Autonomy Day 2005
Thursday, July 28th, 2005今天是我大学专属的“节日”,我们称它为Autonomy Day。第四年的今天,我终于知道了这节日的典故来源。羞!(可后来才发现很多local students也不晓得这节日的意义。
“It’s just another excuse to get drunk!” Jono说。
話說40年前﹐University of newcastle是part of University of sydney.也就是說﹐University of Newcastle是University of Sydney在Newcastle的campus.40年前的這一天﹐我們獨立了﹗呵呵﹗
好吧﹐就先讓你看看時間表吧﹗
Autonomy Day 2005
6.00 am to 6.00 pm
at the Bar on the Hill
6.00 am Early Openers
6.15 am The “Get a Big Black Dog up Ya”
7.00 am Birdbath
7.00 am until gone Bacon and Egg Roll Breakfast
7.30-10.30 am Giant Table Soccer
9.00 am Celebrity W*#kers
9.00-10.00 am The Frat presents “Kegs under the bridge”
9.45 am Newcastle Uni Elbow Coin Flip Championships
10.30-11.30 am Beer Chill (light alcohol Happy Hour)
11.00 am Ironman
11.30 am Castro
12.00 pm BBQ Lunch
12.30 pm Lim Beam On Campus Beamamid Competition
1.10 pm The Appalling Smut Brothers
2.15-5.00 pm The Jim Beam On Campus Air Guitar Championships
2.30-5.00 pm The Godfrey Tanner Memorial Boat Races
4.00 pm until gone Pizza Giveaway
4.30-6.30 pm Free buses into town
6.00 pm The Bar Closes
The 40th Anniversary Autonomy Day is proudly supported by
your friends at Jim Beam On Campus!
UNU Limited promotes the Responsible Service of Alcohol
今天你將會在campus的角落看見人們手裡拿著酒瓶﹐也將會看到一群人扛著一tank酒桶﹐奔著叫著。當然﹐他們是醉了的﹗班裡上課的人數也相對的少了﹐來上課的也或許醉倒在座上睡了的。。
很有生意頭腦的uni在這個時候 design了關於Autonomy Day的T-Shirt。黑色的。上面寫著﹕
"40 BEERS YEARS AND STILL GOING STRONGER!" (被刪去的是BEERS這個字)
很有創意吧﹗
我今天沒喝﹐當然﹗但還是湊熱鬧跟coursemates去bar吃午餐。在那裡有已經醉了的﹐還沒醉可已經很high 的﹐有很吵的﹐也有像我一樣靜靜觀四週的。
有個男生的T-shirt很顯眼。前面是plain的﹐沒花樣。後面是一行字﹐寫著﹕
“So, I molested myself lastnight, and said "NO!". But now I want it!”
天﹐老外真開放大膽﹐以及。。無聊﹗
也聽朋友說﹐bar裡的一gang男生﹐修engineering的﹐其實畢業有兩年了﹐卻每年的今天都會回校﹐是放不下這個Autonomy Day!
哈﹐我心想是放不下手上的beers吧﹗或許就如Jono說的﹕ "It’s just another excuse to get drunk!" 真正的節日意義﹐誰管呢﹗
人物﹕
Jono- Jonathan Paul. The "egg man". 2nd year phD student.

