Girls in pearls

Girls in pearls was a get together with all the girlies from elevate for some good ol' deserts at Lonestar restaurant. I had another cocktail event later on that night with ucss and the so that night was incredibly busy for me. And if you do know that you have to get ready for a formal event please do not attempt the 10minute hair and makeup drill like I did. Trust me, I looked horrible that night which explains why I'm not posting any pictures of myself. Ha ha. I've never been to lonestar before and to be honest it resembled a classier kiwi version of Hooters. But a nice place for food nonetheless.
All of us had a great time catching up and if I can recall, I spent most of my time talking to Rachael about camera settings .She's a photography student. Cool huh? We were also introduced to the latest addition to Elevate leaders, Amie. So the night went on with all of us trying to finish our huge plates of deserts and chatting away. We all received a cute little goody bags consisting of a nail file,handmade pearl bracelet,lollies and a lovely butterfly from the leaders which was very sweet of them. Massive Cheesecake that I had.

Mhmm whiskie chocolate pudding

The girls

No flash . Which explains Xin's blurred face

The goodie girl bags

Leaders handing out the bags
I took pictures of the shoes we had on that night, thinking it would be relevant to my doco but since its not making a debut there, I thought I would post them up in my blog.

My first car!

i've finally got a car after getting my restricted license! I got the car two and a half weeks ago but i didn't get the chance to blog about it. My car is a Mitsubishi RVR 4Wd. Its quite old but I'm really enjoying it. Can't wait to go up mt. Hutt with it since its a 4wd. The backseats can even be transformed into a bed. Sweetness! Driving is a blast because its a new found independence and I get to go wherever and whenever I want. So much freedom that I'm almost drowning in it! Parking is a bitch though because the car is slightly on the larger side.I love my mitsy :)

Burnside Yr 13 Formals '08 Finally after a long wait, I bring you the formal pictures. I have been busy lately and I've only just found the time to blog. The formals this year was a bitter sweet one because it clashed with the Arise conference up in Welly and I really wanted to be at two places. However, I decided to attend the formals because, after all, it was the very last one and I really wanted to share the memories with all my mates at Burnside. The year 13 formals are always the highlight of one's years in high school.I didn't take a lot of pictures this year though.I wore a silk Witchery cocktail dress as well as hot wildpair shoes that were almost 5 inches high mind you. Luv em' though. Haha. My hair was disappointing. I went to the award winning Rodney wayne salon to get my hair done but they didn't deliver award winning results. I specified Big long and beync curls but I ended up getting tight and Goldilock esque ' hair.My worst nightmare. Some people really liked it though. Quite a surprise.me. Talitha and esther.
This year, our groupie comprised of two couples, Esther & josh as well as Talitha and Alex and dateless me. I didn't want a date this year. Too little too late I guess. Long story. I don't particularly like slow dancing with someone i don't feel for anyway so I don't mind missing that bit out.
We skipped the afterparty and went to Talitha's place for a girly sleep over. Better have nice good ol' sober fun than attend a drunked forget me not event.
Anyways, it was great fun and I enjoyed myself. More professional photo's coming up sppn once I order them. Enjoy the pictures!
Geroge and moiErica and moi

again!

Guests were starting to trickle in .Pimpin' it. Trixie, nick and moi.Clayton and I.
We posed so many times we were sick of it cos the camera wouldn't work.

again

Esther and me. :) with my eyes shut. Still lovin' the photo though.

I look drowsy here.

Jen and me

Gorgeous Lauren and me.

Chihiro and me.

Toilet moments with my "academic peer" Jordie. LOL

Trixie and jordie. Bow chicka wowow mates

Mariam and me.

Left overs.

Me in my jamma's. Bad photo. haha

Sprinklin' some of my sparkles over each other in the morning.

Mindy. Talitha's adorably cute Shitzu.
too cute for words. i want a shitzhu!

Taking hold

Natcoll momentsjoin the Mac revolution

Antique shop down colombo st

Get Smart Youth Conference 2008
Getsmart 08' was one amazing experience I'd say. Arise ChCh elevate met up with Welly elevators for the first time and they were so much fun to be around with. Its just too bad we didn't get enough time to know them better. Can't wait to see them again at the arise conference which is going to take place real soon on the 14th of August! All of us took a picture with the funky monkey's - a random group of promoters in the city Centre, we didn't know what they were promoting though. We wiped them clean of their funky monkey badges and Greg said that they might even be promoting party pills for all we know. I threw mine away. Haha. We also played the Freeze and charge game in the middle of town and EVERYONE was starring. But it was so much fun! Not forgetting the fun cheers we did whilst queuing up for seats. Rub it up, rub it up , rub it up!

So anyway, back to the conference. If you don't know what getsmart is all about, its basically an amazing Christian youth conference with great international speakers like pst. Reggie Dabbs,pst. Brian Houston, Pst Paul De Jong ,pst. Andy andrews and many more. Getsmart Christchurch and Auckland takes place simultaneously during the school holidays and youth from all over NZ get to get together and praise and worship God. Amazin' stuff I tell you! It was a great personal journey for me during this conference as I have never felt so connected and engaged with Jesus and I truly believe that my relationship with God will continue building and strengthening as I grow. Janine and Andy the founders have announced that they'll be passing down Getsmart to Nadia and clarke from Life church . I expected it to happen because it was getsmarts 10 year anniversary and that Andy and Janine have been moving on to start their own ministries.
There's just so much about this experience that words truly cannot describe it. Only those who attended it can really understand where I'm coming from. Pictures were taken by Cammy.

queuing up outside majestic house from 7am.the muso's were great

elevate y'all. you cant really see me in this one georgie and rach. We were up in the balcony

queuing up again.

Reggie with his saxophone. Beautiful