Today at school all of the students of hindu faith were celebrating holi, the festival of colours! It was very much true to its name, and saw us students being painted with a chalk kind of henna like power. They were all so high spirited and playful on this very happy holi day :)
From what I've read the festival is on every March at the end of the full moon and is a celebrationg marking the end of winter.
Most of the bright colours are all natural and actually quite good for your skin too!
You should if you have the time, search some photos of the festivals in India, they're just gorgeous! I would love to attend one day.
So since I've been back in Australia I've had to start back at school. I'm doing my final year, and if I hadn't gone overseas last year I would have been graduated already.
It has all been as expected, not easy.
But it honestly isn't the fact that I'm in a new year and don't really know anybody and that I don't get to see my best friends everyday anymore.
I really just feel like I am not learning anything by being at school anymore. I feel like I skipped a step last year by going away and getting out into the world, but now I am placed two steps backwards.
I don't believe that our education system provides us with what we need to live out in the world, living out in the real world gives you that. Making mistakes, trying new things, exploring, embracing, learning from your surroundings and meeting new people. That is the education that I wish to have.
I hate this outdated conventional way we are all expected to live our lives; finish highschool, go to university, get married, have kids, climb the career ladder, retire, die.
This is what we are told every day going to school, by our parents even ads on T.V that this is what being 'succesful' entails.
I'm smart or brainwashed enough to know that I have to work hard this year, and I am prepared to do that, it's just that looming idea of 'is it all worth it' that may prevail me.
