South Island Trip

Well the South Island Trip turned out to be a big success.
i managed to run up the World's steepest street, go swimming with wild dolphins, learn how to surf, white water rafting and a tour of thee exclusive cadbury chocolate world :) plus, i made some great friends from all over the world!
The S.I was like nothing i have ever seen. Traveling on a coach bus for up to 6 hours a day and not seeing one house. Being able to fill my waterbottle up from clear blue, clean river water, learning the words to the Haka. I'd love to go into details of every little bit of the 10 day journey, but then this blog would turn into a book. All i can say is even though it was a tad on the expensive side, it was well worth it. I would recommend NZET (the organization i went with) any day. Although, i was exhausted i met my dad today at the airport, gave him a big hug, and fell asleep on the way home. I gave my mom a big hug too and my brother ran and got some fish n' chips and it was just a great feeling. i carried my bags to my room only to find a big desk in the corner of my room. my host parents had surprised me by buying a desk so i no longer had to do my homework on my bed. Its great to be home, for sure :)
Here are a few pictures i took, it may seem lengthy but i promise this is nothing. i narrowed it down to my favorites:

i'm far too tired to explain all these photos now. in fact, its not even  8 00 PM, and i'm getting ready for bed. ha. goodnight. :)

Good News!

Spring is in the ai- oh wait. loljk. its freaking cold as outside!
its getting darker much earlier, and its cold, cold, cold!
Last night, my host mom was sprawled on the couch and i was laying on the floor with Zues (cat) and Schnookie (dog) and we were just chilling and talking about the family going up to the tippy top of the north island in  July. But i was only supposed to stay with this family until June, and i'm pretty sure June comes before July. just saying. So we were talking, and i was like "well, where am i going then?" and my mom was like, "oh you're not going anywhere. we've decided to keep you." and she started laughing and i started laughing and the smile on my face must have been the size of texas. i was just like, "really!?!?!" and she is a very sarcastic person so she always jokes that i'm going to go live with the bookers (old host family) again, so i was just super pumped.

Anyways, just had to go into detail with that because i am still so ecstatic about staying with this awesome family. Um, hmmmm. what else is new?
If i keep saying "adjective as" its because its a kiwi thing to do. its the lingo on the street. word.
Take for example lesson A=
- "Wow. That chocolate is sweet as!"
- "Dude. is that a guy or a girl walking down the beach? Scary as."
- "Physics is a hard as subject. dayumm"

So yeah, it seems kind of lame and dumb but all the kids and even old people say it over here. And also, when you ask someone a yes or no question you can expect this answer:

- oh yeah yeah yeah naw braaah. OR
- oh no no no yaah braaaahh.
(Emphasis clearly on the 'bros')

me with some friends on top of this statue. you can see just how tall Saara (the girl on the left) is.

awkward self-timer camera . :)

Welly ^^^

a very sideways glance of the railway station. haha. my bad. 

OH. and also, for school, My team is winning the House Cup. 

Blue Team is in first place

Red Team is in 2nd 

and no one really cares about green or yellow. 

That's all for now. See you next time kids.
(Que Mr. Roger's theme song)

video attempt = FAIL

here's a video of me mumbling about nothing really and looking extremely pale. However, i'm actually getting a nice tan, i'll have you know. haha, i know its not in sync, but eh. whatever. i'm too lazy and i'm rushhing, so i'm not going to fix it. :)

A little glimpse of God goes a long way.

Well, the days are growing colder and the nights are growing longer. and when i take one step out of my house, i have to physically brace myself against the wind and [most days] the rain. Nick, my brother, claims this is the perfect weather. ha. HA. HAAAA.  June and July are supposed to be the coldest months. eee-gads. Right now, i'm curled up on my sofa, sitting in my school uniform [because i am simply to lazy to change], wearing my thickest pair of tights and sipping away at my coffee. Its real handy having a home so close to school, so that whenever i have studyhall i can just quickly walk 5 minutes to my house and just chill out for a whole class (1 hour).
I have a massive physics exam coming up and an equally massive calc test early next week, so i constantly have my nose in my notes, trying to soak up as much information as possible as well as memorizing countless formulas. yay. so much fun!