Day: 35 from home
Location: Monash Sunway Campus (but not for much longer)
Location: Monash Sunway Campus (but not for much longer)
Uni is all finished
for another semester but this time this means saying goodbyes to people as they
check out and head for a variety of destinations whether that be home or another
place of travel. Because the departures are staggered it makes for a fairly
anti-climactic end to what has been a great semester.
With a whole week to study in SWOT vac a group of us went to Perhentian Islands to ‘study’, dive and avoid any possible stress that exams can bring. We were successful. The diving course that we took gave us an open water licence and involved three unexpectedly tiring days of lame PADI videos, skills sessions and four open water dives. As hard as I tried, I was not able to be productive (in terms of uni work) so we begrudgingly came back to Sunway on the Thursday of SWOT vac.
With a whole week to study in SWOT vac a group of us went to Perhentian Islands to ‘study’, dive and avoid any possible stress that exams can bring. We were successful. The diving course that we took gave us an open water licence and involved three unexpectedly tiring days of lame PADI videos, skills sessions and four open water dives. As hard as I tried, I was not able to be productive (in terms of uni work) so we begrudgingly came back to Sunway on the Thursday of SWOT vac.
While we were away I
received some exciting news about an internship I had applied for. I was not
able to start immediately after this semester in the position but was offered a
place between September and December and as such, will most likely be returning
to KL sooner than expected and taking a break from formal study for a semester
which will be a first. This also means that posts will continue here because I
will once again be ‘ex-Aus’.
The campus had a visit
from the new Victorian Premier Denis Napthine and some other members of his
South East Asian trade delegation on Sunday and because of our handsome looks,
intelligence and wit Tom and I were asked to represent some of the students on
campus and greet the dignitaries. The two hour visit involved a lot of meeting
and shaking hands but was worthwhile overall, plus we saw into the mysterious
med faculty classrooms which for two arts students is a rare opportunity.
The plan from here
goes like this:
15:15 today – fly to
KK, climb part of Mt.Kinabalu tomorrow and the rest on Friday morning before
sunrise. Spend the rest of the week in Sabah.
25/6 – return to KL
and Sunway for one night.
26/6 – fly to Athens
27/6 – arrive in
Athens. In Mykonos on the 1st and then to Ios, Naxos and Santorini
before going to Turkey on the 14th.
22/7 – fly home,
stopover in KL for 9 hours.
23/7 – Melbourne,
bring jumper.
Ben x
Aus
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