OH!!!!
and I should mention...
I carved a pumpkin with my students for Halloween and they were all totally mind blown by this act!
They were like...what is that thing?!?!
And you're going to carve into it, what?!
They were fascinated, and some disgusted, by the inards of the pumpkin! It was great.
I had a contest for the face. Two days before I carved it, I had them design a face (that wasn't too complicated because I am not that awesome at carving) and also a name to go with it, that was appropriate of course!
Then, instead of picking one winner, I combined many aspects of all the contestants into one face. However, I did pick two people's names and combined them into one. I will put photos up of this soon!
The pumpkin's name ended up being Sir Pumpkula. Thanks to Jess--Pumpkula, and Lewis with Sir Scares Alot (kind of like Sir Cuts Alot, huh dad?!)
I also had the opportunity to go into the Beautiful Swan Valley on a Bread, cheese, and wine tour. What a beautiful day I had and great tasting wine and food. I took photos as well and they are coming soon.
Ok I THINK that's it...but ya never know! You have a lot of reading to do now...
off you go!
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
A long overdue post!!!
Craikey!
It's been nearly two months since I have blogged. I apologise to you, my wonderful followers! You guys are awse! Ok...so let me slow down a little for you. I just spelled apologize without the z up there! I am so used to Aussie spellings now because my students would drill me for my American spellings since day 1! So I had to change my ways while I was here, so hence the s instead of the z (pronounced Zed here! so strange, silly Aussies!) They also say awse instead of awesome. They shorten everything! They claim it's because they're lazy...I am understanding this now!!
Anywho, as you can tell from my lack of posts, I am having an absolutely wonderful time and I am super busy!
I have taken over the classroom almost completely now mwhahaha! Those kids don't know what they're in for :-) I am at about 90% teaching load, and next week is week 6 where I will be at 95% and then 100% for weeks 7, 8, 9, and half of 10 before I make my long journey home. I am getting very sad about leaving. I love it here!! I wouldn't mind staying a couple extra months...bet you never thought you'd hear me say that, hey?!
To be 100% honest with you all...I have gotten involved with a church here and I love it! We had a camp this past weekend and I saw the biggest kangaroo EVER and it stared at me with it's yellow green eyes in the night sky...we were in the hills...the middle of no where...so relaxing!! I also shot some arrows with my bow at an archery competition!
Also...I have a few other exciting things to share but I will save that for when I talk to most of you individually!!!
My trip around Australia was AWESOME...oh my goodness the things I saw in 11 days!! GOODNESS ME... they really love that phrase here.
Snorkeling at the Great Barrier Reef can compare to NOTHING I have ever done in my life before. The other girl from America that I was traveling with ran into the reef and tore up her leg!
I took a pic of course...be sure to check out my photos on facebook. IF you are not on facebook, good on ya'...I will send you the pics via email if you leave your addy at the end of this blog for me!!! OR...you could keep the suspense and wait until I get home in 5 weeks to see them!!! Up to you matey!
Let's see what else...OHHH! Ayers Rock was amazing! Breathtaking! Mystical. It's definitely more than just a rock...wow...whoa...I was in the outback! The middle of no where! The stars were seriously stunning and so cool because I saw the Southern Cross since I am on the Southern Hemisphere instead of the Northern Hemisphere! So amazing. I just marveled at God's awesome creation in the peace and quiet for two days.
I met some really cool people along my travels. I met a girl named Rachael. She is from Wales. She has been traveling around Australia for 7 months now on a work-travel visa. So awesome!! It was such a blessing to talk to her--so refreshing! I also met two young men from France who made some awesome curry and spoke very little English, but they were so goofy to cook in the kitchen with at our hostel and they always gave us their leftover food! They were amazing chefs! I also met a couple from Japan--they made some awesome Japanese cuisine that I got to try as well---so much great food on this trip!
Sydney was an amazing city--very fast-paced...much different than Perth! Perth is more my kind of style but those of you that like the hustle and bustle of a crazy big city, then Sydney is for you!!!
Again I'll say, check out my photos or ask me to send you some :-)
Well for now I must go because I am preparing to make Advent Calendars with my students tomorrow and I want to make sure I have all my cool crafts and tricks ready!
I miss ya'll mates! Hope you're all getting on okay and I'll be seeing you at Christmas before you know it. Take care, lots of love!!!
Caitrin
It's been nearly two months since I have blogged. I apologise to you, my wonderful followers! You guys are awse! Ok...so let me slow down a little for you. I just spelled apologize without the z up there! I am so used to Aussie spellings now because my students would drill me for my American spellings since day 1! So I had to change my ways while I was here, so hence the s instead of the z (pronounced Zed here! so strange, silly Aussies!) They also say awse instead of awesome. They shorten everything! They claim it's because they're lazy...I am understanding this now!!
Anywho, as you can tell from my lack of posts, I am having an absolutely wonderful time and I am super busy!
I have taken over the classroom almost completely now mwhahaha! Those kids don't know what they're in for :-) I am at about 90% teaching load, and next week is week 6 where I will be at 95% and then 100% for weeks 7, 8, 9, and half of 10 before I make my long journey home. I am getting very sad about leaving. I love it here!! I wouldn't mind staying a couple extra months...bet you never thought you'd hear me say that, hey?!
To be 100% honest with you all...I have gotten involved with a church here and I love it! We had a camp this past weekend and I saw the biggest kangaroo EVER and it stared at me with it's yellow green eyes in the night sky...we were in the hills...the middle of no where...so relaxing!! I also shot some arrows with my bow at an archery competition!
Also...I have a few other exciting things to share but I will save that for when I talk to most of you individually!!!
My trip around Australia was AWESOME...oh my goodness the things I saw in 11 days!! GOODNESS ME... they really love that phrase here.
Snorkeling at the Great Barrier Reef can compare to NOTHING I have ever done in my life before. The other girl from America that I was traveling with ran into the reef and tore up her leg!
I took a pic of course...be sure to check out my photos on facebook. IF you are not on facebook, good on ya'...I will send you the pics via email if you leave your addy at the end of this blog for me!!! OR...you could keep the suspense and wait until I get home in 5 weeks to see them!!! Up to you matey!
Let's see what else...OHHH! Ayers Rock was amazing! Breathtaking! Mystical. It's definitely more than just a rock...wow...whoa...I was in the outback! The middle of no where! The stars were seriously stunning and so cool because I saw the Southern Cross since I am on the Southern Hemisphere instead of the Northern Hemisphere! So amazing. I just marveled at God's awesome creation in the peace and quiet for two days.
I met some really cool people along my travels. I met a girl named Rachael. She is from Wales. She has been traveling around Australia for 7 months now on a work-travel visa. So awesome!! It was such a blessing to talk to her--so refreshing! I also met two young men from France who made some awesome curry and spoke very little English, but they were so goofy to cook in the kitchen with at our hostel and they always gave us their leftover food! They were amazing chefs! I also met a couple from Japan--they made some awesome Japanese cuisine that I got to try as well---so much great food on this trip!
Sydney was an amazing city--very fast-paced...much different than Perth! Perth is more my kind of style but those of you that like the hustle and bustle of a crazy big city, then Sydney is for you!!!
Again I'll say, check out my photos or ask me to send you some :-)
Well for now I must go because I am preparing to make Advent Calendars with my students tomorrow and I want to make sure I have all my cool crafts and tricks ready!
I miss ya'll mates! Hope you're all getting on okay and I'll be seeing you at Christmas before you know it. Take care, lots of love!!!
Caitrin
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)