Umm...

I don't really know what to say, except that today's the end and beginning of everything that's wonderful and painful.

Lol, no one's going to understand this post but me!

20/9/08

Lol. My titles are so unimaginative.

Today I went into town with Ollie and spent my last 10 pounds, although my mom owes me a fiver. I didn't even get any credit for my phone :( Bought some new jeans today for 5.99 which I'm happy about although it is very expensive for me. They're a little bit big on me though, but ah well. I should really look for a job. I think I will. I'm much, much too lazy. I did most of my homework, though, which I'm happy about. I only have one more piece of chemistry homework to do tomorrow, and then I'm free!

I might start working out on Monday. I haven't exercised in forever. Yay :D

Again

I gave up on homework after I did my biology and latin. ARRRRGH so much stuff to do! And I am ill. Which is SO unhelpful, considering I have so much to do tomorrow. And I'm socialising. But I don't feel like it. I might just cancel and lay around all day. Blargh.

Anyway, today was good. I'm really jealous though. All my Chinese friends have mooncakes, but do I have any? NO. Not even a tiny one. I would just like a little one to eat so then I could say I ate ONE MOONCAKE, but I am actually deprived. Classes were quite boring as well, as per usual, and I am embarrassed to say that I am TERRIBLE at Mandarin. I have a horrible accent (Shing was laughing at me, evil >_>) and I cannot remember anything they say. Anyway, after school I went with Poppy and Sian (who I ran into) to Costa, and we had a very interesting chat and then I went home and attempted some homework and now I am here. I had SO MUCH MORE I was going to write about, but I have forgotten due to fatigue.

Argh, I ate a Fuji apple today, it was enormous, I feel even more sick...

Argh, homework!

I have lots to do, plus revision. I have to wake up at 7.30 again tomorrow, though I may wake up earlier to do stuff. I'm only posting right now so I can briefly distract myself from my homework. I have a lot.

My tendonitis is starting to act up again so my wrist aches. And I'm really tired. Maybe I should have some more caffeine, though I'm starting to get addicted...

In other news, I joined the gym which is uber cool. Yay :D

I'll probably post later, after I get bored of doing homework, to distract myself.

:)

Yay!

I got home early today so I'm not starting my homework yet :) but I will soon. In like...5 minutes. But right now I'm distracting myself by writing on here.

This week has been absolutely great! The work is a little bit easier...not much, but a little bit. I just hate my DM teacher SO much. As does the rest of the class. These are my problems with him:

• I can't hear him
• When I do hear him, I can't understand what he is saying
• When I can hear him and understand the words he he is saying, I don't understand the point he is trying to make
• He doesn't tell you if anything is right or wrong, but just keeps on talking
• He makes maths jokes I don't understand which make me feel dumb
• He has no teaching method
• His voice is like Mr. Chappells, which makes me sleepy
• He moves onto really hard stuff without explaining it when I'm still stuck on the first thing

And it was really bad because I had ARC right before him, and I had eaten all my chocolate then to wake me up, but it just didn't work so I was really tired but couldn't space out because the caffeine made me have this weird buzzing in the back of my head...

Otherwise everything is really fun! I've met loads and loads of new people and have made lots and lots of new friends, which is really, really great. I'm having so much fun it's excellent. The only problem is that I'm really bad with names, so now I've started this little string of people whom I call the last person I've met's name. Like, I met this guy called Cameron, and then another guy called Tim who I then called Cameron (he hates me for it :( evil!) and then I met a guy called Adam who I now call Tim, and...then it gets really confused, lol. Ah well. The classes are a little better this week, I went to a chemistry surgery today and MR. CHAPPELL, YOU WERE SO WRONG! The teacher was appalled, lol.

The fresher's ball is coming up! A lot of people don't want to go to it, but I am because I like dancing. I wish I could go to the pirate party on Friday :( but I can't. Ah well. It sounds a little bit dangerous, anyway. Uhh...was going to write more, but now I've forgotten. I'd better get a start on my homework anyway. Sob :(

Moon Cakes

I missed the mid-Autumn festival :( which means I didn't get any moon cakes :'( which makes me sad. I love moon cakes. My family won't buy any because they're cheap. Which means I won't get any until maybe next year. Damn. :( Shing said that he's getting some on Wednesday, but he'll probably eat them all himself. Grr.

Andy asked me what moon cakes are. This is the link to a picture:

http://torontoist.com/attachments/toronto_karen/2007_09_21mooncakes.jpg

This is the wiki article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mooncake

Wikipedia is wicked.

In other news, I have suddenly gotten really into Depeche Mode and the Teriyaki Boyz. Woot :D

Homework

The only reason I'm posting is because I need a reprieve from my homework. This is what I have done in Latin so far. It is very difficult to learn. It may not look like much, but I have dedicated several hours to learning it in various different ways:

I - amam - sum
You (sing.) - amas - es
You (pl.) - amatis - estis
We - amamus - summus
They - amant - sunt
He/She/It - amat - est

I have also done a lot of hard biology, lots and lots of Maths and a lot of chemistry. Argh...stress! I miss the relaxed days of St. Bedes Science lessons :P But it's been a lot of fun anyway, apart from the work. I've met lots of new people who are really nice :) so that makes me happy. I need to go to sleep now. I'm too tired to stay up.

If anyone knows about nuclear fusion/fission and isotopes, please let me know! It would be a massive help. Thanks! :)

Hills Road

Today I had SO much fun! It was an absolute blast. I met tons of really lovely people, and am in debt due to going to the cinema :( by 10 pounds! I don't know how I'll recover. *sob* Anyway, this morning I got up, got myself all sorted, and then got on the bus. Got off in city centre, topped up, then went on the bus to Hills which was absolutely PACKED full of people. I chatted to this really nice Chinese girl called Lara who got 12 A* in her GCSEs! I was astounded. Anyway, got off, ran into Laura and some other St. Bedes people. Captured some other lonely people (more successful than Mamood!) and then went off to form. Luckily I had Mikey in my form, so that was good! Our tutor was really fun, and we got to meet everyone in our form and everyone was really friendly so that was also good :) Afterwards we went of to assembly, and then to work out the ICT stuff which is rather confusing. I wish I was a computer whiz. That would make life so much simpler, especially because Hills relies completely on their Intranet. After that I went up to the library to get my library card, and then ran into Brier who had Kirsty and Jess with her, who are people from her form. Kirsty is the first person I met doing Latin, so I was happy :) Brier then ran into a girl she knew from my form called Ruby who was really, really lovely, and we wandered around the school getting our bearings running into various people who were also very lovely, and then we decided to go to lunch. At lunch I ran into Nayim, who was one of the various people I had talked to at the beginning of the day, and him and his three friends Michael (who's Chinese, yay!), Chris (who's in my DM class, double yay!) and Fraiser. Sim and Abbotts also joined us, which was good. After that we went outside and stayed on the benches for a looooong time. Jess left, Ruby had to go and Kirsty stayed with us for a while before leaving. Then Abbots left, and the remaining people me, Brier, Nayim and Chris decided to go to the cinema. Unfortunately Sim couldn't afford it, so we went by ourselves and it was fun :D except I'm really broke now. We watched Babylon A.D which made no sense at all, but it was a really good movie. Ummm....I'm tired now so I won't post anymore. All in all, I had an absolutely brilliant time today and love it. :D

Oops, I did it again...

Yesterday Ollie invited me over and- guess what- we watched more scary movies :( They were Hannibal, I Know What You Did Last Summer and the Blair Witch Project. They weren't scary at all when I was watching them, and at times they were downright hilarious, but it was only yesterday at midnight when I got off the phone to Brier that I became rather frightened of the Blair Witch Project. The bit that especially scared me was when they're in the house and Mike is just standing their, blank, facing the wall...argh! And I kept on waking up in the middle of the light to turn the light on by my bed because I would suddenly get really terrified. So, as a result of this, I am exhausted. And ill a little bit too, which is rather inconvenient right before Hills. I feel better now that I've had a bath and sorted everything out for tomorrow, but still. Ah well, it's only a little cold!

I am really, really excited about tomorrow. The holidays have just been way too long, and I'm broke anyway so I wouldn't have been able to go out even if I had a few more weeks. It'll be really nice to go to a new school, with new people, and have a fresh, shiny new start :D Only problem is the workload! I'm going to expect 20-25 hours of homework a week! Well, I guess it'll be hard but fun. I suppose that I'll have to concentrate in Science nowadays, not like Mr Chappell's lessons in St. Bedes :P Tomorrow's induction day, so we just get to meet out tutor and our tutor group, sign up to some societies, just generally get a feel of the school and see where everything is and meet some new people, etc. Then right away on Tuesday we properly start! I think I'm really going to have fun there, even though my time will definitely be more restricted. I have four free periods a week, which is good :) and I'm definitely going to join lots of clubs and societies and I'm definitely joining the gym! Yay :D

I keep on getting distracted and forgetting what I was writing. Anyway, at Ollie's house I was so bad and ate a bunch of cookies. Ah well. Digestives ftw! I walked about 6 laps around the field though, later, so I should be alright :) It got really dark and thunderstorm-y at one point, and it started sprinkling which was wonderfully exhilirating. I'm going to try to get really fit in Hills, with help from the gym :D I just hope I have enough time to go there! Anyway, like I said I keep on getting distracted so I'm going to stop writing now and finish my movie. It's called The Island. It's about in the future, the Earth gets contamminated so everyone is rounded up and put into this 'pathogen free' zone. However, every once in a while some lucky person gets randomly chosen to go to 'The Island', a pathogen free area. However, one person finds out that it is all just a big conspiracy and the people who do get chosen are actually used for organs, etc to sell to the people in the real world (I think, it hasn't finished yet) So that's where I am now. And it's very interesting. It's a little bit like Gattaca :)

Yay, Autumn!

Like the title says, celebrations! Autumn is finally here. The weather is cold, it rains a lot, I get to wear all my nice clothes, shoes and coats again, and- best of all- I get to wear my Autumn pyjamas and use double duvets! I love it. I've been feeling rather happy the last few days, partially because I'm determined to, but also because despite the bad a lot of good is coming my way. It doesn't counterbalance, but just because one area of my life is deficient doesn't mean that the others have to be as well. The best news is that my favourite blogger is back, with perfect timing! After about six months, she's here again and it's just wonderful. To be so disciplined in such a difficult area is just amazing. I can only aspire to be like that, and it's just great because now that I've been so determined I can focus almost all of my energy into doing that. I'm also revising lots, and am getting a lot better at Latin :D I need to revise some more chemistry and maths, though. I feel like I just can't remember it. Maybe I will when I'm next free, though I think I'm busy until Sunday. So I guess I'll have a lot of work to do, then.

Anyway, in other news, met up with Sim whom I just adore :) He's such a lovely guy. We went to Clowns and stayed there for the entire day just chatting. We have so much in common it's ridiculous! We got our hot chocolates and cream which are astoundingly tasty, and just talked about stuff. He's also terrified of loud noises, cracks in the pavement and weird images. All in all, it was a really nice day and it was really lovely to see him. Think I'm busy tomorrow too, and Ollie wants to meet up on Saturday as well. The only problem is that I've spent almost all of my money. I don't think I even have enough for the bus. :S I'll figure out a way to get around it.

I've also been researching loads of stuff, and have decided to start cooking. I've also been baking loads, and my family are starting to eat what I bake now as well which is good ;) my optimism worked! I might also look for some sort of job, because I'm awfully poor nowadays. I think I might go and get a job at Sainsburys or something after they close, so I can stock the shelves. Apparently it pays really well, and it's nice because I can just listen to my ipod or whatever while I do it so it's not hard work. Um...I just went away for a little while so I forgot what I was going to write XD Anyway, basically have been having fun the last few days despite everything, and am feeling quite disciplined and happy. I was going to write something a lot more important but have forgotten...ah well. I haven't reread what I've just written, so it may not make much sense. Either way :)

Endorphin high!

I love exercising. It's so great. After dinner, I hadn't been planning on running because it was supposed to storm soon, but I decided to anyway. It was so brilliant! I ran 4 times around the field, listened to my music and just felt generally awesome. I'm also upping my exercises at night too. I am determined to get really, really fit really, really fast. In Hills I'm definitely joining the gym and I think some of my enrichments are exercising too. The endorphin high's gone down now, unfortunately, but it'll go up again when I exercise tonight. I've been so lazy this summer, I need something to throw myself into. Before it was, as usual, revising. But I've finished pretty much all my revision except for latin, which I will never finish. There's five books I should learn, and I'm halfway through book one. Not bad, considering I've never done latin before! However, it is really quite boring and I'm broke so I can't go out (as much) so, exercising will be my new compulsion. As is baking, actually. Weird mix, eh?

Anyways, nothing much has been happening recently. Like I've said, I'm broke, and bus fare and snacks just whittle the remaining away. Was planning on meeting Ollie, but he starts Long tomorrow so can't. I killed a big spider today, which I was proud of, and was going to meet Brier but unfortunately she couldn't. Baked some banana bread today, and some cakes a few days ago, but no one eats them. I think my family is so used to me baking, they don't appreciate what I do for them. Or they just don't like what I bake. However, I will remain optimisitc and say the former, and I will continue to bake until they are forced to eat my food. Because I like baking. :)

I've also been researching a lot of stuff on wikipedia, like always. The articles are always so interesting. I've been watching this series called The Tudors, based on the life of King Henry VIII. I've always been interested and actually know a ton about the Tudor Dynasty, but I thought I'd go look at it a bit more. So I'm learning up on that. I also read some crazy articles in the paper, the most aggravating being:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/dubai/2672878/British-woman-accused-of-Dubai-beach-sex-tells-of-ordeal.html

ARGH! It makes me so annoyed when I read that article. Although six years does seem harsh from a Western viewpoint, they are in a different country and they should abide by that country's rules. She says they weren't having sex. One, I don't believe them because they must have been out of their mind drunk if they're willing to behave that way in a public place with someone they didn't know, and the person who caught them isn't likely to lie because they have no reason to. Two- although it is one of the issues in the problem, it's not the main issue. She's saying that they drew the line at sex, and that they shouldn't be punished so severely because of that. They may not have had sex, but it's a very thin line. What they were doing was inappropriate by any standards, and especially inappropriate by the standards there. They both lived there and knew the rules and should be punished for their behaviour. Because they're both expats, and British, and because this has gotten so much coverage, it's highly unlikely they'll get a very harsh sentence. Nonetheless, it annoys me that they're so upset about what's happening to them. It's funny, actually, because I just read another article about how badly the English are viewed by other countries because of their partying ways.

I guess I should also mention that me and Bigs broke up. I don't really know what else to say, except that it's amicable and we're still just as close as we were before. We're just trying to tie up the loose ends ends now. It's sad, but all break ups are sad, and as far as break ups go, we couldn't ask for a better one. He says, c'est la vie merde et bon, but I say c'est la vie de merde et magnifique (because life can be wonderful rather than just good, and I have better grammar ;) )

Otherwise, that's what's been happening. I really need to go out tomorrow, because I'm going crazy in the house. I'm going to wake up at 7 tomorrow, so I can get in schedule for Hills and don't have sleep issues like I normally do. I can't wait to go to Hills- I'm so, so excited. These holidays have just been much too long. We were on study leave since the beginning of April? so that's five months. Nearly half a year off from school! Now that I put it that way, it seems just crazy. I'm not looking forward to the hard work, but on the other hand, the work will probably be quite interesting. I need something to stimulate my mind- despite my revision, it seems to have grown dull and lazy- so that will be good. Hills is such a nice place...it'll be so much fun there. It'll be fun to meet new people, start a new schedule, go to a new building and start new classes (as well as drop the boring old ones like...*shudders*...geography. It'll just be fun because it's new, and I'm bored and it'll be exciting. So yay! Anyway, off to go exercise now...endorphin high! Woot!

Crap!

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/health/26real.html?ref=science

I do that ALL the time. In fact, recently I've been having absolutely tons of problems with all my joints. My neck and shoulders are really achy and crack all the time, my wrists are constantly sore and my fingers crack all the time. So I've stopped stretching for a while.

Anyway, in other news, met Brier one or two days ago, I can't remember. It was nice because we haven't seen each other properly in a while. We talked about a lot of stuff which was really, really great; we both had a lot to get out of our systems, so it was really good to talk to her about it. She broke her bike on the way there so we met at Parkside Pool, went to Clowns and talked for a while, then went to Costa because the seats are more comfortable and then, even though we were exhausted, travelled all the way to that Chinese restaurant we went to before with Sim and found it closed! Which was very, very depressing. Fortunately the lady was really lovely and opened it early for us. We had some really great food there- and only for 4.80! Maybe in Hills I'll go there :D

Unfortunately I've been feeling a little sick; like I said before I'm really sore, I've been getting awful headaches and stomachaches and am feeling really fatigued. This is probably due to my terrible sleep schedule, as every night I've been getting less than 8 hours and just because I've caught something. It's nothing terrible but it's enough to stop me exercising and revising so much for a little while. But I've started again as I'm feeling a lot better, and also because it's the first of September! Which means a new routine. I'm continuing my Latin and doing pretty well at it, and I've also finished almost all my maths! Also, I walked a mile in the morning before breakfast, walked a mile after lunch and ran 1.5 miles before dinner! So I'm quite happy :D Also I'm upping my exercises at night starting from today, which is great. I love exercising. It's so much fun. And it makes me more healthy, so yay!

I have less than a week less until I start Hills :) I can't wait to start going, it's so exciting. It'll be so much fun. I've been so bored at home and unfortunately I have spent ALL my money. I have 10 pounds left for food, credit, bus money, clothes, revision stuff and anything else I want to buy. So I'll have to be frugal this week! Why does everything have to be SO expensive? In Costa, tea costs 1.60, which is riduclous. Hot water + tea bag = tea. How can that cost 1.60!? Then again, we do sit there for hours, so I suppose it's a good idea. It'll be nice to get out of the house soon, because it has been really very stressful here. I feel quite lazy because there's not much to do. I'd been going out almost every day, but now that I'm broke I can't as often. The last two or three days I stopped revising and exercising as much, but now I am again because it's a new month and I'm feeling better. I've been researching lots of things on wikipedia though, which is quite interesting and sometimes very, very gross! So now I know lots of facts about lots of stuff. When I get into Hills I'll be able to see everyone again without spending so much money, meet lots of new people and get back into proper schedule. Yay!