The ball

We just had our ball and it was pretty, it's theme was 'the secret garden'. Although it was missing a boy in a wheelchair like the book. There were fairy lights, strings of ivy and candles strung up around the beautiful old hotel room it was hosted in that had chandeliers and wooden floors to dance on. Myself and Kate took our time getting ready as it could be our last ball ever, and it turned out Chloe is a bit of a professional hair stylist in her spare time and curled my hair very skillfully.. though i then pinned it all over to one side of my head because 'why not'. Apparently it resembled Florence Welch from Florence and the machine's style when i added dark lips, a resemblance i'm quite happy with though i am not a red head <3 I do enjoy her music

We had quite some fun dancing all night and then out into town with the girls afterward, everywhere was fullest I'd ever seen it in town. We went to fever to dance on the lit up floor, someone grabbed me on the way out of there and attempted to perform a strange handshake with me involving spinning me around, knuckles and a slide-away handshake. Then we went to urban followed by metro where we danced to old music before the hungry ones took us through McDonald on the way home

 

Our RAs :)

Live band, they were pretty good

'bubbles' upon arrival

King and queen

Rainy Day

Study technique: Turn all the lights out except your desk lamp. Even if you feel like you're sitting in a cave at 1pm, it focuses your attention on what the light IS shining on. Thanks Wong!


Ever since open day when it froze and rained and soaked us because Caitlin visited, it hasn't warmed up. Drinking hot drinks and the occasional noodles when they don't give us enough food and seconds time is years away, I even went and bought fruit to try feel healthier. The mandarins were amazing. I've tried to learn how to row and really didn't like it.. i wasn't very good at all, of course if i practiced i could get better at it.. but i really didn't like it, I was scared we would tip. It's just not for me :) Also learnt a little while ago to surf with Hayward, we got lessons for free and it was really fun, I managed to stand up on the board which is something i genuinely thought i'd never do. 
My heater keeps leaking on my bed and now it burned me when i touched it


A singer I like at the moment: Casey Abrams, 19 year old. Sweetest person ever with some sort of crazy talent that you don't expect. He even sang with Jack Black, and the judges used their idol save on him - have a flick through, not to everyone's taste


The only audition i've ever enjoyed watching: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-Eto8n-WJ4&feature=related
'Georgia on my mind'. You have to wait for it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI4RGwdEWZo&feature=BFa&list=LLD72QIttzYmK0rljM_Y4SfQ
Casey little thing called love: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNCPzXavn5o&feature=BFa&list=LLD72QIttzYmK0rljM_Y4SfQ


I've been taking some photos to show what it's like at the moment, though no photos have yet/will ever be taken of myself dressed in fat pant, puffer jacket, fluffy hat, huge slippers with a mug of lemon and honey, which has been my classic take on girl-is-sick-and-has-exams-so-looking-nice-really-is-bullshit

Portrait made at the airport of Nirrimi
Incomplete.

From Judge

The last image is me today, that's my chemistry exam that i got to take home.. one huge pile of joy right there..


Time for Physics now

Start of Summer, doing summery things

Summer is beginning and everyone's free now
Study was a bit rough, trapped at home for a couple of weeks straight studying the sciences and stats. Milkshakes came in thanks to mum buying strawberries all the time, any of them that looked too 'interesting' to eat with icecream or by themselves Favourite recipe so far?

Strawberries
A kiwifruit or two
Table spoon of yogurt
Table spoon of honey
Milk!

I would have a smoothie outside in the sun with my chemistry notes :)except the sun moved really quickly over my spot in the afternoon. The sun was pretty bring off my notes even with sunglasses so not much really sank in outside, i do my best study in the evening when there's no sun

Have been listening to Charlie McDonald's band Camelian Circuit online, which he has allowed people to listen to for free here: http://charliemcdonnell.com/music/
It's Dr who themed, which i enjoy the references to as i live in a Dr Who watching family, the current actor for the doctor gave it a listen and thought it was pretty good. As well as it being preformed by a group of young,attractive British guys.

Me, Kate and Max have been planning things for life at Hayward for a long time time We will be setting off for Otago university early next year, they are taking a combination of law and commerce/politics which sounds fascinating.., and i will be taking the well known First Year Health Sciences course heading off for (probably) physiotherapy. We have decided to all start a blog to remember it! So everything we experience and all sorts of photos will go here for people we leave behind at home to see if they would like to. I will have to see what i can fit in around my course though, i really have very little time
So here goes... the beginning of a blank page

Just finished 13 years of school and all the silly NCEA that i'm pretty sure i will straight merit in for endorsements for all three years of it. Kate's very good at eco so i'm hoping for her that she gets endorsed with excellence, it's highly likely with her skills...

Why is this called To the moon and back? Because everything is so going to change and it will be so new, just feeling a bit curious and excited about it. The moon is beautiful and one of my favourite things in the sky. The kind of feeling i have about the coming year is similar to the the feeling i get when i am out a long way from the city, probably with Venturers, and you look up at night and can see absolutely everything and it Isn't faded out by the orange city lights. Awe-inspired, excited, and curious.
I've been playing with make-up today, because sometimes its fun to dress up once in a while even if there's no real reason. I had Mac blue-brown pigment arrive in the post a few weeks ago and here's my play :)

its brown and blue at the same time, which is pretty
Mira, one of my cats, stuck close to me while i was studying even if it wasn't always very helpful of her. I'll miss her next year