▵ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

Konnichiwa! Hi guys I'm so sorry I haven't posted, I have a massive apology in an upcoming post so you can look forward to that! Ok this will be a short post to pretty much thank everyone for making me feel special today.

Now for most people today is just April Fool's Day, but for some fool it's her birthday too. (see what I did there? :D) That fool just happens to be me, I'm 15 today woo! Yes my birthday is April 1st but I just wanted to say thankyou to everyone for the birthday wishes, and all my friends at school who made me feel so special. A little secret I'm gonna let you all in on, 15 feels no different than 14 :p

I promise I have another post coming soon about my experiences on outward bound which I told you about in a previous post. So thankyou everyone and I'll see you soon!

✦ OUTWARD BOUND

Bonjour! So I've decided I'm going to try and start every blog with hello in a different language, becase there is only so many times you can 'hello everyone!' in english until it get annoying :p

Today I'm going to talk about something called outward bound. Some of you may have heard of it but it's basically a 10 day program in which you spend 9 of those days camping in the bush without a shower, a toilet, electronics, and you get to sleep on a mat with a piece of material over your head. Most of these days are spent hiking, though I believe we do participate in different activities like climbing rope ladders (ahhh! :s) and things like that. Oh and we have only two changes of clothes and have to carry everything we bring, and there's yucky food... :( 

At my school Outward Bound is a compulsory camp for the year 10's. The only way you can get out of it is with a doctors note/medical slip. We are split up into house groups and then further separated into boys and girls. We leave on March 10th (two days away!) for a 5-6 hour drive to our destination, stopping only for lunch and toilet breaks. To say I'm nervous would be an understatement. You hear many stories of this particular camp going around the senior school. The main being the fact that you will hate it while you are on it but love it once it's done. Often when a group of year 12's leaves the school, most will talk about how great outward bound was and the memories they created will never leave them so I am excited in that aspect. I've got a great group which will definitely help but I have no idea who the teacher is that's taking us, I hope she's not grumpy :p

So we leave Monday the 10th, and come back Wednesday the 19th. We get to stay home from school the next day (thank god) but then have to come to school on Friday. That day we pretty much have no classes, it's all reflection about what's happened the past 2 weeks and what we've achieved. If we don't complete this then the rest of it was pretty much worthless, so you could say it's kind of important :p

Anyways I'll write a long post about everything that happened when I get back. We're allowed to take a notebook and pen so I won't forget anything I promise. Until then, goodbye and wish me luck!