The Birthdays

Since I arrived here almost every month I had a friend's party birthday. The first one was of Luana I really like this one we spent the all night talking, taking photos, eating and stuff and  it was really in the beginning so we were still meeting each other, anyway I really liked and I will never forget that birthday. The second one I am not sure but I think it was of Marcos and was so fun as well. In May we had Matheus and me, so in the first one we went to the shopping mall and pizzeria and at the wekeend me and Keyson went to his home to sleep there and of course we had a lot of fun time I loved this one. In my birthday in the morning I went to keyson's house and after Matheus arrived there and we went out to the city, in the afternoon my old host family made a party to me, they left me invite some of my friends and they made a cute cake and stuff and we had the living room to us so we danced a lot and sang I loved my birthday and although my family weren't there and I was too far from home I can say it was my best birthday in my whole life I don't know how to say it sounds but it's the truth. I got two books from keyson and Matheus that I really liked I love win books and I got a birthday card from Pamella. After the party in my house we went to Mc Donald's and I just can say my birthday was perfect. The next one was of Grazy and the new thing is we needed to use some fantasy because it was a Costume party I dressed Batman's fantasy and like usually we danced and played games I also loved this one. The lest two ones I can remember were of Laura and Luna, the first one we went to Laura's house after school and we played games and ate some yummy foods. Luna's birthday was Child's theme so because I don't have Child's clothes and stuff I was wearing my normal clothes but it was really fun we were dancing and we had some weird games and yummy foods and I loved as well. I can't really explain what happened in each one of the birthdays but the only thing I can say is that I loved each one and I will never forget the time we spent together, the jokes, the games or each one of them.

My Birthday Cake

Me and my friend wearing our fantasy in Grazy's Birthday

Solene's Farewell Party

In the beginning of this month my French friend went back to France before she left we had a Christmas Winter Farewell Party that I went with my host brother on one hand was very good the party in itself, the foods was so yummy, I met new people and we had a lot of games in one of them I got a cute diary. I loved that. On the other hand it was sad because she was going home, because we are not going to meet up again each other and because made me remind when I go back to Brazil and maybe I will never come back here again and even if I do it will be not the same. I am gonna miss everything that happened here and each one of the new friends I made here and the worst part is know that the most of them I will never meet again. I will miss you Solene.

The New Zealand chocolate cake

One of the games

Some of the foods

The Christmas decoration

The Christmas decoration

We playing one of the games

The Game's gifts

The Diary I got in one of the games

The Christmas decoration

Progress Report for Brazilian Students

I received this a while ago but I had forgot about that. We "Brazilian Students" received tour progress report and the only thing I can say is that I am not proud of myself. I got one C, two B and three A and I know I could be better than I actually was. I know my time is almost over and the truth is my english is not good as I wish it was and I didn't do all I could to really improve my english. Of course I am not like I arrived here. I remember when my host mom picked me up at the airport and I couldn't understand anything or keep talking because I didn't know the words or something like that and now I can but I wish more than that I wish be speaking english almost like a native.

Maori Culture at Te Kura Tuarua o Horomaka

Last week we received at Te Kura Tuarua o Horomaka (name of my school in maori) the other Brazilians that live in Christchurch to have a maori moment, we learned some maori songs and dances and we showed to them. It is fun to learn more about New Zealand culture and mores. After the songs, dances, and maori games we had a time to know each other what is actually good know more Brazilians and make some friends. Finally we had dinner together and we sang and danced Brazilians songs as well.

This is one of the maori songs that we sang:

Nau mai! piki mai!  e ngā iwi e, ngā reo, nga mana. Tēnā ra koutou katoa Ano te pai mē te āhua reka Whakaaro tahi o te katoa Me anga atu ngā kanohi rā Ki ngā maunga kei reira te āwhina. Ano te pai mē te āhua reka Whakāro tahi o te katoa.

Welcome, come on up here, everybody, representatives, leaders. Greetings to you all. It's so good, so pleasant for all to think as one. Let the direction of all faces be towards the mountains where all things are cherished. It's so good, so pleasant for all to think as one.

Queen's Birthday weekend

I am without class since last Friday because we are in the Queen's Birthday weekend. The best thing is everything has "sale" in this weekend is like "discounts" so, I went to the mall and spent a lot of money, actually, all of my money. So, I spent all Friday at the mall, buying things, walking from one side to the other side with the others exchange students. After the mall João and I went to his house because he wanted play with his new psp and because we don't have many options to go at night here, we bought "fish and chips" and coke and  we came to my house to watch "Vampire Diaries". On the Saturday, some of us "brazilians" went to Luana's house and it was very fun, we played guitar, we sing, the girls was dancing "brega, funk", like usually when we are together we did a lot of crazy things, and after her host mother bought pizzas and coke to us have dinner when we left her house it was late at night and took the bus to return home and when we were waiting the second bus like always we were singing and dancing at the bus stop and some people who passed us by car in the street were honking or screaming things to us and I know this things will never happens in Brazil because we not allow ourselves, as we do here and I can say that we are happy in a different way because we are crazy, we are ourselves. On Sunday, I went to the movies with some friends to watch "Epic", I liked the movie I think it's interesting. After, we bought some souvernirs to our family and friends in Brazil and this made me reminds which is close to return to Brazil and it's not as one of the best things that will happen, particularly don't want go back, not really. And finally today, Monday, João and I went to Luana's house again, and after there we stopped in the library to make some downloads. The one bad part it's because it's over, tomorrow, we have school again and it's wake up early and back to the routine.