Us trying to recapture Lib's... quite indesribable expression! Not sure if it worked, but Lisa's doin a pretty good job haha!!
Friday, August 12, 2005
Sunday, August 07, 2005
keeping the perspective
... is easier said than done!
I've been in one of those profound (well it seems so at the time, until i forget what i was actually thinking!) thinking moods today. It's weird when you find cliches actually applying to your life- what I mean in partic is how easy it is to get caught up in the trivialities of life and miss what life's really about. It's the 60th Anniversary of the end events of WWII atm, and there was the first in a series of magazines on them in the paper this w/e, mainly on the bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I was flicking thru it today and started chatting with my Grandpa about it (he and Grandma were over for lunch)- it made it hit home a lot more talking to someone who was not only alive during those events, but who's life could have been dramatically different depending on the unfolding of the events- for example if the bombings hadn't have happened he may have gone to Japan (he was a Captain at this stage) to fight (the bombings were the deciding factor on Japanese surrender) and who knows what could've happened. He said something along the lines of he hoped people today wouldn't get themselves in the same situation [of war], but what made me take that seriously was that he was speaking from experience... It reminds me of one of the reasons I started getting more into history- in year 10 after looking at WWII- not just the events but about the lives of people who were there- I felt that I had a responsibility (not in the terms of obligation, but that I owed it to them) to learn about those things- the lives of those people (that was a roundabout sentance, hopefully it made sense!). Although I don't think it's a good thing to dwell on the past, I also think that particularly this generation can be prone to living in blind ignorance of the past- I know I feel I do at times. There's some proverb in the Bible about a fool learning from a wise man's mistakes, I guess it's the same principle. Older people who've weathered more seasons of life (and if that sounds patronising I don't mean it to!!) than us youngins can teach us many unexpected things.
Also, I remember when I was driving home from the PAC formal when we were in all our finery looking out of the window and seeing a couple of homeless people asleep at a bus shelter. It opens your eyes- it can be easy enough to distance ourselves from the poverty of third world countries, but there are people right under our noses here in Adelaide who we could so easily help and don't... Guess that's the good thing about things like the Winter Sleepout! Where's basic respect gone for the people around us?
Dan and Phili spoke at Cafe Church this morning, and although I wasn't there lol, I read their notes (and hence credit some of these thoughts to them ;o) and one thing stuck, made me think - with the 'Jesus. All About Life' campaign starting tomorrow, although on the one hand I have been getting excited about it because it's hopefully going to provide heaps of opportunities to be able to share about my faith, on the other it's challenged me as well. We're supposed to be proclaiming the evidence of Jesus in our own lives, but where is Jesus in mine? Particularly growing up in a Christian family I've "done" church my whole life so I know what to say, pray, act etc. but, not to discredit church because that's been vital to my faith actually growing and staying on, you can be as 'religious' as you like and still not really live like you have a faith in God. I don't really feel worthy or qualified to be talking about Jesus in my life when I feel like I so don't reflect him sometimes. But then the whole point of Christianity is that we don't earn our way to a relationship with God (Jesus had to cop the punishment for our turning away from God, so that we could have relationship with Him...easy to prattle off, but what does it mean?), or heaven- in fact it's when we're at our weakest that God can be strongest in our lives because it can be easier to accept Him then, rather when life's all fine and dandy! As it says in Ephesians 2:8,9
"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast."
Also a song we sung tonight at church- 'Believe' by Donna Lasit- read carefully!
I say on Sunday how much I want revival
But then my Monday, I can't even find my Bible
Where's the power
The power of the cross in my life
I'm sick of playing the game of religion
I'm tired of losing my reason for living
Where's the power
The power of the cross in my life
I'm not content just to walk through my life
Giving into the lies
Walking in compromises now
We cry out as a generation that was lost
But now is found in the power of the cross
I'm not satisfied doing it my own way
I'm not satisfied to do church and walk away
I'm not satisfied, there's no love in my life but You
I'm not satisfied living in yesterday's hour
I'm not satisfied to have the form, but not the power
I'm not satisfied, Oh Lord I am crucified in You
Those words are just so true for me at the moment. Throughout my life, through all of my turnings away from God, failing Him, and coming back to Him, God/Jesus/the Bible (all God really) has been the only real thing in my life. The only lasting thing with true substance, real meaning. The only thing that will fill that hole in my heart. The only thing that will last for eternity, the truest, purest form of love and life. It puts things in perspective- the things that matter in life aren't money or appearance or grades or whatever, though they do have their place- it's how we live our lives and the relationships we have with people that really matters. So whoever's reading this, and I ask myself as well, where is God in your life? Are you reflecting or proclaiming Jesus in your life? Are you satisfied?
Sounds a bit like a sermon :oP sorry bout that... This is getting a bit long, and I have schoolio tomorrow (yahoo...), so night! :o)
I've been in one of those profound (well it seems so at the time, until i forget what i was actually thinking!) thinking moods today. It's weird when you find cliches actually applying to your life- what I mean in partic is how easy it is to get caught up in the trivialities of life and miss what life's really about. It's the 60th Anniversary of the end events of WWII atm, and there was the first in a series of magazines on them in the paper this w/e, mainly on the bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I was flicking thru it today and started chatting with my Grandpa about it (he and Grandma were over for lunch)- it made it hit home a lot more talking to someone who was not only alive during those events, but who's life could have been dramatically different depending on the unfolding of the events- for example if the bombings hadn't have happened he may have gone to Japan (he was a Captain at this stage) to fight (the bombings were the deciding factor on Japanese surrender) and who knows what could've happened. He said something along the lines of he hoped people today wouldn't get themselves in the same situation [of war], but what made me take that seriously was that he was speaking from experience... It reminds me of one of the reasons I started getting more into history- in year 10 after looking at WWII- not just the events but about the lives of people who were there- I felt that I had a responsibility (not in the terms of obligation, but that I owed it to them) to learn about those things- the lives of those people (that was a roundabout sentance, hopefully it made sense!). Although I don't think it's a good thing to dwell on the past, I also think that particularly this generation can be prone to living in blind ignorance of the past- I know I feel I do at times. There's some proverb in the Bible about a fool learning from a wise man's mistakes, I guess it's the same principle. Older people who've weathered more seasons of life (and if that sounds patronising I don't mean it to!!) than us youngins can teach us many unexpected things.
Also, I remember when I was driving home from the PAC formal when we were in all our finery looking out of the window and seeing a couple of homeless people asleep at a bus shelter. It opens your eyes- it can be easy enough to distance ourselves from the poverty of third world countries, but there are people right under our noses here in Adelaide who we could so easily help and don't... Guess that's the good thing about things like the Winter Sleepout! Where's basic respect gone for the people around us?
Dan and Phili spoke at Cafe Church this morning, and although I wasn't there lol, I read their notes (and hence credit some of these thoughts to them ;o) and one thing stuck, made me think - with the 'Jesus. All About Life' campaign starting tomorrow, although on the one hand I have been getting excited about it because it's hopefully going to provide heaps of opportunities to be able to share about my faith, on the other it's challenged me as well. We're supposed to be proclaiming the evidence of Jesus in our own lives, but where is Jesus in mine? Particularly growing up in a Christian family I've "done" church my whole life so I know what to say, pray, act etc. but, not to discredit church because that's been vital to my faith actually growing and staying on, you can be as 'religious' as you like and still not really live like you have a faith in God. I don't really feel worthy or qualified to be talking about Jesus in my life when I feel like I so don't reflect him sometimes. But then the whole point of Christianity is that we don't earn our way to a relationship with God (Jesus had to cop the punishment for our turning away from God, so that we could have relationship with Him...easy to prattle off, but what does it mean?), or heaven- in fact it's when we're at our weakest that God can be strongest in our lives because it can be easier to accept Him then, rather when life's all fine and dandy! As it says in Ephesians 2:8,9
"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast."
Also a song we sung tonight at church- 'Believe' by Donna Lasit- read carefully!
I say on Sunday how much I want revival
But then my Monday, I can't even find my Bible
Where's the power
The power of the cross in my life
I'm sick of playing the game of religion
I'm tired of losing my reason for living
Where's the power
The power of the cross in my life
I'm not content just to walk through my life
Giving into the lies
Walking in compromises now
We cry out as a generation that was lost
But now is found in the power of the cross
I'm not satisfied doing it my own way
I'm not satisfied to do church and walk away
I'm not satisfied, there's no love in my life but You
I'm not satisfied living in yesterday's hour
I'm not satisfied to have the form, but not the power
I'm not satisfied, Oh Lord I am crucified in You
Those words are just so true for me at the moment. Throughout my life, through all of my turnings away from God, failing Him, and coming back to Him, God/Jesus/the Bible (all God really) has been the only real thing in my life. The only lasting thing with true substance, real meaning. The only thing that will fill that hole in my heart. The only thing that will last for eternity, the truest, purest form of love and life. It puts things in perspective- the things that matter in life aren't money or appearance or grades or whatever, though they do have their place- it's how we live our lives and the relationships we have with people that really matters. So whoever's reading this, and I ask myself as well, where is God in your life? Are you reflecting or proclaiming Jesus in your life? Are you satisfied?
Sounds a bit like a sermon :oP sorry bout that... This is getting a bit long, and I have schoolio tomorrow (yahoo...), so night! :o)
Thursday, August 04, 2005
Wednesday, August 03, 2005
break it down gentlemen
After both popular demand for an update, and popular demand to have some slack cut for myself (if that even makes sense...?) HERE my friends, is an update!
Just had a humbling experience in the car with Dad to Officeworks and back, in the rain! I think those experiences happen a bit to P drivers (well, me at least :P) when you realise that it's not all instinct and you're not quite 'all that' yet when it comes to driving, lol...
Found out bit more about one50 dance today- wait, i'd better work backwards so you guys actually know what i'm talking about! On fri, after seeing them at school, at the last min jaz, lib, liv and I decided to venture into Blackwood to go see the Nubian Gents. Who are the Nubian Gents? I didn't know either, but they're this awesome group of Christian African American guys from New York who do hip hop/street/funk dancing, with a bit of singing chucked in as well, who are down in Aus. for a while on tour (Truth Tour in fact). 4 of them came in on fri and did their stuff in the quadrangle at recess and everyone was riveted which was cool- that doesn't always happen with Christian stuff! So anyway, one50's an aussie girl gp who does the same type of dancing, and i just really enjoyed it bcoz 1) its just funky dancing, the sort that makes you love life when ur doing it (or watching it, wanting to do it!), and 2) whilst actually being cool, it wasn't promoting the body, but was aimed at glorifying God which is kind of rare! There's a local gp apparently, so gonna investigate that...
Been thinking about my future 'pathway' lately, mainly bcoz we have to put in our uni application thingo's soon, ahh!! Prob having a gap yr next yr to work, and travel for a few months in the middle/end of the yr, but AFTER here are the things that are floating around my head, could be either/or, could be mixtures: 1) Bachelor of Arts (what i like to call the 'student of life' type subject, nice and general, all kinds of interesting stuff! Ahh, to be and arts student...), 2) double degree fine arts and classical studies, 3) something at Tabor college or Bible college SA, and/or 4) some form of missionary work (decided i should prob pray about stuff to come up for that! mission 'experience' (few wks/months)/short term/ even long term?? Atm there's a vague possibility of a team from church going over to the Cook Islands at some stage... But i don't want to go just for the sake of it, i actually want to do meaty, challenging, useful God stuff!!
Just had a humbling experience in the car with Dad to Officeworks and back, in the rain! I think those experiences happen a bit to P drivers (well, me at least :P) when you realise that it's not all instinct and you're not quite 'all that' yet when it comes to driving, lol...
Found out bit more about one50 dance today- wait, i'd better work backwards so you guys actually know what i'm talking about! On fri, after seeing them at school, at the last min jaz, lib, liv and I decided to venture into Blackwood to go see the Nubian Gents. Who are the Nubian Gents? I didn't know either, but they're this awesome group of Christian African American guys from New York who do hip hop/street/funk dancing, with a bit of singing chucked in as well, who are down in Aus. for a while on tour (Truth Tour in fact). 4 of them came in on fri and did their stuff in the quadrangle at recess and everyone was riveted which was cool- that doesn't always happen with Christian stuff! So anyway, one50's an aussie girl gp who does the same type of dancing, and i just really enjoyed it bcoz 1) its just funky dancing, the sort that makes you love life when ur doing it (or watching it, wanting to do it!), and 2) whilst actually being cool, it wasn't promoting the body, but was aimed at glorifying God which is kind of rare! There's a local gp apparently, so gonna investigate that...
Been thinking about my future 'pathway' lately, mainly bcoz we have to put in our uni application thingo's soon, ahh!! Prob having a gap yr next yr to work, and travel for a few months in the middle/end of the yr, but AFTER here are the things that are floating around my head, could be either/or, could be mixtures: 1) Bachelor of Arts (what i like to call the 'student of life' type subject, nice and general, all kinds of interesting stuff! Ahh, to be and arts student...), 2) double degree fine arts and classical studies, 3) something at Tabor college or Bible college SA, and/or 4) some form of missionary work (decided i should prob pray about stuff to come up for that! mission 'experience' (few wks/months)/short term/ even long term?? Atm there's a vague possibility of a team from church going over to the Cook Islands at some stage... But i don't want to go just for the sake of it, i actually want to do meaty, challenging, useful God stuff!!
Thursday, July 28, 2005
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
firming of personalities
First day back for the term! Oh joy... is it conincidental that as soon as we go back to school the weather goes from beautifully sunny to grey and rainy? Actually is wasn't too bad, rather than the overwhelmingness of all the work last term, I see it as last full term at school, ever! Plus the miserable weather meant I could have nice hot soup for lunch, even if i malformed my soup spoon by having to lever open the school microwave door with it...It's prob going to be the most intense term ... year long special studies have to go in for all subjects, exams, art finals etc etc, but in a few months time it'll be DONE! And then i have to work out exactly what to do with myself in the holidays, and in my probably gap year, but we'll get to that when we come to it. At the moment the options include getting a job (kind of necessary that one), maybe starting a couple of preliminary courses at Bible College SA (who you can do courses with in conjunction with Adelaide Uni for a Bachelor of Arts) such as learning Greek, being able to do all the sorts of thing I want to do but don't have the time for, and, of course, travelling and exploring this glorious world for a few months!
As i said before, I had a good holidays i reckon- amidst work and sleep (as in regularly to midday or later without even trying- oh the bliss!) made many good memories: e.g. caught up with Anne, Miz and Erin (aka the sleepover club- and yes, we did sleep- oh and also saw Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants- such a chick flick, but if you see the corny bits as poignant which Anne and I did, it's good/emotional!); surprise party for Alex (which worked after all the last min dramas, and I think he was actually surprised!); wild random photo rampage with lib, em, anne and lisa; almost getting locked in the waterfall gully carpark with on my Day with Dave (i just wanted to say that bcoz it sounds like a book or show or something!:P) (we came down at 5.45, they closed at 6, lol); Dave's belated b'day par-tay (go Em and I with the actual costumes!) (which was overall tres fun for all of its 10 hours in the end, tho i accidentally scratched the car at the end (I really can drive Sez!) after it did it's weird break-down tantrum thing at Macca's) aaand yeah! Oh and before I forget, it's Polly's 18th bday today, so wherever you are Pol, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
Aaanyway, in keeping with all the helpful motivational slogans slung around my room at the moment (eg More work now= less later! Well, it makes sense!) I'd better go read Oedipus Rex for Classics (for those not familiar with the story the poor guy kills his father and marries his mother, but doesn't know that at the time! Imagine realising that, no wonder he gouges out his eyes with his wife/mothers brooch pin when he does...)
As i said before, I had a good holidays i reckon- amidst work and sleep (as in regularly to midday or later without even trying- oh the bliss!) made many good memories: e.g. caught up with Anne, Miz and Erin (aka the sleepover club- and yes, we did sleep- oh and also saw Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants- such a chick flick, but if you see the corny bits as poignant which Anne and I did, it's good/emotional!); surprise party for Alex (which worked after all the last min dramas, and I think he was actually surprised!); wild random photo rampage with lib, em, anne and lisa; almost getting locked in the waterfall gully carpark with on my Day with Dave (i just wanted to say that bcoz it sounds like a book or show or something!:P) (we came down at 5.45, they closed at 6, lol); Dave's belated b'day par-tay (go Em and I with the actual costumes!) (which was overall tres fun for all of its 10 hours in the end, tho i accidentally scratched the car at the end (I really can drive Sez!) after it did it's weird break-down tantrum thing at Macca's) aaand yeah! Oh and before I forget, it's Polly's 18th bday today, so wherever you are Pol, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
Aaanyway, in keeping with all the helpful motivational slogans slung around my room at the moment (eg More work now= less later! Well, it makes sense!) I'd better go read Oedipus Rex for Classics (for those not familiar with the story the poor guy kills his father and marries his mother, but doesn't know that at the time! Imagine realising that, no wonder he gouges out his eyes with his wife/mothers brooch pin when he does...)
Btw the subject thing's referring to the woman who came today for our psychology class who's going to be doing personality tests with us (the Myers Briggs Type Indicator, for anyone who's interested), how cool is that? What she meant was forming of personalities, but either one kind of works really...
Before I do go tho, here's a verse that I've found has spoken to me a bit lately- it's been on my whiteboard for a while but everytime i go rub it out I can't because I'm like 'but it's so true!'
"Little children, let us love not in word or speech, but in truth and action. And by this we will know that we are from the truth and will reassure our hearts before him whenever our hearts condemn us; for God is greater than our hearts, and He knows everything." 1 John 3:18
elementary, my dear Watson...
Haha, so you'd think I'd actually post MORE in the hols, but hey- maybe you get to a point when ur such a serial procrastinator that you procrastinate about doing the things you usually procrastinate with! As expected the hols went pretty fast, but they've actually been good i reckon, much needed rest... Aaaanyway, I've left this pretty late so I don't think I'll go into much detail, it's not that interesting anyway!
One quick thing, Lib put a link up to this site which is really cool- refreshingly real! Something I reckon we need a bit more of sometimes...
I've got school later this morning, which means i should probably go to bed :P
One quick thing, Lib put a link up to this site which is really cool- refreshingly real! Something I reckon we need a bit more of sometimes...
I've got school later this morning, which means i should probably go to bed :P
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
yahtzee, holidays!
Thank God (literally!) it's finally holidays, even if they are only two weeks long! Here's a brief synopsis of the last whirlwind few days:
- Wednesday- Uncle Stephen, Aunty Leone, Michael, and another cousin Paul (see photo's...) arrive for Jon's party
- Thursday- got report, last day of school
- Friday- formal day!! hair done at "1" which turned out to be 1:40- turns out the same hairdresser had Claire Angley (apparently she's got a loootta hair to curl!), me, Dani, then Lib all one after the other! Picked Davo up and had the obligatory photo's (lol, not that i'm complaining, i love it really ;o), went to the before party at Dani's (it was Ebony's b'day, how's that for timing?), took our beloved Des' minibus to the formal, did the formal thing (we're old hands at this now, lol- everyone looking stunning, photo's (digital and prof- haha including one with Kendyl, Ben Cooper, me and Charlotte, James Bond style) danced, ate, laughed, had awards (Emma got 'most likely to become first female prime minister', and Suj 'most stunningly dressed female' in her tres cool blue Indian sari, to name a couple), took the Des' back to Dani's to do a speedy change in 20 mins (haha, all the girls in Dani's room at the same time, it was pretty funny), and finally on to the elusive afterparty! Comparitively short summary, lol. It was all good fun, it just came and went so quickly!
- Saturday- up at 12, and onto getting everything ready for Jon's 21st! I was in a bit of a daze that day, so can remember bits... My hair actually stayed in thru sleep, rain and hail (memorable trip getting stuck in the sudden downpour with Dan, Michael, and Paul at St Bart's after another memorable shopping trip with them to get all the drinks- picture me and Michael with a trolley each... *cough* we weren't immature at all *cough*)... Uncle Mark also came down impulsively (Paul's Dad) which was nice. The night was a fantastic effort by everyone- mammoth effort particularly by Mum and A. Leone with food prep, lots of fun decorating (inc these cool linky balloons, inc some tied in a ring which me and Paul looped over the fans lol, fairy lights, these little Chinese take-away style boxes with cute pics of Jon poking out, and laminated security pass style name things for Jono's friends), Miz, Anne (now known as powerwoman, she's amazing!), and Dave being a HUGE help serving (whilst i wandered around in a half-conscious state) and yeah... Oh, and Dan (and Michael) did this great slide-show of Jon- all in all a fun night, deserving tribute to Jon. And most importantly, he had fun!
- Sunday- slept till 1... Family lunch, singing at sas, then had a great time with dinner at Dan and Phili's with Michael and Paul- not only great food (my gosh, this DELICIOUS pizza from Tusmore pizzeria, Chicken something, with artichoke hearts) but great company, i really enjoyed myself.
- Monday- Went to Koorong and got some good books...Last nite everyone was here, had birthday dinner for Mum
- Today- Mum's bday! everyone left 7:30ish :o(, then i kind of lazed around, watched Bride and Prejudice (sp? that word looks really odd)...
Which takes me up to now! About to do some homework, get some take-out, watch the season final of the OC, and celebrate Mum in relaxed style...
This is also a seemingly random one, but it too has a purpose- this was last nite at Mum's bday dinner (we were playing memory with pics of Jon from his party, Phili aced the competition lol)- on the very left is my cousin Paul who's about to go to Kyrgyzstan for 10 months on a mission trip which is pretty full on, go him! he's so nice, it was cool to see him before he went, we don't get to see them very often!
This LOOKS like a strange and random pic... and it is! But it was funny at the time, we were talking about trying to subtley take pics as u walk past ppl, which is what i was doing (even tho they were lookin at me... not sure if that one worked) and Miz is also doin... Jon's in pre-party mode in the background, and Anne, well, not really sure!
Monday, July 04, 2005
just another non-average day
SO my goodness, how long has it been since i last posted?! Well, about 10 days now that you ask (shock horror, it got to double digits!!). What's going on in my life i also hear you ask (gee, ur an inquisative bunch today)? Well, what isn't really! lol...
Well in terms of all the emotional stuff i was talking about in the last email, that's still there. Even tho its hard i'm finding ways of dealing with it i guess. It's been an eventful past few days really- PAC formal on sat nite which was tres fun, and might I say we all looked quite stunning! We had the before party at Patrick's (Emma's date, ahh there are some funny/awkward stories there!) place, and caught the limo from there (i know, limo how cool! we're getting a Des' Mini bus for the Marryatville formal next week, lol!!)- me and Em discovered we were bag buddies, had the same bag (well, it was Steph's really!)! At the place (Convention Centre) they had these candelabra's with tea light candles in a spiral thing on like the 40 or 50 tables, so it was like twinkelling en masse. Haha, and we got these little teddies for the gift thingy which was cute- mine's called Harrison, Sez's was called Gronk or something (lol, courtesy of Dave) and I don't think Em's got named...and the guys got bottle opener things, just to reinforce the no-drinking thing ;o) We also swiped (as in a stuffed my bag full) the complimentary choccies, haha... they're pretty good! It's hard to summarise everything, but on the whole it was really cool, and it was on my and Dave's 2 month anniversary, how's that for timing?!
Then after (lol, i like Sez's summary on her blog) we went to Dave's to get changed (and i saw his room for the first time (well, since i was like 9 or something)- can u believe that? it's heaps cool tho, attic rooms are awesome!), then we drove to HENLEY (i'm pretty sure it was Henley, not West) beach, drank red cordial, went paddling, ran around, took photos, went crazy and got wet (it was raining!)- the beach is awesome at night, how have we not thought of this before?! Then we drove around seeminly randomly for a while (including on this creepy foggy road) which was fun/funny aaaand ended up half-dead at Hungry Jacks at 3.30am... It was really wierd, or maybe i just need to get out more, but who'd have thought both Macca's and HJ's would have full carparks at that time in the morning?
Then got home and thought i'd forgotten my keys so was rummaging in my bag and trying to see if the laundry window was open so i could climb in and stuff, all to no avail... so i had to knock on the door which was very cringey, but Mum and Dad couldn't get to sleep till I was home (aww!) so at least i didn't wake them up i guess! AAAnyway, some family friend's from Stanwell Tops (around where we used to live on the NSW coast) are here atm which is cool as well, so the next day i saw them (they arrived when i was par-tay-ing at le formal), slept, did homework and went to sas basically...
Oh yeah, today we had this 'Holistic Health Expo' in our gym at school which sounds a bit new-agey, but some youth workers from around the area had a stall set up about youth gps and God and stuff which was really good, what an opportunity! So i cruised over there with Charlotte and saw Anne, Emily and Greg which was a nice perk up/highlight of the day! They had the youth camp vic playing on Greggo's laptop, so now Nature World has reached a wider audience, haha how embarrassing!! Ahh its great... Anyway, I'm off to finish an elusive modern history essay.... (after finishing this one, lol)
Well in terms of all the emotional stuff i was talking about in the last email, that's still there. Even tho its hard i'm finding ways of dealing with it i guess. It's been an eventful past few days really- PAC formal on sat nite which was tres fun, and might I say we all looked quite stunning! We had the before party at Patrick's (Emma's date, ahh there are some funny/awkward stories there!) place, and caught the limo from there (i know, limo how cool! we're getting a Des' Mini bus for the Marryatville formal next week, lol!!)- me and Em discovered we were bag buddies, had the same bag (well, it was Steph's really!)! At the place (Convention Centre) they had these candelabra's with tea light candles in a spiral thing on like the 40 or 50 tables, so it was like twinkelling en masse. Haha, and we got these little teddies for the gift thingy which was cute- mine's called Harrison, Sez's was called Gronk or something (lol, courtesy of Dave) and I don't think Em's got named...and the guys got bottle opener things, just to reinforce the no-drinking thing ;o) We also swiped (as in a stuffed my bag full) the complimentary choccies, haha... they're pretty good! It's hard to summarise everything, but on the whole it was really cool, and it was on my and Dave's 2 month anniversary, how's that for timing?!
Then after (lol, i like Sez's summary on her blog) we went to Dave's to get changed (and i saw his room for the first time (well, since i was like 9 or something)- can u believe that? it's heaps cool tho, attic rooms are awesome!), then we drove to HENLEY (i'm pretty sure it was Henley, not West) beach, drank red cordial, went paddling, ran around, took photos, went crazy and got wet (it was raining!)- the beach is awesome at night, how have we not thought of this before?! Then we drove around seeminly randomly for a while (including on this creepy foggy road) which was fun/funny aaaand ended up half-dead at Hungry Jacks at 3.30am... It was really wierd, or maybe i just need to get out more, but who'd have thought both Macca's and HJ's would have full carparks at that time in the morning?
Then got home and thought i'd forgotten my keys so was rummaging in my bag and trying to see if the laundry window was open so i could climb in and stuff, all to no avail... so i had to knock on the door which was very cringey, but Mum and Dad couldn't get to sleep till I was home (aww!) so at least i didn't wake them up i guess! AAAnyway, some family friend's from Stanwell Tops (around where we used to live on the NSW coast) are here atm which is cool as well, so the next day i saw them (they arrived when i was par-tay-ing at le formal), slept, did homework and went to sas basically...
Oh yeah, today we had this 'Holistic Health Expo' in our gym at school which sounds a bit new-agey, but some youth workers from around the area had a stall set up about youth gps and God and stuff which was really good, what an opportunity! So i cruised over there with Charlotte and saw Anne, Emily and Greg which was a nice perk up/highlight of the day! They had the youth camp vic playing on Greggo's laptop, so now Nature World has reached a wider audience, haha how embarrassing!! Ahh its great... Anyway, I'm off to finish an elusive modern history essay.... (after finishing this one, lol)
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