Chess with Tessa

Today I played chess with Tessa, and we used a chess clock.

You set the chess clock for five minutes on each side. There is a stop-and-start button. Press the start button. One side of the clock the seconds start ticking. Forty-nine... forty-eight... forty-seven...
There is a sort of flip button on the top. Once you have made your move, flip your side of the flip button. The other side starts ticking. Forty-nine... forty-eight... forty-seven...! 
Once a person's five minutes runs out, the other person has won!
I won, by a few minutes, but because I just move pawns real quick, not even thinking about it, so I usually end up with, like, two players left! But Tessa was better. She should have won. 

Wearable Arts Passion Time

Oh - my - gosh! The BEST thing just happened to me again. It was amazing. I did Wearable Arts for Passion Time today! I really wanted to, so I did. I worked with Destiny, Amy and Kady. We looked on Safari for dresses and ideas, and then sketched the one we liked, and then changed it ever so slightly. There is also a competition for fashion designing in Gore. They have one every year, and I'm doing it this year. 

Like I already said, it was awesome. I was totally engrossed in what we were doing. I searched my favourite colour dresses. Blue dresses, purple dresses, black dresses, gold dresses, sliver dresses. It was absolutely amazing. Amazing, awesome, cool, and fun! I am SO going to stay on Wearable Arts next week! 

Queens's Park Photography

 Today the Photography Talent Development group went to Queen's Park! It was a L-O-N-G walk! (Yeah we DID walk!). 
First we went to the band rotunda, taking pictures along the way. Next we went to the castle. I slid down the slide, as there was no other way down (The stairs were blocked) and it is FAST! Next we went to the playground. I look a picture of the eagle statue and the lion statue, looking UP. Last of all we went to the duck pond. There was a fountain going and it looked REALLY cool!

Finally we dragged ourselves back to Enrich and dived into Morning Tea!

Passion Time

Guess what? Today at Enrich we had Passion Time, between Morning Tea and Lunchtime, which was time to explore the things we are passionate about. I did writing. It was fun, but next time I want to try something different. I haven't chosen yet (Or have I?) but there are lots of thigns to pick from. Sculpting, animating, Wearable Arts, carving, Maths, (OK, so not Maths because I hate it) But it is an option if I change my mind (Fat chance!) The Wearable Arts sounds cool, and I picked up a snippet of it because I was just around the corner, hehe... I reckon the sculpting sounds cool, but I probably won't do it yet. I haven't head a lot about the carving... and NO, I'm still not doing maths! 

That's all, really. I'm sort of leaning towards the Wearable Arts, but I can't name many times where I stayed keen on the idea for more than three days, maximum! 

The Amazing Wearable Arts!

Oh - my - gosh! This morning at Enrich we went to see the most amazing thing at the Invercargill Museum. First we lined up with a buddy. My buddy was Hannah Witheford. We walked to the museum because it isn't that far from Enrich. When we got inside a man greeted us and showed us into the exhibit. Now, there is only five words to explain what we saw next: Amazing, breathtaking, different, stunning and SO cool!We walked through a dimly lit passage. On the curtains there was a projected video of all the wearable arts on stage, being worn by fantastic dancers. Then we came out into the light where we saw all the costumes in person. Were we allowed to touch them? NO, NO, NO! We actually got to feel bits of material of with the wearable arts were made from! Is that awesome, or what!? There was another small room that was very dark. It had glow in the dark dresses! My sneakers glowed, too! And, believe it or not, so did my teeth!So, I guess you can come to a correct conclusion that our field trip today was awesome!