Another day of orientation, and I finally got internet
muahahahahah. Free wifi at last! Unfortunately, it won’t be free for long since
we’re charged internet usage by how much data we download, upload, I don’t
really understand it. It’s a change from being at home where I’m constantly
downloading music, emailing, youtubing, facebooking. I’ve got to monitor my
internet usage, so I’ll write posts on my own and post them when I’m online.
Tonight, the boys in our group as well as the French boys
got a fire going on the grill outside. By
the way, there aren’t palm trees out there – they’re regular trees. But we do
have a grill for making a braii! A braii is a BIG South African tradition of
cooking a lot of meat on an open fire grill. Obviously since I’m a vegetarian, I
had some vegetables as well as garlic bread. There was a lot of meat going
around.
Although the braii started with only about 40 people, it
quickly grew into a big event. The German and Austrian students came out of
their residences and brought their own food to be cooked and we all shared and
mixed and mingled. It was a really lovely experience, but then it got shut
down. Apparently we’re not allowed to have large get-togethers until the
semester has officially started February 4.
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| View from my balcony! You can see the real trees there too. |
I guess I’ll talk about the wildlife now…..just kidding!
Honestly, and quite silly of me now, I think, I expected the land outside of
the university to be less developed and more filled with animals like lions and
elephants and giraffes and all that. …not the case. The most exotic animals
I’ve encountered are the ants that decided to take up residence in my room
before me. -_______- I believe the animals are all on natural game reserves,
but I do hope I can make it to one soon!
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