Bondi Beach + Koldo's Bday

Oi!

After a few days of trying to change the way my blog looks, I finally gave up. It was really difficult and complicated, and maybe impossible, what I wanted, so I decided to leave it as it is.


Uri, Silvia, Asun, and me.

Anyway, last Saturday was Koldo's birthday, and of course we had to make a party. I was the responsible for the party, since I applied for having one on Gumal's rooftop. On that day we split in two groups for buying different things. I went to Coles with Koldo and Manu. We bought red wine, sugar, a bucket and lemonade. The other group (Uri, Asun and Silvia) went to Paddy's Market to buy fruits. Yes, as you probably may know we made some Sangria. We met in my flat and prepared it. When ready, we took a train to Bondi Junction and then a bus to Bondi Beach. Tom, Joe and Ben came to Bondi with us.


Uri, Zoey, Asun, Rachel, Koldo, and me.

On the way we bought some sushi and had that for lunch. Once we arrived, we looked for a spot where we could stay. Some friends called and joined us (Rachel, Zoey and Dani). Also, it was the first time I saw my cousin in Sydney, haha. It has been more than a month that both were living in the same city but never saw each other.


Rain approaching Bondi.

We played some games (or plays should I say? haha). Rachel invented them because we didn't want to run along the beach with her. Asun and I did not really understand the rules of the game. However, after a few minutes of running like crazy people we got tired. It started to darken and rain was approaching. Then we walked towards the music festival (just in one corner of the beach) and stayed there for a bit. Later on we picked a bus and went back home (under the rain) for getting ready to party!


Zoey, Koldo, Uri, Asun, Dani, Silvia, me, and Rachel.

I couldn't get ready because there was no hot water in the building, so I waited. Meanwhile I had dinner in the Landsdowne with some Australian friends. After dinner, we prepared everything and went upstairs to Koldo's party. I booked for 30 people, but the security guard told me that there were around 80 people hahaha. We had a great time playing some Spanish drinking games. At 12am we cleaned everything up and then left to Sidebar. We danced for a bit and then went home.


Koldo and his cake.

Harbour Bridge Walk

Hey mates!

Last Sunday the Harbour Bridge turned 75 years of being built! The celebration was something really big in the city. Everything started in the early morning. However I booked for arriving at 3pm.


Harbour Bridge, Sydney

I went to the Harbour Bridge Walk with some of my friends (Tom, Rafael, Manu, and Koldo). We took the train from Central Station to North Sydney. All the train stations were really packed, and so were the trains. On the way we crossed the bridge and saw many people wearing green phosphorescent caps.



Once we arrived to North Sydney we tried to find our group for starting the walk. The person in charge didn't arrive or answered a phone call, so we walked on our own. As soon as we joined the crowd we lost 3 people from the group. Then we found a place where we could pick up our free caps! Everyone was wearing them.



After a while we found ourselves crossing the bridge and then some seaplanes were flying close to the bridge. Everything looked very organised. There was music, security guards, people wearing funny costumes. The best thing of the walk is that is probably the only day in the year in which you can cross through the lanes, and without having a cage that prevents taking good pictures.



When we finished the walk, we headed to Darling Harbour, but first we bought some Krispy Kreme doughnuts. The Spanish guys called us and then we met at McDonald's. When they finished having lunch, Tom and I came back to Gumal, and continued to do some assessments for uni.



Note: Two more pictures coming soon. Wait for more details.
Update: The bridge is not blocked every year. Last time they blocked the traffic was in the year 2000... I'm still waiting for good signal so I can upload the other 2 pics.

Almost Weekend!

Hey ya!

Last night Oriol, Rafael, Koldo, Manu, and I went to Asun's flat because she baked a "Pa de pessic" (Pancake), which was really good. After talking for a bit we came to my flat for preparing the typical Spanish drink, Sangria. We had some Sangria with Tom and Cristian who arrived a few minutes after, and then we all left to Nude Bar.


Me, Sarah, Asun, Cristian, Manu

On Thursdays we usually go to Nude Bar because beers are cheap (AUD$3 or MXP$25) and they also have good music. Although we arrived late (11pm is late in Australia), we still had some of the "Appy Haur"(right Anne?).


Tom and me

At 12am this place closes, and they don't even let you stay inside (no kidding!). So we went outside for some minutes to decide what to do. However, on the way to the next place (read Sidebar) I chose to go back home.


Oriol, Ahmid, ?, ?, Sarah, Aarti, me, Koldo, Asun, Tom, RN, Rafael, Su Min, Cristian, Amanda, and Manu

This weekend will be awesome. Parties, Irish Pubs, and Harbour Bridge walk.

No worries, it's Tuesday!

G'day mates!

On Tuesday after my Mechanical and Manufacturing Design class I came back home for finishing some assignments. I phoned Mari Tere for comparing our answers of some Strength of Engineering Materials problems (this is hard). Once I arrived to her flat, she helped me to understand the class. Thanks a lot!



When I arrived to Gumal (UTS Residence) I prepared something that looked hamburguerish. I write this because when I bought some bread at Coles I confused the gluten-free bread rolls with muffins. Next time I'll make sure I get the right ones. Anyway, I was rewriting my entire assignment when the fire alarm went on so we had to leave the building. I didn't do so because I had to finish my assignment before going out, and most of the times it happens because people had just burnt their bread. This proves that I am not that bad in the kitchen, haha.



Once I was ready, I called some friends for updating the plans of Tuesday night. I went upstairs to Quique's flat where I found about 20 people having Sangria. At the end we decided to go to Scruffy Murphy's instead of The Gaff. It was the first time I went downstairs. However, the music was not that good and then we just went upstairs to the ground level. The place is very similar to Paddy Maguires but not as good. As you can see in the pictures we were a large group. Later on, I had some pizzas (yeah, 2nd dinner) with Oriol and Dani, and we came back home. This was all my Tuesday!



Note: I need to fix the Internet so that I can add pictures to this post.
Update: Problem solved!

Toga Party!

Well, I don't really know how to start this post...

Last night there was a party at the UTS Campus Kuring-gai. It was called as the title of this post, so of course we had to dress up like Romans or Greeks.



Everything started on Thursday, when Tom, Ben, Jake, and I went to buy some cloth for making our own togas. We found some interesting stuff in a place called "The Salvation Army". A place full of old clothes, furniture, books, videos, and more things that people give as a charity and then is sold for helping the poor people.



On Friday, while I was still in class Tom sent me an SMS for going to the rooftop in Gumal, because the party had already started. The four of us cut some pieces of this massive grandma-like sheets and wore them during the entire night. It didn't last long though. After this we started drinking from some goon sacks that had white wine and Fanta.



We heard that a bus was going to pick us up for taking us to the party, then we left Gumal. On the way to the bus stop we had some more and met some people that were drinking Coronas. We took the bus and were chilling, singing and playing games. It took about an hour to get to Kuring-gai (I'm glad I don't study that far from the city centre). We had loads of fun on the bus, but once we arrived things changed...



For some reasons (read obvious) I stayed outside and found Jake on the floor face-down. Some security guards started to question everybody outside until an ambulance arrived and took one of my friends. I waited there for about 20 more minutes and took a cab for going home. Once I arrived to Gumal I saw Asun and talked to her for a bit, then I went to sleep. For more details you can ask.

Life in Australia | Part 2

Hello there!

First of all, before anybody says something about the title I will explain it to you. This title represents the second semester that I am going to be in Sydney. This is why is the second part of the story. However, I am new to the blogger life, so last semester there was no part 1.



It has been a while since I last updated my blog, but you all know that I have been a bit busy lately. Today ends the first week of classes here in the southern hemisphere (at least in UTS). Classes are tougher than the ones I took last semester but I hope I do well.



The day I arrived in Sydney two big cruises were arriving too. One was "Queen Elizabeth II" and the other was "Queen Mary 2". There was a big celebration in the Harbour, next to the Sydney Opera House. Fireworks lasted for about 10 minutes! It was like if we were in New Year's Eve. Here are some pictures about this.



As you know, I moved from Geegal to Gumal (UTS Residences). Now that my room and flat is neat and tidy I could take some pictures and post them in my blog. In this flat we live four people. It is a big combination. One guy is from Austalia, one girl from USA and the other girl from Malaysia, and obviously me from Mexico. The pictures of the flat look clean, but when I arrived to this flat it was really filthy. It looked like if a party was held in this place and then everybody left on the next morning without cleaning up the mess.



This semester looks pretty good, at least that is how it has started. There have been many parties and a lot of new people. I have met people from Mexico, Spain, Hong Kong, Norway, USA, France, Germany, Italy, South America, Asia, and of course... Australia. And about parties, well, below there is a picture of the Back2School Party in which Gumal was the host.