The "Big Bang"

A tradition started about a month ago called, “Thursday Nights with Emma.” Emma and Alice are students at Wesley Uni and were some of the first Aussies to welcome us off the plan. They helped orchestrate some of our orientation activities and were very warm and friendly in welcoming us to Wesley. About a month ago we had a movie night at the school and afterwards Alice, Emma, Ty, some others and myself went to 7-11, grabbed slurpees, and headed down to the bay. That Thursday was the beginning of a wonderful tradition. Unfortunately, we broke tradition and decided to hang out on a Wednesday; bad plan. We went to Salvos (Salvation Army) and went Op-shopping (Opportunity Shopping/Thrift Store). After a great time of trying on various “flattering” outfits, we decided to go try another op-shop. Alice had to head back to Uni so Charlie, Ty and I jumped into Emma’s car. As we turned onto Paramatta Rd, the main road heading into Sydney, Emma, for some reason, decided we should make new friends. As the BMW (of course, it would be a BMW) came to a sudden stop in front of us, Emma’s car also came to a sudden stop, as it tried to crawl into the BMW’s trunk. After successfully navigating the two kissing cars onto a side ride, we surveyed the damage and declared both cars not much worse for the wear. The BMW came out of the scrapple the best, with just a few dents, dings, and scratches. Emma’s hood got a little bent out of shape, her lights popped out and her bumper needed a little TLC. Since the accident, I’ve only had to see a psychologist eight times and I don’t think Ty’s been to the chiropractor for neck work more than fifteen times or so, just kidding, everybody was fine and thankfully suffered no ill effects from it. But we learned our lesson the hard way; do not break tradition. Tradition was hanging out with Emma on Thursday nights, not on Wednesday mornings, and we paid dearly for that mistake. However, I did just return from “Thursday Nights with Emma”, a group of 10 of us (our largest group so far) got slurpees and went and sat by the bay and it was a delightful time. So, I know it’s taken a long time to get to the question you’ve all been dying to ask, but yes, I found something at the Salvos store; an over-the-shoulder sling bag for $4 AUD.
Anyways, just wanted to check in and let you all know that I’m doing well. Tomorrow after class marks the beginning of our epic two week Easter Break, so although you may have to wait awhile to read the next entry, it will be well worth the wait as it documents the best spring break in the history of spring breaks. Actually, the stories probably won’t be that exciting, but who knows, maybe the pictures will be!

Love to all!

-Ben