Lemons

Publicado por Janine

Right. A long time since last post...... I´m still in NZ, but I´m coming back.... June 21, note that down everyone! Am I excited? Yes. Am I nervous? Definately.

Teaching a summer camp type course in Leioa (between Getxo and Bilbao) in July, and after that I´ll still be doing my university Spanish course, but as of yet I don´t know where that will be, it could be any city in Spain at this stage!!! Then after August I´ll either pack up and move to the big smoke to find a job (not teaching English, hopefully something with my business degree), or stay put in the city I did the course in and find a job there. By big smoke I mean Barcelona or Madrid. Possibly even back to Bilbao seeing as its such an awesome place! (and where most of my friends are...)

Have been finishing off my Bachelor of Management Studies degree at Waikato University here in my hometown of Hamilton. Currently finishing off my final project at AgResearch, a crown research institute. I´m looking into thier carbon footprint and cost effective ways of reducing thier impact on the environment. I´ve been working many jobs, which include (but are not limited to) sorting mail for NZ post, security guard at Farmers department store, research interviewer for ConsumerLink, helping my dad audit schools at his accountancy firm, being an EF (*sigh* its like AFS) representative (organising meetings and interviewing high school students to study for a year overseas), babysitting occasionally, and being a summer intern at AgResearch writing literature reviews and an annotated bibliography.

Definately a busy year, though I did manage to relax a little travelling down to Christchurch and Wellington during April this year (photo above in Banks Peninsula), and in February I had an unforgettable trip to attend an EF conference in Brisbane, Australia. The family camping trip to the tip of New Zealand / Northland was also an awesome experience, possibly the last family camping trip! And even with a broken toe, the few days spent mucking around Ruapehu/Tongariro National Park were great with Renelle, Hamish and Ben. New Years at the beach was also a highlight.

So thats me in a nutshell at the moment. A bit overwhelmed, a bit lost, a bit busy, and still quite a bit heart broken.

As always you can find my photos here, or look me up on Facebook, I´m always around.
Besos for everyone! Kisses para todos!