Bruce the shark

It's Tuesday evening and I just got out of my first ever class in Australia, statistics.  It was absolutely amazing.

I have the best teacher on planet Earth, his name is Doug Taylor, and he's a heavy set late-50'ish marketing firm owner.  He is an absolute joy.  Before class even began, he was singing to himself while on the computer.  Our Tuesday classes are in a computer lab.  His voice reminds me of Bruce the shark from Finding Nemo.  I'm going to call him that in my head and to my friend John, whom is also in my class.  Bruce has a slur and a lisp, so imagine how hard he is to understand!  A thick Australian accent that is slurred while having a lisp, quite the combo.  Anyways, just thought I'd tell everyone how my day went.

I woke up and had a short Skype session with mom, dad, and Jimmy.  After that, John and I walked down to Manly and caught a bus to the Warringah mall.  There was an old man on the bus with a Notre Dame Fighting Irish hat on from AT LEAST 1970.  The hat was so small that he couldn't even snap the snaps on the back that make the hat the biggest.  At the mall I bought 4 pairs of socks for only $10, which is a bargain.  After that, we found a Foot Locker and I bought 2 shirts and 2 pairs of shorts.  A little back story:  I tried to check out a basketball from ICMS yesterday, but the two that they had left were flat.  So while in the mall John and I found a sporting goods store, which I bought some inflation needles at.  That is my donation to this school, free of charge, I'm leaving this place better than I found it.  Warringah actually has 2 grocery stores (Woolworths & Coles) and a fresh fruit market inside!  It's so bizarre, you can go to the mall to get groceries and fresh fruit.  We boarded the bus home and headed back to Manly Wharf.  We made a pit stop at The Corso for some ice cube treys, they don't have ice here at school!

I believe there are loads of us going out to the Shark Bar for $9 jug night, which is a steal for Manly prices.  But before the spirited spirits start flowing, we're all going out back for an hour or two of basketball.  Kids from Sweden, America, South Africa, South Korea, and Germany will be there, so it should be like a mini olympics.  I should have some pictures up of tonight and cheers to not having class on Wednesdays.  

Clay