My Tech coursework officially looks amazing! I'm so proud of it. It's not actually finished yet but I've got a good feeling about it all. My teacher bought her baby in today, she's called Isabelle (the baby, not my teacher) and she's absolutely adorable! It was really good to see her again and she looks well too so all seems to be good.
Had another school match today. I'm glad to say we won - yay! The final score was 28-6 which we reckon was a flattening. Two other teams from my school played the same school we did and they won too so the atmosphere in the changing rooms afterwards was joyous. I was also voted player of the match by my team which I was really happy about - it doesn't happen very often but today it did!
That's all I've really got time for today, sorry. Oh, just a quick heads-up, I don't think I'll be posting on Friday as I'll be helping out at Race Night pretty much all evening. Until next time folks..
Wednesday 29 February 2012
Tuesday 28 February 2012
Phobias
Phobias. There are endless amounts of phobias people have, we looked them up during IT today. For example, a fear of going to school is Didaskaleinophobia; a fear of long words is Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia (ironic isn't it?); a fear of being tickled with feathers is Pteronophobia. But all this talk about phobias got me thinking and I can't think of anything I'm scared of.
I'm not trying to sound tough or anything here, I genuinely cannot think of anything. Katie is scared of cows and Caitlin swears she has Taxidermophobia (a fear of stuffed animals in particular stuffed heads e.g deer heads). But I don't suffer from any of these. I'm not afraid of spiders - I'll quite happily pick them up; snakes, cows, deer and other animals have no effect on me; darkness and thunderstorms have always fascinated me; I love being high up off the floor; and growing old/being forever alone is something I couldn't care less about.
I'm perfectly aware that all this makes me seem a bit odd but I don't mind as this is what makes me well, me. However, discussing this with friends is pointless as they are all afraid of something (some are extremely irrational) and refuse to believe that there is nothing that bothers me, scares me or terrifies me.
Personally I think that phobias are for people who are afraid of confronting things. If you're scared of the dark, go and sit in a dark room for a bit. If you're scared of bats, learn about them. You can always conquer your fears and if you can't, then maybe there is an underlying issue that you aren't willing to discuss with other people which is sad. You need to talk to people, irrational fears inhibit you.
James Dean once said 'Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.' The last sentence is the best part, and also my favourite part, of the quote. Very few of us have the fortune of knowing exactly when we will die but you can be damn sure you will at some point so why waste the time we do have worrying about things and fearing things when you could be enjoying life? Think about it, you know it makes sense.
I'm not trying to sound tough or anything here, I genuinely cannot think of anything. Katie is scared of cows and Caitlin swears she has Taxidermophobia (a fear of stuffed animals in particular stuffed heads e.g deer heads). But I don't suffer from any of these. I'm not afraid of spiders - I'll quite happily pick them up; snakes, cows, deer and other animals have no effect on me; darkness and thunderstorms have always fascinated me; I love being high up off the floor; and growing old/being forever alone is something I couldn't care less about.
I'm perfectly aware that all this makes me seem a bit odd but I don't mind as this is what makes me well, me. However, discussing this with friends is pointless as they are all afraid of something (some are extremely irrational) and refuse to believe that there is nothing that bothers me, scares me or terrifies me.
Personally I think that phobias are for people who are afraid of confronting things. If you're scared of the dark, go and sit in a dark room for a bit. If you're scared of bats, learn about them. You can always conquer your fears and if you can't, then maybe there is an underlying issue that you aren't willing to discuss with other people which is sad. You need to talk to people, irrational fears inhibit you.
James Dean once said 'Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.' The last sentence is the best part, and also my favourite part, of the quote. Very few of us have the fortune of knowing exactly when we will die but you can be damn sure you will at some point so why waste the time we do have worrying about things and fearing things when you could be enjoying life? Think about it, you know it makes sense.
Monday 27 February 2012
I Believe In Sherlock and excellent planning
School was unbelievably mundane. Actually, it's school so maybe 'unbelievably' isn't the right word. Maybe 'believably' would be a better one.
Anyway, I saw a piece of graffiti today saying 'I Believe In Sherlock, Moriarty Is Real'. If you don't understand this you missed a fantastic television series. The BBC aired a series written by Steven Moffat called Sherlock based on Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The second series ended on a massive cliff-hanger which left everyone desperate for the next series. It also cast a lot of doubt into people's minds as to whether Sherlock (played magnificently by Benedict Cumberbatch) was a fraud and whether he'd made up James Moriarty, his fiercest rival.
Of course, this left poor John in a mess especially as Sherlock appeared to have committed suicide at the end but he was adamant that Sherlock was not a fraud. He believed in Sherlock and this lead to a mass following where people would stick up posters, graffiti and post things saying things like 'I Believe In Sherlock', 'We Believe In Sherlock', 'Support John's War', 'Moriarty Is Real' and 'Sherlock Isn't A Fraud'. So, I now show my support.
I BELIEVE IN SHERLOCK!
I decided to make a stencil to put onto a canvas with 221bELIEVE (Sherlock Holmes lives at 221b Baker Street if you didn't know). The original plan was to give it to a friend for their birthday but then I realised that I'd actually quite like it so I'm now undecided. Maybe I'll make multiple canvases.
Oooh, maybe I could make money from them! Now that's an exciting thought to end on
Anyway, I saw a piece of graffiti today saying 'I Believe In Sherlock, Moriarty Is Real'. If you don't understand this you missed a fantastic television series. The BBC aired a series written by Steven Moffat called Sherlock based on Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The second series ended on a massive cliff-hanger which left everyone desperate for the next series. It also cast a lot of doubt into people's minds as to whether Sherlock (played magnificently by Benedict Cumberbatch) was a fraud and whether he'd made up James Moriarty, his fiercest rival.
Of course, this left poor John in a mess especially as Sherlock appeared to have committed suicide at the end but he was adamant that Sherlock was not a fraud. He believed in Sherlock and this lead to a mass following where people would stick up posters, graffiti and post things saying things like 'I Believe In Sherlock', 'We Believe In Sherlock', 'Support John's War', 'Moriarty Is Real' and 'Sherlock Isn't A Fraud'. So, I now show my support.
I BELIEVE IN SHERLOCK!
I decided to make a stencil to put onto a canvas with 221bELIEVE (Sherlock Holmes lives at 221b Baker Street if you didn't know). The original plan was to give it to a friend for their birthday but then I realised that I'd actually quite like it so I'm now undecided. Maybe I'll make multiple canvases.
Oooh, maybe I could make money from them! Now that's an exciting thought to end on
Sunday 26 February 2012
A fantastic Saturday
Sorry about the 2 day gap. I spent Friday at school and then I went to James' afterwards. We made pancakes - I know it wasn't Pancake Day but apparently having 5 or 6 just isn't enough. Either way, I didn't get back home until about 10 and I had an early night as I had a busy Saturday ahead.
Saturday was fun! I got up early, almost school day time - which would be depressing normally - to go to a scooter taster session for an hour. This was my first (third technically but I'm not going to get into that) time on a scooter. I went with a friend, Caitlin, we learnt about the controls on the bike and then got to ride around a car park turning and stopping etc. It sounds boring but it was so much fun, we both had smiles on our faces for the rest of the day. Caitlin has never had anything to do with motorbikes before and she loved it. She has now applied for her licence and is planning on taking her CBT (Compulsory Basic Training). I booked my CBT on Saturday because I'm pretty much destined to ride a motorbike. My dad has always had at least 3 bikes in the garage and these change regularly and my mum passed her test last June. I've been going on motorbikes since I was 6 so I love it to pieces and they are nowhere near as bad as people make them out to be or think they are. Yes, you could die on a motorbike but you could also die driving a car, walking across a road or even along a pavement, on an aeroplane or even on a train. And lets face it, we're all going to die someday anyway.
Anyway, after the hours session, I went into work and stayed there until about 4. My parents and I then visited my cousin as it was her birthday and we stayed and chatted to my aunt and uncle for a bit. Afterwards, we went to see my Granddad as another aunt and cousin had come down from York to see him as my cousin, Roisin, is moving back to Sweden as she has accepted her old job back. We stayed at my Granddad's until about half 7. Firstly, I talked with my cousin and my aunt as I haven't seen them for a while then I helped my Granddad with his puzzle for half an hour. He's been trying to complete it since Christmas and boy could I see why. The bit he had left was pretty much all the same colour with ever so slight variations in hue. He then began to make dinner, we weren't staying but I helped because he does it all by himself normally and only having one side of your body that works can impair you. So I had my master class in cutting up vegetables from Granddad. It was one of those rare times when you could quite happily work in silence without it being awkward. After we'd finished we went back to talk to my parents, cousin and aunt.
On the way home we got chips from one of our local chippys. They were lovely, we watched a couple of programs on TV together as well. All in all it was a really good day even though it seems incredibly mundane.
Back to school tomorrow, 44 days left now. Enjoy your evening and I'll update you tomorrow.
Saturday was fun! I got up early, almost school day time - which would be depressing normally - to go to a scooter taster session for an hour. This was my first (third technically but I'm not going to get into that) time on a scooter. I went with a friend, Caitlin, we learnt about the controls on the bike and then got to ride around a car park turning and stopping etc. It sounds boring but it was so much fun, we both had smiles on our faces for the rest of the day. Caitlin has never had anything to do with motorbikes before and she loved it. She has now applied for her licence and is planning on taking her CBT (Compulsory Basic Training). I booked my CBT on Saturday because I'm pretty much destined to ride a motorbike. My dad has always had at least 3 bikes in the garage and these change regularly and my mum passed her test last June. I've been going on motorbikes since I was 6 so I love it to pieces and they are nowhere near as bad as people make them out to be or think they are. Yes, you could die on a motorbike but you could also die driving a car, walking across a road or even along a pavement, on an aeroplane or even on a train. And lets face it, we're all going to die someday anyway.
Anyway, after the hours session, I went into work and stayed there until about 4. My parents and I then visited my cousin as it was her birthday and we stayed and chatted to my aunt and uncle for a bit. Afterwards, we went to see my Granddad as another aunt and cousin had come down from York to see him as my cousin, Roisin, is moving back to Sweden as she has accepted her old job back. We stayed at my Granddad's until about half 7. Firstly, I talked with my cousin and my aunt as I haven't seen them for a while then I helped my Granddad with his puzzle for half an hour. He's been trying to complete it since Christmas and boy could I see why. The bit he had left was pretty much all the same colour with ever so slight variations in hue. He then began to make dinner, we weren't staying but I helped because he does it all by himself normally and only having one side of your body that works can impair you. So I had my master class in cutting up vegetables from Granddad. It was one of those rare times when you could quite happily work in silence without it being awkward. After we'd finished we went back to talk to my parents, cousin and aunt.
On the way home we got chips from one of our local chippys. They were lovely, we watched a couple of programs on TV together as well. All in all it was a really good day even though it seems incredibly mundane.
Back to school tomorrow, 44 days left now. Enjoy your evening and I'll update you tomorrow.
Thursday 23 February 2012
Today was unbelievably, absolutely...
We didn't win the regional match last night - *cry* - but we did get half score so we still get points.
Today was unbelievably, absolutely... average. The afternoon was ok, finished with Music Tech listening to some Caribbean calypso as you do. We are currently doing a unit of Word Music hence the Caribbean radio stations. Jamaican reggae is also very good if you were wondering.
At Guides we made pancakes on tins but it didn't work too well because there wasn't enough air getting to the candle. I made one in a frying pan because I'm a leader and I could - most of the Guides also made one in the frying pan in the end.
Hopefully tomorrow will be better and it is also Chicken Burger Day (at our school, we get delicious chicken burgers on Fridays at lunch) and the start of the weekend.
Not sure if I'll post tomorrow but if not enjoy the last day of the working week!
Today was unbelievably, absolutely... average. The afternoon was ok, finished with Music Tech listening to some Caribbean calypso as you do. We are currently doing a unit of Word Music hence the Caribbean radio stations. Jamaican reggae is also very good if you were wondering.
At Guides we made pancakes on tins but it didn't work too well because there wasn't enough air getting to the candle. I made one in a frying pan because I'm a leader and I could - most of the Guides also made one in the frying pan in the end.
Hopefully tomorrow will be better and it is also Chicken Burger Day (at our school, we get delicious chicken burgers on Fridays at lunch) and the start of the weekend.
Not sure if I'll post tomorrow but if not enjoy the last day of the working week!
Wednesday 22 February 2012
Chemistry + Skiing + Netball = Great Day!
I have a very short amount of time before my regional match with my U16 (under 16) squad so I thought I would write a brief post for you.
Today I had a grand total of 1 and a half lessons, I didn't count double PE in this, I have double PE every other Wednesday afternoon for 2 hours, as I was skiing and it doesn't really count as a lesson although it is fun. I only had that amount of lessons as a lecturer came from the University of Salford to talk to us about Chemistry - as a bit of a Chemistry geek, I found this highly interesting. Especially when we got to blow things up with liquid Nitrogen. It was really interesting and you could tell the guy had done it before as it had some brilliant, if slightly gruesome, anecdotes and was able to keep a group of 90 odd students entertained for an hour and a half which is no mean feat.
After school, I had my second netball match of the week. I am delighted to say that we won! We all viewed it as revenge for when we played them about 2 years ago and they beat us by a considerable amount so we were happy when we beat them by a considerable amount. This bought it up to 2 wins in 2 matches and I hope it becomes 3 after tonight's match. I play WD/GD (Wing Defence/Goal Defence) in netball but I do occasionally play GK (Goal Keeper) if we are short on defence in the circle. I would explain the rules of netball but I don't think you'd find it particularly interesting but please look it up on Google or another search engine - this is totally off topic but today's Google logo is brilliant, it is celebrating the 155th birthday of Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (Rudolf is a fantastic middle name), the guy who invented Hertz I presume.
Anyway, I need to stop my (almost) daily rambling now as I need to get ready and find some water and Lucozade to keep me going during my match. Regional matches last for an hour so you do end up quite tired by the end. Until tomorrow when I'm sure I will be full of more babble to share with you all, my Twitter is @charly_sedici so feel free to follow me.
Today I had a grand total of 1 and a half lessons, I didn't count double PE in this, I have double PE every other Wednesday afternoon for 2 hours, as I was skiing and it doesn't really count as a lesson although it is fun. I only had that amount of lessons as a lecturer came from the University of Salford to talk to us about Chemistry - as a bit of a Chemistry geek, I found this highly interesting. Especially when we got to blow things up with liquid Nitrogen. It was really interesting and you could tell the guy had done it before as it had some brilliant, if slightly gruesome, anecdotes and was able to keep a group of 90 odd students entertained for an hour and a half which is no mean feat.
After school, I had my second netball match of the week. I am delighted to say that we won! We all viewed it as revenge for when we played them about 2 years ago and they beat us by a considerable amount so we were happy when we beat them by a considerable amount. This bought it up to 2 wins in 2 matches and I hope it becomes 3 after tonight's match. I play WD/GD (Wing Defence/Goal Defence) in netball but I do occasionally play GK (Goal Keeper) if we are short on defence in the circle. I would explain the rules of netball but I don't think you'd find it particularly interesting but please look it up on Google or another search engine - this is totally off topic but today's Google logo is brilliant, it is celebrating the 155th birthday of Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (Rudolf is a fantastic middle name), the guy who invented Hertz I presume.
Anyway, I need to stop my (almost) daily rambling now as I need to get ready and find some water and Lucozade to keep me going during my match. Regional matches last for an hour so you do end up quite tired by the end. Until tomorrow when I'm sure I will be full of more babble to share with you all, my Twitter is @charly_sedici so feel free to follow me.
Tuesday 21 February 2012
Its been a busy Tuesday... bring on tomorrow!
Yesterday I had nothing to say so I didn't post. However, today is Pancake Day (or Shrove Tuesday) and is the last day before lent. Also I've got things to write about so on with today's post.
I got my MENSA results this morning and I'm in the top 4% of the country! I was really happy and although I didn't get into MENSA, I'm happy with my IQ and also I don't think I could deal with being a genius. I'm sure it brings lots of pressure. One of my best friends, Ellen, got an IQ of 162!! Which is amazing and officially makes her a genius and a total nerd in our eyes (when I say our, I am referring to me and Ellen's other friends, who are also my friends), a fact she isn't overjoyed about.
Also, I continued with my tech project today. You know, the lamp, in the shape of a toadstool. Anyway, I finished the third foot today and marked out and drilled the holes for them to be attached. I also began polishing them - they look amazing when they're polished!
At lunch, I had a meeting where I was asked to help at 'Race Night' which is a massive fundraiser event the school hold every year to help raise money for the trip year 12 students take to Uganda to help with a project our school has been doing for the past 5 years - the first trip was in 2007. I was asked to help as I am part of the Year 11 Uganda Junior Committee (UJC). You get the chance to go to Uganda and help maintain the orphanage we own and another one we co-own with the Ugandan government, build sections of the orphanage if needed and help the orphans and the people in that area. It looks like such an amazing trip and it helps people too but the school can only take 28 people so its tough to get in to the team. I'll be working in the kitchens with other members of the Yr11 UJC for the majority of the night and also working with one of the Uganda Team that are going in the Summer. I can't wait, it should be good fun.
As it is Shrove Tuesday today, a fact I pointed out earlier - I did, have a look, its in the second sentence I wrote - I have been thinking all day what I am going to give up for Lent. My dad unhelpfully suggested that I give up texting or just my mobile in general. That idea was shot down in flames. I think I may give up Coca-Cola because its unhealthy and also having that first glass after Lent is sooo nice. I may also give up chocolate because it is also unhealthy and I'm pretty sure I eat way too much of it. But on a different note, pancakes for dinner tonight! I love them so much and I really do wish that we had more pancake days because they're tasty!
I have 2 netball matches tomorrow, a school match and also a regional match with my club, Pennines, for the U16 squad. This means that my post will be super brief or non-existent so I shall apologise in advance for that. Enjoy the rest of your Tuesday, your pancakes and think hard about what you're going to give up for Lent - it always tastes better after 40 days of not having it.
I got my MENSA results this morning and I'm in the top 4% of the country! I was really happy and although I didn't get into MENSA, I'm happy with my IQ and also I don't think I could deal with being a genius. I'm sure it brings lots of pressure. One of my best friends, Ellen, got an IQ of 162!! Which is amazing and officially makes her a genius and a total nerd in our eyes (when I say our, I am referring to me and Ellen's other friends, who are also my friends), a fact she isn't overjoyed about.
Also, I continued with my tech project today. You know, the lamp, in the shape of a toadstool. Anyway, I finished the third foot today and marked out and drilled the holes for them to be attached. I also began polishing them - they look amazing when they're polished!
At lunch, I had a meeting where I was asked to help at 'Race Night' which is a massive fundraiser event the school hold every year to help raise money for the trip year 12 students take to Uganda to help with a project our school has been doing for the past 5 years - the first trip was in 2007. I was asked to help as I am part of the Year 11 Uganda Junior Committee (UJC). You get the chance to go to Uganda and help maintain the orphanage we own and another one we co-own with the Ugandan government, build sections of the orphanage if needed and help the orphans and the people in that area. It looks like such an amazing trip and it helps people too but the school can only take 28 people so its tough to get in to the team. I'll be working in the kitchens with other members of the Yr11 UJC for the majority of the night and also working with one of the Uganda Team that are going in the Summer. I can't wait, it should be good fun.
As it is Shrove Tuesday today, a fact I pointed out earlier - I did, have a look, its in the second sentence I wrote - I have been thinking all day what I am going to give up for Lent. My dad unhelpfully suggested that I give up texting or just my mobile in general. That idea was shot down in flames. I think I may give up Coca-Cola because its unhealthy and also having that first glass after Lent is sooo nice. I may also give up chocolate because it is also unhealthy and I'm pretty sure I eat way too much of it. But on a different note, pancakes for dinner tonight! I love them so much and I really do wish that we had more pancake days because they're tasty!
I have 2 netball matches tomorrow, a school match and also a regional match with my club, Pennines, for the U16 squad. This means that my post will be super brief or non-existent so I shall apologise in advance for that. Enjoy the rest of your Tuesday, your pancakes and think hard about what you're going to give up for Lent - it always tastes better after 40 days of not having it.
Sunday 19 February 2012
Planning is key. Apparently
I've spent the day doing homework which cleverly I left until the last day and other school related things. An example of another school-related activity I have done today is making a countdown for the number of school days I have left until I go on study leave. I looked up the holidays and inset days - not to be confused with insect days - and worked out I have 48 days left now. Which isn't a long time if you think about it.
I'm going to pack my bag in a bit and make sure I've got all my uniform ready. Yeah, our school has a uniform. For girls, it consists of a plain white blouse that can be buttoned all the way to the neck (not that many people actually do their top button up), a black tie with green and white stripes - some people, myself included, wear different ties that we have earnt by playing sport at county level or above and they are a sign of recognition, I guess; they are green with yellow stripes with the school badge on - either plain black trousers or a skirt that should not be more than 3" above the knee (most girls don't adhere to this rule) and a plain black v-neck jumper if you would like to wear one. No cardigans are allowed but, once again, most girls wear a cardigan occasionally - they still look smart so personally I don't see the problem. To top off our uniform, we have to wear a hideously unflattering blazer which cannot be fitted so you end up looking like a boy with huge shoulders. Needless to say, girls often don't wear their blazers. Come to think of it, not many boys do either.
Anyway, I'm off and if you enjoy reading books please don't read Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha. It's slow moving and repetitive. Also the ending is a massive anti-climax. If you want to read it, that's fine but don't say I didn't warn you if you find it boring.
I'm going to pack my bag in a bit and make sure I've got all my uniform ready. Yeah, our school has a uniform. For girls, it consists of a plain white blouse that can be buttoned all the way to the neck (not that many people actually do their top button up), a black tie with green and white stripes - some people, myself included, wear different ties that we have earnt by playing sport at county level or above and they are a sign of recognition, I guess; they are green with yellow stripes with the school badge on - either plain black trousers or a skirt that should not be more than 3" above the knee (most girls don't adhere to this rule) and a plain black v-neck jumper if you would like to wear one. No cardigans are allowed but, once again, most girls wear a cardigan occasionally - they still look smart so personally I don't see the problem. To top off our uniform, we have to wear a hideously unflattering blazer which cannot be fitted so you end up looking like a boy with huge shoulders. Needless to say, girls often don't wear their blazers. Come to think of it, not many boys do either.
Anyway, I'm off and if you enjoy reading books please don't read Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha. It's slow moving and repetitive. Also the ending is a massive anti-climax. If you want to read it, that's fine but don't say I didn't warn you if you find it boring.
Saturday 18 February 2012
So I'm fail..
Sorry! Wow, I'm really not very good at posting during the holidays. So once again, I'm going to just give you a quick run through of the past 3 days without the usual ramblings.
Thursday: Went to Lincoln, lovely city, to pick up Dad's new Ducati 1100S Multistrada. Spent 2 hours in a car on the way there. Had some lunch in a quaint little cafe but Radio Lincoln is awful - the presenters are really irritating. Picked up the bike and signed all the paperwork (well I didn't, obviously) and got a Ducati t-shirt, it's really nice actually. Then spent another 2 hours coming back from Lincoln in a car.
Friday: Went to work from 9 until 2 because it was really busy due to an email promoting a VIP event. Afterwards, I met up with my boyfriend in town and had a really nice afternoon.
Today: Went to work again, ended up working for an extra hour and fifteen minutes as it was still busy. Logged a record of 74 enquiries which is impressive as I only work on Saturdays and everybody else works all week for a lot longer than I do. Then I went shopping with my mum in Westfield. I bought a skirt (it's for school so its black and boring). Completed my first bit of homework which was a quiz on homophones; I scored full marks which is good.
I can't promise I'll post tomorrow as clearly I've not done very well this week but I'll try my best. Enjoy your evening
Thursday: Went to Lincoln, lovely city, to pick up Dad's new Ducati 1100S Multistrada. Spent 2 hours in a car on the way there. Had some lunch in a quaint little cafe but Radio Lincoln is awful - the presenters are really irritating. Picked up the bike and signed all the paperwork (well I didn't, obviously) and got a Ducati t-shirt, it's really nice actually. Then spent another 2 hours coming back from Lincoln in a car.
Friday: Went to work from 9 until 2 because it was really busy due to an email promoting a VIP event. Afterwards, I met up with my boyfriend in town and had a really nice afternoon.
Today: Went to work again, ended up working for an extra hour and fifteen minutes as it was still busy. Logged a record of 74 enquiries which is impressive as I only work on Saturdays and everybody else works all week for a lot longer than I do. Then I went shopping with my mum in Westfield. I bought a skirt (it's for school so its black and boring). Completed my first bit of homework which was a quiz on homophones; I scored full marks which is good.
I can't promise I'll post tomorrow as clearly I've not done very well this week but I'll try my best. Enjoy your evening
Wednesday 15 February 2012
How paper is going to make me money..
I've made it to the middle of the holidays. If this was a school week I would begin cheering up considerably as it means the weekend is on its way. Unfortunately this week it means school is on its way so its having the opposite effect; cheering down has commenced.
This morning I spent about an hour and a half on the Wii. Firstly on Wii Fit Plus to get my exercise up as during the holiday I generally eat but then make no effort to burn any of it off. Then Just Dance 2 - a word to this wise if you live in a busy street, don't do it in your front room (this isn't from personal experience by the way, just what I've heard). Personally I think it was a good workout.
I then started making another flower because that's what I do if I'm bored and have paper lying about. It can't be boring plain paper though. Today's flower was made out of Strawberry Chewits wrappers. I think it looks pretty good. Whilst I was gluing it together, I had a thought - this is modern art, therefore I can make money out of this. I mentioned it to my mum, who laughed but I reckon it's only because she's jealous as she can't do it.
So I dated the back of the flower and then went around my room locating the various other flowers I have made over the years (I don't have all of them as I've given some away and others were made out of plain paper which isn't as good) and dated them too. Some were from 2009 and I don't have an exact date for them which is a shame but I've got the month and year on all of them.
The one on the left is one I made out of last year's Uniform Card from school on some graph paper. The middle one is my exam entry list from Summer made into a flower after I finished my exams as it gave me great joy to rip up my entry sheet. The final one is from 2009 and is made from a school newsletter called The Causeway and a slip I had to get filled in so I could leave part way through the day to play in a netball match. These are all school-related as that's pretty much made up my life so far but I have made a few others over the years.
My plan is to continue making these flowers out of bits of paper, like Chewits wrappers or pieces of paper people have doodled on and collect them - like a scrapbook of memories, kind of. I almost always stick them on some sort of backing, like the graph paper, where I can write the memory/what its made of and the date.
My friends are currently decorating a 'petal' for me so I can make flower out of them. This will probably make the most random flower as I've got a mixture of biro, felt tips, pencil crayons, wax crayons and highlighters so far.
I'm going with my family to Lincoln tomorrow to pick up my Dad's new motorbike. He's getting a Ducati, a white one though - our family don't do obvious or typical, especially when it comes to bikes. This will bring our total (including my scooter) back up to 4 as Mum is waiting until March to replace her bike so she gets a '12' reg. Then we will have 5 so we might sell another bike. There is only 3 of us after all.
I'll hopefully be back tomorrow so until then goodbye and keep creative! <-- I've not seen any motivational quotes yet this week so I thought I'd make one up, being creative is great for the mind and apparently it broadens it and widens your horizons. Make of that what you will.
This morning I spent about an hour and a half on the Wii. Firstly on Wii Fit Plus to get my exercise up as during the holiday I generally eat but then make no effort to burn any of it off. Then Just Dance 2 - a word to this wise if you live in a busy street, don't do it in your front room (this isn't from personal experience by the way, just what I've heard). Personally I think it was a good workout.
I then started making another flower because that's what I do if I'm bored and have paper lying about. It can't be boring plain paper though. Today's flower was made out of Strawberry Chewits wrappers. I think it looks pretty good. Whilst I was gluing it together, I had a thought - this is modern art, therefore I can make money out of this. I mentioned it to my mum, who laughed but I reckon it's only because she's jealous as she can't do it.
So I dated the back of the flower and then went around my room locating the various other flowers I have made over the years (I don't have all of them as I've given some away and others were made out of plain paper which isn't as good) and dated them too. Some were from 2009 and I don't have an exact date for them which is a shame but I've got the month and year on all of them.
The one on the left is one I made out of last year's Uniform Card from school on some graph paper. The middle one is my exam entry list from Summer made into a flower after I finished my exams as it gave me great joy to rip up my entry sheet. The final one is from 2009 and is made from a school newsletter called The Causeway and a slip I had to get filled in so I could leave part way through the day to play in a netball match. These are all school-related as that's pretty much made up my life so far but I have made a few others over the years.
My plan is to continue making these flowers out of bits of paper, like Chewits wrappers or pieces of paper people have doodled on and collect them - like a scrapbook of memories, kind of. I almost always stick them on some sort of backing, like the graph paper, where I can write the memory/what its made of and the date.
My friends are currently decorating a 'petal' for me so I can make flower out of them. This will probably make the most random flower as I've got a mixture of biro, felt tips, pencil crayons, wax crayons and highlighters so far.
I'm going with my family to Lincoln tomorrow to pick up my Dad's new motorbike. He's getting a Ducati, a white one though - our family don't do obvious or typical, especially when it comes to bikes. This will bring our total (including my scooter) back up to 4 as Mum is waiting until March to replace her bike so she gets a '12' reg. Then we will have 5 so we might sell another bike. There is only 3 of us after all.
I'll hopefully be back tomorrow so until then goodbye and keep creative! <-- I've not seen any motivational quotes yet this week so I thought I'd make one up, being creative is great for the mind and apparently it broadens it and widens your horizons. Make of that what you will.
Tuesday 14 February 2012
Un-Valentine's Day
Once again, my blog posting has slipped so for that I apologise. Yesterday I felt a lot better - I refuse to believe that paracetamol is the cause of that. It is not a wonder drug. Anyway I went to watch a Superleague Netball match last night - it was televised live on Sky Sports if you want to watch it - it was Loughborough Lightning versus Team Bath. After four 15-minute quarters of fast play and some amazing passes and interceptions, Team Bath were victorious with a final score of 56 to 31. It was disappointing for the home crowd at Loughborough but there's always the next match.
As I'm sure you are all aware, today is Valentine's Day. One of the most annoying days of the year - I realise I touched on this briefly last week but I felt the need to remind you. Today is the day when all single-tons post either depressing or overly enthusiastic and obviously fake Facebook status' and tweets (on Twitter for those of you who are not following the craze). Also it is the day when all the couples who have only been together for a short amount of time are all loved-up in public engaged displays of affection you don't see for the rest of the year.
I don't like Valentine's Day much. I think it's nice that there is a day set aside in the year where you can show your partner some affection or post a secret Valentine's to the person you have a crush on but does it really have to be so commercialised? And sure, the Google logos are cute but I'm positive that Valentine's Day actually ruins some relationships as people feel the need to impress their partner and then regret it later. All the cards/balloons/presents/chocolates etc just imposes a threat to people in a relationship and also the people who are not in a relationship. They are everywhere displaying their cheesiness to the world like its the most normal thing in the world - and people actually believe it! People swallow the age old line about how Valentine's Day is the day when you're supposed to show your love for another person. What about the rest of the year?! Eh?
I have a boyfriend, but this year I refused to celebrate it with him or let him buy me a present. I would quite happily meet up with him but I didn't want us to be any different than we were normally purely for the purpose of fitting in with the Valentine's Day facade. In the end we compromised by just getting each other cards and we are meeting up in a bit, just like we would on any other day.
As for all the people who are not in a relationship, Valentine's Day is just a stark reminder that they are alone. Some people, like me, don't mind being alone but most feel that they have to be with someone - come to think of it, that's probably why there's so many people in pubs and bars all day, they're looking for someone they can be with. Which, of course, completely destroys the point of Valentine's Day.
I personally agree with the article Charlie Brooker wrote in 2008 for The Guardian. It may be 4 years old now but it still rings true. Plus, its funny. He describes how millions of people celebrate the "crippling delusion known as love". But he also makes a good point about the perils of celebrating Valentine's Day, it can be quite nerve-wracking deciding what to buy someone. What if you spend more than they do? What if they have clearly thought about it more than I have? What if they hate my present? Should I buy a card as well as a present or is that overwhelming? All these questions race around people's heads on the run-up to Valentine's Day and all the shops don't help much.
As soon as the Christmas decorations are down, up go the Valentine's Day decorations. Red and pink adorns all shop windows and walls. Lots of sickly hearts dangle from the ceiling and there's always that giant teddy bear right at the front of the shop hugging a heart with the word 'I Love You' written across it.. 'Tell your partner you love them this Valentines' says the sign next to the flowers. Flowers don't talk! They can't say it. 'Valentine's Day February 14th 2012' That one particularly annoys me because St Valentine's Day is on the same day every single year. We are celebrating a Saint, its like St George's Day or St Patrick's Day, except a lot more commercialised because businesses can make money because some people expect gifts. Which is just wrong.
Brooker suggests the idea of having a day that readdresses the balance. He named this idea Un-Valentine's Day. A day that "actively celebrates love's festering undercarriage". Basically it's a day where you express your hate for people or that one particular person or try desperately for that one person you've always had feelings for despite the fact you've been rebuked numerous times by said person. No one can pity you if you stand outside their window looking like a sad sap being desperate. He believes that February 15th would be a great day for this. A festival to celebrate the death of existing loves and also the loves that never were.
He also says their should be cards, much like Valentine's Day cards but with bitter messages for ex-partners. Or somebody in a couple desperate to get out could send a card with something like DYING INSIDE to their partner, just so they get the message. All the restaurants can join in too. They could have meals for couples who want to break up or someone departing news such as the fact they've been cheating. It would be civilised of course, no red wine to stain the other person's clothes.
I think all this is a bit over-the-top but Brooker does have a point. Valentine's Day can be unhealthy for people. So if you want to, you can mark Un-Valentine's Day in your diary, on February the 15th. To all the people who are happily in a relationship, please spare a thought for the people who are not. I have and am continuing to because some people have branded it Singles Awareness Day because it is so blindingly obvious who isn't in a relationship today.
Happy Tuesday to everyone! Also I hope I haven't offended anyone - Valentine's Day is a great idea but it is dealt with wrongly. It's a day to celebrate love and make it special. You do NOT need gifts and cards for this.
As I'm sure you are all aware, today is Valentine's Day. One of the most annoying days of the year - I realise I touched on this briefly last week but I felt the need to remind you. Today is the day when all single-tons post either depressing or overly enthusiastic and obviously fake Facebook status' and tweets (on Twitter for those of you who are not following the craze). Also it is the day when all the couples who have only been together for a short amount of time are all loved-up in public engaged displays of affection you don't see for the rest of the year.
I don't like Valentine's Day much. I think it's nice that there is a day set aside in the year where you can show your partner some affection or post a secret Valentine's to the person you have a crush on but does it really have to be so commercialised? And sure, the Google logos are cute but I'm positive that Valentine's Day actually ruins some relationships as people feel the need to impress their partner and then regret it later. All the cards/balloons/presents/chocolates etc just imposes a threat to people in a relationship and also the people who are not in a relationship. They are everywhere displaying their cheesiness to the world like its the most normal thing in the world - and people actually believe it! People swallow the age old line about how Valentine's Day is the day when you're supposed to show your love for another person. What about the rest of the year?! Eh?
I have a boyfriend, but this year I refused to celebrate it with him or let him buy me a present. I would quite happily meet up with him but I didn't want us to be any different than we were normally purely for the purpose of fitting in with the Valentine's Day facade. In the end we compromised by just getting each other cards and we are meeting up in a bit, just like we would on any other day.
As for all the people who are not in a relationship, Valentine's Day is just a stark reminder that they are alone. Some people, like me, don't mind being alone but most feel that they have to be with someone - come to think of it, that's probably why there's so many people in pubs and bars all day, they're looking for someone they can be with. Which, of course, completely destroys the point of Valentine's Day.
I personally agree with the article Charlie Brooker wrote in 2008 for The Guardian. It may be 4 years old now but it still rings true. Plus, its funny. He describes how millions of people celebrate the "crippling delusion known as love". But he also makes a good point about the perils of celebrating Valentine's Day, it can be quite nerve-wracking deciding what to buy someone. What if you spend more than they do? What if they have clearly thought about it more than I have? What if they hate my present? Should I buy a card as well as a present or is that overwhelming? All these questions race around people's heads on the run-up to Valentine's Day and all the shops don't help much.
As soon as the Christmas decorations are down, up go the Valentine's Day decorations. Red and pink adorns all shop windows and walls. Lots of sickly hearts dangle from the ceiling and there's always that giant teddy bear right at the front of the shop hugging a heart with the word 'I Love You' written across it.. 'Tell your partner you love them this Valentines' says the sign next to the flowers. Flowers don't talk! They can't say it. 'Valentine's Day February 14th 2012' That one particularly annoys me because St Valentine's Day is on the same day every single year. We are celebrating a Saint, its like St George's Day or St Patrick's Day, except a lot more commercialised because businesses can make money because some people expect gifts. Which is just wrong.
Brooker suggests the idea of having a day that readdresses the balance. He named this idea Un-Valentine's Day. A day that "actively celebrates love's festering undercarriage". Basically it's a day where you express your hate for people or that one particular person or try desperately for that one person you've always had feelings for despite the fact you've been rebuked numerous times by said person. No one can pity you if you stand outside their window looking like a sad sap being desperate. He believes that February 15th would be a great day for this. A festival to celebrate the death of existing loves and also the loves that never were.
He also says their should be cards, much like Valentine's Day cards but with bitter messages for ex-partners. Or somebody in a couple desperate to get out could send a card with something like DYING INSIDE to their partner, just so they get the message. All the restaurants can join in too. They could have meals for couples who want to break up or someone departing news such as the fact they've been cheating. It would be civilised of course, no red wine to stain the other person's clothes.
I think all this is a bit over-the-top but Brooker does have a point. Valentine's Day can be unhealthy for people. So if you want to, you can mark Un-Valentine's Day in your diary, on February the 15th. To all the people who are happily in a relationship, please spare a thought for the people who are not. I have and am continuing to because some people have branded it Singles Awareness Day because it is so blindingly obvious who isn't in a relationship today.
Happy Tuesday to everyone! Also I hope I haven't offended anyone - Valentine's Day is a great idea but it is dealt with wrongly. It's a day to celebrate love and make it special. You do NOT need gifts and cards for this.
Sunday 12 February 2012
Scooter!
Hello again!
I still have a cold which is depressing but I got a scooter today so I'm really happy! My parents got me a scooter! It's only a 50cc but its transport and its a little bit of freedom. The Taming of the Shrew was good, I understood it too so I recommend it to all.
I've spent the entire day doing absolutely nothing. Well, I've been watching TV but I don't think that really qualifies as an activity.
Anyway I need to go, sorry about the short post but a post's a post. I should have something vaguely more interesting to say.
Until next time then.. Bye
I still have a cold which is depressing but I got a scooter today so I'm really happy! My parents got me a scooter! It's only a 50cc but its transport and its a little bit of freedom. The Taming of the Shrew was good, I understood it too so I recommend it to all.
I've spent the entire day doing absolutely nothing. Well, I've been watching TV but I don't think that really qualifies as an activity.
Anyway I need to go, sorry about the short post but a post's a post. I should have something vaguely more interesting to say.
Until next time then.. Bye
Saturday 11 February 2012
Half-Term and Motivational tactics
Firstly before I start rambling about my life, I'd like to apologise for my shocking lack of posting over the last couple of days. It all went a bit hectic and I couldn't write my blog *cry*
So I've decided to give you a quick overview of Thursday and Friday...
Thursday: Sat through 4 average lessons and had one good lesson, Maths. That makes me sound like a total nerd but I'm not. I like Maths as a subject plus we have a good teacher and a small class (there's only 10 of us, 40% are girls so we're representing the girls during the lessons). But the best thing is that it was Biscuit Thursday. We have biscuits in lesson, in case you hadn't worked that bit out. Then I ran my night at Guides, celebrating Waitangi Day and it was a success! The ANZAC biscuits were really nice, as was the ginger beer. Over the half-term I've decided to make some more ANZAC biscuits.
Friday: Good day, had Maths first and we had some more biscuits because we had some left over. Discussed strange names, as you do, obviously. Did another experiment in Chemistry - clearly the best science - and it went ok apart from Ellen got a nose bleed due to the chemicals we were using. English was pretty boring. Currently we are studying An Inspector Calls, it's ok I guess but I've definitely read better plus plays are supposed to be performed not read. Spanish and Music Tech made up my afternoon - Music Tech was better, I spent the hour listening to Jamaican Reggae streamed live over the Internet from Kingston. I now have a bit of a liking for Jamaican Reggae. That was pretty much my school day, visited my Grandma again after school (she lives in the same village as me so I see her most days after school) and then went home and watched TV with James (my boyfriend). And that's Friday.
So onto the point of this post.. It's half term!
This is potentially the one thing I have been looking forward to this year so far. School has got to that stage where even getting up in the morning stresses you out. All the teachers continually remind you that your GCSEs are coming soon, or to coin a phrase that's an apparent favourite of the school, 'the clock is ticking down'. As of today, I have 45 days left of compulsory education. Then that's it.
I'm not going to lie, that's a scary thought.
45 days. 225 lessons. In some cases, I'm unbelievably glad that the end of school is so close, it means I no longer have to sit through monotonous pointless classes like Business and Citizenship. I liked Business until this year when we got a new teacher, who I strongly dislike - hate is too strong a word, even for him (the teacher that is).
I know I should really study during this time but realistically, this is the last proper holiday I'm going to have before all the real stress of exams kicks in when I'll be spending my holidays inside like a hermit revising and writing blog posts to distract myself. Also, I have no motivation, I'm the Master of Procrastination - I really am, I reckon I deserve a certificate or a medal at least. I'll always find a ton of things to do before I actually do any revision and then - "Oh! Was that mum calling? Best go check, maybe I'll help her out with dinner today..." And so it continues..
For once, Valentine's Day has fallen in the half-term so I don't have to endure all the depressing faces and comments people make if they're single on Valentine's. The same applies for those couples who act overly loved-up on this one day. So that's another bonus of this holiday. The first being I get to sleep to my heart's content which I really need to do at the moment as sleep helps with snuffly noses and head colds.
The arrival of the half-term hopefully signifies a turning point in the weather too. Normally, the weather begins to get better after half-term on the run up to the start of Spring. After the disappointment of the 10-20cm of snow we were promised by the weather forecasters - on a side point they seriously need to work on the accuracy of there predictions, we didn't even have 10 millimetres of snow! - warmer weather would be greatly appreciated, as personally, I'm beginning to miss having feeling in my finger and toes...and ears.
This morning I got up for work (Pentagon Group, in Internet Sales, everyone asks because they're all shocked I have a job. Pentagon sells cars and vans if you were wondering) and it was -10. I only had one word for it - barmy. And also freezing though technically we were way past that. This week's motivational quote from my boss was 'Don't wait or procrastinate - do it now!'. Work dragged today; there were times when it was busy but for the majority it was quiet. Tonight, I'm going to see the Taming of the Shrew, a play that I know absolutely nothing about. It's playing at the Assembly Rooms in town. By "town", I mean Derby City Centre. It's not that great if I'm honest and it gets boring after almost 10 years. Even after 10 months you begin to feel the boring-ness.
I'll let you know how the play was if I understand it. I now leave you with a quote stuck up in my Spanish room by a form tutor trying to motivate her form - 'You build a house brick by brick. You build a form friend by friend'. Yeah, it's cheesy but it makes me laugh. Especially as I know, from experience may I add, that almost everyone dislikes the other people in their form. But good on her for trying.
So I've decided to give you a quick overview of Thursday and Friday...
Thursday: Sat through 4 average lessons and had one good lesson, Maths. That makes me sound like a total nerd but I'm not. I like Maths as a subject plus we have a good teacher and a small class (there's only 10 of us, 40% are girls so we're representing the girls during the lessons). But the best thing is that it was Biscuit Thursday. We have biscuits in lesson, in case you hadn't worked that bit out. Then I ran my night at Guides, celebrating Waitangi Day and it was a success! The ANZAC biscuits were really nice, as was the ginger beer. Over the half-term I've decided to make some more ANZAC biscuits.
Friday: Good day, had Maths first and we had some more biscuits because we had some left over. Discussed strange names, as you do, obviously. Did another experiment in Chemistry - clearly the best science - and it went ok apart from Ellen got a nose bleed due to the chemicals we were using. English was pretty boring. Currently we are studying An Inspector Calls, it's ok I guess but I've definitely read better plus plays are supposed to be performed not read. Spanish and Music Tech made up my afternoon - Music Tech was better, I spent the hour listening to Jamaican Reggae streamed live over the Internet from Kingston. I now have a bit of a liking for Jamaican Reggae. That was pretty much my school day, visited my Grandma again after school (she lives in the same village as me so I see her most days after school) and then went home and watched TV with James (my boyfriend). And that's Friday.
So onto the point of this post.. It's half term!
This is potentially the one thing I have been looking forward to this year so far. School has got to that stage where even getting up in the morning stresses you out. All the teachers continually remind you that your GCSEs are coming soon, or to coin a phrase that's an apparent favourite of the school, 'the clock is ticking down'. As of today, I have 45 days left of compulsory education. Then that's it.
I'm not going to lie, that's a scary thought.
45 days. 225 lessons. In some cases, I'm unbelievably glad that the end of school is so close, it means I no longer have to sit through monotonous pointless classes like Business and Citizenship. I liked Business until this year when we got a new teacher, who I strongly dislike - hate is too strong a word, even for him (the teacher that is).
I know I should really study during this time but realistically, this is the last proper holiday I'm going to have before all the real stress of exams kicks in when I'll be spending my holidays inside like a hermit revising and writing blog posts to distract myself. Also, I have no motivation, I'm the Master of Procrastination - I really am, I reckon I deserve a certificate or a medal at least. I'll always find a ton of things to do before I actually do any revision and then - "Oh! Was that mum calling? Best go check, maybe I'll help her out with dinner today..." And so it continues..
For once, Valentine's Day has fallen in the half-term so I don't have to endure all the depressing faces and comments people make if they're single on Valentine's. The same applies for those couples who act overly loved-up on this one day. So that's another bonus of this holiday. The first being I get to sleep to my heart's content which I really need to do at the moment as sleep helps with snuffly noses and head colds.
The arrival of the half-term hopefully signifies a turning point in the weather too. Normally, the weather begins to get better after half-term on the run up to the start of Spring. After the disappointment of the 10-20cm of snow we were promised by the weather forecasters - on a side point they seriously need to work on the accuracy of there predictions, we didn't even have 10 millimetres of snow! - warmer weather would be greatly appreciated, as personally, I'm beginning to miss having feeling in my finger and toes...and ears.
This morning I got up for work (Pentagon Group, in Internet Sales, everyone asks because they're all shocked I have a job. Pentagon sells cars and vans if you were wondering) and it was -10. I only had one word for it - barmy. And also freezing though technically we were way past that. This week's motivational quote from my boss was 'Don't wait or procrastinate - do it now!'. Work dragged today; there were times when it was busy but for the majority it was quiet. Tonight, I'm going to see the Taming of the Shrew, a play that I know absolutely nothing about. It's playing at the Assembly Rooms in town. By "town", I mean Derby City Centre. It's not that great if I'm honest and it gets boring after almost 10 years. Even after 10 months you begin to feel the boring-ness.
I'll let you know how the play was if I understand it. I now leave you with a quote stuck up in my Spanish room by a form tutor trying to motivate her form - 'You build a house brick by brick. You build a form friend by friend'. Yeah, it's cheesy but it makes me laugh. Especially as I know, from experience may I add, that almost everyone dislikes the other people in their form. But good on her for trying.
Wednesday 8 February 2012
Nau Mai! This week has been interesting so far..
It turns out I do have time to write my blog today. Sorry to any I have now disappointed.
I did the MENSA test today, hopefully it will have gone ok. I receive my results in about 10 days and if I am in the top 2% of the country (with an IQ of 140-ish or above) I will be invited to join MENSA. If I don't get in then at least I know my IQ; that's got to count for something right? My Maths teacher (the one who refuses to wear a jumper) also did the test, so today in Maths we placed bets on who out of our class would have the highest IQ and also who we thought would have the lowest IQ. When we all get our results we might even play a 'Play Your Cards Right' style game - is it higher? Or is it lower?
Speaking of school, currently, I am making a lamp in the design of a toadstool in Design and Technology. It's going relatively well and I'm also further than most of my class. So far I've turned the base on the wood lathe out of - surprise, surprise - wood and also turned the mould for the lampshade, which of course will be red with white spots on. I started making the feet today out of metal on an engineering lathe but haven't got round to finishing them yet. On the upside though, they are very shiny and look good and professional-ish. This should get me a better overall grade at the end - yay!
I don't know whether you were aware of this but it was Waitangi Day on Monday. Waitangi Day is a celebration in New Zealand designed to commemorate the signing of the Waitangi Treaty, New Zealand's founding document, and is a public holiday over there. The relevance of this is that I have been asked, as part of my Leadership qualification course to become a leader at the Girl Guide unit I help out at every Thursday, to organise and run an evening about Waitangi Day. The entire term has been based mainly around the Commonwealth as it is Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee this year (congrats to Lizzie!).
So I've been finding out recipes for ANZAC biscuits which are apparently slightly addictive and ginger beer (non-alcoholic as the Guides are 14 and under) and also other things such as Maori words and numbers. This lead to me discovering a new favourite word - aniwaniwa. It translates into English as rainbow which now seems like such a boring word for that pretty arc thing that occasionally appears in the sky. My Guiding unit are celebrating Waitangi Day tomorrow and I will post the recipe for ANZAC biscuits if it transpires that they are, in fact, delicious.
I think makes for a good conclusive sentence, so ka kite (see you soon - in Maori)
I did the MENSA test today, hopefully it will have gone ok. I receive my results in about 10 days and if I am in the top 2% of the country (with an IQ of 140-ish or above) I will be invited to join MENSA. If I don't get in then at least I know my IQ; that's got to count for something right? My Maths teacher (the one who refuses to wear a jumper) also did the test, so today in Maths we placed bets on who out of our class would have the highest IQ and also who we thought would have the lowest IQ. When we all get our results we might even play a 'Play Your Cards Right' style game - is it higher? Or is it lower?
Speaking of school, currently, I am making a lamp in the design of a toadstool in Design and Technology. It's going relatively well and I'm also further than most of my class. So far I've turned the base on the wood lathe out of - surprise, surprise - wood and also turned the mould for the lampshade, which of course will be red with white spots on. I started making the feet today out of metal on an engineering lathe but haven't got round to finishing them yet. On the upside though, they are very shiny and look good and professional-ish. This should get me a better overall grade at the end - yay!
I don't know whether you were aware of this but it was Waitangi Day on Monday. Waitangi Day is a celebration in New Zealand designed to commemorate the signing of the Waitangi Treaty, New Zealand's founding document, and is a public holiday over there. The relevance of this is that I have been asked, as part of my Leadership qualification course to become a leader at the Girl Guide unit I help out at every Thursday, to organise and run an evening about Waitangi Day. The entire term has been based mainly around the Commonwealth as it is Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee this year (congrats to Lizzie!).
So I've been finding out recipes for ANZAC biscuits which are apparently slightly addictive and ginger beer (non-alcoholic as the Guides are 14 and under) and also other things such as Maori words and numbers. This lead to me discovering a new favourite word - aniwaniwa. It translates into English as rainbow which now seems like such a boring word for that pretty arc thing that occasionally appears in the sky. My Guiding unit are celebrating Waitangi Day tomorrow and I will post the recipe for ANZAC biscuits if it transpires that they are, in fact, delicious.
I think makes for a good conclusive sentence, so ka kite (see you soon - in Maori)
Tuesday 7 February 2012
Will we ever be hate-free?
It's interesting to see public displays of hatred towards people, more so when it's directed towards you and your best friend. My best friend is called Katie and between us we've got quite a few 'haters'. Some people don't like us simply for the reason their friends don't like us for one reason or another. Some people don't like me because I'm Katie's best friend and some people don't like Katie because she's my best friend. It's interesting because it's all very us and them which is something I'd thought our society had grown out of; clearly not.
I said public displays of hatred as today, our entire team, all of whom are lovely and would never receive this treatment normally, got booed when we won the Tunnelball tournament - this game was for fun and didn't actually count towards anything - purely for the fact they were on the same team as Katie and I. Understandably, they were all quite upset about the outburst but we just rolled our eyes and said "typical" as this is a common occurrence.
The boo-ers then tried to excuse their behaviour by saying that we always won tournaments (this isn't true) and it wasn't fair as we had THREE netball players on our team and that it was therefore an unfair advantage to the other teams. There are 16 players in the squad so, personally, I don't think having 3 on one team is going to give anyone and advantage. Also, Tunnelball is nothing like netball rendering any skills relating to netball useless. Another point they seemed to have forgotten was that everybody chose their own teams before the tournament and that mine and Katie's team had 2 players less than the other teams so really it was us that were at a disadvantage.
But never mind, to repeat an expression somebody somewhere once said: 'Haters gonna hate'. I'm sure next week I'll have done something else that will provoke them, even though it is the holidays.
Tomorrow may be an off day for this as I am participating in a MENSA test - which will be a good experience for me, plus I get to find out my IQ - and then I have netball training for a regional match on Sunday. So I'll post if I can, if I can't, please continue with doing what you want to as time you enjoy wasting, is not wasted.
I said public displays of hatred as today, our entire team, all of whom are lovely and would never receive this treatment normally, got booed when we won the Tunnelball tournament - this game was for fun and didn't actually count towards anything - purely for the fact they were on the same team as Katie and I. Understandably, they were all quite upset about the outburst but we just rolled our eyes and said "typical" as this is a common occurrence.
The boo-ers then tried to excuse their behaviour by saying that we always won tournaments (this isn't true) and it wasn't fair as we had THREE netball players on our team and that it was therefore an unfair advantage to the other teams. There are 16 players in the squad so, personally, I don't think having 3 on one team is going to give anyone and advantage. Also, Tunnelball is nothing like netball rendering any skills relating to netball useless. Another point they seemed to have forgotten was that everybody chose their own teams before the tournament and that mine and Katie's team had 2 players less than the other teams so really it was us that were at a disadvantage.
But never mind, to repeat an expression somebody somewhere once said: 'Haters gonna hate'. I'm sure next week I'll have done something else that will provoke them, even though it is the holidays.
Tomorrow may be an off day for this as I am participating in a MENSA test - which will be a good experience for me, plus I get to find out my IQ - and then I have netball training for a regional match on Sunday. So I'll post if I can, if I can't, please continue with doing what you want to as time you enjoy wasting, is not wasted.
Monday 6 February 2012
Snow, Twitter, Frozen Peas, Snoizes and Jumpers - Sounds like a pretty average day to me
It's amazing what a difference something as simple as snow can do to people. I've spent the entire day dodging tightly packed balls of ice as I move as fast as I can, without falling, between lessons. However, the snow has now melted and turned to slush which will almost inevitably turn to ice over night which is even worse for walking in (I have to walk down a steep hill to get to the bus stop in the morning - major hazard!)
On another note, I got Twitter today! Still confused by it at the moment but feel free to follow me (@charly_sedici) and you can get more pointless updates about my views on the world as it stands (or spins.. Whatever) I did get mentioned and retweeted by Club Smith, a newly discovered band that I have fallen in love with after seeing them at a Kaiser Chiefs concert I went to on Thursday, which was exciting. I've heard mixed reviews about Twitter so I might not continue with it, I feel it could potentially end in stalking - is that paranoid of me? But hey ho, you've got to try new things in life or it would be really monotonous.
Something I definitely will not be trying is eating frozen peas straight out of the packet though; apparently they are really nice, good for you and make you feel better when you're ill. This golden nugget of information came from a friend on my bus who is a bit eccentric, so I'm always a bit wary when it comes to accepting suggestions from her. What worried me more was the fact that one of my best friends, who I consider to as sane as you can be in your final year of compulsory education, agreed with her and then told me I was weird for thinking it sounded horrible!
This type of conversation is pretty typical during bus journeys, we once discussed "snoizes" after I said sneeze wrong when Fay (another girl I sit with on the bus) sneezed and Ellen, the relatively sane best friend I mentioned earlier, backed me up by saying that I meant sneezing noise, duh! We then talked about who had the weirdest snoize and whether your eyes really do pop out if you sneeze with them open. Another interesting conversation always stems from a hideous lime green/brown/orange cotton/leather jumper my Chemistry teacher wears at school with a pink shirt - even thinking about the combination gives me the shivers - and why mine and Ellen's Maths teacher refuses to wear a jumper and has his shirt sleeves rolled up when the temperature is in minus degrees! Barmy, I know.
Anyway, I'm sure I've bored you enough now so until tomorrow. Remember a useless (or useful if you want to be less random) piece of knowledge you hear - you never know when it can come in handy.. A bientot!
On another note, I got Twitter today! Still confused by it at the moment but feel free to follow me (@charly_sedici) and you can get more pointless updates about my views on the world as it stands (or spins.. Whatever) I did get mentioned and retweeted by Club Smith, a newly discovered band that I have fallen in love with after seeing them at a Kaiser Chiefs concert I went to on Thursday, which was exciting. I've heard mixed reviews about Twitter so I might not continue with it, I feel it could potentially end in stalking - is that paranoid of me? But hey ho, you've got to try new things in life or it would be really monotonous.
Something I definitely will not be trying is eating frozen peas straight out of the packet though; apparently they are really nice, good for you and make you feel better when you're ill. This golden nugget of information came from a friend on my bus who is a bit eccentric, so I'm always a bit wary when it comes to accepting suggestions from her. What worried me more was the fact that one of my best friends, who I consider to as sane as you can be in your final year of compulsory education, agreed with her and then told me I was weird for thinking it sounded horrible!
This type of conversation is pretty typical during bus journeys, we once discussed "snoizes" after I said sneeze wrong when Fay (another girl I sit with on the bus) sneezed and Ellen, the relatively sane best friend I mentioned earlier, backed me up by saying that I meant sneezing noise, duh! We then talked about who had the weirdest snoize and whether your eyes really do pop out if you sneeze with them open. Another interesting conversation always stems from a hideous lime green/brown/orange cotton/leather jumper my Chemistry teacher wears at school with a pink shirt - even thinking about the combination gives me the shivers - and why mine and Ellen's Maths teacher refuses to wear a jumper and has his shirt sleeves rolled up when the temperature is in minus degrees! Barmy, I know.
Anyway, I'm sure I've bored you enough now so until tomorrow. Remember a useless (or useful if you want to be less random) piece of knowledge you hear - you never know when it can come in handy.. A bientot!
Sunday 5 February 2012
'Hello' always seems like a good word to say to start something...
So instead of playing in the snow or doing any form of work, I'm writing this because quite frankly, it's freezing outside and work just depresses me. I'll try and be as frequent as possible with posts. They'll range in things but mainly it'll be about my life and how it's all going for me...
I recently pinned up my entry statement for all the exams I have in the Summer. I was shocked originally that it filled an A4 sheet of paper! But it's all good, it turns out there's only about 14 actual exams.
That's it for now I guess, until whenever...
Bye <-- always a good word to say to end something
I recently pinned up my entry statement for all the exams I have in the Summer. I was shocked originally that it filled an A4 sheet of paper! But it's all good, it turns out there's only about 14 actual exams.
That's it for now I guess, until whenever...
Bye <-- always a good word to say to end something
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