Primary School Memories at a 21st

What a busy day it was for us! First it was the zoo, then we had a 21st birthday party in the evening! It was Danielle's 21st birthday. She was in Aonghas's year at primary school, so we've known her since waaaay back!

When we got there we didn't know too many people, but recognised a few such as our old deputy primary school Mr Wh...I mean Warren (by the end of the night he wanted us to call him by his first name!). We talked to him quite a bit tonight and he was quite open with us about his views on how the school ran!

We also caught up with a few old primary school friends we hadn't seen in a long time!

As we went up the stairs, we could hear classical music and initially thought it was a CD recording, but when we reached the venue, we discovered it was a string quartet featuring Danielle! They played some very lovely music!

There was plenty of food so we helped ourselves, before the speeches started.

Danielle's dad first gave a speech, reading out a poem he had read to her. This was followed by a speech given by her best primary school friend Katrina and a speech and song written and sung by her older sister Juanita.

They then played a little video they had put together for her, featuring various friends leaving messages for her. It was quite amusing!

They all shared stories and talked about how caring and friendly Danielle is, and I'd have to agree with them!

After the speeches, we returned to mixing and mingling before the birthday cake was brought out and we all sang Happy Birthday to her!

(http://youtu.be/9aC9rlNdEgI)

Supper was brought out, which included a lot of sweet and yummy food!

All the ex-Henderson Primary School gradually got together and we managed to get a group photo!

The night was soon over and while the weather wasn't great outside, the night inside was great!

Happy 21st Birthday Danielle!

A Lunch that Brought Back Memories

This morning I finally managed to get my mum to give me a haircut after the AA man came to fix our car. She was going to go get the warrant of fitness for the car after I got out of the shower, which meant I'd have nothing to eat for lunch! Yes, yes...I'm too dependent on my mum!


Anyway, fortunately I was saved when Chen texted me asking if I'd like to join him and his girlfriend Rose for lunch today down at Subway. At first I was thinking he meant the one outside the Grafton campus, but it was a relief that he meant the local one not far away (I completely forgot about that one!).


I was just leaving the house when Chen texted me to tell me Rose was waiting outside my house! I spotted her and we walked down to Subway where we met up with Chen for lunch. I tried a wrap for the first time! The 6 inch wrap didn't last very long though!


The wrap didn't completely fill me so we went over to Long John Silver to buy some fries (I should've bought the fish burger! It looked a whole lot yummier!)


We wandered over to the nearby playground and domain to check out this taniwha that was decorated with clay hands that we made way back when we were primary school kids! I haven't checked it out for years! Luckily, way back then when I made my clay hand, I marked my initials CA in it and they're still visible today! I have left my mark!

We just sat around talking while we took turns on the swing.


After a while we decided to head off home, so Chen went one way and Rose and I walked home.


It was a good catch-up and a trip down memory lane!