My other amazing cousin, Zaviar, who I became close with in a short time. It was at the street party for my Grandad’s birthday and it was getting dark. I saw him drinking earlier so I thought he was drunk. He came up to me, said “hi” and then walked off. When I went to see where he had gone, he was behind the place where I was sitting, near the shop and he was laughing to himself. o__O I started laughing and he saw/heard me and he came over and we talked about football and making jokes and stuff. Then we went over to the house and had ice cream. Yum! My cousins are hilarious when they’re drunk. They were  balancing cups on their heads! xD And then Zaviar went away for a bit and came back with his knee bleeding. He was like “What! Oh yeah…I fell over” LOL.

After that, I was dancing with the kids and he was watching me and smiling. So was my mum, and  when I was near her she was like “He likes you”. I was like “What! Are you mad? He’s my COUSIN” She said ” I know I just think he likes you.” I was thinking she’s mad.  Then I turn around and see him looking at me and HE HEARD HER! *awkward moment* But he was still making me laugh and stuff after that so it was all good :D Unfortunately, we had to say goodnight xD

The next night, it was one of his friend’s birthday and they celebrated with…more alcohol! Pummy was telling me about his girlfriend and I was like aww! Then I asked Zaviar if he had a girlfriend and he said he had four! I was waiting for the moment where he would laugh and say he was joking, but it didn’t come. I laughed and was shocked at the same time. I was so curious but I didn’t get the chance to ask him questions coz so many people were there.

The next day,  I saw him out on the road by himself, bunking off school. So I went up to him, said hi and there was such an awkward silence between us. We were both leaning against the wall and we just looked around. I was thinking, “Oh gosh he heard what my mum said, what do I say?” I started questioning him about his girlfriends and it was funny because he tried justifying it! he said “If one of them leaves me, at least I still have the other three” I just looked at him incredulously! Then some of the little kids came running out of nowhere and tried chasing me. LOL.

He was so cool though. I would go watch him play football, and he would always make sure I got back safe if we stayed out late. And he would always make sure I’m okay. Mum would always be like “So how’s Zaviar?” Like what?

Nearer to the last few days, we started wrestling. He’s so strong I was like omg >.< even when I got tired I didn’t give up though! It was funny, I was trying to get his ears and he was trying to get my nose xD hahahaha. He hurt my wrists coz they are so skinny, and he kept pushing me down on the sofa and I slipped and he picked me up with one hand! LOL!

Then on the morning, when we was saying our goodbyes, I hugged him last. And when I did, he hugged me soo tight I just stood there with my arms around him, trying not to cry.

And even now… mum is still asking, “So how’s Zaviar?” whenever I call my cousins. LIKE WHAT?

The second time we went to the beach, with my little cousin, who was half scared to go into the water.  x) Then she followed us in after me and Pummy were splashing eachother. 

Gosh the amount of rubbish pictures I deleted from my camera after this, because I trusted someone else with my camera. And people wonder why I don’t like them touching my camera.

“Football crazy” That’s exactly what my cousins were. The amount of football matches I went to and watched was crazy, though I think I had more fun going to watch them live, than watching them on TV.

There was one day, when after watching 3 or 4 matches on TV, my cousin and his friend took me to the town to watch two of my other cousins play against another town. It was so funny, we was running late, because I decided I wanted to eat dinner before going. So my cousin wanted to take a shortcut.  It had been raining hard during the day and it was really wet and muddy by the time evening came. I was wearing sandals (stupidly) because my other shoes were washing xD

We were walking and we came to this field and I thought we had already reached. We walked through it, and I could feel my feet sinking into the mud and hearing squelching noises, I started giggling but my cousin was looking baffed. Then we came to this part where it had an abandoned train track and there was this huge deep puddle. So my cousin said to walk on the bar and coz I was wearing sandals they didn’t have any grip so I slipped and landed in the muddy puddle. I was like “Omg so embarrassing” my feet were wet and muddy it felt gross.

THEN there was this part where we had to jump over a puddle. By that time I was ready to jump on my cousin’s back and let him carry me. xD I landed bang in the middle of the puddle, splashing him and his friend in the process and then I almost slipped so I held on to my cousin and dragged him in with me xDD

When we finally reached, the mud had gone halfway up my legs (wearing shorts) so we went to the back of some house where there was a hose and my cousin rinsed off my feet. It was hilarious I was laughing coz I was ticklish and ran away so only parts of my feet were clean LOL.

We walked onto the stands and it looked like a real stadium outdoors and tried to find a dry spot. Halfway through the match we realised that both my cousins were on the bench and then it started to pour down with rain again. It was madness, everyone was rushing for shelter.

Then some white man came and said “Where can I get the train?” Everyone was laughing and someone said “you’re about 40 years too late for the train man” it just reminded me of the track I just hauled myself out of xD

It was a good match though, I was glad to walk back on the street I didn’t know why we didn’t go that way in the first place. ~_~

Baby chicks! They’re so cute and fluffy! x]

At a different part of the river, where my Grandad grew up. He found it strange that some parts had dried up, and that some places where different, buildings knocked down etc.

I remember in the car driving up, he met one of the local residents and he asked about people that had previously lived there. For one I was surprised at how many names the man knew, since he didn’t look as old as my grandad. But I was even more surprised when I heard about 9/10 of the people that were asked about were declared dead. When I interviewed him for my English coursework a few months back, he said that he’d outlived most of the friends that decided to stay in England after the restoration from WWII but many had returned. Then I thought, why would in be different in another country? I mean, most of them returned because they wanted to live out the rest of their days where they grew up.

Thing is, when you leave somewhere for a long period of time, things change. Time doesn’t stand still just because you’re gone. People adapt and move on whether you’re there or not.

In the first week, we all went down to the river that was near the house. It was so funny. First we passed two trees, and spread across them was a massive web with like 20 spiders occupying it, of all different shapes and sizes and colours. One of the cousins pointed it out (at that time I was still shy and just looking at the ground), and mum saw it and screamed! I started laughing and almost toppled down the hill xD

Then we got to the big dip in the side of the road where the path to the river was. It rained, so it was slippery and while we were climbing down the slope and over rocks, I slipped numerous times. I was laughing but I felt embarassed thinking, Oh gosh my cousins must think we are silly. Then one of them had to go in front of me and use his foot as a stopper.

Then I got scared to go in the water when one of them said there was stuff that bites you in there. I managed to dip my feet in. It was so pretty and peaceful, and they were fishing for little fish thingys. One of them picked one up and it was squirming and I screamed. Another embarassing moment.

And when we was going back up another cousin had to hold my back! Hahaha it was too funny, I was telling myself I wouldn’t go back down there again, but after a few days I was so eager to. LOL