NSW
Oh my God. What. a. weekend. Here I am in the University of Newcastle, attending a small, but intense Branch Annual Conference. They've really pulled in the efforts to get some very knowledgeable speakers - CAPA's Ingrid Tufvesson, Aristotles, their lawyer on the Travel Concession case and more! Victoria should really take the example. This branch is SO active, despite the fact that they have only been up for about three months!
But let's backtrack a little bit. I arrived here in Sydney on Thursday night, and was picked up from the airport by Jesse, and we proceeded to what he considers the best bar in Sydney... Oh my god. It was only *just* better than the Notting Hill Hotel! And Jesse has excellent taste! That just goes to show that Sydney is definitely not somewhere where I would EVER want to move. After the bar, we went to Akshay (NSW branch convenor)'s house and we launched into a series of political polemics over a bottle of whisky.
I woke up on Friday morning with a slight hangover and headed over to USyd with Jesse, where he gave a tutorial and I waited... then waited for P, Sankalp and Akshay to come fetch me to Newcastle. No relief from the damned polemics.
Friday night was interesting.. Newcastle Uni hosted a little Latin Dance night, and I had a good dance with Eduardo, and a discussion about Paulo Coelho with Adtiya (He has a new book out!! It's called 11 minutes - must go check that out).
The night was quite eventful... we were put up at a YHA, and I got my own room, thank God! Although it did involve Raj heroically giving me his room because I didn't want to share like the spoiled little brat that I am. I slept incredibly well... I think there was something in my room with me last night :)
But yes, today... today has been tiring, and fortunately I am being put up in nicer accommodation tonight - although I'm going to have to share with either P, Sankalp or Akshay... dah dah dah daaaah. We'll all just probably end up drinking too much and crashing in just one room, hehe...
Ok, this blog has been long and boring, so I'll leave it here... I'm currently skipping conference to update my blog... they are discussing NUS elections... blah blah blah.
But let's backtrack a little bit. I arrived here in Sydney on Thursday night, and was picked up from the airport by Jesse, and we proceeded to what he considers the best bar in Sydney... Oh my god. It was only *just* better than the Notting Hill Hotel! And Jesse has excellent taste! That just goes to show that Sydney is definitely not somewhere where I would EVER want to move. After the bar, we went to Akshay (NSW branch convenor)'s house and we launched into a series of political polemics over a bottle of whisky.
I woke up on Friday morning with a slight hangover and headed over to USyd with Jesse, where he gave a tutorial and I waited... then waited for P, Sankalp and Akshay to come fetch me to Newcastle. No relief from the damned polemics.
Friday night was interesting.. Newcastle Uni hosted a little Latin Dance night, and I had a good dance with Eduardo, and a discussion about Paulo Coelho with Adtiya (He has a new book out!! It's called 11 minutes - must go check that out).
The night was quite eventful... we were put up at a YHA, and I got my own room, thank God! Although it did involve Raj heroically giving me his room because I didn't want to share like the spoiled little brat that I am. I slept incredibly well... I think there was something in my room with me last night :)
But yes, today... today has been tiring, and fortunately I am being put up in nicer accommodation tonight - although I'm going to have to share with either P, Sankalp or Akshay... dah dah dah daaaah. We'll all just probably end up drinking too much and crashing in just one room, hehe...
Ok, this blog has been long and boring, so I'll leave it here... I'm currently skipping conference to update my blog... they are discussing NUS elections... blah blah blah.