My Furr

And now my fur has turned to skin

And I've been quickly ushered in

To a world that I confess I do not know

But I still dream of running careless through the snow

An' through the howlin' winds that blow,

Across the ancient distant flow,

It fill our bodies up like water till we know.

-Blitzen Trapper

Do something Krazy

I'm sitting here drinking my first hot drink for they day and gazing out on the average weather in the distance. Oh Hamilton! You aren't doing a very good job at motivating my desire to stay in this island country. haha. No I think it definitely has stolen a chunk of my heart. There you go Wilmington and New Zealand... I hope theres more than just crumbs left for other destinations to take over.

Lets see what do I have on the agenda today? I think I'm going to share my week's checklist with you all, seeing that I don't have anything that will blow your mind. If the entries ever do?

Maybe I should do something Krazy? nahhh... that just comes naturally (and usually not on purpose). haha.

Here goes....

1. I'm so stokeddd here. Going up to Auckland for the night to see my friend Kerr-ster from the US. Nevermind, talk about crazy. She flew into NZ pretty much for the weekend. Nuts girl. Anyways that should be MEAN!

2. Supermarket adventure soon for all the fun stuff. Lollies and beer! Beer thats on an unbelievable special at Countdown at the moment and wouldn't let us purchase last night because my friend didn't have her id on her. Lame. Oh well, life has some rules. And the lollies are specifically for two epic cakes that lucy and I are creating. I'll post pictures up here later.

3. I've picked up sports again. Pretty cool actually. I organised an indoor soccer team called the Wolfpack. I'm playing ultimate frisbee for the Hamilton indoor league. I just got asked to play on a 3v3 basketball team. And another to check off the "sandbox" (my bucketlist on the tab above) I'm playing squash on a regular basis. Love it all.

4. Oh lord how could i forget. I had the most RIDICULOUS experience at a school teaching this week. The Red Cross won't even allow me to go back and teach because the children as well as staff were so disrespectful. I don't think I could exaggerate the stories if I tried. There was about 10 fights in the classes that I taught over a 3 day period. Don't even know how I lasted that long. Just to give you an idea, an eleven year old girl in my class was arrested on the last day and I was left in the class (more like zoo) by myself. The kids were swearing left and right, jumping from desks and shelves, throwing their food (and chairs), and running in and out of the room. The teachers had no control what so ever. If you ever wished that kids ruled school. This would be a primary example. haha. Im over it now though. Migrane is finally gone?! Crossing my fingers here. Cheeky little kids!

5. I bumped back my flights home to mid September too everyone! I am only allocated to stay in the country til the end of Sept anyway and want to save up a little money before I leave. Makes sense, especially with the lack of jobs that seem to be lingering over there.

6. A few concerts, games, and activities planned over the next couple of weeks and I will try my best to keep you informed.

Better get moving though. its already lunch time and I'm still sittin in my giraffe robe here.

Peaceeeee,

J Fish

Sneaky Summer

It’s Monday Evening and the clock has just struck 12:00am. I have just squirmed and power washed my eyes to regain focus. Where was I again? Not to panic. That was not the first time I’ve had to ask myself that this week. Haha.

TURANGI.-Judges Pools Motel.

Curled op in a ball on the floor watching Madagascar 2.

One more day of teaching.- RIGHT… June 27^th

Haha. My birthday ay? I dig out my phone to check the time again.

"New Message"

My cheeks stretch out again. On a bit of a cheesy note, ‘I can FEEL the love tonight’. Right up until the last 5 minutes I’m still receiving happy birthday wishes. Spoilied all over this world.

Turned out to be an entire week of surprises that kicked off Sunday when some lovely ladies showed up at my doorstep with a homemade double chocolate crunchified-squiggle cake and other goodies. My life was on cruise control until Wednesday with the boys. S-Day. A full-filled day of a refreshing SURF at Manu Bay, SPA sesh at Dyl’s house, SOCCER practice, finished up with my first SPARRING lesson!

Man I’m having trouble jogging my Thursday memory because it’s been such an eventful week. Oh that’s right. Thursday I taught at a little country school halfway between Ngarawahia and Huntly. I capped off the afternoon with a nite glow bowling session and town with some fine ladies and gents.

Friday I spent working and relaxing with mates. Which brings me to the snow-capped mountain peak of it all: Saturday. It may have not started off this way because I had a long-as ‘open-close’ day at the gym, but going home made all the difference.

I lazily unlocked my flat door to find SUMMER!

ALOHA! Haha Far out. My best friend Lucy and all of the 27 community had brought the beach to me: leis, posters, coconuts, lollies, pineapple, coctail books, umbrellas, surfboards, glow bracelets (yes on my kind of beach), and best of all SAND! My entire backyard was filled, excuse me, STILL is filled with sand.

It was incredible! Biggest surprise I’ve ever had. Haha. That night began with card games, moose, beer pong lessons, and a dance-off, which migrated, yet again, to town. There was a fuzzy period that ended when I awoke curled on my neighbor’s beanbag. Haha, not the worst place I have fallen asleep.

Touch wood. NO Hangover streak. The funny thing is that it didn’t end there. My actual birthday wasn’t until Monday when I had a Red Cross People Saver’s program to run down in Turangi.

You know what that means….. ROADTRIP. Since it was such a long drive, the Red Cross supplied the motel room, car and petrol funds. I on the other hand supplied the wild crew of 3: Lucy, Megs, and Han. Often referred to as NZ’s next top Post-ers (new fad that is much more intense than ‘planking’)

I know I’m a dork. A 23 year old one to be exact. Numbers might start adding up but the ‘child at heart’ will never leave.

Just a quick summary of the trout country of Turangi. We managed play mini golf, rock climb, explore the pools and trout museum, post-up the town, aggravate a domestic dispute (oasis resataurant), play on a swinging bridge, play a round of scrabble, watch Madagascar 2, dip our feet in the hot springs and spa in Taupo as well as educate and train 70 students in basic first aid and cpr.

Alright kids, I’m sorry my eyes are sealing up here and becoming sore.

Time to hit the hay.

Goodnight World. x