living in italy

so i have neglected my blog for a while. SORRY. but i have much to catch up on.

I have finally seen snow. yes i know i said that i had seen it before but this was knee-deep, let's make a snowman (which i later found out is very hard) snow. It was beautiful. It reminded me of something you would find in Beauty and the Beast- which for those who know me, you would know that i was, and still am, very addicted to the movie. It seemed to have sort of magic, i dont know... i think it was just from seeing it the first time.

Also while we went to the snow. i ate snow. dont worry it was white. but i did see yellow snow. i took a photo of it.



Yellow Snow! Look closely its there!

  this is also another photo of me, just chillin in the snow. this is after my fail attempt of making a snow angel. i tried again later and it was better. I LUFF SNOW!  

after that we went to a festival called 'San Nicolas e Krumpus'. it was weird and i didnt understand what was going on. and i still dont. but basically these Krumpus are evil spirits of christmas. and for an unknown reason they like to hit people in the back of the legs with sticks. and it HURTS.  I got hit twice and i have a bruise... kinda.. its going away now.

hmm what else can i say? Pizza is amazing! I love the pasta! I have a friend who has jsut returned back home and she has been in tialy for the last year. anyways im going to quote her. she said "i used to be skinny, but know i live in italy. enough said". I now completely understood what she she meant.

Everyday i have German :s The German teacher is kinda crazy! Have i mentioned that my HPE teacher looks like he is going to kill everyone? He reminds me Mr Woodcock, hes out of the movie Mr Woodcock and hes a bastard of an hpe teacher too.

I think i am getting homesick. What i miss about home:
- my bed
- family (parental figures esp)
- fast internet
- certain friends and a particular boy
- wearing one layer of clothing -__-

but dont get the wrong idea. I loving italy. What i love about italy:
- food!
- the buildings
- snow
- listening to people sing english songs wrong
- hot chocolate
- food
- chocolate

gunna head now. Arrivederciiii
xoxoxo

tu nix vides?

that is latin. today i had another latin lesson... but here is the twist.. it was in english :) My prof (teacher) speaks english too... oh mio dio (omg)... also today is amazing because:
1: it snowed!!! and its the prettiest thing ever!
2: today Francesca (my host sister) and io decorated their house in christmas decorations. I am half way around the world from my home and i still manage to set the christmas tree and decorations up on december 1st... family tradition. 

last night i went to a city called Udine. it was gorgeous. also, when i was there i ate the biggest pizza ever!  
tomorrow my class and i are going to Trieste. I cant wait!! I LOVE ITALY! and snow. snow is amazing! anyone who hasnt seen it yet must do it!

xoxo
Your pal in italia

p.s. i can swear in italian. with perfect pronounciation

l'erba ti fa male se la fumi senza stile!

CIAOOOOO!
So today is day 3 in italy and i must say. i am in love. also today it is the first day of school. it was really strange. the teachers come to the class room and you stay in the same class all day. today at school i had art, biology, sose, maths, latin and german... i cant pick the subjects :( Its sad because the only thing i understood all day was maths :S and in german and latin i was soooo confused  i didnt know if it was the other language or italian that was being spoken :S :S But i am happy because they also learn english so they can speak to us in english and explain things to us. 

its very cold in italy. inside its 17 degrees, which is the temperature for my winter and my host family dont believe it and outside it is 4 degrees. there is no snow but it is raining and very very windy :(

Also, today we went to a bar.. thats what they call a coffee place... and i had a hot chocolate.. if you are ever in italy you have to have one!! its like hot mousse.. its very dense and thick. its soooooooooooooooooo yumma! 

A friend of mine Izzy is staying with a family and they have a toddler. she is so cute.. she is the cutest baby i have ever seen. Even Ruby, another friend of mine... she's kinda gothic (dont tell her that i said that :P) but she thinks she is cute! I reckon she looks like Boo out of Monsters Inc. Ruby and i called her cherub. but we found out today that her name is melissa... i like cherub :D

The Italian quote of the day is "l'erba ti fa male se la fumi senza stile" (its the title of the post) it translate to 'weed is not good for you if you dont smoke it in style'... sadly its a metaphor for if you gunna do something you do it well and proper :)
 
On the way here it was a long flight. i spent 28 ores travelling to italy from my home and i had only 4 hours sleep. when i got to my host family i went to bed at 7.40 and woke up at 10.30 :) I was recovered but my body clock is not used to the times that i go to sleep.

Dinner is almost ready. oh the food here is AMMMAZZZING! until next time
arrivderci!
xoxox

9 days and counting

As most would know, i have this love hate relationship with maths.

I hate maths. A LOT.

but it seems to love me and continue to fuck withmymind. and i have proof:

dsfgs

13 days and counting...

The following blog as nothing to do with italy. 


and i would have to say that these are my favourite lyrics
These ones are from 99 red balloons by Nena the opening part makes me ":D"

You and I in a little toy shop
Buy a bag of balloons
With the money we've got
Set them free at the break of dawn
'Til one by one, they were gone
Back at base, bugs in the software
Flash the message
"Something's out there"
Floating in the summer sky
99 red balloons go by

99 red balloons
Floating in the summer sky
Panic bells, it's red alert
There's something here
From somewhere else
The war machine springs to life
Opens up one eager eye
Focusing it on the sky
Where 99 red balloons go by

And these ones from Big Yellow Taxi by Counting Crows Joni Mitchell

Hey farmer farmer
Put away the D.D.T. now
Give me spots on my apples
But leave me the birds and the bees
Please!
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
Till it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot

15days and counting

I often wonder if, anyone ever reads my blog. Sometimes its a little awkward  cos it's like i am writing a public journal and i am the only one who reads it....

But that has changed. My dearest friend Ruby Gloom, has just posted on my facebook wall: 

"So here i was just do my usually blah on Facebook until i realized that i hadn't been on your profile for quite a while so i clicked on your name (Shelby) then your page loaded and there i was looking at YOUR page. So i did a little bit of looking and reading but go a little bored of that so i was just about to leave when from the corner of my eye i saw a little blue link. I thought to myself well i haven't seen that before, so most people would do i clicked.... The page loaded and there i was on YOUR italian blog. OH i said to myself Shelby has a blog, i didn't know that! Well then i looked around and read so things and realized wow this Shelby is something very special. So im here right now to tell you that i love you Pina and i love you Barhbarh and i love you Shelby.

From that person you sit next to in your Italian class"

I dedicate this post to her. 

It is 16 days or 389 hours or 23394 minutes or  1403655 seconds until November 26th. This date - The day I experience something new. The day I leave everything, including my own language behind (though I must argue that I am MOST DEFINATELY not leaving my suit case, or my passport behind). The day I leave for Italy.

This is the reason for why I created this blog. Okay, so I'll admit, i have neglected to scream my 

excited over the world wide web. but I can tell you now that in reality, i have made up for my 

lack of excitement here :) 

Okay so here is my list of everything I have:

• Warm clothes & Thermals
• Passport - includes the worlds most attractive photo
• Note book with travel information- empty.
• Enough spending money- plus back up :)
• A host family- her name is Francesca 
• A dictionary for 'Quick Translations
• Emergency Numbers

Things I stuff I need to get:

• A tooth Brush (i have an electric one and I can't take it on the plane)
• Mini Bottles of Hygiene crap
• A plane pillow
• Host Family gifts

And because I like the number 3, I am going to write another list.

My Favourite sayings and words of Italian: 

• La Leccalecca - the lollipop
• Ho fatto pipi sul vastro cane - I peed on your dog
• Tu sei una putana - you are a whore
• l'ananas - The pineapple

Until next time,

Arriverci Putane  - cya whores

Me 

The Truth Shall Set You Free

I speak the truth when it is needs to be said. But does this make me a bad person because we all know the truth can hurt. Sometimes people just need to know the truth. But when I say it, it makes me feel bad. I often think: Does this make me inconsiderate to others feelings? Am I being a bitch? Or does this make me a good person? Am I in tuned to what people are needing to hear? Should I have just kept my mouth shut, because really it isn't any of my business? But when you tell me it, you have made it my business. Haven't you? 


I suppose, it ain't over until the fat lady sings. 

He's kinda....

Amazing
Perfect
Wonderful
Addictive
He makes me smile like an idiot
And he makes want to tell the world because 
I know that I will always look beautiful to him
Even if to the world I look like an idiot
I instantly forget everything when I see him
And I never stop thinking about.
but most importantly, I'm madly in love with him 

It's all a lie.

I feel really rude for doing this but i have to share this. My poor 11yr old sister is really sick- spewing every 5 minutes- any she comes out with spew down her shirt and says "Do you think i should change my shirt of have a shower?" I say "Have a shower baby it'll make you feel a bit better" she then looks at me like this -___- and says "Dad said that today and i've had like 8 showers and im not feeling better. That's a lie." I looked at her trying to take her seriously. Though i was a good girl and not laughed.

much.

hello maths.

I used to have linoleum floors with sharp nails.  

That is all.

An Appetite for Everything Beautiful

I wish to find myself, until then,
you are chasing a ghost that does not exist.
                                                           

The morning after is always glorious.
                                                           

Be not afraid of growing slowly,
be afraid of standing still.
                                                           

These are my friends Docs, i love them :)
                                                           

something important should go here. 

                                                           

~Teva~

A bunch of crap you didn't know about me

mainly to kill my bordem, here's a list of stuff about me and what not to provide entertainment for the more bored.

• my favourite song as a kid was Daryl Braithwaite's song "The Horses".
• i would love to learn ballet.
• for my 6th birthday, i had a Barbie cake - i made my mum cut the head of the Barbie so i can eat it.
• sunflowers are my favourite flower.
• watermelon is my favourite fruit and avocado.. depending on which side of the argument you are on. 
• i think tomato is a fruit.
• i like commas, and fullstops as well. 
• i absolutely adore Lisa Mitchell.
• and if i was to go onto Rove, yes, i would turn lesbian for her.
• i love boyfriend and everything about him.
• imma bookworm. Fave author : Jodi Piccoult.
• i collect anklets.
• i would like to be a vegetarian one day.  
• i concentrate better on TV or a movie if the subtitles are on.
• ho fatto un pipi sul vostro cane.
• i really like love cheese.
• i have 2 hi-5 songs on my iPod, and i listen to them.
• butterflies and turtles are my favourite animals. 
• i laugh a lot, especially on the inside because i would look like a dick if i laughed out loud. 
• i like using full english, not this crap that would be in a txt.
• onomatopoeia is one of my favourite words.
• i hate when people say pretend as pa-tend.  There is an R in pRetend.
• im addicted to my ipod and milo.
• i dont understand why I is a capital letter and if its because it is a word for yourself, then why is me and you and the rest of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd person words not starting with a capital. 
• PostSecret is a frequently visited webpage.
• i have 3 reds, 2 orange, yellow, green, 2 blues, 3 purples, 2 pinks, 2 whites, gold and clear in my collection of nail polish
• i think trends are for people who cant find their own individuality. 

The honest truth

So you ask me to tell you the truth, he asked me to tell the truth and I do. Then you tell me I am being selfish. I honestly don't get it. I warned you that the truth is going to hurt to hear it. I tried to change my opinion, but the more I got to know him the more I didn't understand why you liked him. Please forgive me, please don't throw away what we had for a lifetime for  guy that you have known for so much less than me. 


I didn't mean to hurt you. I am so, so, so sorry 

Photo time

Undara; one of the lava tubes we went into. This photo is for my Mumma bear <3. We have a thing in our family called "God's Light" and its when the sun comes through the clouds on a raining day. This one was too beautiful not to capture.

This is a photo i made my mate in our cabin thingy to take because i wasn't going to move my ass out of the chair. When he moved it made the cabin rock and i was angry and all "Hurry up and take the photo. ITS ROCKING US!" This is one of the highest points of the Kuranda Skyrail. Can you see why i was shitting myself? 

Walking down into the lava tube pictured above. It was gorgeous! It is also huge! In one of the lava tubes there was little bats that probably smaller than my own hand. They were cute <3.

So today,

I didn't go to school. I am sick and mum said that i need a break before exams and just to recover from everything. Most people would say that they would love too. But me, I was more worried about the school work i'll miss out on :( Che triste. But i was convinced to stay home and it is wonderful. I have cleaned my room, which is in desperate need for cleaning. finished my maths homework, shaved my legs that were starting to look like cave women legs and completely chilled.


another reason i was convinced to stay home for today. Was that I have just come home from a Camp. If you ever travel through the north of Queensland there are two places you must see; Undara  and Mamu. They are absolutely beautiful.
Now i am scared terrified by heights. I HATE THEM. Also on this trip we went on the Kuranda skyrail. Talk about poo my pants. There was 5 friends in our cabin thingy and everytime we went passed a tower the stupid bounced and it scared me. Yes, i did scream. Yes, the my friends were laughing at me. The view is gorgeous, but too high for me.
eff you, heights


xx

89 days until Italia

So my Aunty was very lovely and bought me a travel diary for when I go to italia. Its so cute. I am planning on filling it with the precious memoirs of my travels. mmm i can't wait. in 89 days i will be eating la pizza and drinking il caffe` next to dio di Roma (roman gods). I can't wait


notte
xx

Today is;

3 MONTHS, UNTIL ITALIA :) 

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Maths is amazing stupid, 

and it always will be

my boyfriend is perfect

Jealous?

This is an actual blog

So I have always wanted a blog, and I have never gotten around to actually making one. and now that i have gotten around to making one, my creative thoughts are not flowing. 
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today, it rained and it was humid and sticky. I really don't understand how people can love the rain. honestly, its dull, hot and makes me feel lazy, yet when it is sunny, its hot yes, but its not sticky hot, everything is bright plus i feel a lot more energetic and there is always birds out when its sunshine. 
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io sono imparando italiano. io parlo piccolo italiano e sono vado all'italia in novembre. That is suppose to translate to : I am learning italian. I speak little italian and i am going to italy in november. 
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Arrivederci 

Smile; it confuses people.

Something extravagant should be going here, but i can't think of it on the spot. 
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Give me 5 mins :)