Melissa Allen - USA

Heya Mel! Yap its Cutie patootie... hahaha i think you were one of the 1st pple to call me that... now everyone calls me that! Guess what?! I named my cat after you! HAHAHA! Thanks being my friend at Bement when i needed it the most and for making me do things i didnt even know existed like wake boarding or riding in a tube being pulled by a boat... and water skiing... those we the days... I remember how you had that random stuffed animal crane machine! HAHAHA! And i won so many stuffed animals... remember playing Cluedo? HAHAHAH!... Funny wat random things my brain remembers... i probably remember that coz it was the 1st time i played it! It was good having a friend who was tom-boyish just like me! Your parents were so nice to me as well... i remember your dad and his SNAP ON truck... everytime i see one in Australia (YES THEY HAVE SNAP ON IN AUSTRALIA) I think of you! I think of you all the time and all the good memories you gave me and I feel blessed having known you and your family. By the way, thank you so much for sending me US candy while i was in Russia! It was so sweet of you and your family! We need to catch up one day! Keep being the wild, fun and enthusiastic Melissa I remember! MISS YA!

The Hiams - USA

To start off with Paul, you were one of Ibrahim's best friends and I had so much fun hanging out with yall and Adam Espasito! GREAT TIMES! I remember chilling one day at Adams and his dogs chasing me and me running for my life and then getting knocked down by the bloody dogs! I WAS SOOOO SCARED! HAHAHA! I remember your mom making us condensed milk desert... SOOO YUM! Eliot I remember you hating me calling you "KID"... coz you were older than me... hahahaha... I remember having the BIGGEST crush on you during those days... hahahaha... It was great fun when your family came to visit us in Cuba and you guys having to fly through Mexico and asking them not to stamp the Cuban stamp coz of the issues you would have with the US gvt... hahaha... and Noelle, i wonder how you look like now... I remember Unique calling dibs on Noelle when she grew up because "SHE WAS GOING TO BE HOT!"hahaha... how old was she then. like 6..7 HAHAHAHAH! NAUGHTY UNIQUE! hahahah... I also remember Noel sitting on the toilet sit one night and screaming really loud because a toad had jumped onto her bum from the toilet bowl! HAHAHAHAH! Memories! I see yall are in University and have grown up and its great to see that yáll are doing great! Mr. and Mrs. Hiam thanks for taking care of us while in the US! I hope all is well and will always treasure the memories!

Jennifer and David Flemming - USA

I have to admit, i have to thank you for helping me out when i didnt know what to do as a little kid. Since I didnt see my mother as much as most kids i thank you Jennifer for having the girl talk with me and what to do with my developing body... Every time i had a bad day or someone picking on me, you always protected me like a mother would to her daughter and your guidance really helped me alot and it has helped shape me into the person that i am today. By the way i miss your weekly "whats happening" newsletters with your creative drawings :)

David you got me hooked onto Jazz! You are one of the most talented person i have ever met in my life, great cook, great husband and father and you were awesome with the sax and great artist
... I will always how you used to tell me to use cold water from the tap coz if you use hot water, some of the lead comes from the tap or something like that... hahaha...

I will always remember babysitting Truman and Elliot and they were SOOOOO cute!

You both were the most beautiful people in the world and your sons are lucky to have such great parents!

Rye Holmboe - CUBA

Rye you were the 1st guy i fell in love with... puppy love... I remember how many times i got in trouble with my parents after reading my diary which proclaimed my love for you... hahha... I remember always going to your house and swimming and chilling out with you and you were the guy i considered my best friend at that time... I remember you teasing me about how when you first met me you thought i was a boy coz i had a buzz cut... hahahah... i will always remember this one time when we jumped into the pool and looked at each under water and started to fool around and i remember being so excited and not wanting to go out of the water coz i was there with you alone... I know we drifted apart when i went to the US and im sorry if i was the reason why we are not friends anymore...

Eva Gonzalez - CUBA

Eva you were my 1st best friend... female best friend that is :) and you were the first person i cried for, when you left... I am sorry for treating you like shit when you came back again, I was just hurt that you left me in the first place and that hurt turned into anger and sorry for picking on you when you came back and for trying to cut your hair... I have never forgotten you... You were the first person that made me realize how much losing a person can hurt.

The beginning

Its crazy how much stuff i have gone through these past 3 years! I have gone through major highs and major lows but looking back there is absolutely nothing i would have changed, or people I would rather not have met at all because everyone i met has had an impact on my life whether positive or negative but even with the negative, they led to positive things and helped me grow and appreciate the smallest things.

After looking at my Unit results yesterday, having passed all my units it made me realize that 3 years have passed and i have 1 more semester and i need to move one... im used to being with the same group of people for 6 years because of my dads job and then moving on so it seems as if im moving away so soon...

thinking about it kinda makes me sad... its as if im letting go of all the memories and the people who gave them to me... And then there are those people who had an impact on my life who have graduated this semester and have taken a step into their new futures and new lives and will soon make new friends and new memories and partly forget the old memories and those people who were part of those memories...

The brain whether we like it or not forgets things and i will not let my brain forget the wonderful people i have met and the people who have helped me grow and the people who have been there with me when i was sad and happy, the people who made me laugh and made me cry, the people who hurt me and healed me and the people who meant alot to me...

I may be soon stepping into a new path in 6 months time but i want all those people who have had an influence in my life to remember that i have never forgotten them and never will and I want to thank them for being in my life and I hope ALL your dreams and aspirations come true...
And as for those people who i met prior coming to Australia you also mean alot to me... as you will see there will be a memory and photo of all the people that mean alot to me and had an impact on me...