Oktoberfest

This past weekend, my friend Dylan and I (along with our dads) took a trip to Munich, Germany for Oktoberfest. (For those of you who live in caves away from any source of information, Oktoberfest is a HUGE festival in Southern Germany complete with rides, tents, guys and gals dressed in traditional garb, and LOADS OF BEER).We left friday, missing school :P, and stayed till Sunday morning. Friday was complete with drinking beer in the Spaten tent, seeing my friend Tino and meeting some of his friends from Munich who got us into a private tent, and eating HUGE pretzels and bratwurst.

Saturday, after a tour of Central Munich, we met up with my old au pair Tina and her boyfriend, Tom, as well as two of their friends. Since the Wiesn (thats the area where the festival is located) was so overcrowded with millions of people doing the same thing we were, we went to a nearby tent OUTSIDE the festival and hung out. We stayed till about 11 that night before returning home and preparing to leave the next morning.

While yes there was TONS of beer, it was great seeing old friends and just having fun. I'm so grateful to be able to fly to Germany for the weekend just to go to Oktoberfest. This was definitely a weekend never to be forgotten and although I may never be able to return to Munich during these fun-filled festivaled (ha alliteration) weeks, I will be able to say that I went to Oktoberfest and had an AWESOME time.

Mr. President

As promised, this is the post with the results from the 2008-09 ACS Hillingdon Student Council Elections and......

I AM THE PRESIDENT!!!!!!!!!

woooohooooo this means I'll be able to run student council meetings, input and establish ideas, have meetings with the administration, PTA, and lower and middle school councils, make decisions, and best of all represent the students. It's gonne be an awesome year.

I Believe the Appropriate Name for your Condition is Senioritis...?

Finally Seniors. It's something every 12th grader goes through, and I happen to be getting the illness right at the beginning. Its called "senioritis"

Through the past couple of weeks I've been able to embrace being a senior in all its glory. I'm taking 5 AP's (crazy I know) and have already received LOADS of work, but I'll manage.

The best perk of being a senior is the senior lounge. Now thanks to the lovely Class of '08, we have to fundraise, furnish, and paint the senior lounge ourselves. It all has something to do with taking ownership or whatever. Anyways I've found myself as one of the head honchos of this little project, coming up with a Bake Sale and American Candy Sale to raise the money, going to IKEA to pick out the furniture, and designing how it will be painted.

Another great thing is senior trip. This will be taken before graduation, and I happen to be, you guessed it, a co-coordinator of this event as well. We've done the preliminary votes, but the researching, planning, and pricing all has to be done by me....yay (sarcastic laugh).

I've also signed up to do MUN and was chosen as a delaget to attend conference in The Hague in January. I've also run for Student Council President with the elections tomorrow (update promise!). In all of this I've completely embraced being a senior.

Not to mention YoungLife, Wyldlife, and having a SOCIAL Life! Man, this school never saw ME coming! Class of '09...here we go

Woah....long time no post

Man its been a long time. Quite a lot has happened since June 22nd. Lets do the quick overview shall we.....

First, My family and I went on a 12-day Mediterannean Cruise on the Brilliance of the Seas, leaving from Barcelona and stopping in Villefranche, Pisa, Rome, Mykonos, Ephesus, Santorini, Athens, and Naples.

After our awe-inspiring cruise, Gina and I went back to the states for a few weeks. We saw friends and family, having tons of fun. I went to a few Braves games, and had a great time with all my friends.

The second week of our stay, Gina's boyfriend David came and stayed with us for a week. We both enjoyed being with him and showing him the sights of ATL. We went to Six Flags, Coca-Cola World, all the malls, a Braves Game, and just the normal hanging out stuff. We also had a fun party where we transformed our basement into a coffee shop.

Following these fun Atlanta times, Gina and David headed to the beach, while My Dad and I went on our week-long college tour. We first stopped in NYC to see the Yankees before the stadium closes this October. We saw two games, both which the won. We then headed up to Syracuse University, and were able to see BIG P, a friend from the area, who showed us around the school.

After 'Cuse, we headed down to Raleigh. We saw my cousins, Matt and Daniel, and saw NC State University and the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Next stop was Knoxville, where we saw the University of Tennessee, and then off to Austin to see the University of Texas, with a small stopover in San Antonio to see my grandparents. The week was great and I got a sense of what college life really will be.

My dad and I then flew back to England so I could attend Wyldlife Camp as a student leader. I had an awesome time canoeing, abseiling, and sliding down the huge slip n slide. I met some awesome people from England and Belgium and loved being a leader and running small talks, etc.

Finally, it was time to return to school and the last few weeks have been awesome. Being a senior it truly amazing. I'm taking 5 AP's, which is quite a workload, but I'll be able to persevere. Its already been really fun helping to fix up the senior lounge, planning the senior trip, and pretty much ruling the school, I'm sure you'll be hearing more about it (with pictures!) soon.

Anyways I promise to blog more often so check back for more on this incredible journey :)