Day 7

Still tired, I think I will be for the foreseeable future.
I spent my last few days in a hostel before moving to the University today. I am not sure if hostels are for me. I keep telling myself that I would have socialised more with the other people there, if I had been doing what they were doing, travelling. I have to admit that I did not buy into the whole backpacking scene. I believe you need at least one person with you, to make you involve yourself in that environment. It was not that I did not like the people there. Far from it. I just had it in my mind that I would never see these people after my brief time in the hostel. I know that is the completely wrong attitude to have but I could not seem to shake it off. I am sure that I will spend my time in hostel and hopefully I will improve in this aspect.
Onto the University of Melbourne. I am only one day in but I have to say that I have enjoyed myself so far. It is great meeting like minded people, who you know that you will be spending time with during a prolonged period of time. And this is just Melbourne welcome week. I am here with other international students and not the people who I will be living with in my college (Janet Clarke). I have had a great first day despite not liking the things that we were doing. Or maybe I should put that differently. If I were to do the thing that I have done today in isolation or back in England I would probably have not enjoyed them. Things like getting to know you exercises and dancing as a big group in the middle of Melbourne city centre (yeah we did that together desite not knowing each other for more than a couple of hours) are not my idea of fun. Yet today it seemed to fit in perfectly. Looking at the schedule for the coming days until Friday when Melbourne welcome ends it appears to be more of the same. Yet I can't help but be excited.  

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