The holidays were busy
The holidays were indeed very busy, far more than I had anticipated - not with work or anything of the sort (all though I had to do a bit), but with sport. Marathon kayaking. I've actually gone mental, my whole holidays I spent doing interval training for my kayaking - Luckily alot of my mates do kayaking as well, so I can sort of balance my social life fairly well.
As for school - boy have I enjoyed my fantastic 2 month holiday from work. I'm now in my last year at school, year 12, the one that counts. To tell you the truth, from our orientation day today, I'm really looking forward to it. We're doing great books in english, 'in the lake of the woods' and 'the shark net' (which is australian), and the other subjects also look like fun. But we were warned today, that this year goes like a flash. A role play by our Head of Year;
'ssshhewww... what, what was that?'
'that, that was your life'
'can i, have it back?'
'no, that was it'.
Or as Ferris bueller put it, "life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it" - too true. Even though I'm only 17, I'm now starting to think about this alot more, especially watching my youngest cousing grow up. It's scary to learn that when he's my age, I'll be in my late thirties. For crying out loud.
All in all, school's lookin tough, but seeing as though I worked hard in year 11, I feel as though I'm well prepared.
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On a lighter note, for my 18th birthday (future), I got a second, nay, third hand K1 Kayak. But no ordinary third-hand boat. A Nelo Vanquish - it was used by a french paddler in the world sprint championships. It's delightful, or as I put it to my parents when I was 'kickin the tyres' if you will; 'Mum, Dad, if it were legal to marry a boat, we'd have one happy family here.'
As for school - boy have I enjoyed my fantastic 2 month holiday from work. I'm now in my last year at school, year 12, the one that counts. To tell you the truth, from our orientation day today, I'm really looking forward to it. We're doing great books in english, 'in the lake of the woods' and 'the shark net' (which is australian), and the other subjects also look like fun. But we were warned today, that this year goes like a flash. A role play by our Head of Year;
'ssshhewww... what, what was that?'
'that, that was your life'
'can i, have it back?'
'no, that was it'.
Or as Ferris bueller put it, "life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it" - too true. Even though I'm only 17, I'm now starting to think about this alot more, especially watching my youngest cousing grow up. It's scary to learn that when he's my age, I'll be in my late thirties. For crying out loud.
All in all, school's lookin tough, but seeing as though I worked hard in year 11, I feel as though I'm well prepared.
* * * *
On a lighter note, for my 18th birthday (future), I got a second, nay, third hand K1 Kayak. But no ordinary third-hand boat. A Nelo Vanquish - it was used by a french paddler in the world sprint championships. It's delightful, or as I put it to my parents when I was 'kickin the tyres' if you will; 'Mum, Dad, if it were legal to marry a boat, we'd have one happy family here.'
El new boat.
Anyway that's about it, hopefuly I'll have an update soon - but no 'promises' this time, ey.
