Today I participated in the Wastefighters Society's coastal cleanup walk. We (a group of about 20-25 people) gathered at Circular Quay (not pronounced "kweej" but like the English "key"), where I saw an Aboriginal musician playing music. Again…
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The original plan for today was to go on a Bushwalker Society walking trip, but apparently I hadn't set an alarm yesterday, so that was a miss. But it did mean I had time to bake a cake for Sunny's…
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Yesterday I went to the pharma tutorial, and thankfully the group has now grown to four people! One of them feels too good to provide input on the questions, as he's already been through all this and is doing it...
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August 9: Called home, did a bit of university work, and made some really ugly chocolate chip cookies (but they were delicious, so good enough). Someone came by today to fix the leak. Yeeey, now there's a literal hole in the...
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This website or blog is to document my time in Sydney (and any travels?), to share with family/friends and to look back on later : ) I'm studying at the University of Sydney from August to December 2025…
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The lab was still introductory. I learned how to work with these IR and fluorescence machines, a bit different from home, otherwise not very exciting. I quickly ate something at home and then headed to the trial shift! One of my colleagues explained everything to me...
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After my lecture, I had a job interview at Calico Café. I'm not entirely convinced they'll hire me, as I don't have much availability. I have a trial shift tomorrow. In my pharma tutorial, we had to form groups based on a card...
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After two lectures with Tania, a Norwegian I met during the introductory week, we had lunch together and caught up – it was great! We had our first lab session, mostly preparing and getting acquainted with this lab, which looks a bit different than in Nijmegen…
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More Welcome Fest, I went to some stalls to check out some interesting clubs. I had two lectures from my other two courses. Now I've had a lecture from each course, and they seem interesting, yay! A lecturer was a nice addition...
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Officially the start of the semester! First lectures, mostly introductory talks for each course. The lecture halls are a little different; there are fold-out tables, fixed tables, and hockey locker room-style benches. The layout varies quite a bit from lecture hall to lecture hall. A bit…
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