A friend at youth group asked, do you have any resolutions for the new year? I candidly replied, I will walk my dog every single day for 2009! Ooh yeah. I know it all so well that that is one big promise that is going to be hard not to break. I'm not usually that kind of person that does resolutions, mainly because i think its just a list of false promises. But then again, it really got me thinking, what do I want to achieve for 2009? 2009 is one big year for me because I am writing another chapter of my life, starting university, meeting and making new friends, acquaintances, new experiences......who knows? I sure don't know what to expect, but I'm just going to hand it all to God. If it is one person who knows the world from start to finish and the whole shebang, its got to be him! I'm going to just trust him and ride along the journey that is life.!

The long awaited post has finally arrived. Why oh why do I find it so difficult to post something when I have all the time in the world to myself, free from all the stress of exams and school. And whilst in the midst of exams and stress, I find every single opportunity to post pictures and blog. Funny that? Anyways, its lucky enough that I remembered that such a blog does exist and that is why I am going to present to you in a series of posts, the long awaited visit from my bff, ruthie, all the way from Singapore to good ol' Aotearoa. The trip was planned months in advance and I've been playing out our adventures to-be in my head for the longest of times. And finally, Ruth arrived in Christchurch. It took her a while to realise that she was no longer in Singapore. We both agreed that it was rather surreal that we were both finally together in NZ and who knew what stood ahead in our adventures around the south island. I really wanted her experience in NZ to be a great one, cramming as many of my experiences in NZ in that short span of 3 weeks so that she could experience NZ the way I've experienced it, through the eyes of a local. Haha. Anyway enough of that, here are the pictures. Enjoy! (Excuse the longwinderedness, for I have too much to say!)

Dancing with Bungie

Le Cathedal squarenuff' said.our masscort peewee the kiwi that followed us around NZ.ontop of the tower

overdose of peewee.lols. Too much of it in one post

Hey all! Happy New Year!
Just came back from celebrating the new years at cathedral square. Sorry for the lack of updates these past few weeks! Have been having a blast with my bestie Ruth, who came all the way down from Singapore for a holiday. Drank a jug of tui earlier. One mighty task that would not have been possible without the help of friends. Ha ha. Cam, Sam, Ruth and I went out to town for dinner at SOL square and later to Coyotes. Had desert. Too much cheesecake is not a good thing I'll say. Played pool at shooters and danced for a while where Jen and Marco joined in. Would've been a lot more fun dancing if we didn't bring our bags along!

Anyways. I shall update more about my trip with Ruth around the South Island! We had a blast travelling to Queenstown. Don't want her to return to Singapore.! I really hope that she would come back here to study!

Last school day of high school

The sakura trees in the court yard.
Will miss their lovely pink flowers in springLunch mates. Had loads of fun this year @ the senior quad.

Esp Maurice and his shameless jokes. Chemistry class.
Had fun playing with chemicals and laughing at those who got kicked out.
Haha Groves ain't that bad after all ,Aye?

Xinny!!! Awesum church and school mate!

Chemistry classmate. Chem pro Jin Hye and michelle who sits infront

Tania and me. Love this gal to bits!

Trixie love! She's been such an awesum friend! :) Kiwi cop stickers all over my locker.. KIWI COP SAYS COOL KIDS WEAR LIDS!

My Lovely pals! Lizzie and esther.
Had awesum memories hanging out in school together.
This year wouldn't be the same without their company!
And yes. I was eating a pie. Ha ha

With the Stouj! Love his lessons. Best bio teacher Ever. Hands down.

Mrs Bradfield. My english teacher with her love hate relationship with Jim. Fun times. Especially when the runner ran into our class whilst we watching the sex scene in The piano. Hilarious.

English class. Will miss Mrs B's quirky sense of style and off the wall remarks that she makes in class. " Ian. Stop LoLing around!" Good times!Media studies! My favourite class. We watching each other's doco's.

The one's that stayed when the "bad eggs" in our class left. Lols. Jokes,

Yay. We were doing Justin's cheesy ass pose. Ms murnane is the greatest! Love her no-frills style of teaching. Had great fun in media studies!With the other gals during lunch break :)

Good bye. Burnside. Good times that I will never forget.

CLASS OF 2008
BURNSIDE HIGH


Principal ,Mr Nordijk.Also known as the CEO of BHS. Ha Ha

The gymnasts doing a little dance about safe sex. They threw codoms into the crowd and I accidentally got one. I honestly thought they were Lollies. Honest!

The highlight was this random dude stripping infront of everyone including Nordijk. Hilarious.

Balloons falling

It was a day of mixed feelings. Laughter and sadness all rolled into one. It was great to see everyone all dolled up and laughing at the funny performances but there was the underlying tone of sadness to the event. Knowing that all this was going to end. All we had left was to finish up our papers and on seniors sign out day on December the third, we would no longer be Burnside students. I'm a pretty sentimental person and when I've enjoyed my time at a place, I really want to hold on to it and not let it go. Uni is around the corner and I'm not really looking forward to it. Everyone is saying that the freedom we would get would be immense and rahrahrah. I want excitement though, such as venturing into a new city, having new experiences and such. Knowing that I would spend the next 5 years in churchur kind of dulls everything. Auckland uni perhaps? or maybe Victoria. But its almost too late now because I may or may not get an accommodation at any of those places. Ahh. The thought of it just makes my head hurt.