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I’ve already packed away my books…

Saturday, October 28th, 2006

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Rock Garden, Hagley Park

I am officially done with studying until February, so…Woohoo! I felt relief that was almost equivalent to finishing the MCAT’s after these New Zealand university exams. They are held in a “standardized test” style where you go to a lecture hall and proctors give the exams instead of your teacher. And they are strict! I had to go to the bathroom during my first exam and I had to hand one woman my student ID and another physically escorted me to the bathroom, like we can’t be trusted! Over the two days, I wrote for three hours on each exam to the point where I thought my arm would fall off and we were actually expected to back up our arguments with cited sources. Thats pretty tough when you don’t even know what the questions are going to be, but its over and I’m pretty sure I passed.
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Exhibition of Roses

Tuesday, January 17th, 2006

 

Yesterday we finally went into the Botanical Gardens in the center of Christchurch, contained in the huge central park, Hagley Park. There was alot to see and we only wandered around part of the gardens, concentrating mainly on the rose garden. There were many sections to the gardens and if you wanted, you really could walk around all day. The Avon River, which meanders through the city, also winds its way through the gardens. One of the first things you might notice when entering, via a bridge over the Avon, is the very large number of ducks. They are everywhere, and they certainly don’t confine themselves to the river. There are packs of ducks in almost every meadow, and they don’t ever seem to be short of a good meal (all the ducks are fat).

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