keeping it updated

Hi everybody,

I swear I wil try to keep the blog updated at least weekly.

I have lots of things to say. I am pretty sure I will forget some of them.

First of all, I have been granted residency, that means pretty much that I have got the same rights (and obbligations of course) of the Kiwis: I can vote, I have complete medical coverage, I can enroll at the university paying fees as domestic student (an international student pays about 16.000 NZ dollars, a domestic student only 4.000 NZ dollars), I can travel overseas and coming back as many as I want to, I can live in Australia without any particular visa (yes, just with my residence visa I am allowed to).  These are only the main points of being resident.

Thanks of my residence visa I could enroll at the university, so this semester I am doing 3 papers, Intermediate accounting, Accounting information system and Business ethic…and treaty of waitangi.

I have to tell you, I never thought it could be so hard! I pretty much need to go to classes, tutorials and workshop every day. Plus I have to read and study about 200/300 pages weekly (in italy I was not used to all that amount of work to do). However I am enjoying it, the enviroment is really good and I can feel good vibrations of studying at the Waikato university, it’s thriving! There are lots of international students from all over the world, even a few italians (but not surprisingly they are quite snobby).

I am also looking for a part-time job, but it is not easy (actually I am looking for an accounting job so I can gain nz accounting experience).

I also bought a ticket of the AC/DC’s concert in Auckland, next February 2010! I am stoked, it is going to be the best concert of the year (I never thought I could have seen them on the stage!).

this is it, at least the most important things to say.  Two weeks ago two of my closest friends got married and I missed the cerimony, I wish I could be there (sorry guys). Best wishes for you!

See you all next week.

Tommy.