So it's been awhile since my last entry eh? I'm not going to date this trip, but it will be in order ;) I have been working diligently on a project for my class. My teacher required us to devise a business plan. Mine was going to be a dance studio. We had to be VERY detailed. Know how much venues were that we were pretending to book, where it was located, if we were going to start from scratch or buy, how much we were paying our emloyees, what our projected growth was, etc etc. It ended up being about thirty pages long and I'm quite proud of it. The teacher is a really hard grader so I wouldn't doubt that I didn't do that well on it even though I thought it was great. I don't think he likes me. I came late to his dance class once cause I got lost the first time I went. Dude...just let it go, but nope...mark me unfairly. That makes most sense :) I will stop there, but it's nice that the project is finished. I just got done filming my friend Alysia's video project for dance and technology. It was Charlie and I on the beach and he had to come rescue me from the ocean. Super cheesy, but I loved it. Tomorrow I will be working on mine.
South Island.
Mallory, Robbie, and I had our gigantic backpacks with all our essentials for the next eleven days as we headed to the south island for Easter break. We went on the shortest flight Ithink I've ever been on. It was like an hour long to get to Christchurch from Auckland. We got in around eight or nine at night-had no idea where we were staying. Robbie said there was a campsite just a 30minute walk from the airport so we start truckin along. We start walking next to this road that's like 80K. We think...huh, what's up with that? Robbie looks at his iphone and realizes...oh wait...it's 30minutes on the HIGHWAY! Ahhhahahhaa! We all laughed. What the heck were we to do. This was too great. We contimplated just camping in a turn around area. How funny would that be! We'd probably get kicked out of the country so we decided nay on that idea. We start walking down the road just thinking we'll just find a random spot, pitch our tent, and take off early the next morning. (had to get our rental car at 9am)
Suddenly, this lady in a van pulls over. She asked us if we were a part of YWAM. (Youth With A Mission is an international volunteer movement of Christians from many backgrounds, cultures and Christian traditions, dedicated to serving Jesus throughout the world. Also known as YWAM (pronounced "WHY-wham"), our purpose is simply to know God and to make Him known.)
I told here we weren't, Jed, a friend from back home had just gotten back from New Zealand for being a part of YWAM and had an amazing experience. I just said we knew what it was, but we told her our situation and she said...oh....well you guys can just camp in our backyard! We have about eight other kids staying at our house as a part of this program. We get to her house and she decides it makes more sense for us to stay in the extra living room. We said no, we're fine out here, but she insisted! So generous! We had our own bathroom and everything. Made ourselves right at home. The other kids came and we met them and just hung out. There were some from America, Canada, and Norway and we had tea and hot cross buns!
The next morning she took us to our rental car place and we parted ways. She said if we ever see her son on the side of the road to give him a place to stay. (I realize that sounded like he was lost or something and she hadn't seen him in ages, but that's not the case) She just says she doesn't mind picking up people cause she would want others to do the same if her kids were traveling in a foregin place.
Eloise-the name of our car. Daniel, our navigator, was Robbie's iphone. Mallory and Robbie drove most of the way. Really like the whole trip. I drove for what...45 minutes. I didn't like the other side of the road okay? We drove to Queenstown. Our adventure begins! (Easter Day!)
Drivin along in my automobile....I wish I could tell you all the funny inside jokes we have. Mallory and Robbie MADE this trip. I couldn't have picked two better people here to go on this trip with! It was so much fun. We all have the same sense of humor and we're just open with eachother, always laughing and joking around. LOVE them.
Queenstown-Can I get a b-e-a-utiful! HOLY MACROL! This place was to die for. The scenery was incredible. I will try to post pictures, but even the best pictures don't do the place justice. That night we found a place to camp for the night by the water. Mallory and Robbie were going to go bungee jumping the next day.
We head to the AJ Hacket Bungee place and I'm wishing I had signed up for it. There were these 10 and 11 year olds RAVING about it. I was like...you guys did that?! Ugh. I have to now. It was kind of impulsive, but I decided I was going to do it. Best decision of my life! Well...you know what I mean. It was soooo fun. Better than skydiving in my opinion. I reccommend it to everyone. I know it seems scary, but it's so great. I think I'm a thrill junkie, but whatever. Ha. This was the main reason we came to Queenstown along with the scenery. The town was very pretty. We ended up staying in a hostel that night and met a lady from Holland and one from Sweeden. We had wine and hot cross buns in the kitchen. Robbie made his spam, beans, and rice for dinner. Haha. First time I have had spam :P Robbie woke up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, but he kind of was half asleep. He got up and started petting Mallory on the head, trying to find the way to the bathroom. He opens a door, steps in, and the sweedish lady says: Just be careful, I put something on the floor. He realizes that is not the bathroom ahaha and finally finds the door. He comes back in and Mallory says: "Daaaad, did you touch my head?" (we call Robbie dad haha) He said yeah...he couldn't see in the dark.
The next day Robbie tells us about the sweedish lady and he says it in a russian voice though which made it HILARIOUS! So great. "Jest be cureful...I put somesing on zee flur" Needless to say this phrase was a recurring part of our trip. Still laugh everytime. It's THAT funny.
4 DAY HIKE.
We headed to TeAneu. We were in for a big suprise these next four days. We started the Kepler track hike. The first day we basically just camped at the start. There was a fire pit so we didn't have to use Robbie's little penny stove. It gets cold at night so Mallory and I really had to snuggle to stay warm. We went to bed that night at like 8 or 9. I woke up to go pee in the woods and came back in and Robbie said guess what time it is. We said...ahh it's gotta be like 3 or 4 am. 12:00. It was midnight only!! We couldn't believe it. The next day was going to be the day of hell. We had about 23K ahead of us, and the highest peak of the mountain. We decided we were getting up before the sun. We got up at 5am and left at 6am.
If you have ever been hiking, you understand the psychological effects it has on you. I honestly wanted to keel over at times, but we kept pressing on. It was mostly up hill so my legs were killing and we had our big packs on. Poor Robbie's pack was sooo heavy with the tent and cooking stuff! It's funny though cause I look back on it and forget ALL the bad stuff. It was an amazing experience and I would do it again...not the same mountain though. haha. But there's something about being on the top of the mountain that takes your breathe away. It's amazing. It's like you're on top of the world.
That night.
We were still a ways up the mountain and stopped at the campsite. We made Macoroni and Cheese that night to treat ourseleves :) It's amazing how food and water are looked at differently when hiking. We were out of water at one point and had to fill up at a stream and boil it. You treasure ever little bit you have. We knew it would be cold that night, but we didn't know HOW cold. Mallory and I slapt on like all the clothes we had. I had long johns on, leggins, capris, sweatpants, two pairs of socks, tank top, long sleeve, tshirt, sweatshirt, jacket, gloves, hat, and scarf. Still cold. Mallory and I had to snuggle the WHOLE night. If we moved from each other we would shake. It was intense. Haha. The next morning we didn't want to get out of our tent. It was freezing. We looked out our tent and frost was everywhere! Our shoes were white. Robbie heard someone say it got down to 28 degrees that night. Insane!
When we finally got ourselves going we resumed the journey of the kepler. We were soooo sore and had blisters all over our feet. I rented some hiking boots, but they hurt my feet this day. Felt like they were bruised everywhere and I would walk with a limp. We started playing movie games along the track where we thought of a movie and the others had to guess it. It took the focus off my aching feet. I ended up being a hobbit and walking in my socks. It felt soooo good! They thought I was crazy, but I could keep up way better.
Tented that night. Met some kiwis that lived across the lake. They let us use their bonfire. We made a nice meal with warm pineapples for dessert.
Day 4
We had about 6 or 7 more hours of hiking and we could see the end of the road. We made it! Could not believe it!!!!! AHHHHH!!!! We thought about doing another long hike, but this was long enough. Four days was good. We were dirty and all we wanted was a shower. Mallory calls her dad and he offers us to stay in a bed and breakfast. We take this up and are living in HEAVEN! IT was awesome. Thank's Mallory's Daddy :) We stayed in the cosy kiwi and had an amazing nights sleep. We had breakfast served to us. It was awesome. Loved every minute of it.
Millford Sound
The drive to Millford was unlike any other drive I have been on. There were site seeing stops along the way. Mirror lakes which had the mountains reflecting into the water, glaciers, beautiful mountains, pancake rock formations, and there was this super long tunnel we went through.
Kayaking Millford Sound. This is what I was most nervous for as I can't get my inner ear wet. I went with Robbie cause he has been Kayaking before, but this was something I'm glad I did. It was really fun to see the waterfalls and be right on the water.
That night.
Robbie camped in his tent and Mallory and I stayed and slept in the car. Eloise was quite comfortable! AND WARM! We didn't feel like freezing again. Slept really well. I have never seen the stars as clear as they were that night. Robbie took a picture and it turned out really well with his fancy camera.
Dunnedin
Our last big destination was Dunnedin. We had heard it's known for being like a miniature Scotland. Very old buildings, rolling green hills, etc. It was gorgeous! We kind of just wanted to see the town so we drove around, saw a castle and walked around in it. (of course...that cost money...doesn't everything?) We stayed with Robbie's friend Gray. That night we had fish n' chips and a little shop and then went to a bar before catchin a movie. We went to a New Zealand film called Boy. It was awesome.
The next day I went running through botanic gardens. It was beautiful. We decided to do a tour of a brewry which was really cool and then we went to the Cadbury chocolate factory. Also very cool. That night was "The Pacific." We watched that show and had popcorn :)
We couldn't believe that we were heading back to Christchurch. Our trip was coming to an end. SO SAD! It was amazing. Every second. We stopped in Omaru cause I needed to take a picture of penguins for Andrew. We saw a whole colony of them...they were so cute!!! We continued to Christchurch and spent the day there. We saw the cathedral which was really neat, and explored the town...very pretty. Mallory and Robbie had a different flight than me. They had to leave at 5am and I didn't have to go until 11. I decided not to sleep in the airport like they did and got a hostel. So glad cause the one I found was amazing. Transportation to and from the airport for 60nz dollars: 40american (or so). This place obviously was designed by a women. (take that however you want men) The rooms were gorgeous and everything had its place. There was a pool, sauna, and hot tub. I watched tv on a big screen and ordered pizza before I went hot tubbing and in the sauna. I had it made! Best night sleep cause I had a queen size bed to myself!
That was the jist of our trip. I hope it didn't bore you too much to read it. I could have written sooo much more too! I have to be done though. I'm going insane. TTFN!
XOXO
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Associate Professor Ralph Buck
In one of the articles in the New Zealand curriculum that I read for an essay in Dance Education mentioned Ralph Buck, my favorite professor here. It immediately caught my eye and I thought that I would just mention what he has done, because it inspires me on so many levels! He is the head of the Dept. of Dance Studies and has worked in the dance education communities in NZ and Austrailia. Ralph has presented his research on teachers' meanings of dance and community dance in New York, Montreal, Melbourne, Lisbon, Hong Kong, and Malaysia.
So cool! I just wanted to have that down. He has so many cool experiences but yet has this fun, energetic being to him. He is one of those kinds of teachers that make you think...no THAT is what a teacher is supposed to be like.
Ralph is hilarious. He doesn't give a piss about stuff sometimes, but in a funny way. He uses the word "things" and "stuff" all the time to explain ideas and concepts which actually do the trick! It's funny because we all are understanding what he is getting at. He is very casual about his teaching as well. It may just be due to the fact we are in college and can handle naughty words, but he uses swear words and it cracks me up! It's just a part of his personality so he gets away with it.
It's about 12:40 now and I'm still up. I finished my papers...woohoo!!! I'm not that tired which is why I decided...heeeey I'm gonna blog! :D
Hot lava.
Ok. So in my blog from earlier today I forgot to mention why I titled it hot lava. Yes. Me and my "meanings." I'm such a deep person ;)
When I was younger Jordan and I used to play this game we called "hot lava." We used this red and black plaid blanket (which I don't know where it is...Kristofer probably has it :P ) but we put it at the bottom of the stairs and pretend like it was LAVA! You couldn't fall down into the lava or you'd die. I know...kinda morbid. Kids....haha. So we would be falling down the stairs and the other person would have to pull them up and save them! That's about all there was to it. We would do it over and over and it never seemed to get old.
Basically the moral of the story is that anytime I think of volcanos or lava I go back to this little childhood game hot lava and it makes me smile :)
So cool! I just wanted to have that down. He has so many cool experiences but yet has this fun, energetic being to him. He is one of those kinds of teachers that make you think...no THAT is what a teacher is supposed to be like.
Ralph is hilarious. He doesn't give a piss about stuff sometimes, but in a funny way. He uses the word "things" and "stuff" all the time to explain ideas and concepts which actually do the trick! It's funny because we all are understanding what he is getting at. He is very casual about his teaching as well. It may just be due to the fact we are in college and can handle naughty words, but he uses swear words and it cracks me up! It's just a part of his personality so he gets away with it.
It's about 12:40 now and I'm still up. I finished my papers...woohoo!!! I'm not that tired which is why I decided...heeeey I'm gonna blog! :D
Hot lava.
Ok. So in my blog from earlier today I forgot to mention why I titled it hot lava. Yes. Me and my "meanings." I'm such a deep person ;)
When I was younger Jordan and I used to play this game we called "hot lava." We used this red and black plaid blanket (which I don't know where it is...Kristofer probably has it :P ) but we put it at the bottom of the stairs and pretend like it was LAVA! You couldn't fall down into the lava or you'd die. I know...kinda morbid. Kids....haha. So we would be falling down the stairs and the other person would have to pull them up and save them! That's about all there was to it. We would do it over and over and it never seemed to get old.
Basically the moral of the story is that anytime I think of volcanos or lava I go back to this little childhood game hot lava and it makes me smile :)
Monday, March 29, 2010
hot lava.
HELLOOOO!! I have not been very good about blogging. Lets just say I've been quite lazy, but also very productive. I guess I have been working on the things that I will be graded on so that's a smart plan. At the same time there is no excuse cause I still could make time. I will see how well I can remember about the past few weeks. Here I go...
Ok. This ones easy. Last weekend was our little excursion to Taupo. In the rental van it was me, Amanda, Mike, Mike, Robbie, Connor, Mallory, Kathleen, and Emma. We managed fit all of our junk and nine people in the vehicle. We were on our way! The drive was about four hours and when we finally got there the hostel was closed. We didn't know what to do so we just pitched our tents and thought awww...we'll pay in the morning. Lucky for us...the bathrooms were even open. It was perfect. We got up in the morning and people weren't at the reception desk so we each save 12 bucks. Ooops. Felt kind of bad, but at the same time it was nice. We were going to hike mount doom, but then realized we missed the bus. It only comes at like 6am and the wind was apparently really bad that day so they didn't even reccommend it. We devised another plan. We were going to go hike this other trail and see a waterfall and then go skydiving!!!
Skydiving.
This was the highlight of my weekend. Absolutely amazing experience! The guys that we were strapped on to were very experienced divers. Mine was 22 and had jumped mmm...like 1500 times! Holy! Anyways...they were hilarious. Very chill. I was freakin out cause my harness thing seemed to big and they joked around and all looked at each other like ohhhh crap. We were already on the plane! Ahhh...what am I supposed to do. They were like yeah...umm....did they give you an extra large or something? Jerks. Haha. It was fun though. Their sense of humor made the experience. I think my favorite part was jumping out of the plane. It's just like this big rush. You are like alright...we're next. Ok. GO! You don't even realize that you're free falling. I felt perfectly safe. So weird! When he let out the parachute he let me steer it for awhile. Now THAT was fun. The view of lake taupo was stunning. The scenery...yeah.
Mt. Ngauruhoe (aka Mt. Doom)
Well...lets just talk about Mt. Doom, shall we. It started out fine...didn't really think much of the 7 hours hike we would be doing. Just one step at a time right? Oh. My. Gosh. It was difficult. I think about everything I do now and look back on that experience and go awww...this will be a piece of cake. I climbed a fricken volcano! So yeah...scenery was breathtaking...once again. It was different this time though...it was like we were one with it. There was no civilization. It was just hikers and the earth. Ok. That sounds way cheesy, but seriously! There was something really cool about it.
Alright...so we started off in a group then all started to go our own pace. For a few hours it was just me, Emma, and Kathleen. THEN we started to climb the mountain (volcano). We didn't stick together. There were soooo many times where I was like okay...I'm done. It seemed like we would climb and end up a few steps back from where we started. I was literally bear crawling hands and feet. There were lava rocks and sandy ash kind of stuff that I had to overcome. I looked at this mountain as something that I needed to do for myself. I could have turned back, but I'm glad I didn't. For me, it kind of represented life. You have to keep pushing forward, because if you go back you won't end up anywhere. You'll just be right where you started. It also represented this never give up sort of attitude. It doesn't matter if you fall down or scrape your leg (that's what i did) just keep going and in time things will heal.
The top. I can't believe I made it. This sounds ridiculous, but I really can't. I was so tired, but what makes me mad is that I wasn't as sore as I thought I should have been the next day! What the heck. We won't talk about it. I must just be in good shape, right? Whatever. So I didn't think I would make it after I thought I reached the top then realized there was more. I did though and I've NEVER seen such an amazing view in my entire life. It was literally like I was on top of the world. I mean...we climbed a mountain so we were basically.
Climbing down.
More like sliding, skiing, or falling down. This was better than going up, but it was still annoying. Mallory and I had to hold on to each other for a lot of it. I fell a lot. I mean a lot. It was so sandy and hard to stablize yourself. Sooo many bruises from that day. When we finally made it down I felt so accomplished. We climbed a mountain and survived. What a relief. It felt like life or death at times. It actually was a pretty dangerous thing to do.
YAY! WE DID IT!
Back to reality.
I really needed to buckle down this week with school. I finished my video project. Finally! It had erased like three times and I had to start over...along with the entire class. Technology. I had two papers to write which I'm still fine tuning, but am proud to say I'm about done with. (which is good cause they're due in two days). They are both about 8 pages long or so and were a lot harder to write than they should have been. Maybe it's cause I haven't had school since...umm...December! Yep. I'm going to blame it on that. It was our last week working with pegasis students. It was sad. I really got to know these kids and it was so special to build relationships with them!
This week.
I feel like I have been writing my fingers off with the essays I have been doing. I am proud that I wrote all this and have to call it quits for now.
Toodles!
Ok. This ones easy. Last weekend was our little excursion to Taupo. In the rental van it was me, Amanda, Mike, Mike, Robbie, Connor, Mallory, Kathleen, and Emma. We managed fit all of our junk and nine people in the vehicle. We were on our way! The drive was about four hours and when we finally got there the hostel was closed. We didn't know what to do so we just pitched our tents and thought awww...we'll pay in the morning. Lucky for us...the bathrooms were even open. It was perfect. We got up in the morning and people weren't at the reception desk so we each save 12 bucks. Ooops. Felt kind of bad, but at the same time it was nice. We were going to hike mount doom, but then realized we missed the bus. It only comes at like 6am and the wind was apparently really bad that day so they didn't even reccommend it. We devised another plan. We were going to go hike this other trail and see a waterfall and then go skydiving!!!
Skydiving.
This was the highlight of my weekend. Absolutely amazing experience! The guys that we were strapped on to were very experienced divers. Mine was 22 and had jumped mmm...like 1500 times! Holy! Anyways...they were hilarious. Very chill. I was freakin out cause my harness thing seemed to big and they joked around and all looked at each other like ohhhh crap. We were already on the plane! Ahhh...what am I supposed to do. They were like yeah...umm....did they give you an extra large or something? Jerks. Haha. It was fun though. Their sense of humor made the experience. I think my favorite part was jumping out of the plane. It's just like this big rush. You are like alright...we're next. Ok. GO! You don't even realize that you're free falling. I felt perfectly safe. So weird! When he let out the parachute he let me steer it for awhile. Now THAT was fun. The view of lake taupo was stunning. The scenery...yeah.
Mt. Ngauruhoe (aka Mt. Doom)
Well...lets just talk about Mt. Doom, shall we. It started out fine...didn't really think much of the 7 hours hike we would be doing. Just one step at a time right? Oh. My. Gosh. It was difficult. I think about everything I do now and look back on that experience and go awww...this will be a piece of cake. I climbed a fricken volcano! So yeah...scenery was breathtaking...once again. It was different this time though...it was like we were one with it. There was no civilization. It was just hikers and the earth. Ok. That sounds way cheesy, but seriously! There was something really cool about it.
Alright...so we started off in a group then all started to go our own pace. For a few hours it was just me, Emma, and Kathleen. THEN we started to climb the mountain (volcano). We didn't stick together. There were soooo many times where I was like okay...I'm done. It seemed like we would climb and end up a few steps back from where we started. I was literally bear crawling hands and feet. There were lava rocks and sandy ash kind of stuff that I had to overcome. I looked at this mountain as something that I needed to do for myself. I could have turned back, but I'm glad I didn't. For me, it kind of represented life. You have to keep pushing forward, because if you go back you won't end up anywhere. You'll just be right where you started. It also represented this never give up sort of attitude. It doesn't matter if you fall down or scrape your leg (that's what i did) just keep going and in time things will heal.
The top. I can't believe I made it. This sounds ridiculous, but I really can't. I was so tired, but what makes me mad is that I wasn't as sore as I thought I should have been the next day! What the heck. We won't talk about it. I must just be in good shape, right? Whatever. So I didn't think I would make it after I thought I reached the top then realized there was more. I did though and I've NEVER seen such an amazing view in my entire life. It was literally like I was on top of the world. I mean...we climbed a mountain so we were basically.
Climbing down.
More like sliding, skiing, or falling down. This was better than going up, but it was still annoying. Mallory and I had to hold on to each other for a lot of it. I fell a lot. I mean a lot. It was so sandy and hard to stablize yourself. Sooo many bruises from that day. When we finally made it down I felt so accomplished. We climbed a mountain and survived. What a relief. It felt like life or death at times. It actually was a pretty dangerous thing to do.
YAY! WE DID IT!
Back to reality.
I really needed to buckle down this week with school. I finished my video project. Finally! It had erased like three times and I had to start over...along with the entire class. Technology. I had two papers to write which I'm still fine tuning, but am proud to say I'm about done with. (which is good cause they're due in two days). They are both about 8 pages long or so and were a lot harder to write than they should have been. Maybe it's cause I haven't had school since...umm...December! Yep. I'm going to blame it on that. It was our last week working with pegasis students. It was sad. I really got to know these kids and it was so special to build relationships with them!
This week.
I feel like I have been writing my fingers off with the essays I have been doing. I am proud that I wrote all this and have to call it quits for now.
Toodles!
Thursday, March 25, 2010
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Thursday, March 18, 2010
From Here to There.
Heyo! Ok...so it's been awhile since my last post. My apologies. Let me recap on my week last week. In Dance Education we had the Vou (pronounced Voo) dance company come and show us a traditional Fijian dance called the Meke. They did a performance and then held a workshop where we got to learn it and perform it. This was a really cool experience. It was a very tribal sort of dance. In order to get permission to perform this traditional dance and then change it so it was a more contemporary piece they actually had to go to a village and ask if it was okay. I really enjoyed having them come and perform because I felt like I got a taste of some culture. It wasn't New Zealand's but Fiji is close! The next day I had Community Dance. We went to this place called Pegasis. This "college" (what they call grade school) was for children with disabilities. We got to teach dance! It was so much fun to actually have hands on experience with working with kids. It was cool to see them get all excited about dancing. At the end a couple of students had their own solos to show the class. I had tears in my eyes. You could just tell how free they felt when they were dancing and singing along to the music.
Backstreets back, alright!
Connor had an extra ticket for the Backstreet Boys so when we were at the airport (before we really knew each other) he asked if anyone was interested in going. Me, me, me!!!! I LOVE the Backstreet Boys! So, Thursday night was the concert. We were PUMPED. Went and got us some Redbull and we were set. I have never been so excited to see a concert in my life. I cannot even tell you how obsessed I was/apparently still am with the Bboys. The concert was amazing. I've seen better shows put on, but I loved every minute of every song that they sang. It made my life complete I think.
Weekend
Just making this short and sweet. We went out for a bit...it was fun. I met Mallory's friend Beth from one of her classes. She is a really great person. We got to see her apartment...it was sooo adorable. We weren't really getting in anywhere without having to pay a cover charge so we didn't want to do that and ended up dancing for awhile, but then just going home. Still fun though.
Tired
I don't know if it was just the weekend or what, but I was exhausted. Exhausted=miss home/friends/family etc. It was all good though....caught up on some sleep. Got to talk to Mamma mia ;)
St. Pattie's Day!
I didn't really know if I wanted to go out, but I'm really glad I did. It was a little break that I needed. Mallory and I went out with our friend Matt and met his friend Shey. They were both really fun to hang out with. We ended up all dancing the night away. SO much fun :D
From Here to There.
Mallory and I went to The Royal New Zealand Ballet on Thursday night. We wore our new dresses. The ballet was absolutely breathtaking. My favorite was their second piece. It was a little darker...I like that though. The music was intense. It made me miss playing my oboe. Is that sad all I wanted to do today was practice my oboe? After that we went to this Irish pub that we couldn't get into the night before since everyone was wanting a taste of Ireland on St. Patrick's Day. (also same day as Samuel Patrick Okland's birthday!) We had a cider. Those are really quite good! I thought about my friend Lindsey. She is in Ireland right now for her study abroad. I'm sure St. Pattie's day there is fun!
This weekend.
I'm going to Taupo. It's supposed to be absolutely amazing. I can't wait. We are renting a car. I'm kind of nervous about that, but it should be fine. It's about 4 hours away I think? We are going to be camping, hiking, and all that jazz. I want to go skydiving, but I think I might wait until spring break and do it at the South Island.
TTFN!
Backstreets back, alright!
Connor had an extra ticket for the Backstreet Boys so when we were at the airport (before we really knew each other) he asked if anyone was interested in going. Me, me, me!!!! I LOVE the Backstreet Boys! So, Thursday night was the concert. We were PUMPED. Went and got us some Redbull and we were set. I have never been so excited to see a concert in my life. I cannot even tell you how obsessed I was/apparently still am with the Bboys. The concert was amazing. I've seen better shows put on, but I loved every minute of every song that they sang. It made my life complete I think.
Weekend
Just making this short and sweet. We went out for a bit...it was fun. I met Mallory's friend Beth from one of her classes. She is a really great person. We got to see her apartment...it was sooo adorable. We weren't really getting in anywhere without having to pay a cover charge so we didn't want to do that and ended up dancing for awhile, but then just going home. Still fun though.
Tired
I don't know if it was just the weekend or what, but I was exhausted. Exhausted=miss home/friends/family etc. It was all good though....caught up on some sleep. Got to talk to Mamma mia ;)
St. Pattie's Day!
I didn't really know if I wanted to go out, but I'm really glad I did. It was a little break that I needed. Mallory and I went out with our friend Matt and met his friend Shey. They were both really fun to hang out with. We ended up all dancing the night away. SO much fun :D
From Here to There.
Mallory and I went to The Royal New Zealand Ballet on Thursday night. We wore our new dresses. The ballet was absolutely breathtaking. My favorite was their second piece. It was a little darker...I like that though. The music was intense. It made me miss playing my oboe. Is that sad all I wanted to do today was practice my oboe? After that we went to this Irish pub that we couldn't get into the night before since everyone was wanting a taste of Ireland on St. Patrick's Day. (also same day as Samuel Patrick Okland's birthday!) We had a cider. Those are really quite good! I thought about my friend Lindsey. She is in Ireland right now for her study abroad. I'm sure St. Pattie's day there is fun!
This weekend.
I'm going to Taupo. It's supposed to be absolutely amazing. I can't wait. We are renting a car. I'm kind of nervous about that, but it should be fine. It's about 4 hours away I think? We are going to be camping, hiking, and all that jazz. I want to go skydiving, but I think I might wait until spring break and do it at the South Island.
TTFN!
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