daily journal

Monday 16 march 2009

this is my first journal entry and I am not so sure what I should write about. This morning we all played a game of soccer at 7:00 am and it was really cool. today I was leader and that means that I have a responsibility to make sure that things are okay and that every thing is organised. after soccer all the wardlis had breakfast and my breakfast consisted of a bowl of cornflakes. after breakfast we all met in the classroom and discussed what was going to happen today. Today the plan was that wardlis 2 and 3 were going snorkeling before lunch at Hardwicke bay, and wardlis 4 and 5 helped out with pulling out weeds and the local community centre which was also near Hardwicke bay. After lunch the two groups swapped. I'm in wardli 5 which meant that I was going to help out and the community centre and then I would go snorkeling. At lunch time everyone gathered at the community centre where the people who worked there had prepared us some lunch. I had about 4 sausage rolls with sauce and a couple glasses of water. once lunch had finished we all go a bowl of ice cream and then we went out and went snorkeling. During the snorkeling we saw a couple of stingrays and some crabs but that was about it. Once we got back we had free time and I helped out by cleaning the wet suits and gear from the snorkeling. after free time wee had chill out time which is where we got to a specific place with our number on it ( I'm number 7) with a roll mat and read a book for about and hour. after we had sat there for an hour we went back to our wardlis and prepared dinner. tonight we had a barbecue which consisted of some sausages on bread with sauce and some mash potatoes. after dinner we cleaned up and then we headed over to the classroom where we started to wright our blogs which is what I'm doing now. I have to finish now so good bye and that was my day on Monday 16 march 2009.

Tuesday 17 march 2009

today when we woke up we went for a 5.5 km run and I had improved my time by all most 15 minutes faster than my previous time. after the run we had to do some push ups and some sit ups and then we went and had breakfast. after breakfast we all met at the classroom and got told what we were going to do today. Wardlis 2 and 3 were going to help out with some mentally disabled people while wardlis 4 and 5 went on a history tour. during the history tour I learnt about trees, a ghost town and some ship wreaks. If you want to know more look at my blog about history tour 1. after the history tour we came back and had free time and then chill out time. after that we went back to our wardlis and had dinner. tonight dinner was curry and rice. It was really nice. after dinner we went to the classroom and then we went to bed. unfortunately I am sleeping out tonight and now I have to go. bye.

Wednesday 18 march 2009

last night I was sleeping out and it was cool. I saw a rabbit. This morning when I woke up I got changed and then went down to the shed to get ready for power training. It involved doing a 1 km run along a sand track and then doing some sprints up and back around 10 times on the beach. the second set of sprints involved doing push ups. after the sprints were over a small group of people wand I were let off earlier than everyone else and jogged back to camp for breakfast. after breakfast we all met up at the classroom and then we went off with our groups for today's activities. The first half of the day involved reef watch and snorkeling and then the second half of the day was 2 hours of blog writing which is what I am doing now.

Thursday 19 march 2009

today we did a 9.2 km run but if you weren't that good at running you could do a 6 km run along the sand and I did the latter. after the run (I didn't time myself) I headed of for breakfast and then off to the classroom. After I left the classroom we all got an early free time because the schedule had changed for the day. after free time we had lunch and then we went shopping again and I almost missed the bus. When we went shopping my wardli spent $73 and the last time we went shopping my wardli spent $414. After shopping we went to pick up the extra bread and milk that had been ordered because lots of people were running very low. Once we got back we had some more free time and then we had chill out time which is where you read a book for an our. After chill out time we had dinner which was pork chops and home made potato chips on the BBQ, it was delicious.after dinner we all met up at the classroom as usual and then we started writing our blogs which is what I'm doing now.

Sunday 22 march 2009

I haven't done a journal entry in a few days and that is because I have not had the chance and time to do so. Today we went for a 3.4 km run and I improved heaps since my last 3.4 km run and I am very proud of myself for doing so. After the run we had to do 100 push ups and 100 sit ups and I did 80 of each and I am proud of that too. After that we went to the classroom and worked on our blogs all day. After dinner we came back to the classroom and watched a movie called 'crime spree' and it was really cool.

Tuesday 24 March 2009

I missed out yesterdays journal entry and I am sorry that you didn't find out what I did on Monday. This morning we did a power training and it was the same thing as last time and then we jogged back in small groups like last time. after the training we had breakfast which was cornflakes again. After breakfast we went to the classroom and then my wardli went and built a wall outside Dales' house. after the wall building we had lunch and then we went sea kayaking and it was really cool. then we had dinner which was schnitzel and then we came to the classroom to do our blogs.

Wednesday 25 March 2009

today we wnet for a 3.4 km run and I didnt improve my time but it went allright. after the run we did some stretches and somepush ups. after we did that we had breakfast and then we went to do some pine removal. after lunch when we got back we did some cooking with Moff and we made some toffe and some bread rolls. after that we had dinner which was chicken curry and then we came to the classroom to write our blogs which is what I'm doing now.