Rebas' Adventure in Ozzieland

Last weekend I got to go to a singing workshop. There is an Aussie A Capella group called the Idea Of North. They came to give a concert (which I did not get to see) and then they gave a two hour workshop on Sunday. It was really fun. They showed us breathing exercise and taught us a song in parts; there were about 50 people there. Four of us from the music team from church went, very enjoyable. It makes me really want to learn more about music, I am beginning to understand how little I know and how much there is to learn, which I suppose is the first step. I took some pictures of one of our music practices (not the workshop, forgot to bring the camera to that one) we meet at Cam and Sue’s house. it is a bit slap dash, but we have allot of fun.___________I have several Aussie phrases that I am keen to share with you. That is the first one, ‘keen’. Meaning of course to be very interested or excited, example: “she is very keen to get started”. Another one is ‘rock up’ to be used in place of ‘come’ or ‘drop by’, example: “the party starts at 7, but you can rock up anytime”. These are more subtle phrases that took me longer to notice. I have also noticed a different way of saying ‘a week from Sunday’ and that is you just say ‘Sunday week’ example: he is coming into town Tuesday week” means he will be here a week from this next Tuesday. I found that one confusing for some time. I am also getting comfortable with saying loo for bathroom. I have a very clear rule that one should not use slang that feels fake when you say it. I really want to say ‘ta’ for thank you, but it just feels like I am trying to be something I am not. I have tried out saying ‘loo’ lately and it seems to be working. I also pronounce Tomato and Banana with an Aussie accent most of the time without thinking; which is seriously cool.__________we are coming to the end of the uni school year in a few weeks, that means that I have marking (grading) to do for the class I have been teaching, which is not much fun; and that soon all the undergrads will be gone for two months and I will have all the lab space I want, we which is good.