

Over all it was a really fun night, and I had a blast getting ready in my very colorful ensemble!  

Upcoming I have about 11,500 words worth of essays due for finals!  Wish me luck and send me any good writing/ concentration tips!