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Hamilton New Zealand

April 8th, 2005


          I am now five weeks into classes at the University of Waikato in Hamilton New Zealand. I am taking three classes right now. US and The World, International Perspective and Japanese History. For a class summary and to review work that I have done for the class please click on the picture below. The attached picture is my cousin Jordan and I at our hostel in Fiji. We stayed off the west coast of the country on an island called Mana. I recieved my scuba certification there and spent many hours just laying in the sun working on my tan. The country is really beautiful and I'ld highly reccomend it to anybody seeking a relaxing vacation.


           Here is an excerpt from my Journal while I was there: "I am on Mana island Fiji. It's off the coast from Nadi which is on the main island. right now I’m sitting on my bunk bed in the hostel we're staying at. it's called Ratu Kinis. The dorm I am staying in is a big white building and the second floor is all open, with a few five foot walls, separating three rooms or cubicles with about nine beds total. I'm on the second bunk with my blue back pack. Jordan is on the bunk below mine, and a friend we met on the plane named Pete (from Australia) is here too. I just finished dive certification and am now certified to dive"... "The highlights probably would have been the last two dives or fun dives. The only thing cool about the first fun dive was that I saw two white tipped sharks about three feet long. I also dived to eighteen meters which is my deepest so far. The last one was definitely the best. The last dive was the best because we swam between these six pinnacles of coral that were like twenty five meters tall. I also felt really compfortable and was able to really enjoy the dive".




           Besides updating the front page of the website I have also updated the classes that I am taking as well list the times that my classes run from. I plan to spend alot of time updating all the pictures as well. This will allow me to send links to people so they can see all the pictures with out having to recieve large emails containing lots of pictures.
Click on the picture to the right and you will be directed to the pictures website so that you can view all of my pictures that I have put on the website. If you click on them they will also re-direct you to another page with larger versions along with little exerpts about what's going on. The thumbnail to the right is from a winery that Jordan and I visited while on the south island. It was between Dunedin and Queenstown. It is known for this large cave where they store all of the wine barrels. That is where this picture was taken.





        I really enjoy watching movies. In an effort to make my page a little more diversified I have included a page where I review the best movies that I have seen in the past month. In another week or so I should have this page back up and running. I saw Secret Window and Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind last week and plan to watch Walking Tall or Jersey Girl this weekend. I'll post both reviews including screen shots later next week. Thank you for bearing with me.

-Webmaster (a.k.a. TC)






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