Happy Valentines Day

Definition: Valentine's Day is often refered to as St. Valentine's Day. There were two Saints attributed to the naming of the holiday. Both men were imprisoned and killed for being Christians in the 3rd century A.D. One story goes that one of the Saints wrote a letter to his jailer's daughter for her kindness and signed it 'your Valentine'.
A more likely story is that both Saints died on February 14, which in Roman times was the night before a festival called Lupercalia.
This Roman festival had a lot to do with fertility and probably some of those customs got attached to the modern day celebrations of Valentine's Day.
Today, it is a day to tell people you love them and exchange Valentine's cards.

So today is Valentines Day. 14 February. >.<
(tbh) I don't actually know what Valentines Day is all about.. I've heard that you're supposed to spend your time with your loved ones, or if you're single (just like me), find love.
Maybe it's just me, but I really don't enjoy Valentines Day. I guess I'd be saying different if I had a boyfriend..but I don't.
I also just realized that 'spending your time with your loved ones' doesn't exactly have to refer to your boyfriend, I guess it could also mean your family? Or maybe someone that you really care about? (idk)
I hope that next year, it will be a lot better than this one >.< ㅋㅋ

Macca's - Papamoa

I've heard through a friend who lives in Singapore, that McDonalds (in Singapore) delivers.. How handy would that be? But, then everyone would get extra lazy, just like Pizza Hut lovers.ㅋㅋ
Anyway, I had a little trip to McDonalds (slang: Maccas, MacD's) with my parents today. I'm amazed I agreed to go with them, since I'm not into hanging out with the parents, Lol.
Mum got Dad to pay for the meals and it ended up being only him buying and eating the Maccasㅋㅋ Me and Mum decided to order McCafe. I don't know if you get it anywhere else (I doubt you don't), it's like a cafe that is part of McDonalds. It's really nice.

Anyway, long story short, I order a slice of carrot cake and a tall iced chocolateㅋㅋ
The McCafe~








Oh yeah, the McDonalds in Papamoa, is the only one (I think) in Bay Of Plenty 24hr drive-thru, and the only one where you can refil your cup again and again. Lol,
A couple of my friends work here and say that it get's REALLY busy. I think that if I worked at a McDonalds, I would always eat it on my break.. ㅋㅋ >.<"

Back To School

Argh!!! >__< I'm back at school! Which means I'll have no time to blog (I'll try my hardest).
Anyways, back at school now, holidays are over, makes me so sad : (
Oh yeah, I'm back home now (after staying at Luccis house all holidays) and my laptop is so outdated that it doesn't have the Korean keyboard settings Lol, so that's why the symbols are missing..

I really don't see the point of school anymore : P I'm planning on leaving at the end of this year and either doing student exchange to another country or going straight to university to study Fashion design Lol,
This year I'm senior, Year 12 (Form 6) at College and so far school is boring me to death.. literally.
Plus I don't know practically anyone in most my classes and my form class (roll check class) has been split up because our teacher left >__< so annoying!

I chose English, Maths, Sewing, Photography, Design, and Journalism this year.. I have it all planned out ^__^ .. English; is compulsory so I can't avoid this one, no matter how stupid I think it is. Maths; I need basic maths for Fashion design (seeing as you'll be measuring material most of the time). Sewing; so I can learn techniques in sewing. Photography; is kind of a back-up plan for if the fashion designer career doesn't work, I can go to fashion shows and take photographs ^__^ still involved with fashion. Design; I can learn how to design logos and prints for t-shirts, or since I love blogging so much it may come in handy. And finally Journalism; I practically did this because I had nothing else to pick and I thought it'd help me with writing my blog easier ^__^

So all in all I really don't like school, and if I had the option to leave and do exchange now I'd be gone in a second ^__^ but I can't (right now my bank balance is literally $0.00, really need a job : P).

Coronation Park - Mount

I'm in a hurry to upload these and there's more so on another post I'll post more ㅋㅋㅋ





This is a Maori carvingㅋㅋ









I only just found this (and how long have I lived in Mount for..>__<) and it's some sort of memorial for a memory of a Japanese guy and a Kiwi guy planting it, so they planted the tree for him..

Mount Surfshop

Obviously the title tells where the shops is..ㅋㅋ
There's this really annoying ad for the Mount Surfshop that always plays on the radio and gets stuck in your head. It kinda goes like "I wanna go surfing! (Mount Surfshop) Blah Blah Blah" (Forgot the restㅋㅋ).
We didn't stay in here long because there wasn't really much stuff that Lucci likes in the shop (she's not into wearing surfbrandsㅋㅋ) so I just took a picture of the shoe rack at the front of the storeㅋㅋ I also have a goal; to get my mum to buy those pink sneakers!! ^__^ ㅋㅋ
Mount Surfshop sell all the surfing/skating brands (more surfing than skate), and they sell Surfboards at the back, wetsuits, bikinis, boardshorts. Practicaly everything that's for surfingㅋㅋ
It's not the only surfshop down Mount (if I'm correct there are 3main ones ㅋㅋ) and a new surfshop recently opened up right opposite Mount Surfshop called North Beach (I brought my leather school bag from thereㅋㅋ $45!!). It's a lot bigger than Mount Surfshop and it has more variety, but Mount Surfshop has been in Mount for quite awhileㅋㅋ

Evolution - Mount

I couldn't manage to get any good photo's for Evolution, since the lady in the shop kept watching me (the camera was out, and onㅋㅋ). So I pretended to take pictures of Lucci and managed to take a couple of shots of the shopㅋㅋㅋ
Evolution (down Mount) is quite expensive so we were only browsingㅋㅋ
They sell all kinds of fashion items, but not much accessories. The prices are pretty expensive and even if something is on sale they're still high (큭).
Evolution in also in Bayfair (more of Bayfair soon) >__<



(What's with shops and Chandeliers..?>__< ㅋㅋ)

Please Tees - Mount

Please Tees down Mount.
we only went here for a browse since we spent all our money. Please Tees a shop full of T-shirts (ㅋㅋ). It has funny quoted t-shirts and plain trendy ones. I love the 'Warner Bro' one.
The prices are quite expensive for tops but they're really good quality. They also sell the 'LOWER' brand which is NZ's home-made brand ㅋㅋ (Yay!). People that dress themselves entirely in LOWER are known as 'Lower Fags' here in Mount.. I'm not sure about anywhere else thoughㅋㅋㅋ

Walking The Harbour Bridge

After our time in town we had to cross the rail bridge to meet my mum on the other side. To me it took forever, plus it was so hot that I'm sure I tanned >__< (I try avoiding tansㅋㅋ)
I think I must've taken too many pictures while we were walking across, because by the time we got to the carpark on the otherside the memory card said it was full (큭) so I had to delete the 'un-interesting ones' to make room for more >__<

Walking onto the bridge...
The bridge has been here since I was born (93), so I was pretty untrusting with the whole idea of the boards giving way, letting me and Lucy fall into the water below >__<
During summer people like to jump off the train bridge and into the sea below, since there aren't any real threats in our watersㅋㅋ The biggest maybe being a baby shark the size of a chihuahuaㅋㅋ Or a little Jellyfish (which I absolutely hate..)










A view of the Mount from the bridgeㅋㅋ


This was a really random wire pole in the middle of the waterㅋㅋ
















At the end of the 'Bridge Walking' trip we had to wait for my mum, we ended uo sitting on this huge fallen tree trunk(at the same time, getting bitten by little fliesㅋㅋ)