You all know that song in the blog title, right? It's an oldie. That was my motto yesterday because we actually had a full day of sun! For those of you at home in the States who are enjoying the thrill of long sunny summer days may not understand the joy I felt having a warm sunny day. Although, it's kind of like coming into spring after a long hard winter. So what else would you do but go to the beach! Even if the water is still too cold to swim in you can walk around by the beach, enjoy a nice healthy lunch with an ocean view while the sun warms you and the breeze blows in your hair, which is exactly what I did. This is what I love about Australia. Day's like yesterday and today, which is also turning out quite nicely, cloudless and perfect. So I just asked myself, "Why the hell am I still inside, not even out of my pajamas?"
It's been a lazy start to my Saturday. I got out of bed around 11am, fixed myself some coffee and Sultana Bran and started reading my emails, which always turns into hours of reading and responding. I do love hearing from everyone, so keep them coming! It's been keeping me from getting too homesick. Then I got caught up on a month's worth of my favorite Glamour blogs, Storked! (this one is especially good for my prego friends, Katie, Teg or new mums, Maria) and Alyssacentric (this one is actually written by a hot guy in Cali about dating). I highly recommend them to all who like a light, fun read. They give me inspiration for blogging. I also updated my iTunes so I can download the latest episodes of Grey's Anatomy in the fall. Although they have Grey's here, American TV shows are a season behind.
So back to life in Oz.. I spent the day watching the brave surfers at Scarborough Beach, anticipating my own surfing ambition. Hopefully, when it's warmer I won't have to wear the silly wet suit that makes you look like a Sea Lion to the sharks that swarm the vast waters of the Indian Ocean. I'm so sorry I didn't get a beach pic, but there will be many more beach photo ops to come! Then I took a trip by train with some of the other ECU international students to Fremantle (Freo), a port an hour south of Perth, where we walked around the markets, ate a yummy pizza dinner (oh, the smell was divine!) and journeyed to the Fremantle Prison for a late-night tour (see photo). The tour is a bit haunted-house-esque. They provide you with tiny torches/ torchlights (flashlights) and guide you through darkened hallways, chambers, and prison yards, while giving you the history of the infamous prison and it's devilish inmates.. some stories funny, some a bit eerie, and a bit of haunting lore mixed in for fun. My favorite part of the tour was the gallows, where 40 men and one woman had been hung from a heavy beam for severe crimes, the last one hung in 1964. The prison officers were nice enough to give those sentenced to the gallows some brandy 30 minutes before hanging to sooth their nerves.
Tonight I am going "south of the river" to a cocktail party in St. James. Everyone have a great weekend, bottoms up!
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