Baby, it's cold outside

Wednesday afternoon, the Massey international office put on a little "kiwi culture afternoon."  We got some free food  like marmite and toast, minced meat pies, pavlova, and even some wine and cheese haha, played traditional games (toss the gum boot, poi, etc.).  They also had some NZ music on in the background, as well as Flight of the Conchords on the TV.  Haha, it was slightly over-stimulating, but it was fun nevertheless.  In case you're not familiar with it, the Flight of the Conchords is a show/comedy duo from NZ, but their show also comes on HBO back home I believe.  Oh and they gave us a little gift bag too!  They're very accommodating to international students here...

Other than that the week was just more of the usual:  classes, volleyball, and a little singing.

Only one other person showed up to my sports history class today.  I felt kind of bad for the professor, what a waste of time!  It was kind of funny though.

It's pretty wild, I only have two weeks of class left after this week, a "study break" week, and then the two weeks of finals.  Wowzas!  

I actually thought about it, and it's quite sad, but I won't really have a summer for another year if I stay here until august!  Bummer!  It's getting rather cold here- I even busted out the gloves today.

Here's some clips from the break... the first is of the sperm whale, and I love how you can hear my mom and me laughing at how anticlimactic it was after watching it float for 20 minutes; the second is of an orca; and the last is of some seals.  Don't worry, I'm not planning on going into the film business.