Culture and Traditions
Posted by admin in Thoughts on April 16, 2007 | 1 Comment
Today as I got home from the hospital, I turned on Discovery Channel since there was nothing interesting on and they had a programme on about a tribe in the Amazon. The ‘XinYu’ tribe in the heart of a Amazon protection area in Brazil.
They had many wierd customs and most of their body was bare, instead they were painted with many different colours on their backs and bodies. Bright yellows, whites, reds. Maybe the temperature plays a part in how much they wear =P.
Their customs and traditions were very… unusual. Such as wrestling and scraping their skin with wood (medicinal properties)...
My Family
Posted by admin in Family, Personal, Thoughts on April 16, 2007 | No Comments
I haven’t been posting lately. It has been more than a week =(.
Last week, was Easter and it was also the start of my Term/Semester 1 school break. However what I had anticipated to be a holiday of relaxation and time for myself wasn’t quite what I had expected.
Last Monday (Easter Monday), I had work. My mum came at around 6pm and she went up to the back. She talked to the manager and I thought I had miscollected money at the cash register. She then came up and told me that my grandpa was at the emergency department in Auckland hospital and that they had called an ambulance. I was...
Friday, Just Your Average Busy Day.
Posted by admin in School Life on April 2, 2007 | No Comments
Today had to be one of the most busiest schooldays in my whole 16 years of life.
Well let’s get started on explaining it all.
I had Form Class and 1st period - 3rd period as usual. We had assembly and after listening to a prefect speech and stuff I had to rush down to a Student Council Meeting. We usually have meeting in the conference room. But today apparently we had to go to the Senior Common Room. When you are entering there, you can smell smelling socks and sweat all around. It just creeps into your nostrils. Yuck. I wonder what they do in there =P. I tried to ignore the smell, but I...