Pick a path. A visit to Grannie's and how it went terribly wrong.

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Come and visit Christchurch today!

Food at Omaka

FOOD AT OMAKA

At Omaka camp the kids were in charge of the food.

At first I did not think that this would be a good idea. You, kids in the kitchen, mess, more mess etc…

Any way, it was GREAT!

This meant that the kids could have fantastic food!

My group, for example, had French toast for breakfast on one day and then bacon, eggs and hash browns the next!

 I liked cooking for my group because I have only ever cooked for family, and these guys gave me loads of compliments and had no trouble devouring TWO bowls of crumble.

And, when I was cooking the BEH (bacon, eggs and Hashbrowns) I've never cooked bacon or eggs or Hashbrowns but my group said that it was great! 

They couldn't tell that I'd never cooked those things before.

That is why I liked cooking for my group, they made me feel special because they liked my cooking.  That was really nice for me.

Omaka camp

OMAKA CAMP.


As an escape from work or kids, come to Omaka campsite.
 It has a beautiful river for tubing or to feed the friendly eels.

For the kids: loads of space to chuck a ball around or even a frisbee.
Flying fox a wee while away down the camp and a scout set up close to one of the many clearings.
Nice shady trees dotted everywhere, good to sit under and read or to relax and listen to the river burbling beside you.



Good kitchen and large dining area.
Loads of space to store food- includes two fridges for your use.


Heaps of space for tents or a selection of bunks for you to choose from.
At night the night sounds aren't disturbed by the sound of cars or city life. Listen to the wind in the trees or the rain on the windows or the sound of tranquil silence.



Also, the camp is very close to the ski-lake, which is great for swimming in, or, if you bought a kayak or paddleboard, it is lovely and calm for you to the enjoy!


So come and enjoy Omaka and treat yourself to some peace and tranquillity.

Orange Belt!

I passed my grading! WHOO  HOO! :)


I'm now an orange belt, oh yeah! 
I wasn't as nervous as my first grading-I knew what to expect, but what I wasn't expecting was the Sensei's to leave out one of the 3*minute sparring round/3*minute exercise round! But that was good- I really don't like the burpies/sparring.


Purple belt here I come-at the end of 2017! :)




P.S: I will upload a photo soon.

Kayaking

It was a horrible day.
And I was going to be kayaking.
Once we'd all sorted ourselves out, we hopped into the cars with mounting feelings of excitement and or nervousness.


We finally got to the river. We played some games to get ourselves all warmed up, but dear reader, you were probably there, if you go to loburn school. So I won't bore you with the minute details.


After these games, we got into the water with our kayaks and quite a bit of shouting from some of the girls. In my mind, I'm thinking; ''what's all the fuss about, it's just water and a bit of harmless algae.''


Then we played some more games, canoe polo, to get used to our boat, find their flaws and whatnot.
Anyway, a few minutes later, the first, (of many might I add) capsizing happened. I do believe that the person who upset the boat was Samuel.
After that we all learnt how to get back into a boat if it capsized. Not the hard way, of course.


And after all that kerfuffle, (and after the rain had stopped and turned into a boiling hot day!) we set off to begin a tedious 2 hours in (in some cases) stubborn boats and the splashes of Holly M trying to get people to fall out of their boat, especially Lachlan.


We saw lots of wildlife along the way when Holly was quiet. At about halfway, we saw some signets! And, of course the VERY protective parents (black swans) come with that package.
We also saw white baiters, some were nice and friendly, and the other, well lets just say he wasn't to happy when Haylley nudged Jess's boat's nose into the direction of his nets.


After that it was lunch.


And after that, it was another game of canoe polo. And attempt at Eskimo Kisses. Like a hongi, you might say, except we had to do it to the boat. This caused quite a few capsizing's and a bit more that a few screams. 
The game after that caused even more shouts. We rafted up, and numbered off. Then, Chris would shout out to numbers and you had to swap boats. Without falling in. Lets say that quite a few people weren't successful with that last part. Including Mum.


A wee while after, with Jess still in a huff, we got the end of the road. I finally clambered out of my kayak and pulled it up to Mr. Priddy.
Then I changed into some nice clean DRY! (not that I capsized, because I didn't!) clothes. And listened to what Mr. Priddy and the instructors had to say. I then got all my stuff, hopped in the car and headed home.


And, that, was when I discovered that that I was wearing lucky red socks.
I had seriously sunburnt shins. ;)

Martial arts. :)

Even though I couldn't do athletics today, (because of hip injuries) I still wanted to do my martial arts. And boy am I glad I did because it meant that I got my Yellow belt grading certificate! :) Due to tech issues, my photo has not down loaded.

Quote.

I hope that you like these end of term quotes, I chose these ones because they make me smile. :)

My ratio explain everything.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_e_t76o3nY3QVl5Ym5CQXgydlU

This is the link so that you can view the video. I hope that you learn something, thank you for choosing to watch this video

Lake Daniels.

It was Thursday the 18th. Today, the year 8’s would leave school at 2:00pm and drive to a car park 3.5 walking hours away from Lake Daniels. I had had heaps of butterflies in my stomach, I had been so nervous, it had calmed me down slightly when I’d rung home and found out that Dad would be coming with us. When we got to the car park, I'd changed into thermals and then had a nice dinner consisting of some: bacon and egg pie, pasta bake still warm, and pizza. YUM! The Westport group arrived and had tea, when, we were on the move in two walking buses for the long night ahead. It was wet, and damp and humid. I met three girls from Westport: Sydney, Shanell and Willow. They were nice and we kind stuck together in our own group. Sydney almost had an asthma attack but Marcus lent her his puffer and she and I went up the fount of the group. She was fine after that. About an hour away from the hut my left foot got covered in mulch and mud. Damn, oh well. By now we all had our head torches on and could see the moon shining bright, but not bright enough to penetrate the thick forest canopy. When we arrived at the hut, the moon was shining on the lake creating an ethical appearance, awesome. A lady called Mrs Potter made pikelets with cream and jam for a late night snack. Delicious! The cream melted and went all over the floor. I had the worst nights sleep EVER! Terrible, the snoring from the girls was horrendous! And the plastic My breakfast was good though, creamed rice and fruit. Mmmm. We started back at nine o'clock, soon after I'd told everyone that they have to look out for a black glove that I had lost on the track last night. The reward was two nut bars. Jack B found it and put it on a log and then Beau found it and gave it to me back at the car park, it was really cool walking the same track in the daytime because you could see everything in colour. Back at the carpark we had lunch, then drove to another carpark on the side of the road and started to climb up the mountain side. We didn't get very far because of all the snow, knee deep and I speak from lots of experience falling into it. And the mud. And water. When we got to as far as we would go we were told some stories while looking out at a beautiful view of the mountains and the river. It was fantastic. After that we, well, I, slipped and sledged my way back down, falling into mud and making Mum’s gloves disgusting on the way. We tried to make snow men once back at the carpark, but the snow was more like ice. The Westport principal made us do the famous five, five press ups, which I can do, but not on mud in a nice clean white top! I spent the drive home recuperating and playing I spy, Chinese whispers and the like. When we got home it was about 5:30pm, I had dinner then a nice bath and went to bed. It was a great experience and I loved it.

The keepers daughter.

This is the awesome book that I'm reading now.
Right now, she, Nyssa, has found her brother in Thira, he hasn't spoken and they, Nyssa, Maruiss and Aria think that he might be mute.

Great book.
I can't put a photo on because this has been posted from an iPad.

If you are able to, read this book!

Martial arts Grading for yellow belt success

Last Sunday, I did a grading for my hobby, martial arts.
I was really, really nervous, but that is probably due to the fact that it was only my first grading.

It was full of exercise and kick routines and press ups and sit-ups and jumping, spinning roundhouse kicks which I can't do, they must green belt or something.
Any way, sometimes us 4 white belts, sometimes we would sit out while the higher belts graded, and vice versa.

But in the end I passed, and I tell you what they made us (white belts) do.

Okay, white belts, come up here and kneel and close your eyes, do not open them or you could fail your test! (This was after everything else that I just said.)
Everyone else, go sit over there. Connor must have pointed over to the corner where I was sitting ‘cus I heard them all came and kneel next to me.
Okay, open your eyes now.
In front of each of us was a sheet, I had no idea what it was, but it was my grading sheet.
Okay, look behind you, and behind each of us was a yellow belt, we had all passed!
Take you white belts off and put your new belts on and stand up.
Leon and this other guy had got normal yellow belts that had a horizontal white stripe in the middle. Sam, an adult, had got a full yellow belt and he revived tips, which I guess is like bonus point.

Me smiling.I had been given a partial golden belt! This belt is a dark orange, yellow belt, I think it is the highest sub-belt in the yellow belt area, Vinny said that this was like my tips but instead I got this one.  This made me feel immensely happy and proud.

So, watch out orange belt, here I come! :)

These pics are of me with my new belt, cool yeah?

:)

Me in a left foot forward fighting stance, keia!

 

My speech screen cast.

This is the link to my speech.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_e_t76o3nY3NVBmSnF5Ql9sOEk

Oh, part way through this screen cast this will have not much would, it will be me and Piper getting the Prezi to a different place.


So, this is my speech about adults/and their heads. I have changed the topic many, many times but have finally decided on this one, first it was adults and their lack of imagination, then, teenagers vs adults and so on. I hope that learn and enjoy something from my speech. 🙂🤔👍🏻

Quote pics.

I have no idea why you guys can't see them, some of them a really good! :(

More quotes for you guys.

I don't know why I chose these quotes but I think that some people can relate to them, I know at least one person who can.

Lake Daniels.

At 2:00pm today the year 8's will leave for lake Daniels.
I'm very nervous and excited! As I'm writing this my stomach is doing backflips and making me feel queasy.
I hope Dad can make it, he's in Auckland at the moment, if he doesn't get pulled out on call he'll catch a plane and come down here to tramp with us.  In fact, he probably be on a plane right now if he hasn't been called out.
I'm not really looking forward to tomorrow, we get to climb the Lewis pass tops track, Mr B says that that part is really fun. I'm not sure I believe him.
Wish me luck!
😰😪😳😦😁😰

Martial arts.

My martial arts is getting better, the grading is in one week!

It will go for about one hour on Sunday the 28/9/16. I'm really excited to become a yellow belt, Casey is going for full orange or purple I think.  Good for her, Mich is going for full yellow I believe.

I'm really enjoying it and when mum gets a photo of me with a yellow belt, I'll post again with the photo, two more sessions! AHH, the pressure!

🙂

Quotes, last day of term.

I like these quotes because they are life lessons, they tell us about a great way to live, and how to be happy with ourselves.y

Maori week art. (Te wiki o te reo Maori)

These are some photos of the art that I have completed this week.

It pictures a mountain (maunga), a river (awa), a Mari and the sea.

The photos aren't that good, the cameras a bit fuzzy.

Come see the real thing in Team East. 

The bottom photo is my mihi.

Matariki pic-collage of my learning.

This is my pic-collage that I have done to show my working.

I did do a slide but I think that this would be easier to view.