NICOLE MORGAN

Some ObZervations.....

So I've been living in the big schmoke of Sydney in Australia for over two months now. It's been good! I've been able to sneak away for a couple of trips already too, and I'm super excited about a couple of projects that I have lined up over the next couple of months. Watch this space!

My Masters of Pharmacy at the University of Sydney started a week ago, after a 6 week summer semester of Chemistry. Getting back into the swing of study has been hard, I'm not gonna lie! But I'm sure the challenge will do me good. That's what I keep telling myself anyway....

The nerd-cap is back on....

A few ObZervations since I've arrived in Oz.....

There is an ice-cream here called Golden Gaytime.
Quite a lot of Asian people carry umbrellas in the sunshine.
You don't even get a hint of a chill even after being in the water for 4 hours straight! You can however, get hideously sun burnt.
Keep your Underground ticket, you need it on the way out. Duh (country bumkin here didn't know!)
There are heaps (oops, pardon my Aussie accent) of low-carb beers here. Guilt free sippage!
The red wine is no match for the French reds however :-(
It's so easy to stay motivated to train and to do it outside. There are fit people everywhere and cool outdoor gym areas to do workouts along amazingly scenic running routes.
There are also a lot of very unfit and overweight people. I don't understand why, when it's such an amazing environment to be active and healthy in. I mean it's not like it's cold, wet and windy where all you want to do is hide indoors by the fire drinking hot chocolate and eating stodgy comforting food!
The bus drivers are mental. I reckon (oh, there's my Aussie accent again!) they must recruit ex-rally drivers or something. If you have to stand, prepare to have your balance skills challenged!
There are second hand shops everywhere, it's awesome! I got a nice little black French Connection dress for $10!
Our phone companies in Ireland are ripping us off. I got a free iPhone 4 when I arrived as part of my brothers deal with his housephone & internet company. I only pay $49 dollars a month for $400 worth of calls and texts and 2GB of internet use. My iPhone bill at home was ridiculous in comparison!

I heart Australia. It's such an amazing environment to live the active, surfing, outdoors lifestyle that I love to live!

Right....off to set the alarm for a dawny surf before heading into Uni for a day of Biostatistics, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science and a Calculus tutorial......FUN TIMES!!!

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