It's not Christmas yet

I came into uni this morning, not particularly excited about starting the pile of work I had, but then I heard something which totally brightened my day!! Some random guy walking behind me was quite happily whistling 'Jingle bells!' How cool is that, the verses and everything! I had a big smile and was almost happy to be working!! : ) Thank you Mr Jingle-Bells-Whistler!!

In which nothing flows coherently

Holidays are in 3 days and I like that!! : ) Holidays are good!!

I just finished a test (listening comprehension in French)- it was really bad and i laughed!! - what else can you do!! hehe!! : ) Good thing that one wasn't worth much!! : )

I went to yoga yesterday, yoga is the most relaxing exercise I think i've ever done -I highly reccommend it!! You start and end the session with just lying on the foor, relaxing! Brilliant!! : )


That's about it, my brain is not having a 'let's flow nicely' day, this is rather normal, but even more less flowly than normal!

Oh, and one last thing!! Dancing tomorrow night at uni!! More people should dance!! Dance should be a way of life! How fun would that be!! : ) I would be ecstatic!! (ecstatic being the only word I could think of to replace 'in heaven')

Watch this space...

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If anyone feels the need to get a bit of culture in their life, and has a spare $10 and nothing to do next Saturday night (18th March), then I have a solution for you (assuming that the above was a problem!) : )
The band I'm in is doing (another) concert. It's called Just Brass - well, it is a brass band. Anyways, if anyone's interested at all I can get you tickets, you can also buy tickets on the night ($12 I think) and through ticketek ($14), so if you're considering it then I can sell you tickets for only $10!! Yay!! anyways, yeah, it might not be your thing but you'll never know till you try right? -well, i like it all the same!! For more info - txt me or something. : )

Mexico

I love being a student! I love being poor! (and I will probably wish to retract that sentence at some point during the year!)

Me and my flatmate were talking last night about culture and society etc, (this conversation came from my reading Andrew's posts on related stuff and Francie's sociology-type lectures that he's got at the moment). Anyways, we were talking about comfort as well, and how he learnt that comfort is the lack of feeling, and we strive to be comfortable, cos if we are we can escape the 'real world' for a bit and just pretend life doesn't exist! (Tangent sorry).

Anyways, what I was thinking of when writing this post - is that I don't want to have so much money that i can provide for myself lots of luxuries so that I can live in comfort. I think there's so much more to get out of being less well-off than there is being affluent (not speaking in terms of education, etc but life stuff that actually matters). Not having money all the time means I have to just make do with what I've got, and it also means that if me and a mate want to go do something fun, we often end up taking a picnic somewhere or doing something that doesn't cost much and we have a great time!! Being poorer means I bike places (out of neccessity)- which is much better for me than driving! - and you walk a bit too!!

Right now I am being thankful for not always having money to get what I want. I'm sure I'll learn more being poorer than I would if I had money!! : )

Much ado about nothing

Hi,
sorry it's late notice, but of anyone's keen to see Much Ado About Nothing, some people are going tonight. Starts at 6pm at Mona Vale and is $10, bring some food for picnic tea (wow, i am fully turning into one of those people who goes places and has picnics, oh well, it's all good!)
Yeah, so if you want to join us, I shall see you there!!

It should be good - it's Shakespeare!! : )

smells like rain : )

Christchurch is wet, rainy and cold! When did that happen?!? I left Hamilton yesterday in the nice warmth of a summer day - to arrive 2 hrs later in Chch, where it was raining and quite a bit colder!!
But it was definitely very nice to be back!! I'm loving it!! Just being back in my flat again, in my room and seeing people I haven't seen for ages, including Helen who is staying at my flat!! Yayness!!

Today I needed to use the internet, so I walked to uni (my bike has a flat tyre and our tyre pump is broken!) It rained and rained and was real windy, but I had my big umbrella so it's all good!! Since I've been here, though, it's cleared up outside. So I might go home soon!! : )

I don't want to complain about the weather, I actually really enjoyed walking to uni in the rain - even laughed a couple of times!! It was fun! And another great thing about sad weather is that you can put on snuggly clothes (but not for too long cos then it does get kinda cold!!)!
I like being back!! It's all so nice and familiar and wonderful!! : )

summer's really only just beginning, silly weather patterns and all!! : )

The holidays are nearly over!! Sad, but also exciting cos it means I get to come back to Chch - which I am looking forward to!!

Yay for no more work (till next summer)!! : )
I liked my time working - I always do! But I always like it better when it's over- even though it means uni (but hey I like uni too!!)

One thing I noticed at work is how so many people, after I've finished serving them, say 'well done' or 'good girl'!! I don't find this insulting at all, but kinda interesting! I wonder if they think I'm still new at the job and haven't really counted money before, or if they thought I couldn't do it! Honestly, sometimes I think people are genuinely surprised when I actually give them what they've asked for! Strange, but I think it's cool too!!

Just cos other ppl did...

You scored as Anthropology. ( I don't really even know what anthroplogy is!) : )
You should be an Anthropology major!

Dance 75%
Psychology 75%
Anthropology 75%
Sociology 67%
English 58%
Art 58%
Theater 42%
Journalism 42%
Linguistics 42%
Philosophy 33%
Mathematics 33%
Engineering 25%
Biology 17%
Chemistry 0%

a little rant : )

I amuse myself! I find it kinda annoying in a way that my mum wants to renovate the whole kitchen cos it's just too hard to work in and it's not nice enough. All that really needs to happen is to get a new oven cos ours is always breaking! But mum doesn't want to get a new oven until she can get the whole kitchen redone - with a wall oven so it's easier to access!!
I'm sure most people in NZ (excluding rich ppl who've designed and built their own homes) would be glad to have our kitchen - it's not huge but it's big enough to do what you need to do in a kitchen!! How many thousands is it going to cost?? Of course it's in the long-term-ish plan to save up for it, but wouldn't it be better to just replace th oven and spend the money elsewhere? - like on people that need it?

I've also noticed that people are willing to work hard and save for ages to get that kitchen or house or other possession they've dreamed of - but how hard are they willing to work for God?? God could use th money so much better than we could!

I'm not aiming this at anyone in particular.
Of course I am much included in this - I'm sure I'd probably work quite hard if I was going to gain something from it, and admittedly not so hard if I wasn't. I know I need to change that.
Maybe I just don't have the whole dream thing to be surrounded by nice things when I'm older- I don't think I want a flash house with all the latest things to have in it. Maybe because of this I then can't understand why ppl spend so much time doing renovations that sometimes seem pointless to me, and end up spending thousands of dollars which could be used so well by God.

I don't know!

I guess that's what God's been challenging me about lately and I needed somewhere to write that down - and this blog was there, so yeah!

Sight of the day!!

Old man, wearing brown leather shoes with black socks up to his knees!! Shorts were yellow and red checked - (the main colour was yellow, the lines were all red) made out of some thick material- and fastened with brown belt. Pale blue shirt neatly tucked into said shorts. Not much hair on head! But the finishing touch just had to be the huge glasses with the clipons - the ones that flick upwards - and he had them flicked up!! : ) Oh dear!

This is what I encountered on my trip to the chemist with my mum, she actually pointed him out to me - and as he had his back to me I took the liberty of forgetting all social politeness and just stared at him!! : ) It really was a sight! He was short too!!

It was quite funny! I shouldn't laugh, cos that's not very nice, but he was for real; - that is actually what he chose to wear today. He chose to wear it!!!! Nobody dared him to - it was of his own free will! (I'm assuming that - but I'm probably correct) : )

Hamilton, strangely enough : )

Well, I've been home for almost 2 weeks so i thought I should post something!!

I've worked full time pretty much since I've been back!! I really quite miss being lazy!! - not working is so much cooler!! : )

I saw Harry Potter on Thursday night! Then again on Saturday!! I love Harry Potter so much!!! The first time I saw it - at one point in the movie I got a really massive fright! My brother (Sam) got kinda embarrassed - then told me to hit the roof for him while I was up there!! Apparently my fright had an accompanying scream-thing - which the ppl behind us laughed at - oops!! : ) Oh well!! The 2nd time I was prepared and didn't get a fright at all - but neither did anyone else in the theatre, which kinda disappointed me - cos i wanted to hear someone get a fright!

I went to Tauranga in the wknd for my flatmates 21st! Despite not knowing anyone apart from her family - i had heaps of fun!! The theme was cowboys and indians - so i went as a cowboy/girl! fun times!! : )

Every night I plan on having an early night - but it hasn't actually happened yet! (By early, I'm trying to get to bed around 10.30ish) - after midnight seems to be most common - which is then kinda annoying cos I have to get up early!! Oh well!! One day, I'll have a day off and sleep in!! Yay!! : ) (Weekends don't always count as automatic sleep-in days I've discovered!!) Oh well!!

Ok! I'll cya guys later!

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I have a guitar. It is called Brutus.
I like it!!

I'm going home on Friday, but I don't really want to. I want to stay down here for summer! : )

I love Harry Potter!! The next movie comes out on November 24th. I am going to go and see it!! : )

5 jokes of awsomeness

I found a website that had some 'bad jokes' so I read it and found most of them kinda funny!!

Here's my favourites from it:


What's yellow, lives in a tree and is very dangerous?
A canary with a machine gun.

What can you sit on, brush your teeth with, and eat soup with?
A chair, a toothbrush and a spoon

When ducks fly in a V, why is one side of the V longer than the other?
There are more ducks on that side

What do you get when you cross the ocean with the titanic?
Halfway

What’s the difference between one yard and two yards?
A fence

Well, I thought they were funny!! : )

It doesn't feel like the end!

... That's cos it's not! : )
The end of lectures for another year - I still have to return next year (and the year after)! : ) Though in a way, I kinda want to leave now! Don't get me wrong - I love uni, and I'm sure i can manage at least another year (or 2) here, but seeing as my life now lacks a bit of direction, I kinda want to just go out and do stuff rather than learn about it! I dunno!!

Growing up, I never really had any major dreams or desires or life plans that I ever thought would become reality, I just knew that I would grow up and life would happen, whether I like it or not! - I guess that's why I figured I was going to make sure I enjoyed life then- it happens once and then it's over, you get to decide what happens along the way and how you live!
And I knew I always wanted to follow God! : )

But now, I've started thinking about what i want to do - and most things seem like they could be reality if i made them happen!! I want to go out and do things, help the world in some way! Help the people around me! Not settle for a comfortable life. Live life in a way that is most pleasing to God - making the best use of my life (i understand that the best use of my life is going to be different to the best uses of others' lives!) But now my mind has opened itself a wee bit and I don't know which ideas are the best use of my life! I want to be bold in my endeavours, go out confidently into the world, step out on my own two feet, not have to rely on anyone but God!
But I'm afraid to do that! I think it's cos I hate being alone and am afraid that in stepping out I risk being alone! I need people round me!! : )
I guess I also know I was born to follow others - which probably sounds weird after what I've just said! While young girls may dream of being a queen or princess, I always thought it would be cool to be the queen (or princess') personal maidservant person! - weird I know! But that's just me! I really don't like the idea of me being in charge - for an hour, that's cool, but not for ages!! : )

So another year's almost over! : ) It went crazy fast! Another year closer to actually finishing a degree and unleashing myself on the world! heh!! : )

WWJGD? : )

http://www.megspace.com/entertainment/dunno/wwjgd.html

Wow - I think I made a link!! : ) That's exciting!

Anyways - I found this site amusing! : )

I don't like thinking up these titles

Anyways,
I was looking at the parable of the sower and his seeds. And somehow I got to thinking - it wasn't the seeds' fault where they fell, they didn't choose to fall on the road or rocky ground or among thorns or on good soil, it just happened. They were just thrown there. Only a few seeds fell on good soil - well, at least 3/4 didn't! Craziness!
I spose this means that of all the people we might tell about God - we can kinda know that maybe up to 1/4 of them will possibly listen and understand! Yay!! : )
But does that also mean that 3/4 of people out there are 'predisposed,' as such, to not hear at all?? Cos that's quite unfortunate for them! : )

My new discovery!!

I love going to the beach at night with mates and a guitar.
(Not necessarily me playing the guitar - just having a guitar being played!!) (Mates are a necessity though otherwise I'd be totally freaked out being there all by myself at night!!)

Me and 2 of my flatmates did this last night, we/I played lots of guitar (badly- I really need to learn how to play properly), and we walked along the pier. At the end it was kind of freaky, cos it was like the world just stopped. The sea was black and the sky was black so you couldn't see any resemblance of the horizon, only the ocassional swell which totally freaked you out cos it made it look like the world's end was coming closer and closer to you - wierd, I know, but it was cool!! It was also a lot quieter at the end of the pier cos all the crashing waves were behind you and the sea out infront was all quiet!
It was possibly quite thought provoking, if you're that way inclined, but I personally was feeling a little spooked-ish by it, it was kind of eerie, we didn't stay long there, we moved back down the pier where there was noise from the waves and a bit more light!! : ) But it was still cool though!

But generally I was just amused by how much I really loved being at the beach at night with a guitar! I didn't want to leave. There was still much more singing and playing that could be done, it was kinda getting late, but as long as I was there with the guitar and friends, I felt like I could've stayed forever!!

I've been helping a lady out with a research project lately and it's been interesting how I've gotten to know her, or at least feel like i have - in a week!!
It's crazy! i see her twice a day, for no more than 20 mins at a time, and inbetween doing the actual study stuff, we just chat about all sorts of things. It's quite cool!
Though it kind of has made me realise how much time i don't spend with my friends! The only people I see that often are my flatmates and classmates -and they're really cool, i love them all!!

I know there's not enough time in a day to do all that we want, but i know that some people i don't even see for weeks on end, and then I'll see them once and then not for weeks again!! It's crazy!! How are we sposed to keep up good friendships if we are never communicating with people!! I don't know - but somehow it works!!

Yeah, i don't think there really was a point to this post, it's just what i was thinking!!

Yay for big assignments being finished!! : )

Yay!! I've just finished a big assignment!! It might be 4.45 in the morning, and I might still actually be at uni! But I don't care!! : ) At the moment I'm just feeling quite satisfied with my assignment! I even brought a stapler to uni so I can staple it before I go hand it in - I generally don't remember and then I'm I'm stuck with an assignment!!
Yayness!! It feels good!! It's worth 40%! It was quite big! Hard too!! I counted - & my whole assignment takes up 30 pages! that's a lot!! : )

Yeah, so that's my excitement for now!!

I think now it's time for me to go home to bed, cos even though I may not feel tired now - i know I'm going to feel it tomorrow, and probably the next day too!! : )

heh : )

Thanks for all the hugs!!
I think I'm all good, I just had to take a moment to put life into perspective, which is hopefully where it now is!! : )
People are cool!!