Friends & Family~
Today is my last day of Spring Break, and I can say I was slightly productive. I wrote one essay and I'm working on two more today, but for the most part this week was all about the relaxation! On Wednesday, Sara and I took the CAT (free bus in Freo) to the Fremantle History Museum. The building used to be an insane asylum, hmmm, great. They had one exhibit where you could look through this glass window and maybe see a ghost- no thank you. It was a small museum, but filled with lots of interesting artifacts. It's sad how their country is still in the process of accepting the Aboriginal culture. It reminds me a lot of what we learned in History classes about the '60s and racism in the United States, but it's 2008 and there are still serious issues going on here. Some white Australians don't even know how to start a conversation with an Aboriginal person, as if they can't communicate, it's really unfortunate. And this year, the Prime Minister made a public apology to the Indigenous People of Australia for all the deaths and racism towards their people, this was on February 13th, 2008. It took that long to make this apology. That's crazy to me! But anyway, the museum was very informative and I learned a lot more about the history of Fremantle and Australia in general.
I worked at the Pizza shop on Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday night. I love it there. It's owned by an Italian family and I waitress there a few nights a week. Last night the owner mentioned home and how I must be missing it, and I don't know what came over me, but the tears just started flowing uncontrollably. I didn't think I was that home sick, because I absolutely LOVE it here, but I guess when she mentioned sleeping in my own bed and being far away, I just lost it, haha. Well, I definitely do miss home and all my friends and family! I can't believe I am half way done with school here!
It's been a stressful month, because as you may or may not know, I am trying to find an internship/job for the summmer planning events/conferences, and at the same time trying to figure out a few summer courses to take online, because I am graduating in December instead of May! All of these things are hard to finalize across the world! It's all coming together though!
Saturday, Sara and I rode the train into Perth and went to another museum. The museum of Western Australia. It was more like a history of Earth, but still very interesting. They had exhibits with dinosaur bones, meteors, ocean life, and also Australian history. There was a lot of reading about each exhibit, so by the end, I was just scanning things, because I'm more of a visual learner :) I enjoyed all the museum had to offer though!
Well, I leave for Broome in two days!...Wish me luck! I'll be bringing my journal so I'll have a day-by-day update for you all when I return, hopefully without being bitten or attacked by any wild animals. Wilderness, here I come...
I miss you all!
Love, Molly
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