Thoughts 3

Here are a few thoughts. None of which are worthy of an entire blog...

There is a huge plethora of Asian food in Australia. All better than what one would find in the US. Maybe something to do with the geographical locality? More than a coincidence methinks.

I gave another seminar today. This time it was at RMIT (royal Melbourne institute of technology). It went swimmingly. My best one yet. 3 down, 2 to go!

I met David's brother Dan last week! :) He was in Melbourne on business. We went to dinner along with one of his co-workers. We ate Nepalese on Lygon Street. mmmmmmm.....

I have 4 1/2 weeks left. I love it here, but I'm starting to get a little homesick...

It's really windy here. I don't brush my hair more than once a day. It's a waste of energy. I'm getting used to the wind-blown look, anyhow.

I haven't yet figured out a way to get a live koala past the US Customs officials. That's a tough one.

Wearing dress shoes all day results in bad foot odor. I'm ready to go back to tennis shoes.

My iTunes store isn't working. That makes me sad.

I have located a USA Foods store. I'm thinking about visiting it to get my Dr. Pepper fix.

Before my seminar this morning, I was introduced with a brief bio including the fact that I obtained my B.S. from LSU. After the seminar, a student on one of NanoVic's collaborative projects approached me and said "too bad your Tigers went down this week." !!!!!!! I almost gave him a hug. Turns out he's from Indiana and did his undergrad at USC (booooo!!!!) I have never in my life been so excited to meet a USC fan or to talk about my Tigers' loss. We proceeded to talk about college football and the BCS while I should have probably been having scientific conversations with other attendees. oops....

I've bought too many souvenirs. My bags were over the weight limit on the way here. Looks like I'll be mailing some stuff home.

My boss is a fan of the Boss (Bruce Springsteen). That's appropriate.

Interesting Australia fact of the day: The Prime Minister decides when the election will be held during the election year.

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