Did you participate in earth hour?

I was outside at 8:26 for our bus that leaves at 8:30 AND IT WAS ALREADY GONE! That is just ridiculous considering they say they will leave at exactly 8:30. This is the second week in a row this has happened (granted last week was my mistake) but still! I would rather be at school, then be awake & dressed for school this early and have missed the bus. SO AGGREVATING!

Anyways that was just my little rant for the morning, haha. This Post will actually be about Rugby,Beach Walks & just an overall Relaxing weekend. :)

On Friday my entire orientation group from Butler (which is the study abroad program I am on) all went to a Rugby game together. It was definitely interesting and took me a little while to figure out how it works. There are two parts which are each 40 minutes long. The game goes by really fast because they do not stop to reassemble the lines like they do in football. They drop the ball someone picks it up, runs, gets Tackled, someone else gets the ball runs, repeat, or something along those lines haha. Another rule is that you can only throw the football backwards to your other teammates. I saw some pretty brutal tackles & can only imagine how much they hurt because rugby players don't wear any padding at all. I was surprised that the stadium we were in was actually smaller then ASU's football stadium. I guess you get a more intimate atmosphere that way. In the end I left wearing a Gold Coast Titans shirt (which is a nice pretty blue and gold) and WE WON! Yay! More games to come I am sure.


On Saturday we woke up at 7 which was a bit harsh considering I went to bed at 530 after being on Skype all night! We left and went to "Pancakes in Paradise" which is a really good breakfast place down in Surfers. I got the Eggs Benediction (which is a perfect name for it because I have an addiction to Eggs Benedict haha). However it was not as good as I am use to for two reasons:
1. The ham tastes different here, kidna odd
2. It was on a pancake instead of an english muffin.

It was interesting to try but I bet next time I go I will stick to a nice old fashion pancake. After the pancakes we went for a halway walk on the beach with our feet in the water. It still amazes me every time I go to the beach that I am walking on a beach in Australia. Priceless :)

After our walk on the beach we decided to head down to Australia fair which is basically our mall here. We went to this gorgeous salon and the three of us decided to get back,shoulder & Neck massages. They were a half hour long and absolutely amazing! We each were in our own separate room that was lit by candles and had ocean music playing. It was even more relaxing for me because as a child mom use to play ocean music for us to fall asleep. Made me feel like a child again. I definitely did not want it to end, but sadly it did!


Then that night we all participated in earth hour. It was from 8:30-9:30 P.M. and I am proud to say this is the second year I have participated in it. We sat with the lights off and unplugged everything right up to our microwaves and toasters. I want to put up a survey asking if you participated in earth hour, but am not to sure how to do it. I will have to mess around on the website.

Anyhow in general Saturday was just a nice relaxing day.

Sunday we went to Wet n' Wild. Originally we were going to take the bus there but considering the fact that I was the first one ready that shows you how late we were running. :P So instead we drove! This was a nice break from the entire bus system and can't wait for Kats license to work so we can start driving to more places soon!

We finished the weekend off by watching the way in of Biggest Loser & So You Think You Can Dance.

All in all nice, relaxing weekend. :)

I just added a few more pictures to Picasa, I believe they are in the Mardi Gra and February/March folders. Enjoy!!!