The Orphanage Experience: Part 2** Go to the "Blog Posts" page and click on the Mexico bit then "La Mission Valley 1" for the update on the first part of the trip. **We packed up Saturday arv and drove out to the beach where we were gonna sleep the night. So, when someone tells you to bring a tarp instead of a tent so you can sleep on the beach under the stars you expect a nice sandy beach, right? Well, this beach was comprised of rocks averag...

Mexico tomorrow...  To hang out with some kids at an orphanage, help out with a service project, sleep on the beach under the stars, and more.  I'm excited.

Relay for Life, 2007So here's the update I promised my supporters - thanks Mum and Uncle Gordon! Also, a big thanks to my lovely flatmate Veronique for putting so much time and effort into getting our team together.I'll start with some stats:980 of us turned up to the UCSD branch of this worldwide event, and raised over $63,000 for the US Cancer Society! Awesome, huh? Again, I wanna say a huge MUCHO GRACIAS to my mum and Uncle Gordon for contributing towa...

Back home again, and back into the studies.Had a bit of a rough day today, trying to sort out things so my classes wouldn't get cancelled when I didn't pay a bill for thousands of dollars worth of fees I shouldn't have to pay anyway as an exchange student. Then there was the scary Victorian poetry class where we get marks for input into the class discussion, and I feel like there's so much pressure.But, I'm gonna be thankful for the day anyway...

I got my pack back, the day before I left for Canada. And now, guess what I've lost? Just my card-holder. I.e. the thing with my credit card, my two ATM cards, my ISIC card, my USCD student ID - which I need for my meal points on campus, and I think there was something else in there, but I'm not quite sure what. I guess it just makes travel all that more of an adventure, right? Besides that minor annoyance, Canada's been pretty good. Yesterday was a...