7 posts tagged “new zealand”

Well... I dont know what really to say...

First they talked about the student that got sent home and how we need to be gracious to our host families -- they wont tell us exactly what the student did.

Um, M & M (i'm not using names) thanked their host families as they are going home soonish and this is their last meeting. All the Inbounds stood up and introduced themselves. B did a presentation on his life in France and he's super cute and his accent rocks. and the guy from Canada did a speech about his first impressions in NZ. They made us Outbounds stand up and introduce ourselves and say where we're going (i love this--"I'm going to Hungary" and I get a bunch of "omg... thats interesting... ok..." kind of looks.) There's 4 outbounds :D

Me -> Hungary
S -> Costa Rica
M (who snobbed me all night and didnt even look at me. and left first chance he got. WHAT? snob me because I'm going to my dream country now instead of BE?) going to Belgium (French)
and E -> Italy

I took some photos with my new camara and i'll upload some. There's a mix of inbounds and outbounds.

This was at the minor prize giving... lol.... i'm apparently not cool enough to get awards at the Major Prizegiving (which is tonight)

Diligence in Geography and Year 13 Information Technology
Service to Library

...lol... thats it....

Soo... on the 25th (i know, i know, two days ago...) I went to the Cellarbrate festival (to celebrate HB wines).

Honestly, I wasn't there for the wine.
Or for Rothko.
Or for James Bailey.
Or that crappy DJ Lil B.
(and everyone was there for evermore and didnt care about the above)

I was waiting for EVERMORE!!!!!!!!

They were freaking AWESOME

but picture it: evermore, outside concert, rain, lotsa people... faaantastic

but i got autograph from keyboardist (Peter Hume) saying "to amy, lots of love" and his signature

songs they played, in no particular order, hoping i get them all:

• Real Life (opened with this)
• Running
• Light Surrounding You
• Inside of Me
• Its Too Late (maybe? or maybe i just listen to this song too much on my mp3)
• For One Day
• Into the Ocean
• there was another, off album Dreams, but i dont know which oneee...
• a new song they wrote which may or may not be on their new album

nope i cant remember any more.

anyway, here's a scan copy of my autograph

if evermore is ever playing in your area, GO!!! I cannot stress this enough, if you dont, you will be very disappointed and miss out on this fantastic Kiwi band. ;-) Ride on!

Ball Pics!

Hi Amy,

Actually they haven't replied.  i will write again and copy in the boss!  that should get a response!

That was from AA national office when i asked if they'd heard from Hungary yet. *sigh*

Art Deco Day in Napier (art deco is a type of architecture and style)

Napier is Art Deco capital of the Southern Hemisphere

Here's a few snaps I took this year (dressing up next year!)

Wikipedia definition of Art Deco: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_deco)
Art Deco was a popular international design movement from 1925 until 1939, affecting the decorative arts such as architecture, interior design, and industrial design, as well as the visual arts such as fashion, painting, the graphic arts and film. This movement was, in a sense, an amalgam of many different styles and movements of the early 20th century, including Neoclassical, Constructivism, Cubism, Modernism, Bauhaus, Art Nouveau, and Futurism. Its popularity peaked in Europe during the Roaring Twenties and continued strongly in the United States through the 1930s. Although many design movements have political or philosophical roots or intentions, Art Deco was purely decorative. At the time, this style was seen as elegant, functional, and modern.
Napier, New Zealand has an almost entirely art- deco town centre, rebuilt after a devastating earthquake, and mostly left unchanged since then.

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