Friday, March 6, 2009

Aliens that break your heart

"Turn around - the girl behind us in pink", says Mila.

I discretely turn around and spot the girl in pink and guy in red sitting about 5 metres behind us on the lawn outside the library. She's crying. And not the kind of polite sob ... but like fully crying. She's pretty upset. Trying not to eavesdrop, we take a stab that there's a break up in the process.

It's very awkward indeed. Is the highly populated lawn outside the library really the best place to break up with someone? Is there an ideal place to do such a thing?

Just before we get up to escape the girl storms off in tears, leaving the guy sitting there, head in his hands. A pretty sad thing to witness. To lighten the situation we amuse ourselves by imagining what was really happening. He was an alien allergic to fimbriae, of which she had heaps, forcing them to have a long distance relationship which was just too difficult as the mobile phone reception on the mothership was a lot to be desired of.

Heh.

Later in the afternoon on our way to the Careers Fair (which we ended up missing - it finished just as we arrived), we stop by the ANZ ATM to grab some cash (which we didn't get to use because the girl at the front of the queue got her card stuck). The queue for the ATM goes along the International Students Office, and the lady at the desk closest to the window is counting down until she leaves to travel around Europe.

Well, she was, until some punk came along and altered her sign a tad:



I must admit, it was pretty darn funny. Some students have way too much time on their hands, but do keep the rest of us ammused.

Trust. Obey.

2 comments:

  1. Dude!

    so id take it uni is The Adventure for u too?!

    still awe-struck is I!

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  2. Well this is actually my fifth year at Curtin .. so the adventure is kinda dragging on!

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