update...

• Weather: Cloudy and sunny. Too cold for this time of the year!
• Mood: Quite good, relaxed and tired.

1. Well, a lot has happened in the meantime. So much for my plan to write in here regularly. Hopefully I can manage it from now on.
2. I've passed! At 24 March a letter from my uni arrived saying that Ms. Erin Paikea has passed her masters degree! It was such a good feeling! Such a relief and suddenly I felt so grown-up. It has to be one of the best feelings ever! My graduation will be in July and I'll give this time to myself to relax, to make up my mind, to find out what I really want and where I really would like to be, until I start job-hunting seriously.
3. My part-time job: not a good topic right now. It was OK as long as I wasn't alright. But I've grown so much and this job is showing me where I do not want to be and what I do not want in the future. Not HR and not a purely office-job. I need creativity and definately no controlling. All this controlling that is going on in this office is making me sick and it effectively sucks off all energy I have. The more controlled and watched I feel, the less I accomplish. The positive thing it has shown me though is that I'm sure now that my future is in marketing and media. I've worked as a freelancer at a radio station before and worked for TV - and this is where I belong, where I feel best.
4. I've started to take my hobby, art photography, more serious and began to release some of my shots here: http://erinpaikea78.deviantart.com/gallery/ . This is probably the most rewarding thing I've ever did! And it's so much fun! I started to walk around with a different view on things, have met wonderful people because of it and never leave my house without my camera.
5. My mum has a slipped disc since Easter. It's hard for her; but fortunately it's getting better gradually!
6. Today we've booked the ferry and the hotel to go to my graduation! It's going to be fabulous! I've always wanted to stay there and now we are! Yay!
7. It's my birthday in eight days but doesn't feel like it would be soon as it just too f*** cold!!!