Week 3

Was busy this week! Not much time for the blog, so here's a rundown of the week...

Monday: Project all day, quiet night in.

Tuesday: Royal Perth Hospital in the morning, sorted ID and another blood test(!), was still able to go to clinic. I learnt lots, and even got to assist with a chalazion steroid injection minor op. Went home in the afternoon and met some new friends over dinner - 3 girls doing teaching work out here for a few weeks.

Wednesday: Project all day, table tennis loss (damn), OCT scan - all normal, but fun to play with the kit!

Went out with the girls in the evening. We had originally said that since we were all up at 6 am the next day, we'd keep it as an early night. Oops.

We ended up going with 2 random older aussies who definitely weren't quite right but knew the town. Went to a couple of bars, mostly staying in the hipster/indie/chillout bar which was nice and had decent sized drinks for only $8. I wasn't drinking much (pacing myself anyway) on account of having my guard up around these two tag-alongs and looking out for the girls.

One of the aussies was abandoned after this bar – shows how much his mate 'knew' him and/or cared where he went. We have no idea.

We ended up at a gay/lesbian club, after following this leading aussie, but there were a lot of straight people too, and a lot of transvestites/ladyboys. Odd experience. Got hit on by a couple of guys, had to politely decline. Not sure whether that was a good thing? Shows I'm attractive to some people anyway!

There was lesbian mud wrestling for volunteers. The winner got $100 (£70). These lesbians were not attractive to guys, so the whole experience was rather uncomfortable but funny to watch.

The other aussie then tried to pull one of the girls – confirming my original suspicions as to why he'd come with us – he was thankfully unsuccessful despite her drunken state, as she was a) not single and b) not interested, and c) managed to escape to the ladies. So we left him, and rescued her.

We got back at 3 am. There was a unanimous decision to not go in tomorrow, as they were in no state to teach children after 3 hours sleep and still being drunk, and I couldn't face a 7 am meeting and then theatre all morning whilst smelling of booze, feeling grimy, and being absolutely knackered. I hate late late nights.

Thursday:

Hungover. Did some job ranking, chilled with friends. None of us went in. Oh well. Board games in the evening, was nice.

Met some more friends. There are 7 of us as a group in total. 4 girls, 3 guys - 3 of us are at or have finished uni. The others are on a gap year.

Friday:

Hospital research all day. Apologised for not being there on Thursday. Lost table-tennis 18-21. Getting there! So close. Service returns still need more work!

Evening – the girls made lasagna for us! This was nice, as I got in late (8 pm) and could just sit down and tuck in. As a Friday night in, we watched The Woman in Black and How to Train Your Dragon (in that order). Wasn't too scary, since I was able to laugh at it all the way through - Harry Potter should know how to deal with old creepy houses by now!

Saturday:

The group went to Fremantle, then to Cottesloe beach. Swam, sunbathed, saw actual wild dolphins at sunset. Awesomeness.

Plan is for Caversham Wildlife Park tomorrow.

Not many photos this week - dolphins are incredibly tricky to get as they only appear above the water for a split second, which you usually need to actually see where they are before taking the photo.