So yesterday I sat my last exam of my degree...its all done. Feels pretty good eh. No more assignments! No more exams! No more stupid 8am classes!
And monday Kaija and me go to Thailand. I've been packing today...bit of a mission! And I got attacked by the travel section of the chemist...dangerous!! So many convenient little bottles etc.
Keep checking for regular show off posts from overseas!!!
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Saturday, November 03, 2007
Tattoos
This design is representing my family. The large koru at the top represents my parents, the 4 smaller koru on the sides represent my sisters and brother and me. The 2 bumps on the base of the top koru represent those who aren't with me.
Yes it hurts getting it, especially on the bone but it stops hurting as soon as the needle is taken off your skin.
Its a bit bigger than I had planned on but still really love it.
Here is Kaija's tattoo:
And if anyone is interested here is my other tattoo:
Monday, October 15, 2007
Jo's Top 5 Handy Hints for Voting
1. If you don't want to vote don't send your paper in. Sending in a blank form wastes time for ALL involved.
2. Don't write notes on the voting paper. No one who can do anything about it will read it and I hate to be the bearer of bad news but the ones who do read it DON'T ACTUALLY CARE! You just look like a crazy person. There are however levels of crazy: to be in the lower levels avoid swearing at us and making spelling mistakes.
3. When you vote, don't cross out all the options you don't want. The programs used to read the voting paper can't differentiate between a tick and a cross and its annoying.
4. I know this will come as a shock to some people (actually a lot of people) but when the form asks for you to choose someone by placing one tick in a box that's actually what it means. It doesn't mean tick all the boxes, it doesn't mean number your first 3 preferences and under NO circumstances does it mean number all the boxes in your preference. It just wants one tick. Also if its asking a yes/no question about fluoride or something similar its highly unlikely that its asked you to tick both boxes so DON'T!
5. Combining 2 and 3: Don't write me a note explaining how you have crossed all the options you don't want to avoid your vote being tampered with. To be honest someone would have to be REALLY desperate to try and rig the Greymouth or Horowhenua or maybe Chathem Island local elections. And if by chance they're smart enough to do it they're more than likely smarter than the people who would actually have one it so consider yourself lucky.
2. Don't write notes on the voting paper. No one who can do anything about it will read it and I hate to be the bearer of bad news but the ones who do read it DON'T ACTUALLY CARE! You just look like a crazy person. There are however levels of crazy: to be in the lower levels avoid swearing at us and making spelling mistakes.
3. When you vote, don't cross out all the options you don't want. The programs used to read the voting paper can't differentiate between a tick and a cross and its annoying.
4. I know this will come as a shock to some people (actually a lot of people) but when the form asks for you to choose someone by placing one tick in a box that's actually what it means. It doesn't mean tick all the boxes, it doesn't mean number your first 3 preferences and under NO circumstances does it mean number all the boxes in your preference. It just wants one tick. Also if its asking a yes/no question about fluoride or something similar its highly unlikely that its asked you to tick both boxes so DON'T!
5. Combining 2 and 3: Don't write me a note explaining how you have crossed all the options you don't want to avoid your vote being tampered with. To be honest someone would have to be REALLY desperate to try and rig the Greymouth or Horowhenua or maybe Chathem Island local elections. And if by chance they're smart enough to do it they're more than likely smarter than the people who would actually have one it so consider yourself lucky.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Things I've Learnt This Year (Just for you Andrew)
- Surfing is awesome.
- Breaking up is hard...but not as hard as finding out that as part of the separation agreement he gets pretty much all of your friends. No negotiation.
- May is not a good month. Bad things happen in May.
- Getting to the end of your degree is such a good feeling.
- Planning a holiday is ALMOST as much fun as actually going on it.
- How nice it is to find someone who loves you, on good days and bad, even when you're being unreasonable and who will laugh at your jokes (not cos they're funny, just cos you find them funny)
- That I REALLY hate people that come up to you and tell you that you should be smiling. Don't you think that if I felt like smiling I would be?!!!
- Breaking up is hard...but not as hard as finding out that as part of the separation agreement he gets pretty much all of your friends. No negotiation.
- May is not a good month. Bad things happen in May.
- Getting to the end of your degree is such a good feeling.
- Planning a holiday is ALMOST as much fun as actually going on it.
- How nice it is to find someone who loves you, on good days and bad, even when you're being unreasonable and who will laugh at your jokes (not cos they're funny, just cos you find them funny)
- That I REALLY hate people that come up to you and tell you that you should be smiling. Don't you think that if I felt like smiling I would be?!!!
Friday, September 28, 2007
I'm so over it! Is anyone else sick of hearing about how bad the police are? Get over it already! They make mistakes just like everyone else and I'm sure its only a small amount compared to all the good stuff they do. And if you don't want the police shooting people who are off their heads on party pills (that are "apparently" completely harmless) but you don't want them to use tasers what do you want them to do? Do you want to be hearing about the high amount of police being killed? Make up your minds NZ!! And how come its not ok for a police officer who gives 5 warnings to kill someone who's attacking them but its totally fine for us to be murdering our children every month? I'm so ashamed to be a New Zealander tonight.
Friday, September 21, 2007
Reading Adams death notices in today and yesterdays papers tonight made me cry. It is so terribly sad. I knew him 5 years ago when I was with James. A few months back I got in contact with James again and accidentally he's become one of my very closest friends. This last week has been so hard not being able to do anything to make him feel better, knowing he was at the hospital with Adam and especially when he said the life support was going to be switched off. It is so unfair that this family has to go through this. It wasn't anyones fault. It was one of those terribly tragic things that happens.
One of my friends told me last night that he also knew Adam. Of his group of friends 3 of them have died this year. I didn't know what to say to that. How do I, who hasn't lost anyone really close to me to death and has only been to one teenage funeral, say something to someone who has been to 3 this year alone?
One of my friends told me last night that he also knew Adam. Of his group of friends 3 of them have died this year. I didn't know what to say to that. How do I, who hasn't lost anyone really close to me to death and has only been to one teenage funeral, say something to someone who has been to 3 this year alone?
Thursday, September 20, 2007
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