What's been happening

Well, its official.

As of 5.24 this morning I am officially 21.

I know what I got from my grandparents, my uncle and a few of my friends cause we've already had one of my 21st parties, but I have to wait another week to find out what mum and dad have in store for me

to be honest I didn't expect to have anything on today - I was just thinking bout having takeaways for dinner tonight, so that I could have a night off cooking, but then the children of the family who I catch a ride to church with remembered what was happening, so they phoned me up and invited me to their place for tea (they're both primary/elementary school age) Apparently they're both excited cause they're borrowing a keyboard - and they know I play - so I'm expecting they'll want me to listen to them on it too - so that should be good :)

Thanks to Kiwifruit for her comment, Katie for the facebook post and blog interview, Guitargirl for the blog mention and facebook gift, 'sirK for her blog post and everyone else who I've missed for your posts/comments :)

Earlier this week I had uni as usual. Cant wait for this semester to end. Just wish I could save more money for the summer hols. I know what I want to do - now its just a matter of getting the money to be able to do it.

hoping to post a little more regularly from now on - tho it may be summer before I can do that. I do have some pics to put up sometime soon tho - if anyone wants me to

The hunt goes on :)

Once you have found the clue on my page,

then continue to the next stage

It's Lizzie's facebook next - her status shows you -

the capitalized word is your next clue :D

Happy birthday sis :D

back to blogging

Well after a long absense from the blog world I'm finally back. Will probably be keeping posts short for the next few months still cause everything is just so busy, but I won't completely disappear for a month again.

The last 2 weeks I've been on HOLIDAY :D...of sorts...well to be more accurate it was holidays but I had 8 assignments due in...so I actually got just over 5 hours of break with the remaining time being taken up by the assignments. Have another 3 this week then only another 15 assignments and tests before the end of year exams in bout 7 weeks time.

Besides that I had the first of my 21st parties during this 'break'. Didn't go too badly :) was just a small group of us - mostly family with a few friends too (would have liked for all my online friends here to have been able to come - tho unfortunately that wasn't possible) Having the next one in Hamilton in October, before the get-together with Dad's family in November.

Anyway I think I'd probably better head off now to get some sleep - sorry this is so short - but yes - I am back :)

Photos #2 - landscapes, cars and a few other random things

The Huntly Powerstation

The new section of motorway in Auckland. I't's currently a toll road

the really high bridge spanning that section of motorway - don't see many bridges like this in NZ

coming up to the tunnels on that same piece of road.

about to go through the tunnel - you can also see what is sometimes referred to as a 'cheesecutter barrier' motorcyclists tend to call it that - and many want to see them removed from various sections of highway. If you want to know what I mean by that feel free to ask.

something completely different - the pile of photos we've been sorting through so mum can make the display she wants to for my birthday

Myrtle the turtle - Dad was looking after it for a friend. This was at feeding time - it eats shrimp and apple chopped into tiny pieces

The view of our church fromt he mainstreet side - the actual main entrance is on the opposite side to this

Not the clearest of photos - will put a better one up sometime - Dad's birthday present from me.

The Life FM (christian teen radio station of NZ) car outside Central Baptist Wanganui just before Youth of the Nation began

My uncle took us to visit a Lamborghini showroom

Will post some different and more interesting things sometime soon - but in the meantime what would your ideal holiday be?

Photos part one

Well the good news is my computer has been returned - and with all the information present - very helpful...BUT I have an assignment due in 2 days so am just hoping that it will continue to work well and that nothing will go wrong. Besides that, since I have my computer - I have the photos I took between Wangas and Auckland last week - different to the last time. These are in no particular order

In Maori, NZ is known as Aotearoa which means 'Land of the long white cloud' we certainly saw a lot of that on this particular trip - but what was different was how low the clouds were - at the middle of the hills instead of covering the tops

The turnoff to the Forgotten Highway

The railway carriage cafe in Taumaranui

One of the rail bridges

the Banana bridge - from a distance and close up

This is one of the bad areas of the Parapara - the road currently goes abound in a U bend - but one section has a huge washout meaning its currently only one lane (so traffic can only pass in one direction at a time) in order to eliminate this, the new road is being built as can be seen above, cutting across the U using a bridge, then cut into the hill, then another bridge

that same piece of road - you can see the road currently goes around where the small Ute is parked - the new route goes straight ahead - across the bridge and through the v gap that has been cut into the hillside

look at the small amount of almost white in the shade of the trees...what might that be? :D

and a little more (this could only be seen in the shaded areas where the sun hadn't reached yet)
and just a little on the road
and beside the road...what do you all think it might be? (sorry bout the clarity of the photos not being the best)

Mount Ruapehu in winter

the second tag...and a question

Firstly - another tag - from skittles
Where are your pants from? somewhere would be the logical answer to that
When was the last time you drank tea? Don't - Don't like it
Do you have any pets? no unfortunately - borrow everyone elses by petsitting :D
Who was your last phone call from? Uncle
What did your last text say, and who was it from? Plse answer - Uncle
What was your last notification?"this person also commented on that person's status".
Excited for anything? Possibly :D - you'll find out what at some point
What color is your couch in your living room? in Hamilton is beige, at Dad's is brown and Mum still 'will be getting one soon' ....its now 2 years after 'soon' began...
Do you play any instruments? keyboard
Were you ever in a plane?yup - 9 times just in the last 4 weeks - just for the trip to see Bluey - was really worth it tho :)
What was the last song you listened to?I actually don't know - being without my computer means I haven't been able to listen to music for the last week! :(
What is the closest red thing to you? Warwick 1B8 Exercise Book (don't know if you have anything called that in the US - basically just a book for taking notes in)
Who was the last person to write on your wall?Bluey's mother - on my return to NZ
Ready for Christmas? Dunno
When were you last to the movies?see tag below
What's your dad's name? Dad
Do you like Miley Cyrus?Agree with Bluey on this one - ?
How many kids do you want? not sure
When do you think you'll get married?I don't know
What kind of deodorant do you use? silly question
Are you close with your family?sorta
Does anything hurt on your body?not at the moment
When was the last time you laughed really hard?Probably when I was at Dad's
Does anyone like you? if you're talking guys, doubt it
Do you have any Facebook inbox messages?yes a number - but all read
Do you use capital letters? WHAT GAVE YOU THAT IMPRESSION?
What is one thing you want right now? My computer back and working properly
What annoys you on a daily basis? probably only one small thing
Who was the last person to visit you at your house? Family friends
Who's car were you in last? Mums

And finally one question that has been asked many times this week - and I'm interested as to what you all think - if you have an important decision to make, how do you go about it? what method do you use to help you decide?

A tag and a tale

1. What time is it? 5.44pm

2. What's your favourite memory? a few weeks back - getting to spend time with my best friend :D


3. What are you afraid of? Losing contact with one of my close friends and/or living a life that doesn't glorify God would be the main things


4. What is the most recent movie that you have seen in a Theater? Surf's up - haven't been there since 2007


5. Place of birth? NZ.


6. Favorite food? pizza.


7. What's your natural hair color? same as Blueys :D.


8. Ever been to Alaska? no - would like to go there to visit 'sirk tho.


9. Ever been toilet paper rolling? No - and why such a silly question?


10. Love someone? Yes


11. Been in a car accident? Yes. - tho not driving


12. Occupation? Student


13. Favorite day of the week? Sunday.


14. Favorite restaurant? St Johns


15. Favorite Flower? Unknown.


16. Favorite sport to watch? none really


17. Favorite drink? Mountain Dew, L&P, Orange and barley and lemonade, or water


18. Favorite ice cream? chocolate eclair


19. Disney or Warner Brothers? dunno


20. Ever been on a ship? Does a boat count? - tho actually yes anyway - took a tour of one in Wangas once


21. What color is your bedroom carpet? creamy browny sorta in two places, blue in the third


22. How many times did you fail your driver's test? none.


23.From whom did you get your last e-mail? Bluey.


24. What do you do when you are bored? music, TV, computer


25. Bedtime? whenever.


26. Who do you expect will comment on this? everyone hopefully.


27. If you could do only 3 things, what would they be? -Take one of my friends on a world trip, visiting all the others along the way, ending with us all together at Parachute Festival, -Help as many people as possible, -Do all I can to be who Christ wants me to be


28. Who is the person that you are most curious to see their responses? ALL OF YOU.


29. Favorite TV shows? M*A*S*H*, Monk, Get Smart.


30. Last person you went to dinner with? Would have to be people - Bluey and her family :)


31. What are you doing right now besides being on the computer? Isn't that enough? I'm doing an assignment as well as blogging


32. What are your favorite colors? Red, Black, Blue


33. How many tattoos do you have? none.


34. How many pets do you have? like pets but don't have any currently

35. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? I'll leave that open to debate


36. What do you want to do before you die? See Bluey again, possibly visit some of my other online friends, see more of the non-christians who I know's lives changed for Christ, see the members of my family who are in london again - hopefully before my niece turns 5 - I want to do other things too but those are the ones I really don't want to miss out on.


37. Have you ever been to Hawaii? No


38. Have you been to countries outside the U.S.? I'm FROM a country outside there - but I can say I've been there now :D


39. How many siblings do you have? tough question - could be 0,1, 2, or 3 - will say 3 cause that includes everyone


40. Time this survey ended? 6.14PM.


Anyway Dad's going to London soon to see my sister, brother in law and niece. Have bought the little one another outfit for her second birthday - a tiny pair of red jeans and a little blue jacket with 'my bunny' and a pic on it :)

Hopefully will get a few photos of her wearing them :)