Wow I'm busy

Sorry everyone i've been swamped as of the last couple weeks. I've been traveling hanging out with friends and trying as many new things as i possible can! Classes started last week and they seem pretty intense. My Psych class so far is all about the brains and all this complex stuff, more biology then theories of psychology, a bit dull and a bit over my head, but the lab, aka tutorials here, was far more interesting and more based off theories and the like. My Human geography class is dull dull dull but again the tutorial slightly makes up for it and certainly helps clarify things. The maori class has been interesting and fun overall but I've only had it a few times and the same goes for the antarctic studies. Overall i would say i enjoy my classes thus far but they quite a bit more demanding then classes back home at least as far as time goes. My geog class for example is 4 times a week plus a two hour lab, luckily though he got rid of the fourth day so we could do his readings, blahhhhhhhhhh, but it's still three times a week plus as stated before a two hour tutorial. The grading is really interesting here too. all my classes are based basically on three grades. Usually a tutorial grade, one big essay, and the final exam, and then perhaps there will be another test if there is no tutorial for the class. So like for my Geog Class the grading breaks down as 30% for the lab, 20% for the essay an 50% for the finals. I kinda appreciate skipping all that bull shit busy work we do back home and just concentrating on tests, it's nice. Last week i also went out and took dance lessons. It was an absolute riot!!! i definitely plan on doing them again this Thursday. I learned a few basic steps to modern jive, merengue and salsa, and will continue to learn more with each lesson i go to. I also tried to learn to play rugby but the guy i was supposed to meet up with showed up late so we're in the process of rescheduling when i can learn to play. As you saw from the pictures i also went downtown last week and explored the cathedral and went to the science alive museum. Both were a ton of fun! Then Sunday my friend Luke and I went out and checked out Sumner beach and took an absolutely beautiful hike called Taylor's mistake along a cliff line. It was so awesome as you can tell by the pictures. Tonight is one of my friends birthdays so we plan on throwing her a small shindig but now it's time to make my staple meal grilled cheese. I'll give more updates soon.
Cheers!

P.S. Mom if you're worrying all I'm eating is Grilled Cheese and Peanut butter and jelly you should be. Haha, i'm just joking me and three other guys have started making dinner together regularly, we've done quesadillas, spaghetti and sausage, cordon bleu and stir fry, and tacos. So no frets!