First world problems strike again

Referring to the title: There Is No WiFi At Naoka's House! So, right now I am uploading my posts from school. Talking about school, the past week I have gone to St Hilda's for the first time. St Hilda's is the school where Naoka and Kona (our exchange sisters from the Gold Coast) go to. Everyone here wears a uniform, consisting of a tunic, leather lace-up shoes, bow in hair which has to be tied up, white socks, the same schoolbags, a hat, and no make up. right now, Imogen and I don't have to wear the uniform so everyone will recognize us as exchange students, but in a couple of weeks we do have to wear it (I will upload photo's of us in a school uniform as soon as possible! :). It is an very big school, but there are only a couple of buildings for the senior classes (which are years 10, 11 and 12; comparable to our "bovenbouw"). I will give you a brief overview of the last couple of days, and because there wasn't proper WiFi I will upload it all in one big blogpost.

Tuesday.
This was Orientation Day for all new students (so Naoka had to go to school because of me, hehe). For Naoka it was also the first time that she went to school after 4 months, because before her summer holidays started she was on her exchange to Holland.
Naoka doesn't live close to school, so her Nerida brought us to Tweed heads (a town along the Gold Coast) where we could hop on the bus to Southport. It was the first time for the both of us to go on an hour long bus trip to school. Naoka had been boarding since she came to St Hilda's, so she hadn't done that before either. Everything worked out well though, and we got to school without any problems. the school was very impressive, it is so big, and everyone uses electronics (e.g. iPhones, iPads, Macs etc). We went to the theatre, where all the new girls and exchanges were waiting for the principle. The principle, the head of year 11 (our year) and the exchange coordinator welcomed us, and the exchange hosts gave us a small tour of the school. After the tour, we went back home, with a pitstop at Australia Fair (the main shopping area in Southport). When we got home, I was actually quite exhausted and went to bed early.

St Hilda's new girls assembly

Wednesday.
Today was our first real school day, and I was really excited to meet all of Naoka's friends. During the day I had science, English, and maths. In some ways it is really different, but in others there isn't any difference. For example, the way courses are taught, is very different due to all the electronics they use. Whereas what they actually learn is all the same, and I don't think that the use of electronics has influence on how good the classes are (though it is easier to use electronics instead of books).

Thursday.
This was just another school day like Wednesday. Nothing very different. Every afternoon, though, when we hop on the bus it is so full that we feel like sardines in a can! Luckily, after half an hour of standing, people get off and by the time we get to Tweed, Naoka and I are the only people left on the bus. We get picked up again by Nerida, and drive home.

St Hilda's courtyard

Friday.
Today, after school, Imogen will stay at our place (and tomorrow as well). And, this weekend we will go to Byron Bay.
I find it hard keeping up with my own school work, but I am trying. So far I haven't really done anything, because I first needed to adjust to everything here; the climate, the new timezone, the accent, new school, etc. From next week on it will be a head job to keep track of all my own classes, while attending others here.

I hope this has given you a brief overview of the past week. I have to go to my biology class now, so good bye (for now).

Loulotte

At the St Hilda's campus.