Faculty of....Nowhere?

Today was the most backwards day EVER.  I woke up and got ready for my international student orientation, which I was kind of hoping would shed some clarity on my life.  So I successfully located the room it was in, which was progress in itself for me, and sat through an hour of information overload about Melbourne.  We were all then told to move on immediately to our college-specific orientation (or faculties, as they're called here), so I check the list, and discover that I was admitted under the Faculty of Medicine.  Oh cool, I think to myself, and check to see where the faculty meeting was held...and it wasn't on the list....fabulous.  So I go and talk to one of the coordinators to find out where to go.

Upon me stating I was admitted to medicine, she goes "oh, another medicine student huh?...well...we don't exactly know where you need to go to pick up your enrollment packet, so just give us your phone number, and we'll call you...."  Oh...um...ok?  So I opted to just wander with Camille to find her orientation...which we failed at.  We somehow ended up at an orientation for the Faculty of Arts, where I ran into two other girls who were also in the Faculty of Medicine and didn't know what was going on.  They apparently went directly to the department, and asked them.  The department didn't know they were supposed to have enrollment packets for us?.....*sigh*

So after going to the arts meeting, we went to the international student office, where we were told to go talk to the department.  We stated that we did, and they seemed concerned...So they said we should call the faculty again....which we did...and were again told they would call us back.  

After getting lunch, they finally called and said that we were being transferred into the Faculty of Arts....despite being....science majors...So we went to pick up our packets, and were again sent off to a different Arts office to pick up the paperwork.  oooook.  Once we showed up at said office, they were like....oh....you're enrolled in BOTH faculties...so we don't know how you're going to sign up for science classes, b/c you can't sign up for them through the Arts faculty......

Oooooook.  So I ignored that stuff and went home to try to just enroll for my classes, and get confirmed later.  So I made it to the part where I set up my email account.  After doing so, I realized that my email account won't accept emails?  Fabulous.

*sigh*.  Strangest day ever.  Whatever.  I finally made my way downstairs to play cards with Johnny and Timmy.  Tons of people were in the courtyard to go bar-hopping, but I wasn't in the mood to have 50 awkward first conversations.  I just don't do well with handling massive groups of people.  Five or less, and I'm good.  Fifty...not as much.

Arg, well tomorrow is kickboxing and jiujitsu, so that's a plus for me.  I'm gonna get a monthly tram pass so I won't have to hike all the way down to Flinders St. every time I wanna go to practice >.<

Also...TKD shoes come next week!