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As my 4th month says goodbye, I think I’m more excited than ever about my exchange and what lays ahead which maybe sounds odd, I mean why now? To be honest I don’t really know, but I like the feeling J May was a month very different, from the others which came before it. It involved a car rally, my first family change, a difficult moment and a north trip of Argentina which pretty much took up the rest of the month, and now I’m back in my town here to try and fit it all into a few pages. (If that didn’t get you hooked, there really is no hope for me)As my 4th month says goodbye, I think I’m more excited than ever about my exchange and what lays ahead which maybe sounds odd, I mean why now? To be honest I don’t really know, but I like the feeling J May was a month very different, from the others which came before it. It involved a car rally, my first family change, a difficult moment and a north trip of Argentina which pretty much took up the rest of the month, and now I’m back in my town here to try and fit it all into a few pages. (If that didn’t get you hooked, there really is no hope for me).png)
Its been 2 months. It feels crazy saying it, I mean 2 months is not exactly a small amount of time. Though I can see why people say exchange’s fly by, blink and its gone, thats why I plan on making the most of the time I have, by grabbing every opportunity and doing everything I can... bar blinking of course. :DI guess I can start with school, because as my parents always said school comes first :p It’s awesome, well more specifically the people in my class are lovely and so thats what makes school so great.
So, it begins…
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I can’t believe a month has already passed, it’s been a whirlwind of adventure and emotion. If we rewind back through it all, you’ll find me .png)
with a confident face but full of uncertainty and fear inside. I mean the idea of a year abroad, it still hasn’t really sunk in, and I have a feeling it never will, maybe when I return home.The whole thing started with a good solid sleep on the plane, then thinking they weren’t going to let me into the country and finally being dropped off at the wrong hotel. But experiences are made to have bumps and it was a good laugh looking back on it. After settling in we went out for some din dins and of course I found a plate full of steak which is something which I have to say now I’ve come very accustomed to. Full to the brim we decided we should start off the exchange how we mean to go on and eat more, going to a nearby Ice-cream place and tucking into the traditional flavour of dulce de leche. Us exchange students then stayed up and chatted for a bit which was an awesome chance for us all to get to know each other a bit better.
Vicki Ammundsen cast aside reference to authorship of several books in favour of reference to specialising in Trust Law (not to be confused with trusting lawyers) and confessed to having a small vineyard as a hobby. No mentions of the fruits of labour being consumed so clearly one to be trusted.
She gave us all plenty to think about and consider how trustworthy some trustees are or have been and the quality of legal advice available to those seeking to set up and operate family and charitable trusts. New Zealanders have apparently created more trusts than we have sheep and lead the world in the number of trusts per capita. She used an interesting range of cases to highlight the pitfalls of poorly drafted trusts and various instances where they have been misused leaving the "trusting" out of pocket and or severely disadvantaged by unscrupulous Trustees and legal advisers.
Jeremy Scott may have started life with a big hole in his heart but he has certainly demonstrated he has a heart, a beauty that has got him 52,000km across the globe on a push bike. As a young boy Jeremy couldn't do much at all. He struggled as a toddler to get across a room and certainly couldn't run. Then in 1977 he went under the knife of Sir Brian Barrett-Boyes and by age 7 was playing soccer, cricket and tennis like any other Kiwi Kid. Fast forward a few years and having spent a few years in the UK working for Pascall and Watson (http://www.pascalls.co.uk/) he stumbled across a copy of the T&T magazine with 3 articles about cycling trips and wondered whether he could do all 3. That was 2004 - the idea remained a germ that kept getting pushed to the back of his mind as things like obtaining a UK Passport and permanent resident status got addressed. He saved by reducing his spend at the local figuring that a pint in a London pub was equivalent to 1 nights accommodation in SE Asia. Eventually having told everyone he was going, buying a bike and gear to travel halfway around the world he woke up on the day he was supposed to leave - packed and left for New Zealand.
The Parnell Rotary Club held its annual breakfast with the Prime Minister in May, and raised $4,500 for the Fiji Disaster Relief Fund.
Parnell Rotary hosts the acting Prime Minister each year at their base at The Quality Hotel on Gladstone Road. This is as an opportunity for locals to meet and discuss their interests in an informal, relaxed environment.
Parnell Rotary hosts the acting Prime Minister each year at their base at The Quality Hotel on Gladstone Road. This is as an opportunity for locals to meet and discuss their interests in an informal, relaxed environment.
The Countdown Suppliers Charity Golf Day once again saw an enormous amount of money raised for Alzheimers Auckland, helping more people with dementia and their carers to live well. This was the 13th running of this popular event and brought the total funds raised for Alzheimers to more than $1.5 million.
