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Friday, October 22, 2010

Accord

Yesterday we got a talk from a woman who came into us from Accord to talk to us about relationships, sexuality, our bodies etc and anything we wanted to discuss with her. I think most of us thought it would be really awkward and kinda weird to have someone to come into us to talk about these topics with us.

The woman who came in was called Laura and she was really nice and funny and didn't make things feel awkward or uncomfortable at all :). It was really easy to ask her anything and to talk to her. During our time with her she allowed us to write down whatever we would want to talk about or any questions we wanted to ask her, I think it put peoples minds at ease if they had any questions or clear up any confusion that people might of felt towards certain things.

I learned a lot from Laura that I didn't know, I learned a lot of helpful things from her and I think everyone is a little more comfortable with themselves and less worried if they had any problems etc.

Fiona xoxo

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

'Colour Me Beautiful'

On Friday the 15th 2 women called Liz and Louise came into us to talk about what colours suited us best, what style type we were and the things you should do while buying clothes.
I found them helpful because they helped me to understand what colours can look okay on you but which colours can really make you stand out better. We got sheets with boxes to tick which would tell us about what colours suited us best and what style personality we were. They told me that the colours that suited me best were soft colours and that my style personality was girly, romantic :L and feminine :)
Also they gave us advice for when we're shopping like: Don't buy the clothes if they don't fit you, don't buy anything you think you can only wear once and to make sure you like the clothes your buying :)
The women were very nice and funny and they didn't make you feel nervous at all. We had a great time with them and I think everyone benefited from the advice in some way or other.

Fiona xoxo

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Carlingford Trip TY :D

The whole TY experience really began for me when we went to Carlingford for our TY Carlingford trip. We left very early on Monday morning and when we got there we we got ready to start our activities :)


Our first activity was a challenge course, where we got to decide what challenges we wanted to complete. The best one in my opinion was the Communication Breakdown. In this challenge we were put into a maze in a storage container, we had to go in one way and crawl around 3 different levels to try and get back out again. At some stages in the container we had to stop and try to figure out how to get out, it took us a while since in was pitch black inside and you were always bumping your head of the ceiling.


Later on in the day we went down to do some canoeing in the sea, it was really fun, we tied 3 canoes together and got in the sea with them. When we finished with canoes everyone decided to jump of the pier into the water :) It was so much fun.


When we got back from canoeing etc we had lunch and we out again for a hike in the mountains. The hike up the mountains was very tiring but luckily for us the hike didn't last that long. When we were walking back there was a tunnel running through the village and you were able to go inside the tunnel and walk to the end of it. Everyone was pretty excited to do it, but none of us realised how dark and tight space it would be. As we were walking through the tunnel the water started to get deeper and it became darker. But I really enjoyed the tunnel it was really fun for me anyways :L



After we got back from the hike and walking through the tunnel a bunch of us walked down to the Chinese to get some dinner :) It tasted so good and was so nice to have something hot to eat.

Later on we all decided to go to sleep since we were all wrecked from all the activities.



The next morning we were up early and packing as soon as we were up since there was another school arriving. Later on in the day we all went of to do another hike up the mountains except this hike took 3 hours and everyone was tired and hungry :L But when we came back from the hike our bus was there and we arrived home soon enough.



Overall it was a good trip and I enjoyed it very much, I think it helped people get to know others better :)

Fiona xoxo