Can you help me?

In a moment I am going to list a few items I want/need for my move to India (in just 8 sleeps!!!), that you might be able to help me with etc... but first I want to share just a few photos from the past day seeing as I didn't post anything yesterday!

Melissa suggested I freeze grapes to eat and oh my goodness they are amazing. Do it.

Mum and I went out for lunch today, and it was SO yum! For dessert we ordered a chocolate truffle (it was huge), and this cute lime tartlet. Yummy!

And mum and I both ordered these chicken/apricot/cheese + turkish bread meals. So. Good.

We took a chance to work out how things are going financially. Because there are so many of you that have offered support in this area, I want to keep it quite transparent, to show where things are going to! We worked out that it is actually up to about $10,000 which is just under what I will need (between 12-13 grand), so not too bad!! Thank you to everyone who has helped out - I am so grateful! A couple of items are blurred out because I didn't know if the people who donated the money would like to be known etc.

Today I also had the absolute pleasure of catching up with Christine at the tea shop on Devonport Road - we ordered sweet cinnamon tea = heaven in a cup. I am so guttered that I am not going to be in NZ for when she gets married! Ugh. These small sacrifices that I have to take can sometimes make it harder to leave.

MAIL! I received a few letters today, one from Cat with a 'Life survival kit', one from Germany, and one from the Netherlands! I love mail and I was so excited to get these! Also another important letter I received was from IRD saying that they have granted me 12-24 month intrest-free student loan (usually if you are overseas longer than 6-months you have to pay interest).

My 100th post is coming up soon... I am thinking I will do a giveaway to celebrate this milestone! Leave a comment if you think yay or nay on this idea. If people aren't keen I wont bother haha.

Okay, so returning to the original purpose of this post, can you help me out?

If you have any of these things below, and you are willing to part with them for a year or permanently (I can pay a bit of money in some situations if needed), please let me know! It will just be one other way of reducing costs:

- a plain, white mosquito net without holes

- any unused 35mm film canisters for my old Minolta camera

- an old/spare external hardrive

- an old ipod that has decent battery life but in any condition! The battery life on mine lasts about 1hr if I am lucky!

- anything else you might think could be of use!

So yeah, it would be amazing if anyone has any of these handy, that they aren't planning on using in the near future, or you know is just going to sit around gathering dust!

My anxiety levels are creeping up as each day passes, I just cannot believe that I am leaving in a short 8 sleeps... time is flying by so quickly! But I cannot wait to experience this country that I have been dreaming of since I was about 13.

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Bright Star

This poem is so beautiful. This movie is beautiful.

If you haven't seen this film, I highly recommend it. When I first watched it with Larissa, Britt and (I think) Tash or Kaitlin (?), it was Larissa's birthday, and we had the seats at the very extreme front centre of the theatre. We ended up lying on the ground because our necks became so sore from looking upwards the entire time. Everything was super disproportioned. It didn't help that the John Keats' girlfriend/fiance was called Fanny. And her sister was named/nicknamed Toots.

So if you haven't watched this, it is a true story about the poet John Keats, who died before he saw the success of his work. He died thinking he was a failure. But this film is more about the love that developed between John and Fanny, and the way in which she influenced his poetry.

Yes, this is more of a film girls will prefer, and yes, it is extremely romantic and soppy - but I have no regrets whatsoever for crying through this. None at all.

The film is as tragic as Moulin Rouge - just when things get happy between the couple, something has to give.

Moulin Rouge - no excuses. You have to watch it.

Don't even argue with me on this.

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And that, people, is how you make a blog turn super girly and sickly with just one post.

I promise I got (most) of it out of me.

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Time Capsule

This post marks my 80'th one! Woohoo!

So today I finally had my disposable camera developed, and it is pretty much like opening a time capsule! Some of these photos are from when I was 16/17 (and Joseph had a terrible hair cut! - photo 5). The later ones are more recent (a few weeks ago), like a photo of Larissa that would cause her to hunt me down and severely injure me if I put it on here.

Also note the difference in hair length from the first self portrait, to the last (waist length). I think that will be from 2010-2011.

The final photo is one I took at my brother's flat last year - definitely a boy's flat!

Also today, I had the absolute priviledge of catching up with Amber! It has almost been an entire year since I saw this beautiful girl.

Yesterday I had the honour of meeting the Tauranga IS prayer group, and shared my story and what I am moving to India to do! They are such a lovely group of people, and I felt lucky to enjoy afternoon tea with them! So thank you :)

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Minolta Uniomat Pictures

*Please credit me if you use these photos :) *

Latest design:

So this image is my repeat for screen-printing: the red and black part of the design is what a baby will be able to see within the first few weeks from birth, and as their eye-sight progresses, they will be able to perceive the blue aswell :)

Now I just have to print the films, expose the screens, choose which ink system to use, and PRINT!!! Woo!!

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