I am now the proud owner... Day 42

...of a frypod. As in I fried my mp3 player. I was walking to class today in some serious rain and I opened my backpack, to get out my mp3 player. Bad idea. The next thing I know is my mp3 player is flying through the air, completely out of reach. It landed in a gargantuan puddle and there was not a thing I could do about it. As sad a story that is, I couldn't help but laugh when it happened. Which makes me crazy. Apparently I accepted my fate rather well. Now I can listen for those birds people talk about. Other than that, I had a pretty excellent day. I had an exam this morning, but I think I aced it. My other classes were a breeze. Let me take this time to tell you about the grading scale in New Zealand:

100 -- 85.....A+
84 -- 80.......A
79 -- 75.......A-
74 -- 70.......B+
69 -- 65.......B
64 -- 60.......B-
59 -- 55.......C+
54 -- 50.......C
49 -- 45.......C-
45 -- 0.........F

Someone please explain that to me. If I come back & did bad in my classes, feel free to slap me in the head, I don't deserve an education. I also learned a new phrase from Sara, a girl in my Anatomy & Physiology class. Tits up. It is roughly translated to broken or out of commission. Example: Sam dropped her mp3 player in a puddle and now it's tit's up. I love learning new things. Less exciting but equally as informative is the word torch. I was told, that for my Tribewanted trip, I would need a torch. So of course I emailed someone who already went and asked where I can get a torch, thinking that it is the common idea of a torch, a stick that holds fire on the end. I got a rude awakening. The reply I received said that I can get them at any sporting goods or hardware store. I was dumbfounded. Then, for good measure, I googled "torch, new zealand" and the image of a flashlight appeared on my screen. Oh my.

Anyways, after classes today, I went over to the gym for an hour or so. On my way back to the flat, I ran into my roommate Adam and we talked for a minute. Before I knew it, I was invited to a yoga class. It was actually amazing. I think I'm going to start going every week.

I've been finding it hard to end these blog posts sometimes, so I think I'm going to start doing a picture of the day. Here goes.Oh and thank you to my AMAZING readers, especially the ones who are commenting: Cat, Aunt Jill (aka Bean), Mutha, Unka Price and Michelle... I LOVE YOU GUYS.