PALMY MASSIVE...

i've been here for a week slipping in some teaching experience while we had the week off school after exams. i spent the week at my mums school in different classes and even got to teach a lesson! hellz yeah i was meant for teaching. so 2010 post grad- you can just bring it.

TOP 5:

- realizing that mumzy is a great colleague but a crap family member
- naughty kids aren't naughty, you just aren't interesting
- the weather in palmy is gorgeous
- money does not grow on trees
- waking up next to the friend-boy every morning and having him to come home to after work each day

THE END OF PARK ROAD...

BE MY VALENTINE...

it's the first time i've had a boyfriend over valentines day, and even though he specifically told me that he didn't do valentines day i was like, meh i don't care i'm still gonna celebrate it lolz so i made him a card (inspired while watching eagle vs shark lolz)

anyways, on saturday night i went off at him because he kept shutting me out of his room so we had 'words' before we went to sleep lolz but according to him it was all part of his plan and he surprised me by organizing a valentines day treasure hunt while he was at work... 

i'm so sorry, but my friend-boy is like so way better than yours hahahahaha

(it was actually meant to be 1:17- "How beautiful you are, my darling, how beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.")

when we did our massive road trip up to kaitaia to see my dad he [friend-boy] bought back a massive plastic bag of sand from the beach behind our house.. this was some of it in a tiny jar for me to remember..

i immediately knew that the reference to canada meant canadian club which is kept up in the kitchen cupboard- where i found the next clue and my fave chocolates ferrero rocher..

the "stage" is what he re-named his flat garage when michael jackson died, because it was where MJ felt most at home lolz (yes, he's a big fan)

sorry, didn't win any of your money back!! lolz

i thought this was just filled with tissue paper. it wasn't until i got back into the house and i thought (hoped) that just maybe there would be more chocolate inside hahahaha i was soooo shocked when i saw the pieces he choose for me!! he's totally incredible. like, actually. 

MYSPACE...

the eagle has landed, my room has progressed from the chaos i last showed. i even have a bed with a base and legs! hahaha and i've up-graded.. from a double (that i've had since i was 12) to a queen. i totally heart my wardrobe too.. it is huge, i wish i could take it with me when i eventually leave. home sweet home for 2010 ^_^

DRESS LIKE A TEACHER...

i don't go on section/t.e (teaching experience) until mid march, but i'm already thinking about what i can wear to school...

i googled it (haha) and vouge gave me these images:

hmm... thanks vogue.com.. NOT!!

i can't even remember what my teachers used to wear back in primary school. i'm not really into conforming into that "teacher" look either, you know, the sensible shirt and either dress pants or a calf length skirt.. usually in neutrals, pastels, black and white colour combos...

i came across an article where victoria beckham claimed she dressed like a british primary school teacher-





i'm not feeling that either... heels while taking the kids out for a game of touch? tryna sit on the mat in a fitted pencil skirt? me thinks not.

however, i secretly enjoy the outfits that emma pillsbury, the guidance counsellor on glee wears. hahaha i'm just not big on necklaces. i'm more of a bangle girl. i heart the colour she wears and the cardigans (i'm a big fan of cardis.)

FINANCIALLY FAAAARKED...

my aunty and uncle gave me a significant amount of money at the beginning of this year as a ‘start up fund’ for my move to the big city… it wasn’t meant to last me until the end of the year, they realistically planned out that it should last me until about may/june. In the meantime I would’ve been saving for the following few months etc. It was, I guess to help me out to make life abit more comfortable, give me the oppourtunity to  go out with friends, attend social events etc etc

I am now in the lower half of the hundreds.

This is not good. Where the fuck has it all gone to? I hear you asking.. I’m tryna figure that out myself. I had all the intentions of being wise with my money, planning shit out, saving.. but looking at my bank account, it hasn’t happened.

My nana called me up last night to tell me that while she was in Auckland for one of my aunty’s funerals (which ended up being more like a huge family renunion) the “oldies” as she put it, decided that it was time to get together in the mother land so that we can all meet each other.

Plans are for a 3 day reunion in samoa from the 27^th – 29^th December of this year.

I was so stoked, I was thinking, ok gotta start saving for a drinking fund (and oh yeah a ticket over) so that is when I proceeded to take a look at my funds and yea, you know the rest…

Then it dawned on me that I would also need to pay rent and power once my student allowence finishes up in November.. I’ve been thinking waaay too much about the here and now, settling in, making friends, blah blah blah that I haven’t done the basics of looking at the long term.

Well my dear blog, I’m here and I’m looking. Hopefully I’ll get skinny from not eating out haha that will cut out gym membership fees, so that’s a start! Lolz

Ok I’m starting to ramble because I’m thinking about getting a hard copy of my assignment to my lecturer somehow. Damit. Peace out. ^_^

THE MASTER OF SIGNIFICANCE...

she doesn't even realise how much she can lift my day by just posting on twitter, or suggesting a link. i have never told her this in person, let along thanked her and i most probably never will. but thank you. some days when everything is turning to shit, i am just a click away from something that you have said, done or told me to look at that makes me smile, laugh out aloud in the street like a crazy person, and remind me that it's not so bad and to just keep going because life is too short to take it so seriously. you're more significant than you know bro :)

NZIRB SEVENS - WELLINGTON - 2010

this poor dude just randomly started talking to me on the street as i was walking to esquires to have my usual (caramel chai latte) and free internet.. he'd lost all the other rangers because he went into hannahs to buy a new pair of shoes lmao and he'd lost his way.

anyways, we were walking past these guys who were dressed in grid-iron gears that said the green ranger was their fave. i thought it would be a perfect opp to shake him off lolz and explained that he was a lost ranger. they ended up adding him to their group and they left me on the street in peace.

sevens merchandise.. haha cheese mayne!
elvis suits were pretty gross but the super saien was quite good.
toast and marmite!
not at all original being tui girls. they weren't even pretty lolz