Crowded

Not much to report on today.

The Human Biology test was so hard, that I didn't get to finish it. Some of the questions didn't have answers which we could have studied in our books.

I got my English essay that I did yesterday back and I got a 6H (80%). I thought I did bad. I said that when I did my Ten Canoes essay and I got a 7F.

At lunch I taught Martin how to play Jim Rummy. Everybody is addicted to that game now.

The bus came late after school, so it was packed with JSR students. When the bus came to my stop, it nearly drove off without me getting off because I was trying to get off, but there were people standing in the aisles because it was packed and the fact that I was holding my giant Art folio didn't help me to try and get off this crowded bus.

Signing off.

Salad Mix

I had my last Chemistry test today. I used a lot of my calculator notes to help me with the test, but overall, I think I did quite good.

In Art, we came up with designs to create our silver clay pendant. I used some paper clay and some designs from my folio to create an idea. If it looked any good, I drew it on my design sheet.

Emily asked me to help her put up the advertisements for our face painting stall for Mercy Day all around the school. I think I got a bit carried away with the sticky tape as i used quite a bit. We walked around the MLC and SLC area, to the gym and to the JLC area. When we finished, we walked back to religion, where we watched The Lion King.

In English, I had my last in-class essay (I won't be missing them!) and it wasn't very easy. I only wrote two pages and two lines of the third which is least amount I have written all year. It was so hard! I felt that I ran out of time because I still had so much to say.

I really felt like helping making dinner tonight for some reason, so I made a salad. I used a lettuce mix, tomatoes, carrots, cucumber, mushrooms, cheese and Italian dressing. It was nice and colourful, plus it tasted great too.

Signing off.

Thank You

Firstly, I would like to thank everybody that has been visiting and reading the entries on my blog. It is funny to think that since I began this blog nearly a month ago that I have nearly had 150 page views. I wasn't expecting so many! When I look at the map on SiteMeter, the map is full of visits from every corner of the globe. I haven't been getting as many comments as I would like to though (I know my friends are leaving me some), and it would be really nice to see the comments rolling in.

I haven't been doing very much today. I watched the Leonardo DiCaprio version of Romeo and Juliet, after hearing the people next door to my English class watching it. Stephen was getting frustrated with the Old English being put into a modernised movie (they changed the story so it was set in the present and they used gun instead of swords, like it is seen in the traditional play, but kept the Old English). He saw cars and gun fights and he asked me, "Are you sure this is Romeo and Juliet?"

I cleaned up my room to make it ready for my TEE study and organised everything. I realised that I had left my Applicable study book at school, so I did Human Biology study instead. I created a test on Tickle; How well do you know Emily? Several people have taken it so far, John having the highest score. You can take the test here.

Signing off.

Connections With The Past

From what I had thought, today it had been confirmed. I had just seen his picture in the newspaper as part of the Ball photos two weeks ago. I hadn't seen him since I had left primary school and then a few days later I noticed that he caught the bus with him. I didn't even realise it was him when I went to sit in front of him until I got off the bus.

Today, I got off the bus to see him in front me and I smiled. Today, he had happened to be wearing his Leavers jacket and on the back it said Tungy. I walked a bit faster across the road to catch up to him. He is such a slow walker, so I had to slow down my normal pace to keep in time with him. I was able to see what was written on his backpack. It said Tungiee (love heart) bby_Jenny. Above it it said Emo. In the bottom right hand corner there was a hand, and it said how to cut you wrist in the right way. It had an exclamation mark at the end of it, so I guessed that he, or who ever had written it on the bag wrote it as a joke.

I really wanted to say hi to him but I just couldn't do it. He was wearing headphones as was I and I continued to walk slowly behind him. I tried to bring myself to say hi so many times. He slowed down to change the song he was listening to and I gave up. I quickly overtook him and I wondered what he would be thinking and I smiled to myself. I walked past his house and he disappeared inside. For the time I have been living here, I have never known that he lived there. One day I will say hello. We didn't really talk to each other in primary school, it would just be nice to know how how he is going and what he has been up to.

My phone died yesterday for the second time. It wouldn't turn on, even though it is fully charged. So Dad and I went to Allphones to go and get it serviced. The guy that served me was quite parculiar but quite friendly. What I didn't like was that he spoke mostly to my Dad instead of me. Dad said later that he noticed that too. He came across at times that he didn't know what he was doing or he didn't know the right thing to say, like he was under pressure or something. Overall, the service was good and he gave a funny expression across when he said that my phone was in great condition and he remarked that the only thing that was wrong with it was that it had fingerprints on it...

I haven't been writing posts for the last couple of days because I have been so busy with tests and studying. The Chemistry test I had today was not easy. The next test I will be doing will be on Tuesday - Applicable Mathematics. A nice break for a few days...

Signing off.

Another Day of Tests

Listening to Figure.09 by Linkin Park

In Chemistry, I found out that the bars of soap that you use to wash yourself are not actually soaps. They are detergents. If we used real soaps, then they would react with calcium or magnesium ions in the water and form a solid scum. I found that quite interesting.

In Human Biology, I had my Human Biology test, which Mr Godfrey added questions from the next chapter that wasn't supposed to be in the test. I just made up anything which sounded intelligent and I hope I fluke it.

In English, we started watching the Australian film Ten Canoes about the traditional life and stories of Aboriginal people. A little bit strange but I found it quite interesting.

In my free period, Diem helped me with Applicable homework.

In Religion, we continued to take notes on the beatitudes. Luke did this trick which made his arm look like it was getting longer. It was amazing to watch.

In art, we made a pendant out of clay as a trial. If we like this technique, we can then use silver clay, which when fired, turns silver.

In Applicable, we did chapter 20.1.

When I got home, I watched some more episodes of CSI: Miami. I only have two more to go!

Signing off.

Tomorrow Never Comes Until It's Too Late

Listening to No W by Ministry

Today was my Chemistry test. Not too hard and not too easy, but quite good.

I felt like I was falling asleep in Human Biology again. It must be something about that room.

English consisted of us analysing the representations of gender in visual texts. In a Pepsi ad, Blair suggested that the picture had a sexual message to it, so the class was spilt in a battle of whether the woman in the picture was trying to be seductive or she angry. The discussion lasted for at least ten minutes.

The free period was again spent playing cards.

In religion, we had a man come out to talk about his life at a seminary. The talk was actually an hour spent asking him questions, some of which were not exactly appropriate. By the end of it, I noticed a lot of people were losing interest because it was mostly the guys in the front row asking the questions and the people in the back rows were unable to hear.

At lunch I was explaining to people what makes a fruit a fruit and they were so surprised to find out that a capsicum was a fruit. We were also discussing the unusual shortened versions of names that don't sound anything like the full name like Dick is short for Richard. We also tried to find a boys name that started with U. If anybody knows, please leave me a comment.

Art was spent with us picking out the beads we wanted to use for our jewellery piece and I started making a ring out of copper wire.

In Applicable Maths, we learnt about Poisson Distribution. Ms Vivian gave us another applet for our calculators which are so helpful and quick for finding the answers.

When I got home, I made my own copper wire ring whilst watching CSI: Miami. I have watched fourteen episodes so far.

Signing off.