Johanna experiences New Zealand

10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU

2010-02-09T16:37:00.005+13:00

Gil Jungers '10 things I hate about you' is one of the most funniest and romantic movies I've ever seen. Directed by a feature film beginner (Gil Junger), "10 Things" is a bright idea and it's the perfect movie for teenage girls with an eclectic taste in music.

The movie opens with a typical american picture of a high school: beautiful girls driving to school in a convertible on a sunny day, hearing popmusic and having fun. The whole mood changes when one of the four main characters (Kat Stratford) meets the girls in her old, busted car at a traffic light. Her character is the exact opposite of "normal" teenage girls. (She is a proud, unsociable, nonconforming girl who listens to a special kind of music.) However, the music stops immediatly and the girls stop laughing. That's one of the many absurd scenes where the viewer has to start laughing.

The story:
Bianca Stratford (Larisa Oleynik), the most popular girl at castle-like Padua High School, has a strict father (Larry Miller), who won't allow her to date unless her older sister (Katarina) is dating.
However, the always pissed Katarina (Julia Stiles)leaves lovely Bianca's romantic plans crushed.
Meanwhile, sophomore Cameron James (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is new to PHS and falls in love immediately with Bianca. Somehow he must find someone to take Kat out before he can even take a shot at his dream girl.
That's where Patrick Verona(Heath Ledger)enters the movie. He's supposed to be PHS's most brutal and criminal person, but within the movie he is showing a softer side, transforming him into a more sensitive person. However, he is hired by Joey, who is convinced that by paying Patrick to date Kat he will be permitted to date Bianca (while it is actually Cameron who would be dating her).

In my opinion, the girls' father is the funniest character. He feels extremely overprotective for his daughters and tries to forbid them any kind of dating. His behaviour is based on his own history, where his ex-wife gave birth to the unplanned girls when she was 15. At the same time, he is very busy with his job and doesn't spend a lot of time with his children.
Sometimes, the movie gets a little unrealistic. The teachers at PHS are not interested in teaching and responsive unreal to the students actions. Kat even shows one teacher her wrest to distract him and everybody knows that, even if you don't car what other people think, noone would do that in front of a whole class.
But still, it was a great success in 1999 and I can just recommend it. (:

When I was 5 ...

2010-02-04T13:40:00.002+13:00

When I was 4 we moved to a small village in the north of Germany. Before that we used to live in a big city but I can't remember what that was like... so the only thing I knew was my village with all the fields, the forests, our lake and the children from the kindergarten and the neighbourhood. However, my best friends were my little sister, who is 1.5 years younger than me, and the girl from the next door, who is about one year older than me. She quit the kindergarten because she didn't have a lot of friends and she wanted to be with her parents all the time. At the same time she wanted to be outside all the time and that's why I liked her so much.. and I still do. We loved to pretend that we are superheroines hunting bad people through the forest... xD
Anyway... when she was getting to the age to go to school, I wanted to go with her. First my parents thought that it wouldn't be such a good idea, because I would be the youngest and maybe I wasn't ready. But I convinced them finally. Therefore, I came to school with five years. My height was just about the doorhandle ( I was very small) and even my "Schultuete" (large cornet of cardboard filled with sweets and little presents given to children in Germany on their first day at school) was bigger than me. But, however, my age was never really a problem. My friends were bigger and older than me, but we had the same interests and I never had bad grades at school. The age became a problem the last years, when all my friends started going to parties and drinking alcohol. Of course, I wanted to go with them, but my parents didn't like the idea at all.... we had lots of fights but it got better over the months and we finally agreed that if I don't drink too much alcohol I can go with my friends. Of course I concealed a lot from them... they didn't know I was going to discos etc...
But now, that I'm 16, I know by myself that I'd better be careful...

Bay of islands (:

2010-02-02T16:33:00.004+13:00

Last weekend war the long weekend (4days), that's why I decided to go to the Bay of islands and I don't regret it. The weather was amazing (except for the last day) and the views are just great ! (: I loved it and I went there with all my friends, which made it even better.

Firstly, we left Auckland at about 4pm on Friday and drove about 5 hours to our accomodation. We stopped for Dinner at McDonalds and arrived at approxomately 10pm. The camp made a good first impression but that changed a little in the last night, I'll tell you later why...

The next morning we ate breakfast and left at 9am to do a sailing trip. It was just amazing! We sailed to a beautiful beach with some hills and beautiful views. After a little walk we had a sandwich for lunch and then some people went snorkling (me included). It was awesome. I love to be under water anyway, so I loved to see all the plants, seaeagles, fishes and shells. (: Then we could jump from the boat in the water, which was just too funny. (:

The next day we drove to the top of New Zealand. The view was not too impressing for me but the idea to stand at the end of the world, or something like this, is just amazing. I loved to watch the point where the two seas are meeting each other. The water was foaming and it was really nice. :)
After that we saw some sanddunes. When the driver told us about it, I thought about a little sand in the middle of some fields. But when we came there I was amazed. It was like a little desert in the middle of nowhere. :D I loved it. (:

Now we are coming to the part I didn't like. In the evening after the barbeque we wanted to drink and celebrate a little, but the "campofficer" took all our drinks and put them in the garage, telling us we were too noisy last night and other campers were annoyed. Of course we complained and the man went crazy! He called some girls "arrogant bitches" and said we'd loose all the drinks we hide. Therefore, he honestly searched in all the rooms and finally found some beer. He took it and destroyed it. In my opinion, that was too much. He could've just taken it but instead he threw some people's money away...

The next day we got our drinks back, but we weren't allowed to drink them in the bus....we drove back to Auckland on Monday morning and saw a waterfall on the way back. In the evening my friend and I slept in an other friends flat, just because we wanted some more fun. :P

But all in all, I liked the weekend and I think it was worth it. I'm even thinking about doing it again. (:

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Experiment in the park :)

2010-01-27T11:07:00.002+13:00

Today we went to the park instead of sitting in the classroom. The weather was very good and we had a lot of fun.
First we bought some Hot Chocolates and Coffes and chatted in the park. After some time we started our experiment, which was really funny. :D
We had trhee groups: taste, smell and touch.
I was in the touching group. :) Every group had to bring something that the other people from the others groups had to smell, taste or touch.
For me, smelling was the most difficult. I knew that I had smelled those things before but I couldn't thnk of the name...
However, it was a good idea to do this. Thanks to Julia... :):)

Tooth fairy

2010-01-27T10:46:00.003+13:00

Yesterday after school I went to the cinema to see "The tooth fairy" with my friends.
The movie was not the best I've ever seen but it was pretty cool :). The whole story is funny, but after a few minutes you could guess the end and I don't like that kind of movies so much. I like movies with a twist in the end. :)
Today I'm going to see "Lovely Bones". Some people said it is scary and I don't like scary movies so much, but the story of a girl who is murdered and has to find her murderer as a ghost, sounds really good and I'm very excited. :)

Anorexia !

2010-01-26T17:35:00.003+13:00

People who have anorexia are very skinny but they are convicted that they are overweight. They practically starve themselves and keep thinking they are fat. Often they die or get very ill!

Anorexia mainly affects teenage girls and young women.
Here are some symptoms of anorexia:
-refuse to eat in public
-loosing extremely much weight
-weakness
-shortness of breath

If you are anorexic, you may have trouble conceiving a baby and carrying it to term, because if do not eat the proper variety of foods, you and your baby could be in danger.

The good new are, that anorexia can be overcome !!!!

http://www.mom-please-help.net/AnorexiaHT.html?gclid=CIrcy4OgwZ8CFSgFagodaVN-zA

Farm Stay (:

2010-01-26T16:40:00.004+13:00

Last weekend I ve been on a farm stay, about 30 minutes with the car in the south of Auckland. We lived there with a married couple for 2 days. It was really nice. The hostdad picked us up at the school on Saturday morning and drove us to the farm. Honestly, my first impression was not that good! It looked dirty and old, but when I came into the house and when I talked to the hostdad I felt very comfortable. They made us a nice morning tea and then we fed the animals. They have three horses, about 20 sheeps, one cow xD, two ponys, five rabbits, two cats and one dog. That really reminds me of my home in Germany (I live in a small village between a lot of fields by the way).
They had a pool and we did a few cool jumping and underwater pictures and the food was really good. Horse-ridingwas funny, coz the horses are very stubborn! But it was a good feeling to do it again, after a lot of years...
Now, I can just recommend it and I'm really happy that I've been there. :)