4 months!

Hello again! Needless to say another month has flown by in what seems to have been no time at all. I feel like if just last week I was writing my last letter.
I have been very busy lately as summer approaches... Lets see.
So last time I talked about my plantain in school. Well no one has forgotten about that so my nickname is still banana girl and everyone has asked me if they could try my banana. I invited some of my friends to come over and cook it with me. We were about 6 girls, all really exited. I made "tostones" (fried plantain) and I thought that they were really good. I was so proud of my cooking that I called and told my mom what I had done, only to hear that I had done completely wrong! I was still very happy with my new and different way of cooking it!
The school year has now finished for me, so I am officially on summer holidays.My last weeks of school were pretty relaxed. We were just doing revisions and I don't have to do the exams so the teachers didn't really care about what I was doing and allowed me to go outside and do pretty much what I liked. This was pretty sweet because I could just hang out with friends or walk around. My friends however aren't so lucky and now have heaps of studying to do and exams to sit so while I was chilling they were stressing. This isn't so cool because they weren't in the mood for going out but were more worried about studying.
Nevertheless the last days of school were pretty cheerful. One day, the 7th formers (year 13 students, so the graduates) organized a water slide on the field. There is a massive hill between the fields, about 45 meters. So they bought heaps of plastic, got a hose and soap and started sliding! It was supposed to be 7th formers only but I got to go out of class and join them :D. This was really fun.
To celebrate the end of school I went out with some friends. We went to this little restaurant near the school called Momo's. Its famous because of it's crazy funky drinks. You can get the oddest teas and shakes, with just about anything you can imagine. Afterwards we went to one of their houses and stayed the night. It was really fun!
The next day was a beautiful, beautiful day, so we went to Mission Bay, a beach in the Auckland area and a had a really nice day out.
This last week has been really warm and sunny, so I've been going heaps to the beach. There are many nice beaches in Auckland, just 15 minutes from my house! It's really cool! I can go for a swim anytime. They aren't the best beaches, and if I ever really feel like a beach I wouldn't go there but rather to Piha or further north, but they are pretty amazing to be right in the city!
I've also been kayaking in the harbor. I went with Chris and Karen. We pedaled straight under the harbor bridge and I got to see some people jumping off it! It was amazing! I want to give a try!
Today I went with my AFS friends to Rainbows End, the only theme park in New Zealand. I had a really nice time, not because it was a great place, it was rather small ando not really exiting, but because we were a fantastic group. We were about 25 AFSers from all over the world! I love it when we all get together: there's always heaps to catch up on and to laugh of.
I was surprised to see that that while everyone in the DR is getting ready for the international day against violence towards women, here in NZ there's also a big fuzz about it. All over town there are sins promoting white ribbon day, as they call it. It felt really good to see something that familiar to me around here. I'm pretty sure I'll be the first one to get, and proudly show, my white ribbon.
It's time for me to go now. I hope you liked it! Please leave a comment!
Cheers
Banana Girl!