SATURDAY 23/05/09
I had a major sleep and was woken up about 1.30 when Daniel brought us lunch. We all just lounged around the house and went for a dip in the pool before we got ready to see Angels & Demons at the cinema. Was such a good movie, a little less controversial and racy than The Da Vinci Code but I really enjoyed watching something with a bit of substance compared to what we’ve been watching at home. I’m a huge fan of mindless tv but i need to mix it up a bit with a bit of some intellectually stimulating entertainment.
Sometimes being in here with a house full of girls younger than me can be a bit tedious and every now and then I can definitely feel the age difference. I think there’s just some things that a 17 year old can be amused by and get excited about but as much as I try i just can’t. It’s actually a lot better than I was expecting and considering the age gap I get along with these girls and we can really chat and have a lot of fun for the most part. Its quite refreshing being around girls from different backgrounds, cultures and ages and i think we’ve all learnt a lot from each other.
We wandered around the shopping centre for an hour or so and then went to a Mexican place for dinner which was such a refreshing change from the usual food and finished off with ice cream from Cold Rock. We headed home for our phone calls and I tried my mum, dad and boyfriend who all didn’t pick up the first time so i felt a little down that i wouldn’t get to talk to anyone from home. Eventually after i tried again later i got through to dad and mum which i was happy about. Unlike the rest of the girls who had been speaking to their families and boyfriends on skype daily i have only been emailing, I figured the more often i spoke to people at home and the more dependant i became the more i would miss home. I’d been updating them by email so it was more of a quick call to say i was doing ok and it was actually good to just hear their voices. It really gave me a wakeup call as to why i was here and that i had the support of everyone back home.
