It's 2011!

New Years Resolution 1: Keep in Touch with Family and Friends.
My first New Years resolution is to keep in touch with family and friends. I could do this via email, phone, skype or I could write a letter. Going to an international school, I am used to friends having to move to other places. By keeping in touch with them via email it will help me to miss them less as they will still be a part of my life. I would also like to communicate with relatives as I usually only see them once a year. Its nice to find out what is happening in their lives.

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New Years Resolution 2:  Organize my room and locker.
A major issue with me is that I am terrible at organizing things. No matter how hard I try, I cannot seem to organize anything. My room tends to get messy, making hard for me to find anything! My locker is very cluttered. When I organize my locker, it becomes messy again after a few days. If my locker was cleaner I would be able to find things more easily, helping me to be on time for class 

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A Snapshot of my Holiday: Yabbying

The bullfrog croaked in the distance. The murky pond remained still apart from the ripples caused by the falling of leaves. My family and I lugged all the equipment up the steep path. We were going yabbying.
Yabbies are a sort of  freshwater crustacean found in Australia. To catch them you tie a piece of string to a stick, tie a piece of meat to the other end of the string, stab the stick into the ground and throw the meat into the water. The only problem with Yabbing is that it requires alot of patience and waiting around, which dosen’t  always come that easily with me!
My mum set up about four lines around the waters edge. All that was left to do was to sit around and wait for a tug. About ten minutes passed and there was no sign of life. The water remained absolutely still. It seemed like the whole lake had been fished out. But luckily that wasn’t the case.

Look!” my brother Bryce yelled “The line, its moving!” We turned our heads in his direction. The line he was pointing at had become tense. There was definitely something biting at the line.  
“I’ll get the net, Steph can you please pull the line in” My mum asked me. I willingly rushed over to where she was standing and grabbed ahold of the line. I slowly pulled the line up. I was careful not to make any sudden movements, because if I did I would scare away the yabby. All of a sudden my mum swung the net down and scooped up the yabby. We finally caught one!
“Yes” I yelled in happiness. I held my hand out to my mum for a hi-5. I was overjoyed!
As time progressed lines became tense more frequently. We caught more and more yabbies. The more yabbies we caught the better we became at catching them. By the end of the afternoon we had caught around 20 yabbies. It truly was a memorable experience.
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