First day of class

We finally survived the 2-day long journey to Auckland. We arrived here on July 11th, and against everything that I had planned, my class starts on July 13th, Monday!... The plane landed in Auckland airport at 6.00am local (Auckland) time, and the plan for the day was to try to look for apartments. We had already arranged a couple of viewings with estate agents. Fortunately, we did managed to catch a couple of hours of nap on the plane, so off we go!.... meeting the agent, and looking at several apartments around the region. There was a vodaphone booth in the airport, so we took the opportunity to buy a SIM card, and see if it worked on our US phone.. Viola!.. and it worked! At least we got the telecommunications matter settled. After looking around for half a day, we found something we really like and did the paperwork. Hopefully, we will hear the approval from the agent in a couple of days.

On Sunday, We took a short tour around the University which is located in the heart of the city. However, with all the greenery, and old buildings, you do not feel that you are in the middle of this metropolitan city. Next, we took the train to Tamaki campus which is located about 15 minutes away from the city campus. We wanted to take a look at that place because my first class on Monday starts there bright and early at 9am, and it end at 6pm!

Came monday, I woke up at 7am, took a shower, make sure that I smelled good and looked smart, and I am on my way to Tamaki campus for my first class. I reached the location at about 9am, and there were nobody there. I think to myself, maybe I should wait for a bit, and people would show up. It is about 9.33am I realized that no one was coming to class. I went to the admission office to find out what happened, and realized that the class was being held in the city campus. So away I went, on my way back to the city center. So for the first day of class, I missed th whole first half of the day!