THE Ball

I did 'THE' in capitals because really, when are you ever going to have another experience than your high school ball? Well it was last Saturday, the 23rd of June was when we had it and the venue was the Fremantle yacht club. Well one word that sums it up perfectly is fantastic. It was one of the bests nights I have ever had (I should say nights/mornings since we were up will 5am).

Well I started getting ready at 12.30 which was when my hair appointment was and then my makeup appointment was at 2. I would never had trusted myself to do my own makeup because it would have looked horrible! Anyways I got back home around 3pm and put my dress on and all that. My friend Steph came over at around 4pm and then we took lots of pictures with her and my family and then we were off to the pre-ball which was at my friend Bianca's house. Here are some pictures we took at home.

My Dad, Steph and I.

My Mum and I

We got to the Pre-ball at around 5pm and it was like the paparazzi were there. There were pictures being takes everywhere and you couldn't stop smiling for one minute otherwise a bad photo might have been produced ha ha. The only time we were able to stop smiling was when we all got into the limo but even then parents were taken pictures through the windows! The Limo ride was great and we went up to Cottosloe and then to the venue of the ball.

My best friend Allira and I.

Again, pictures were being taken left, right and centre and we finally got another rest when all the parents had to leave and we had a nice dinner followed by dancing! When we left again in the Limo at 12am, we were so tired but it still wasn't over yet... we still had the after ball which was at my friend Matt's house. What can I say but it was a sleepless night filled with so many funny stories.

All in all, it was one of the best times of my life and I will never ever forget it. So anyways this is my last week of school before I get a break for two weeks but I have 5 tests also so I better go and study now. More soon.

Feet=Bruised

Seriously... I don't think my feet have ever hurt more in my life! Last night I went to the Croatian Club in North Fremantle for a concert. The band was a Croatian band from Sydney called "Prva Liga". Steph and I went together and we danced all night. I decided to wear my ball shoes so I could stretch them before the ball in two weeks so they wouldn't hurt so much then. The were black, pointy, kitten heals. Steph wore similar shoes and we basically hobbled out of the club at 1 in the morning. Our feet hurt so much from all the jumping around. The songs were brilliant including classics from such Croatian artist as Thompson, Dilvji Jagode and heaps more that I can't remember the names off but I know the songs. I had a fantastic night.

So tomorrow starts the new school semester and I can't believe half the school year for me has gone already. (I only have 3 terms this year since I'm in year 12).) Year 12 doesn't seem so scary anymore now that the first set of exams is over. I was really scared at the beginning of the year about the last year of school and going to university next year but that all seems to have disappeared now. Thankfully, mind you.

Well I hope everyone had a good weekend and try to have a great week. (Next weekend is only 5 days away. Hang in there.) Cao

Disapointed / Not Disapointed

I swear, the amount of chances that we had at scoring a goal last night was unbelievable and did we manage to score? Of course not. Croatia had 70% ball possession, we were definitely the better team, but we still couldn't score. So it ended up being 0-0 against Russia. But what can I say! I still love this team with all my heart. While my friend Stephanie and I were watching the game (By the way, we were the ONLY girls there to watch, it was so funny listening to all these old men swearing all the time in Croatian) we noticed some new, quiet good-looking guys from the Croatian side that we hadn't before. Ha ha. Now personally, Niko Kranjcar have been my favourite player for ever but Steph fell in love with this guy, Mladen Petric. So all the girls out there reading this blog, please let me know which guy you think is better looking! I Have a bet to win!

Niko Kranjcar

Mladen Petric

And in other news... I FINISHED MY EXAMS!!!!!! Today I have the whole day off and I'm planning on going to Fremantle and sit in a cafe and do absolutely nothing this afternoon with Steph. Ha ha.

Now in my last blog I was talking about funny stories and after I finished reading that blog, I realised I have one that happened quiet recently when I was on camp at Rottnest Island (This was just before the Easter break and my school year and I had gone there for 3 days.)

Well for the camp we were given bikes so we could ride around the island and so on the second day I was riding with a bunch of friends and a few teachers. My friend Kelly was in front of me and she was riding with no hands so I reached into the basket in the front of my bike to grab my camera to take a picture. I was riding on the side of the road and next to me was a hill going down with trees and at the end was a fence. So as I reached out for the camera, I lost my balance and, I swear it was in slow motion, I started screaming and I fell off my bike and went tumbling down the hill, right on my side! I was covered in dirt and I broke my shoe too! I just lay there laughing and everyone came up and were like "Are you alright??" All they saw was me laughing so they just started laughing too and my teacher got a picture of me just laying there in the dirt with my legs trapped in the bike. Unfortunately I don't have that picture to show you but i can assure you it was absolutely hilarious. Here are some other pictures from my camp.

Anyways.. I'm off for some more sleep.. I'm still tired from waking up this morning for soccer!

Desperate Times calls for Desperate Measures!

I can hear you all now, "No Anea, don't do it!" But it's OK people, I am not going to do it. But now your asking, " Hang on, what isn't she going to do?"

A ha! Tricked ya! That was a joke from the lame world of Anea.A ha ha

Well I tell you what. When you think no one is watching, you are probably wrong. For example, I just happen to love anything that has chocolate in it, so when I was eating this lovely chocolate muffin one day, I had to eat every single bit of that muffin, which includes all the crumbs. And tad ah! There was someone watching me. That person just happened to have a camera. And that person was my famous photographer friend Janelle. So here you have "Muffin Girl." (I was even hiding in a change room to stop anyone watching but I'm telling ya, it doesn't work)

She is very talented. If you want to check out her fantastic photography go to http://mohawkinator.deviantart.com/. You won't regret it!

So where was I, oh yeah, when you think no one is watching, they probably are! I haven't got an actual picture of the event for this one but here it is anyway. Recently when I was in Bosnia, I went skiing and the second day I was there I had my first skiing lesson. Everything was going really well, I didn't even fall over and it had been like an hour. So slowly I had to climb up a small hill and just go down it a little bit and it went fine, did it a few times but I knew it was too good to be true. The forth time I went down, there was a massive whole in this snow and I started screaming and I couldn't go around it, and so I fell, hard. And who happened to be watching that time. Oh yeah, it was my mum.... with a video camera! What can you do but laugh I tell ya. But Mt Vlasic was a really beautiful place. This is one of my favourite photos.

Here's another funny story for you but I did know someone witnessed this which makes it even more embarrassing. So again, this one was On Mt Vlasic in Bosnia. This was the last day I was there and I was hanging out with my friend Marija. We decided not to go skiing but just explore the place for the day. So we managed to find the most beautiful, secluded spot and we made mini snow men. I was picking up some snow and Marija threw some snow at me, so I threw some back and turned my back to her and started running. At the same time she threw a ball of snow at me again. It hit me in the back and I just fell flat on my face with my hands outstretched and everything. I swear when I got up, I had never laughed so much in my life! It was truly one of the funniest moments i've ever had. And you know what, I even have a picture of the imprint I left. Ha ha, see where my head and arms and legs were?

And this is when I got up out of the snow. (Sorry I couldn't turn it)

So anyway, I have one more exam to go and I can't wait to finish it! Plus tomorrow night/ Thursday morning is the Croatia vs Russia soccer match for the Euro Cup qualifiers! Go Croatia wahoooo! I'm going to watch it on TV live! Can't wait. Hope you enjoyed my lame stories. :)

Damsel in Distress!

Don't you just hate it when people turn up at your house unannounced? especially when it's people you haven't seen in years? Well that's what happened to me today.

I was on the phone to Allira, studying mind you, when the other line went off. So I answered it and it was our neighbour saying that someone was at our gate. The gate buzzer isn't working so we didn't here them. I'm home alone, in track pants, hair in a frizz, looking and feeling totally disgusting because who cares what you look like when your studying? and I had to answer the door.

So it was my uncle and his family and my dads not home and so I ring him, my Uncle and him talk and there coming back tomorrow. Gah, I hate situations like those. You just don't feel up to facing the world this one day and Bam, someone unexpected shows up and it's not like anyone else can deal with it because your home alone.

So now that I've had my spat, I've found this fantastic quote that I would like to share with everyone.

… ‘our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.’
We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine,
We unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we’re liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love

So there is this cool series of books called "Girlosophy" by a lady called Anthea Paul. The book that I got this quote from is called "Girlosophy: The Soul Survival Kit". It is truly inspirational book for all girls/women out there. I'm recommending it to everyone. It's full of beautiful sayings and things that just make you want to get up and do something! I encourage all girls to read or buy one, for mothers to buy it for there daughters and for girls to buy it for there friends! You won't regret it, truly.

Now there's this other topic I want to discuss... its called exams. Pain fill, horrible, mean exams. My last two are my hardest. I have so much to cover in Human biology and music.. lets not even go there. However, I am determined to get through it and get to the other side to reap the rewards! (which includes going to the Croatian club on Thursday morning at 2.30am to watch Croatia vs Russia on TV) ha ha

Anyways, back to studying for me, gahhh

We're all in this together

Hmmm, well I'm glad to say I am getting the hang of this thing thanks to my awesome friend Ashley who has a hilarious blog herself I must say! I'm contemplating whether to go and study at the moment.... and I'm thinking.... no way. Ha ha. I have all day tomorrow AND Monday. Also on Monday I'm going to play soccer with my Croatian gang ha ha as I like to call us. That would include Kat, Ollie, Frank, Boris, Stepe, Steph and me. Should be great! Off to bed for me now.

Hey there

Well I'm very new at this and I'm horrible at using computers so this is going to take me while. Well first of all I'm Anea. I live in Perth, Western Australia and I'm 16. I'm in my last year of high school, at right now I'm actually in the middle of my exams. My father is Croatian and my mother is Indian so I have quiet a background. Next year I would like to go to university here in Perth and study teaching/social sciences or maybe go to an Arts Academy called WAPPA to study music as a vocalist. I have a great group of friends whom I could not live without! My favourite place is Dubrovnik in Croatia which is my dads home town. On my summer holidays which were back in December 2006 and January 2007, I went to Dubrovnik with my family to visit my grandmother and other family. It was the middle of winter there but it was fantastic! I also went to Mt Vlasic in Bosnia, skiing. It was the first time I had seen snow and it was great!



As I've mentioned, this is my last year of high school and its been very full-on lately. I've had exams this past week and I have two more to go next week. At the end of the year I'm going to Malaysia to visit my family and I'm hoping, like really hoping, that from there I might be able to go to Croatia. But theres a lot of convincing I'm going to have to be doing there. haha. I would really like to go and see my family and friends again. Anyways, I have to go and study now. Damn it, I really don't want too. But you will be hearing from me soon.



Cao