My 28th year in 365 seconds

Ain't nobody got time for that!

This interview is probably the funniest thing I've ever seen on youtube.....

At least, it was until I saw the remix!! :-)

Bahahahaha!!! 

*My Pomegranate Christmas Punch*

*MY POMEGRANATE CHRISTMAS PUNCH*

I was given this recipe from a very special South African friend of mine over Christmas and it was just so delicious that I made it for both Christmas and New Years Eve! 

Seeing as we are still in the season of giving (sort of!), I would like to share the recipe as a token of goodwill to anyone who is still feeling in need of some festive cheer. Happy supping!!

INGREDIENTS:

1 bottle of white champagne (I used Riccadonna Asti - good choice!)

1 bottle of pomegranate juice

The seeds of one pomegranate

2 whole lemons, sliced

A couple of glugs of white rum

mint

*We added apple sliced into star-shapes to make the punch look more festive and it tasted even better!*

Christmas Food Court Flash Mob!!

And In the Red Box

And In the Red Box

And in the red box
tied with red ribbons
tell me justice lies
and school books for children
tell me there is
a sandwich
for the man
starving
on the corner.
Tell me when Christmas
comes
peace
and a warm fire
happiness
and
joy
an end
to selfishness
comes with it 

Alice Walker

©2012  December 13

Dumb Ways to Die

Sick! Sick! Totally sick but I can't stop singing this tune now that I've heard it and I know that my students will love this as well. We had the transport department come to the school a few weeks ago to talk to the students about train station and without doubt, it was the most boring two-hour long talk I've ever heard in my life. They should have just shown this! I definitely won't be standing too close to any train platform after watching this video!

My new classroom!!

After nearly a year of doing relief work and teaching in other people's classrooms, I finally FINALLY have a classroom that is mine, all mine!! 

All I want to do now is decorate it!! Any ideas? :-) 

Having a whale of a time!

Lately, I've been really big on giving experiences for presents rather than gifts that will be thrown away or forgotten. My mom loves nature and the sea and so for her birthday, I took her on a whale watching cruise in Fremantle! We were so lucky to find these two beautiful Humpback whales that were so friendly and very curious about what was happening on our boat! They played for us, waved at us and even stuck their heads right up to the boat to have a sneaky peek at what was happening on board. It was such an amazing experience and something that's been on my bucket list for a long time so I'm very pleased to have been able to give my mom such a unique birthday present that she loved and share this once-in-a-lifetime experience with her :-)

   

Happiness!!

Some Saturday morning inspiration...

Just when I thought my week was bad, I hear there are students in Ireland that are living in tents due to the high cost of rentals!! :-) Hehe! This youtube clip really inspired me, it's not often these days we see people who are willing to put themselves into an uncomfortable situation to achieve the things they want to in life.  And it's very refreshing to see them do it with a great attitude, rather than grumbling and mumbling about it :-)

*Walk with the dreamers*

Good morning, Miss Manship!

Tomorrow is my first day as a teacher at a school for at-risk teenagers.  In my mind, it will be something like this:

...but in reality, will probably be a lot more like this!!

Wish me luck!! :-)

Happy Father's Day!!

Love you, Dad!! xoxo

Itsy bitsy spider

Today at school we were talking with the students about different fears that people have.  Apparently one of the top ten fears that people have is the fear of spiders.  Now, I don't normally like prank videos but this one had me belly-laughing until I was sore! :-)

A teensy bit addicted to Instagram...

       

There won't be snow in Africa at Christmastime...or will there??

How I would love to be home in South Africa right now!

You said it, Lewis!

Since last we spoke...

After having a quick read over my blog this afternoon, I am appalled at how long it's been since I wrote a blogpost with actual words! My last 'proper' blog post was written in November and a LOT has changed since then! Since November the 6th, 2011:

One new job, one magazine internship, one graduate diploma of education and one Wednesday night bible study have been started

Four weeks and eight distributed days have been spent on prac, seventy-four lesson plans have been written and one play about three little piggies has been performed

Two exams have been written and far too many assignments have been cried over

One chilly Saturday morning was spent horse-riding and one sweet sixteenth has been celebrated, as well as two Christmases in July and one mexican fiesta, which wasn't really a celebration but really an excuse to eat nachos and wear ponchos.

An embarrassing amount of Beverly Hills 90210 episodes have been watched and far too many karaoke Thursdays have been spent at Paddy Malone's.

Nine reviews have been published, one book festival has been covered, three authors have been interviewed and one extremely uncomfortable hob-nobbing writers event has been attended

One Bruno Mars concert has been attended as well as one James Blunt, one Belle and Sebastian, one The Apprentice and (nearly) one Chris Brown.

One MacBook Pro has been purchased, as well as one box set of The Office (English version, of course), one pair of pirate boots and one nifty little fire pit which will be toasting many marshmellows in the last few weeks of dreary winter weather.

A measly nine books have been read, including The Perks of Being a Wallflower, which reminded me how infinite it feels to be young and One Day, which reminded me of how finite youth really is.

New friends have been made, some friends have left and many have been sorely missed but family have been a dependable constant.

That's about all I can think of for now.  I promise to be better at keeping in touch.

Lots of love,
Miss Manship
xxx

In case you were wondering why I don't live in Africa anymore...

Manic Monday

Can you guess where I spent the past forty-five minutes of a very manic Monday morning? It's only my first week back at uni and it's nothing but rush, rush, rush!! Eek!! :-(