Tuesday 2 March 2021

Hamanatua - back to school - 2021

 I grab my bag and line up with every one else.  I look behind me to find none the less but the other classes from my syndicate we stand up and start to walk towards the court, it's hot outside I feel like I am on a motor bike going though the worlds longest ring of fire in slow-mo.  I couldn't sit down properly so I just squatted down at the back of the line, I felt a bit embarrassed not being like everyone else sitting down folded legs and arms I look at the teachers  it seems like they have all looked at me once with Koka Ngaire's grumpy cat stare.Finally we all stand up and I feel a little bit less alien like, once again juniors go first in line. we start walking out the gate and then on the crossing I decide to go at the back with koka ngaire since I have a cast on.Once we were further into the walk I couldn't help but notice that people are starting to get a bit silly and pushy in the line but I decided to just carry on with things.


Finally at the front of the line I can see the juniors turning to walk on the beach it looks like a line of rally cars drifting onto another road I ask koka ngaire are they walking on the beach I don't think she heard me but I infer that that is what they are doing. since I have a cast I can't go onto the beach  so we go over the bridge, next to us we see concrete workers making a new under pass next to the trees and bridge, we keep on walking up and over the bridge under we see the very brown but glossy and shiny surface of hamanatua It seems like I am looking at a big screen at the wrong angle so i'm getting all of the glare in my eyes.I look down and see the ripples it reminds of the group of friends that gather rocks and stoney pebbles only to drop them into the river of Hamanatua, a massive logging truck goes by it seems to be the size of a navy ship it almost scared me.


Now we are started to head down the slope and into the front section of the wainui surf club I was nearly allowed to go on the lifeguard tower but then she saw the seats under-neath and asked if I could get down there I said yes but in truth i did want to go up top any way I sat down with out any disturbance for about five minutes wait make that one minute when I was invaded by girls.I was watching my friends hoping that one of them would save me like they said ( I was literally told by my best friend that he should meet me and he didn't he looked waved and kept going) finally my friend oscar joe came to talk with me for a while i was a bit annoyed with the fact that it was only game talk but at that stage I was desperate for even my brother and I had never wanted him that bad.


we head up to eat and then head off.




the end.