first day...

yesterday was my first day of orientation. The day started off kinda scary, as i entered this big lecture room (which looked suspiciously like LT5 from ACJC. remember that guys? hehe) and saw hundreds of ppl whom i had never met before. Since this was an international students' briefing, there were students from literally ALL corners of the world. There were some from Sweden, Africa, the Carribean, Philippines, and of course the bulk from South East Asia.
After the customary "Welcome to Melb Uni speech", we split up into our own faculties and got a tour of the campus from some of our seniors. This was the first time that i got to see my coursemates. There were a group of australian girls, but they seemed more interested in mingling amongst themselves. I wonder if thats the way things will be around here - the aussies sick together, and the rest stick together. lets hope not...

Anyways, i was fortunate enough to make a few new friends on the first day. A guy named Chris from Philippines, Fendi from Indonesia, Lynn from Malaysia and Grace from Singapore. Quite an assortment of nationalities eh? haha. They're really nice people, and its good to know that i'll be working closely with them over the next few years. We're meeting up to watch a movie today (cos tuesdays is half-price). Better get going now...im meeting them in the lobby in a few minutes. ciao!