Iconic


An iconic building in this city. I took this photo a few weeks back.

Less than a week to pack up my room, find somewhere to store my stuff for summer, and sit two exams.
Frick.
Running.
Out.
Of.
Time.


xxx

library marathon part 2.5

library marathon since 9am this morning has reduced me to looking like this.
On the bright side, in just over a week from today, I'll be done! And hopefully passing with decent marks. Ah man. I've been eating carbs all day and sitting all day and now I feel quite average.

xxx

Everybody's Free (to wear sunscreen) - Baz Luhrmann

Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of ’99
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be

it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by
scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable
than my own meandering experience…I will dispense this advice now.

cirque-du-chantant

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh nevermind; you will not
understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded.
But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at photos of yourself and
recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before
you and how fabulous you really looked….You’re not as fat as you imagine.

Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as
effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing
bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing everyday that scares you

Sing


Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours.


Floss.

Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind…the race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself.


Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch

Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your
life…the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they
wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year
olds I know still don’t.


Get plenty of calcium.

Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone.

Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have children,maybe
you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky
chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary…what ever you do, don’t congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either – your choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s.

Enjoy your body, use it every way you can…don’t be afraid of it, or what other people
think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own..

Dance…even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.

Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them.

Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.

Get to know your parents, you never know when they’ll be gone for good.

Be nice to your siblings; they are the best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.


Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young.

- (television aerial battle! Phwoooar. )

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live
in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.

Travel.



Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will
philander, you too will get old, and when you do you’ll fantasize
that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were
noble and children respected their elders.

Respect your elders.

Don’t expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund,
maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out.

Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will look 85.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who
supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of
fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the
ugly parts and recycling it for more than it’s worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen...

xxx

For the win


- post secret

I have a lack of exciting news to bring to you, after having a rather uneventful weekend, but I feel the need to update anyhow. Library marathons for the win, and still going!! Phwoarr. I feel an inspirational steak coming on (hah, Cee..) I mean, streak, but eh. So here's to:

- epic FB status conversations and normal FB conversations
- late nights, early mornings and Yi's banana muffins with chocolate icing
- binging on seaweed rice crackers.
- bonding with course mates over study and waning concentration as the clock ticks on
- watching the moon, stars and illuminated clouds as we walk home
- library = daytime accommodation.


xxx

Fireworks

Fireworks with E. and her group last night didn't work out, but tonight's fireworks at the beach with J and another group was spectacular. Summer's definitely on the way, the night wasn't cold, not that it would've stopped us. A short drive down to the beach, meeting the rest of the group there, and letting loose with the fireworks with lots of colour, light, laughter and fun. My camera battery died halfway through (should've brought my backup battery..!) but I managed to get some decent shots anyhow. So relax, scroll down, and I hope that you enjoy some of the experience.












Like I've said before, there's something almost magical about being at the beach at night. The lights, company, atmosphere... was just perfect. In a way, I was glad that my camera battery ran out because it meant that I had to just enjoy being part of it all, you know? Made to actually experience it, be there fully, and not behind the lens the whole time. Which I think is important, when you have a camera. It's important to capture the moment, have the physical evidence for memories, but it's also really important to make sure that you're there, in the moment, enjoying it, you know? And not be the one observing the whole time, but making sure that you're part of it, fully, amongst it all.


And ah, it's getting late. Maybe that's why I'm getting all contemplative and such.

Sweet dreams

xxx

HASTINGS!!

Placement allocations went up today. I'm off to Hastings for five weeks of Community Mental Health and Addiction services experience up in Hastings, Hawkes Bay! Starting Mid Feb next year and running til mid March. It was my fifth choice, but I'm looking forward to this. I hope the placement stays open, it's a few months away, and things can happen, you see.

(Placement = mini internship which is part of my uni course. We're given certain objectives we need to have met by the end of the five weeks, and it's all about gaining experience and seeing what we've learnt in class, in practice. We're with a professional Occupational Therapist, by the way. See previous entry if you don't know what that is..)




source


New adventures!! Sunny weather!!! And two other classmates are there too, so it won't be complete friend isolation like Rotovegas.

xxx

Op shopped and Occupational Therapied

I took a wander down to one of the local op shops today, or 'thrift shop,' if you're more familiar with that term. I found this summery skirt on sale for $3, so that was my bargain buy for the day.



talking with some friends this arvie, it dawned on me that I have a week to get a lot of things done, study wise, so I really, really, need to get onto it. I have done no work today. Oh crud. Tonight. I must. Today has been a weird day. I spent half the day thinking that it was Thursday, and the other half knowing that it's Wednesday (when I was corrected). My mind's all over the place :P

Arghghsh pfft.

Oh! And it's Occupational Therapy week at the moment, so please take a moment to watch this video, it was made by third year students in Aussie, from the Curtin University of Technology, Perth. It gives you a general idea of what OT is. It's a unique and kinda -random- career field, I know, but if you think about it, it's not that random. Occupation is everywhere, and everything, and I could rant on about this topic, but it might have to wait until next time because I really should get some study done.



xxx

matchbox 20

I'm sorry 'bout the attitude
I need to give when I'm with you
But no one else would take this sh-- from me

-long day