cape point nature reserve field trip 2013

oh my gosh!!!!...no words can describe what a day this was!!!!. i had the most fun time of my life!!!!!....the weather was super crazy. first it was all quite and calm, and then suddenly it started raining!!...and then everyone started running towards the bus to go and keep warm and dry. the drive was suuupper long and a bit tiring but it was fun. we got to see a bit more of our country. it was more than what i expected but UNFORTUNATELY we had a time limit for everything. that was a buzz kill. i got to see thaakirahs family lokl (the baboons). they were so well behaved while roaming around. we were told not to give them food or approach them because they are "dangerous wild animals and are attracted by food". baboons that recieve food from animals become aggressive and have to be destroyed. if you feed them you will be fined.

when i looked around all i saw was green and a bit of color from the plants. i saw a dassie and lots of birds and insects. i even saw a tiny little snake basking in the sun because he had just eaten. and the caterpillars...was so amazing, all the beautiful colors and sizes. a bit frightening though. i googled some of them and found that they are actually poisonous. they move kind of slow and stand up when provoked and like their spikes or hairs also stand up. i wanted to take as many pics as possible but my memory card was full!!....SUPER SAD BUZZ!!!.. but i got my friends to take lots of pics of me. they did not upload all the pics though.

the above picture was taken by chandre oosterwyk. me and tershlin raced to the top so that we can take that awesome picture!..lol..i was like yyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!wwwwwwwwwooo!!

 this is a group photo that we took at the base of the mountain thing that ma and tershlin and a few other friends decided to climb. oh my hat that was so much fun!!.. the wind at the top of the mountain! i swear to you i thought i was going to fly away!!..and just as we were to go around the mountain the fog came over and the lecturer told us to go down. BUZZ KILL!!!...

the best part of taking pictures is being in them lol. as you can see in the previous two. it was random but i was there, not necessarily BOMBING the photos as some people would say. the best part about going on a trip is the FOOD of course!!!!! take a look

aaaaaahhhhh....caramel corn lol...and i also had boerewors, two, with onions and fruit chtney on them i also had 3 pieces of home made pie and two bottles of juice, a small tiny chocolate and sweets. 

and then we went up to the lighthouse. what an amazing, breathtaking view. you could actually see where the two oceans meet. atlantic and indian. and then we had to take the trip down to THE POINT. i only went just before the point and had to stay with my friend because she was tired. and then the people said that im not a true adventurer. uhm excuse me im a very considerate friend. but anyway we had a great time and most of the people woke up sick the next day\morning due to the weather. loves the peoples that shared the day with me, couldn't have asked for better friends..love you guys!!!

ECP...its OK. considering the three different modules, ISC 153 is the most difficult. i always complain about how unnecessary it is but in the end i failed my June exam  :( , but overall i passed the module :) . MAM 150 was very fun for me especially the group work. the tuts were a bit depressing cause all the clever people would always discuss the answers after the test and i would be like "how did you gt that?" feeling super sad that i did not get that answer :( . damn you clever people!!!... but yes life goes on. anyway life science is also OK  especially the practical because we actually get to be "hands on" with the stuff (life science work). we got to use microscopes and prepare slides and use chemicals but we were not allowd to use the bunsen burners, yet, and that was the part that i looked forward to.

in the lectures all you do is look at slides, go and read the work at home, class activities, blahblahblah...BORING!!..WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET TO GO OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM/LECTURE HALL THING?! i want to be able to see the things we discuss about in class, you know? but other than that life science is OK  you learn a lot of new things and they go so into detail compared to high school, like really, really deep.  so far for life science and maths my experiences has mostly been good, but nothing ever comes without a little bad, L.O.L. BUT ISC 153 that is another story.

its like whenever i go to an ISC class i feel like "what am i doing here?". its like the most sad, depressing classes i ever go to. the only thing i look forward to is to see my group members and talk about how we want to leave and end up staying and doing the work. i most definitely learn a lot in the classes but most of the time it just feels like such a drag, like get to the point already!!...whenever i write an essay for ISC the most common comments i receive is "elaborate" or "emphasize" and "work on your time management". and then there comes a time in everyones ISC lifetime when they ask a facilitator to help them or to explain to them something on the activity sheet. O.M.G!..its like asking an inanimate object a question and expecting it to give an answer. the fist thing they ask you is "who's the leader? did you read to the group? did everyone understand?"..and you'll be like "if we understood then why in the world would call you?! (thinking it and not saying it out loud, obviously.!)