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My daily happenings and me whingeing over things

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University dun dun dun..

So.. currently im at that stage in my life when you decide on your possible career path and if you intend to go to university you do..Anyway on to the actual thing.. i've decided to take a double degree in Secondary Education/Bachelor of Arts at the University of Notre dame.. a small Catholic one in Sydney. I am majoring in History and minoring in Theology and this semester im taking Western Civilisation.. the only unit close to ancient history as it looks like im gonna get and for the theology im taking Christology and Introduction to Theology. So far its been quite good i mean the people there are great aswell as the atmosphere though i mean the workload sux but doesnt it always? other then that im stuck in a class with 3rd year people in my Christology one.. so im totally lost up the back of the room lol..

Honorius

Honorius

 

Cuzco..Que??

so this is the first entry on recounting my entire peru trip which lasted just over a week because the whole point was for of course the 'inka trail' / Macchu picchu. So on to the whole thing!   Arriving in Chile on the 28th of November and with barely a stay in the capital santiago my cousins brrother and myself were sent north... to PERU!. anyway what can i say about the flight... it was ok.. nothing flash. landing in Lima i was suprised at the really... bad amount of security, they dont put your bag through xray machines and when they do check you its random plus the machine didnt really work, the random test was done by pushing a button, if you got a red light your checked and you get a green light your fine, i kind of lol'ed at it but whatever. Ok so then we caught a short flight to Cuzco the ancient capital of the inkas and a colonial capital in its own right, the flight was amazing to say the least the Andes and the rest of the scenery was beautiful. We flew by LAN airways which i gave my thumbs up to for everything ok so arriving in Cuzco you usually get the tourist hounded thing by taxi drivers.. which about 50 did to us, really uncomfortable anyway we arrived at our hostel about 10 metres from the Plaza de Armas (the main square) now this hostel cost us like 20 dollars australian a night and it was bloody amazing, private bathrooms and 2 to a room, it was an old colonial building remade into a hostel total hotness.!   Ok so the first day in Cuzco after unpacking was spent visiting a tourist agency to do a day trip the next day while we also visited one of the cathedrals. We had to pay a few soles to get in and then we were suddenly abused and kicked out by the priest for 'inappropriate clothing' it was so rude.. the way he went ballistic and we were all like 'wtf!?' we all got really peeved off.. it was an ugly church anyway in the style of the spanish ones where the altar and behind it is really really cluttered.. anyway enough of the cathedral drama we spent the rest of the first day walking around and exploring. a bit of advice to anyone going to cuzco DO NOT respond to the hounders on the street there are so many people there attempting to make a living via selling you random stuff like i mean you walk 10 metres and u get hounded by like 30 people.. so just ignore them which my brother didnt do and we got followed for an hour because this kid was trying to sell postcards. The night was spent visiting a local nightclub which was rather good except also for the fact that out side there were toddlers selling chewing gum at 4 am... which we all thought was rather odd..   ok so the next day like wow this was wonderful, we all payed 20 bux american i think it was to go out of cuzco and visit various inkan sites like Pisaq which i posted a picture of, Ollantaytambo which i will be posting soon and Chinchero a colonial town high in the andes, along with that we went on a mini tour of the markets. so it was just the 8 of us and a guide and a van. I must admit i rather enjoyed this day then the actually day we reached Macchu Picchu for some reason. anywho Pisaq was beautiful despite the cliff drops beside your 1 metre wide path, my cousin made the mistake of wearing thongs aka flip flops?/Jandels? you know? so there were a few fountains there in the 'water temple' which was still flowing from the mountains which i thought was quite interesting but i forget all the details coz it was so long a go..   Ollantaytambo.. was also an interesting place because people still live there at the base of the actual citadel/palaces but this place was PACKED and i mean Packed.. plus i got in trouble for stepping on a building which i thought was just a stone despite that it was ok nothing great.   Chincherro was ok aswell it was very spanish colonial with the 300 year old church but other then that it didnt have very much else   that night was once again spent clubbing   and the day after it was the start of the inka trail !

Honorius

Honorius

 

Oh the Joy!

so school is now completely over 13 years.. finally over as my hsc wrapped up a few weeks ago.. iu think i did ok.. i only need about an average of 72 to get into teaching so i should prolly get that. if not oh well gonna do social working anywayz..   next week at this time i will be on the plane to the south american country of Chile. why on earth is he going there you might say. well i have all my relatives there on my fathers side and plus my cousins in australia were going to so i thought 'why the hell not' should be spending some time in the andes aswell as just sticking around the capital Santiago.. should be an experience because last time i went i was like 5 and that was like 11 years ago.   aswell as going to Chile i was 'forced' or lets just say 'convinced' to go to peru and visit both Cuzco and Machu picchu.. i was fine with this until i was told that i was doing the 'trek' which takes like 4 days to get up the bloody hills *oh god* though it should be good the altitude is gonna stuff me as though my asthma has been proving i think its going to go ballistic up there.. who knows .. ive been 'training' for it doing long walks along sydneys coast.. not that its gonna help lol   other then finishing school and preparing for the trip. not much else has been happening. im just trying to decide what byzantine emperor to write an article on next.. possibly and angeli but im not sure.. suggestions? anyway ive also been reading a book called 'history of the byzantine state' by George Ostrogorsky and so far its been quite good. similar to Norwichs i suppose but its good so far.   anyway thats my rant after like a few months   Ciao! *gotta practice my espanol!*

Honorius

Honorius

 

Coming Out

well the past year has seen many changes in my life. only the other week i finally came out to my parents about my sexuality.. i had told them a year ago that i thought i was but they came back witht he usual 'you dont know till your older' stuff. But when i told my parents the other week i got a rather unwelcome reply, my father looked rather sad, disapointed and ashamed so i started to get really pissed off because they always told me if i did turn out to be 'gay' they wouldnt care but they obviously did.. so ever since the day i told them their entire attitude towards me has changed they rarely show compassion and barely speak to me.. arguments between me and my parents have escalated and occur almost daily..even my entire school knows now i can just imagine them gossiping about it (catholic school).. but with the bad come the good i spose i am having more fun with my friends nowadays and kind of have a social life again...   anyway i also have my exams coming up not a great time...   but on a good note 1453 i must say is an extremely detailed book and im pretty happy with it thanks again UNRV!!

Honorius

Honorius

 

Life... For The Past Month

so yes it has been quite some time since my last entry..nearly a month..   Well not much has happened when i think back at the past month...but here is what i remember   handed in a multitude of assignments which i scored very highly in   did a speech for english...argh i volunteered to go first but lucky me only 6 people where in the class that day ya! so i got pretty good marks..   i made a whole heap of new friends and as the days go by i continue to talk to new people i meet in the smoking area (yep a passive smoker i am lol )   i made a few new enemies... saw peoples true colours once again i spose... when will i learn i guess you could say but meh whatcha gonna do thats life   just about finished Lord Norwichs three part series on Byzantium..a superb book i must say for any byzantine enthusiast.   lately i have begun to show a keen interest in the Venetian republic and i dont know why... cosnidering they did play a large part in the collapse of the Byzantine empire....   and easter is coming up this week i think this year i will go to mass atleast a few times... and i have also begun to love the church and i dont what the reason for this is... considering im against alot of its teachings etc but anywho   so yer thats my past month... atleast what i can remember lol

Honorius

Honorius

 

Omg

hm.. not much in the past week so i just summarise in short points as usual....   The coffee with my friend was alot of fun...mmmmm.... mocha... anyway we had a great talk on our lives for the past 6 years and both learnt alot about each other that we hadnt already known. There were no awkward silences THANK GOD   We got our new English teacher whos is magnificent and we just started our work on Romeo and Juliet   My modern history teacher got told off by a girl in my class...created some drama   there have been 2 black outs at tafe (high school) already this past week...wonder why its happening so much   and thats about it.....

Honorius

Honorius

 

Month In Review

well havent posted on this blog in quite some time...not much happened but here it is   well i had my birthday....sweet sixteen got a bit of money and some clothes....   tafe is getting alot better and i think its the best thing that has happened to me in a long time.   signed a petition to get a new english teacher ...... i havent learnt anything since last year for english so my class is demanding a different teacher.   set my self on a fitness regime....jogging/running for about 1-2 hrs a day... and eating alot healthier...   My brother might have to convert to the Greek Orthodox church to become a godfather to hes best friends daughter...   thinking about going to church for some reason.... feeling a bit more religious i dunno why tho   and thats about it..... o and i finished my major modern hsitory assignment which i decided to do on Bernardo O'Higgins and the Liberation of Chile..   and coming up this week im going out with a good friend who i havent seen in about 7 years.... so i hope there are no awkward moments and silences

Honorius

Honorius

 

Things Are Better Now....

well tafe is working out really well... i have made heaps of friends to my suprisement. i learnt greatly to also never judge someone by the way the look. like this "gangsta" guy i meet ended up being really cool and nice, and like this really "nerdy" guy ended up being the funniest person i had ever meet in my life.   so things are looking alot better.   i also found out though recently that a really close friend of mine went through a depressed stage about two years ago like myself. if you are wondering why i was depressed here it is... oh by the way this happened all in 3 days...   1) my parents split up   2) my family found out we lost our house which was going to be our inheritance due to family conspiracies....i dunno jsut that one side of the family wanted it all for themselves...so my mother was incredibly depressed   3) we found out my bro was smoking weed....although i guess in america it isnt so bad...in my family it was.   4) my best friend utterly betrayed me...plus i was getting constantly harassed by my once good friends..   there were a few other things but i dont really want to talk about it right now..     anyway thats my day and my 'depression' story   anyway cya     p.s i forgot to include that there were many days that i was on the verge of slitting my wrists... i know some of you would call me a coward..and a massive whinger but i dont care...

Honorius

Honorius

 

Tafe

well today i enrolled in Tafe (those who arnt in Australia Tafe is like a community college... im finishing my high school education there). Although tafe is alot better in the areas of Ancient and modern history i have the prospect of having to make a whole new group of friends. its rather daunting but i suppose everyone who is going is in the same boat as me.   other then enrolling i finished typing up an article on Tiberius Constantine who reigned after Justin II   Anyway some people might be thinking why i left my high school to go to tafe.   1) My high school was Catholic (im catholic but they were so hypocritical in their teachings)   2) My school was racist   3) school has 40 hours a week while tafe is only 18 hours   4) Different variety of people from all walks of life.   anyway thats todays happenings and my whingefest about stuff   cya

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Honorius

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