Week 7 (Aug 23rd - 29th) - All I can say is, I encourage you all to start off your week with an Italian man cooking you dinner. I also encourage Lina to continue attracting Italian men so I can reap the culinary benefits. Andrea is a sweet and delightful Italian man who happened to be our waiter at this Greek restaurant we love going to. After Lina said "Buon Giorno" to him, he was smitten and offered to cook us an authentic Italian meal, and boy was it delicious. We started off with spaghetti and meat sauce and for the main course had mashed potatoes and pork marinated in this yummy sauce. nom nom nom. I tried to watch him while he was cooking, but seriously, who am I kidding? I doubt I could ever replicate that meal. Andrea is very light-hearted, charismatic, and passionate about life, which I'm not sure if that's just him or common traits of Italian culture, but either way his personality is extremely refreshing and am so glad we have found a new friend in him. Although, we didn't get to hang out with him too much as he has relocated up to Cairns to be a scuba instructor.
The rest of the week I just continued studying and reading. Friday night we were all itching to go out so we went to Friday's (it was appropriate given the day). It's not at all like TGIFriday's, it's actually our new favorite hang out spot. All the 9-5ers go after work to unwind and loosen their ties. While sipping on drinks we get to have a beautiful view of the Brissy river and a lit up bridge that I can't remember the name of (but it looks like a miniature version of the Golden Gate bridge). By huge random coincidence, we ended up seeing Lina's bus crush and ended up talking with him and his friends and hanging out with them for the night. We had a great time and some good laughs. In a desperate attempt to get rid of my heels I coerced one of his friends to trade shoes with me. I so sneaky sometimes! hehehe...
On Saturday we decided to get out of Brissy and head to the beach at Surfer's Paradise, which has pretty much become synonymous as our retreat from school work. What is it about the ocean that possesses the innate ability to calm the soul? I crave being near it.
On Sunday we headed back to reality and another week of studying and writing papers....
Wishing for a little less papers and a lot more beaches and Friday's,
Jillian a.k.a - Jilly, Jillypet, Jillybean, J-Dilla, J-Bones, and sometimes Crab Cakes
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