Time flies when your having fun.

Into my 5th week in India already, man time flies.

After church yesterday us girls went out again to do some shopping. I had fun fun fun. India is so fun to shop in and there are so many things I want to take home.
I saw these chuck taylors, which I plan on buying before I leave they were the coolest chucks I've ever seen in my whole entire life.

On Thursday Daya and I are going with Ben and Vinu to some place (I'll find the name out some time soon) for 2 nights which will be fun. It takes a 6 hour train ride I think. So that will be cool to experience.

Theres so much more to tell but most of it just goes straight into my diary :)

I love India so much, and definetly will be coming back one day.

Movie time.

Last night, me, Daya, Dani and Samara all went to go see Harry Potter and the deathly hallows, part 1. It was such a good movie actually.

We caught an Auto there, went in and brought our tickets, then we went and had a bite to eat at Mcdonalds.

After that we went into the building, had our bags checked and went through a metal detector. Went up the elevator to the 4th floor, had our bags checked again and went through another metal detector (how can you not feel safe? lol).

The girls brought 2 lots of cheese popcorn, and guaranteed me that I would love it. It was absolutely gross. So instead I stuck to some caramel popcorn which was really nice.
Walked into the movies, and it felt just like walking into Hoyts at slyvia.
Big screen, lots of room, the chairs recline a bit, very very clean and nice.
There was even an intermisson halfway during the movie, incase you needed to use the bathroom or buy more food.

After the movie finishes you walk out a totally different do then you entered in with and walk down a whole bunch of stairs, which is exactly what happened when I saw a movie in Malaysia once.
The movie finished at 6:20pm and it was dark outside, in Nz is doesnt get that dark until like 8 or 9ish :)

Caught an Auto back, talking about how good the movie was on the way back. Was a cool experience and look forward to doing it again.

What's going on.

On Friday last week, me and Daya went to the Bangalore Palace (sadly you had to pay to take photos, so I can't show you).

It was quite an experience, when you paid you were given a little audio player and headphones, and as you moved around the palace there were numbers, and you could just press on the numbers and listen to the history behind such a beautiful building.

You could see pictures of the kings and their families, there were even some stools made out of elephants hooves (which isn't that nice, but still cool to see). Rooms where the king had his clothes mad, courtyards, and there was much more, but I am having a mind blank at the moment.

Also while we were there they were setting up for a wedding, and my oh my by the looks of it, its going to be HUGE! It was sooooo pretty and there were lights everywhere, chairs getting decorated, flowers hanging from the ceiling, just beautiful :D


 So that's some of what I've been up to.

The church that we went to on Sunday is a very multi-cultural church, which I think is so cool. There were Africans, Indian (of course), Chinese, European, Australian. Was very very cool. The church itself reminded me of Horizon back in the days, but I liked it, was nice.

So I am enjoying India alot, its really nice and definitely different, the food is yummy as, still getting used to the spiciness of it all though. The kids are the cutest darn things you have ever seen haha. I met one little boy on sunday, Paul Junior, and according to him he is the strongest 4 year old ever! He even showed me his muscles :D aren't I lucky lol. He followed me around telling me lots of stories and showing me tricks and whatnot, definitely a little friend I won't forget.

So that's all for now, thought I better update you all (mum, haha) on what I've up to and what not. :D

20 random things.

1) My favorite color is purple. Royalty and destiny.
2) I have a collection of movie tickets.

3) I have 2 brothers and 2 sisters and love them heaps.

4) If I could live anywhere it would either be on a beach or in Wellsford.
5) I'm only a quarter Maori, but I tell people im half :)
6) I went to China, Malaysia and Mongolia when I was 12.
7) I own 20 rings, 200 bracelets, 20 pairs of earrings, and 30 necklaces.
8) I have the best friends in the world.
    *Kelsi
    *Chai

9) I have the best family in the world, 25 cousins on one side, hundreds on the other (can you guess which side is the Maori side, haha)
10) I am utterly and totally in love with God.
11) All my embarrassing moments involve me walking into a door, or falling over in a store.
12) My biggest fears are possums, pray mantis and cows.
13) I hate planes.
14) I have the best parents and grandparents in the world.
15) I'm currently about 5ft4 and have stopped growing. And my 12yr old sister is taller than me.
16) I once read 12 books in 10 days.
17) Realized the other day in 1year and a half years I will be 18. The world should slow down a bit.
18) When I was little I wanted to be a dancer. Now I don't have a single clue what I want to do.
19) I like watching rugby.
20) I love music. I love playing piano. I like the guitar. My radio is on 24/7. My cd's are in both cars, and in all our stereos. I love love love music.

Nose piercing.

Got my nose pierced the other night. Caught an Auto into Commercial Street, then walked down an alley way following a sign that said 'piercings'. Walked in, got asked whether you wanted it pierced manually or with a gun. Chose manually, seeing as it was more traditional, and more of an experience. First he sprayed some anesthetic to numb some of the pain. Then he got out this needle thing, and put it on this plate and blew the fire onto it to heat it up till it was hot red to sterilize it. 

After that, and after he drew the spot on my nose where it was going to go, he got the needle and shoved it through (not as painful as it sounds).

Im not going to lie, it hurt, quite a bit, but it wasn't a tear drenching, screaming kind of pain. After the needle was through it looked a bit like this.

Yup that's definitely a keeper :)

After that the pain was gone, didn't feel a thing. Next he got the bottom piece of the piercing (which goes in your nose) and put that in my nose and pushed it up through the hole with the help of tweezers.

Got the top piece of the piercing, screwed it in, and voila, it was complete :)

Getting a nose piercing in India, check :)

But of course Jodi and Samara also got their nose's pierced which look so cool, Sam was very brave, she went first brave brave brave, and it looks beautiful. Jodi's also looks beautiful, and of course she's brave too ;)

Here are all the photos :)

Emotions, emotions.

Was a bit sick yesterday, and passed out while I was walking and hit a door. Ouch.
Also homesickness is kicking in. But knew that was coming.

Tonight we are doing some firecrackers! They are super super loud, have been going off all day.

Enjoying everybit of being in a different country, while at the same time dreaming of home.

Might be going to an Indian wedding on the weekend, so will get to go and buy an indian outfit which will be fun.

Emotions are everywhere. Teary. Happy. Sad. Confident. Scared.

Still loving India though :D

India

Well, here I am finally. Took months of preparing, and months of saving. But im finally here. I arrived on Saturday night (India time) so about 6am Sunday morning. The flight was SO long and was boring at times, but they had some good movies on :)

I really like it here, its different and such an eye opening. So appreciate everything I have back home. Even though it is so different I like it, and won't complain. I admit the food is a bit spicy, but still nice, and I guess I will get used to it.

I got to dress up the other night to go to a baby naming ceremony which was quick cool. Can't wait till I buy my own indian outfit, that will be fun.

Anyways, I am really enjoying it here, miss everyone though, but I am having a great experience.