My Time line

Events of my life

1990-Baby blessing at Church

1995-5th birthday. 

Walking with my mom to school on First day of school. 

Sitting on the mat.

Papatoetoe East Primary School

1996-6years old, was apart of art gallery for school.

1998-8years old. Baptised in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

2004- First day of High school, dad took me to school in his pink shirt. 

Papatoetoe High School -Starting seminary- Scripture Study Class for an hour, every week day at 6am

2005-Dad passed away. Guy Fawks day. November 5. Changing point in home. Relied heavily on my faith.

December -first time in Samoa. Moms side of the Family. Afega. Appreciation for culture. Simple life in the Islands

2006-Family reunion in Samoa

2007-Graduated seminary with a diploma. 

Obsession with Filipino tv series and movies.

2008-Graduated high school. 

Into rock music

Twilight sparking love of reading. Finished the series in less than a week.

Family reunion- meeting American family for the first time.

2009-First job- Fisher and Paykel Refrigeration

2010-Unitec- Bach of Animal Management and Welfare

Obsession with Elephants -Graduated Institute (theology studies)

2011-21st Birthday in Melbourne

Obsession with Ed Sheeran songs

2012-January- Family reunion in Australia
-Milestone at churhc. Entering the Temple April- Flew to America to MTC to train as a full time missionary. 
June- Served mission in Laoag, Philippines
Appreciation for simple things in life. Humbling experience. Gratitude for life in NZ and for family.
Learnt language and culture of the filipino people.

2013-November, returned back to NZ from Philippines
-Became Seminary Teacher (teaching youth from ages 14-18) Went from being in seminary when i was a teen to teaching seminary.

2015 -started at MIT, BCA

Think about books, movies, songs that have made an impression on you, perhaps something that influenced your creative thinking and making. 

Think about the date when this work was made. Think about when you first discovered it.

Books

The Book of Mormon
*reading the entire Book of Mormon for the first time, cover to cover helped me to realise that everything i was taught at Church from a young age was true. Realising that i believed that it was indeed another testament of Jesus Christ because i had read it for my self and received a personal witness. Own testimony, not a borrowed one. 
The Bible
https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm?lang=eng
https://www.lds.org

Twilight Series/ Hunger Games/ The Mortal Instruments

*weirded out my friends and family when i started reading all day every day. Apparently poly girls aren't supposed to be book worms. Breaking out of the typical Polynesian stereotype.

Became on of those "The book is better than the movie!" people. 

http://stepheniemeyer.com/twilightseries.html

http://www.thehungergames.co.uk

http://www.cassandraclare.com/my-writing/novels/the-mortal-instruments/

Movies

Disney
*Disney has always been an influence. Whether you want to or not, you always find yourself singing along to the catchy songs or getting too involved with the storyline, no matter what age you are. 
Philippino Movies

*watching 4hour long dvds of filipino tv series with english subtitles became the new obsession. Watching them long into the early hours of the day. Watching them when i was supposed to be studying for exams. Talking about them with friends when i wasn't watching them. Learnt and used popular sayings in Tagalog. 

Songs

Hymns 
*Doctrine and Covenants 25: 12
For my soul delighteth in the song of the heart; yea, the song of the righteous is a prayer unto me, and it shall be answered with a blessing upon their heads"

Ed Sheeran 

*Fell in love with Ed Sheeran's voice and songs. Weirded out my family and friends again when i started listening to 'white' music. Apparently poly girls only listen to Hip Hop, RnB and Island songs. Some of my friends shied away from my playlist whenever the question 'who wants to play music' was asked. zzzz....CARE.