Auckland Trip 2008

So, iv just got back from Auckland and im soooooo tired. A whole week of hanging out with my friends in the big city, experiencing life at uni and generally living city styles. On Sunday we left Okaihau in our 3 cool vans (Sarcasm) and arrived at the marae after 4 hours sitting next to sum of my more excentric friends. It has underfloor heating there, and its nice as. Monday saw us going to visit Otago and auckland uni and of course shopping. I cant remember exactly but i think thats the day me and a certain sumone went up the Sky tower which was totally cool, saw heaps of people doing the skyjump. Night time was lazer strike which of course was fun as, lots of running around and screaming. Tuesday was AUT and massey i think, im extremly tired right now so i wouldnt expect an accurate account. Movies again tuesday night, we saw The Happening and on Sunday we saw Zohan which we all thought was v.disturbing to say the least. Wednesday was work experience and i went to a workplace which deals with weather etc. It was awesome as and i learnt heaps, it took me aaaages to get there though like an hour of walking in the wrong type of shoes (ouch!!!) and getting lost but in the end i got there so thats great. After that i took myself shopping and for lunch before meeting my friend for a trip to the art gallery which was also very cool cos it showed me a whole new side of art. Lets just say that when i returned to the marae, it was to my bed and i wasnt intent on moving for the next few hours. Thursday saw us going to Hamilton for a trip to Waikato uni and Wintec. Both cool, even though i didnt actually go to wintec, i went shopping instead as my name wasnt on the list. That night we went shopping again which was totally awesome cos, well its shopping and i got to hang out with a very special friend of mine. Friday morning saw me getting up at quarter to six in an effort to get my name on the job list to get the easiest job for cleaning up. Turns out people had actually got up during the night in desperation to secure the easiest job but i got a relatively easy one so it wasnt so bad least i didnt have to clean the bathroom cos thats a yucky job. Then after that we went to snowplanet and did sum skiing for the first time, its hard but incredibly fun. Then it was back to little old Okaihau to find awful weather which is still happening to this minute. Rain and v.strong wind :( winter sux but yea.... thats my week in a nutshell, catch ya later :D

A brief glimpse into my world

4 more days to Auckland trip!!! It's gonna be so cool. Iv heard suggestions such as snow planet, go-karting, ice-skating etc so of course its gonna be fun filled the entire week. Plus we get to go see most of the universitys and a days work experience so that should b cool as too. Get a bit of background info for possibilitys next year. On more sombre terms, english speech coming up. Mine is on the nature of strength. It was the only way to encorporate all the mounaineering books iv read into what i was actually meant to be talking about. Im really hoping mine will be after Auckland trip because i havent memorised my speech yet so that will be my next mission. The weekend was fun, even though it rained all the time. I went bush on sunday which was fun fun fun, got totally soaked and muddy and scratched to bits by the plants but hey... what could be more fun than an adventure in your own back yard right plus i love being outside doing stuff so yea... couldnt have asked for a better sunday. Oooh i got my report yesterday. It was real good apart from english where the words extremly quiet and "sometimes" has a pleasing work output!!! but oh well. I know im doing my best so thats fine by me. Anyways after that.... im sooo looking forward to next week its gonna totally rock getting to spend the entire week with all my friends. Catch ya later XD

2008 Ball

So yesterday was my last OC ball!! scary but cool. After about 2 and a half hours at the hairdressers and nearly a whole can of hairspray along side about 30 pins I went home to well do nothing really. It was really really cold so I put my slippers and dressing gown back on with my exciting hairstyle looked quite the picture. It got to like half six and i was finally ready which in my case meant not being able to breathe or walk properly. Our (and by our I mean my awesome date shannon and myself) original entrance was my dads white car!! with L plates, couldnt have got more original than that. We got there at like 7.15 and watched everyone elses original entrances which included a fire engine and a limo then went inside to admire the strobe room, decorations etc.... After this point its just typical ball stuff... food, photos and dancing. We must have had like a million photos and spilt about 4 drinks with our random game of balloon catch over the table, dont ask. Everyone looked really awesome including my sister who went this year for the first time, even though she left early!! I'll never get that one but oh well. As im new to this site i have no clue how to put pix on so for anyone who wants to look they are on bebo and if u want to know my bebo u should already know it cos u know me unless your a stalker..... yea. But yea.. it was such a cool night and am kinda sad it was the last one but i guess theres plenty more to look forward to in the end so yea.. im gonna keep smiling cos thats just me XD

Just a Random few words

Well yet again the year is half over and im still undecided what to do about the next one. I'v got soooo many options but which one? If i get accepted to do Headspace which is a really cool gap year then im gonna do that but if i dont, im hopefully gonna go to Nepal and do a Teach and trek programme which is basically where you teach kids in poverty and then u work in orphanages and things then go trekking which we all know is my ultimate dream, climbing Everest. So yea, maybe go to base camp but save the actual climb to im properly ready lol. OPC was one of the best things iv ever done!!! Bit late to put it in my blog but its definately worth a mention. The ball is this weekend!! the last one as well, scary!! But then theres the massive fact that after school Im free, to explore the globe which i fully intend on doing, no ordinary stuff for me thank you. We got to do the Summits for Ed tour on Wednesday which was really really cool. We got to climb our local mountain and then have a small ceremony to celebrate Ed's life which meant a lot to me as im sure it did to every one else. Hmm well yea thats about my life in a vague teenage description kinda way so yea keep smiling.