I hope its going to be a nice long post

cause I woke up so early and I have been meaning to update

So we'll start from the beginning..

[although most likely it won't be in chronological order]

in the month of december, the family came to visit : )

emma and thomas enjoying the segway after the disappointment of no ATV

although after watching trauma and the ATV accident kinda put me off it now for a while

there was me, bro, mother and lm

it was quite fun

stressful at times but i think we mostly enjoyed ourselves

it was quite funny bumping into uncle paul and family at the geyser!

that was the only person we bumped into whom we know the entire trip

in april three of my friends graduated at the same time

gen from icf | emma |  jasmine my ex flatmate

jeff from mosaic | jasmine | emma

i should probably mention now that i am not planning to attend my graduation. i know that my parents spent loads on me studying and that is my final goal but i don't really see a point. my mother already told me its my life. i don't mind getting the gown to pose and take pictures but i really can't be bothered doing the whole ceremony. i have actually been to 3 graduations! apparently (after i told mother about my plan), she told me father didn't do it as well so i'm really continuing on the tradition. heh.

Then one fine evening when my flatmate was working and i was procrastinating i decorated our toilet door with something useful

i got this sign from shakespeare house where we stayed at te anau

i really love it!

so u can either turn it that way or this way :)

very useful if you have visitors

also a quite good friend of mine got married!

and she's the same age as me!

=)

Mosaic had its bbq at groynes park in february

i think everybody had a good time

we played games and had yummy food

mosaic has been going relatively well. although we're still quite small but i'm sure God has his plan for us.

on the third of may a couple of us went kayaking down the avon river.

it was extremely good fun. had a blister on my thumb but was worth it.
had lunch at noodle house after that.

i didn't notice that the picture was not coloured. if u can't see clearly the first picture is of me laughing really crazily. we were trying to take a group picture but i guessed the kayak just got out of hand. haha!

on wednesday afternoons i spend babysitting this little girl :)

i know her parents through icf and the mother wanted to attend a course in laidlaw college on wednesday afternoons and since i was so free with only classes on tuesdays i volunteered

recently she has started saying my name so much which is hillarious

although today is going to be my second to last week :(
sadness!
i miss en and children so much

sadly, i don't have any pictures of icf. icf have been going really well at the start of the year. although now numbers are continuingly dropping, we still have faith that everything will be back after the busyness of the semester ending. its sadly going to be my last year with icf as a student. providing i pass all my courses. icf is cooking this week and God gave eunice to organise it! i'm just the driver and atm. haha.

i've also just helped out with the oscar programme. an off school care and recreation programme. so fun hanging and chilling out with the children! makes me miss vbs and the plentiful supply of babies and children in M!

ahh the group picture is in the other camera!

i don't really know what's up with the hand thing

so the girl on the left was moving to wellington and since she is going to drive all the way up to picton the girl on the right asked the bottom three to join them on this exciting adventure!

look at how char's hand just came up like that!!! it looks awesome except of the dashboard above my head. and the other two is in the picture far far behind =D

we left on a wednesday and came back on friday. we stayed a night in kaikoura then drove to picton to say goodbye to the other car where we then spend the afternoon in blenheim and another night in kaikoura before coming back to civilisation on friday. that was really an awesomo time. it happened only two weeks ago :)




thats basically the gist of what have been happening since my proper update last july. mian that was long.


am gutted that two people are moving away from christchurch


last week of uni is next week. i love this season when all the trees' leaves are falling and it looks so beautiful. uni looks exceptionally awesome during this season :)
i'm still quite uncertain about my future. to stay or not. am praying for God to show me the way. :)

The post that you have been waiting for...

So..

this is what it looks like from the outside
coming nearer, the front door is open
as you come in, on the right are the shoes we own
(btw i bought a new pair shoe =))

on the left is mer's bedroom which is unfortunately unavailable for viewing

right in front is my room
on the right is my bed and stuff
left is a tallboy and the cupboard

then on from the door by the shoes you would see this

on the right is my keyboard and bookcases filled of course with books =)

on the left there's my very student-ny table
on the left of that student-ny table is the toilet

on the right is the cool shower handle and our soaps

and the sink plus a big mirror on top which is actually a tad too high

coming out from there and going through the door between the table and keyboard is the middle of the living room and kitchen

on the right, we have the living room

and the kitchen on the left plus a few of my jeans just hanging
by taking a few steps closernext to the stove is a door which reveals the laundry room
hope you enjoyed the tour! =)

p.s. by you in the title i mean ally as she has been bugging me for ages for pictures :P
p.s.s. sorry for some blurry pictures. i don't have as canggih as a camera as my mother's son

e m m a

Two blogs

Both are I would say good friends. I'm just helping them to publicise cause one said nobody knows about her blog and she asked me to advertised. So although this is not a paid post, its for my buddies ya'know. Although the other friend did not say anything, still you know.. just in case afterward he said why about me? So yeah..

Oh ya, almost forgot to actually link them. They are Ally (girl opposite me) - a girl for whom I only seen for two months while she was on a work travel visa and Tom (the blond hair guy) - a guy whom I have known since last year through church.

p.s. Just in case, me is the one far end on the right.

On a side note, I bought two books. One cost $38 and another one $35 before discount. I had 35% discount okay! And I think I've waited long enough.

couldn't find a bigger picture :(

I've got all the last three books now! So awesomely happy. I'll buy the first book when I'm back in M. Cheaper :)

My Masterpiece!

awesomeness!

100

In year 2006 and year 2007, my total posts for each year was a 100 each. I shall aim for that this year as well. This would be my 60th post which will mean that I have 40 more to go. A challenge.

Today was a weird day. It rained for less than half an hour two times. Its suppose to be spring! Come on!

Apartments, Flats and what-nots

I finally understand why my mum would prefer living in a house instead of an apartment or a flat. Before this, I would be "Thats just old people talk" but now I understand why living in a house is such a blissful thing compared to living in an apartment/flat no matter how flash it is.

She's starting very early to be interested in peace

My friend was just commenting on herself reading all day long and how boring she might seem to you or me. I totally disagree! Reading so much does not make u boring, like how drinking so much does not make you an alcoholic (somebody says). However, I don't mind that people think I'm boring. I am who I am and I like it. Most of the time.

I had a chance to talk to mum today. Which put me in a happy mood but sad at the end of the conversation as she goes on about my weight. I've been passing all of my assessments so far. I really do pray that I'll at least passed all of my four courses.

My brother is getting baptised on Oct 5 =)

Coupling and singles

In this group we have

Couple 1
C & T

Couple 2
C & J

Single 1
Mer

Single 2
Em

So what should the single-ts do?

Find out in the next instalment of Coupling and singles

edited
[it didn't make any sense to come up with a new post]

Me talking to me cup!

A B C D

On the way back from Maruia Springs...Casino is so colourful, have you ever noticed?

I was thinking of going to the Casino in Genting Highlands. Maybe I'll meet my grandmother there. Lol.

At Antartic Centre,

Ally and I were in the children's room. Looking like children.

A new recipe I googled and tried.
Beef and Mushroom Hashbrown Slice Recipe

It looks weird but its actually quite nice. Quite proud of myself =)

I bought me self a hot water bottle.

Cute right? My very own Mr. Hippo. Only $9 and its super soft and cuddly from Bed, Bath and Beyond.

Before that, I bought this jacket for Mum. At first it was $99.95 but when I took it to the counter it was only $6-.-- something. Cannot remember already.

Luckily, mum liked it.

My own pizza =) during an ICF Make-Your-Own Pizza Lunch.

I can't remember why I made that face.

The gurls at Maruia Springs =)

Friends are another way that God shows us that He cares.