Off to Bali

Well, the time has finally come; my trip to Bali, Indonesia. I am so excited and looking forward to this new adventure. I am trying to prepare myself for the unknown, a place unlike any I've ever been. Bali has been a place I've wanted to go forever. Whenever I'm asked the age old quesiton "If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be?", my answer is Bali. So it looks like after this trip I'm going to need a new answer--I'll let you know! But I fly out of Sydney this evening, and then I'll be in Bali until next Monday, before being thrown back into finals. So, as they say about Bali in South Pacific...
"Your own special hopes,
Your own special dreams,
Bloom on the hillside
And shine in the streams.
If you try, you'll find me
Where the sky meets the sea.
"Here am I your special island
Come to me, Come to me."

On another note, I am now officially done with classes! I had a very full week of the last ones, but now they are complete. I'm completely done with my cell bio lab (which is the worlds biggest relief) and with bioethics, as it concluded with a final essay project (I will speak more about this once I get back). So now I have three finals once I get back to Sydney on the 15th, and once I get back, it will be 13 days until I head home. Yikes!

Since I've been doing preparations for finals for the last few weeks, I decided to do something I haven't done in a long long time yesterday-absolutely no studying and not going into the library. That is almost unimaginable for me to do! So I spent the morning relaxing and reading a great book (The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison-I highly recommend it) and then went off to the Jazz and Blues concert at Darling Harbour, and then walked around the city for quite sometime, spending a lot of time at Circular Quay and the Opera House. I've realized I have so little time left in Sydney, which is really sad. I must say though, I do feel like I've done so much during my time here, and after Bali, will be ready to go home. But more on the mushy stuff later, it's time to finish getting ready to go! I still need to buy some food (as the food there is...questionable--I don't know how delicious anything will be with congealed pigs blood on it-yes, that is a specialty) so I want to buy some protein bars just in case. Then I need to call the bank to tell them I'm going, print out my itinerary/sent it to people who need it, and make sure I have everything! I'll try to write a quick post once I get there so everyone knows I'm safe and sound!

Until next time, after Bali!