La verite.

Life Motto.

I seriously couldn't agree with this more.

Ima bag lovin'

Pwettyyyy.

In the meantime...

Blogging has fallen to the wayside. So busy pulling my life together. Go to Sydney the day after tomorrow. I can't control my excitement. Every night has been difficult to sleep, like eternal Christmas morning.

Got a To-Do list about the length of my arm (thats not short by the way, I have incredibly long arms for my height, not that I'm short either, or am I? Dum dum dum.)

Anyway, so much needs attending to, it feels like I'm trying to fit the rabbit back into the hat. Or a similar metaphor. Whatever.

I find that often the best part of a holiday is the days before, dreaming up idle activities and locations, the various people you meet, places you'll go. I can't even think up of things that we'll be doing as I know we will have too much fun. Yes, TOO much.

Will spill all the details on my return. Until then,

AU REVOIR.

P.S. Blogging lag will completely redeem itself upon my return.
P.S.S. (or P.P.S. I always got confused here. Why you never learn the important things at school, I'll never understand). Regardless, photos to follow. Inspiration is flowing.

Le francais.

I'm definitely not drawn to every single image with some stamp of french.

The world is my oyster.

I've come to appreciate, to realise that I can do anything I want, anything I dream. But it takes effort.

Then there's the question, if I could have, do, anything in the world, what would it be...?

Happy.

So I have to remind myself. Smile. Laugh. Always.

Extended reso's..

So I have begun my thoughts, dreams and desires for this fresh new year, but there are a few more I'm going to jot down in an aim to work towards.

- Improve surfing. New Zealand is a pretty cold place. Yes, it gets pretty hot in the summer, but this air temperature makes almost no difference to the water temperature. Therefore, during these summer months my aim is not only too improve surfing, but to surf as much as possible. Small, big, fat, mmessy. Anything, and I want to be out there. I definitely feel ready to push myself further. Big waves have always been a wee struggle for me and I'm slowly teaching myself that they're fun and the feeling you get from them is one of pure accomplishment. I know I can handle myself in bigger conditions than I give myself credit for so pushing myself to these higher limits in something I want to do in my surfing, and other areas in life. As well as this, I hope to improve my turning, I believe I'm getting there, it just takes practice.

- Live in the now. Its so easy yet so hard, but focusing on my present situation is becoming increasingly important.

Accomplishment.

Feeling pretty proud and happy today. Not to brag or anything. A task arouse, a somewhat daunting task I guess, that I succeeded in. It doesn't even need details, those petty little things that break away from whats truly awesome. I'm just feeling stoked (not that its at all surf related). Its bemusing when a new year begins and the world views it with open arms, assuming their past mistakes are behind them, untouchable and that a new year will mean less regrets and a better ability to make the right choices. Although a new year is exciting to me, its pretty cool to reflect on the past year and take out the positives, the things you did right and the moments you felt happy. For me, there are plenty. Too many to count. This feeling of accomplishment is exciting as it leads to me believe this is the start of a year with many more happy moments to come. This year, I hope to make the most of every moment, live in the now, the present moment, no matter how hard it may be at the time. Because after all, if you can't enjoy the here and now, whats the point of embracing the new year?

2011.

2011 is beginning, fresh and new. I'm so thankful for so much in my life, friends, family, and all of life in general. Communal day off work today for me and my friends. Spent it the best way possible. A sleepover with a movie, early morning surf (well, somewhat, we are freshly un-teenagers now so there's nota big hope of getting up before the sun has risen). Beautiful, epic surfing day. Millions out (for our wee local break, ie. two people to one wave, shocker!) but we spilt waves, egged each other on (and off, comically) and had an all round fun day while the sun shone strong and our sunscreen (thankfully) did its job. A few memorable waves have permeated my mind, forcing me to remember the carving archs and fresh clean face (well thats what I remember, perhaps carving archs in my mind may look different to others...hmmm). A small resolution of mine is to improve my surfing, I feel like I'm ready and trying new things (resulting in a lot of falling, and I mean, a lot!). But whats the point in doing something if you don't try to improve? The best you can do is try.

Our beautiful surf was followed by a big meal of bacon pesto pasta (remind you of your 15 year old selves anyone?) and a spot of shopping.

2011 is dawning to be a wonderful year. Its exciting to see a year begin, no attachments, no history, all fresh. I hope I make the most out of it as I can. Never waste a moment, never regret, just live. Live life the best that you can.

Dreams.

This quote is from the movie Inception and its so true. I had never really thought about it before (i'm definitely not one to stand round thinking about complex movies for too long. Especially like this one, i'll probably never understand). But when this was said in the movie, it got me thinking. Everytime I dream my dreams are extremely vivid and feel real, I'm sure this is the same for everyone. But it's completely bizarre. You can be doing the strangest most random things that you would enever do in reality (or would you?) and it still feels completely real.

Now I'm not one to whack out a dream journal and contemplate what my dreams mean, but I wish I had kept a note of more of the stranger dreams that I've had, just for reference, to read back on and think "what the f*#%?!?"

The Best.

There is nothing more perfect than a late evening surf. The water looked like sheet glass, building its way towards us, refusing to split. A long day at work was complemented perfectly by good company and good surf. And I mean good. The surf was pumping. Plenty out enjoying a glorious summer evening. I simply couldn't ask for better.

What a stunning way to bring in 2011.