WESTERN O WEEK!! GO MUSTANGS!!!!! =]

Okay, I’m going to add to this as I go along this week, as I want an accurate as possible account to look back on ... so I’m doing it while its fresh in my mind. Arrived last night after 20 hours of travelling. Got up at 5am, sorted out a few last things, said bye to my room and left home at 6am. Totally lost it just before I went though security and cried like never before. Encouraging words from Mum, Dad and Vicky helped and off I went. Managed to compose myself after an hour on the plane, and watched ‘You’ve got mail’ on the in-flight movies. Arrived at Newark, passed customs, claimed baggage and sent it onto my connecting flight, got the train to terminal C, found my gate ... and waited. Slept for most of the flight to Toronto then stepped out into Canadian ground. Got my transfer from the airport to London, and got dropped off outside Delawere, got my key and met TMZ and Intro who are the Soph’s on my floor, got my stuff up to my room and arranged to go to the Mall with TMZ and Intro the next day to buy some things.
Went for an explore around campus the next day and did a bit of unpacking; campus is absolutely massive!!! Theres a river running though the middle of it and tonnes of green space. Went to Western’s book store and bought some books, a mug and a Mustangs hat (Go Mustangs!!) Bought bedding, hangers, towels and a hairdryer at the mall and helped TMZ and Intro get some supplies for O-week (aka firewood!! And glowsticks!!) got the bus loaded with stuff ... and pizza and headed back. Spent the rest of the day browsing around in my room, then went for another explore later on and got a subway =]

Sunday was official move-in-day, and i woke up to madness!! Its not like move-in-day at Lancaster for sure! There was music blaring, people waving flags and doing chants outsideDelewere, and everyone was helping you!! Anyhow, went to the mall again for more supplies, went to the drug mark where Jennifer (the manager) helped me get all the things i needed and even gave me a free make-over so i could see what i liked! Got a coffee and muffin from a cofe bar and went to Zellers again. Spent the next two hours or so getting so much stuff, but it was fun. Unpacked back at Delewere later. Did the rounds and went to say hello to everone on my floor (3East), had a meeting at 5 to get to know eachother then went down to dinner in the cafe. We all learnt Delewere chants in the main lounge that evening then headed out into the Deli grounds for volley ball and a bonfire. I hung around with Emily and Emily from down the hall and their friend in 3West, Kirstin. Met loads of people, everyone is so friendly here ... especially when they realise in English!!! Hung out with the Emilys in their room for a while, were going to go into Toronto one weekend (there both from Toronto).

Basically the rest of the week was spent throwing paint at the opening ceremony, at concerts out on University Hill, having ‘Rez Rally’s’ and some friendly banter with our residence cheers against other residences. Spent alot of time with the other international students, we went for a bus tour of downtown London one night then went out for a Mexican which was amazing! Did the ‘Shinearama’ campaign, where we go around London collecting money for cystic fibrosis. There was a carnival one night, with each department having a stall (Science was ‘Walk on water’ ... which was really corn flower) there was also ‘Wax a Soph!!!’ and the engineers were chopping things in half with a guillotine and then steamrolling over shopping trolleys etc ... was fun! Went to the game on Saturday, the Western Mustangs kicked Laurie’s ass at the Home Opening game 30-7!!! And our cheerleaders and hoarse that runs around the track when we score are so much better then anything Laurie could give! Plus there was free pizza everywhere! Checked out the gym too which is huge with an Olympic swimming pool!! There’s a hockey arena too, not to mention all the shops underground the UCC and the cinema!! ... It’s pretty good here!!

Had a few lectures so far ... not done much yet, but I’m sure that will change =]