Court Visit with Trixie

Trixie and I went to the Christchurch district court on Thursday to watch some real life court action. I really wanted to learn more about what lawyers do because I don't want to go into something that might not be my my cup of tea- if you get what I mean.

So anyway the visit was really an eye-opener for me. It was quite intimidating entering the court because we were practically surrounded by really dodgy looking people who were waiting to stand on trial along with their families and friends.Most of them stared at Trixie and me-as if they could sniff out innocent law-abiding citizens like us.Okay. Maybe I'm taking a prejudicial stand here but it really was quite intimidating knowing that the grubby man seated next to us may have been charged for drug possession or something. The trials that we viewed ranged from young people breaking their probation, a hard-looking tattooed man who was charged for the possession of cannabis and an Asian guy who broke immigration laws. We missed the trial of a sex-offender in the high court though. It would have been really interesting. Photo-taking wasn't allowed and so I didn't take any pictures of the court.

Some of the people that were charged looked really normal like you and me. Its quite an eye-opener, knowing that our world isn't as clean as you think it is, that anyone can be a bad guy. I might just consider being a criminal lawyer if I do law. Chrislynn-defender of the poor, meek and the weak. Loving the sound of that!

Gothic building of the family court

Sights and sounds of cathedral square.the famous wizard of chch.

he drew some chalk art on the ground

Something funny happened. The cleaner washed the chalk-art that the wizard drew intentionally.

It made the wizard really pissed. FUNNY as! Everyone in the square just stood and watched them.

the river avon that flows through our beautiful city

Queen Victoria

Trixie and I went to the formal wear rental shop and we vowed never to return again! That has to be fugliest trashy dress ever!We had so much fun shopping that day after going to the courts. We went to Osaka for lunch and it was trixie's first time there.:)

Mhmm.Cinnamon rolls

I baked ooey gooey cinnamon buns just like Bobby's Flays showdown against Joanne Chang's Boston sticky buns. The dough is similar to the french brioche bread.The bottom of the buns are caramelized and have crunchy nuts at the bottom. I added walnuts to the bottom instead of the usual pecans. I'm really liking baking bread opposed to the usual cakes now because of the satisfaction I get from baking them. Especially looking at the reaction from people's faces after serving them my buns or breads. I brought a tin-ful of my cinnamon rolls to czone and everyone LOVED them. Kel and Matt even said they would pay me $10 each for a tin of buns! Could this be the beginning of a new business venture?

Unite! Youth Rally 2008 NZ
Featuring Reggie Dabbs

Last friday was totally rad. My church was hosting this years Unite! Youth Rally and it featured the awesum speaker from the US of A , Mr Reggie Dabbs. I haven't heard him speak live but everyone else who had heard him before were raving on and on about him.Reggie was one helluva livewire that night. He was really good on his saxophone playing Alicia Keys' If I got you and Hallelujah.
So anyway, the turn out for the rally was really good because the whole Aurora centre was booked out. Reggie is a great evangelical preacher who goes about schools in America and the world to talk to young people about our saviour, Jesus Christ. My life story, a Christian local rock band played that night as well and all of us from elevate had fun in the mosh pitt. It was great to see many people having fun and knowing about Jesus in such an environment.Youths all the way from Timaru, Ashburton and lots of places you haven't about came all the way just to listen to him. Lots of people have this stereotypical view of Christians and churches and so with an outreach event such as this one, many had a changed perspective of what Christians and churches were.

Bellow is the video that Gerald took of Reggie .Watch it!



My life story

Trip to Christchurch Women's Hospital
Otago School of medicine
The school organized a trip to Christchurch Women's Hospital for students who are interested in going into the field of health science. It was a great experience taking a look at the hospital environment and getting information about what health care professionals actually do. It ranged from physiotherapist, mental health nurses, surgeons, radiologists and so on. And sad to say the life a doctor ain't like Grey's anatomy. Dream on! Ha Ha.
Xinny, tabs and I chose to go on the maternity ward tour because based on insider info, we were going to see lots of babies. But to our disappointment, we didn't get to see any of them. Notta. ziltch. Should have gone to the research centre tour instead. Oh well.

Anyway, my confidence in choosing health sciences (medicine) surged after the trip because of the 6th year medicine student I talked to. He was dressed in scrubs. VERY Grey's anatomy-esque. Turned out he was from Burnside as well! Awesumness! And from one Burnsider to another, he told me hints on getting to the right residential hall in Otago, how he succeeded and a whole lot of stuff. Apparently most Burnside students get accepted to St.Margarets Hall for some strange reason, much to the dismay of the St.Andrew boys behind me. They felt that people were biased to Burnside students or something. SWEET! Too bad boys. Ha ha.

Students from around the region came for the talk.

Bad picture of the "scrubs guy"

Starbuck's tumbler I got. Useful for cold winter mornings.

Finger lickin' crepes

i know you want some.
they are real easy to make and are really delicious
with a drizzle of maple syrup. yum-o!

Hedgehog sighting
Amidst the crisp fallen autumn leaves ,we found a cute hedgehog foraging for food.
They are pretty common in these parts. They tend to make an appearance once a year in everybody's garden.
Though winter is approaching, nature never fails to present us with its beauty. Romancing the rose.

To go or not to go?Otago university or Canterbury? Arts or science? Decisions. Decisions.
Otago offers health science in which I can pursue medicine. Its also the number 1 students destination for a grand ol' time away from home. The liaison' officer came the other day and I'm really attracted to the student life that Otago offers. SCARFIE DAYS!
OR I could go to the university of Canterbury and do law and psychology AND not leave Christchurch.
Send me a sign. I need some direction.

Kate Moss Inspired blazer look

Inspired by Kate Moss' blazer winter look. I tweaked it a little by adding a bit of hippie vintage to the urban look for school today. The cat was a last minute random accessory. He actually made an appearance a while back. We never really knew where he came from but he might have been the previous tenant's cat of some sort. Hey. I just assumed it was a "he" - just as i usually do with any other random animal. I even named him . What was his name again? I'm pretty sure I called him Monty.Yep.That's his name. Monty the cat.
I instructed my little brother to take the pictures for me and I must say the pictures turned out pretty darn swell.

Blazer,glassons.Scarf,Dotti.Skinnies,PointZero.Ribbed Tank,Cotton On. Oxfords, Aerosoles.(everything from NZ except the shoes from SG)

Dream they say

The first week of school came and left.
Ladies and gentlemen.
We've got to start raving our engines.
When I think of Autumn , the colour auburn together with falling maple leaves comes to mind. Not to mention the cold.Thats why we have a fireplace in these parts. Don't forget to keep your feet warm! Gotta love my oxfords.

Dream they say..

Falling leaves

Mediastudies class.People hard at work trying to finish up their director study

I am finally done with my 12 paged director
study assignment.Go me!

Last term

This picture of trixie and me was taken eons ago last term. And I was eating Esther's lunch. ha ha. We were discussing our plans for our directorial proposal for the Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare festival which we didn't get to direct in the end. But yeah the picture reminded me of the sunny and warm weather we got during summer. Ah. The days where we didn't need to pile on layers of clothes in order to stay warm. Man. I could even see the tann line i got from tanning last summer. Togs Togs Togs. UNDIES!! Ahh summer. Wherefore art thou?