School has dominated the last few days here. Six hours of class yesterday and another class this morning. I heard tonight that Dr. Ulibarri says that we are the favorite class she's ever had. Not sure where that came from! Doesn't seem like we are any different or special compared to any countless other students she's had in the past. Maybe it's the fact that it is a small class, a tight knit group, and we're force to spend 9 hour a week in a cramped improvised classroom? Anyway, I hope that "favorite class" translates into "good grades for all!"
My roommate, Alex is doing the surfing program here. Two other girls go with him over to Manly beach three times a week for surf lessons. Today, one of the girls wasn't feeling well and didn't want to go to her lesson. With Demitri out of town, I immediately thought of how much fun it would be to spend the afternoon learning to surf in her place. We called the surf place to make sure it was alright if i took her reservation but sadly they didn't even have the MSU group on the list of reservations for the day! What a total bummer, dude. After checking my email I figured out why there were "no MSU surf lessons today". My mom emailed me to warn me about the earthquake in New Zealand and was urgently asking if I was ok! I'm sure that right after she emailed me she called the surf shop and warned them that just in case I decided to go near the ocean, they would make sure i stayed in my 10th floor apartment. In her famous words about the Pacific Ocean, i quote; "those waves will suck you out and kill you!". Thanks for keeping me safe Magoo!
*The original tsunami warning listed for New Zealand, where the earthquake was closest, was soon after taken down as there was no significant threat of tsunami in either New Zealand, or Manly Beach-Sydney-Australia.
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