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I am here, it is 2pm Sydney time which makes it 12am east coast time? I believe that's correct. My stream of consciousness is already is talking in an Australian accent. We arrived around 7am, after a 14ish hour flight. I slept most of the way and woke up with about 6 hours left and watched two movies. We were served both dinner and breakfast and had snacks along the way, all free of additionial charge. We were shuttled to our rooms which aren't so bad and were just issued our phones and given a brief orientation. Around 3 the RA's are going to give us a tour of the area and at 530 there is a BBQ on the roof of the UniLodge (where I am staying).

I am definitely happy with my roommate. We get along really well and have been joined at the hip so far. She is from Boston and is in TV as well so that makes things even better. She's a junior and is 19, going to be turning 20 while she's here.

They're trying to keep us up as long as possible to adjust to the jet lag. I'm still pretty awake but very out of it and my body is sore from both being tired and sitting so long on the plane. Tomorrow and Friday and more orientation type things and I will be meeting with my internship advisor to figure out my deal. He wrote my name as Evelyn Mackay in the email he sent with the interview times, ha.

Sydney is pretty chilly comparably. It's sunny right now and I don't think I will be getting over the accents. They do drive on the opposite side of the street which is REALLY odd. We were making a left hand turn and it felt like driving into oncoming traffic.

I have a phone in my room which is only 7 cents a minute to call to a landline, not bad.

Australian money looks anything but real and when it's new is kind of hard to bend. The bills are all different colors and have a little cutout on them that is plastic. It is strange.

I'm in the computer lab at the Fusion building where all of the classes will be held.

Well I should get off the computer and let someone else get on.

Speak soon!