On Sunday, I discovered Australian Football with Peter, my Australian roommate. UCLA playground was transformed into a Little Australia for a promotion event: Sydney Swans and Melbourne Kangaroos, two top-teams, played an exhibition game. The ‘Roos defeated the Swans - who didn’t risk their top players.

It was interesting to see (and I quote here an American spectator who was also introduced to this noble game) “these crazy Aussies kicking the crap out of each others”.

I spent the next day (Monday was a holiday, the Martin Luther King day) at Venice Beach where this time I was on the field: playing volleyball with some of my fellow exchange students (Bettina, Carolyn, Ricardo and Steve) and then trying to decapitate someone from afar with an Aerobie (the only Frisbee I play since my father brought one back from a US trip in the 80’s). I didn’t use the famous “Muscle beach” however. ;)

The most memorable moment came when I took two quick swims in the cold Pacific Ocean. Just for the gesture and after all that sport, I had to! (Apparently there was some ocean pollution on that same day but I still don’t glow in the dark so I should be alright).