GROWING UP IN NEW ZEALAND

I'm talking about hide and seek/spotlight in the park. The corner dairy, hopscotch, four square, go carts, cricket in front of the garbage bin and inviting everyone on your street to join in, skipping (double dutch), gutterball, handstands, elastics, bullrush, catch and kiss, footy on the best lawn in the street, slip'n'slides, the trampoline with water on it (or a sprinkler under it), hula hoops, jumping in puddles with gumboots on, mud pies and building dams in the gutter. The smell of the sun and fresh cut grass.

'Big bubbles no troubles' with Hubba Bubba bubble gum. A topsy. Mr Whippy cones on a warm summer night after you've chased him round the
block. 20 cents worth of mixed lollies lasted a week and pretending to smoke "fags" (the lollies) was really cool!.. A dollars' worth of chips from the corner take-away fed two people (AND the sauce was free!!).


Being upset when you botched putting on the temporary tattoo from the bubblegum packet, but still wearing it proudly. Watching Saturday
morning cartoons: 'The Smurfs', 'AstroBoy', 'He-man', 'Captain Caveman', 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles', 'Jem' (trulyoutrageous!!), 'Super d'', and 'Heeeey heeeeey heeeeeeey it's faaaaaaat Albert'. Or staying up late and sneaking a look at the "AO" on the second telly, being amazed when you watched TV right up until the 'Goodnight Kiwi!'

When After School with Jason Gunn & Thingie had a cult following and What Now was on saturday mornings! When around the corner seemed a long way, and going into town seemed like going somewhere. Where running away meant you did laps of the block because you weren't allowed to cross the road?? A million mozzie bites, wasp and bee stings (stee bings!).

Sticky fingers, goodies & baddies, cops and robbers, cowboys and indians, riding bikes til the streetlights came on and catching tadpoles in horse troughs.

Going down to the school swimming pool when you didn't have a key and your friends letting you in, drawing all over the road and driveway with chalk. Climbing trees and building huts out of every sheet your mum had in the cupboard (and never putting them back folded). Walking to school in bare feet, no matter what the weather.

When writing 'I love....? on your pencil case, really did mean it was true love. "he loves me? he loves me not?" and daisy chains on the front lawn. Stealing other people's flowers from their gardens and then selling them back to them...

Running till you were out of breath. Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt. Pitching the tent in the back/front yard (and never being able to find all the pegs). Jumping on the bed. Singing into your hair brush in front of the mirror, making mix tapes...

Pillowfights, spinning round, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for the giggles. The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team. Water balloons were the ultimate weapon. Weetbix cards pegged on the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle. Collecting WWF and garbage pail kids cards.

Eating raw jelly and raro, making homemade lemonade and sucking on a Rad, a traffic light popsicle, or a Paddle Pop... blurple, yollange and prink!

You knew everyone in your street - and so did your parents! It wasn't odd to have two or three "best friends" and you would ask them by sending a note asking them to be your best friend.

You didn't sleep a wink on Christmas eve and tried (and failed) to wait up for the tooth fairy. When nobody owned a pure-bred dog. When 50c was decent pocket money. When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for 10c.

When nearly everyone's mum was there when the kids got home from school.

It was magic when dad would "remove" his thumb.

When it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at the local Chinese restaurant (or Cobb'n'Co.) with your family.

When any parent could discipline any kid, or feed her or use him to carry groceries and nobody, not even the kid, thought a

Don’t change your bebo top 6 friends
- fill the people in below
- answer the questions truthfully

1. Clare
2. Vicki
3. Melroy
4. Katy
5. Talia
6.Katie S

Have you ever danced with 3?
Yeah last night in town! in Cowboy hats!

Where did you meet number 5?
At Soccer!

Have you ever gotten drunk/high with number 4?
lol yes! Katy used to steal buds off her dad and smoke it with me.. and drunk erm YES!

Has 1 been to your house?
Yes! not to my new house tho.. :-( italy stole her!

Have you ever seen number 6 cry?
Yes wen some big nasty beast kicked her ankle at soccer!

Has number 2 ever seen you naked?
LOl. wot kinda question is this?no!

Have you ever gone shopping with 3?
Yes.. from hairclips and beads to dresses and flat food :-)

Have you ever seen 2 in a swimsuit?
Why does this keep asking about me seeing vicki with no clothes?! no!

Have you ever met 1's family?
Yes, only Jan and Chris tho

Do you know 1's middle name ?
Erm, crap I really shud but im ashamed to say no - im sure i did tho? maybe the wine last nite wiped it from my memory!

Have you ever eaten anything in front of 4?
Im sorry but these questions are either getting stupider and stupider but i dnt think she would be on my friend page if i hadnt at least shared a meal with her! kino sushi and central place..:-)

Do you trust number 3?
Yes! if i didnt trust her then i dnt know many ppl that i wud trust.

Do you like 5?
No, shes just on here for fun.DUH! dum questions

Have you ever hated 6?
No.

Have you ever fought with number 2?
Nah never - shes too much of a happy face

When's the last time you talked to 5 in person?
Aaages ago

Are any of your top 6 family members?
nope,

Has anyone in your top 6 seen you cry?
Melissa has many times, and katy, not sure about the others

Have you ever done something dangerous with number 2?
haha if u call getting so drunk that we forget our names dangerous?

Have you ever slept in the same bed with 6?
Nah don't think so?

Do you think 4 and 5 would make a good couple?
lol no considering theyr both girls and don't know each other!

Would #1 do anything for you?
Yes. Clare is one of my loylest buddies :-)

Has 3 ever helped you out?
Yeah alot.. very recently picking me up in the middle od aucklands concrete jungle, but many more times than that too.


How do you feel when 5 hugs you?
is this question for real?!

Favourite?
um im glad this is the last question cos otherwise i wud stop anyway, random questions!

ONE!
If you're ugly,
stop acting like you don't know it.
The captions under you picture that says
"top model pose"
"sexy bitch"
"arnt i hot"
doesn't convince anyone.

TWO!
To the people who have like 25,000 friends,
are you serious?
Nobody in this universe can keep up with that many friends.
You're stupid.
Go play in traffic. Or jump.

THREE!
Don't ever post pictures and say
"OMG, I'm so ugly"
"OMG,I'm so fat"
because if you were,
you wouldn't post them.

FOUR!
Nobody cares about threats over the internet.
Don't try to act hardcore with the keyboard.
Fighting online is like racing in the special olympics;
even if you win,
you're still retarded.
ok i did not make this up!!

FIVE!
Making 20 blogs a day
about how you have new pictures
and begging people to comment on them is pathetic.
Make the bulletin once if you have to,
and those who actually care about you
will comment on your pics.

SIX!
If all your pictures look the same,
don't post them all.
Please put some variety in your pics.
Nobody wants to see your face
8 different ways.

SEVEN!
Who really cares if
I don't accept you as a friend?
MOVE ON!!!
Don't send me another request or message asking
"what's up with you not adding me?"
I don't want you as a friend;
that's what's up!

EIGHT!
Little 4th formers who have bebos
and look like sluts,
go somewhere else
because nobody wants you here.!!!

NINE!
If you have decided to read this,
you are a true bebo Friend.
Real friends read their blogs.



TEN!!!
And if you open a msg and it says something like
"repost this in 100 seconds or a ghost will rape your dog tonight,"
IT'S NOT REAL!
QUIT BEING AN IDIOT!!!!!!!!
PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO LIFE WHATSOEVER MAKE THAT SHIT UP THINKING THAT PEOPLE WILL FALL FOR THEIR STUPID TRAP!!! AND YOU DO!!!!

"Like omg if u dnt repost dis in 1 second at midnte/ and if you do at midnight your true love will...SHUTUP U ARSEHOLES!!! shit aint gonna happen".