Happy Birthday Shen!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHEN!!

 

Today I spent most of the day running around university following my brother as he tried to get his student loan and scholarship application forms all sorted out.

Originally I was also going to get my eyesight checked and probably some new glasses today, but it got postponed again, so no new glasses and no learners license for me for a few more days!

I also rang the computer shop where we bought the graphics card that wouldn't work with our computer, and the lady told us that it's because our motherboard is too old, so it looks like we'll have to buy a new motherboard now...With all this money spent we probably could have bought another new computer! We're going to try that and HOPEFULLY it works!

A Trip Down Memory Lane

I thought I'd post some random photo dating back a few years ago from the Anderson album just for a little bit of fun!
This is a photo from Henderson Primary's 150th Anniversary back in 1998, with some of the students from the school's production and a few extras singing on the outdoor stage. You (especially you old guys from Henderson Primary!) might recognise a few of the little kids up there! I might put a few up over time if I find any interesting old photos of you guys! ;)

Nearly All Over!

I sat my physics exam today. It was terrible! I've got Chinese left this Friday, which hopefully shouldn't be too bad. Come 5pm this Friday, I will be just like the majority of you, with no exams to worry about! 

 

Tonight I caught up with a few old friends which was really cool as I haven't chatted to them in a while. I'm hoping to meet up with a few of them during this holiday, which will be the first time I've seen a few of them in five years! I've known a few of them since primary school and have been together with them right up till intermediate school when they attended a different secondary school and left me! It'll be good to catch up with them anyway. Hopefully they'll recognise me!

 

Lately for some reason I've developed a taste for movie music, especially orchestral music like The Shawshank Redemption, Lord of the Rings, basically anything by John Williams, Howard Shore or James Horner and thanks to Phoebe I've started getting into Asian music! I don't understand what they're singing but some of the tunes are catchy. After helping Aonghas out with one of his Chinese assignments where he had to find a Chinese song and translate it, I realised that most of the music is about love anyway! (which I don't really need to know about thank you very much!)

 

For all of those looking for ways to celebrate Christmas, Rangeview Intermediate are having their annual Christmas carols evening next Thursday 8 December, entry with a gold coin donation, and the Auckland Symphony Orchestra (you might see my brothers and me somewhere in there!) are performing a carols sing-along concert in the Town Hall sometime I'm not too sure.

What a Way to Mark a Birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AONGHAS!!

 

Aonghas is turning lucky 15, and what a way to remember it! We were driving through the city centre of Henderson when we approached an area that had been cordoned off by police, with over five police cars around the area and policemen surrounding the perimeter. So we had to take a detour around the back of the cordoned area, and even the area behind the shops had been cordoned off and there was a man who looked as if he was some forensics guy with gloves, tools, etc. We began to wonder if someone had died or if there was some bomb scare or something but conveniently it just hit 4 o'clock and headline news on Newstalk ZB was:

 

"A robbery-gone-wrong has ended in one man dead and another man shot by police"

 

(For those who didn't watch the news or haven't heard, a knife-wielding man robbed a sports store (I suspect the one with kayaks usually outside it near the Salvation Army shop), stabbed the owner in the arm and another man before fleeing. He then stabbed an elderly man on the street. The elderly man died while being taken to hospital. The police arrived and called for the man to give up the weapon, but the man refused and a general duty police officer shot him three times.)

 

Eeek that was freaky! I'll post a couple of photos when

To TV3 re:Christmas in the Park

After discovering that TV3 would screen Christmas in the Park this year I felt the need to fill out their feedback form (even though it isn't really feedback):

 

I noticed that Christmas in the Park will be covered by TV3 again this year. I'm pleading with you guys to please stick to the stage and the performances this year rather than give your station's 'celebrities' publicity. We want to watch Christmas in the Park, not TV 3's celebrities in the park! Please do it right this time!

 

Last year it was a struggle watching it on TV3 as they kept cutting performances off to interview their own TV3 celebrities! I doubt they will reply but let's see...