2 ice creams, a pirate and a little Harry Potter!

So yesterday, they scheduled 12 whole hours of orientation. I think that is a little over kill considering the fact orienation started on the 14th and goes until 19th. However, international students are not required to go to all of it, so I will definetly be skipping the repetitive seminars. I think at this point I could give an orientation about Massey. Last night the day ended with a commencement ceremony and diner. (they feed us alot throughout orientation) This was a formal event, at least for the presenters most of the guest were just in regular clothes. A procession of town and university (uni) officials were lead to the front stage shrouded in robes that resembles graduation garb or Harry Potter. They were lead there by the town crier who yes was pretty much dressed like a pirate, I guess you could say she was the mc. Some more people welcomed us to the uni and then the town crier announced diner. The food was decent, but who cares about diner, lets get to the important stuff dessert. We sat at a table that was not quite full. So when they dropped off the ice cream cones at each table there were enough for some people to have 2 :). Not wanting to appear piggish I thought sadly to myself all that ice cream is just going to sit there and melt, but aha! one of the kiwi's grabbed a second and we all laughed and each had our own second. Have I mentioned not a day has gone by without ice cream. The night ended, I was tired so I came home watched a bit of tv, met my neighbor and went to bed.


Just a side note: Want to give a BIG thank you to my family (DAD, mom, and Kat) for allowing me to come down here! Love you guys