Appel

South Africa!

2011-12-11T17:06:00.001+13:00

We have arrived in the wild Africa. The beautiful beast of the world. You know, that place.

We started off in Cape-Town where we entered the country by visiting some friends and doing some shopping at Canal Walk

We went to table mountain where we pretty much froze our bums off

and we also went to the Castle, but missed the entry time so we walked around outside.

The next day we left for Stellenbosch and had a good catch up with Liezie at Wimpy for breakfast. Breakfast for all 3 of us cost around Nz$18. It was great.

We slept at a really great backpackers there called Banghoek Place

We then headed to Robertson to our old favorite Robertson backpackers where we went for a very long walk to get some Snoek and chips and a Fanta pineapple. For desert was some lovely koeksisters.

to be continued.
Tomorrow: the Cargo caves and why we didn't cycle back

Mhm... Hotels

2011-11-19T21:56:00.001+13:00

Tonight we have the great opportunity to stay at the Rydgers hotel in Auckland! We have a great view from the 14th floor and I'm just waiting for Jacques to get ready for a bit of a inner city explore. I love this city :-)

Also, 8 sleeps and we're leaving for Australia/South Africa!

Geeks

2011-11-19T11:51:00.001+13:00

This is one of our new toys. Jacques got a 10.1 inch Galaxy Tab and i got a 7.1 inch. Best Christmas ever! I'm blogging on it as we speak. It really does take procrastination to a whole new level. These are going to be great for the holidays. I already got my Kindle app and aist of books to be read these holidays. It really is a great toy. This is saying something since I previously didn't see the point of having a tablet.

Cleaning timeee!!

2011-11-18T15:01:00.005+13:00

Finally. Holidays have arrived. This means, cleaning! It has always been my post exam ritual to go through the house and give everything a clean. This time it has taken be a few days to get there since we are going to South Africa soon and i have so much to organize. I have already cleaned our whole bedroom, although it still needs a vacuum and dust. Now it is wardrobe time!

New Zealand Music Awards

2011-11-04T10:33:00.003+13:00

I had the great opportunity last night to go to the VNZMA's. It was such a great night! Sara and I got to go to the Vodafone Red Room, get lots of free red candy, some photos, a mysterious interview on camera, some free food and drinks, and a performance by Midnight Youth, who were so awesome. We even got a photo with them.

Thanks to the Edge, we got some free energy drinks and water and got escorted to the mosh pit in the front of the Vector Arena.

It was cool because it wasn't too crowded, so we could get space to stand right in front. First thing I noticed was the guy with the TV camera almost constantly in our face. Not that I really cared much. It was a great opportunity to be on TV. Better than being on Police 10-7 or something. Although I'd much rather be on because I actually did something newsworthy. I did make sure to wear my I am Challenge shirt with pride with the hope that the person who interviewed us would ask me what it's for! That would have been great publicity for a worthwhile cause. Next time :)

The show itself was great. I usually get a headache in the first few moments of shows because the music is too loud at some frequencies, but this was mixed so well. The production value was amazing. They had these MASSIVE jagged looking LED screens as well as some awesome lighting to go with it. The musical performances were really good, as would be expected from a music awards. I was especially impressed by the techies and their setting up-packing down skills(You can tell I'm married to Jacques, because I notice the sound techs). They were so incredibly fast! I mean, they had to be, but I can only imagine how organized they must have been to pull off they kind of speed they were going at.

Even the presenters were very entertaining. Colin Mathura-Jeffery looked very ellegent in his Gaga inspired meat dress. Although I'm quite conserned for the poor animals that went into the making of the dress.

For a person that really does not know celebrities well at all, I felt quite well conected there, which was quite strange. There was a few moments where Sara got excited over seeing someone, but had to pause for a few minutes to explain to me exactly who it was.

As usual at concerts, I decided to wear high heels. It did not take me long to degret it. As the photo of my foot suggests, my shoes decided to dig a hole in my toe. Was quite painful, but due to the fact that I could see over all the people in front of me at the red carpet, I think it was well worth it. Even after walking to the train station barefoot because it was less painful than wearing my shoes.

The amazing thing is that throughout this whole night of awesomeness, I did not spend one cent. I never needed to.

My holy foot

All of this fun-ness was thanks to Joanne and Dorian Caudy who couldn't go, so they gave me their tickets, and Jacques who didn't want to go, so Sara came with me instead!

Sara is famous!

We got our own little red carpet too

I'm not exactly sure what was going on here...

Some famous people. It's kind of like a zoo. Look, it's the endagered New Zealand musician!

Our spot at the front

Famous people - Including the lead singer of Avalance City in the red waistcoat

The really cool stage set up

Courage

2011-10-11T17:31:00.002+13:00

My thoughts today

2011-09-12T17:52:00.001+12:00

Pretty much it really.

How do you know what is right and what is wrong?

2011-08-19T20:54:00.001+12:00

How do you know what is right and what is wrong?

Answer here

Fashion Style Shoot

2011-08-15T21:28:00.001+12:00

2011-08-03T15:55:00.000+12:00

Generosity/selfishness

2011-08-01T13:59:00.002+12:00

I hate selfishness. Especially when I suffer from it, but also when others do. It's like a disease that not only effects you by making you think that you somehow can't survive without that one little thing, but it also effects those around you by making them seem slightly less important. I keep trying to remind myself that generosity is a massive challenge and that's why it helps me grow. It's like Jacques said in his sermon. Generosity is the antidote to selfishness. It's like having a cancerous tumor cut out. It hurts like crap, but is really rewarding afterwards. Yet, we don't cut out this tumor. We leave it there to grow and grow till it sucks all life out of our bodies. Till we become so consumed by it that we die. Although selfishness doesn't actually kill us, I believe strongly that it is the root of all the inequality we experience in our world. We see children starving to death and yet we prefer to buy a new shirt from Glassons for $20 than give that $20 to charity. Why are we not effected by the fact that our luxury is making others starve?

I know I seem a little bit pessimistic about human nature here. You have to admit that if you hold by some form of evolutionary psychology it makes sense. We have a drive to survive. However, our society has changed so much, but that drive to hang on to things in order to survive is still there. We have plenty of food (well, some of us do), housing and security, yet we tend to feel like we're going to somehow suffer if we don't upgrade our iPhone 3g to a iPhone 4. Next time you feel like you NEED a new pair of shoes, or NEED to eat out for dinner, just think about those that have less.

Hope it makes you think. It's certainly has made me think.

Living below the line!!

2011-07-28T13:21:00.001+12:00

So this is what I'm going to do. I'm going to live below the poverty line for 5 days form 22 August. It's this thing called Live Below the Line New Zealand!! I'm fundraising funds for The Global Poverty Project too and if you're interested in helping out, visit my page. Every dollar is appreciated!!

Now for something a little bit different

2011-07-23T18:45:00.004+12:00

Sara :)

2011-07-16T19:41:00.001+12:00

South-Africa!!

2011-07-12T09:44:00.001+12:00

So, for my mother-in-law's birthday (Happy birthday Jenneke!) we bought plane tickets to SA!! It's official! Omgosh so excited right now.

Can't believe I'm actually going

Woot!

Holidays

2011-06-20T14:21:00.002+12:00

Ahhh I love holidays! I've been more productive than EVER! I've washed half of our house windows (it's a work in progress since some of them are two stories up), dusted and polished all our furniture and cleaned the kitchen (and I mean CLEAN) every day since Saturday :)

Next I'm going to start spring cleaning our bedroom and study! Man I love holidays

I'm also planning on making Jacques' lunches for the next week (we usually make them on Sunday nights, but we were too busy yesterday). Also some yummy baking of scones and some cupcakes!

Yeah, I'm really loving this.
Really
Really

Mandy

2011-06-18T23:40:00.002+12:00

{heart}

2011-06-14T12:31:00.000+12:00

New photos

2011-06-13T22:18:00.005+12:00

Some new photos that Jacques and I have taken:

Interesting people

2011-06-12T21:23:00.000+12:00

Expectations

2011-06-11T12:00:00.002+12:00

Every exams I do the same thing. When it comes to crunch time I ask Jacques to change my Facebook password so that I can't use it to procrastinate. And every single time I have people saying the same thing. "You won't last", "You'll be back", "leaving Facebook never works". To those people I have something to say. Have a little bit higher expectations of me. I mean, I'm not going to fail just because you expect me to, but it's still really hurtful that my friends think I'm that reliant on something that I can't leave it for a measly week.

Since I'm studying psychology I'll introduce you to a concept. This concept is self-fulfilling prophecy. Basically, expect crap from people and you'll get crap from people.

Thankfully, I know I'm stronger than that and I expect myself to succeed to anything I put my mind to.

So Sarah out.

My new photography toys!

2011-06-10T12:49:00.005+12:00

Check out my new toys. I got a battery grip and a brand new flash for my camera! They're sooo much fun. Can't wait till tomorrow night when I have a photography job to try them out on. Kind of nervous, but even more excited!

Here's one of my first photos taken with my flash. COOL right? WEEEEEE *explodes*

Wait till you see Jacques' new toys though. I'm not telling you about them, because I think he would like to. It's just as cool, but luckily much cheaper than my new toys!

Newest hairstyle

2011-06-04T10:44:00.002+12:00

This is my hair as of last night! Crazy, but I LOVE it! Even more than I thought I would

Next step, dread the rest :P yahhh!
Ok maybe not.
But maybe

Slowly getting over stage fright

2011-05-30T21:45:00.001+12:00

and I do this by making a fool of myself and not caring :P

Exam study time!

2011-05-30T13:46:00.002+12:00

Yay it's the last week of Uni this semester. I've handed in my last assignment till August! So excited for a bit of relaxing. And by relaxing I mean studying. And by relaxing I mean blogging. Well we all remember what happened last time I had exams. I blogged everyday till the end of exams...This is because every exams I get Jacques to change my Facebook password to prevent any procrastination. Seems that I will find a way right?

I also have a few Red Dwarf novels to distract me though! I've finished Backwards and I'm not reading the first one (which is just called Red Dwarf...)

Here's to procrastination!
and (secretly)
Here's to getting straight A's for exams!

Brainsss

2011-05-20T18:28:00.000+12:00

I participated in a psychological study today! Was so much fun, because they did a EEG and I got to see it afterwards. Take that high school teachers! I DO have a brain and it works! On the down side, the dude put a red cross on my forehead with a marker and I forgot that it was there! So I've been walking around till now with a red cross on my forehead

I'm a quote collector

2011-05-16T22:27:00.000+12:00

I love quotes.
Here is one:

"My high school science teacher once told me that much of Genesis is false. But since my high school teacher did not prove he was God by rising from the dead, I'm going to believe Jesus instead" - Andy Stanley

Thank you
Goodbye

Dear people I reside with

2011-05-16T14:29:00.004+12:00

When eating bread, please consider the amounts of it that you eat. Also, consider the fact that I quite like wholegrain bread. By that I mean I only eat wholegrain bread. So on if on grocery day, mum comes back with the most amazing wholegrain bread and 2 white breads, please remember that if you dig into the wholegrain bread first, and finish it within the first day, I can't eat bread for the rest of the week.

Yours sincerely,

A hungry Appel

(to be perfectly honest, this doesn't really matter. Which is why I chose the passive aggressive approach)

The un-blog post

2011-05-05T13:57:00.002+12:00

I was on the train today and I thought of I really cool idea for a blog post, now I can't remember what it was. So have an image instead

I can't remember whether I have posted it before or not. I like it because it's one of my few completely original paintings (as in I didn't copy it off line drawings kind of thing)

6÷2(1+2)=? This has been annoying me for a while now

2011-04-30T21:07:00.005+12:00

6÷2(1+2)=9
It does not equal one.

This is how to solve it with the correct order of operations. I use BEDMAS to remember the order of operations.
B - Brackets (Priority 1)
E - Exponents (Priority 2)
D - Division (Priority 3)
M - Multiplication (Priority 3)
A - Addition (Priority 4)
S - Subtraction (Priority 4)
First you do anything in Priority 1, then 2 etc etc. If there are two sums with the same priority, you do them from left to right. A perfect example is this one:
6÷2(1+2)=
This is how to solve it. First the brackets
6÷2(3)=
Because there are no exponents we skip it. So we have Division and Multiplication, because 6÷2(3) is the same as 6÷2x3
Because they are the same priority, we solve them from left to right.
Therefore
6÷2=3
and
3x3=9

Get it?

My childhood ends 14 July 2011

2011-04-28T22:10:00.002+12:00

Not because of my birthday. I turn 21 next year February. The Harry Potter first book was released when I was 6. Now at almost 21 years old it's coming to an end. Harry Potter signified my childhood. When I watch the end of Deathly Hallows Part 2 I will be an adult. My childhood will be officially over.

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On that note, 27th of June is when my next break is from uni. This is my plan:
-Buy Portal 2 - Play with Lillian. Ignore rest of social life
-Watch 6 Harry Potter movies in one go :)

Woot!

Innate gamer?

2011-04-28T20:56:00.003+12:00

I just realized that when I sit at a computer, I automatically put my left hand on the WSAD keys. I would have expected that I'd put them on the "SDFG" keys and "HJKL" for my right hand. We learnt that way at school (in the days that lady's job possibilities were doubled when they could touch type). Does this mean I'm a born gamer? They gamer in me has brutally murdered the officer worker in me :P

I feel like celebrating this.

More Australians!

2011-04-24T14:52:00.003+12:00

While so many people I know went over to Australia for Easter, my mum in law came to NZ! At least someone knows where the cool place is to be :P

So far we've shown her around our area, but most of all we've been talking. And talking and talking and talking. Yesterday we all woke up (me last of course) and when I found the rest of my family everybody was sitting on my parents bed chatting and having breakfast. We sat there until 11am when I was the first person to get take a shower and get dressed.

I love how we can all just hang out :)

Everythings Amazing & Nobody's Happy

2011-04-24T12:33:00.001+12:00

Ouchies!

2011-04-21T10:12:00.002+12:00

After yesterday's hospital adventure I'm in a bit of pain and kind of confused...So don't be surprised if this makes no sense at all. It's amazing how a trip to the hospital for a minor surgery could be fun. I actually had quite the relaxing time. Mostly thanks to the awesome staff at Ascott Hospital. I'm thoroughly impressed.

First we arrived there and I was admitted in 10 minutes. We were told that they were a bit behind, and as a result I would have to wait two and a half hours. By this point I hadn't eaten for 13 hours, so I was pretty keen to get it over an done with. Thankfully they swapped my surgery with the man that was meant to go before me, so I didn't have to wait more than an hour! So I was asked at least four times whether I had crowns or anything loose in my mouth (among some other things) and I was off.

The one thing I was the most nervous about was the General Anesthesia. I was so scared that it will force me to fall asleep when I really don't want to. It was really not like that though. They injected me with the GA and all I remember thinking is "Oh, I'm falling asleep" and I was out. Next thing I remember was dreaming. I dreamt that my friend Olivia told me that they don't really put you under GA, they just give you laughing gas. This was very weird. Straight after this I woke up to a nurse telling me to calm down and relax. I was out of surgery and apparently I started pulling at the oxygen pipe thing in my mouth and I'd completely pulled it out.

After an hour in the recovery room, somewhere in between sleep and asking the nurse a lot of random questions about my heart beat (which apparently was as high as 123 bpm), Jacques was allowed to come see me. Apparently they don't normally let visitors into the recovery room, so I felt very blessed to have him here. It was lovely to hear his voice, despite the fact that it felt like 5 minutes ago since I saw him last.

After this I got to take a fun ride on my bed to my room. I swear the room could have passed as a hotel room. It was just me in there, so I could watch TV and listen to the radio as loud as I could. Not that I actually did. Most of my time was spent sleeping.

Jacques stayed with me as long as he could. When visiting hours ended at 8pm he had to leave. I was kind of there and not there at the same time though, so I only remember half of what happened. After dinner I remember talking to him about a book he's been reading and complaining about not being able to lie on the side of my body where I'd had my operation, but that's about it. Dinner was amazing though. I had chicken in this yummy creamy sauce with a rice risotto thing and delicious steamed veggies! There was also some ice-cream and boysenberry jelly. Seriously the best jelly I've ever had. That's not saying much considering that at this point it had been 18 hours since my last meal. I was so hungry I could eat Jacques. You might be pleased to hear I didn't though.

After Jacques left I slept like a baby. Till 9:30pm that is. I had to ring the nurse because I was wayy too hot. She was so nice to put the aircon down and get rid of some of my blankets. Till not I hadn't experienced any pain since the end of surgery, but I woke up at 3am and 4am in pain (mostly from the IV needle in my hand and not the actual cut under my arm!) Last time I woke up was at 6am ish when I accidently pulled apart the drain from my wound and they had to put it back together (lol....). Despite all this waking up I feel amazing. The thing I was looking forward too the most is getting the drain and IV out so that I can at least look like a normal person. After they did this I had a shower and hung around till breakfast. The breakfast they brought me was HUGE. I had 4 pieces of French toast with 2 rashers of bacon and maple syrup (YUM!) as well as 3 pieces of wholegrain toast with a poached egg. There was still yogurt, fruit salad and cornflakes left, but I was too stuffed form more than 6 slices of bread :S
Was definitely worth it. As far as first hospital experiences go, this wasn't too bad. I expected much worse. After breakfast my parents came and got me and I was out of there so fast.

Now I'm sitting at home, a bit dazed from all the drugs. Kind of bored...

Fears - Yes, a post that isn't about I am Challenge camp

2011-04-19T19:21:00.002+12:00

I haven't really told anybody this, mostly because I'm embarrassed and kind of don't want everybody going "dude, are you ok" or "what's wrong? Are you going to live" or anything along those lines. Tomorrow I'm going in for an operation. It's just to remove a small lump under my arm, so it'll be a small cut. It's not cancerous or anything, so afterwards I'll be fine. I'm just really freaked out about general anesthetic. I can't imagine what it must be like to be forced to fall asleep and waking up seconds later. Apparently it's quite nice. But something about it just drives me nuts. Kind of looking forward to all this being over! Maybe I can grab a few photos to share with everybody :P Who likes gory photos? I DO!

Other than that, I'm writing a 2500 word about Homosexuality and whether it is innate. Praying that I'll be sane enough after tomorrow to finish it by the weekend. I'm even working on Thursday! Luckily it's the kind the work where I can lie on the couch and do nothing.

Here's the awesome thing though, end of this week my mother in law is coming! And she's not the evil type, she's the awesome type. We all miss her so much here!

<3

I am Loved

2011-04-19T19:03:00.001+12:00

I am challenge camp 2011 - This time with more WORDS

2011-04-18T19:16:00.002+12:00

Woah! One weekend on a island with a bunch of crazy people? AWESOME!

This weekend, The I am Challenge gang went to Ponui Island (Google map it...It's pretty awesome!). It was a weekend filled with lots of rain, not a lot of sleep and a surprising amount of injuries. We went climbing up crazy slippery hills (Or as Dan put it, we went for a 'walk'), racing down slippery slides down this same hill, jumping (and falling, kayaking, racing, body boarding) in puddles, jumping off barges and general swimming. There was a lot of playing guitar playing and song singing. Also some crazy improv. too ("Copyright laws have changed, so we had to write a campsong"). With all this fun there was some tent flooding too, but no one let it get them down. Instead we had a sleepover!

Overall an amazing camp. Looking forward to 2012! I will make sure I'm there!

I am challenge camp 2011

2011-04-18T13:00:00.003+12:00

This was AWESOMMEE!

I am Sarah

2011-04-14T13:03:00.001+12:00

Inspired by the I am Challange

I am happy, I am sad
I am good and I am bad.
I am nice and I am mean.
I am more than what I seem.
You may not like me as I am,
Though I'm gentle as a lamb.
I am Sarah and I feel
Most of all
I am real

Hell - A thought by me

2011-04-05T23:05:00.002+12:00

This is what I think hell is like. The complete absence of God. You may ask what that means. Aren't we outside God now? No, because everything good is of God. God is good. He is love, he is grace, he is joy and he is justice.

You know when you feel really depressed. And I mean really. You feel alone, more alone than anyone can imagine. It feels like no one cares about you anymore. Complete solitude. You feel no hope. You feel like nothing will ever get better. You will never be free from the pain.
Sometimes you feel like screaming. Like crying, punching, killing. But most of the time you feel even that is futile. You think you no hope of change, no control over your sittuation and will never have any. You hate yourself for being this way. You hate everyone else for allowing it.

The thing is. In hell there is no hope.
There is no control.
There is no love.
No grace.
No justice.
No joy.
No once will ever care for you again.
No one will ever listen to you again.
No one will ever smile at you again.
No one will ever hug you again.
All that exists inside and outside of you is hatred.
Anger.
Frustration.
Darkness.
No more comfort.
No more laughter.
No more love.
Only pain.
Eternally.
Then you tell me you long to be there.
Because that's "where the party's at"
You tell me you don't want to go to heaven.

Fine if you don't want to believe in God
Fine if you don't want to accept his Love for you
Fine.
But never say that given a choice between heaven and hell, you'll chose hell.

Live intelligently
Live critically
Think about why you don't want to believe
Think about why you want to believe
Think about why you feel that way

As long as you're alive, you have a choice
A choice to investigate
to learn,
to love.
To change

God is good. He is love, he is grace, he is joy and he is justice.
Think about it, what would heaven be like if it's the complete absence
of evil.
God loves YOU

Sugar-free day

2011-04-05T22:44:00.002+12:00

This was actually surprisingly easy. I went through most of the day without even thinking about it...Till I had 3 tic tacs. I couldn't figure out whether they had sugar in them or not, because there's no ingredients list on the box! I just checked the website though, and it lists sugar first :(

I don't really consider that a failure though, because it is just three tic tacs. I reckon I'll try this again (since I had sugar today :O Yum caramelized peanuts! But I wasn't really aiming to have no sugar today). It was fun to have a mini-goal to aspire to under all my crazy big uni related goals (seriously, ask me about them...I love my uni goals!)

On that note, I'll say goodnight. Auckland is finally cold enough again for me to really appreciate our feather down duvet!

Peace

Baby steps

2011-04-03T18:51:00.002+12:00

I really need to start practicing what I preach. I love giving advise and helping people, but so often I catch myself giving people realllly great advise that I don't even practice myself. For example, recently I told someone that change is about taking little baby steps, not throwing yourself in there, because you will just go back again. So today I've been thinking about my goals in life and what I can do to get there. One of them is to eat healthier, but I keep catching myself eating take-aways that I don't even feel like, white bread, sugar filled juice, coffee with sugar, or just plain too much. Now I've tried the whole throwing myself into it thing, but I just keep coming back, so today I decided I want to do it with baby steps instead. Since sugar is my greatest enemy (it makes me feel pretty crappy, but I eat it anyway) I want to see if I can cut out sugar for a whole day. This will be sucrose alone, because cutting out glucose will be virtually impossible (that would mean no bread, pasta, apples, or anything that may give you energy :P). I'll post the results here to let you know!

Oh and happy 25-hour day everyone!

Hello again world!

2011-03-02T22:07:00.002+13:00

So I haven't been able to be on blogger in a week or two because for some reason it just didn't load and I really couldn't be bothered working it out.

But, life has actually changed heaps for me. More on the inside than the outside. Stress levels are down by a significant amount now that Uni has started. Surprising I know, but learning is like my safe haven of safeness. Especially now that I know that all my subjects are satisfactory. Yes, even Biopsychology (kind of like neuroscience but not) and Statistics. I'm just loving being really busy again instead of hanging around home trying to find things worthwhile to do.

On that note, another factor that has contributed to my stress reduction is the fact that Jacques has got a job! Not only that, but he actually likes it too. He's doing graphics/other stuff for a church bookstore in our area, which is awesome! This means my hopes of traveling to South-Africa and Australia at the end of the year is back! Woooop!

I will conclude my brief update with a pretty cool song. Goodnight world!

Botanical Gardens...

2011-02-18T21:29:00.003+13:00

...and a bunny hat

2011-02-11T21:16:00.001+13:00

Insurance

I am Sarah

2011-02-04T10:26:00.003+13:00

This year I'm doing a thing called the I am challenge. Basically, you have 10 different T-Shirts or singlets, with I am [your name] on them. You wear these for one whole year and collect fundraising for World Vision water sanitation projects.
I have to admit, that when I started it it was a bit of a "this will be something weird to do", but now it is something that I've become really passionate about. So please check out the website here or the Facebook group

If you are interested in sponsoring me, send me a short email at ssfoottit@gmail.com and I'll forward you bank details!

Any few dollars makes a difference

1st Wedding Anniversary

2011-01-29T20:25:00.003+13:00

Jacques taking photos of me in the shower :)

<3>

We stopped at the playground in Mission Bay. Coolest playground ever!

Mission Bay <3

The graveyard was flooded from the rain....

Plahhhh...

Brings a new meaning to treehugging

Wind blowing the water into Jacques' face <3

Yumm <3

Once again...Yummm :P

Afrikaans Church!

2011-01-09T11:28:00.002+13:00

The last three weeks we've been taking Jacques to the Afrikaans church that my parents attend. He's been there previously, but this time around I decided to make a real effort translating to him. As Alan and James (Jacques' friends from Australia) went with us a few times, between mum, dad and I we would get the message to them (although I am convinced that each of them have been getting different sermons). This specific church is a little bit small for a creche or children's church, so they have an area in the back where parents with small children can sit. In the hope of not disturbing anyone, we would sit there and translate. This is quite weird though, because I think we were more noisy than the children and got a few frowns from a specific lady who's 2 year old daughter was very well behaved. At this though, Jacques also seemed to think that sitting in the children's area meant that he had to act like one :P

This was quite an adventure for us. I don't know if the Aussies got much out of the sermons, but it was them who dragged us there this morning so it must be fun?

Family

2010-12-19T20:50:00.003+13:00

Amazing how one person can change so much in one year. At the start of this year I could not wait to be independent from my parents, but now as we hit another Christmas I realize how much I love having them around. Christmas in our family isn't the biggest affair ever. It's basically my parents, my husband and I. It really makes me wish that the rest of our family were closer. I hate the thought that my 2 nieces and nephew are all growing up without me being an influence in their lives. If I could have one Christmas wish it would be for all of us to be in one country again.

I've even been reminded heaps of things my sister and I used to do together. Small things. Like, when we used to share a room we would often talk for ages after actually saying goodnight. And sometimes she'd keep me company while taking a bath. Small things like this that I miss so much.

The weird thing is I even miss fighting with my brother about how it is unfair when he wins computer games against me. And both of them have the most amazing children, but on opposite sides of the world.

This Christmas they will be on my mind. I love you guys forever <3

Lillian Photoshoot

2010-11-22T09:36:00.000+13:00

India...

2010-11-21T16:17:00.003+13:00

and...Jacques' off to India! Last night was my *boohoo I'm going to miss you* night. Now I'm fine. So weird. We dropped them off at the airport this arvo and my mum felt so bad for me that she took me shopping! Something I haven't done in way too long. Somehow I think I'll keep myself busy. I have lots of springcleaning to do, books to read, japanese to learn and people to catch up with. I'm even planning a girl's night! Yay chick flicks!!

While I'm really sane at the moment, I'm not sure what tonight will be like...or tomorrow...or..well, you get the point. Right now, I'm kind of enjoying the silence. Ahhh..

Yesterday, as well as my first couple shoot, I also did a photoshoot with a beautiful 7 month old baby. My first time photographing a baby! It seems that my free photoshoots are of high demand as I'm fully booked for the rest of the holidays, and heaps more people want some photo-time. Anyhoo, here's one of my favorite photos from yesterday. There's so many more that I really love, but it's so time consuming to upload them to blogger.

My first couple shoot!

2010-11-20T10:24:00.000+13:00

2 down, 2 to gooo!!!

2010-11-10T11:41:00.002+13:00

Can't believe how close I am to being done with exam...I just finished my Theology exam. I have to admit, it was better than I thought. I totally messssed up the last question though, so I doubt I will do extremely well. Now I have a 2 hour break till my second exam for the day. This will also be my second to last exam YAY! Soon, I'll be done with Uni for 2010 :) I wouldn't be a newbie anymore (Instead, Jacques will be the "newbie" mwahahahahhaha)

Oh
so happy!

Toys?

2010-11-08T10:35:00.002+13:00

List of books for the Summer!

2010-10-30T20:36:00.002+13:00

I don't have enough faith to be an Atheist
The Chronicles of Narnia (Yes, all the books)
The Handmaids tale (I started reading this at high school, but never finished. Despite enjoying it)
Danny Champion of the World (Children's book, I know, but I've always been a massive Roald Dahl fan.
Red Dwarf - Backwards
Jodi Picoult - Perfect Match
- Perfect Picture
Huckleberry Fin

Thoughts? Think I can do it in 2 months? I'm reaaaaaly looking forward to being finished with exams!!

Fright Friday 2!!

2010-10-29T09:17:00.003+13:00

As promised in my previous post. a photo of my lovely mother :)

Fright Friday!!

2010-10-29T07:56:00.002+13:00

This morning I got up at 6am. Which to me is a miracle. I'm a serious night person! Especially since it's exam study time and I've formed a habit of sleeping midnight-9am (at least I sleep enough :P). There are multiple reasons I got up this early. Reason #1 is that I have work at McDonalds starting at 7am. Reason #2 is because my dear mother needed my assistance. At her work they have regular dress ups and today was one of these. It's Fright Friday! Due to religious reasons of many of the staff (which I totally understand) it's not Halloween :P Besides, Halloween is 31st October (right? I don't really know lol). Sooooo, due to my history as a partial goth (You know, on days that I could be bothered) I got to do her make-up. I have to say, it's the most fun I've had in WEEKS. I wanted to go to work with her to see people's reactions!!!
I was going to upload a photo, but I'm experiencing technical difficulties which call for superhusband...Too bad he's at class at the moment :P As soon as I can, there will be photos!

On a side note, I went to work at 7am, still kind of sleepy, with a coffee in my hand. Turns out I'm not working today. It's tomorrow. This information was very pleasing, because it means I can study today! YAY :D

Photography

2010-10-10T08:29:00.003+13:00

I know, I haven't been on here for a while. To be honest, I just haven't been bothered. But I'm expecting that, with exam time coming up, I'll be blogging a lot!

On another note: I want to introduce you to one of my favorite photographers. My big brother, Makow (Wilhelm Makkink). He's got a blogger and flickr if you want to look at his photos! They just get better and better.

On another note: I had a baby photoshoot yesterday!! Aimee is only a week old and she was SO precious. I'd love to do this again.

Here's a photo, which is interestingly enough, my favorite from the shoot

Coke keeps you thin! (1961 Coke commercial)

2010-10-02T21:54:00.000+13:00

I tried Zumba yesterday. I've been wanting to try it for a while, so was really happy to finally get chance. Now, I've never been a dancer. I always say that I dance like people with a monotone sing. Either way, this wasn't too bad. I think it would have been much better with friends. Also, maybe would have been fun if the Asian guy next to me didn't keep dancing into me :P

On another note: Check out this video

Quotes < 3

2010-09-30T11:10:00.000+13:00

"If we have chosen the position in life in which we can most of all work for mankind, no burdens can bow us down, because they are sacrifices for the benefit of all; then we shall experience no petty, limited, selfish joy, but our happiness will belong to millions, our deeds will live on quietly but perpetually at work, and over our ashes will be shed the hot tears of noble people." - Karl Marx

Whodunnit? - This is amazing

2010-09-29T15:51:00.000+13:00

My Redeemer Lives - Team Hoyt

2010-09-16T16:34:00.000+12:00

Wow wow wow...wow

Thinkgeek.com shirts!

2010-09-13T21:03:00.005+12:00

Horrible photo, but AWESOME shirt. I love it :)

Anyone get the references?

BMI: Is it right or not?

2010-09-11T11:38:00.002+12:00

Just wanted to share something I found interesting on BMI

Rose Shoot

2010-09-10T08:45:00.003+12:00

As promised: More Facepaint

Training for a Triathlon!

2010-09-10T08:40:00.002+12:00

I am so ridiculously excited. The past 2 weeks I've been running, cycling and swimming like crazy. I've really been loving having something to do with my holidays. Some friends and I decided that we need a goal. We were originally going to do the Auckland Half marathon, but it's full! Then someone came up with the suggestion to do a Triathlon. So the one we're doing isn't exactly the triathlon, it's more like a triathlon, but I'm still REALLY looking forward to it.

I'm on my way for a good 40min run now! :)

Yellow Rice

2010-09-05T19:42:00.002+12:00

Today we had a international food lunch for fathers day at church. Jacques and I made Bobotie with some Yellow Rice and Ms. Balls Chutney. It was great (If I don't say so my self). A few people asked me how we made the yellow rice, so I'll go over how we make it.

Ingredients

1 litre water

250 long grained, white rice

5ml salt

10ml ground tumeric

1 piece cinnamon stick

125ml raisins

15ml butter

30ml yellow sugar (I use Raw sugar. I believe you can't get yellow sugar in NZ)

1. Was the rice till the water is clear (or as near as your patience lets you).

2. Drain the water and let the rice stand for 30mins (I leave it in a colander to let it dry nicely)

3. Let the rice stand in water for 30mins.

4. Drain the water

5. Boil the water

6. Add rice slowly

7. Add turmeric and salt to boiling water. Boil for 20mins

8. Drain water

9. Add raisins and the cinnamon stick, then steam rice for 60mins

10. Mix in butter and sugar :)

Enjoy

Some of this recipe comes from our good old friend "Cook and Enjoy it" :)

Face Paint

2010-09-04T15:03:00.008+12:00

My first time playing around with face paint. Thursday night I'm doing a photoshoot with one of my friends, so I was experimenting as part of planning :P

Emily photoshoot :D

2010-09-01T17:54:00.005+12:00

Sorry if this post takes ages to load...I couldn't chose between photos :)

My Challenge

2010-08-31T14:45:00.002+12:00

I have this problem. My husband is an AMAZING cook. This is great, but my whole family has been picking up weight because we just eat way too much. I have picked up 13kg since we've been together. I believe people call it couples syndrome in all normal cases, but Jacques and I aren't normal. He can eat a horse and not pick up weight, so if I adjust our groceries to fit my diet, he loses weight. It seems hard to win.

A few weeks ago I bought a bike and was really excited to take it everywhere. Too bad I sprained my ankle quite badly. Not only did I get quite lazy from not walking anywhere, but I also couldn't ride my bike :(

NOW I've finally gotten back on my bike and I'm absolutely loving it. I got a notebook where I keep track of how much I ride and set goals, which is really helping to encourage me. I feel healthier already. My hope is to ride my bike to a closer bus stop each day (the 4 days that I have Uni in a week), then not only do I get exercise, but I also save around $5 a week :)

I'm really enjoying this now :) I shall update you guys on my progress

Shoot with Petro

2010-08-28T19:09:00.008+12:00

Archive from my Myspace blog #3

2010-08-20T18:32:00.001+12:00

Lillian dreamt she was a bacteria, with a bacteria friend...and then her bacteria friend dies, and salmonella comes along to be her friend...

Rebekah, the police was at her door, and she didn't believe that they're police so she asked their badges and thought they were fake, so she asks for their hats. Dream ends.

She had another dream with t rex's, walking along a bridge (she specified which one, but I can't remember) and the one is biting the nexto one's tail, creating a chain :)

My dreams are boring...I've got the recurring "driving in a car" dream...quite weird :P

So yeah, Becah's idea of chinese torure: Give Appel a Appel shaped container with reallly good candy in that she can't get out!

(I've got call coaching with me mum today :S)

Archive from my Myspace blog #2

2010-08-20T18:28:00.000+12:00

Oh the irony of walking home...seeing some rubbish...and realizing that the 'rubbish' is a Green party pamflet advertiziing their policies...
Why?
No I have nothing left to say
so my friends...I leave you with a simple video

Archive from my Myspace blog

2010-08-19T23:02:00.000+12:00

People like filling up their lives with things that stop them from thinking about their lives.
Music
TV
Work
Friends
Parties
etc etc etc...
In reality, what we really need is to know who we are, why we are and where we are by actually sitting and painstakingly thinking about it.
Ever tried to define precisly who you are?
Sometimes we want some consistancy...so we hang on to the past, because guess what?
It never changes! Now the future requires the attension :P

Read more: http://www.myspace.com/gothic_emosexual/blog#ixzz0x34qbuUI

Star wars love

2010-08-18T20:30:00.001+12:00

How much I miss Jacques' long hair

2010-08-14T23:59:00.002+12:00

Spot the differences? This is what boring, assignment filled, Saturday afternoons make me do

To my favourite Nephew

2010-08-13T22:29:00.006+12:00

Liewe PW, jy's nou amper 7. Nog net 3 daggies. Jy word so groot! Ek is seker dat jou ma so trots is op hoe 'n mooi seuntjie sy het. Ek is lief vir jou, en ek is so jammer dat jy sonder jou tannie in New Zealand moet groot word. Ek will he jy moet weet dat ek jou altyd mis, en ek kan nie wag tot ek jou weer sien en jou kan leer ken nie. Dan kan jy ook vir oom Jacques ontmoet. Jy sal baie van hom hou. Hy het baie karretjies en ander speelgoed. Wanneer ek kom kuier sal ek vir jou en sussie baie pressies bring om mee te speel! Spesiale presente van hier in New Zealand af. Ek weet ouma en oupa mis jou ook baie en is baie lief vir jou!

Geluk met jou verjaarsdag!

Liefies,
Saartjie en Jacques

Sample of my shoot with AnnA

2010-08-13T16:38:00.001+12:00

She was such a fun model :) We had a great time

Orange

2010-08-12T13:08:00.001+12:00

Picture I drew in class last year :)

Rocks out

2010-08-08T08:50:00.003+12:00

We lock our souls in cages
We hide inside our shells
It´s hard to free the ones you love
Oh when you can´t forgive yourself

...And if we just keep digging we can reach the foundation of our souls..

2010-08-06T20:07:00.002+12:00

I absolutely love this song.
It's real, and I like real.

On a side note, today I had my best photoshoot yet! Won't be sharing any just yet, but I'm really excited about how they're turning out!

You can say what you want

2010-08-04T20:00:00.001+12:00

but we're totally cool.
We should be in a movie.

Dear Foot

2010-08-03T22:02:00.002+12:00

I really don't like you at the moment. Not only do you make it hard for me to walk and give me random shocks of pain reminding me of my injury, but you also have given me a heck of a lot of Uni work to catch up on...I now have to do an essay on a topic which I have almost completely missed. However, my blog is about happiness, so I won't let you down. So instead I will thank disability services at Uni for giving me notes for all the classes that I missed and I will thank my ever patient husband for doing so much stuff for me that I can't.

So Foot, you I will ignore....

*Smiles*

Piha

2010-08-03T13:20:00.002+12:00

Last Saturday we took a drive out to Piha with our friends Lisa, Todd and Cindy. Also featured was Lisa's amazing little boy Jerome. We had so much fun! I think the best of the whole say was the ball. This ball ended its existance as a ball very early when someone's (beautiful and amazingly trained) dog caught it and punctured it. It soon became two halves of a deflated ball. Pictured here:

It was a great sunny day. Which is nothing short of a miracle in New Zealand this time of the year. We cherished every moment of sunshine!

Few more photos to come as I upload mine from the day!

Name Changing

2010-07-29T10:12:00.001+12:00

I really really really love my new surname. In fact, yesterday someone actually said to me, "oh that's a nice surname" as I finished spelling it to them the 4th time. In the last 6 months though, I've realized how rediculously complicated it is to change my name EVERYWHERE. I've changed it at most places, but not at the important place; University.

You see, in order to change my name at University, I have to change my name on my Visa first. This involves changing my name in my pasport, which I only got a year ago. In order to do this, I have to get a new pasport, but I also have to legally change my name in South-Africa, which means I need to apply for an ID book, which I never thought I'd need, so I never got one in the first place. Also, there seems to be no information for South-African citizens who live in New Zealand and got married in Australia. LOL.

On a side note, I made a deal with myself. If I lose 10kg, I can get my Tattoo. It shouldn't be that hard. It just involves going back to where I was 18 months ago.

Woop!

Plato

2010-07-28T12:25:00.003+12:00

Dear Plato, you're weird. So far I've figured this out. You believe the human soul is immortal, which isn't that big a deal, but apparently our souls come down to earth when our "appetite" drag us down from where the gods are, then when we're here, our only salvation is to study philosophy. Not to mention the fact that you suggest men should "love boys philosophically". Yes, LOL

Uhm, lol?

2010-07-27T18:42:00.001+12:00

In other news: I'm stuck on my bum for another week! I'm not sure if I should be excited about missing uni or really sad because I actually really like it (well, I sure like it a lot more than having to catch up/failing). Anyhoo, I get heaps of time to read! :)

Feminism

2010-07-26T13:26:00.011+12:00

I'm officially considering becoming a liberal feminist (Woman can do ANYTHING men can). Maybe the only reason there are some things men can do and woman can't is because of the crippling power of expectations. Admittedly I'm one of the gang of people who don't like assumptions about things that we don't know enough about (like whether gender, the biological difference between men and woman, have any actual impact on roles. Is there just some things men are "made" to do and some things woman are "made" to do?) and therefor its an emotional (not rational) decision based on the way some men (and often woman) have treated me. I've never fit the "box" of femaleness. I can't cook (in fact I'm generally quite happy staying out of the kitchen), I hate cleaning and I prefer khakis and t-shirts to pretty frilly dresses (although on occasion, I'm quite the fan of those).

I used to be in a girls boarding school where they used to educate us on how to be a 'lady'. They showed us exactly how to use a knife and a fork, how to cook (although minimally) and we had typing as a compulsory subject back then. On the other side, thanks to our awesome computer teacher we spent most of our lunchtimes playing Counterstrike (LOVES). I didn't see this as expectations of who I'm meant to be at all, but I did still rebel against it. My friends and I were avid fans of HIM (who back then weren't even released in South-Africa) and I was exploring this identity box (or stereotype if you like) called "Tomboy". Of course this meant that I was called a lesbian more than I was called my name (ok, this is an exaggeration) .

Till now, people assume I can't play PC games, that I cook well and that I can't drive, never mind change a tire (which I feel I have to point out, I can).

For future reference, I LOVE playing computer games, I love attempting/learning to fix PC's too (long considered doing IT, but reactions to this desire were overall negative). I love my car (it may have a pink/blue colour scheme to avoid stereotyping) and I love trying to fix small things myself. Right now my poor car has failed its WOF (Warrant of Fitness) due to 2 lights not working and a already repaired chip and I really look forward to changing those lights. Its proving to be a challenge as my manual provides no guidance and neither does Google, but turns out there are so many people who think I'm totally incapable of this.

Anyway, there's my random rant. I love emotional/totally irrational reactions

(in case there are things that don't make sense, I fail at proof reading)

Pretty!

2010-07-25T17:17:00.001+12:00

Last night

2010-07-24T11:10:00.003+12:00

WE have this great thing called Easy Way. Still one of my favourite places in China Town to go to. Last night we decided to go out there for our date night and get some bubble tea. I decided to get a peach milkshake + pearls, but something went wrong and I got a lichi. I didn't realize till we were in the car and Jacques told me that the waitress had heard me wrong. I went back to explain to her what happened with the hope that she would give me a peach one instead. She was really nice and not only gave me the peach one, but let me keep the lichi one. When we walked to the car, for some strange reason, we started talking to a young dude whose friends had left him in the middle of nowhere. Long story short, Jacques gave him the bubble tea, and he absolutely loved it! I feel like that was such a cool opportunity to make a (realllly really random) friend and completely by accident too :P

I have gone black!

2010-07-23T15:58:00.011+12:00

Finally, after years and years of constantly changing my hair I've collected the guts to dye it black. I was so scared that I won't like it, and I'm definitely not dyeing it back (haha back from black). Turns out I'm realllly happy with it. Also, Jacques is really good at dyeing hair. Who would have thunk it. Then again, could I marry a guy who can't dye hair?

I decided to share some photos of my other hair styles/colours

Grade 1 - Short

Grade 2 - Long

Grade 3 - Short (of course)

Grade 4 - Long

Grade 6 - Short (and not to mention a very horible photo...)

Year 11 - The start of the dye addiction - Bright red

Later Year 11 - Orange? NOT intensional. No one told me highlights in red hair goes orange :P

Start of year 12 - Greeeeeen

Year 12 - High maintenance Chick-Mullet

Year 13 - My favorite. Done by Pia

Later Year 13 - Cut all my hair off and dyed it dark brown (look, I'm a Jedi)

Same year - Chemically straightened (I'm going to pretend I'm sane)

2009 - Blonde

Just the start of this year - Dark hair again

Maybe my mum's right. Maybe I should stick with one style :P But where's the fun in that?

My car is evil

2010-07-20T18:10:00.002+12:00

My adventurous Sunday

2010-07-19T15:35:00.003+12:00

Sunday morning I had a little incident with the stairs. I was on my way to take the bike to Wendy's, but was a bit distracted texting, so I slipped and fell (luckily only down a few steps). As far as I remember I fell on my foot and got a bit of a scare, coz I heard a crack. Turns out I only sprained it, so they sound must have been it popping out of the socket (mhm yummy!). It hurt like crazy yesterday, but it's so much better today, so I should be back at Uni tomorrow (on crutches though).
Anyhoo, Have some photos <3 onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BqHtM_llqEI/TEPIWCffquI/AAAAAAAAAFo/BM5JfO8-h68/s1600/Image406.jpg">

Nicola

2010-07-16T00:19:00.003+12:00

We had such a fun photoshoot today! I got to do hair and make-up too. She was such a great model. More photos here

Also, I bought a bike :) and went for a nice long ride

In the last few days:

2010-07-14T18:55:00.003+12:00

-We bought a bicycle (2x tomorrow :D)
-I accidental turned down a job interview for a job I wanted
-I got a parking ticket
-I watched more TV than I have in the whole first semester put together (<3 Phineas and Ferb)
-I house-sat (which included looking after a very naughty, but cute dog)
-We got a free PC
-I hurt my foot :(
-We had a super-epic-crazy lan party, followed by more playing of PC games by me

Now it's almost back to Uni for me (and 38 000 other Auckland University students)

Preparing for LAN + for the less geeky

2010-07-09T14:54:00.005+12:00

Check out my set up...I like it, coz it looks cool, but really isn't that great

I've got 5.1 speakers connected to it, but because my laptop only does stereo, that's basically what it sounds like :P

Oh, and I just realized I have some lovely yellow balls next to my desk to play with

EDIT: I forgot to mention, I have a huge scary chair to go with it. My strategy is intimidation...If they think I'm serious about owning them, they might not realize that I suck.

For the less geeky:

this is the cutest thing I've EVER seen! When I stopped to take the photo a guy that was probably 6 foot something asked me to take a photo of him, and he was taller than the car <3

An accident waiting to happen

2010-07-04T15:25:00.002+12:00

I'm not sure what Jacques was thinking when he stacked our two washing thingies on top of each other...They haven't fallen yet?

I didn't post yesterday!

2010-07-03T21:29:00.003+12:00

I didn't post yesterday!

Seems holidays are boring and there aren't much to say.
Today however, was a special case. I went to pick up a pair of Rollerblades I bought on TradeMe, which was quite the mission, but I took Joanna with me so we can make it a mini-adventure. Turned out to be more than this. I miss calculated were our end destination is by a veryyy long shot. As in, different sides of the city. As a result it took us just under two hours to get there. We figured while we're out west we'll hang out with some of my friends that live there. John and Krissy are awesome, they took us (and John's beautiful dog Ozzy) to one of the west coast beaches. In case you didn't know this, West Coast beaches are covered in black sand. This gave for some awesome photos. Ahhh Golden hour, how I love thee.

This was an overall beautiful day. It was even worth me spending more money than I really can on petrol <3

Photos to come. Once my battery is charged again (it got a good workout today)

a day at the office

2010-07-01T17:13:00.004+12:00

Just a normal day in the New Hope office today. what was different were these computers. We're busy getting them all ready for our LAN party next week!

For anybody that hadn't noticed, I LOVE LAN PARTIES

<3

Appel

South Africa!

Mhm... Hotels

Geeks

Cleaning timeee!!

New Zealand Music Awards

Courage

My thoughts today

How do you know what is right and what is wrong?

Fashion Style Shoot

Generosity/selfishness

Living below the line!!

Now for something a little bit different

Sara :)

South-Africa!!

Holidays

Mandy

{heart}

New photos

Interesting people

Expectations

My new photography toys!

Newest hairstyle

Slowly getting over stage fright

Exam study time!

Brainsss

I'm a quote collector

Dear people I reside with

The un-blog post

6÷2(1+2)=? This has been annoying me for a while now

My childhood ends 14 July 2011

Innate gamer?

More Australians!

Everythings Amazing & Nobody's Happy

Ouchies!

Fears - Yes, a post that isn't about I am Challenge camp

I am Loved

I am challenge camp 2011 - This time with more WORDS

I am challenge camp 2011

I am Sarah

Hell - A thought by me

Sugar-free day

Baby steps

Hello again world!

Botanical Gardens...

I am Sarah

1st Wedding Anniversary

Afrikaans Church!

Family

Lillian Photoshoot

India...

My first couple shoot!

2 down, 2 to gooo!!!

Toys?

List of books for the Summer!

Fright Friday 2!!

Fright Friday!!

Photography

Coke keeps you thin! (1961 Coke commercial)

Quotes < 3

Whodunnit? - This is amazing

My Redeemer Lives - Team Hoyt

Thinkgeek.com shirts!

BMI: Is it right or not?

Rose Shoot

Training for a Triathlon!

Yellow Rice

Face Paint

Emily photoshoot :D

My Challenge

Shoot with Petro

Archive from my Myspace blog #3

Archive from my Myspace blog #2

Archive from my Myspace blog

Star wars love

How much I miss Jacques' long hair

To my favourite Nephew

Sample of my shoot with AnnA

Orange

*Rocks out*

Rocks out