Sunset at Muriwai

This is one of my favourite photos. And always will be one of my favourites.

My, have things changed since then.

♥

Biggest Facepalm on MSN 2010.

Look what I dug up !

Here's a msn conversation that makes me laugh everytime I read it.

It may be embarrassing for some people in it, but I want to share this and make everyone laugh too.

Read this when you are feeling down, I'm sure it'll make you smile/laugh/cry - like it does for me :)

This was during one of our late night MD MSN conversations back in 2010.

Just a casual convo about a girl's menstruation cycle.

Enjoy.

A walk in the sun

Left, or right? Choices, choices choices. Decisions, opportunity costs.

Today, I decided to go for a walk while the sun was out. 
So I grabbed my camera, and away I went.

For the RWC, each suburb gets a country to represent.
Royal Oak/Greenwoods Corner represented Tonga.

Bloody tests.

It has nearly been one year since blood donor day at my school.

Last year, I thought I'd be a good person and try something new. So with Cleo and Anna, we decided to donate blood. 

I'm not afraid of needles, and it was only around 500mL of blood. The worst that could happen was that I could get a numb arm and a little bit of bruising. No biggie.

At that time, I thought by signing up to donate blood I could:

- Find out my blood type

- Get a Blood Donors card

- Skip class

Oh, and of course, save lives too.

This man apparently has 2008 needles in his head. Crazzyyy right?????

On the day, after a million hours of waiting, turns out, I can't donate blood.

No, it's not because I'm not heavy enough, or my iron levels are too low, but its because 

MY VEINS ARE TOO THIN. WTF.

I still remember the words the man said to me.

"Christine, you haven't grown up yet! You're veins are too thin, thinner than our needles, See? You can't donate blood, maybe you can try again next year." (Along the lines of those words) He said that they won't be able to get blood without it hurting and bruising.

*&TGU$((*Y89((weoi*&$@!?

Funny thing was, a lot of people got turned down also. Because their iron levels weren't high enough, they were sick recently etc etc. I remember  the next day, asking everyone that was lining up with me whether they donated blood, and most of them said they couldn't. One of the only people I knew that actually did end up donating blood was Anna. And she was pretty much dragged along by Cleo and I (We decided we wanted to skip Bio together LOL).

Yeah, that was my fail blood donation experience.
I didn't even try sign up this year. My veins have not gotten any bigger.

They told me I could go to a blood center, where they could try use smaller needles to extract blood from my veins. Maybe I'll go there someday.

Freeeeedom.

09/09/11 - RWC Opening was AMAZING. Enough said. So proud of NZ.

Well, I will never EVER have to sit a mock exam EVER EVER AGAIN. High school mocks are over, and after a few months, high school exams will be history. 
I can't believe mocks were only two days ago. I feel like I've done so much after that.


On Friday, it was the opening of the Rugby World Cup. At first I wasn't that keen on going, but then I thought, might as well, mocks are over.
I'm actually really glad I went. Auckland was so alive. I have never seen so many people supporting for one's country. Everywhere I looked there was a Tongan flag.
Quote from William: "Thought I was in Tonga for a moment."

 

Some random dude with a China flag. "China is the world champions of table tennis!"

Overall, it was a fun night. I watched my first ever rugby game on the big screen. I was never into sports but the atmosphere was so lively, I couldn't help but get into the game also. 
There were some girls behind us rooting for Tonga - "Thats ma husband, thats ma uncle, oh and that big guy right there, thats ma daddyyy." HAHA. 


Yeah, glad I went.




10/09/11 - Auckland Art Gallery
The Auckland Art Gallery opened around last last week. I saw it when I was walking past to go study. I REEEALLLY wanted to go in but I resisted temptation and went and studied like the good girl I am :)
So yesterday, the first official day of freedom, I went to the Art Gallery.
We were there for around 2 hours, and although we went to every room in the gallery, I don't feel like I saw everything. I will definitely go back again some other time to look at everything more closely.

 

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So this is what it feels like.

Horoscope - Scorpio

Sunday, Sep 4th, 2011 -- You're feeling a lot of pressure that seems to fall squarely on your shoulders now, but fortunately you know that your efforts are appreciated. The uplifting Sagittarius Moon in your 2nd House of Self-Esteem reminds you to look on the bright side of things, boosting your confidence. But don't waste energy pretending that you are okay with things as they are if you're not. Take time to process your feelings; ultimately, releasing them will bring you increased vitality.

Please, kill me now.

I hate studying. I spent what feels like forever trying to study for my Classics exam on Friday. I don't think I've even done a quarter of what I need to know.


Classics, why don't you love me :(


Why is studying so boring? 
Why does everything around you suddenly seem a million times more interesting?



I'm so slack, I should have started ages ago.
But instead I procrastinate - watch youtube videos, asian dramas, answer questions on formspring refresh homepage on facebook etc
I don't have my priorities right. 

I have these cute little folders which I put my notes in - just to brighten my mood a bit :)

I can't wait for this to be over, even before it has started. 




Omg, I just noticed the *drag button on the bottom of the posting box. This is so exciting !




This is probably the most pointless post ever, I guess I'm just procrastinating.