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Monday, May 31, 2010
Birthday Invitations
I'm having a party for my birthday in June, and I ordered the cutest invitations online from Vistaprint!
I'm famous! (Kind Of)
My friend Claryse had to make a video about dance in every day life for uni, and she used me making brownies as her example!
Check it out on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rQkMc4xLjA
Check it out on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rQkMc4xLjA
Sunday, May 30, 2010
What Makes Me Happy...
Baking
I love everything about the process- the ingredients, the mixing, the baking, and the eating! I love seeing a recipe come to life. It's so fun for me.
Scarves
Rarely does a day go by in winter or autumn where I'm not wearing a scarf. And even in spring and summer- there are so many lightweight scarves made now that I often accessorise with one then too! I have an addiction to buying colourful scarves. In fact, I have two rungs on my closet doors specifically just for hanging all of my scarves!
Sydney summers
There is nothing like summer in Sydney- it's nearly Christmas time, everyone's on holidays, the days are long and the weather is hot. I love it. Everyone seems more relaxed during summer. People have BBQ's, pool parties, go to the beach or head to the coast. You get to wear more casual clothing like t-shirts, shorts and dresses, and it's an excuse to just wear thongs instead of normal shoes!
Photography
I especially love taking photos of kids and seeing their personalities come through in an image.
Reading a good book
Right now, my bedside table has a pile of 6 books waiting to be read... I love getting caught up in a good story. You can see what I've been reading lately on my sidebar on the right.
Dancing
I love all the people I have met through the dance studio I go to. I love working up a sweat at dance classes- because it doesn't feel like exercise since it's so much fun!
Working at school
I love my job working at my old school. I love getting to know the kids, and them knowing me. Just last week, I had a group of Year 5 girls tell me I'm "cool" because "I know what they like", and it made my day!
I love everything about the process- the ingredients, the mixing, the baking, and the eating! I love seeing a recipe come to life. It's so fun for me.
Scarves
Rarely does a day go by in winter or autumn where I'm not wearing a scarf. And even in spring and summer- there are so many lightweight scarves made now that I often accessorise with one then too! I have an addiction to buying colourful scarves. In fact, I have two rungs on my closet doors specifically just for hanging all of my scarves!
Sydney summers
There is nothing like summer in Sydney- it's nearly Christmas time, everyone's on holidays, the days are long and the weather is hot. I love it. Everyone seems more relaxed during summer. People have BBQ's, pool parties, go to the beach or head to the coast. You get to wear more casual clothing like t-shirts, shorts and dresses, and it's an excuse to just wear thongs instead of normal shoes!
Photography
I especially love taking photos of kids and seeing their personalities come through in an image.
Reading a good book
Right now, my bedside table has a pile of 6 books waiting to be read... I love getting caught up in a good story. You can see what I've been reading lately on my sidebar on the right.
Dancing
I love all the people I have met through the dance studio I go to. I love working up a sweat at dance classes- because it doesn't feel like exercise since it's so much fun!
Working at school
I love my job working at my old school. I love getting to know the kids, and them knowing me. Just last week, I had a group of Year 5 girls tell me I'm "cool" because "I know what they like", and it made my day!
Monday, May 24, 2010
How to Applique
So, I'm on holidays. Holidays mean I need a project.
My new project: sewing. To be more specific, applique.
I went to a craft group with one of my dance teachers last week and was captivated by one lady who sat at the sewing table appliquing a rocket ship design on to a t-shirt for her little boy.
Since I don't have a sewing machine yet, I decided to try appliquing by hand. My other dance teacher just had a baby girl two weeks ago, so I thought I'd try appliquing the baby's name onto a onesie. That worked out so well that I thought I'd make one for each of her other daughter's as well!
It was actually pretty easy, just time consuming.
I went to the fabric store and bought matching fabric in different colours for each of the three girls.
With the printed names underneath the fabric, I traced the outline of the name.
Then I cut the letters out individually.
Here was the tricky part: using an iron and fusible webbing to stick the letters to the t-shirts. It took a few tries and a few different methods before I figured it out.
Once I ironed the letters with the fusible webbing, it stuck pretty well.
My new project: sewing. To be more specific, applique.
I went to a craft group with one of my dance teachers last week and was captivated by one lady who sat at the sewing table appliquing a rocket ship design on to a t-shirt for her little boy.
Since I don't have a sewing machine yet, I decided to try appliquing by hand. My other dance teacher just had a baby girl two weeks ago, so I thought I'd try appliquing the baby's name onto a onesie. That worked out so well that I thought I'd make one for each of her other daughter's as well!
It was actually pretty easy, just time consuming.
I went to the fabric store and bought matching fabric in different colours for each of the three girls.
Then I printed out their names on paper in block letters to trace.
With the printed names underneath the fabric, I traced the outline of the name.
Then I cut the letters out individually.
Here was the tricky part: using an iron and fusible webbing to stick the letters to the t-shirts. It took a few tries and a few different methods before I figured it out.
Once I ironed the letters with the fusible webbing, it stuck pretty well.
But I thought it would look better if it was stitched on, so I stitched the letters by hand.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Where I'm At
Today is my last day of class for the semester!
Semester One, complete!
These past 10 weeks have gone so fast, I can barely believe the first semester is over. I now have the rest of May, the whole of June, and two weeks of July off! So much spare time, I won't know what to do with myself!
Of course, there are a few uni-related things I have to finish up before the semester is over. We have a workshop on behaviour management to attend, and we have to make a presentation on what we have learnt through working with our community service agencies.
The fact that my group hasn't actually started mentoring at our school yet is a bit of an inconvenience, but we have still had a few opportunities to meet with the kids and get to know them.
I have to say, the main thing I have learnt is not to judge people by their post code. The area within which the school is located is one of particularly low socioeconomic status (how's that for a university term?!) and has quite a bad reputation.
BUT, the kids and parents that I have met from the school are all fantastic. Whether this is because the teachers only selected 'good' kids, I don't know, but regardless, it has changed my perspective.
We will start mentoring hopefully next week, and visit the kids at school once or twice a week throughout our holidays.
I've also had the opportunity to start mentoring at a different school, Macarthur Anglican School, which is a sister school in the same association as PAC, where I went. I got an email from uni offerring spots in the program, and immediately sent my application. Turns out, being enrolled in a teaching program does wonders for your resumé! I got picked straight away. I'm really excited to be working with a very different group of kids to those that I am currently.
So, that's a quick catch up on what I'm up to.
Tomorrow (Friday) I'm having my girl friends over for a sleepover! I need it. We need it. It shall be good. I'm looking forward to some down time!
Semester One, complete!
These past 10 weeks have gone so fast, I can barely believe the first semester is over. I now have the rest of May, the whole of June, and two weeks of July off! So much spare time, I won't know what to do with myself!
Of course, there are a few uni-related things I have to finish up before the semester is over. We have a workshop on behaviour management to attend, and we have to make a presentation on what we have learnt through working with our community service agencies.
The fact that my group hasn't actually started mentoring at our school yet is a bit of an inconvenience, but we have still had a few opportunities to meet with the kids and get to know them.
I have to say, the main thing I have learnt is not to judge people by their post code. The area within which the school is located is one of particularly low socioeconomic status (how's that for a university term?!) and has quite a bad reputation.
BUT, the kids and parents that I have met from the school are all fantastic. Whether this is because the teachers only selected 'good' kids, I don't know, but regardless, it has changed my perspective.
We will start mentoring hopefully next week, and visit the kids at school once or twice a week throughout our holidays.
I've also had the opportunity to start mentoring at a different school, Macarthur Anglican School, which is a sister school in the same association as PAC, where I went. I got an email from uni offerring spots in the program, and immediately sent my application. Turns out, being enrolled in a teaching program does wonders for your resumé! I got picked straight away. I'm really excited to be working with a very different group of kids to those that I am currently.
So, that's a quick catch up on what I'm up to.
Tomorrow (Friday) I'm having my girl friends over for a sleepover! I need it. We need it. It shall be good. I'm looking forward to some down time!
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Catch up
Just a quick post- because I am at uni and am about to go to a lecture in 10 minutes.
I have been absolutely smashed by uni work. With two weeks to go, it seems like they have hit us hard with assignments. I have to do lesson plans, presentations, group work, make a website, write essays... the list goes on.
Last week I didn't even venture out of the house unless it was for uni. I spent the public holiday Monday literally holed up in my house all day. I didn't got to dancing that day... or the next... or the next. I even skipped Bible Study. I was so snowed under. Comer the weekend, I was exhausted. I got home after work on Sunday afternoon and had a nap with the intention of waking up around 5.30pm in time to go to church... and it just didn't happen. When I woke up, it was dark. But it felt so good to sleep!
Now, I have a little break from assignments (and I mean literally a few days' reprieve), so I'm back in the world a little bit. Yesterday I was at Kingswood campus all day for a skills day for Year 9 kids as part of the community service we have to do in our degree. It was actually quite fun to hang out with older kids and get to know them a little bit. Since they're pretty unfamiliar with the campus, we organised an "Amazing Race"-style challenge where they were put into teams and had to find certain locations using cryptic clues. My team won! We got in trouble for running inside though... haha. But it was worth it!
Tonight my Bible Study is going out for dinner and then to see Iron Man 2 at the movies. On Saturday night we went to Jenny's house and watched the first Iron Man whilst making homemade pizzas, and we all liked it so much that we agreed to go and see the sequel tonight! Hopefully it lives up to the hype!
I have been absolutely smashed by uni work. With two weeks to go, it seems like they have hit us hard with assignments. I have to do lesson plans, presentations, group work, make a website, write essays... the list goes on.
Last week I didn't even venture out of the house unless it was for uni. I spent the public holiday Monday literally holed up in my house all day. I didn't got to dancing that day... or the next... or the next. I even skipped Bible Study. I was so snowed under. Comer the weekend, I was exhausted. I got home after work on Sunday afternoon and had a nap with the intention of waking up around 5.30pm in time to go to church... and it just didn't happen. When I woke up, it was dark. But it felt so good to sleep!
Now, I have a little break from assignments (and I mean literally a few days' reprieve), so I'm back in the world a little bit. Yesterday I was at Kingswood campus all day for a skills day for Year 9 kids as part of the community service we have to do in our degree. It was actually quite fun to hang out with older kids and get to know them a little bit. Since they're pretty unfamiliar with the campus, we organised an "Amazing Race"-style challenge where they were put into teams and had to find certain locations using cryptic clues. My team won! We got in trouble for running inside though... haha. But it was worth it!
Tonight my Bible Study is going out for dinner and then to see Iron Man 2 at the movies. On Saturday night we went to Jenny's house and watched the first Iron Man whilst making homemade pizzas, and we all liked it so much that we agreed to go and see the sequel tonight! Hopefully it lives up to the hype!
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