Thursday, September 20, 2007
Monday, August 27, 2007
So much travel, so little time!
So thought that cos I can I would tell you all what the next few months hold for me. Since my last post I have booked a few flights.
Here's the official and definitely gonna happen plan:
October - going to wellington for labour weekend to visit Nas and Ary and just to hang out with Kaija and whoever we meet!
November - Fly to Thailand on the 26th and Cambodia on the 29th (or around there)
December - Back to Thailand around the 2nd, to Melbourne on the 6th and back to Christchurch on the 12th. Then on the 31st fly back to Melbourne for new years with Lilly.
January - Around the 2nd or 3rd fly up to the Gold Coast, find a job and work there for a few months!
And here's my would like to happen and will see what happens plan:
March - come back to NZ for a couple of days for graduation and to catch up with family and friends.
June/July - go properly overseas! (Ausy doesn't count) More than likely meet Kaija wherever she is in the world or else head wherever sounds fun and I can get work.
I think that's all! Can't believe it eh. So much travel! I can't wait. Its so exciting to be going places and seeing and meeting people that I've wanted to do for ages. Its going to be so much fun going to places I've only ever heard and read about and to try new things and get out of my comfort zone that I've kept myself in for ages.
Here's the official and definitely gonna happen plan:
October - going to wellington for labour weekend to visit Nas and Ary and just to hang out with Kaija and whoever we meet!
November - Fly to Thailand on the 26th and Cambodia on the 29th (or around there)
December - Back to Thailand around the 2nd, to Melbourne on the 6th and back to Christchurch on the 12th. Then on the 31st fly back to Melbourne for new years with Lilly.
January - Around the 2nd or 3rd fly up to the Gold Coast, find a job and work there for a few months!
And here's my would like to happen and will see what happens plan:
March - come back to NZ for a couple of days for graduation and to catch up with family and friends.
June/July - go properly overseas! (Ausy doesn't count) More than likely meet Kaija wherever she is in the world or else head wherever sounds fun and I can get work.
I think that's all! Can't believe it eh. So much travel! I can't wait. Its so exciting to be going places and seeing and meeting people that I've wanted to do for ages. Its going to be so much fun going to places I've only ever heard and read about and to try new things and get out of my comfort zone that I've kept myself in for ages.
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Thought I better blog (don't want to join the hoards of people who have forgotten their blogs!). But then I realised I don't have much to say! So I'll give everyone a wee update of what's been happening in my world.
Well as most of you know I moved home about a month ago. Has been a million times easier than we all hoped which is good. Rokocoko is loving making himself king of the castle. Still very much a mummys boy though which is great.
It's only 96 days till we leave for Thailand (not that I'm counting). Have decided to cut Vietnam out of our plans because we don't have much time and are keen to spend a bit longer in Phnom Penh and Angkor Wat (Cambodia). Its a shame but just means we'll have to go back! Suits me just fine.
Me Kaija and Carrissa went snowboarding for the first time a couple of weeks back. Carissa had been skiing before but for me and Kaija it was definitely a first! Fun times though, added to by our lovely instructor. Turns out I'm not very good but was so much fun and I'm very much hooked. Afterwards I realised that in the last year I've done 3 things that I've really wanted to do but always consider too cool for me. I've learnt to surf, snowboard and I got a tattoo. It's a good feeling to be doing stuff I want and not holding back cos of what others might think.
Not much else to report really. Can't wait for this semester to end cos it means I will have my degree! Yay! Making big plans for next year too which is exciting. Its great to have so many options and to not have any excuses left of why I shouldn't do them.
Well as most of you know I moved home about a month ago. Has been a million times easier than we all hoped which is good. Rokocoko is loving making himself king of the castle. Still very much a mummys boy though which is great.
It's only 96 days till we leave for Thailand (not that I'm counting). Have decided to cut Vietnam out of our plans because we don't have much time and are keen to spend a bit longer in Phnom Penh and Angkor Wat (Cambodia). Its a shame but just means we'll have to go back! Suits me just fine.
Me Kaija and Carrissa went snowboarding for the first time a couple of weeks back. Carissa had been skiing before but for me and Kaija it was definitely a first! Fun times though, added to by our lovely instructor. Turns out I'm not very good but was so much fun and I'm very much hooked. Afterwards I realised that in the last year I've done 3 things that I've really wanted to do but always consider too cool for me. I've learnt to surf, snowboard and I got a tattoo. It's a good feeling to be doing stuff I want and not holding back cos of what others might think.
Not much else to report really. Can't wait for this semester to end cos it means I will have my degree! Yay! Making big plans for next year too which is exciting. Its great to have so many options and to not have any excuses left of why I shouldn't do them.
Friday, July 20, 2007
To My Anonymous Commenter
Well firstly thanks for taking the time to read back over my blog. I'm secretly (well not so secretly now I guess) stoked that anyone takes the time to read my latest post let alone taking the time to read back over my past ramblings. I may not agree with what you said but I write what I think and not to make everyone agree with me so I'm happy to have other people write their points too.
I'm not going to comment on the drug debate cos I've said what I think and I don't know enough about the subject to get any further into it. To me it's a bit like the evolution/creation debate. I believe in creation. It's a faith thing. I won't enter into a debate with someone who believes in evolution because I don't know enough about the subject to intelligently back my views up. And really I'm not going to convince them of their ignorance just as they won't convince me of mine.
On a side note I'd like to add a couple of rules to commenting on my blog.
1. No name calling - we're all adults here
2. If you need to comment from anonymous could you please put your name at the end? Its a wee bit weak to make a statement and then not stand behind it and lets be honest, its down right annoying to not know who it is! This is not aimed at negative comments, it's aimed at ALL comments from "anonymous"! :)
Ok I'm stopping now. Not even sure if this all makes sense! My head hurts.
I'm not going to comment on the drug debate cos I've said what I think and I don't know enough about the subject to get any further into it. To me it's a bit like the evolution/creation debate. I believe in creation. It's a faith thing. I won't enter into a debate with someone who believes in evolution because I don't know enough about the subject to intelligently back my views up. And really I'm not going to convince them of their ignorance just as they won't convince me of mine.
On a side note I'd like to add a couple of rules to commenting on my blog.
1. No name calling - we're all adults here
2. If you need to comment from anonymous could you please put your name at the end? Its a wee bit weak to make a statement and then not stand behind it and lets be honest, its down right annoying to not know who it is! This is not aimed at negative comments, it's aimed at ALL comments from "anonymous"! :)
Ok I'm stopping now. Not even sure if this all makes sense! My head hurts.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Thoughts from tonight
"One of the greatest feelings in life is the conviction that you have lived the life you wanted to live - with the rough and the smooth, the good and the bad - but yours, shaped by your own choices, and not someone else's." - Michael Ignatieff
"What has happened to you is not who you are" - Heather Brown
"What has happened to you is not who you are" - Heather Brown
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Opinion on stuff.co.nz
As usual my procrastination has led me to the stuff.co.nz website. A headline in the Editors' Picks grabbed my attention: Promoting promiscuity under guise of Safe Sex. This article started well and had the potential to have a few good points but lost me at the end with his sudden ending that it was a lesbian Labour MPs fault (he says her sexuality is relevant but I'm really not sure how, is he saying that homosexuals can't have a passion to help the damaged youth in NZ or that they can't have an opinion on family matters?)
I'm not really sure of the point of this post, I think I'm just disappointed that this guy had such a good platform and point to raise on the issue of teen pregnancy and all that (did anyone else feel sick ready about the abortion rates of 11-14 year olds in NZ doubling?) and he dropped the ball on this one by blaming it on someone that probably didn't deserve it and by not actually giving us solutions. Simply pointing out the problem is not enough in my opinion. It's like telling me I have a terminal disease and then sending me home when I should be also told what I can do to fix the problem or at least alleviate the pain.
Do people really get paid to write rubbish and unfinished articles these days? If so can I please apply for that job?
I'm not really sure of the point of this post, I think I'm just disappointed that this guy had such a good platform and point to raise on the issue of teen pregnancy and all that (did anyone else feel sick ready about the abortion rates of 11-14 year olds in NZ doubling?) and he dropped the ball on this one by blaming it on someone that probably didn't deserve it and by not actually giving us solutions. Simply pointing out the problem is not enough in my opinion. It's like telling me I have a terminal disease and then sending me home when I should be also told what I can do to fix the problem or at least alleviate the pain.
Do people really get paid to write rubbish and unfinished articles these days? If so can I please apply for that job?
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Things I love
It's been a crap day. Just rubbish. So I think I'm gonna make myself feel better by making a list of things I love (in no particular order). Feel free to comment with your lists.
1. Female Celebrites: Joe Cotton and Victoria Beckham. I don't care what everyone says. They're fantastic. They are gorgeous, funny, real/natural. I've read both of Victoria's books and she completely changed my views on magazines. I've gone from easily buying 2 or more a week to not being able to remember the last time I brought one. When I do read them I spend the whole time looking at how the photos have been edited and how absolutely ridiculous the stories are! These girls are cool.
2. Cooking shows - love them.
3. Games shows - just can't get enough!
4. Music videos - I'm amazed by these, I could probably watch them all day. How great to get a whole story/movie into 3-4 minutes. Of course I don't love all of them but lots are so good. My special favourite at the moment: Nickelback: Saving Me.
5. Rokocoko - he's so great. (Hahaha he's dreaming right now! Twitching in his sleep beside me)
6. CSI Las Vegas, Greys Anatomy and Prison Break.
7. My new boots. Yeah. Hot.
8. Music and Fashion. How amazing that after so long people are still coming out with new and different things.
9. Kiwi adverts. How funny are they! The people who come up with some ads are just so talented. Beyond me!
10. Making plans - how great that when things are at their lowest the thought of something that is coming up can make me feel a bit better.
11. Tattoos and piercings. When they're done right they so good. I have both. Love them.
12. My family, Lilly, Kaija and the others who know who they are. You know I wouldn't be here without you. (This is getting soppy, its not meant to)
13. Chocolate. Honestly. It's how I keep my stunning figure. Love it.
14. Travelling. I haven't done much yet but it's gonna be so great. I can't wait to see the things I've only ever seen pictures of. Look out Asia eh Kaija!
That's enough. I probably could keep going but I won't.
1. Female Celebrites: Joe Cotton and Victoria Beckham. I don't care what everyone says. They're fantastic. They are gorgeous, funny, real/natural. I've read both of Victoria's books and she completely changed my views on magazines. I've gone from easily buying 2 or more a week to not being able to remember the last time I brought one. When I do read them I spend the whole time looking at how the photos have been edited and how absolutely ridiculous the stories are! These girls are cool.
2. Cooking shows - love them.
3. Games shows - just can't get enough!
4. Music videos - I'm amazed by these, I could probably watch them all day. How great to get a whole story/movie into 3-4 minutes. Of course I don't love all of them but lots are so good. My special favourite at the moment: Nickelback: Saving Me.
5. Rokocoko - he's so great. (Hahaha he's dreaming right now! Twitching in his sleep beside me)
6. CSI Las Vegas, Greys Anatomy and Prison Break.
7. My new boots. Yeah. Hot.
8. Music and Fashion. How amazing that after so long people are still coming out with new and different things.
9. Kiwi adverts. How funny are they! The people who come up with some ads are just so talented. Beyond me!
10. Making plans - how great that when things are at their lowest the thought of something that is coming up can make me feel a bit better.
11. Tattoos and piercings. When they're done right they so good. I have both. Love them.
12. My family, Lilly, Kaija and the others who know who they are. You know I wouldn't be here without you. (This is getting soppy, its not meant to)
13. Chocolate. Honestly. It's how I keep my stunning figure. Love it.
14. Travelling. I haven't done much yet but it's gonna be so great. I can't wait to see the things I've only ever seen pictures of. Look out Asia eh Kaija!
That's enough. I probably could keep going but I won't.
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