i feel fat and very very full at the moment, and i didn't even eat that much at dinner either. hmm. anyway, i just had a thought. i 'd really like to take photos in one of those instant photo booths ! i don't know why ... just a sudden urge i guess. well, if anyone knows of any then let me know oo k ? (btw tina and grace: yes, that's a hint)
if not well i guess i'll wait till i next go back to spore or something ... then i can possibly drag wilson to take photos with me. *evil laugh*

anyway, i think i'll go now .. gonna try to sleep early tonight. for once. well, partly cos my msn's screwing up AGAIN. is it just me, or is msn getting irritating ?! always screwing up and stuff . *grr* but i'm also really tired ... and i think i'll probably have to spend tmr doing my hw. joy ! i just can't wait ...

THE ball is over .
and i must say that i had a great time ! the food was good, the music was pretty good and the company was even better ! = ) was really nice spending the entire night with the bestest friends on earth - grace and tina. well i dunno if you guys want a full account on last nite but here it is anyway ...

we all decided to meet at grace's house at about 5pm so that we could take pictures and so that grace's relatives could squeal about everyone's dresses and what not. well tina and i were pretty punctual but the others were kind of late ... as usual. ESP marsia. -sigh- they called her at like 5.30pm and she said she was still at the salon. sooo we waited around ... and after a while everyone got little bored from taking pictures and then mums were just standing around (also looking kind of bored). at about 6.15 grace, tina and i decided to make a move first ... since the rest were going together in a limo. well they said that it was fine, and so we left and the rest of them waited around for marsia with the mums. we went to kings park to take some pictures since it was kind of early but we ended up being a little late . lol. mostly cos nick missed the turning into the carpark ... buuut nonetheless, we got to the ball safe and sound.

there was this really long line and we had to queue up to get in ... only to reach the end where we had to introduce our partners to the head girl AND mrs pitos (who looked exactly the way she usually did ... no special clothes or whatever. pffft. still looking all fat and pasty.) for some reason they couldn't hear edmund's name properly and kept saying, "o edward ?" hmm.
so finally they opened the doors of the ballroom (the doors made this really grand-sounding noise that made it sound as if the aliens were coming to attack us or something), and everyone filed in.

the ballroom was REALLY nicely decorated and everything ... the table settings were really nice as well. twas a sit down dinner and i think i liked the main course and desert the best. the main course was this fillet steak with mushroom and white wine sauce (mmm mmm ...) and desert was this white chocolate cheese cake. well spent alot of the time dancing (until my feet really really hurt) and taking pictures (i can't wait to see them!!).

the entire ball ended at about 12 and then we made our way to sarem's house for afters, but only after taking a few final pictures outside the hyatt. when we finally got to sarem's house we got a bit of shock and when we went in the shock was still there. lots of ppl whom we didn't know ... and lots of black ppl (i'm not being racist here ... really.) so the music was all r&b and the girls there were reallly good dancers, the guys too actually. some of them anyway. soo yeah, we didn't stay long cos i think tina, nick and louie looked abit bored and not really wanting to socialise ... plus they were just afraid that it would get really rowdy and all. went to nick's place for a while cos he had to get changed and he gave us a GRAND tour of his house ... which could possibly be the hugest house i've seeen in perth so far. it's massive !! and there's only him and his 2 brothers living in it ... but wow. it's a huge house. after ooh-ing and ahh-ing and getting lost in his house, we left for macdonald's. decided to buy food and then sit at a park nearby (it was nick's brilliant idea). stayed in the park (which was actually down the road from my house ...) for quite a long time - talking, laughing, taking silly pictures and lying on the grass watching the stars. and then after a while the sprinklers came on so there was some screaming (from the girls, obviously). after that, nick and louie dropped us off at tina's house. and that was that.

yeap ... i think it was a memorable day. i'll get the pictures up soon ... o yes, and i fixed that problem with the links scroll thing ... so now you'll be able to see it.

it's labour day tmr !! *yay* go public holidays !!

o yes, and to all my friends who just got their O level results:
congrats to those who managed to get good results !! i'm very happy and proud of you guys ... (esp you teefeenee ! even though you might not even read this ...)
and to the others who didn't do as well you hoped, don't worry. tis not the end of the world and i'm sure you'll be able to get into a good course.

gotta go start getting ready for the ball. omg !! it's tonite .

trying to fix the problem with my links ... hmm.

today was an unbelievably good day ! and so yes, i'm in a great mood at the moment *grin* well let's seee, the retreat today wasn't as bad as i thought it would be ... it was actually quite funn and it was ALOT better than last year's retreat that's for sure. today's retreat was run by the same ppl who do Dangerzone (d...d...d...dangerz..z..z..z..one. yes that one che.) anyway, the day went by really quickly and we did all sorts of stupid things. lol. lots of silly games and some interesting talks. so yeah. was quite an enjoyable day ! the people who were running the retreat were heaps more fun and interesting than last years' bunch. and they were actually funny, well some of them anyway.

got back to school close to 3.30pm and then we had another band rehearsal. AND something annoying happened just before the rehearsal started. well you see, i went into mr k's office to get my trumpet (which i had left there before sch this morning, as usual). except this time when i went in that little room to get it, it wasn't there ! so i went to ask him and then he realised that perhaps this year 8 girl must have taken the wrong one home.

it all started when she went to see him about her trumpet, cos apparently the valves kept getting stuck (maybe you need to actually WASH your trumpet, you stupid girl). sooo he told her to leave her trumpet with him and he'd see what he could do about it. in the meantime, she could take home the school one to practise with. and since all our trumpet cases are the same, she just went and took MINE home ! but you see, my trumpet case actually has this yellow duck tape with my name in black on it ... i mean, how can you not notice that it has someone else's name on it ?! well at least he told her to switch the mouthpieces, and i really hope that she did ... anyhooo, mr k went to give the girl, emily, a call to let her know that she took the wrong trumpet home and also NOT to touch it. you know what, i have yet to meet an emily that isn't annoying and/or stupid. hmmm. ok, 'cept maybe emily howell 9she's quite nice). but the other emilies in school are really irritating. -sigh- i really hope that she didn't play it or anything ... cos it's MY trumpet. i bought it. had to make do with the school trumpet and i swear, there was an odd taste in my mouth when i started playing. *yuck* so i just didn't play it after that ... hmm. starting to get withdrawals ... cos i'm bored and have nothing to do.

well yes, that was my day ... it's not over yet though. i'm sure it can only get better now. hopefully. hehe. after all, it is yet another friday ... really can't believe that tmr's the ball either ! it's just come so fast ... getting kind of excited now actually and i hope that nothing goes wrong tmr. so i will take lots and lots of pictures !

anyway, msn's screwing up on this computer and so i'm going to restart it (the comp).
toooodles !

Despite these rare and welcomed breaks, the family is the heart of the Amish society. Thus, choosing a marriage partner is an important decision. Young people must find a suitable mate within their district or a district that is in "fellowship" with theirs. The typical age for both men and women to marry is 20-25. A few years before, teenagers start looking for potential parnters on Sunday night singings, which take place in the home of the family that hosted the worship service that week. Singings bring together young people of dating age from districts that are in fellowship with one another. At the event, the young men sit on one side of a table and the young women siton the other, and they take turns leading hymn singing. The hymn singing stops around 10 o clock but the young people stay for another hour or so talking and socializing. At the end of the evening, if a boy is interested in a girl, he will offer to take her home in his "bachelor" buggy.

(an excerpt from 'Life in an Amish Community')

hahahha. found this book in the library today during religion when we were meant to be researching ... something else. couldn't resist it, so i had to borrow the book to read on about these Amish. lol. so i'm going to apologise now for any sudden outbursts of odd facts about Amish people. but this book is really quite interesting, kind of makes me realise how fortunate i am NOT to be Amish. i mean, these are the ppl who ban the use of buttons because they were in fashion in Paris and it was a way of displaying one's wealth. o yes, and buttons are usually associated with the military ... and they refuse to wear any fashions or symbols that relate to the military. lol. they're really into the whole uniformity and 'we are one' kind of beliefs. o yes, and they SHUN the use of electricity, movies, television ... so they have to resort to entertaining themselves with needlework and sewing quilts (well these are the women anyway). and the men you ask ? well, they prefer to plough the fields with a horse.

alriteee, enough about the Amish and here's something about MY day. hmm well, school was pretty alrite today actually. didn't mind it at all. was really happy and looking forward to the end of school because we won't have actual lessons till tuesday ! i mean there's still hw to be done of course, but hey ... i'm not complaining about not having school until tuesday.

anyhooo, all the best to those of you whose O level results come out tmr ... !! don't fret. too much.

omg this sucks.
it feels like i'm having my fucking period all over again - i.e. feeling all moody and grumpy and tired and what not (don't ask what a what not is ... i have no idea. hmm.)
o yes, tis ash wednesday ... the beginning of lent ( i think ? shame on you, lynda. you should know this.). so for lent, i've decided to be nicer to ppl and to make an extra effort to FINISH my hw. yes i know this is a hugeeeee ask, but hey, it's lent. why not try to be nicer to ppl and to do actually finish my hw on time huh ?

today was a pretty sluggish day ... for me anyway. grace was extremely hyper and cheery (so much so that i felt like hitting her very hard on the head). she spent the earlier part of lunch offering everyone else bits of her breadsticks (gee, that's an odd sentence ...). i think she was rather excited and proud of them actually, mainly cos she got upset when i said that maybe they'd taste even better with some dip. lol. they were quite nice, i just thought it was kind of a rip-off. but the main aim of the tuckshop is to rip one off anyway, so no surprise there.

ANYWAY, i'm feeling much better now ... procrastinating and caffeine-ating. mmm ... but i do have quite alot of work to get through - stuff that's due tmr. the good thing is that tmr is the last day of real lessons !! cos friday is our reflection day ... and saturday is our ball ... then monday is a public holiday (tis labour day. you know, march 1). sooo yees, nice long break. *hoooray* (for some reason i felt like saying 'hooozay !' just then. i don't know why.)

o yes, i had this really weird dream last nite. i dreamt that i was a ghost. except that i don't remember how or why i died in the first place, but that's not the point. i just thought it was really strange that i was a ghost, floating around. i even went to visit my friends in spore and some of them saw me. hmmm. well, i remember going to visit wilson and when he saw me he acted really normal, as if i was really there. lol. oo k, i'm sure you're all going "riiiiiiiitey-o. what's wrong with this girl ?!" soo i think i'll just go now !

today was the LAST swimming carnival that i'll ever have to take part in ... !! and it was a good one too ...
managed to get away with not swimming at all, but i cheered everyone else on. the exciting thing was, that we came in 2nd ! yes, 2nd. it's really quite cool cos we haven't done that well in a while. 2 yrs ago, we came in last (6th place). last year, we came in 4th. yeap. so everyone was really happy ... it being our last swimming carnival and all.

there's this small asian girl in year 8 who's a REALLY good swimmer. actually, all the year 8s this year seem to be extremely good swimmers. but i was particularly amazed at this small asian girl cos she doesn't even look like she's a swimmer. AND what impressed me most was that she got 1st place in the 50m butterfly (she was wayyyy ahead of everyone else too!). so yes, i think the future of o'donnell swimming looks pretty good ... for the next 4 yrs anyway.

yeap. so that was my day ... nothing that's actually blog-worthy ! but o well. just thought i'd share the above info with everyone (and anyone) who reads this blog.

got some silly human bio assesment tmr ... on transmission of nerve impulses or something. so yes, some work for me to do. o and GOOD LUCK to whoever's got exams coming ... = )

new pictures !!
wow ... that's the biggest update of my blog since.

link: 22/02/04

*p.s. if you want to have a laugh, go check out my hair.

oo k. major freak out today ... looked in my school diary and then saw how much hw i have due this week and next week. i think everyone else's "stressing" is starting to rub off on me, which i suppose can be a good thing. but it's really not good cos i start pigging out when i freak out, and we all know that pigging out isn't good. esp since the ball is THIS saturday (omg !! i'm quite excited now actually). when nette and adit came to pick me up from sch there were decadent choc chip cookies (which are the best choc chip cookies ever) and kettle potato chips in the back seat. so yeah. -sigh- really not good. must aim to not look like such a whale in my ball dress on saturday.

school was pretty alrite today ... everyone was feeling kind of sleepy/tired (esp tina!). lol. silly girl almost fell asleep walking up the stairs ... hmmm. twas yet another lazy monday.

o yes, veina's birthday dinner last nite was quite fun. haha, everyone seemed to be really hyper and everything. we took LOTS of pictures, as usual - including some stupid ones. i'll upload them as soon as i get them from tina. felt a little underdressed cos all the other guests seemed to have turned up in their finest clothes ... hair done up and all. it was also really funny how everyone kept giving instructions in bahasa - i.e. 'stand up', 'wait, we're not finished yet' (during the photo-taking session after/before the cake was cut) and 'sorry, can i just borrow this for a while?'. it was really interesting cos i can't say that i've been surrounded by that many indos before ... and i also can't say that i've had grace said in bahasa. in case you're wondering: no, tina didn't translate the prayer. tina and grace kind of took turns in telling me what the various instructions from the adults were. there were a few times when everyone else at the table got up and started moving away, leaving me there. there was lots of, "what are you guys doing !! you have to tell me what we're supposed to be doing cos i don't understand bahasa !!" ooo yes, did i mention there was champagne ??

hahaha. just saw the music video for 'queer eye (for the straight guy)'. my gawd ... real funny shit. sooo cheeesy, but i liked it. lol. i like jai sooo much, he's soo cute. such a pity that he's gay ! he's so small and cute though. and he dances (very much like a gay guy).

tjuzing ... finally know how to spell that word.

don't know about you guys, but my friday went pretty well. just like i thought it would. the 2 tests i had today (econs and accounting) were manageable ... although i'm not sure how well i'll do in both of them. just glad that they're over ! had a band rehearsal after school today and it was really fun. plus, kate brought lollies AND lamingtons. mmm ... hehe. but aside from the food, the rehearsal was a good one ... and i think we're on our way to a great performance on march 6.

i thought the weather today was a bit strange. was really nice, cool weather ... most un-summer. but heck, i really liked it. although somehow i think the hot weather will be back again next week. grrr.

anyhooo ... going to enjoy what's left of friday - all 55 mins of it. i think this weekend will be kind of relaxed, even though i stilll have hw. hmm. come to think of it, i actually do have quite a fair bit of hw to do ... ah well.

the heat is almost going away ... hooray !!
today was quite a nice, cool day. (in comparison to the past few days that is) kind of liked the weather today actually. = ) was an extremely nice change in weather. i think yesterday was esp bad cos 'western power' said that everyone wasn't allowed to have their air-cons on all day. i think they said something about not being to provide enough power ... it was something to that effect anyway. so darn crappy ... it was really warm. apparently if you were found to be consuming too much power you'd be fined a huge amount of money. right-o. at least there were still some air-conditioned places in school though. but i still haven't felt so hot and uncomfortable for so many consecutive days !

anyhoo, i liked today. today was quite a good day. and i think i will like tmr even more ... *smiles* cos it's friday !! i like fridays ... well happy friday to you, and you AND you in advance !!

i'm bored. and i need something to take my mind off the sweltering heat. so ... here are some quizzes that i found somewhere.

what i like in guys:
1.hair color: i don't mind anything sensible and cool i s'ppose. just not BLONDE. o god, anything but that.
2.eye color: hmm. no preference.
3.skin tone: i prefer tanned. tanned is good and quite sexy.
4.six paCK: ooo ... even better.
5.long or short hair: depends on the guy ... but i much prefer short haired guys.
6.piercings: yes please.
7.scars: at least one ... it would be a tad weird to meet a guy without any.
8.big butt or little: bigger than mine ?? (fat hope !) men have such small bums it's unfair. well, most men anyway.
9.straight: i've always wondered what it's like to have a gay (male) friend ... like will & grace.
10.outgoing or shy: not too shy is good. i don't like quiet guys ... they make me feel like i'm talking to myself.
11.sarcastic or sincere: a little of both. sarcasm's always fun. lol.
12.should he have a bestfriend: yes, why not.
13.should he have lots of gurl friends: see above. if i trust him enough, then why not. but i'd still get a little jealous once in a while.
14.should he love his mother: of course he should. just don't be a mummy's boy.
15.should he watch girly movies: if he wants to ... lol. although he probably wouldn't (unless i dragged him there of course)
16.be smart: yes, but not too smart. i find having conversations with dumb ppl very tiring.
17.be funny: definitely !! how can he NOT have a sense of humour ... what a silly question to ask.
18.be sweet: *nods*
19.be a smoker: noo ... don't like smokers and i wouldn't want to kiss one.
20.drink: yeah, why not. most men drink anyway.
21.play with your hair: hahaha. well ... alrite.
22.kiss on the first date: if he wants to ...
23.bring you flowers: narh, it's too conventional. well, unless they're my favourite flowers (i.e. pansies !!)
24.lay under the stars with you: YES. it's so very romantic.
25.write poetry about you: hmm. maybe one or two. not too many ... i'd get freaked out after a while.
26.call you honey, sweetie, or baby: just sweetie is fine ... the others are abit too husband-ish for me.
27.hang out with you and YOUR friends: i think it's important for them to like him. but if they started liking him more than me then ... hmm.
28.hold your hand: yes i'd like that.
29.sing to you: i think it's nice when a guy sings for his gf.
30.WOULD His INTERESTS BE:
soccer: what interest ? it's his passion ... ! lol.
baseball: *baseball music* hahaa. no. baseball doesn't appeal to me much.
basketball: yeeap .
surf: maybe.
snowboard: yeees .. !
singing: yes please ...
play guitar: why not ...
play piano: hahah.might as well make him musical while we're at it .
play drums: see above.
dance: ... YES. i like a man who can dance. properly.
clean his room: hahah. hmm. maybe ... then he can clean mine too.

hmm.
ok, my boredom is cured.

oo k ...
just updated a few links.

my goodness.
such a fucking hot day today ...
hate days like this. it was hot, humid and 38 degrees !! talk about a stupid monday ... well the day started off quite well with swing band. enjoyed it, as usual. after that the day just got really unbearable. i really wonder why our school can't get some sort of air-conditioning system going or something ... or maybe even BETTER ventilation ?? that would help alot. i must remember to bring some deoderant to school tmr if not i'll end up smelling and feeling like a guy again. it was truly disgusting ...

well it's currently 2125 and it's STILL as hot as ever. just feeling so crappy right now ... cos on top of all that, i just got my period. how wonderful ! it's such a bloody pain to have it right now ... so yes, i absolutely cannot forget my deoderant tmr !! don't want to end up smelling like some smelly NS boy on the bus at the end of a long day.

tmr's a fairly relaxed day ... not many real subjects. as in, the only real lessons i'll have are human bio and accounting. i think. can't remember if i have english or not. but other than that, it's just PE, RE (that's religious education) and assembly. and gawd knows what we're having during the assembly period. please let it be interesting ... (although that's probably too much to ask of an assembly period)

i want tmr to be a better day please.

went to sizzler's for dinner !! mmm ... yummy dinner. had lots of food ... i think my favourite part was the desert ! first i had some red jelly (which was very pretty and tasty), and then i had vanilla ice cream with some choc sauce and nuts AND these small, colourful marshmallows !! wonder where they got them from ... cos i think those would be good to put in milo since they're small, then you could fit more. muahah.

anyhoooo, today wasn't a productive day work-wise. didn't do any work at all ... lol. it's really really bad ... -sigh-. what to do, what to do. guess i'll have to stay up to finish it later on. just feeling a tad full at the moment ... all that food. i. think. i. ate. too. much.

really wonder what's wrong with this comp ... msn and hotmail are down, so i can't check my mail. hmm. and we can't sign into msn either ... argh. so irritating. don't wanna go to school tmr ... cos of the hw that i have to finish. damn me and my procrastination. o yes, and my hair ... ! eeks. talk about hair fiasco. lol. i took some pictures though (cos wilson made me, he wanted to see it). doesn't look too bad i s'ppose, but still ... not exactly how i wanted it to turn out. yes, so i shall upload those pictures when i can. cos this computer's kind of screwed up at the moment.

btw, my haircut didn't go too well ... BUT i don't have to walk around with a paper bag on my head or lock myself at home because ... it can be fixed. i think. so yes. -sigh- if by feb 26th my hair hasn't grown out properly yet ... then i'm going to top image to get it fixed. cos i don't want to look sillly on the day of my ball. obviously.

happy valentine's day you guys !!

spent my valentine's day with tina and grace ... met up with their ball partners in the city and they're quite nice. watched 'along came polly' with them, it's an ok movie. just made us (grace, tina and i) want to start doing some salsa-dancing. lol. hmm yes, but that was about all. and i must say that jennifer aniston has a really nice body ... she had nice clothes in the movie. most of the time anyway.

anyway, hope you guys had a good valentine's day ... even though some of us couldn't spend it with our valentines ... hmm. nonetheless, it's just like any other day really. so actually, i dunno what the big deal is. ANYHOO, take care of yourselves and i love you all !! ( you guys know who you are ...)

oo k.
false info in my previous entry ...
turns out i'm NOT going with brian lee to the ball anymore. but yes, i have someone else. at least i can talk to him. decided that i should ask someone whom i actually know and can talk to, cos i mean, if not i won't have fun at my ball and i'll be struggling to find topics to talk about. you see i tried explaining this to veina (the girl who helped to find brian) but talking to veina is like talking to a wall. so go figure. i feel sorry for her that she's been in australia for so long, and yet she finds it hard to understand english. i know she probably doesn't want to be pitied, but every time i see that vacant expression on her face (which is almost all the time), i can't help but feel a little sorry for her. but i think to understand what i'm talking about, you'd probably have to meet her. and you guys probably won't (well except grace and tina who know her already).

hmmm. i get the feeling that i've been pretty mean to everyone around me lately. maybe not all the time, but just occasionally. still, it's not nice to be evil. i guess sometimes i just can't help it. sometimes i wish that we (stef, marsia, heidy, tina, grace and i) were more of a 'group'. i mean sure, we sit together during lunch and recess but other than that, i don't actually talk to the others (meaning stef and heidy). i talk to marsia quite abit cos she's in my homeroom and she tells me stuff, but stef and heidy ... hmm. i dunno, i just think it's cos we're on completely different wavelengths it's not funny. as in i probably can't talk to them about anything else except school - which is pretty pathetic.

anyhoo, just a thought.
i think i should work on being a more tolerant and less-evil person.
lol.
i'd like to see how that goes ...

today has been an odd day. ups and downs. but right now, it just seems to be going downhill ...
-sigh- . the day started off alrite i guess, woke up with my eyes still feeeling tired. as usual. crawled out of bed and then went to take a shower to wake myself up - obviously it didn't really work.

concert band today was pretty good ... managed to play ok. i think i've found my form again. well, seems like everything after that went completely downhill ! was sooo low on energy for practically the whole day (and it didn't help that my bag weighed a ton to AND from school). fell asleep in human bio today. we were watching some video on the brain and i was bored as hell. bored and sleepy. i even had a dream in that 10 mins that i fell asleep, can't remember what it was about but i woke up all of a sudden. felt slightly better after that. but once i stepped into the econs classroom, i just felt all crappy again. couldn't really concentrate and i think nothing that mr flexman said actually sunk in. and as usual, the period went by soooooo slowly.

went to the boarding house after school with marsia cos we were supposed to meet some wesley guys. apparently i'm taking one of them to the ball. so yes, i now have a partner ! his name's brian lee ... i think he's korean. he sort of reminds me of one of those j-rock dudes, i'm not quite sure. but he's one of those who likes to be noticed, i think. lol. but yeah, he agreed to go and he was quite nice. he has a car too (... ooo ...). so yeah. only got home at like 5.30pm or so, and i think mum was abit annoyed. whether it was with me though, i'm not entirely sure.

i thought tonite would be good cos there was singing rehearsals in church and they usually make me feel a whole lot better. we rehearsed nice songs tonite, so that was good. well, just as i thought the night was going to be a better one, i got an sms from wilson. he said that the soccer trip to perth has been CANCELLED. yes, cancelled. and why?! because the coach's wife has just been hospitalised. i hope she's ok, apparently it's quite serious. so pray for her and the coach you guys. but i think wilson didn't really take the bad news all that well, he's feeling very angry and upset at everything right now. i'm kind of disappointed too, cos i was really really looking forward to him coming to perth (like duh). but i guess shit happens, unfortunately. well i think god is kind of sick of hearing me telling him that i miss wilson so much and that i want to see him, so hopefully something good will happen. eventually.

anyhooo, this has been a prettyyy long and rather depressing entry. i'm sorry you guys. i'll try to be happier in my next entry ! kind of looking forward to tmr cos my trumpet lessons are starting again ... so i think that's why i've always loved thursdays. hmmm.

excuse me while i go cry/sing/be angry at the world ...

ook.
since that tag board didn't exactly work out ...
i'm trying out halo scan.
hmm. yes, so comments/hellos can be posted below alrite ?
i'm sure you're smart enough to know where to click ... rite.

whoopeee for meee !! (hey that rhymes ...)
managed to finish the hw that's due tmr ... so now i only have a ton of applic. hw left !! lol. yes, a ton of math hw . -sigh- but o well ... i'll do some later or something, just to lighten to load. probably won't have much time to do it tmr cos we have opening school mass at 7pm. geez. but at least it'll be the last one ever. wow. ever is a long time.

o yes, going to get my red jumper tmr ! for those of you who do not know the significance of the 'red jumper' . well, the year 12s get red jumpers. i guess you could say they consider it a privilege or something ? since we're the oldest in the school and all . lol. i'm just happy cos at least those annoying juniors of mine will know that i'm actually older than them !

a h. i just remembered something that happened in schoool today. well, this year 8 girl fainted in the toilet/locker area ... and she hit her head on the locker as well. eeks . poor girl. i really hope she's o k. it happened abit before lunch so there was an ambulance that came and they carried her off on a stretcher.

soooo ...
i think that's it .
hmm. don't really have anything extremely interesting to blog about .
ooo err, i just heard on the radio that incubus is coming to perth in march !! AHH !! i can't chooose dammit : michael buble, cat empire (they're performing at another festival) and incubus . -sigh- decisions, decisions. but i have to decide soon though . if not i might just miss all 3 or something ... and i don't want to . i want to watch at least one .... so grace, help me decide or something please ?? hehe. (o and i tried winnning incubus tixx from the radio just now. soo did not work. damn.)

*p.s. the tag board's a taaaad weird . but just bear with it for a while ... feel free to start posting again ook ?? i LOVE getting msgs ... *hint* *hint*

alrite.
hopefully that problem with the shoutbox is solved ...

oo k . i'm here once again ... this time to whine and complain about my stoooopid econs hw . so after i'm done then i'll go. i think.

alrite. so the article is called "soft landing, hard landing - or crash landing?". and i think what irritates me most are the quotes !! the stupid quotes !! here's one:

"Business owners are telling us they see storm clouds on the horizon and they're buckling their seatbelts as we come into land."
- geez. whatever you stupid econs man ... (and i say man cos it's probably a man who said this, since it sounds so ... so ... -can't find a word, so someone help me please-)

yes. so i will just have to take the advice of grace: to remember to breathe and buckle my seatbelt to land ! hmm o and the person who said the above IS indeed a man ... his name is Steve Burrell.
see, i told you ... a man said that.

aaargh. just slightly annoyed also cos there's something wrong my tag board !!! *shakes fist* and i don't know what's wrong with it ... which doesn't exactly help . how ?? how ?? and seeing as how i'm such a terrible computer-er i probably won't be able to do anything about it ... lol. so someone who is able, please help. (i sound so pathetic right now don't i)

anyyywayyyy ... i think i'm done complaining/whining/being a pain to whoever's reading this blog. hmm which brings me to my next point, who reads this blog ?? hahah. for all i know, NOBODY does and i might just be typing all this stuff for nothing . wasting my time . gee, that would be funny ... and also cause for more complaining. but i s'ppose even if i did, nobody would read my complaining so then there wouldn't be any point either.

oo k, starting to not make sense.
i think i should stop now .
(btw, thanks for listening whoever you are ... *smiles*)

my cousin stu(art) just got back from his exchange trip to china last nite, or this morning rather, and he brought back lots and lots of stuff ... including presents for everybody . cool presents at that. he got me a pair of denim converse shoes for my birthday/christmas !! *big grin* so happy cos i've been wanting a pair of converse shoes, 'cept i obviously can't afford it. but they're sooooo nice !! there was some other stuff as well. like these mittens/gloves (they're stripey and they're very cute), nice (and also cute) socks, a little bookmark thing ... o yes, and this little plastic boy that's supposed to pee when you pour boiling water on him - he has this little2 hole on his (*whistles*). nette got one too, 'cept hers is monk. lol. we tried it last night but it didn't work, so we ended up wasting like half a kettle of boiled water. but it was funny cos my auntie was like, "are they peeing ?? keep on eye on their pee-pees!" while she was pouring the water on them. so yes, all 3 of us were staring at their (*whistles*) ... but no such luck. everyone got really cool stuff from china though. thanks stu !! (even though he might not even read this ... but he might.)

so now i have a few things that i really love ... and perhaps i will take pictures of all the things i love and upload them so whoever's reading this blog can see them !
- denim converse shoes
- my happy pants (those are the stripey boxers)
- hugo boss intense perfume AND body lotion (lovely gifts from wilson)
- the new ring (that i got for our 2nd anniversary ... i haven't received it yet though)
- 2 pink tops that i got recently (a stripey toga and a halter)
- rainbow beanie (it's very happy too!)
- this blue/green-ish scarf (bday present from my mum)
- my ball dress (it's sooo bee-you-tee-ful ...)

hmm. i think that's it ... so far anyway. can't think of anymore things ... but i'll take pictures of them when i have time and when i can be bothered to . lol.

o yes. and i found those songs that "lost" the other day .

it's friday !! at last. i'm soo happy ... and relaxed. but only for now. really have to catch up on all my hw tmr and sunday. -sigh- i hate hw . soooooo much ! but then again, who doesn't ?! probably those uber nerds (you know who i'm talking about grace ...).

tmr doesn't look all that exciting though ... not at the moment anyway. just sucks that i'm going to spend most of my saturday (and possibly sunday) doing hw !! the only thing i'm looking forward to is body combat with grace, maybe tina and maybe nette. *wheee*

well, it's been one week of school already and we're all still surviving. i think once the ball is over there's pretty much nothing else to look forward to except maybe ... music camp and the end-of-TEEs. hopefully the ball will go fine ... just have to make sure i find a nice partner (if not i'm just gonna go alone or something) and that i don't end up looking like a whale in my dress.

... geez. i just lost a whole bunch of songs that i recently downloaded.

had my first applic. math lesson today ... and met the new teacher : mr yeang. mr loon yeang that is. he seems like a strict yet strangely-funny man. at the beginning of the lesson, he introduced himself and wrote his name on the board in english and chinese. don't exactly know where he's from, but joanne was quite happy cos for once someone pronounced 'tan' properly (not like how the ang mohs pronounce it.). he also talked for 20 mins straight - telling us about what he expects of us (to focus on the given task and work hard), and he also told us about this documentary he watched about a chinese village.

these kids have to trek a long long way to get to school, and they even have to cross this icy river by using a flying fox (without safety harnesses). then when they get school they would have to make their own 'chalkboards' with mud (or something like that) and then use sticks to write. so what was the point of this story you ask ? well, he just wanted us to know how lucky we are to be able to go to school in australia.
but i think he's a good teacher though.

speaking of teachers ... my human bio teacher this year CANNOT teach ! first she insults our intelligence by reading right off a worksheet (that she probably prepared herself, but still.) and she doesn't even explain anything. she says that we should be 'independant learners', so she is just merely a guide ... one who will make sure that we finish the course, and will answer any questions we have in regards to the work we're doing. but so far she hasn't actually answered the questions we asked very well. so because she is just a guide, we will have to read the text on our own and then make our own notes from there. well i figure she doesn't want to talk too much because she knows how annoying her voice gets after a while ... but i mean come on, they might as well just leave us in the classroom without her and study the entire syllabus on our own ! ahhh ... i wish mrs tay would come back. why couldn't she have delayed finishing her masters until after we left or something ... can't believe we got this silly woman (mrs huck) as our teacher. esp since it's supposed to be an important year for us.

mr flexman, our econs teacher, has this new way of teaching us ... we no longer have to take notes cos he'll give us notes after he's done talking . but actually, i would rather take notes. cos that way, i know that i'll pay attention and i won't fall asleep or something. it's just that the other girls in class don't like taking down so many notes (it's actually not THAT much writing!). if this continues, i'm going have a certain grace poking me throughout the lesson just to make sure that i don't fall asleep !

anyhoooooo, there's this odd-looking pink-ish cricket near the kitchen sink ... and none of us like crickets, so it's such a pain. hmm. o yes, we're also doing bowling for pe now ... i don't like bowling either . and i think there's a reason for that : i totally suck at bowling. i mean really, i'm terrible.

well then, i think i should go do some english hw ... ta ta !

AHH !!
the cat empire tix are ALL SOLD OUT ... !!
*cries*

well well.
first day of school is over ! only ... err, only ... many many more days of school left. but this year will be a short one . only 3 terms of actual school, and then we'll have our study break before TEE. it's kind of a scary thought ... i mean, this time next year i'll be going to uni already ! hehe. exciting though.

today was the usual first day. you know, not many lessons (only 3 today) but the rest of the day was filled with assemblies. boring ones at that. but all the teachers were just telling us the same thing : to work hard and it's important that our grades don't fluctuate ... and blah blah blah. well, to be honest, it hasn't actually hit me that i'm in year 12 yet. lol. but i know that i have to work hard this year ... and i'm going to try my best ! got a bit worried looking at all the course outlines given to us by the teachers ... esp econs. soooo many assesments and essays and stuff . eeks . i hate essays !

and i think no matter what year i'm in, my favourite times of the day will be : recess, lunch and going-home time. just was a bit annoyed with these girls who sat near us at lunch and recess and they kept SCREAMING. i mean for crying out loud, your friends are just sitting directly across from you and i'm sure they aren't deaf. geeez. i've decided that i don't like the little ppl. as in, i don't like the other years ... there are very few juniors that i actually do like. the rest of them are just plain irritating and noisy. but i still feel small though. saw a few of the year 8s and they're such giants ! my gawd. so bloody tall. (and no, it's not just cos i'm short!) but i think aussie kids are quite large in general ... must be the food they eat ?

well. i think i should go now ... got to do my teensy bit of hw i got today. and i'll probably go take a nap or something. was feeling sleepy towards the end of schoool. i think it's cos i don't like afternoons, but i like night time. hmm. maybe i'm turning nocturnal.