Cauliflower Pastries

I read through some scientific papers and prepared myself for the bioinformatics meeting.
For the meeting, everyone brought in cookies, and then we talked about a paper that we had to read. One professor had prepared a presentation about it.

For lunch, I went to a coffee shop with Mel, a girl from the lab. We ate a "cauliflower pastry." At first, I thought it just looked like a cauliflower, but there was actually real cauliflower inside. It tasted delicious!

Mel gave me some tips on living in Auckland. She also suggested I change the SIM card in my cell phone to a cheap, prepaid New Zealand one, move into a new (cheaper) apartment, and buy an old car for $500.

I don't know about the car, but later that day, I went to the Vodafone store to buy a SIM card. I got one, but it doesn't seem to like my phone :( I heard sometimes American cell phone providers "lock" their phones so that customers can only use special SIM cards. I need to go back to the store tomorrow, to find out.

Then, I met up with Jess and Alana to go for bread, dips and wine to another little cafe. Seriously, the amount of coffee shops other than Starbucks (which they have here, too) is out of proportions!

Finally, I went out to eat dinner with Lulu and some of her friends. We went to an Indian place and I got "aloo mattar," which is potatoes and peas, and some naan. Everyone tried a different dish, so we all shared.
After that, we went to play pool. I am still horribly untalented when it comes to pool, but we had a lot of fun anyways.
We also looked at the casino in downtown Auckland. "Looked" because I forgot my passport to prove that I am over 20 years old...