Rebas' Adventure in Ozzieland

I am afraid this is a case of Murder! We did a murder mystery party for my friend Jono’s birthday party. Such fun! My character was a gospel country/western/rock/rap star who had a snake charming act. I was also embezzling from my charitable organizations. Scandal! But I was not the murderer. David, my pastor, was the victim. He rushed into the room as we sat down to dinner and gave us a spectacular death scene and then proceeded to haunt us for the rest of the night at the head of the table. I was given my role because I could do a southern American accent. It took me a while to find the right voice, but I got really good at it by the end of the night and I had a lot of fun with it. I think I came up with a Texas, Alabama mix. And, as everyone pointed out, I was the only American present so no one else was able to tell if it was good or not. __________The new year of Uni (university) is starting so the church is taking the time to advertise on campus and let new students know that we are here. We are making a point of greeting new people and make sure they get invited to weekday bible studies and Sunday afternoon lunches and stuff like that. As I said before, my bible study split in two because we were so big, one reason for separating was so we would have room to welcome newcomers in. The other half of the bible study doesn’t know it yet, but we have decided to make it a competition to see who gets to must new students (just in fun, you know). I’ll let you know how that goes.__________It has been really hot and humid this week. Man! I really don’t like high humidity, especial at night. We only have AC in our lounge room (living room), usually a fan at night is all you need, but with a humid night, you just can’t get away from it. Luckily it doesn’t stay humid for too long, just a couple days. I hope it is a cooler weekend.

Just an average week in the life of an adventurer. Went to school, went to church saw a movie, and killed a snake with my bare hands (kidding), usually stuff :) Actually, something did happen that reminded me why I have always liked colder climates. Around here bugs are just a part of life; I have gotten used to walking down the street shooing the flies away from my face and seeing tiny ants on the sidewalk at my feet. Not really a big deal, but the cockroaches are another matter. (Insert ominous music here). They are so big! And they come into your house! We have bait set out and usually it is not a problem, until Friday night when I went to watch one of my housemate's DVD's. I opened the case, and a cockroach the size of my thumb was sitting on the disc, eww! How did it get inside the case is what I would like to know? I was so creeped out I set down the case and it scurried away before I could kill it._____________ my friend Sarah gave me a book of Australian poetry which includes The Man From Snowy River which was turned into a movie and TV series and Waltzing Matilda, which was turned into a folk song and which has become the iconic aussie song. They sing it at footy games and every kid knows it. Interestingly it is not about a dancing girl. Matilda was an old way of saying backpack or gunny sack and the song is about a wanderer who jostles his pack as he walks along the fields. The last line of the chorus is "come a waltzing matilda with me" meaning join me as a vagabond. The book is full of words and phrases that I did not know, for instance a billabong is a watering hole and tucker is food. ________________Not much else to report, weather is still nice and my skin is browner then it has ever been. I have yet to get a sunburn, thanks to my ancestors and their olive skin. This weekend my friend Jono (aka Jonathan) is having a birthday party and it is going to be a murder mystery dinner. My character is a country western star. They gave that to me because I am the only one who can do a southern accent. Next blog will have pictures and a play by play of the event. Bye!