I knew reading to her from an early age was a good idea!

I went to Nicole's parent teacher interview on Thursday. Her teacher had the results of the first nationwide test sat by Nicole. Turns out she is in the top 4% of children in New Zealand for reading. The teacher has never seen a child with such high scores in all her years teaching!

I'm sooooooooo tired

Work experience at Brookfield Pharmacy last week sucked major donkey cock. They wanted someone to clean their fucken shop while they stood around gossiping and did each other's hair and eyebrows. What a fucking waste of time.

We're doing cosmetic services at the moment. I'm wearing 'day make-up' applied by one of my classmates. It looked good when it was originally put on. But now it looks like a cross between a hooker and a raccoon. My eyes are damn sore too. I knew there was a reason I don't wear makeup regularly.

A good idea or an invasion of privacy?

RIP Ariana

A Christchurch man who stabbed his ex-partner to death in front of her toddler has been jailed for life with a minimum non parole period of 15 years.

24-year-old Ariana Burgess was stabbed to death in her car last September after being abducted from a house at knife-point.

21-year-old Tony Brian Norman admitted kidnap and murder charges, telling police he suspected Ms Burgess of infidelity.

The court heard that Norman suffered from severe personality disorder and lacked the self control of a normal person.

He was also sentenced to nine years for kidnapping and three years for aggravated burglary.

Ariana was a friend of a friend. As well as having the 2 year old little girl, she has a 8 year old son.

I GOT A SCHOLARSHIP!!!

I saw this in the newspaper several months ago and wrote up an application, then didn't hear anything for ages so pretty much forgot about it. Then yesterday I had a phone call from Maryella Wakelin telling me I'd been successful. The scholarship is for $1000. There were 30+ applicants. I am one of only four successful.

The criteria was wide. Applicants had to be in their first year of study in a health related industry. We had to provide details of our age, current and professional qualifications, current studies, employment history and future goals.

When Stewart was awarded his scholarship I was talking to the lady who administrates all the scholarships for the Polytechnic. She said shes amazed at the amount of applications that come in with long suck up letters begging the committee to give the individual a scholarship, yet none of the details asked for provided. How hard is it to read what information they are asking for and provide it?

Ha! Theres Emma's guide to writing scholarships. In my lifetime I've applied for three, and have given them everything they ask for in a well written and presented format. And all three applications have been successful!

Note: Some details have been blacked out to protect privacy.

Aging

My Dad came to visit for a few days. He is aging so much lately. His mobility is much decreased. Even his driving is now scary as he can't turn his head fully to look properly. It makes me sad to see him like this.

High School Musical

Nicole LOVES the Disney movie High School Musical. On Saturday night Nicole, Stewart and I went to see High School Musical as a stage show. We all enjoyed it. It was really well done. It had the same storyline as the movie, but had some slight alterations to the scenes to make it work on stage. All the singers were amazing.

It was put on by my old high school Otumoetai College. Every year they do a drama play in the first term, and a huge musical in the second term. In the past I've been to see quite a few of their musicals. They always seem to do a good job of it. I can remember seeing Chess, Little Shop of Horrors, Fiddler on the Roof and I'm sure there have been others.

Wheres the emails?

Re: the phone call Stewart got when I was out.