I\u2019m currently on my flight to LA (yes that is strange, you\u2019ll have to keep reading to learn more about that later). I\u2019ve just finished the two previous posts and I have 1 hour 20 mins til we land so I figure I\u2019ll try and bust out one more entry now. Saturday morning I woke up feeling relatively refreshed and a lot better health wise. I showered and went down for breakfast (the one and only time, but I think that\u2019s once more than last year!) I did have food in my room so I had been eating other food. I procrastinated a bit but by 9 am decided I had to start on my last packet. I think it was 7 booklets? I thought I could bust them out pretty fast and as they were MAGICs I was getting through them at around 25mins a booklet which is a pretty good pace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As I was getting close to the end Suz, Simon and I started messaging to see if we could organise catching up for lunch. They were both free and I had almost finished so we decided that I would pick up Suz and drive downtown where Simon was and have lunch there. That worked well and we found a place to eat. After that Simon and I went off together to explore more of the markets. I hadn\u2019t planned on buying gifts but upon seeing a sauce shop I couldn\u2019t pass it buy. I brought three bottles of bum scorcher (the hottest variety of hot sauce) for two of my friends and a bottle of bum warmer (mid range) sauce for me. We also stopped in at a sweat shop and samples sum very yummy albeit expensive chocolates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Back to campus and then got a lift to the Community Projects (former CmPS) showcase. We didn\u2019t have long before it shut, but we did manage to get around to all the Australian Teams, get a photo and hear a bit about their projects. The Suz when off to her special person dinner and Simon and I walked round to the dining hall to get dinner and I only got slightly wet from the rain. Walking back to the accommodation after dinner was a different story – we got very wet! We decided we didn\u2019t have time for the rain to stop so just went through it and then changed when we got back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A quick shower and change and then we headed off the variety show. As always it was very enjoyable although I don\u2019t think there were any stand out acts. There were a couple of performances by Australians. I think there was more dancing than singing this year. I usually prefer the latter, but that\u2019s ok. After that it was off to the dance. The glowsticks were a big hit but I think the music choice wasn\u2019t as good this year and the DJ didn\u2019t want to take request and didn\u2019t really look at the list Paige and I added requests to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was back to housing and final night party time. There was a good group of us and we have fun, drinks and good discussion. I put a load of washing on and was in bed by about 2.30am. Well that\u2019s Saturday night and almost the end of IC – always sad. I\u2019ll finish this post here as we may as well do all of Sunday all together. As I said\u2019s it\u2019s a shorter trip so with two flights to go I might even finish the blog account before I land in Perth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Still no pictures, but there are some coming in future posts I promise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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