Heylo Ppls

 Well im not too sure that anyones reading this anymore hence the lack of updates but oh well its a venting spot for me at the very least.

So nothing really exciting happening over here. Lots of decisions to be made but since nothing is officially decided i think ill keep things underwraps.

On an up side ive started my new prac. Im in a year 6/7 class with an ex-olympian as a host . Kinda cool right!? She plays 2nd base on the Australian softball team for the past three olynpics winning 2 bronze medals and a silver. Here is a pic of her awesomeness [before she got married and won the 2 broze medals] : http://www.softball.org.au/?Page=24832 Pretty interesting to say the least. So far things have been very different but still fairly awesome. Getting used to the kids being older is weird but going well AND i survivied my first "meet the teacher" night! WOOO ! nerve racking but fantastic!

Other then that just enjoying the last two weeks before school starts back up!

Manda <3 ~ 141 Days!

Hello Ppls

HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY! woot!  They go ALL OUT for aussie day here so we got up nice and early to go down n watch the flag rasing ceremony , complete with F111 flyover and 21 gun salute. Much to the displeasure of all the children in the vecinity , the 21 gun salut was actually a 21 cannon salute lol. Had all the children crying after just one shot lol After that we took a walk checking out everything before finding some shade and laying under the palm trees on the lawn.  Once we were cooled off again we walked down by the water where they had a movie being played over the swimming pool then we went to the Piazza stage where they had acts playing all day. We watch some awesome preformers, some of my favs being SPLAT! [one of the members is the gym teacher at my prac school] , the tap dancers, and the final band called Jambezi [http://www.mikemeade.com/jambezi/] They were AWESOME! Pics of the day and the acts can be seen here : http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2118140&id=119100065&l=6eeaace536 and I made a video of the acts we saw, it can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oN31PgCvBg 

Other then that the only other exciting thing is the AWESOMELY FANTASTIC package we got today from Mike, Jen and Julie! In said package was chocolate from back home (melted but still good) and some discs with a powerpoint and new yrs videos . Nate and I had a blast watching both things. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH!  Miss you all even more now lol Hugs to you all for being awesome.

HOLA!

 Just a fast update to inform you all that the cyclone warning has dropped down to only a 20% chance so we are pretty much in the clear :)

 xoxoxox

Manda <3 ~ 162 DAYS!

Ps. Here's an awesome song that a good friend of mine reccomended. Nate said it reminded him of me awww <3 lol But i dedicate this to every woman that is the most comfortable in her t-shirt and jeans, the ones that are beautiful without their makeup and hair done.Im so lucky to have such great women in my life!  ( lyrics below)

The song is called : Gimme that Girl by Jo Nicols

[watch it online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEtR28N_3tY&feature=related ]

Hang up that red dress,
let down your hair,
cancel those reservations
don't need to go no where.
As good as your looking right now,
girl bet your thinkin I'm crazy,
there's a side of you that I wanna see
that never ceases to amaze me.

Gimme that girl with the hair in a mess
sleepy little smile with her head on my chest,
thats the you that i like best,
gimme that girl.
Gimme that girl lovin up on me,
old t-shirt and a pair of jeans,
thats the you i wanna see,
gimme that girl.

Gimme the girl thats beautiful,
without a trace of makeup of on,
barefoot in the kitchen,
singing her favorite song.
Dancing around like a fool,
starring in her own little show,
gimme the girl the rest of the world,
ain't lucky enough to know.


Gimme that girl with the hair in a mess
sleepy little smile with her head on my chest,
thats the you that i like best,
gimme that girl.
Gimme that girl lovin up on me,
old t-shirt and a pair of jeans,
thats the you i wanna see,
gimme that girl, gimme that girl.

Mood:  happy

Well today is a day of crazy weather extremes here in the land of oz, for us in brisbane we had crazy cyclone warnings and 38 degrees with high humidity where as in Victoria they actually got snow. Thats right ppl snow in aussie!! As for the cyclone they removed the warning as its moved away however they say there is a 50/50 chance of it coming back but its only a catergory one so if it does come back it shouldnt be too too bad.

Hope you are having great weather whereever you are in the world.

xoxoxoxoxoxox

Manda <3 ~ 163 DAYS!

Hello all!

I completely forgot last update that nate and i made some new yrs wishes...so here they are

Nates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wOwlAz_hhg  

Mine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eK0Mj9pZWE

Anyhow.. Mooloolaba [gah they really need to get better location names..] Beach was a blast! Bigger waves yet less surfers (boo) however there were a lot of people boogieboarding (including Nate). Im not a fan of the salt water so i sat on the beach and watched as Nate and John went boogie boarding. They were out doing it for over an hour so i decided to dig a hole. a damn good on too. In doing so however i burned the front of my legs lol. Oh well could be worse i guess. All in all a nice relazing day. Pics can be found here (after the new yrs photos) http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2117448&id=119100065&l=ec52583b84 also in this album is pics of some Kangaroo meat and other stuff found at Woolies

Thats about it happening round here. Enjoy your day!

xoxoxo

Manda <3 ~164 DAYS!

Hello!

Well not much new to report. Im hoping everyone had a fantastic xmas and new yrs! It was awesome to get to call home and see everyone via skype again. sigh i miss my crazy family lol. Our new years went well, we went down to southbank to watch the fireworks shows (they had an early new yrs at 830 and then a later one with countdown at midnight). A cool add on this yr was lasers that projected along the skyline onto the buildings. Somtimes it showed a msg such as the time, sometimes it displayed random NYE or 2010 across the four main buildings in the skyline and at other times just random designs over the buildings. It def kept me entertained until the countdown lol. Here are some pics of New Yrs http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2117448&id=119100065&l=ec52583b84 .

 As for school i have signed up and registered for my semester 2 classes. They are all focuing on the middle yrs (gr 4-7) so it'll be different then what im used to but im still looking forward to it. Im back to school the last week in feb and trust me it cant come fast enough. Neither can June 29th at 4:16pm..why u may ask? cuz that is the exact time my flight should be arriving home. Which works out well because it gives me a few days to get rid of the jet lag before the awesomeness that will be Canada Day and Xmas in july!WOOOO

Tomorrow Nate and I along with John and Brooke (2 of nates friends) are heading to mooloolaba (sp?) which is a beach somewhere on the sunshine coast. Should be fun!

Videos you should check out:

Xmas eve infestation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaS1-JIRnAM

Bathroom Spider: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezycvWKY6uE

and again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIaXTV1HY4U .

[side note. we were watching Jaws when we found this spider. It makes the spider seem so much worse with the evil jaws music in the background]

xoxoxoxox

Manda <3  ~ 169 DAYS!

Hey Everyone

Sorry its been so long between updates but not much has really happened. The Monday after Nates 26th Birthday was his graduation! So that was exciting! [well the ceremony itself was boring as lol ] and that at the end of the ceremony the audience was asked , and I quote, "to please stand and show your congratulations enthusiastically" LMAO bahaah wow thanks tips. Anyhow pictures are here: http://s636.photobucket.com/albums/uu81/mcawesome-in-aussie/Nates%20Grad/

So our landlord has decided to re-do her roof. Courtesy of our rent checks I'm sure. Grrrrr so we have to keep all the blinds and windows shut since there are random men around :s

Other then that nothing really been happening. The weathers been really rainy and storm filled over the past week because we are getting the remnants  of Cyclone Laurance. Nothing too horrible just severe thunderstorms lasting for about a half hour then going back to sunny or light rain.

In other news we sent out some xmas cards to all of the awesome ppl. I've already heard from two people that some have been received. So CHECK YOUR MAILBOX!

Xoxoxox

Manda

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABE!

Congrats you are now officially old <3

Baby Spiders on the door ?- check

Small spider on the roof ?(size of a toonie) - Check

Massive spider in the bathroom?(size of my palm) - Check

Barking Gecko in the closet - Check (he is now hiding in my pants - Just freakin peachy)

Possums fighting outside the door? - Check

Welcome to my life in Aussie. sigh.

Hey Ppls!

Well had a fannnntastic week of doing stuffs and general relaxing.

Tuesday last week we went to the Australian zoo again. Turns out when we got there that they were celebrating Roberts 6^th birthday so the entire place was decorated with a dino theme for him. – in case you don’t know/remember Robert is Steve Irwin (the Croc Hunter)’s son – Turned out to be a lot of fun and we got to see Terri (steve’s wife) , Bindi (their daughter) as well as Robert at the Croc-osium and we got to sing happy birthday to him. Hes totally adorable and looks so much like Steve. Other then that Im sad to report that im still incredibly nervous to approach the roos I make Nate go and pet them first then I approach slowly. I don’t think ill ever be used to it. Sorry they aren’t in order but here are the Pics: http://s636.photobucket.com/albums/uu81/mcawesome-in-aussie/zoo%202/

Unfortunately Beach was a no go on Wednesday  L

Thursday however Terry asked if we wanted to go to the Botanical Gardens since she has the car  and wouldn’t mind dropping us off. WOOT  So we went and spent 3 hours walking around the beautiful gardens. The fav of both nate and myself was the Japanese Gardens. They were so peaceful and so well done! We saw lots of lizards (Water Dragons) that day too. Their latterly everywhere but most run away when u get close to them . Afterwards Nate and  I went to the café to have a milkshake and relax. Which would have happened has a lizard (that Nate named Robert – pronounced Ro-bearrrr ) decided he wanted to get up close and personal with our table. And of course his Ibis friend decided to join him. – sigh-. Pics : http://s636.photobucket.com/albums/uu81/mcawesome-in-aussie/Botanical%20Gardens/

On sat Nate and myself joined Terry and her daughter Martha went to Carols By Candlelight which was a huuuuge outdoor concert of xmas carols. Unfortunatly we listened to 3 hours of carols in which only 3 songs were upbeat K I didn’t know so many slow xmas songs existed lol. ..The highlight of the show for me was when they had ‘santa’ out singing Jingle Bells and after the first chorus a man runs out in shorts/tshirt/flipflops holding a kangaroo and hes like “WHOA WHOA WHOA Santa! Sleigh Bells and Snow? Do you know what country your in !?” …then he did what ive since learned is a well known chant thing where someone goes “Aussie Aussie Aussie” and the crowd yells “Oy Oy Oy”. LOL . Then he said hed show santa how they do sleigh bells in Aussie and asked everyone to take out their keys and jingle them. Once everyone did at the same time it made an awesome jingle noise which lead this guy in to Jingle Bells – Aussie Style (lyrics and youtube link to someone singing it below)  He then did Deck the Halls or as the Australians sing it Deck the Sheds (lyrics also below). It was certainly fun to experience the different versions of some of the songs, Also head was the 12 days of an Aussie Christmas (lyrics below)  a good night over all.

Aussie Jingle Bells

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH0vMpp3ma4&feature=related