Tuesday: uhm, we had our Bible test.. our professor decided that he was testing us too easy because most of us were making fairly good grades, and so he made this test extremely hard. I was really mad, because he pulled the most random questions out of the book; stuff we didnt even go over in class! He's just a really stubborn guy, and wants to go against the grain and make us all fail. There is hardly any compromise with this guy, if any! ugh.. I dont want to talk about it, I'm still bitter.. I got my test back the other day and made a low C... and now my grade is a really low B. and I am mad... there goes my all A's! ugh.. ok so anyways. I don't remember what else happened this day..... and neither does Michelle.
Wednesday: We had NO CLASSES! But instead we went to this place called Arrowtown. It was a cute little gold mining town (well it used to be!) and we had a tour guide (he had previously talked to us before we left) who took us walking around the town, and it was the most gorgeous little town ever, I want to live there. We saw a lot of important buildings that made up the town, a couple being the jail house and the cathedral. He also took us to where the Chinese gold diggers lived, (like china town! haha, but not really) and we got to walk into their little houses they had and whatnot. After our tour around the city we were free to walk around and eat or shop.. I did not do either. haha. Got to save money! I did however walk with a few people to the river where part of The Lord of the rings was filmed: the part where whats-her-face raced against the bad guys to take Frodo to the elf place so her father could heal him (in the beginning of the first movie). But anyway.. OH! There were these two guys that kind of joined our tour group, one was from England,a nd the other was from Germany. They were pretty cool! They walked around with some of us after our tour and we got to know them some. The were taking their year off (what everyone supposedly does after graduating, either high school or college) and they had not come here together; they met a couple weeks before the day, and decided to travel around New Zealand together! haha. But anyways, they were pretty cool. Its awesome getting to meet people from different countries and getting to know a little bit about where they come from.
So after our festivities for the day we came back to the apartments, and later we had devo that night. And it was really good, it wasn;t a traditional devo. We started off singing, but the devo portion was: everyone came with a couple favorite verses or verses that had caught their attention recently, and we all read them for everyone.. then sang.. read some more.. idk it was really cool though, I liked it. Afterwards I feel like I did something besides go back to my room. But I think I went back to my room to study or something of the same equivalent factor.
Thursday: We had classes all day. I mailed a post card... guess who the lucky recipient is! And I FINALLY exchanged some of my Australian money to New Zealand money.. Other than this, I have no idea what I did, because I cannot remember. I remember Rachel and I walked around some.. anddddd.. OH! I think that night was the night we had the lingerie shower for Andrea! It was fun :)
Friday: Classes all day, then went with Michelle to go get her cartilage pierced! She was having a bad day, and somewhat did it off of a whim. Can I please tell you that she is deathly afraid of needles... this led for a very interesting time. lol... bless her heart. The guy/owner at the tattoo parlor was so awesome though! He was hilarious, haha. Michelle was pretty much freakin out the same time, and he definitely knew how to lighten the mood. He was seriously so cool though. And at one point we said something about finding our future husbands from new Zealand.. and he goes "be careful what you wish for, my wife is English. She came here to Queenstown for just a week for vacation and one day walked into my tattoo parlor. Now we have been together for 9 years, and we have been married for 5, and have a two year old, and she is pregnant with another." Can you say awwww! :) But anywho, he was awesome. Afterwards we walked around town for a while, went to the Salvation Army in search for long flowy skirts for SE Asia. We will not be allowed to wear our shorts and I only really have one pair of jeans that will fit the appropriateness of the areas we will be in. The skirts all cost a lot though.. I didnt feel like paying that much at a Salvation army.. although technically the price in US dollars was a fourth the price in NZ dollars.. oh well. Later that night we had a presentation about international cultures and relations etc etc (was given by the president of the college here in NZ) It was actually pretty interesting.
Friday night was fun though! For once none of us had anything to do so Michelle, Jordan, Taylor, Marcus, Ellis, and I walked around town (the Jazz festival was going on this weekend) We were kind of bummed because everything was pretty much done by the time we were able to go out. So instead we walked along the water through the park and just sat and talked, but it was good just relaxing and hanging out with friends.
Saturday: Was a very very very good day!!! Where to begin! I honestly had no work to do, which was awesome! (I obviously could have started doing work that was due later the next week.. but of course that didn't happen). First of all, I slept in until late. Second, Michelle and I skyped Silvia and she told us that she was engaged!!! Then we were sad because we were not engaged... or even dating anyone for that matter. Third, we walked down into town, and shopped/looked around the market. I got a few little things that I am excited about :) Fourth, we walked just around town, and saw the sights. haha.. Nothing we haven't seen before. Although! We walked to the store and bought scratch tickets! It was fun! haha.. it cost two dollars, and then guess what... I won ten! Actually Michelle and I both won ten dollars. I then got really excited and wanted to buy another one when I realized thats where people go wrong, so I stopped while I was ahead ;-) We were lucky people that day though. After we won ten dollars we headed back to the room. Then it was time to get ready for Rob and Andrea's engagement party. They had a cookout, and later we had sparkling grape juice, and cake! It was really good, and fun. Ellis and Barrett had a pretty hilarious improved speech, haha. After the party we all did our own thing for a little bit. I came back and attempted to study, and do homework. That did not get me very far. I soon left for starbucks with Laura, and met up with Kaycee, Angela, and Andrea. We sat around there for a little while, then I headed back up to the room. Now for the real fun! The night before we had heard of a reggae band that would be playing that night, So Taylor, Michelle, Savanna, and I left to go to that, it was a lot of fun! I love Reggae music :) We came back by curfew.. and then a couple of us stayed up like, all night. haha. Not the smartest thing to do when you have to get up early the next morning!
Sunday: Woke up early. Walked out to the bus, and set on for our four hour bus ride to Milford Sound. We stopped halfway in Te Anau for brunch and then on our way back for dinner, and/or just to walk around. The time on the bus was either spent sleeping, talking with friends, listening to music, and/or looking out our windows at the gorgeous view! It was so pretty, all the mountains, and sheep pastures and the lakes.. It looked like a picture, It didn't even look real. We stopped abot twenty minutes from Milford Sound and hiked for ten minutes to an awesome waterfall. It was really pretty. Then we finally got to Milford Sound, which was absolutely amazing. These jagged mountains, erupting strait up from the clear waters, with waterfalls cascading down the sides.. It was breath taking (maybe why its New Zealand's most visited tourist site and why its been referred to as the eighth wonder of the world!?) We took a boat ride into the water around this "fjord" I think its called.. It rains at least half of all the days in a year, so as expected it was cloudy and a bit rainy, but it made the mountains/peaks a lot more mysterious and exciting. Jordan and I discussed how we were just waiting for the Teradactils to start flying through the mist (any Jurassic Park fans out there!?) Anyways, it was an amazing site. I would put pictures up online ( I know, I know, I am WAYYYYY behind!) but we are not allowed.. Here in New Zealand, you have to pay for the amount of data you use on the internet.. and we have already gone over and had to pay more money. (This money comes from harding, not out of our pockets). So we have been told not to upload. lame! But If I can get to an internet cafe or something, then we will see if I can get pictures up! After our two hour boat ride we prepared for our trip back home. After getting back we had church service, and then it was time to watch tv! I mean study... or uhm.. sleep. It was a good day!
Today/Monday! Had classes.. then came back and took a nap.. made dinner.. now I am doing this and attempting to work on school work. We have a movie to go to now though... ugh. So glad I finished this; just in time! I will hopefully update next time, a lot sooner than 7 days!
Peace to all, and to all a goodnight :)
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