Tuesday:
I woke up at 5am and got ready to leave home to head off to Hornsby which all the metro people had to be there by 8am. So my Dad trained it with me from Green square then stopped at Central then to finally Hornsby. As we were on our way to there, I didn't know what to expect. As we got there, we all had to meet at the Hornsby bus station and as I was walking there, I wasn't too sure if I was going to the right bus stop haha! Saw these lovely girls that greeted me and my dad had to leave straight to work. I hugged him and got a bit emotional first as I said 'I love you Dad' Waiting there for everyone to get there in the cold which was freezing asss! We left around 8:30 and got there late for the opening and I remembered while we were on our way to Vision Valley, Arcadia I started to tear while listening to my iPod, looking out of the window just thinking about my family as I've never been this far from them before. We arrived at Vision Valley by starting with the Acknowledgement of Country and the National Anthem. We played this game where we all had to throw our shoes to the middle and anyone can take some random shoe and you had to find that person with their shoe by introducing yourself. Which I met so many people with lovely smiles. Basically on Tuesday it was presentations and I got into my colour group which I was in blue. My colour leaders were Millie and Hayley they were so fun to be with. Blue all the way! We all got our warm fuzzie envelopes which anyone can write fuzzies to and by Friday morning we'll take it home with us. I remember on that first day was kind of emotional for me because I was missing my family so much and my friends already! To be honest on that day I was feeling a bit ergh like that feeling I just wanted to go back home with my family but this opportunity I had, only happens once a life time. So I headed off to my room to put my entire luggage there and hoping that I meet my room mates. I came in with such beautiful smiles on their face Caitlin, Casey and Raynor. I wasn't use of sleeping alone without my sister and as the lady who was our supervisor passed our room, would come in and be like 'Lights out girls'
Wednesday:
Woke up around 7am to get ready for breakfast and this day we all had to attend workshops from our own choice. For session 1 I decided to attend 'Make a difference with positive connections' which was a valuable lesson about making positive connections within our surroundings. Session 2 I attended the workshop 'Day For Change - How small change can make a big difference' which is hosted by UNICEF and throughout the workshop made me thought about how my school haven't hosted an event for UNICEF and it would be great because it's for a very good cause to help other kids from the developing countries and by there, our school can make a difference for them but not just only that, our school is making a positive difference by connecting and supporting each other :) Then later we got to do a physical activity which I chose Touch Footy and I don't know why I picked that haha! It got boring cause the guys were full playing it, so then I went to play a bit of Soccer. I remember calling my mum or dad each day just to check if their fine and when my mum picked up the phone, she would start to cry and I would end up crying a bit as well, since my mum is in a sick condition I would always worry about her. She would always be telling me not to worry about her and go have fun. But I knew my mum and dad was supporting me and wanted me to worry about my mum that time, cause she understood where I was coming from. Also that day we had a few of our regional meetings to prepare for the forum which was intense. Later at the night, we had Drum Beats and it was so much fun!! Everyone enjoying it and the beats were fantastic! We then had a Trivia competition and everyone just basically went crazy but I remember myself feeling all sleepy because I was too tired haha! Bed time :)
Thursday:
The usual morning and had our last regional meeting and more other workshops like 'Rising Generations' which was heaps fun as well! Then I walked into some random room for this other workshop 'Boys, Girls and Student Leadership: researching the issues at your school' which was pretty interesting though but it didn't really affect my school since I go to an all girl school. It was interesting to hear about the other schools how it concerned them. We had our forum and it was intense as well! Out of 9 regions only 4 motions went passed like woaah! Next for the fun bit, we had our photo session and we took all these mad photos! Then comes the best night, our dance party ‘The Roaring Twenties’ Everyone getting dressed up and enjoying themselves which was great to see! Gosh that was a tiring night, dancing for hours in heels but at the same time one of the best nights!
Friday:
The Friday morning wasn’t what I called the ‘Usual Morning’ this was the day when we all had to leave. I just couldn't believe the journey had to end, as we had our closing of the conference everyone started to cry and I still couldn't believe this was actually happening. Everyone saying their goodbyes and the tears running down.
I swear we were all like a one big family and it’s the spirit that I admired the most. I will surely miss the friendship I’ve made there, the ‘Shibang-a-bang’ and ‘Fair dinkum’ the laughter’s, joking around, the random claps and everything! Met amazing lovely people that I gotten to know more during those 4 days and I love you guys even if I didn't get to catch up with some of yous. I must say this was one of the best experiences in my life and I have learnt so many things from there not only for my school but for myself as well. Where ever I go I will always remember the good times we all had and I thank you guys for all the memories <3
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