What is Prosh week???

Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Apparently this week is prosh week. Honestly I didnt even know what prosh week was until I just looked it up on Wikipedia 5 seconds ago. Here is what it says...
“Prosh Week: A celebrated tradition at Melbourne, usually held in mid-August, whereby teams of students engage in various activities - the winner claiming the 'Prosh Week Trophy'. These shenanigans include giant boat races, conga lines through the Melbourne CBD, a billy kart rally, and jelly wrestling. It culminates with the infamous Scav hunt, at the conclusion of which the winning team is announced
The term 'Prosh' is thought to have originated in one of two ways. It's chiefly considered to have evolved from an annual charity procession that once marched through the Melbourne CBD, producing the abbreviation 'prosh'. A second theory states that the term originated from when all of the faculty social balls were held in the same week. The week was nicknamed 'Posh week' due to the number of times students would have to dress up in formal attire. The effects of alcohol caused words to be slurred, and thus 'posh' became 'prosh'.”






Not sure what these "things" are supposed to be but they kept the days interesting. Anyway, my scheudule for the day:
10-11 Indigenous Studies
2:15 Politics
4:14 Indigenous Studies Tute

During Indigenous studies two guys came in singing "A Whole New World" from Aladin to each other. At one point they even wipped out a "magic carpet". It was hilarious. Why didnt I take a pict of that? It really did make the class interesting- it was a little dry today. I think they had a time requirement bc the one guy kept checking his watch discreetly and they would keep singing the chorus.

At the end of the day I got home and submitted my paper for indigenous studies on Language in Aboriginal Culture. The first paper is the worst, idk why but it always is the hardest to write.

The rest of the night I was on skype, fb chat, and phone with Alyssa about the trip- its so much work!!! It was so important to get done that I even gave up watching Tangle that night just so we could get stuff completed. I figured I could find it to watch online anyway (but no- a few days later i checked and it seems like they dont have any internet tv at all. i feel spoiled)