Australian Birthday

I'm trying to remember what I have done in the past week. I bought furniture, which makes my room look more like a place someone would want to live and I met the other people in my program. There are 12 of us and only maybe 6 of those people are full time. Everyone else works and has kids. There are two other international students, although I think only one of them actually counts as an international student as the second one has now moved to Australia. I think you only count as international if you have to go back at then end of your studies.
On Friday I went out with a friend to the biggest bar ever. There is a large inside with two bar sections and a wrap around patio, then you can go through the restaurant bit where there is another outdoor section with another bar and a section for private parties. I was huge. I also learned why drinks here are so weak, which is because they actually measure out the alcohol. It's very strange. Also there is no tipping here, which is hard to get used to. I feel cheap for not doing it, although then I remember how much I just paid and don't feel so bad.
I have yet to get hit by a car, which is a bonus, and I am starting to get used to the direction of traffic, but it's a rough change. I've started biking to school, which works out well because it is so much faster than walking and I don't think I get that much sweatier. Which I am also getting used to, I swear all I do is sweat and drink fluids.
I went back to the beach for my birthday and it was lots of fun. I also ate panckaes, and they were delicious. Although the bacon was weird. It was kinda a strip, but then got wideer on one end, it freaked me out a little. And my friend ate his with a fork, which is weird. Back to the beach, it was packed and we would go out and play in the waves when it got too hot and then sit on the beach until we were dry and then go back in. And I saw the sun set, it was pretty. As well as entertaining as everyone who was in the water stopped and looked at the sun too, everyone just watched it. My friends alos go the guy at the restaurant to writee "Happy Birthday Jessie" on a plate in ketchup for it, it was pretty awesome. My housemate gave me cupcakes and some scratch tickets and I have won $12.
Classes started this week and I have spent 12 hours in the same room with roughly the same people talking about sex. So far it's been good, but we haven't really started classes, it was a lot of introductory stuff. That's it for now.
Except that there are no bagels in Australia, or at least not many, so I really want a bagel now.