I've now been here for over a week (I arrived last Wednesday)...and things are settling in pretty well. My other two roommates arrived on Sunday. One is Sophie and she's from about an hour east or so from here...and Matt is from Coventry. So we're all here now!..and we get along pretty well. On Sunday night we all went out to this club called Creation...and it was HUGE. I mean, I'm used to Hess Village in Hamilton where clubs are in old houses....but here, it had two floors and it was so big...and the top floor had this huge dome ceiling with balconies and stuff. So, this was where the foam party was...and it's funny cuz apparently the fact that I went to a foam party has been a topic of discussion around my old house in Hammy...lol. But it's not like I was right in the middle of all the foam with a wet T-shirt or anything. We were on the outside of the party so, I mean, foam floated in our hair, but it wasn't anything chaotic. My flatmate Rich had been to a foam party before and totally got his clothes ruined so he didn't want to get soaked again. The music was good though...in a funny way. I don't know, they have weird club anthems over here...I mean of course there's the usual techno kinda stuff...but they played the theme song from Baywatch and everyone went nuts!! It was so funny. Then on Monday night we went to the Intro Party at the uni (that's what they call university) clubs and Basement Jaxx and Jo from S Club 7 (she now has a solo career) performed. And then there was a DJ after til about 2am....and again, they played really good songs...they played Bryan Adams "Summer of '69" and I was so happy! And they played stuff like Shout and a couple Queen songs and Song 2 and...you know, the kind of stuff that isn't techno club music but that everyone knows so they go crazy over...it was great!

So the last couple of days I haven't gone out really cuz I've been a little bit worn out. But I think there's a Block party tonight, so I'll be going to that. (example: we are in Block L of our residence...yes, it does sound a bit like jail...)

I got registered on Tuesday for school and my modules....Ontario students be happy for online registration and course selection...this was one of the most frustrating experiences I've ever had...standing in line for a total of about 4 hours to sign up for classes...and the thing is, the British students already had a core timetable so they just had to pick electives that worked around their timetable...but since I'm not in a specific program over here (I'm just taking courses to satisfy what I need at home) then I had to sign up for all of my courses like they were electives...so I didn't have this core schedule and thus it was kind of hit and miss with my electives...like I'd sign up for something, but then I'd go to sign up for another course but it would conflict...so either I couldn't take that course then or I had to delete the other course...it was a bit crazy. So I changed my electives choices about 3 times. But, it's all sorted out now finally. This semester I'm taking Human Population Genetics and Evolution, Human Genetics, Anglo-Saxon Culture, and Guitar's Influence of Popular Music. And now you're probably thinking...what's up with my electives? Well, I signed up for the guitar class, which a) is probably going to be pretty easy and b) sounds pretty cool cuz we get to learn about ppl like Hendrix and Clapton and stuff...and then the Anglo-Saxon class...well I was looking for another class for sememster one...and I didn't want anything with lots of hours or lots of work...haha...and I actually stopped at this booth cuz I needed to put stuff in the garbage, but then I started talking to the prof about the course and it sounds pretty cool...basically I get to learn about what England was like before 1300 AD...here's the description of the course:

The aim of this interdisciplinary module is to provide an integrated introduction to Anglo-Saxon culture in its historical context, using texts from the period in translation, archaeology, architecture, manuscript illumination, and the art of decorated artefacts, such as stone sculpture, ivories and jewels.

So basically, it's like a more hands-on history class...and then there's a couple field trips to historic sites or museums or something...so it should be good. And they schedule the lectures to fit our timetables...we have a meeting tomorrow evening to figure out what the best times are for everyone.

I only have 8 hours of class for the first 3 weeks, then 6 hours of class for the next 3 weeks after that...and then my hours go up to a whopping...let's hear it...14 hours a week until Christmas break. Oh you poor Engineering and Science students at home...*wink*...but yeah, the schedules are kind of weird here. Like, they have 20 credit courses and 10 credit courses...so the 20 credit courses you most likely have all semester, but the 10 credit ones start half way through (which is why my hours went up)...so it's a bit different. But it's gonna suck next sememster cuz I have four science courses then whereas this sememster I only have 2. blah...

But anyway I should get going but I before I do, I took some pics of my room last night...and no, I don't have pics of my flatmates yet...we're rarely together at the same time...but we probably will tonight for the Block party so I'll try to take lots of pics.
My Room - desk view
My Room - bed view
My Room - closet/lots of Orlando posters view