Crazy Kiwis

Okay. First off, Kiwis are absolutely insane. I have never ever ever seen people drink more. One of my friends told a kiwi that a lot of times in America when you turn 21 you have to do 21 shots in the night, and they responded, "that's all?"

Anyway, yesterday Spencer and I found 5 dollar sushi! Which means 2.50 American dollars. Amazing! Then we went on an adventure to a store called "Warehouse," which is sort of like Walmart, and then walked four miles back to Hillary's flat in the pouring rain to watch Zoolander. I don't understand how it can be raining for so long here! Hopefully it will clear up soon though. For dinner Steve made our flat salmon, mashed potatoes, vegetables (the first carrots I've ever liked!), garlic bread, and some pie made out of a vegetable that begins with an R that was really good. I'm getting terrified for my night to cook! I couldn't find Kraft Mac n Cheese in the supermarket so I'll have to figure something real out!

On a sidenote, I cannot understand half of what my Kiwi-host Nick says. He is constantly mumbling and talking in Kiwi slang. And everything is "as." "Hot as" "sweet as" "good as." And nothing ever comes after the as!

After dinner Spencer and I were going to head over to a party at Sean's....but then the rain and cold made us change our minds and eat some Hokey Pokey and watch 10 Things I Hate About You! But most of our program kept texting us to come over, so we ended up going and it was really fun. [No one here talks on the phone. Texting is very cheap but talking is wicked expensive, so everyone is constantly texting. My Canadian flatmate Steve though says that only about half his friends in Canada have cell phones. Weird!] At midnight though the power went off because Sean and his flatmates hadn't paid the electricity yet! It's definitely weird not being in a dorm and having everything included, and instead having to figure out bills and everything.

I'm off to do a stop-raining dance, miss you all!!