heys everyone. back from sch retreat =) got pics to upload but i gotta get the usb cord from aaron, so till then you'll just have to rely on my description of items to visualise. ahah!

first day was alright. fiona was a bore on the bus though ahah =P she gets carsick easily so she distracts herself by listening to music and not speaking. blah. and on the trip back calvin just slept through the whole thing. damn why do i get ppl who are so boring on road trips. the food served was alright too. though i must add that the first day's crumbed chicken dinner was crap. more like chicken fry; it was that dry and crispy. otherwise the food was good. first activity my group did was the flying fox. and the way that they did it was that you first were introduced to the ending platform and then you trekked in bushland to get to the top of the hill. there you are introduced to 'the ship'; the take-off platform of the flying fox. you actually walk the plank to get off the flying fox. got pics of it. hmm, then we had a session; talked bout dealing with adversity. yeps. then we went on the giant swing. THAT was amazing. basically you and a friend get harnessed and strapped up to this cable and the group on the ground pulls you up at an angle; just like a giant pendulum. then there's that blue string. it was just above head level between you and your friend and that's your only way down from 5 storeys above the ground. so you would have to pull that and first you plummet down and then you gain momentum and swing exactly 180 degrees to the other side and back, just like a swing. gawd i went up on that thing with shirley and i was screaming, laughing and crying at the same time. IT WAS AMAZING. THRILLING. F-ING EUPHORIA. =D!

second day we did the wilderness challenge and taichi. my teacher said i was a natural at taichi; hmm. and the wilderness challenge. team building mainly. yeps. then had a group session talking bout attitudes and how/what you think about it. then i think that was mainly it. had a movie session last night. movie was called in the name of the father. it was good. talked about the irish and the british race war. stuff like that. then today we had banner making. this banner represents all of us yr 12s in 2005. i'll talk more about it later. going to help my dad at the restaurant tomorrow. so i need sleep. finally i'm back at my own bed.