Talofa lava,
Had an eventful few days. :)
Quickly, because I have an event to rush off to and some uni work to do:
Ok. So been hanging out with my Geo class mate a lot. ...and he asked me out. :) So yeah, that's been fun. I am enjoying showing him around Welly. He's also pretty nice company. ^_^
Uni is going ok. Notoverly dficul. Danr this ssay though. It taking me ages and then I also have to start anoher essay proposal thing...!
Got an awesome postcard from a cast member I worked with. :D I love mail!
Flatwarming tonight at Bri's new place.
Caio!
xx
Friday, July 29, 2011
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
There's something about the sunshine baby!
Guten Tag!
There was a big powercut today. Our lecture theatre turned pitch black. Was quite interesting. Made me think about how reliant we are on electricity...
Our lectrer didn't know how to react so he just started telling us random stories, and when he didn't have any more he just said we could go! Of course we were all fine with that. ;)
After the power went back on I went to grab a computer to print some things (ahh you see, smart tactic cos the computers had been abandoned!). It's weird how that system works, but luckily easy. I was happy to see the $ I had put on my card 2 years ago was still there! Woo!
Today I was in the library and the BEAUTIFUL sunshine not only was warming but it made my brain happy! Yes, I suddenly had this amazing flow of thoughts for my essay! :D
My second lecture was long, but we got to watch a movie about coffee production (Black Gold) for half of it! Was a nice break. Yup. :P Plus, who doesn't want to watch a manager of the first Starbucks make a fool out of herself?!
It was also easy and I even answer question in front of everyone in the class :D
OH and it was also funny when the lecturer (who is Canadian) put up an ad which she didn't know much about. When we all laughed she was so lost!
Basically she was advertiing for an event and she said "apparantly there are some great guest speakers!" and then scrolled down to reveal "guest speakers Hone Harawira.."
Ahh, Canadians. ;)
OH! We had another moment with her last lecture too! Apparantly she didn't know NZ has a really bad teen promiscuity thing going on..
Now, I don't read Salient (the uni magazine) because the first and (was going to be) only time I dd I thought it was utter rubbish. However, I was in my INTP lecture (which wasn't exctiting cos we had already talked about all she was saying in GEO, ut at least we got to watch a movie about coffee!) ad the guy next tome was saying that he doesn't like Salient but this one was "a gem!"
So I picked up a copy and flicked through it.
Most of it was pretty dumb, but this one tidbit did make me laugh...
You basically have to be a politics student to get this, but:
"Am I freaking out? I can hear a bird. Can you hear a bird? There is a bird? We really are in the State of Nature!" (INTP lecturer that I don't have)
Students who write this (and read it!), from what I understand after reading this magazine, don't spend their time very wisely!
Dinner tonight was pretty average as usual - but we had a laugh fest which was good. :P Me and my roomie laugh a lot. :D
Oh - and these people crashed our INTP lecture today. I actually was interested in what they were saying.
They were advertising:
http://aiesec.org.nz/exchange/oeplusimpact/
...and actually I think it would be pretty cool to do one in Brazil or something... ;) Wish Chile or something was an option though... At least I could understand a little Spanish - no clue about Portugese!!
...and it's quite development studies like...so ya never know! I'll keep an eye on it - maybe next year's summer break...?
OK.
Study time...
xx
There was a big powercut today. Our lecture theatre turned pitch black. Was quite interesting. Made me think about how reliant we are on electricity...
Our lectrer didn't know how to react so he just started telling us random stories, and when he didn't have any more he just said we could go! Of course we were all fine with that. ;)
After the power went back on I went to grab a computer to print some things (ahh you see, smart tactic cos the computers had been abandoned!). It's weird how that system works, but luckily easy. I was happy to see the $ I had put on my card 2 years ago was still there! Woo!
Today I was in the library and the BEAUTIFUL sunshine not only was warming but it made my brain happy! Yes, I suddenly had this amazing flow of thoughts for my essay! :D
My second lecture was long, but we got to watch a movie about coffee production (Black Gold) for half of it! Was a nice break. Yup. :P Plus, who doesn't want to watch a manager of the first Starbucks make a fool out of herself?!
It was also easy and I even answer question in front of everyone in the class :D
OH and it was also funny when the lecturer (who is Canadian) put up an ad which she didn't know much about. When we all laughed she was so lost!
Basically she was advertiing for an event and she said "apparantly there are some great guest speakers!" and then scrolled down to reveal "guest speakers Hone Harawira.."
Ahh, Canadians. ;)
OH! We had another moment with her last lecture too! Apparantly she didn't know NZ has a really bad teen promiscuity thing going on..
Now, I don't read Salient (the uni magazine) because the first and (was going to be) only time I dd I thought it was utter rubbish. However, I was in my INTP lecture (which wasn't exctiting cos we had already talked about all she was saying in GEO, ut at least we got to watch a movie about coffee!) ad the guy next tome was saying that he doesn't like Salient but this one was "a gem!"
So I picked up a copy and flicked through it.
Most of it was pretty dumb, but this one tidbit did make me laugh...
You basically have to be a politics student to get this, but:
"Am I freaking out? I can hear a bird. Can you hear a bird? There is a bird? We really are in the State of Nature!" (INTP lecturer that I don't have)
Students who write this (and read it!), from what I understand after reading this magazine, don't spend their time very wisely!
Dinner tonight was pretty average as usual - but we had a laugh fest which was good. :P Me and my roomie laugh a lot. :D
Oh - and these people crashed our INTP lecture today. I actually was interested in what they were saying.
They were advertising:
http://aiesec.org.nz/exchange/oeplusimpact/
...and actually I think it would be pretty cool to do one in Brazil or something... ;) Wish Chile or something was an option though... At least I could understand a little Spanish - no clue about Portugese!!
...and it's quite development studies like...so ya never know! I'll keep an eye on it - maybe next year's summer break...?
OK.
Study time...
xx
Monday, July 25, 2011
Harry Potter...
Aloha!
Sooo
I saw the final Harry Potter movie last night.
It was good but not amazing. Everyone played it up to be better than it is.
I mean, at the end in the '19 years time' scene, they looked like lttle kids in adult costumes/hairstyles. Espesh Ginny. So bad...
The whole scene basically was revolved around this huge battle and they seemed to find the Horcrux's too easily. Anyway, maybe I'd give it a 7/10?
Ok - on the study front,done lots of reading, slowly doing the essay...
On the socialisng front, I think I'm having fun. :P
My USA friend is fun to hang out with (I still miss the sparkle though.. :/). I find it funny how we compare everything and are both on the same playing field when it comes to that.
The weather has been horrible! It rained ALL weekend. Not only that - it snowed a little and hailed! ew!
Needless to say, on Saturday we stayed inside the whole day - and watched a movie downstairs on the big T.V. :) Funny thing was all these people joined us and I didn't even notice until just before the film ended!
MY ROOMATE CUT AND COLOURED MY HAIR.
Looks quite different. ...but I like it.
We spent about FOUR hours doing this.
...and then my roomie forced me to go to lunch with my hair in glad wrap and tin foil!!! Soooo embarrassing.
We were laughing for the whole time we were there. ...and though people stared at me funny I didn't care so much because I thought it was funny too!
Ok.
STUDY time (until dinner and uh maybe more socialising?)
xx
HURT. But I guess that's what happens when you like the glittering object that you can't have :(
sigh.
must reluctantly move on. :/ So.hard.
Sooo
I saw the final Harry Potter movie last night.
It was good but not amazing. Everyone played it up to be better than it is.
I mean, at the end in the '19 years time' scene, they looked like lttle kids in adult costumes/hairstyles. Espesh Ginny. So bad...
The whole scene basically was revolved around this huge battle and they seemed to find the Horcrux's too easily. Anyway, maybe I'd give it a 7/10?
Ok - on the study front,done lots of reading, slowly doing the essay...
On the socialisng front, I think I'm having fun. :P
My USA friend is fun to hang out with (I still miss the sparkle though.. :/). I find it funny how we compare everything and are both on the same playing field when it comes to that.
The weather has been horrible! It rained ALL weekend. Not only that - it snowed a little and hailed! ew!
Needless to say, on Saturday we stayed inside the whole day - and watched a movie downstairs on the big T.V. :) Funny thing was all these people joined us and I didn't even notice until just before the film ended!
MY ROOMATE CUT AND COLOURED MY HAIR.
Looks quite different. ...but I like it.
We spent about FOUR hours doing this.
...and then my roomie forced me to go to lunch with my hair in glad wrap and tin foil!!! Soooo embarrassing.
We were laughing for the whole time we were there. ...and though people stared at me funny I didn't care so much because I thought it was funny too!
Ok.
STUDY time (until dinner and uh maybe more socialising?)
xx
HURT. But I guess that's what happens when you like the glittering object that you can't have :(
sigh.
must reluctantly move on. :/ So.hard.
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Am I into you or is the music to blame?
Bonjourno!
I started chipping away at my first essay. It's hard but I think I'm slowly getting there...
Yesterday night I DID end up going towning. Yes, how unusual right?
I only knew Bri, but it was ok. The others were nice and the boys even walked me home under Bri's orders haha. :P
We had cocktails at Alice (this place themed like Alice in Wonderland, and you walk down this somewhat creepy allyway [rabbit hole] to get to it!) and then went to the shot shack (yummmmy - chocomint flavour was totally my fav!).
I find it amusing how it always becomes everyone's mission to get me drunk since I hardly drink. Not that it worked, I stayed very sober and boring. :P I really just hate not being in control of myself. >.<
We went dancing for quite some time and by the end of it all my feet were killing me! It was so good to get back to my apartment and sleep!
Today the weather was horrible. So I just chilled with my roomie. She used me as a model again and this time I actally turned out pretty nice. :) I liked the hair-do. It was weird seeing how I would look without freckles. I was kind of like a china doll. Strange... Thoughts?
Pretty much just stayed inside today. I didn't want to step out into the grossness of the wind and rain...
Going to see HP tomorrow. :D
xx
--> title: from Who Owns My Heart?, Miley Cyrus
I started chipping away at my first essay. It's hard but I think I'm slowly getting there...
Yesterday night I DID end up going towning. Yes, how unusual right?
I only knew Bri, but it was ok. The others were nice and the boys even walked me home under Bri's orders haha. :P
We had cocktails at Alice (this place themed like Alice in Wonderland, and you walk down this somewhat creepy allyway [rabbit hole] to get to it!) and then went to the shot shack (yummmmy - chocomint flavour was totally my fav!).
I find it amusing how it always becomes everyone's mission to get me drunk since I hardly drink. Not that it worked, I stayed very sober and boring. :P I really just hate not being in control of myself. >.<
We went dancing for quite some time and by the end of it all my feet were killing me! It was so good to get back to my apartment and sleep!
Today the weather was horrible. So I just chilled with my roomie. She used me as a model again and this time I actally turned out pretty nice. :) I liked the hair-do. It was weird seeing how I would look without freckles. I was kind of like a china doll. Strange... Thoughts?
Pretty much just stayed inside today. I didn't want to step out into the grossness of the wind and rain...
Going to see HP tomorrow. :D
xx
--> title: from Who Owns My Heart?, Miley Cyrus
Friday, July 22, 2011
It's times like this when you should keep pursuing the impossible
Hey guys!
Today I didn't have class. :D
So I did washing and studied (woo done all my reading!) and went for a walk and studied some more. Yup.
However, what made the day awesome was that...
I got to have a skype chat today!
It was kind of an epic fail (the technology was no agreeing), but anyone who knows me would know that even though initially it's frustrating, it was kind of amusing to me.
Why?
Because it was like a game. To see how and when the next thing would happen. lol!
Anyway so even though it was very fractured I still enjoyed it - thanks Jimmy! :) If you read this - good! ;)
Bri wants to go out tonight....
It's so COLD.
But ok.
I might just meet her in town and not be such a boring person all the time. :P
xx
Today I didn't have class. :D
So I did washing and studied (woo done all my reading!) and went for a walk and studied some more. Yup.
However, what made the day awesome was that...
I got to have a skype chat today!
It was kind of an epic fail (the technology was no agreeing), but anyone who knows me would know that even though initially it's frustrating, it was kind of amusing to me.
Why?
Because it was like a game. To see how and when the next thing would happen. lol!
Anyway so even though it was very fractured I still enjoyed it - thanks Jimmy! :) If you read this - good! ;)
Bri wants to go out tonight....
It's so COLD.
But ok.
I might just meet her in town and not be such a boring person all the time. :P
xx
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Where is campus care?!
Hola!
Sooo....
Today was cool. I mean I didn't get much done but it made me happy. :P
Why?
Well, firstly I had a tute and our tutor basically gave us the answers to everything. Which I mean is probably bad but at the same time it was awesome because I didn't have to think. :P
Then I had my POLS lecture and for the first time I actually understood everything that he said! It was remarkable! It made sense too!
Then I had my Geo lecture. :P Before it started I was hoping that my Amercan friend would sit next to me again (what if he didn't show up? What if he wanted to sit elsewhere?). Luckily he did. ...and it ws a great lecture. ESPECIALLY when the lecturer sang a song for us called "The more you know the less you know". Soooo cool. All teachers should sing to their students if they have a descent voice! Yup! :D
Then I got talking to the American guy and we ended up chatting for ages since he didn't have a lecture for a while and I had finished lectures for the day.
It was so cool. :) ...and then I asked if he wanted to go to the Ball event with me and he said yes! Woo! :P So awesome.
Oh! ..and we had an awesome but slightly frustrating adventure!! My Geo friend, who I'll call 'Steven' because I don't know if he'd like me using his real name haha. Anway so Steven was trying to find the place where he was meant to hand in his form. We were directed by about 4 different people. All saying different things. ...making me loose faith in the directional and helpful ability of Wellingonians... Yeeeeah. We were directed all over the place and eventualy gave up when no-one semed to know the answer.
The final place we went was the mail room (of all places)to ask if they knew - and what do you know?! Someone from the place we were looking for was there! ...except he said that we weren' even meant to gto this place, suggested other places and then was like - maybe just take it to the place you are staying. Uhmm. Right. Ok. Give up.
...but we came to the conclusion that campus care was the guy from the mail room. Yup. Solved the mytery. ;) hahaha
After hanging out at the library with Steven Bri called and found out she was at my Hall!
So I quickly had to go meet her.
I showed Bri were I live and then we went out to get 241 cocktails. Only, that was wed and fri....not thursday! Whhhhaaaat?! A year ago it was totally THURSDAY!!!!
So we gave up on that and decided to see if we could find the Warehouse, cos I needed a few things. ...it took ages (and the weather was crappy - was 'spitting' with rain) but we found it eventually!!! ...and bought more than was planning. But that's ok, it was useful and def much cheaper than other places --> I even saw shoes for $2!
So, after that we were totally classy - me with my toilet paper etc haha. ...we couldn't be bothered going back to my apt so we -seriously- went for cocktails with our stuff. LOL. How cool are we?? XD
They even made us a drink that we requested which wasn't even on the menu any more (how things change in year!) It's called Toblerone and it's YUMMY!....because a few staff members there knew what I was talking about and made it for us. :D So good.
...oh, and they didn't check for I.D. Apparantly I definately look over 18... Not sure if that's a good thing? lol :/
So that was great and then Bri caught a bus home and I walked back to my apt to grab dinner.
Then my roomie wanted to ue me as a model since she does hair and makeup school. So she did that and it trned out SCARY. lol. Good thing she is practicing because MAN. We both thought I looked like a drag queen. ...and no, there is NO picture evidence of this! (phew!!)
...but after I took all that off my roomie and I went to see if anywhere had ear drops and sure enough everything in Welly was closed at 8pm and the dairys only had eye drops!!!
Anyway so that was my exciting day!
Got a skype date tomorrow, yay!
xx
Sooo....
Today was cool. I mean I didn't get much done but it made me happy. :P
Why?
Well, firstly I had a tute and our tutor basically gave us the answers to everything. Which I mean is probably bad but at the same time it was awesome because I didn't have to think. :P
Then I had my POLS lecture and for the first time I actually understood everything that he said! It was remarkable! It made sense too!
Then I had my Geo lecture. :P Before it started I was hoping that my Amercan friend would sit next to me again (what if he didn't show up? What if he wanted to sit elsewhere?). Luckily he did. ...and it ws a great lecture. ESPECIALLY when the lecturer sang a song for us called "The more you know the less you know". Soooo cool. All teachers should sing to their students if they have a descent voice! Yup! :D
Then I got talking to the American guy and we ended up chatting for ages since he didn't have a lecture for a while and I had finished lectures for the day.
It was so cool. :) ...and then I asked if he wanted to go to the Ball event with me and he said yes! Woo! :P So awesome.
Oh! ..and we had an awesome but slightly frustrating adventure!! My Geo friend, who I'll call 'Steven' because I don't know if he'd like me using his real name haha. Anway so Steven was trying to find the place where he was meant to hand in his form. We were directed by about 4 different people. All saying different things. ...making me loose faith in the directional and helpful ability of Wellingonians... Yeeeeah. We were directed all over the place and eventualy gave up when no-one semed to know the answer.
The final place we went was the mail room (of all places)to ask if they knew - and what do you know?! Someone from the place we were looking for was there! ...except he said that we weren' even meant to gto this place, suggested other places and then was like - maybe just take it to the place you are staying. Uhmm. Right. Ok. Give up.
...but we came to the conclusion that campus care was the guy from the mail room. Yup. Solved the mytery. ;) hahaha
After hanging out at the library with Steven Bri called and found out she was at my Hall!
So I quickly had to go meet her.
I showed Bri were I live and then we went out to get 241 cocktails. Only, that was wed and fri....not thursday! Whhhhaaaat?! A year ago it was totally THURSDAY!!!!
So we gave up on that and decided to see if we could find the Warehouse, cos I needed a few things. ...it took ages (and the weather was crappy - was 'spitting' with rain) but we found it eventually!!! ...and bought more than was planning. But that's ok, it was useful and def much cheaper than other places --> I even saw shoes for $2!
So, after that we were totally classy - me with my toilet paper etc haha. ...we couldn't be bothered going back to my apt so we -seriously- went for cocktails with our stuff. LOL. How cool are we?? XD
They even made us a drink that we requested which wasn't even on the menu any more (how things change in year!) It's called Toblerone and it's YUMMY!....because a few staff members there knew what I was talking about and made it for us. :D So good.
...oh, and they didn't check for I.D. Apparantly I definately look over 18... Not sure if that's a good thing? lol :/
So that was great and then Bri caught a bus home and I walked back to my apt to grab dinner.
Then my roomie wanted to ue me as a model since she does hair and makeup school. So she did that and it trned out SCARY. lol. Good thing she is practicing because MAN. We both thought I looked like a drag queen. ...and no, there is NO picture evidence of this! (phew!!)
...but after I took all that off my roomie and I went to see if anywhere had ear drops and sure enough everything in Welly was closed at 8pm and the dairys only had eye drops!!!
Anyway so that was my exciting day!
Got a skype date tomorrow, yay!
xx
More guys should do Zumba!
Hey ya'll!
Firstly, I have a bone to pick.
So howcome if we are all adults in this building but we are still treated like children?
This week they are having apartment inspections (noooo I thought I was over that after Disney!) and they have also imposed a no acohol/no guest ban until further notice!! (apparantly there was bad behaviour last weekend?!)
What in the world? I feel like they are using whatever strange power they have to make us feel like we are children. And it's anoying.
Not that it reall affects me, I can do without alcohol, and it's not like I intend to have friends over anyway (though one day I'll show anyone who wants to see, my room lol)...
Right.
Next.
I am working on my first essay and it's not going the best. My motivation keeps waning because I am finding it hard to write about. I have plenty of books but I don't think they will help me much with some of the he question. :/ I'm just going to have to push through it I guess.
I had my 3 hour dance day yesterday. Zumba is LOVE. Makes me feel great. I was pretty much dancing on the way down the hill to my Hall. :P Only 2 guys were in our(Bri does it with me) class though!
...oh and I am declaring that Wednesdays are my fav days. Not only because of dancing but I only have 1 lecture and it's my fav subject - Geo! ...for more than one reason! haha. But seriously, the teacher is awesome. He uses music and has great humour. :D
Today I have a tute and 2 lectures. Theeeen I may go out for 241 cocktails with Bri and of course study. Yup. Studystudystudy! ;)
I am feeling like I have gotten over my cold! ...too bad my roomie now has one. XD ...but at least she isn't totally miserable - she has my Utah author friend's books to keep her company! She even finished one yesterday. :)
So.... the Ustay Ball (theme: A Night in Vegas) is on Aug 6. ....I was just fine with going by myself (might meet people)...but now I am considering taking someone. At least if I can get the courage to ask this one guy in my Geo class to go wih me XD ...though, that could be an expensive idea lol....
...oh, and BRI, you should come! You don't have to be from Ustay!
Off to Uni!
xx
Firstly, I have a bone to pick.
So howcome if we are all adults in this building but we are still treated like children?
This week they are having apartment inspections (noooo I thought I was over that after Disney!) and they have also imposed a no acohol/no guest ban until further notice!! (apparantly there was bad behaviour last weekend?!)
What in the world? I feel like they are using whatever strange power they have to make us feel like we are children. And it's anoying.
Not that it reall affects me, I can do without alcohol, and it's not like I intend to have friends over anyway (though one day I'll show anyone who wants to see, my room lol)...
Right.
Next.
I am working on my first essay and it's not going the best. My motivation keeps waning because I am finding it hard to write about. I have plenty of books but I don't think they will help me much with some of the he question. :/ I'm just going to have to push through it I guess.
I had my 3 hour dance day yesterday. Zumba is LOVE. Makes me feel great. I was pretty much dancing on the way down the hill to my Hall. :P Only 2 guys were in our(Bri does it with me) class though!
...oh and I am declaring that Wednesdays are my fav days. Not only because of dancing but I only have 1 lecture and it's my fav subject - Geo! ...for more than one reason! haha. But seriously, the teacher is awesome. He uses music and has great humour. :D
Today I have a tute and 2 lectures. Theeeen I may go out for 241 cocktails with Bri and of course study. Yup. Studystudystudy! ;)
I am feeling like I have gotten over my cold! ...too bad my roomie now has one. XD ...but at least she isn't totally miserable - she has my Utah author friend's books to keep her company! She even finished one yesterday. :)
So.... the Ustay Ball (theme: A Night in Vegas) is on Aug 6. ....I was just fine with going by myself (might meet people)...but now I am considering taking someone. At least if I can get the courage to ask this one guy in my Geo class to go wih me XD ...though, that could be an expensive idea lol....
...oh, and BRI, you should come! You don't have to be from Ustay!
Off to Uni!
xx
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Post this, post that...
Bonjour,
Today I couldn't concentrate too well. I tried to figure out why and I think it probably has something to do with the fact I didn't have chocolate all day. Which is probably like some kind of withdrawl symptom?
Dinner had a chocolate dessert though so I guess I cn test this theory by seeing if in fact I feel better soon...
Aggh!
My arms hurt!
Why is that? I know why... That horrible X55 thing!
I tried it yesterday and man that thing was intense. I mean, I knew from the instructor it would be because I had had her before and she is scary and has high expectations.
But MAN. It really hurts today.
Hopefully I'll be good by tomorrow because I wanna do Zumba and salsa!
Today at uni my brain was not working. I couldn't remember a lot of stuff. It's frustrating because I read so much but can't retain it. ...and I can't read things more than once or else I'd never get through anything! Good thing I take notes etc but still...WHY does my memory have to be so terrible?! Ergh.
Oh! And I have to figure out where I can print things?! How annoying, I hate not having easy access to a printer. :(
I tried to start brainstorming about my first essay. It ended up in lots of words on the page but I'm not really sure if they make sense?
Hopefully my mind will clear and I'll see what scary/miraculous things I came up with...
Oh. In my (first)tute today and in class all these terms were mentioned. Now, it wasn't just me who was lost, but ohmygoodness. So many terms like "post modern" and "post development" that make me stare into blank spaces and try to hide. :P
Let's discover what at least these two mean...
Let's see...
uhhmm.
A group of people who think the philosopher dudes who talked about modernity are out of date. They think nothing should be set in stone or characterised because things are fluid/more complicated than that?
They want to be P.C and not hurt anyones feelings?
....yeah, still confused. Anyone want to help me an take a crack at it - explaining in easy to understand terminology that won't further hurt my brain?
and
---> Both from Wiki.
That makes more sense... It's a group of people saying that we need to stop looking at development in Western terms!
Ergh. Right now though it pretty much looks like a bunch of BLAH. Words on a page/screen that jumble up and don't make sense. :(
By the way! Is it still considered jet lag if every night I am tired by 9ish? I have been unable to keep awake so go to sleep at 9.30-10.30 every night!
Anyway....off to try and do something productive.
xx
p.s congrats to Richard, you know why :)
Today I couldn't concentrate too well. I tried to figure out why and I think it probably has something to do with the fact I didn't have chocolate all day. Which is probably like some kind of withdrawl symptom?
Dinner had a chocolate dessert though so I guess I cn test this theory by seeing if in fact I feel better soon...
Aggh!
My arms hurt!
Why is that? I know why... That horrible X55 thing!
I tried it yesterday and man that thing was intense. I mean, I knew from the instructor it would be because I had had her before and she is scary and has high expectations.
But MAN. It really hurts today.
Hopefully I'll be good by tomorrow because I wanna do Zumba and salsa!
Today at uni my brain was not working. I couldn't remember a lot of stuff. It's frustrating because I read so much but can't retain it. ...and I can't read things more than once or else I'd never get through anything! Good thing I take notes etc but still...WHY does my memory have to be so terrible?! Ergh.
Oh! And I have to figure out where I can print things?! How annoying, I hate not having easy access to a printer. :(
I tried to start brainstorming about my first essay. It ended up in lots of words on the page but I'm not really sure if they make sense?
Hopefully my mind will clear and I'll see what scary/miraculous things I came up with...
Oh. In my (first)tute today and in class all these terms were mentioned. Now, it wasn't just me who was lost, but ohmygoodness. So many terms like "post modern" and "post development" that make me stare into blank spaces and try to hide. :P
Let's discover what at least these two mean...
Postmodernism is a movement away from the viewpoint of modernism. More specifically it is a tendency in contemporary culture characterized by the problem of objective truth and inherent suspicion towards global cultural narrative or meta-narrative. It involves the belief that many, if not all, apparent realities are only social constructs, as they are subject to change inherent to time and place. It emphasizes the role of language, power relations, and motivations; in particular it attacks the use of sharp classifications such as male versus female, straight versus gay, white versus black, and imperial versus colonial. Rather, it holds realities to be plural and relative, and dependent on who the interested parties are and what their interests consist in. It attempts to problematise modernist overconfidence, by drawing into sharp contrast the difference between how confident speakers are of their positions versus how confident they need to be to serve their supposed purposes. Postmodernism has influenced many cultural fields, including literary criticism, sociology, linguistics, architecture, anthropology, visual arts, and music.
Let's see...
uhhmm.
A group of people who think the philosopher dudes who talked about modernity are out of date. They think nothing should be set in stone or characterised because things are fluid/more complicated than that?
They want to be P.C and not hurt anyones feelings?
....yeah, still confused. Anyone want to help me an take a crack at it - explaining in easy to understand terminology that won't further hurt my brain?
and
Postdevelopment theory (also post-development, or anti-development) holds that the whole concept and practice of development is a reflection of Western-Northern hegemony over the rest of the world. Postdevelopment thought arose in the 1980s out of criticisms being voiced against development projects and the development theory used to justify them.
---> Both from Wiki.
That makes more sense... It's a group of people saying that we need to stop looking at development in Western terms!
Ergh. Right now though it pretty much looks like a bunch of BLAH. Words on a page/screen that jumble up and don't make sense. :(
By the way! Is it still considered jet lag if every night I am tired by 9ish? I have been unable to keep awake so go to sleep at 9.30-10.30 every night!
Anyway....off to try and do something productive.
xx
p.s congrats to Richard, you know why :)
Monday, July 18, 2011
To double or to not...that is the question
Hey ya'll
So after the lovely conversation that I had with my friend yesterday one thing was brought to my attention.
Uh, I could get a single egree with a triple major, or I could get a double degree. Which sounds more impressive? Uhm, the double degree, of course!
I am waiting on a response from uni, but basically the main thing that was like *ahHhh.stream.of.light.from.the.heavens.indicating.sudden.awesome.knowledge* was that in a Bsc (bachelor of science) you don't have to do just SCIENCE papers. I didn't know that geography/development studies could be considered under a Bsc!! Ahh, revelation! No BIO/CHEM etc papers for me, no!!
So I could pretty easily transfer everything into a double degree (so a BA in POLS/INTP and Bsc in DEVE). Ha.
Of course that would prolly add on an extra year of uni or something. ...which is depressing in that I would prolly have to stay in NZ coldness for longer (the again, maybe I coud really look into that overseas exchage thing if I were to do this, maybe that could be an incentive). ...but it sounds way more awesome and I mean if I already have done most of th work, why not end up with something that is way fancier?!
I mean, I still want to do a masters in something too (probably something Development studies related cos its my favourite subject)... hmmm. Decisions....
I will see what reply I get from Vic, but I'm kind of excited that might be a possibility?
Right now though, I am reading about Bureaucracy. This book is at least readable. I swear that other gross green book I will just avoid from now on. ...and I am thinking about starting my brainstorming for myfirst essay! Yay! I love starting essays. It's weirdly exciting (I'm a strange creature, yes). Of course that wears off when you can't find what you want/you write a whole essay only to realise you didn't even answer the question/you have to source everything/you have to worry about the word limit....
But, for now I will revel in the fun of -starting- it. ;)
My Geo lecture today was cool. I very much like his teaching style. Oh and the fact he likes to play music (this weeks theme is Easter Island music) and interact with us is very good. I shall have to compliment him on his awesomeness later in the course.
I hear he even sings us a song at some point haha. ^_^
At 4.30pm there is a gym class called X55. I am going to try it and see what I think...
It looks intense but I'm going to keep an open mind. ...and if I don't like it I'll just stick to ZUMBA. :) ...and salsa classes and walking up that awful steep hill to get to uni (when it's not raining). Yay for exercise!
I am taking volunteers for proof reading and looking over my essays. hehe. I do have at least one that I know of so that's awesome. :D
Okay, back to study...
xx
So after the lovely conversation that I had with my friend yesterday one thing was brought to my attention.
Uh, I could get a single egree with a triple major, or I could get a double degree. Which sounds more impressive? Uhm, the double degree, of course!
I am waiting on a response from uni, but basically the main thing that was like *ahHhh.stream.of.light.from.the.heavens.indicating.sudden.awesome.knowledge* was that in a Bsc (bachelor of science) you don't have to do just SCIENCE papers. I didn't know that geography/development studies could be considered under a Bsc!! Ahh, revelation! No BIO/CHEM etc papers for me, no!!
So I could pretty easily transfer everything into a double degree (so a BA in POLS/INTP and Bsc in DEVE). Ha.
Of course that would prolly add on an extra year of uni or something. ...which is depressing in that I would prolly have to stay in NZ coldness for longer (the again, maybe I coud really look into that overseas exchage thing if I were to do this, maybe that could be an incentive). ...but it sounds way more awesome and I mean if I already have done most of th work, why not end up with something that is way fancier?!
I mean, I still want to do a masters in something too (probably something Development studies related cos its my favourite subject)... hmmm. Decisions....
I will see what reply I get from Vic, but I'm kind of excited that might be a possibility?
Right now though, I am reading about Bureaucracy. This book is at least readable. I swear that other gross green book I will just avoid from now on. ...and I am thinking about starting my brainstorming for myfirst essay! Yay! I love starting essays. It's weirdly exciting (I'm a strange creature, yes). Of course that wears off when you can't find what you want/you write a whole essay only to realise you didn't even answer the question/you have to source everything/you have to worry about the word limit....
But, for now I will revel in the fun of -starting- it. ;)
My Geo lecture today was cool. I very much like his teaching style. Oh and the fact he likes to play music (this weeks theme is Easter Island music) and interact with us is very good. I shall have to compliment him on his awesomeness later in the course.
I hear he even sings us a song at some point haha. ^_^
At 4.30pm there is a gym class called X55. I am going to try it and see what I think...
It looks intense but I'm going to keep an open mind. ...and if I don't like it I'll just stick to ZUMBA. :) ...and salsa classes and walking up that awful steep hill to get to uni (when it's not raining). Yay for exercise!
I am taking volunteers for proof reading and looking over my essays. hehe. I do have at least one that I know of so that's awesome. :D
Okay, back to study...
xx
Sunday, July 17, 2011
3 hour catch-ups
Hey ya'll,
Soooo
today I'm going to pour my heart out a little in a strange and yet myseterious (or not to certain people) way so that I am very vague and [pretty much]no-one actually knows what I am talking about.
But!
before I do that I will relay today and a little of yesterday...
Yesterday I studied some(kind of impossible to go a day without it or else I feel super guilty...) and went out for a walk with my roomie. ...and theeen in the evening I was invited to a gathering.
Now, I can't say I'm into the drinking/socialising scene, but I figured I could at least give it a go (with the choice to back out whenever I felt uncomfortable).
So I hung out with my roomie and her friends and met new people. It was okay but I still felt a bit awkward considering I don't usually like to meet people aorund aloholic environments. Mainly because excessive alcohol changes who a person is and therefore you aren't really sure who you are talking to. That, and I ama little shy around people I don't know.
Anyway I didn't want to be boring/party pooper (insert all other terminologies), so I hung out with them until the point where they wanted to clubbing in town.
Then I retreated to my room and had an early-ish night.
Today I studied some more in the morning. The book I was trying to decipher was ridiculously boring to the point where my eyes glazed over the words but nothing wet in my head. I tried so many times to read that book but it didn't work. So I abandoned ship with that one and tried the next one. This one was easier to read (in more of a story format) but I was confused as to why it was telling me about a battle from the 2nd world war. ...and then it talked about schooling and then prisons. I was thinking - how in the world does this have anything to do with Bureaucracy? Well, I sort of found out when that was explained at the end of the chapter, but it definately was a weird way to start a book.
Then I had a nice brunch and went to see one of my friends. We chatted for a good 3hours about everything we had done in the past year. It was great to catch up. :)
Then there was dinner and I hung with my roomie some more. The games room really needs new pool table cues. There is one for 2 tables and it is broken...
Oh, dad got re-married in Armenia last night. Was different...
Right. Down to the curious mysterious part.
I was having a bit of a down moment this afternoon when it came to thinking about relationships. It was one of those moments when you look around you and everyone has someone and you don't. Oh, that and the guy(s) you really like don't appear to be interested for reasons you don't even understand.
I thought, yes I have friends but if I was to right now ask myself "oh I want to go to a movie, who should I ask?" I would be a little stumped. I thought to myself..."oh, well that person will be with that person, that person will be doing X and that person will not want to see that....etc". Now, I am sure I could find someone but it's just weird how at points in your life you just feel so alone. It's like everyone else is occupied. Where did they go?
Then of course when it comes to (in my case) guys I am utterly bamboozled. Am I simply in the wrong country like I want to believe? Are guys in other places really different? Do they like me for me or because I am different? Are my standards too high? Am I looking too hard or not hard enough? Do I need to be more sociable? Am I disadvantaged because I am not spiritual? Should I wait till I am older? Should I concentrate on uni and be thankful I don't have that kind of distraction? WHAT?!
Now, I just watched a movie and although movies aren't real they represent some kind of truth. This one definately reminded me not to lower my standards. I am not going to go out with just anyone. I don't want to date for the sake of it. ....yes the hopeless romantic in me says to wait and see what happens. Not for the horse or the knight, but for something that catches my eye. For a gem. For value. For an adventure.
As hard as it is to ignore things around me, and as annoyed as I am getting by certain situations that are driving me CRAZY! ....I will persist.
There is one thing(in particular) that doesn't make sense and I am not even sure why I am bothering.
It's just there's this beautiful glimmer of hope that is still sparkling at the bottom of of a well. I remember how that glimmer used to once be a diamond in the palm of my hand and I wonder how things might have turned out if only the situation was different.
Then again, the diamond looked very real but who is to know if it was a trick to my eyes? Who is to know if the diamond was real or not? What if it fooled me all along and I was enchanted by its spell?
Why does it remain there without movement?
As much as it pains and confuses me I must walk away from the well and forget about it....
Until the glimmer shows any form of promise again it can stay at the bottom of the well away from view. Shining in the beautiful blue waters it is hidding beneath. It's prizon and it's haven.
Maybe someone else will pick it up. Maybe someone already has. Maybe it will disappear, and maybe it was never there?
Which makes the character in this story also wonder... Why do things glimmer and tease you and then never live up to their potential? Or do they?
It's like you are always being taunted by the sparkles and never able to reach down and grasp the stone.
I guess it's not a story unlike others. It's not new or original.
It's just a glimmer of hope in a fantasy world that probably will never be realised.
Did I miss my chance to wish upon that shooting star?
Maybe it will forgive me and I'll get another chance?
BUT
For now I'll snap out of that world and focus on: UNI UNI UNI, STUDY STUDY STUDY.
May all your wishes come true,
(and maybe even mine ;) )
xx
Soooo
today I'm going to pour my heart out a little in a strange and yet myseterious (or not to certain people) way so that I am very vague and [pretty much]no-one actually knows what I am talking about.
But!
before I do that I will relay today and a little of yesterday...
Yesterday I studied some(kind of impossible to go a day without it or else I feel super guilty...) and went out for a walk with my roomie. ...and theeen in the evening I was invited to a gathering.
Now, I can't say I'm into the drinking/socialising scene, but I figured I could at least give it a go (with the choice to back out whenever I felt uncomfortable).
So I hung out with my roomie and her friends and met new people. It was okay but I still felt a bit awkward considering I don't usually like to meet people aorund aloholic environments. Mainly because excessive alcohol changes who a person is and therefore you aren't really sure who you are talking to. That, and I ama little shy around people I don't know.
Anyway I didn't want to be boring/party pooper (insert all other terminologies), so I hung out with them until the point where they wanted to clubbing in town.
Then I retreated to my room and had an early-ish night.
Today I studied some more in the morning. The book I was trying to decipher was ridiculously boring to the point where my eyes glazed over the words but nothing wet in my head. I tried so many times to read that book but it didn't work. So I abandoned ship with that one and tried the next one. This one was easier to read (in more of a story format) but I was confused as to why it was telling me about a battle from the 2nd world war. ...and then it talked about schooling and then prisons. I was thinking - how in the world does this have anything to do with Bureaucracy? Well, I sort of found out when that was explained at the end of the chapter, but it definately was a weird way to start a book.
Then I had a nice brunch and went to see one of my friends. We chatted for a good 3hours about everything we had done in the past year. It was great to catch up. :)
Then there was dinner and I hung with my roomie some more. The games room really needs new pool table cues. There is one for 2 tables and it is broken...
Oh, dad got re-married in Armenia last night. Was different...
Right. Down to the curious mysterious part.
I was having a bit of a down moment this afternoon when it came to thinking about relationships. It was one of those moments when you look around you and everyone has someone and you don't. Oh, that and the guy(s) you really like don't appear to be interested for reasons you don't even understand.
I thought, yes I have friends but if I was to right now ask myself "oh I want to go to a movie, who should I ask?" I would be a little stumped. I thought to myself..."oh, well that person will be with that person, that person will be doing X and that person will not want to see that....etc". Now, I am sure I could find someone but it's just weird how at points in your life you just feel so alone. It's like everyone else is occupied. Where did they go?
Then of course when it comes to (in my case) guys I am utterly bamboozled. Am I simply in the wrong country like I want to believe? Are guys in other places really different? Do they like me for me or because I am different? Are my standards too high? Am I looking too hard or not hard enough? Do I need to be more sociable? Am I disadvantaged because I am not spiritual? Should I wait till I am older? Should I concentrate on uni and be thankful I don't have that kind of distraction? WHAT?!
Now, I just watched a movie and although movies aren't real they represent some kind of truth. This one definately reminded me not to lower my standards. I am not going to go out with just anyone. I don't want to date for the sake of it. ....yes the hopeless romantic in me says to wait and see what happens. Not for the horse or the knight, but for something that catches my eye. For a gem. For value. For an adventure.
As hard as it is to ignore things around me, and as annoyed as I am getting by certain situations that are driving me CRAZY! ....I will persist.
There is one thing(in particular) that doesn't make sense and I am not even sure why I am bothering.
It's just there's this beautiful glimmer of hope that is still sparkling at the bottom of of a well. I remember how that glimmer used to once be a diamond in the palm of my hand and I wonder how things might have turned out if only the situation was different.
Then again, the diamond looked very real but who is to know if it was a trick to my eyes? Who is to know if the diamond was real or not? What if it fooled me all along and I was enchanted by its spell?
Why does it remain there without movement?
As much as it pains and confuses me I must walk away from the well and forget about it....
Until the glimmer shows any form of promise again it can stay at the bottom of the well away from view. Shining in the beautiful blue waters it is hidding beneath. It's prizon and it's haven.
Maybe someone else will pick it up. Maybe someone already has. Maybe it will disappear, and maybe it was never there?
Which makes the character in this story also wonder... Why do things glimmer and tease you and then never live up to their potential? Or do they?
It's like you are always being taunted by the sparkles and never able to reach down and grasp the stone.
I guess it's not a story unlike others. It's not new or original.
It's just a glimmer of hope in a fantasy world that probably will never be realised.
Did I miss my chance to wish upon that shooting star?
Maybe it will forgive me and I'll get another chance?
BUT
For now I'll snap out of that world and focus on: UNI UNI UNI, STUDY STUDY STUDY.
May all your wishes come true,
(and maybe even mine ;) )
xx
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Bureaucracy
Dear everyone,
Yesterday I was...kind of productive?
I went for a walk because *shock horror* the sun was out and the wind was only lightly breezy. On my walk I went and got some drawing pins for my pin board. So now I can pin things up til my heart is content, yay!
On my way I posted some mail.. :)
Then I went to uni (werd how I went on a day I didn't need to, yes) to sort out one of my subject books.
I went into the book store and saw that the problem still existed. What was this problem you ask?
One of my subjects required three books (ergh!). However, I noticed on the course outline two of them were the ones the bookstore said we needed and then there was this other bok that wasn't there.
Of course I bought my books before classes so I would be prepared and so they wouldn't sell out. Except now I had one book that I didn't even need and it was a $120 worth!
Basically the people working at the book store were super rude and it made me quite angry!
DISNEY SERVICE people. NOT good enough. I keep judging everyone by those stndards. Which isn't really fair since they haven't been exposed to them but still, a simple smile would make me happier. Pls you could act like I wasn'ta problem to you.
I did get my refund on that book. So that was good. :P Extra $120 is always nice. ...and the book I was meant to have I just got out from the library so maybe that will suffice for now.
Dinner was pizza (you go half a pizza!!!) last night! That made me happy because I had wanted pizza the night before and now got to have it, yay! It was pretty nice too, especially since it was home-made!
I could have gone to the salsadrome last night but I ended up staying at 'home' studying. Manly because I didn't want to go there and back by myself at night... Not so safe sounding....
A family friend bought over some more of my things today. I have WARM duvets and pillows etc now which is AWESOME. Even got a WORKING heater! Woo! Now my room will be like a haven. :P hehe
Just got to talk to my mummy. :D Yay!
Organising end of year plans for travel (Thailand and Aussie) at the moment.
The other day I looked into exchange programmes too, like to study in Europe or something for a trimester. ....but I figure it would probably be easier to wait till after my degree (1.5years doens't seem long but with this COLD it seems like an eternity) so that way I could just TRAVEL and not study there (with occassional travel where it could be afforded..). Maybe I could even work somewhere else in the world again? I would like that. :)
Right going to do study and then something fun (which I am yet to think of)...
Will see HP soonish...
Miss all my USA friends <3
xx
p.s - the name of this blog is to do with one of my papers. Basically, I think Disney has helped me to see how Bureaucracy plays out. Like, the book I am reading basically states how service in big corporations have diminished and people are not treated the best. But I am ver glad that at least Disney has kept its service standards up. :)
I WILL provide good service even if the people around me don't. I really don't care, I want to ensure that the customrs are treated the way I would like to be. :)
Yesterday I was...kind of productive?
I went for a walk because *shock horror* the sun was out and the wind was only lightly breezy. On my walk I went and got some drawing pins for my pin board. So now I can pin things up til my heart is content, yay!
On my way I posted some mail.. :)
Then I went to uni (werd how I went on a day I didn't need to, yes) to sort out one of my subject books.
I went into the book store and saw that the problem still existed. What was this problem you ask?
One of my subjects required three books (ergh!). However, I noticed on the course outline two of them were the ones the bookstore said we needed and then there was this other bok that wasn't there.
Of course I bought my books before classes so I would be prepared and so they wouldn't sell out. Except now I had one book that I didn't even need and it was a $120 worth!
Basically the people working at the book store were super rude and it made me quite angry!
DISNEY SERVICE people. NOT good enough. I keep judging everyone by those stndards. Which isn't really fair since they haven't been exposed to them but still, a simple smile would make me happier. Pls you could act like I wasn'ta problem to you.
I did get my refund on that book. So that was good. :P Extra $120 is always nice. ...and the book I was meant to have I just got out from the library so maybe that will suffice for now.
Dinner was pizza (you go half a pizza!!!) last night! That made me happy because I had wanted pizza the night before and now got to have it, yay! It was pretty nice too, especially since it was home-made!
I could have gone to the salsadrome last night but I ended up staying at 'home' studying. Manly because I didn't want to go there and back by myself at night... Not so safe sounding....
A family friend bought over some more of my things today. I have WARM duvets and pillows etc now which is AWESOME. Even got a WORKING heater! Woo! Now my room will be like a haven. :P hehe
Just got to talk to my mummy. :D Yay!
Organising end of year plans for travel (Thailand and Aussie) at the moment.
The other day I looked into exchange programmes too, like to study in Europe or something for a trimester. ....but I figure it would probably be easier to wait till after my degree (1.5years doens't seem long but with this COLD it seems like an eternity) so that way I could just TRAVEL and not study there (with occassional travel where it could be afforded..). Maybe I could even work somewhere else in the world again? I would like that. :)
Right going to do study and then something fun (which I am yet to think of)...
Will see HP soonish...
Miss all my USA friends <3
xx
p.s - the name of this blog is to do with one of my papers. Basically, I think Disney has helped me to see how Bureaucracy plays out. Like, the book I am reading basically states how service in big corporations have diminished and people are not treated the best. But I am ver glad that at least Disney has kept its service standards up. :)
I WILL provide good service even if the people around me don't. I really don't care, I want to ensure that the customrs are treated the way I would like to be. :)
Friday, July 15, 2011
Skyping is good fun :)
Hey ya'll
So last night I had the most epic Skype convo ever with "Obi Wan"(aka Richard) haha. 4hrs 48mins and 4secs! Ahh was good to catch up. Obviously after over a year there is much to say. :) Ahhh Richard you're awesome.
That was way more fun that the 'B' party I was invited to..
Uni is okay. I actually was pretty bold and sent an e-mail to my lecturer (he is kind of scary and I didn't really want to approach him with what I was thinking becuase I wanted to think it out properly and try to put it in a nice way...) telling him about how I was finding his class. Basically I wanted to get across hat I was struggling to understand where he was going with his lecturers. They kind of don't have direction and I feel lost. Now, I was fully expecting him to be like "come to my office to discuss this with me" but he actually took the feedback well and thanked me. :) So that was good. Hopefully things will get better with that subject.
Other than that situation I like my Geo lectures a lot. I swear pretty much all Geo lecturers are wonderful! They have more passion and enthusiasm than a lot of others.
Darn this cold. It's so annoying. I can't read because my eyes blur over the pages and I can't concentrate because my head is all foggy.
Funny story though.
After uni yesterday I decided to walk along the Terrace to get to Lambton so I could go to a pharmacy an get medicine.
The lady who helped me was kind of odd bt seemed nice. When I explained what I wanted she recommended some pills. They seemed fine and everything and then she went on to say they are going ff the market soon because there's an ingredient in them that people use to make P!
WHAAAAT?! Why would you tell me that, seriously?!
Straaaange woman.
Oh another random thing - when I walked down from the terrace who do I see? My roomie! lol!
She decided to tag along so we hung out for a bit. I even helped her shop a bit. ;)
Ok. So I am going to put in a good effort of study today. I was even thinking about starting one of my essays! Keen much!? :P
IT'S NOT RAINING! Yay(though it's still FREEZING)! May go out for a walk at some point.
No lectures today because I only have someting on Fridays every 2nd week! WOO! :P
At some point I need to send some more things via mail though, for one thing I don't want Liz from CBR thinking I forgot about her! ;)
Want to see HP soon...
Bye ya'll, take care
xx
So last night I had the most epic Skype convo ever with "Obi Wan"(aka Richard) haha. 4hrs 48mins and 4secs! Ahh was good to catch up. Obviously after over a year there is much to say. :) Ahhh Richard you're awesome.
That was way more fun that the 'B' party I was invited to..
Uni is okay. I actually was pretty bold and sent an e-mail to my lecturer (he is kind of scary and I didn't really want to approach him with what I was thinking becuase I wanted to think it out properly and try to put it in a nice way...) telling him about how I was finding his class. Basically I wanted to get across hat I was struggling to understand where he was going with his lecturers. They kind of don't have direction and I feel lost. Now, I was fully expecting him to be like "come to my office to discuss this with me" but he actually took the feedback well and thanked me. :) So that was good. Hopefully things will get better with that subject.
Other than that situation I like my Geo lectures a lot. I swear pretty much all Geo lecturers are wonderful! They have more passion and enthusiasm than a lot of others.
Darn this cold. It's so annoying. I can't read because my eyes blur over the pages and I can't concentrate because my head is all foggy.
Funny story though.
After uni yesterday I decided to walk along the Terrace to get to Lambton so I could go to a pharmacy an get medicine.
The lady who helped me was kind of odd bt seemed nice. When I explained what I wanted she recommended some pills. They seemed fine and everything and then she went on to say they are going ff the market soon because there's an ingredient in them that people use to make P!
WHAAAAT?! Why would you tell me that, seriously?!
Straaaange woman.
Oh another random thing - when I walked down from the terrace who do I see? My roomie! lol!
She decided to tag along so we hung out for a bit. I even helped her shop a bit. ;)
Ok. So I am going to put in a good effort of study today. I was even thinking about starting one of my essays! Keen much!? :P
IT'S NOT RAINING! Yay(though it's still FREEZING)! May go out for a walk at some point.
No lectures today because I only have someting on Fridays every 2nd week! WOO! :P
At some point I need to send some more things via mail though, for one thing I don't want Liz from CBR thinking I forgot about her! ;)
Want to see HP soon...
Bye ya'll, take care
xx
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
I came to dance dance dance...
Wow my feet hurt.
I guess it's not surprising though because I had a full on da of dace exercise!
After my Geo class today I met up with Bri and we had a nice catch-up. She had to go to her classes and so I studied in he library (finally finished the intense 50page Geo reading!). After that it was time for Zumba! I had never properly done Zumba (the DVD version is hard and not my thing..) so I was excited to see what this crazy was all about!
I'd have to say I understand why it is so popular! It's so energetic and fun! Lots of latin influence too which I loved :D Also, it is easy enough to follow. :) It also helped that the teacher was crazy and full of energy. However, talk about pomoting sexual movements! Aye yei yei
After Zumba I was going to get the bus home bus I couldn't be wating 20mins inth cold so I walked. ...and I found out it only takes me 10mins to walk back from uni! Yay!
When I got back I had a shower and the headed out again straight away. I then walked to the place where the salsa dance clases were being held and joined in with the intermediate class. I realised I wasn't too rusty and that I could probably try advanced. I think I did ok. I mean if they showed the move and didn't just go straight into it then I was fine. When I didn't know it I picked it up pretty fast. So glad I haven't lost the feel of how it all works. :)
At the end of each class the teacher did rueda. I don't have much experience in rueda but so long as the guys led me I picked it up fine. I even knew some moves after. :)
I only got stuck on a few more complicated moves that I hadn't seen before.
At the end of all that myfeet hurt but I saw a friend who I danced a competition with, so I social danced for a bit. :) It was great. It felt so wonderful freestyling like that. :D I didn't make many mistakes either!
So all in all I danced for but 3hours and 15mins today. haha. Go me. Yay for exercise!
Other than all that I went to the bank and post office - and my friend let me borrow a blanket cos I am getting a cold and not adjusting too well to the temperature here. Not to mention our heaters SUCK (they turn on and off on about a 15min timer and do nothing).
Anyway, super tired.
Will study more tomorrow. Yup.
xx
I guess it's not surprising though because I had a full on da of dace exercise!
After my Geo class today I met up with Bri and we had a nice catch-up. She had to go to her classes and so I studied in he library (finally finished the intense 50page Geo reading!). After that it was time for Zumba! I had never properly done Zumba (the DVD version is hard and not my thing..) so I was excited to see what this crazy was all about!
I'd have to say I understand why it is so popular! It's so energetic and fun! Lots of latin influence too which I loved :D Also, it is easy enough to follow. :) It also helped that the teacher was crazy and full of energy. However, talk about pomoting sexual movements! Aye yei yei
After Zumba I was going to get the bus home bus I couldn't be wating 20mins inth cold so I walked. ...and I found out it only takes me 10mins to walk back from uni! Yay!
When I got back I had a shower and the headed out again straight away. I then walked to the place where the salsa dance clases were being held and joined in with the intermediate class. I realised I wasn't too rusty and that I could probably try advanced. I think I did ok. I mean if they showed the move and didn't just go straight into it then I was fine. When I didn't know it I picked it up pretty fast. So glad I haven't lost the feel of how it all works. :)
At the end of each class the teacher did rueda. I don't have much experience in rueda but so long as the guys led me I picked it up fine. I even knew some moves after. :)
I only got stuck on a few more complicated moves that I hadn't seen before.
At the end of all that myfeet hurt but I saw a friend who I danced a competition with, so I social danced for a bit. :) It was great. It felt so wonderful freestyling like that. :D I didn't make many mistakes either!
So all in all I danced for but 3hours and 15mins today. haha. Go me. Yay for exercise!
Other than all that I went to the bank and post office - and my friend let me borrow a blanket cos I am getting a cold and not adjusting too well to the temperature here. Not to mention our heaters SUCK (they turn on and off on about a 15min timer and do nothing).
Anyway, super tired.
Will study more tomorrow. Yup.
xx
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Lots to think about...
Hey ya’ll,
I slept well last night. Probably because I was sooo tired. The sad thing is that I found out Hall breakfasts go from 7am to 8am! Which means sleep ins do not exist?! How awful. :( May have to get some muesli/granola bars just incase I sleep in on occasion.
It was my first night staying in my student accommodation (I managed to clear my bed of excess things, yay!) and I’d have to say that even though I was on level 9, it was still noisy! Good thing I am used to Vista Way noise levels, and am armed with earplugs!
My roomie is pretty nice. I found out more about her this morning and she said that the apartment didn’t have anything before she got here. She bought all the cups etc! I thought they were already provided, so I’m happy she did all that since I had to leave a lot behind in America that I would be kicking myself for not bringing if not for her. I may have to buy her a present. ;)
This morning I figured out how to get my GHD (hair straightener) working with a US plug outlet thing. The first attempt went kind of weird but luckily I sorted it out. :P I still have no idea when to use a converter thing and when to just use the different shaped plugs. :/
I had a few hours to kill before uni so I started writing on my wall planner and reading the course outline from my Geo paper. Even though I was wearing a lot of layers I was still freezing. I really am finding this weather hard to deal with.
When I went to walk to uni I decided that I’d rather try the bus out. …and I got a shock because the bus fare is now $1.60! It was $1 when I was here last. Talk about inflation. My goodness. Looks like I will try walk a lot more. Even though its up a killer steep hill through the wind and bitter cold. :/ Toughen up? Yeah, I guess I will have to. …and wear a ridiculous amount of clothing.
I want to get back into dancing…but it’s so expensive and hard to organise around my uni and possible new job (how do I deal with a job I have not quite been confirmed with but not denied? Very strange)
My first lecture was ok. I could barely hear the guy though and he didn’t use any powerpoint or anything. So we just have to strain to hear him and his mumbling. However, from what I COULD hear he sounded pretty intellectual. I really need to grasp what BUREACRACY means (man that word is hard to spell).
My 2nd lecture was strange. I found out we only have 1 two hour lecture a week, so every 2nd Friday I wouldn’t have a lecture. Which is kind of weird… The lady who runs it is nice but somewhat intimidating.
She also has a strange sense of humour because she made the who lecture move to sit next to people with the same birthday month and then told us these people would be our buddies for the rest of the trimester. Not sure why she found that so funny. (Inside an evil laugh, perhaps?) My group is quite mixed but seems pretty nice. Go April! ;)
…I am not liking all the construction that is happening at Vic uni. It makes it so difficult to get everywhere! I feel like I am in a maze all the time.
It’s so hard to get used to these NZ accents everywhere. I don’t know if it is my head but I swear everyone I know sounds different to what I remember. That, and everyone just sounds strange. Maybe I have been around US voices too much but you’d have thought being around a multi-cultural environment all the time meant I wouldn’t have a problem coming back here? :S
Oh and everyone in Welly seems to have a certain way of dressing. I mean it hadn’t changed since I left but it stands out more to me now.
Do you think it’s possible to have disregarded someone who was always there only to re-discover them differently later?
I am quite enjoying NZ pleasures such as pineapple lumps, milky bars, peanut slabs, l&p, lift plus and kiwifruit… Yes, most of those are unhealthy but after not seeing them for so long I feel like I must indulge. :P
I got to hang out with Brrrri a bittoday which was lovely. :) Plus, I saw a few familiar faces around uni which was awesome. :D
I also managed to grab a few things I needed for the apartment since I had money today. :P Also, I hng out with my roomie which was super nice. We both suck at pool but I made us loose against the guy with the sinking of the black ball..oops. :P haha. It's weird how she's oly 17 though. I feel old?
The kitchen people at the Hall catering place are mean and scary. :( I mean why can't I have the vegetarian option? There's lots of it there andhw many vegetarians are comingto claim it?! Meatloaf is such a nasty alternative. Also, instead of yelling at me for doing something I didn't know was a rule, ya could just ask me nicely.... Thankssss. -.-
Things I have re-learnt –
1. some students are seriously gross and vulgar. Ergh.
2. I understand why student go around with music in their ears – they don’t want annoying sales people talking to them all the time. Bank people GET AWAY form me. I really don’t feel like wasting 30mins of my time half listening to you blabber on.
On that note though, one of them did make a good point - about kiwisaver. Apprantly should join that to get the $1000 bonus before apparantly they make it compulsory(therefore getting rid of the bonus incentive)?
After looking through my uni course notes I can see I have lots of work to do….
So I am going to read now!
xx
I slept well last night. Probably because I was sooo tired. The sad thing is that I found out Hall breakfasts go from 7am to 8am! Which means sleep ins do not exist?! How awful. :( May have to get some muesli/granola bars just incase I sleep in on occasion.
It was my first night staying in my student accommodation (I managed to clear my bed of excess things, yay!) and I’d have to say that even though I was on level 9, it was still noisy! Good thing I am used to Vista Way noise levels, and am armed with earplugs!
My roomie is pretty nice. I found out more about her this morning and she said that the apartment didn’t have anything before she got here. She bought all the cups etc! I thought they were already provided, so I’m happy she did all that since I had to leave a lot behind in America that I would be kicking myself for not bringing if not for her. I may have to buy her a present. ;)
This morning I figured out how to get my GHD (hair straightener) working with a US plug outlet thing. The first attempt went kind of weird but luckily I sorted it out. :P I still have no idea when to use a converter thing and when to just use the different shaped plugs. :/
I had a few hours to kill before uni so I started writing on my wall planner and reading the course outline from my Geo paper. Even though I was wearing a lot of layers I was still freezing. I really am finding this weather hard to deal with.
When I went to walk to uni I decided that I’d rather try the bus out. …and I got a shock because the bus fare is now $1.60! It was $1 when I was here last. Talk about inflation. My goodness. Looks like I will try walk a lot more. Even though its up a killer steep hill through the wind and bitter cold. :/ Toughen up? Yeah, I guess I will have to. …and wear a ridiculous amount of clothing.
I want to get back into dancing…but it’s so expensive and hard to organise around my uni and possible new job (how do I deal with a job I have not quite been confirmed with but not denied? Very strange)
My first lecture was ok. I could barely hear the guy though and he didn’t use any powerpoint or anything. So we just have to strain to hear him and his mumbling. However, from what I COULD hear he sounded pretty intellectual. I really need to grasp what BUREACRACY means (man that word is hard to spell).
My 2nd lecture was strange. I found out we only have 1 two hour lecture a week, so every 2nd Friday I wouldn’t have a lecture. Which is kind of weird… The lady who runs it is nice but somewhat intimidating.
She also has a strange sense of humour because she made the who lecture move to sit next to people with the same birthday month and then told us these people would be our buddies for the rest of the trimester. Not sure why she found that so funny. (Inside an evil laugh, perhaps?) My group is quite mixed but seems pretty nice. Go April! ;)
…I am not liking all the construction that is happening at Vic uni. It makes it so difficult to get everywhere! I feel like I am in a maze all the time.
It’s so hard to get used to these NZ accents everywhere. I don’t know if it is my head but I swear everyone I know sounds different to what I remember. That, and everyone just sounds strange. Maybe I have been around US voices too much but you’d have thought being around a multi-cultural environment all the time meant I wouldn’t have a problem coming back here? :S
Oh and everyone in Welly seems to have a certain way of dressing. I mean it hadn’t changed since I left but it stands out more to me now.
Do you think it’s possible to have disregarded someone who was always there only to re-discover them differently later?
I am quite enjoying NZ pleasures such as pineapple lumps, milky bars, peanut slabs, l&p, lift plus and kiwifruit… Yes, most of those are unhealthy but after not seeing them for so long I feel like I must indulge. :P
I got to hang out with Brrrri a bittoday which was lovely. :) Plus, I saw a few familiar faces around uni which was awesome. :D
I also managed to grab a few things I needed for the apartment since I had money today. :P Also, I hng out with my roomie which was super nice. We both suck at pool but I made us loose against the guy with the sinking of the black ball..oops. :P haha. It's weird how she's oly 17 though. I feel old?
The kitchen people at the Hall catering place are mean and scary. :( I mean why can't I have the vegetarian option? There's lots of it there andhw many vegetarians are comingto claim it?! Meatloaf is such a nasty alternative. Also, instead of yelling at me for doing something I didn't know was a rule, ya could just ask me nicely.... Thankssss. -.-
Things I have re-learnt –
1. some students are seriously gross and vulgar. Ergh.
2. I understand why student go around with music in their ears – they don’t want annoying sales people talking to them all the time. Bank people GET AWAY form me. I really don’t feel like wasting 30mins of my time half listening to you blabber on.
On that note though, one of them did make a good point - about kiwisaver. Apprantly should join that to get the $1000 bonus before apparantly they make it compulsory(therefore getting rid of the bonus incentive)?
After looking through my uni course notes I can see I have lots of work to do….
So I am going to read now!
xx
Moved in...
Phew. That was hard work.
This place is seriously tiny and I have a lot of clothes especially. I managed to fit everything somewhere, but there is still a box of clothes I have no idea what to do with! Someone refrain me from buying any more tops. I have a crazy ridiculous amount. Probably about 60!
Garage/trade-me sale anyone?! Or I could just donate it all I guess…
My room cannot be larger than 3meters across. …and it sucks that my roomie has a bigger space and less stuff… :/
But I have to say my experience with her so far has been good. She seems pretty nice and accommodating.
So tired…
The cold is so hard to deal with. It’s making me cranky. XD Seriously after being in Florida I resent feeling like my body is a shivering iceberg!
Oh, and I really feel the whole poor student thing now. For one thing I hate feeling in debt and I know most students are that way and have lots of loans etc, but I tried to avoid that cos it was like this evil thing hanging over me. However, now I have to support myself totally and have lots of extra expenses, I have to resort to loans etc. Not happy about it but I don’t really have a choice. I got to the point after the $466(outrageous!) textbook purchase where I had about $25 to my name! Ha! Go me.
But it’s ok. It will get better. Good thing I have my food sorted and hopefully Dad’s work can help me out at some point…
My first lecture was Geography, and it was pretty awesome. The lecturer loves music and that makes me happy. He’s british, which I would usually be cautious of cos the accent can get on my nerves, but he’s actually nice and pretty entertaining. :)
At the end of the lecture everyone (including me) ran to the Geography offices to sign up for tutorials. It was crazy; about 300 of us rushing to grab the time we wanted. Of course this is when long legs and fast walking skills come in handy. I managed to get a good tute time. Or at least it appears good. It really depends how the other subjects tutes fall…
Omgoodness. So, Cumberland House is definitely nice and much nicer than a lot of others but I felt somewhat upset that we have to pay for internet on top of the crazy prices we have to pay to stay in our shoebox accommodation!
I mean at uni it is free and I could just use it there but then when I have assignments etc I kind of need it. Plus I like the idea of coming home and being able to go online or Skype!
I asked my Hall about the room change (from single to having a roomie) and I was right! They changed it without telling me and I was overcharged. Not that they are refunding me, no, they are just putting it towards the next payment installment!
I am glad I get a roomie though. It means I am not totally alone and also ensuites are so much better than communal facilities… This floor is also the newest which is nice.
I had my first experience with Hall food tonight. I was pleasantly surprised to find that it is pretty good! The quality was pretty impressive, and it was reasonably healthy too. ^_^
I want to thank my wonderful male helpers for helping me move into my new place and being wonderful to me. :)
Oh I think I managed to get a casual job at Gloria Jeans Coffees… go me. Haha. But the casualness of it is a little crazy. Hopefully they will contact me soon…
Ok.
Night...
xx
This place is seriously tiny and I have a lot of clothes especially. I managed to fit everything somewhere, but there is still a box of clothes I have no idea what to do with! Someone refrain me from buying any more tops. I have a crazy ridiculous amount. Probably about 60!
Garage/trade-me sale anyone?! Or I could just donate it all I guess…
My room cannot be larger than 3meters across. …and it sucks that my roomie has a bigger space and less stuff… :/
But I have to say my experience with her so far has been good. She seems pretty nice and accommodating.
So tired…
The cold is so hard to deal with. It’s making me cranky. XD Seriously after being in Florida I resent feeling like my body is a shivering iceberg!
Oh, and I really feel the whole poor student thing now. For one thing I hate feeling in debt and I know most students are that way and have lots of loans etc, but I tried to avoid that cos it was like this evil thing hanging over me. However, now I have to support myself totally and have lots of extra expenses, I have to resort to loans etc. Not happy about it but I don’t really have a choice. I got to the point after the $466(outrageous!) textbook purchase where I had about $25 to my name! Ha! Go me.
But it’s ok. It will get better. Good thing I have my food sorted and hopefully Dad’s work can help me out at some point…
My first lecture was Geography, and it was pretty awesome. The lecturer loves music and that makes me happy. He’s british, which I would usually be cautious of cos the accent can get on my nerves, but he’s actually nice and pretty entertaining. :)
At the end of the lecture everyone (including me) ran to the Geography offices to sign up for tutorials. It was crazy; about 300 of us rushing to grab the time we wanted. Of course this is when long legs and fast walking skills come in handy. I managed to get a good tute time. Or at least it appears good. It really depends how the other subjects tutes fall…
Omgoodness. So, Cumberland House is definitely nice and much nicer than a lot of others but I felt somewhat upset that we have to pay for internet on top of the crazy prices we have to pay to stay in our shoebox accommodation!
I mean at uni it is free and I could just use it there but then when I have assignments etc I kind of need it. Plus I like the idea of coming home and being able to go online or Skype!
I asked my Hall about the room change (from single to having a roomie) and I was right! They changed it without telling me and I was overcharged. Not that they are refunding me, no, they are just putting it towards the next payment installment!
I am glad I get a roomie though. It means I am not totally alone and also ensuites are so much better than communal facilities… This floor is also the newest which is nice.
I had my first experience with Hall food tonight. I was pleasantly surprised to find that it is pretty good! The quality was pretty impressive, and it was reasonably healthy too. ^_^
I want to thank my wonderful male helpers for helping me move into my new place and being wonderful to me. :)
Oh I think I managed to get a casual job at Gloria Jeans Coffees… go me. Haha. But the casualness of it is a little crazy. Hopefully they will contact me soon…
Ok.
Night...
xx
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Dilemmas...
Can I just say...
Whhhhy is everything closed on a weekend in NZ!?! How did I not notice this before?
So much to do and seriously NO time to do it!
How weird is it that Uni starts back again tomorrow? I only have one lecture, but it's still super strange!
I am doing 3 papers this tri(mester) (the most you should do is 4...and once I get back into things I may do 4 next tri). One is a political science paper, one is international relations and one is geography of development!
I am quite excited to start them, but I still don't have my books and that may be a problem since I can't even find out which books I need. I will just have to get them tomorrow (though by that time I bet they will have sold out of what I need...).
Oh, and I need a new student ID card since mine has expired...
...and I need to go to the bank (how are they closed on a weekend?!).
I managed to get my things from one of the 3 people's houses. So that was good. Goodness know when I can get the rest. Not that I really want to, I have so much and no room in the tiny apartment I am in!
Oh, and on that subject. I was told (and I paid for - need to talk to them cos I think I over-paid) an apartment where I would have the room to myself.
When I went yesterday (luckily the office lady was there because it was actually meant to be closed. ...like the rest of the city!) she showed me my living space and turns out I have a roomie!
Which of course surprised me because that was the choice I wanted but was told I would have a single place.
Luckily my roomie seems nice and we get an ensuite bathroom as opposed to a shared bathroom! Plus a little kitchenette! ....but my living space is so tiny! :/ I am not sure what to do. I am hoping to see if someone can hold onto my things longer.
I found out the eating area is in the apartment complex across the road. Which is strange but at least it is close!
They gave me a welcome pack and I was kind of surprised by a few of the contents... Kind of scares me about the reputation of my country...
Anyway,
I have lovely male helpers who are wonderful and strong
...and we are going to the best hot choc place everrrrr today. ...and I think Iam being taken out to dinner ^_^
Can't wait to see BRI!
Oh, and I may even have some form of a job interview in the next few days...
:)
Caio!
xx
Whhhhy is everything closed on a weekend in NZ!?! How did I not notice this before?
So much to do and seriously NO time to do it!
How weird is it that Uni starts back again tomorrow? I only have one lecture, but it's still super strange!
I am doing 3 papers this tri(mester) (the most you should do is 4...and once I get back into things I may do 4 next tri). One is a political science paper, one is international relations and one is geography of development!
I am quite excited to start them, but I still don't have my books and that may be a problem since I can't even find out which books I need. I will just have to get them tomorrow (though by that time I bet they will have sold out of what I need...).
Oh, and I need a new student ID card since mine has expired...
...and I need to go to the bank (how are they closed on a weekend?!).
I managed to get my things from one of the 3 people's houses. So that was good. Goodness know when I can get the rest. Not that I really want to, I have so much and no room in the tiny apartment I am in!
Oh, and on that subject. I was told (and I paid for - need to talk to them cos I think I over-paid) an apartment where I would have the room to myself.
When I went yesterday (luckily the office lady was there because it was actually meant to be closed. ...like the rest of the city!) she showed me my living space and turns out I have a roomie!
Which of course surprised me because that was the choice I wanted but was told I would have a single place.
Luckily my roomie seems nice and we get an ensuite bathroom as opposed to a shared bathroom! Plus a little kitchenette! ....but my living space is so tiny! :/ I am not sure what to do. I am hoping to see if someone can hold onto my things longer.
I found out the eating area is in the apartment complex across the road. Which is strange but at least it is close!
They gave me a welcome pack and I was kind of surprised by a few of the contents... Kind of scares me about the reputation of my country...
Anyway,
I have lovely male helpers who are wonderful and strong
...and we are going to the best hot choc place everrrrr today. ...and I think Iam being taken out to dinner ^_^
Can't wait to see BRI!
Oh, and I may even have some form of a job interview in the next few days...
:)
Caio!
xx
A new beginning...
Welcome (Kia Ora!) to my new blog. :)
I started this blog after I finished typing up my last blog (http://kimmiesdisneyadventure.blogspot.com) entry for my Disney ICP blog. That was all about my year abroad working in Florida for Disney World, but since that is now over I figure I would start afresh. I enjoy writing and it is also a good way to keep friends and family updated on my whereabouts. :)
A few hours ago I arrived back in Kiwiland (Aotearoa, New Zealand, land of the long white cloud…etc) after a long arduous journey from the USA.
The flight was okay, other than the fact that my ankles and wrists swelled up. I sat next to a pretty nice lady which was also good. Funny thing was that she was also from Wellington but I couldn’t pick up on her accent. Yes, I thought she was from Australia (oops!).
The flight was long but luckily there were no babies or little kids to keep me awake! I managed to get about 4-5hours sleep. Which wasn’t the best but better than nothing.
The sunrise from the plane was very beautiful, but when I saw NZ for the time I had a little heart attack. It was very pretty (yay endless amounts of green and water!), but it definitely was a finality thing. As in, in was now at home and had a million things to do! Plus, lots of uni work. No more brain holiday (or Disney bubble) for me, that’s for sure…
The airport process was pretty easy when I arrived. I mean its as if they use an honesty policy (and cute beagle sniffing dogs!). You don’t even need to go through an x-ray!
There is a new system set up for travellers with the new type of NZ/Aussie passport too. So all I have to do is go to a machine, put my passport in and smile for a camera! :P
After coming through the arrival gates this is what I have immediately [re]noticed so far…
The weather is dreary
the food is awesome,
the people speak 'normally' (the lady on the plane sounded like Helen Clark!),
the cars drive on the other side,
the date is a different format,
healthy food is everywhere,
it’s windy,
pretty green-ness and pohutukawa trees!
Everyone has been friendly so far :)
Security checks/airport procedures are much easier and nicer
Air NZ rocks…and so does their safety video :P
NZ money is so pretty and not having $1 bills threw me off for a second when I was waiting for change.
LIFT PLUS exists here!!!
My aunt and uncle surprised me by miraculously finding me there! Good thing I was wearing my Mickey Ears.
Oh, and Michael met me at the airport which was awesome! He then showed me where the showers were and I had one which was wonnnnderful. :D After, my aunt and uncle helped me to set up my NZ phone again and then Michael and I had a friendly game of mini-golf (which of course I won ;) )
I am fond of Michaels iPad. Yes, it’s quite impressive. Oh and it is shiny. ;)
The Air NZ plane I am sitting on is so cute! The staff are also very friendly.
…and Tana Umunga (famous rugby player)is on this plane!!
I’ll be in Welly in an hour! See ya soon Richard!
…back to NZ life…
xx
I started this blog after I finished typing up my last blog (http://kimmiesdisneyadventure.blogspot.com) entry for my Disney ICP blog. That was all about my year abroad working in Florida for Disney World, but since that is now over I figure I would start afresh. I enjoy writing and it is also a good way to keep friends and family updated on my whereabouts. :)
A few hours ago I arrived back in Kiwiland (Aotearoa, New Zealand, land of the long white cloud…etc) after a long arduous journey from the USA.
The flight was okay, other than the fact that my ankles and wrists swelled up. I sat next to a pretty nice lady which was also good. Funny thing was that she was also from Wellington but I couldn’t pick up on her accent. Yes, I thought she was from Australia (oops!).
The flight was long but luckily there were no babies or little kids to keep me awake! I managed to get about 4-5hours sleep. Which wasn’t the best but better than nothing.
The sunrise from the plane was very beautiful, but when I saw NZ for the time I had a little heart attack. It was very pretty (yay endless amounts of green and water!), but it definitely was a finality thing. As in, in was now at home and had a million things to do! Plus, lots of uni work. No more brain holiday (or Disney bubble) for me, that’s for sure…
The airport process was pretty easy when I arrived. I mean its as if they use an honesty policy (and cute beagle sniffing dogs!). You don’t even need to go through an x-ray!
There is a new system set up for travellers with the new type of NZ/Aussie passport too. So all I have to do is go to a machine, put my passport in and smile for a camera! :P
After coming through the arrival gates this is what I have immediately [re]noticed so far…
The weather is dreary
the food is awesome,
the people speak 'normally' (the lady on the plane sounded like Helen Clark!),
the cars drive on the other side,
the date is a different format,
healthy food is everywhere,
it’s windy,
pretty green-ness and pohutukawa trees!
Everyone has been friendly so far :)
Security checks/airport procedures are much easier and nicer
Air NZ rocks…and so does their safety video :P
NZ money is so pretty and not having $1 bills threw me off for a second when I was waiting for change.
LIFT PLUS exists here!!!
My aunt and uncle surprised me by miraculously finding me there! Good thing I was wearing my Mickey Ears.
Oh, and Michael met me at the airport which was awesome! He then showed me where the showers were and I had one which was wonnnnderful. :D After, my aunt and uncle helped me to set up my NZ phone again and then Michael and I had a friendly game of mini-golf (which of course I won ;) )
I am fond of Michaels iPad. Yes, it’s quite impressive. Oh and it is shiny. ;)
The Air NZ plane I am sitting on is so cute! The staff are also very friendly.
…and Tana Umunga (famous rugby player)is on this plane!!
I’ll be in Welly in an hour! See ya soon Richard!
…back to NZ life…
xx
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