Okey, I told you that I would update you guys, so here I go ^^
I have chosen to write this post on English so that my Filipino friends can understand it :)
My class and I were on a three weeks journey this March (2011) to London, Manila and Bora Cay! :D
Anette and I at Gardemoen :)
My class <3
LONDON <3
If you didn't know then let me just tell you, London is my city! <3 I love it, always have, always will! :D Don't know why, but who cares? ;)
We spent three days and four nights in this awesome city, basically to dance, which was a-w-e-s-o-m-e-! :D Anette and I went on MJ class, Egyptian dance (the dullest class I've ever been on!-.-) and, wait for it, BURLESQUE! No, it's not stripping, but totally awesome! :D That was amazing! The teacher was totally cool and so inspiring.. Ladies, if you're ever in London, sign up on Burlesque class on Pineapple Studios. It's drop-in and girls, remember your heels ;)
But, that wasn't all we did, we visited Laban (a dance school) and had a class there. We learned punkt dance, which gave me a new perspective on how to make a dance, so that was cool. Anette and I went to check out this school I was thinking about applying to, while the others went to this seminar thing. I usually don't get lost, but that school was massive! :o If you ever want to study in London, check out Roehampton University, because that was awesome ;) well, I could have written a novel about these days, but I still have little over two weeks to tell you about, so let's move on ;) If you have any questions feel free to ask ;)
Outside Lanban in London :)
Julie and me doing a task ;)
Ja, heh.. what can I say? Kristin is cute ^^
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Thea and Anette <3
Manila ^^
After a 12 - 13 hours long trip on a plain from London to Hong Kong waited a two hours long flight to Manila :) Guess What? Burlesque was out! Can you imagine the thrill we felt when we figured it out? The entire class was glued to those mini screens xp CRAZY! ;) Here's the trailer. Girls, this is what it's all about ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2r_8l1c2nQ
Check out the crazy stuff I saw at the airport in Hong Kong!:





a bench, totally crazy xp kidding, but it was cute ^^





Gotta love the queues! -.-
When we arrived Manila I was thinking: "Okey, I'm gonna melt away!" And then out of the blue it started to rain xp
My thoughts ran away from me when it dawned on me that people actually were starring at us :o That's actually the one thing I couldn't get used to - the starring -.-
They picked us up in a Jeepney <3 It's a Filipino produced product and I tell you, a car/mini bus like that would have made the coolest russebil of all times ;)

This was one of the more normal looking Jeepneys, so you can imagine how crazy they could look! :D

Beautiful People <3 miss you
This was where we lived (on the pictures below)






Yeah, umh, our room xp
View from the roof (that will be classrooms one day) ^^





The Church! :D


They were so good! :D

Coolest kid and he was awesome! :D
The pictures you are about to see are from our visit in Pasig City Jail, an experience I'll never forget. Due to their safety I decided not to post pictures of them, but they were such loving humans.. I miss them so much!


Dance and fun with the adults and kiddies! :D




The kids were such darlings :)


Sweaty much Thea? -.- xp

Feeding! That's just indescribable! We were on three feedings and on the two first once they were so welcoming. They smiled, laughed, mingled and sang, but on the third.. Oh, they were so tired and hungry. Kids were even too tired to cry :( They had no spirits :( It's not fair that they have to live like that!




CUTE <3

What a treasure <3

There were this one lady that had kept a picture of our principal, Helge Aas, from last year! xp




The only feeding where I cried, this was from the third..


Morning meeting! :D We did this every morning (07.30am) before we did anything else :) Worship and wise words are always a good way to start a day ;D


Then in the evenings we had a little meeting to talk about how the day had been ^^

Cockroach ! Ew! xp it's a little bit cute though, don't you think? ;)

BORA CAY! ;)
It was so weird to be there.. We had spent some days in Manila and then we were off to this 'paradise'! I think we needed it though. We had seen so much and needed some time to cope with it all and regain strength.

I'm on a boat! xp

Supreme, awesome team ;) Anette, Thea, Kristin, Anne Marit and I shared this lovely umh, whatever it's called.. and it was AWESOME! ;)

Dancing on the beach ;) F-U-N
I don't have that many pictures from Bora Cay, but if I find some I'll post 'em ;) We spent some relaxing days there, frankly I got bored, and then we headed back to Manila <3 to spend our remaining days there.
We went to this huge shopping mall (loved it, got lost, loved it still) xp
But to be honest the best part was meeting the people again, meeting my sponsor kid and family and last but not least, visit our friends in Pasig City Jail! :D
oh, and one last picture:
These are my family in Manila, how i miss you and love you!

Nathan (the one in white), his baby sister Cassey, his mum and dad; May and Bon
Nathan is my sponsor child, and it's an honor to be privileged enough to support him :D
So, this was a part of my March in pictures :) Feel free to ask about anything !
Stay Blessed ^^
See ya :*
xoxo