Monday, April 30, 2007

ASSIGNMENTS!

WOOT. i seriously thought i was going to fail my first assignment that i handed in last term. there are many things that i did wrong that i knew i was going to get marked down for....so why didn't i fix them before i hear you ask. well i was just so spaced out (not in a druggie way) because i didn’t know the standard how i was supposed to chose my own question then answer it. in high school we had a certain procedure we had to follow and here at uni its all self learning where as im more of a visual learner.

A few things i did wrong.

- i didn’t format it properly
- double lines
- font size
- i used lists
- i didn’t footnote
and the list goes on. but surprisingly i passed soo im happy. now i kind of know the standard and what’s expected so i better get cracking on the next one right now then.

XX

p.s. i cant change the font, size colour or anything on this computer so deal with the small font whilst i work it out.

BACK TO UNI.

i packed my celica to the sunroof and i was sent on my way back to uni. my mum got a little teary but you know how mothers are. anyway it was a good drive i was listening to triple j the whole way untill it decided it didnt want to anymore so i found the local star fm which was ok but i started singing along to all the old songs that i liked and wasnt paying attention to the road signs and MISSED the turn off to wagga. i knew i missed the turn off when i strangly found the overpass familiar. so i was in a panic i didnt know what to do luckly there was no one behind me so i slowed right down and did a little cross country over the median bush region and took the exit coming the other way.

i killed myself with laughter all the way back to uni. and thinking about it now still cracks me up!
GOLD.
XX

Saturday, April 28, 2007

IN LOVING MEMORY.

these holidays i unfortunately had to attend two funerals, both grandmothers of good friends of mine. both were really different funerals to what i have ever experienced and i at the age of 18 i have been to my fair share of funerals and its not a pleasant event to attend at all. i personally am not that religious but as i went to a semi-religious school i attended religion classes so i learnt some what of the different types of religions and their customs.

the first was a small intimate funeral with family and close friends of Gloria Dulcie Smith 18th February 1915 - 17th April 2007. it was located at Rookwood cemetery in a small function room where there was a projector set up which was used when Robin and Paul (children of Gloria) did the eulogy showing photos of Gloria's life. it was a short funeral but on a more personal level as Andrew, Pauls son, said 'i would rather remember this as the celebration of nan's life rather than grieve...its what she would have wanted'. i had met Gloria on numerous counts and she always had afternoon tea ready for when Rosie, Michaela and i got home from school. it was not really a religious service just a small glimpse of Gloria's life that the family wanted to share with those who did not know her that well.

on the other hand the funeral that i attended the other day was for Nancy Mamo 16th February 1925 - 21st April 2007. this was the first Catholic funeral i have ever attended and it was absolutely beautiful in terms of funerals. the church was located in Five Dock, Sydney. i honestly had no idea the church even existed as it is such a suburban street and then there is this church in the middle of it. i walked in and it was totally packed out we had to sit up the back in the elevated stands. i went in a group of people who were also friends with the grandson Matt, all of which were Catholic. the service was full of prayers, readings, blessings, songs and communion. to me having a communion at a funeral was strange but Alan said it was very common. Mario, the only son of Nancy, delivered the eulogy and he was torn up inside but was still able to deliver his speech and his love to his mother. the priest who was overseeing the whole service was very good but there were many sayings and chants that i did not know as i was not catholic. the last song when the family were carrying the casket out really hit home for me and i was almost in tears as i was able to see Matt and he was absolutely shattered as he was really close to his grandmother more so than his brother.

both funerals were totally different to each other but yet beautiful in their own way, i was happy i attended both as like any experience it opens your mind to how different people live and you have a greater respect for your friends and family.

XX

Friday, April 27, 2007

FRIENDS.

As I sit in the middle of my floor among piles of clothes not sure if they are dirty or clean, which I now think is pretty unhealthy that I haven’t done much washing for a while. I blame the rain and it being winter as nothing dry’s! Anyway I was just reflecting on my holidays and my friends so this is just a little post about my friends and who they are kinda.

I finished year twelve last year at MLC School, which used to stand for Methodist Ladies Collage but has changed as it is a Uniting Church School. I started at MLC in year seven and for a few years had friendship issues but our whole year had issues it seemed. MLC is an all girl school and during year eight I found out how bitchy girls can really be! By the time year nine came around I was freaked out as part of our curriculum was to venture to Broken Hill for three weeks. This was meant to teach us how to fend for ourselves kind of, we had to do our own washing, look out for ourselves, be organised, do our own cooking for breakfast and lunch whilst doing school work and having a good time with friends. As I was having friendship issues I went in a group with five other girls some of which I am still good friends with today some of which I am not. [the photo to the above is part of the third group to broken hill.
l-r top row swetha, alex, ra, zoe, tammy, me, lottie
middle row tash, sapna, tiff, bernie, sophie
standing lessa and michelle.]

I finished year twelve last year and Broken Hill was probably the best experience I have ever had whilst being at high school. I soon fell into a crowd of girls who were just having the best time and did the school work. So they pushed me and I felt like I was a lot smarter then I was! I put my name down for exchange in year ten and the teachers choosing who was able to go happened to dislike me for some reason so I ended up going on the sports tour to America, none of my close friends were going but I knew one girl Steph through a guy from my primary school, so we put our names down to be ‘buddies’ and that was how Steph and I became really good friends!

Steph is one of those people that everyone loves and gets along with. In year twelve she came first in the state for entertainment which we all knew that she would. Though we weren’t that far behind her! Also her art work got into art express which was fantastic you have no idea what a huge assignment and strain she put on herself but the concept and results were amazing. Overall Steph did outstanding in the HSC which was a surprise as it was tough year for her at home as Steph’s mum was diagnosed with cancer which put a lot of stress on the whole family but I’m happy to report that the cancer has completely gone and mrs wise is on the road to recovery. Steph like Ra is also doing the same course but with international studies. Steph and I have soooo many crazy adventures and we document these with photos but at the moment we have both broken our cameras thus life is pretty bland!

I met Ra through my friend Sophie and all I remember thinking was that she was really opinionated, but I suppose that’s why we all love her cause you can always have a good time either when you are arguing or talking about totally random shit. In broken hill I had and still do to this day, this fear of hair in the bathrooms I just thought it was so gross and unhygienic anyway, we were out for the whole day I think we were visiting broken hill high school anyway on the trip back to camp I was busting to go to the bathroom but Ra had the keys to our cabin so Kristina and herself ran back to our cabin and cut some of their hair and placed it on the toilet seat. I was freaked out when I saw it as they made this full story of what it was and I couldn’t go to the bathroom in our cabin ever again so I had to use our friends which was a good two minute run away! These days Ra is partying hard in Sydney whilst going to UTS doing a design in communication course and loving every second of it.

In my year there were two other girls with the same birthday and we all were nice to each other but not the best of friends. By the end of year twelve Sarah and I became good friends. Over the January holidays my mum and brother went away so I was home alone thus I basically moved into Sarah’s house and stayed in her brother’s room. Jenny (Sarah’s mum) said it was like having twins so basically we hung out and she is the evil twin due to the fact she is a bitch to the people she doesn’t like. Sarah is now dating our friend Chris who lived in England last year after finishing year twelve at trinity grammer. They didn’t tell me they were dating which I found quite funny, Bobby told me in our mini deep and meaningful session. Chris is pretty nice and loves to bust out as he likes to call it. He is a promoter of yu so if you need to be on a guest list check his myspace out.

Sophie and I both share the same middle name and the hatred for business studies and the teacher that we had. Sophie is the eldest of our group thus I think she is pretty wise. In some ways she is. Sophie loves music and everything to do with it. I love her taste in music as she loves everything and has introduced me to some bands that I now love to bits such as Clap Your Hands Say Yeah among many other bands. Every time I talk to Sophie she has got tickets to see another band. I never really see her when I come back for holidays as she is too broke to come out or sick to leave the house. Sophie has the wackiest sense of humour and can argue with anyone. It’s really funny when Ra and Sophie get stuck into each other as someone ends in tears because normally they are both wrong but too stubborn to admit it. Sophie now goes to UTS doing something with music.

People who don’t know Marnee and I think we are twins. We kind of do as we have blonde hair but that’s kind of it I reckon. Marnee has taken this year off to work and currently in Las Vegas to see Celine Dion among endless amounts of shopping. Celine Dion is Marnee’s all time idols; she totally loves her in every way. In Marnee’s room there are posters, perfumes, pens, badges and anything else collectable that you can imagine it’s totally insane. Marnee and I have the best time when we go out, we just dance and drink the night away and totally forget about everything that is happening to us. That’s why I love Marnee she is just classic to be around and have fun but also to talk about things that are really bothering you which is a great quality in someone.

Marnee’s closest friend and one of my good friends is Georgie. Georgie is the biggest WWE fan I have ever met. Her favourite wrestler is Randy Orton. I don’t really know why Georgie has this fascination with wrestling but its different and so is Georgie! Most of my group went on a study camp before the HSC so we could learn things anyway it was a crusader camp thus they were talking about Christianity and things so to keep us entertained we did prank calls and Georgie is the best at it I tell you its so funny we almost killed ourselves. Georgie is currently taking the year of to work and earn some money as she is going overseas for a family wedding then going on to see the rest of Europe by herself. I am very jealous of her as I would love to travel but I never got my act together to do it.

I went to the same primary school as molly then we both went to the same high school and now even the same uni but different campuses. Molly is a close friend of mine and she is absolute gold and she knows it. Molly is very outgoing and like me loves to have a drink. I don’t get to see her much as we are both away and both broke though I know we will always keep in touch because we used to be best friends back in the day of primary school!



Holly called me up one day and was all stressing asking if I would come and support her when she tried out for Australia's Next Top Model. She almost got through to the third round but got knocked out for one reason or another. I found it really entertaining watching all the want to be models who were not even that attractive and a few of them were from my school in the years below which was quite sad!!! I never really hung out with Holly during school and she only moved to MLC from Woolich in year eleven so it was hard for her to find a group of friends but we had two tables in the common room and who ever was there at the time during lunch that who you talked to so I got to know her better and now that we have finished school I go out with her and just hang as Holly is good company and a true friend.



My brother Sammy is the biggest brat I have ever met. We fight about everything, we can never talk we have to yell at each other. I do find it quite entertaining but my mum doesn’t. Sam is 17 and goes to Newington College year eleven. We are about 18months and some people think we are twins because we have blonde hair and he is tall. Last year Sam was in a rugby accident and was in the north shore hospital spinal unit for a week all is good now though he was in dark waters for a bit. So now he does rowing and baseball as he cannot do anything physical as something worse might happen. Sam has done baseball since he was really young and was good at it at one stage but due to politics in the representative clubs he and many others were not selected for state so he decided to give up that dream. Though baseball was where we met out good friends the Doyles. On many baseball trips that I had to attend I became really good friends with Ben and since then he has been a really good friend of mine.

Ben finished the year before us with Chris but at St Pats just down the road from where I live. Ben like me still has no idea what we want to do so he is currently doing a carpentry apprenticeship. Last year he was doing an apprenticeship as an electrician but decided that wasn’t for him. Ben is one of those guys that would do anything for you and would help you out if you were in trouble. He is one in a million and I am glad that he and I stayed friends as if we didn’t I don’t know who would come and bust out with us till the early hours of the morning.

When I turned 18 I went out with Ben and met all of his friends, now my friends and his friends are all friends and it’s really good to have a large group of people when you go out as you can just go from one place to another knowing that people you know will be there. At times his friends can be such chat moles but then again so can mine! anyway this photo to the right is a few of the people that are in Ben's group. [l-r. Ben Mikey Brett Mezza Poo Kitty and Davey in front.]

You can view more photos of everyone on my flicker account. There are a few more people I should write about but my fingers are cold and I’m pretty sure this post isn’t that interesting thus ...


Until the next time you want to read some random chat stuff.
xx

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

the curse.

the bad luck curse is officially OVER!



my mum drove me to the station and was all like 'maybe you should take it off you dont want to lose it, its pretty expensive' i assured her that i wouldn't lose it as it was safely fasted to my wrist! on my 16th birthday my mum bought me this really expensive bracelet and necklace set that is just to die for.



anyway so i went out last night for my friend mikeys 19th at
yu. which is in potts point just near kings cross in sydney. check the site out for detail and photos. all was going good untill like 1am and i noticed that my bracelet was missing i cracked the shits big time i had no idea that it fell off totally devastated searching everywhere then this nice girl suggested that someone might have handed it to a bar staff. as hopeful as i was knowing that my chances are really slim i asked and the very cute bar tender asked me to describe it and then he turned around and gave it to me OMG I WAS SOOOO RELIEVED. you have no idea how much trouble i would have been in if i lost it.






soo as i found it i put it in my bag and danced the night away. around 4.30 steph my really good friend and i decided to leave but we had to catch the bus home as we are really povo and as it just does it was pissing down with rain so by the time we got to the bus which we thought we had missed and looking like drowned rats! ahaha.



it was a great night.

have a good one

xx

Monday, April 16, 2007

BLACK FRIDAY


I personally haven’t been that into superstitions like black Friday and the like, but after Friday my thoughts have totally changed. Nothing that bad or strange happened but in conjunction with recent events that happened to my friends and me I just found it a little freaky.

The last week of uni term was a dreadful one for me in terms of technology as I not only broke my camera at sparky’s house warming party but I managed to brake my phone as well thus I lost all my numbers, photos and music that people created which they saved on my phone. I did once own a 3LG flip phone but it decided it didn’t want to be a flip phone anymore and snapped in half and the ribbon broke thus all the information on it was totally lost. The numbers I can get back eventually but the photos from year twelve senior science classes where we made flubber were only on the phone among many videos that were made in the common room. It was a sad moment in time and the phone has still yet to be replaced and the weird thing is I’m not missing it as much as what people said I would!


When I realised that my family’s camera was broken I was soooooo devastated I had no recollection on how it happened and to this day I still do not remember how the screen smashed into little pieces. When I go out the camera is very much so apart of the night as taking photos is a good way to meet new people I have found. I was so anxious to see what my mum was going to say as the camera wasn’t just mine it was everyone’s and it is pretty expensive repair job as well though to my surprise my mum took it quite well and was just like ‘well we will just have to buy another one wont we!’ however she wasn’t too impressed that I messaged her at the crack of dawn to tell her the news.

So now its holidays and I’m back in Sydney I want to go out with my friends but I have noticed going out in Wagga Wagga is very much so different to Sydney outings but its good all the same. On Thursday my friend jewels lost everything i.e. phone wallet id keys money a.t.m cards etc. sooo that was a really expensive outing, as she had to replace everything including the locks to her house! I lost my keys once but we never replaced the locks ahaha dear lord I hope the person who has my keys doesn’t know where I live!

Then on freaky black Friday I went out with holly and kat then to meet up eventually with ra steph and molly. So holly kat and I went to world bar to meet holly’s uni friends then we moved on to another place but as lucky as I am managed to chip my front tooth. Lucky it was part of the fake section but I chipped it none the less and I was sooo disappointed that yet again another bad thing happened to me but I was grateful it was the third and final unlucky thing! On the other hand the luck still hadn’t turned our way. Kat also lost her phone and steph who takes a million and one photos broke her third camera.

So I now state that my friends and I have been really unlucky but now the tables have turned and we will have good luck for the rest of our lives! if you would like to see more photos from friday night go to my flicker account.
Until next time.
Xx


Monday, April 9, 2007

your first crush, your first kiss......your first zit!


bri.
Originally uploaded by ezza..

both girls and boys are self concious when it comes to zits, blackheads and blemishes. i myself are in the same boat at particular times and i just think its life and everyone else is going through the same thing and they are.

well this is my friend bri. she is 17 and lives in sydney currently going through the stress of the hsc. at the moment bri is in a competition called zits happen. bri has to use clinique's 3 step anti-blemish 'to combat their pimple dilemmas over four weeks'. bri must maintain a blog from week to week throught the four week period to document the changes and effects that cliniques product has on her particular skin type.

to win this competition bri must recieve the most votes out of her two other competitors so please drop her a VOTE and lets see if we can make bri come first.

clinique is owned by Estee Lauder and is one of the world's leading brands of prestige skin care, makeup and fragrance products. i personally love cliniques range of make-up products as its allergy-tested and 100% fragrance free which works for my skin type. so im interested to see how bri goes with the 3 step anti-blemish products which will determine if i will try it as as of yet i have not been able to find a good cleansing product.

MYTH OR TRUTH.
a friend recently told me that if you get zits on your forehead its related to stress, on your nose or middle face region its related to food and on your chin its related to hormones. personally im not sure if its a reliable source and havent been able to find out if it is. so now its your challenge to tell me if its a myth or if its the truth.

Friday, April 6, 2007

final fling.


a very good night.
Originally uploaded by ezza..
what can i say about final fling. it was pretty intense.


that night viv, sparky and i went to matts house for dinner and i swear it was the best meal i have had in about three months i would go back any day and i suggest everyone chimes in on dinner at his house cause its to die for!

we managed to get to thie vic and stayed there the whole night it was good as i knew a few more people from the previous gathering i went to the weekend before with the chunk of hair in the shower! it was a night full of drinking and dancing and making a complete fool out of yourself. i enjoyed myself and im sure all the other stewards people did as well.

though i do not recommend people drinking excessivly then driving home the next day...not to smart if you ask me.

well i hope everyone has a great easter and doesnt od on chocolate!
muchness
xx

Monday, April 2, 2007

viv 'the hair' and i


viv 'the hair' and i
Originally uploaded by ezza..
last friday viv and i went to this house warming party at south campus curtesy of sparky. so viv matt and i decided to explore the place and just check it out!

it was totally different to what i expected it was more like the movies where the pile of plates were overflowing in the sink and the couches had been written on. it would be so fun to live there but i think i would get over it way quickly.

anyway viv and i needed to go to the bathroom and in the shower we found this lump of hair on the wall it seriously made me want to chunder everywhere whislt killing myself with laughter. one this i really dislike is hair in the bathroom.....

...back in year nine one of our camps was to go to broken hill for three weeks with a 1/4 of our grade anyway one day we went out on some trip around town and i really had to go to the bathroom but i had to go when i went home thus my friends got there before me and choped some of their hair and put it on the toliet seat and said it was 'pubic hair' i almost wanted to chunder everywhere and i couldnt pee ever. im sure you needed to know that but this is the reason why i hate hair in the bathroom...

.....so to make the situation a little better viv and i took a few photos with the hair! it was quite a good night i met heaps of nice people and a few locals which is good cause i only know a few.

so that is all for this post.
muchness
xx