Friday, August 13, 2010

Getting Close!!

Hi peoples

Got training over and done with quite early this morning. Went to the pool for light swim then a run before, feeling alright but the shins are giving me bit of grief today.

Slept like a baby last night, but had bit of a sleepwalking disaster and ended up 5min away in the food hall before I relised that it was actually 3.30 in the morning and food wasnt being served yet. looked like a fool when I asked one of the cleaners what the time was!!!

Going to go have a feed now, and have a look around. In the main village square, there are about 100 booths set up representing different countries and activities around their culture, so might go check some of them out. Also we get given about 20 or 30 NZ koru badges, and each nation has one, so might go do a bit of swaping. Some awesome ones out there. Leave for opening ceremony later in the afternoon, which will be pretty cool. Meant to be huge and quite amazing so Ive heard.

Cya Aaron

37 comments:

  1. Hey Aaron, Great reading your blogs! Very interesting & so exciting! At least you didnt wander too.... far away sleep-walking! Take care of the shins, thinking of ya. Love Aunty, Wogga, Scott & Brinly xxxx

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  2. Enjoy the heat Bones!........and for god sake put a lock on your door...lol...with you sleep walking you may end up any where..lol
    Take Care! Luv Sharyn Deane Jas Joshxxxxx

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  3. Hi mate,
    Crappy weather here so make the most of the heat!!
    At least with so many people round the cleaners wouldn't have a clue who you are...lol...Hope ya had ya clothes on!!!lol!!!
    We agree with Sharyn, ya might have to lock yourself in!!!
    Have fun @ the opening cermony and we'll be keeping a eye for ya on T.V!
    Hope ya shins are improvng,
    Take care
    Shane, Shell, Brod and TaineXXXX

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  4. Hi Aaron

    Hope you enjoyed the Opening Ceremony. We watched the highlights this morning. We saw you on the TV. We are going to watch every morning and hope to see an interview with you.

    Ben - Your number 1 fan

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  5. Hi Aaron, enjoying reading your blogs, they may have just thought you were a bit early for bfast. We enjoying watching the coverage on telly. Sounds like our having a great time over there. Take care, have a good day.
    Love Kerry Peter Jess and Caleb xox

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  6. Hi Aaron, watched Opening Ceremony, awesome! Must have been a great feeling being there!! Saw you on T.V.!! walking along with Maddie and Co. Tell them we are cheering for them too from down here. Well Bones, Big day 2mora, know you will give it all youve got - they say Kiwis cant fly, but hey... we know you can!!! All the very best, Love Aunty, Wogga, Scott & Brinly xxxx GO KIWI!!

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  7. Hi, Aaron! Just want to let you know I'm reading your blog and cheering you on. Regardless of what medals you might be awarded, just the fact that you earned a place there is an accomplishment.You've worked long and hard for this and your next competetion. I am impressed! Best of luck to you from Susan

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  8. Hey Bonez!!! Good luck for tomorrow! Go hard big boy! I saw a bit of you on sky sport today. You were walking with a few others. Hopefully they'll put your interview on tomorrow. Man the opening ceremony looked awesome!!! I wish I could of been there. By the way we won our netball final, so that was good. Tomorrow afternoon Caleb and I are getting off school early to watch your race. I'll be thining of you the whole time!! Anyway good luck again! I'll see you in about a month. Remember, no pain, no game!!
    I miss you heaps!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Love from Krystee

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  9. Hi Aaron, good luck for the race tomorrow, looking forward to watching it on TV. We saw you on the highlights today, it looks fantastic.Take Care and Go Hard. Love Kerry, Pete,Jess and Caleb xox

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  10. Aaron sending you all our wishes dreams and luck

    Go ever so hard

    Its in the blood

    cheers

    the treseder family

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  11. Hey Aaron,
    All the best for tomorrow, we know you'll give it everything.
    Go hard out big man, and we'll be keeping an eye out for ya on T.V!!
    Take care
    Shell, Shane, Brod and Taine
    XXXX

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  12. good luck for today aaron thinking of u! Luv Sharyn Deane Jas and Joshxxxxxxxxxx beat those ausies!!! lol!!!xx

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  13. All the best of luck, we know you will do New Zealand and Southland proud. Have fun! Go Aaron, Go Aaron!!!! Room 13 West Gore School!

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  14. YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!GUD ON U AARON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!CONGRADULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!LUV SHARYN DEANE JAS AND JOSHXXXXXXXXXXXX

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  15. Congratulations Aaron. What a fantastic achievement!!
    Bev, Alvin, Lisa and Bradley

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  16. Hi Aaron, have just heard of your fantastic win in Singapore. You can be so proud of your achievement - it is very much deserved.

    Our congratulations and best wishes from the Gore District Council (and on behalf of Mayor Tracy Hicks).

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  17. aaron u we ripper :) :) super proud u deserve every min of it :)xoxo :)
    amanda

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  18. Hi Aaron,
    Congratulations and well done all the dedication and hard work is paying off. Keep it up and again WELL DONE.
    Sandy & David

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  19. Congratulations Aaron, great news we knew you could do it. Looking forward to seeing you on the Tele tomorrow. Well done and all the best.
    Ron & Audrey

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  20. Aaron you are the man!
    good work, you are amazing, we all so proud of you. you desreve the gold boy!
    love Jess :)

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  21. HI Aaron,
    Big news all over school today - they put your win over the intercom at SSR time - it was awesome to hear. Well done - what an amazing thing to achieve.
    BTW, the photos of you on stuff.co.nz are fantastic, too.
    Très bien!
    Mrs C.

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  22. Good work Bonez!!!! I always knew that you could do it, you are amazing! I couldn't believe it when Mum rang me and told me your result, Kerry got me off school jsut to let me know! I'm looking forward to seeing that gold medal! It's on the news and guess what I can say that's my brother. You are amazing and deserve it more than anyone!
    Congratulations
    I love you heaps
    Krystee xox

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  23. Aaaaaaaaaaron! you're a star! Such great news, we're all very proud of you.
    One day, you are going to be my claim to fame... 'I know Aaron Barclay you know'... actually I'm going to start saying that to people now!

    All the best for the next event!

    wow you rock!

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  24. Aaron, YOU WEE BEAUTY!!! CONGRATULATIONS, YOU DESERVE IT!! Knew you could do it!! Karen Skevington sends Congratulations too. We are all so very proud of you! PS. You were just on the news after you crossed the finish line. Awesome!! Love Aunty, Wogga, Scott& Brinly xxxx

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  25. Fantastic Aaron well done.We just heard the fantastic news on the Rock radio station this afternoon.
    Rest well for the next event.
    From The Marlows

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  26. OMG

    Just saw you chomping on a gold medal on the NEWS

    Aaron we are so proud we could burst

    You totally deserve it, party hard and suck in the adulation

    love spike Phoebe Lucy and Steve

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  27. Congratulations Aaron. What a result!!!!!! Good coverage on the Crowd Goes Wild, even saw your mum and Nana jumping around in the background. Can't wait to watch the coverage on Sky first thing in the morning. You are giving Ben lots of cool news to share at school, which he loves.

    Enjoy the celebrations and the rest of your time in Singapore

    Judy, Andrew, BENJAMIN and Georgia.

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  28. Hi Aaron,
    Congratulations on your fantastic achievement! We were thrilled to hear the news of your gold medal. You fully deserve every accolade coming your way. You have done yourself, your family and your country proud! It's so exciting to see someone from little old Riversdale doing well on the world stage.
    Hopefully you'll get a rest and a chance to enjoy yourself before you start preparing for the next event.

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  29. congratulations Aaron! What an achievement, we are all so proud of you. Have been enjoying following your blogs, and will be watching you on thursday. all the best

    Karen and Brian Smith

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  30. A huge congratulations Aaron! You have done yourself,family,friends & New Zealand very proud.Regards Wendy-Jane Biggles & staff

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  31. Hi Bones,
    U WEE RIPPER!!!!
    ABSOLUTELY AWESOME 4 YA!!!
    HUGE CONGRATULATIONS!
    You totally deserve the gold big man!
    Can't wait to watch the coverage in the morning.
    We're all soooo proud of ya and always knew you could do it!
    Take it easy and enjoy the moment...
    "IT'S ALL ABOUT U CHAMP!"
    Take care,
    Shell, Shane, Brod and Taine. X0X0X0X0

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  32. CONGRATULATIONS AARON, You so deserve it, looking forward to watching the coverage on tv tomorrow. Enjoy the rest of your trip.We are so proud you. Take Care. Looking forward to seeing the GOLD MEDAL.
    Love Kerry, Pete, Jess and Caleb xox

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  33. Hi Aaron, what an achievement on your Gold Medal, you really did Southland proud! You have inspired us and proved that people from Southland can do anything! Keep training hard! Room 13

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  34. Congrats on your recent achievement!!!!!! awesome stuff!!!! bring on Hungary!!!! enjoy the moment and all the best!
    From the Osbornes!

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  35. Hi Aaron CONGRATULATIONS We watched your race with great delight really so great to see you get your Gold Medal what a buzz. Such an achievement after all your hard training.
    All our love and best wishes
    Ellen,Paul and families
    Napier.

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  36. Hi Aaron,What a great effort congratulations from us here in Oamaru.Was great to see your Mum and Dad as well as Ross and Lynette on TV this morning.You sure have made everone back home very proud of your effort.
    Cheers Ken and Karen

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  37. well done Aaron and team you have well and truely put new zealand on the map take care on the rest of your trip
    Ron @ Audrey

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