The Dream is over...

Once again, its been quite some time since I've blogged. A month to be exact. In my defense, I've bought myself a cheap PC (cheap being €25) and have been trying to get it hooked up to the internet to make it easier for me to get online. The problem is cheap PCs come with Windows 98 which doesn't have a plug and play connection for the Internet. Well that isin't the real problem. The real problem is that because I'm living in the Hollands, the Windows 98 that is installed is in Dutch!! And so I can't configure anything because I can't understand whats going on. However, a friend from the frisbee team will be coming over tomorrow to see if he can help me out. Fingers are crossed.

Just to let you guys know whats been happening. University has been ticking along as usual. I had a mid-semester paper and a presentation two weeks ago. So that was a pretty hectic week. But other than, some others things:

a) visited Paris on weekend of March 20th
b) had the Dutch university ultimate championship the weekend after.
c) friend from Singapore (doing exchange in Birmingham) came over to check amsterdam out
d) watched Netherlands play Macedonia
e) celebrated International Pillow Fight day at Dam Square!!
e) outdoor competition (1 day Ultimate tournament)

After the weekend in Paris, I realised that I was starting to come out of the "honey-moon" stage. I didn't really think that I would get too upset/irritated at things over here, but I guess it did. On the weekend I was in Paris, the weather was amazing. Sunny and clear skies. It was a great weekend for me to be walking about. Coming back to Amsterdam, the weather following on was really terrible. It was possibly the windiest week that I'd had since getting in. I remember having to cycle back home, and the bloody wind was blowing against me for nearly the whole 20 minutes. Well, it didn't help that I didn't have my jacket and only had a hoodie on. I guess that I was partly to blame for that. Nonetheless, that week had some pretty shocker weather. I wasn't exactly missing Sydney (sorry guys), but was definitely getting quite irritated at the weather.

However, the following Sunday was the Dutch University Ultimate Championships. The weather was decent-ish. It was sunny at parts, rainy, and then cloudy at parts. Not the best weather. But at least it wasn't windy or cold. Overall, I had a great day because NUTS, the Amsterdam student club, had split into two even times for this tourney. By the end of the day, my team was ranked third, which was probably what we deserved. However, we had played some games where we everyone really stepped up and we played much better than we were.

In particular, we played against Gronical Dizziness in the round robin. They were a better team then us, but we managed to get it to Universe point before taking the last point. The last point was a pretty ridiculous was to end the game. The frisbee was thrown deep along the sideline and it was just slightly out. A guy from my team was running deep to catch it for the point. But because it was out, he had to lay out while trying to keep his feet in. The funny thing was that there was a water logged area of the field right by that side of the endzone. Jack was soaked. But it was a great bid and we won the game. Gronical Dizziness later on stepped up their game and eventually won the finals game quite convincingly. Thats right, NUTS1 beat the team that won.

This past week, right after the championships, the weather was amazing! It was warm-ish (come on, obviously not as warm as Sydney). By warm, I mean not below 10 degrees. The sun was out on most days, and it was seriously clear skies. When Pengyang(friend from Singapore) was over we cycled down the Amstel river again. Beautiful day to be doing that. I've noticed that my eyes have gotten so used to the crappy grey skies and lack of sun, that I have to squint when the sun is out.

So yeah, the dream is over but reality isin't that bad anyways.