Occupational therapy experience..

I finally managed to have some Occupational Therapy experience today, which I thoroughly enjoyed!!

They are exceedingly busy individuals, so it was a real honour to be invited in for today and tomorrow!

The Occupational Therapists were warm and welcoming, and I even had the chance to visit some of the patients in the wards of the William Harvey Hospital! Unfortuntately, the nurses are tremendously busy, because there are not enough of them!!

It was a good experience to gain an understanding of what Occupational Therapists do, even though I was observing the majority of the time.

I am hoping to do an Occupational Therapy degree next year, which will be a three year course!!

An evening at Pizza Hut!

Yesterday, I was invited to Pizza Hut, to celebrate Louise's 15th birthday!

It was a real treat, particularly eating the pepperoni and margarita pizza's, including potato wedges and garlic bread!!

The best part of the evening was singing 'Happy Birthday' to Louise, as the lights were dimmed, and Louise had to stand in front of the whole restaurant, whilst we clapped her! It was very fun!!

For dessert, I ate ice cream, including smarties and marshmallows, which was exceedingly delicious! Unfortunately, the ice cream took a long while to come out of the machine!

Once we had finished at Pizza Hut, all the guests were invited to Louise's house, to eat a piece of delicious birthday cake. It really was an excellent evening!!

Knee operation!

My dad is currently in hospital after having a knee replacement. Unfortunately, he is situated between elderly men, and is in the middle of the hospital ward!!
He seems to be doing fairly well though!

Many individual's have been asking about him, and phoning to find out how he is!! They even announced it in church today, which was encouraging!!

He is hoping to be making a quick recovery in hospital, as he absolutely hates being waited on! As my Auntie Rebecca would say, ''medical individual's are the worst patients''!

I was dreaming about Tim Horton's today, particularly the doughnuts. It is such a shame we cannot have a Tim Horton's, although we do have a Starbucks in our local supermarket now, including blueberry frapucchino's!!

More images of my adventure!!

These are some of my favourite pictures of my trip to Canada!

The picture of Erin was taken in a Mexican restaurant, known as Chilies, which was thoroughly delicious!!

Pictures of my trip in Canada!!

I had such an excellent time in Canada, particularly playing with Eithne!! I even managed to change her dyper (nappy) on the last day, which was black poo, because she had been eating blueberries!!

Unfortunately, I am not able to put all of my pictures up here yet, so there is more to follow!

Eithne playing!!

Eithne is the cutest baby in the world!!

I will miss her very much!

The hills are alive!

Yesterday, Auntie Rebecca, Sean, Natasha, and I visited Rainbow Stage theatre, where we watched the Sound of Music!

It was absolutely brilliant, including the atmosphere!! Every individual stood at the end of the play, to applaud the actors and actresses on their achievement.

We were sitting fairly near the front of the stage, so we had an excellent view of the actors and actresses! My favourite song included:-

'So long farewell', which was sung beautifully by the children.

Sean laughed very much throughout the play, and thought that the actresses and actors would sing Michael Jackson's 'thriller', which he managed to play in my head!!

It seemed that the whole of Winnipeg had come to watch the play, because it was packed, with hardly any empty seats!

A day at the zoo.......

Sunday afternoon, Auntie Rebecca, Sean, Natasha, and I visited the zoo!! It was a brilliant experience, and a lot of fun!

Before, we arrived at the zoo, Auntie Rebecca brought me a famous slurpee, from 711!! It was even multicoloured!

We saw a range of different animals, including grizzly and brown bears. The best animal was definitely the bearded monkey, which resembled an elderly man!! We all could not stop laughing, once we had seen the monkey!

Auntie Rebecca did not visit the tropical centre, as there was a crocodile situated inside, which was tremendously long in size!!

It was lovely to visit live animals, because I had only seen a dead baby bear, and a dead deer lying in the middle of the road!

Minneapolis!

Erin, Auntie Rebecca, Eithne, and I drove on an eight hour journey to the state of Minneapolis, America on Tuesday! It was tiring, but exciting at the same time, because there was much to watch!!

We finally arrived at Minneapolis at 6.00 pm, and ate a meal from the restaurant, although Auntie Rebecca could not eat hers, because it was disgusting, and vile!

Wednesday, we visited the Mall of America, which is the largest mall in the United States! It was huge, and I had never seen anything similar to it before!! The mall even had a theme park, which I thoroughly enjoyed, partciularly going on the fast rides with Erin!!

Unfortunately, when we arrived back from the Mall of America, we found that a bridge had collapsed, carrying fifty cars! The news was on each television channel, and it was quite upsetting!

Adventurous!!

I have been extremely busy this past week, and feel adventurous!!

Tuesday, I was riding my bicycle with Auntie Rebecca, and crashed into a post! My clothes were covered with dirt, and I have exceedingly purple bruises!
It was an amazing crash, but Auntie Rebecca told me that I landed in an awkward position!!

At Victoria beach, they have a beautiful pier, which Auntie Rebecca jumped off! I even managed to take some photographs on Auntie Rebecca's camera!!

Auntie Rebecca, Erin, Natasha, Eithne, and I drove all the way to Grand Forks, situated in the United States of America, situated in the state of North Dakoda. Auntie Rebecca and I had to have visas to enter the country, so the security guard fingerprinted and photographed us!!

The hotel was excellent, and there was a huge waterpark, with flumes!

Victoria Beach!!

I have had a tough time adjusting to daily life in Canada, but am beginning to feel much more joyful!

Thursday, we arrived at Victoria beach, which is a larger size than England. It is a beautiful place, which I did not appreciate at first!! All the residents are tremendously friendly, and welcome you with a smile.

I particularly enjoy the bakery, where they sell a large amount of treats. For example:-
Cinnamon buns, cookies, sausage rolls, date bars. They are all delicious, and freshly made each morning!

Today, I have been cycling, to take Eithne to the park!! (I didn’t even complain). Auntie Rebecca has helped me very much, and has put up with my stubbornness! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!

I have even been swimming in the lake, where I played ball, and splashed around, including having my hair wet!!
Thank you also Erin and Tim for being extremely generous, and including me into your family!

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Canada!!

I have finally arrived in Canada after an 8 hour flight! (I'm glad it was not 12 hours)!!

The flight went well, particularly as my ears did not pop! Once we arrived, Sean, Natasha, Erin, and Eithne were waiting for us, and gave both Auntie Rebecca and I welcoming hugs!!

Auntie Rebecca has been extremely kind to me, and is understanding!

I miss home very much, because it is a different routine, and I am not used to change!! Everyone has been kind towards me, and I feel like part of the family! I played with Eithne this morning, and she enjoyed it!!

Flying!!

It is only two more whole days to go, until I fly to Canada (for the first time)!!

I have half of my suitcase packed, but I am worried that I may pack too much, and the case will be extremely heavy!

I feel as though I am travelling on an adventure, because it will be the first time I am travelling without my parents! I will miss them terribly, but at least there is e-mail, and postcards!!

I love flying on aeroplanes, particularly taking off, as it feels like a huge rollacoaster ride! I especially enjoy watching the films, and eating the food!!

Bannantynes leisure centre!!

I have finished each of my assignments for college, which is excellent, as I can relax for the Summer!!

Today, Auntie Rebecca very kindly took me swimming, as a guest! I managed to build my confidence skills, but still have a long way to go before I am a champ!

The spa was the best bit, because it was extremely warm, and full of bubbles. Unfortunately, once Auntie Rebecca and I walked into the swimming pool, we were both freezing cold!

I have not been swimming for at least three, or four years, which therefore meant it was rather frightening!!

Wimbledon tennis Chapionships!!

It is coming towards the end of the Wimbledon tennis championships, which have been excellent!! The weather has been appalling, so the players are lacking behind!

In the final for the women, I would enjoy seeing Justine Henin play, because she has never once won the Wimbledon championships! Thankfully, she has just beaten Serena Williams in the Quarter finals, which therefore means that the final will not be a Williams final!!

Unfortunately, Maria Sharapova was beaten by Venus Williams, of whom played like a monster!

The final for the men is definitely the best, where I would enjoy seeing Rafael Nadal play against Roger Federer, or Llyaton Hewitt!! Rafael Nadal was born in Majorca, which is the most beautiful country in the whole, wide, world!

Cliff Richard - Summer Holiday

18 days to go.......

First aid!

Today has been a brilliant day, as I have been at work placement! It has been a particularly difficult week this week, so it has been excellent to enjoy communicating with the elderly service users!! We even had a music quiz today, which was extremely difficult, as I do not have a good understanding of old music! (Out team won the music quiz)!!

Please pray for my brother Matthew, as he is suffering from a broken heart, and really needs encouragement at this time!

On Monday, I have a first aid course at my college, which I am looking forward to, but nervous at the same time!! We have to give CPR to a critically injured individual, (or dummy)!

After Monday has been, we have a food hygiene course, with an exam afterwards!! Our college tutors are trying to cram everything in, as it is almost the end of term! Horrahhhyyy!

A small, quiet library!

Yesterday, I started working at a library in a small, remote area of Ashford, known as Bockhanger!

I now work every Saturday, one time at Stanhope library, and the alternative weeks, I work at Bockhanger library!! I really enjoy both of them, but there is much more work to do at Stanhope library!

I feel it is a shame that not many individual's use the library at both Bockhanger, and Stanhope, as there are a good selection of books, and dvds on offer to them!!

We had a total of about 8 people come into the library yesterday, sometimes, we have even less! It was still fun though, as I enjoy rearranging the books, and straightening them!!

Happy Birthday Mum!

Today is my mum's birthday, which we celebrated yesterday with a Chinese meal!! We had the immediate family round, where we all indulged in chicken balls, prawn crackers, mushroom chop suey (my favourite), and many other delicious treats!!

My mum is taking it easy today, and trying not to do many chores! In the afternoon, we are all eating a piece of my mum's favourite cake, Angel food cake! Unfortunately, you cannot buy angel food cake mix in England, so all of our family and friends have never tried a piece!!

Sunday, was a brilliant day, as we booked tickets in the West end to see Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour dream coat, with Joseph played by Lee!!

Winslow day hospital!!

Today, I woke early, with the sound of rain crashing down on my window! Suddenly, that awful feeling came to my stomach, as I remembered I had to start a new work placement today for my course!

I am situated at a day hospital/centre for the elderly at William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, which caters for elderly individual's, particularly with mental illnesses, such as: depression, and anxiety!!

I was extremely worried this morning, but once I arrived, I was welcomed by all the members of staff! Unlike other placements I have been on, the health professionals knew that they were having a student to join them!!

It was excellent, and I even managed to do some physiotherapy work with the elderly individual's, which was relaxing! It didn't feel as though I had done much work, because I mainly communicated with the elderly, whilst playing games with them!!