Some Kind of Wonderful

Listening to Hard EBM by Sin

The Chemistry experiments we continued on with today were quite interesting. We had to add sodium to alcohols and they fizzled. The boys wanted to react sodium with water (Those who don't know, sodium reacts highly with water and in large amounts explodes) . We watched it fizzle onto top of the water, with it occasionally sparking. We had to put the alcohols into the organic waste beaker for safe disposal. When Kristina put the liquid in the beaker, the remaining sodium was on fire. The boys then wanted the left over sodium so they could react it some more. This time they did it in the fume cupboard, luckily, for this time it started smoking. Lauren and I, however, left the sodium in the bottom of our test tubes by accident and when Lauren went to wash them...fizzle!

In Human Biology, I got my test back, fully marked. I got 73%.

For Pastoral Care, Emily and I went to bring the recycling bin to the recycling area. Afterwards, I thought that we were supposed to be painting our banners for our valedictory mass but no one was at the art room. So I followed Emily and Catherine to go find Drew, but he was at mass so we couldn't just walk in. We went back to class, where I worked on Chemistry equations from the lab.

Candy came to school today and I saw her at recess. We talked about what was going on and it was a nice catch up.

We spent the two free periods playing cards.

At lunch, Martin was arguing with me saying that playing cards was not relaxing and just going on about it. I have learnt to ignore things that I don't want to hear now, so I just talked to Candy, Catherine and Janna.

In English, we did a quiz on the homework we were supposed to do (it was reading a worksheet on Ten Canoes) and I forgot about it completely. Luckily, most of the questions were directly from the movie so I was able to answer them.

In Maths, we just continued on with 21.1 and Diem explained really well how to work out the questions. Thank you!

Signing off.

The Private Game

Listening to Conteo by Don Omar

We did part of our Chemistry lab today. We were reacting alcohols with acidified potassium chromate. The chemicals we reacted smelt like permanate marker. We will be continuing with our experiments tomorrow where we will be reacting the alcohols with sodium .

In English, we watched the rest of Ten Canoes which didn't end properly. We were then given questions, one which we had to choose to work on with a group. The question we chose was how western values are similar to the values presented in the film.

Khue and I were the only people in Art today. We have no idea why Blair wasn't there, but Joseph said that she was sick. Anyway, we had to draw designs for our final pieces of jewellery. I didn't do much because I was talking quite a bit, but also because I was looking through beading magazines. Some of the most beautiful beaded things I have seen were in there, one of them being a beaded shoe which was made into a picture of people.

In Applicable we moved onto the next chapter. The whole time was just spent with us looking at the notes and writing down examples.

I had Careers next and I spent my time working through my Applicable homework while everyone around me were playing games or just talking and I wasn't distracted for once. I managed to get quite a bit of it done.

At lunch, it was nice and quiet. A majority of the school went to see the pastor who came from America. I wanted to have a private game of 13, where only certain people play and they play certain rules. I don't like the rules that most people play so playing with a group of people you like to play with and playing the same rules makes the games a lot better. So Lauren, Emily, Diem and I played. Diem went off to study Chemistry and English and Martin took her place.

In Human Biology we moved onto the next chapter for the first period and for the second we got our marks back for our assignment and the marks back for the multiple choice in the test. We also watched some more of Walking with Cavemen where we looked at the lives of Neanderthals.

I got my $25 voucher I won at Curtin today in the mail. I can use it to buy things at the bookshop.

Signing off.

Nearly 100%

Listening to Bandoleros by Don Omar featuring Tego Calderon

In Chemistry, I got my tests back. I got 74% on my test and 93.7% on my assignment. I would have got 100% on my assignment if I remember to put the valence electrons onto the oxygen's. D'oh! We learnt about polymers, which it supposed to be the most difficult section on organic chemistry, the answers for the review questions all came from the book which was so easy. Mr C said we would have to name the monomers that formed the polymers = not easy.

Religion was spent with us doing private study. I did the review question I was supposed to do about polymers and started the ones from the chapters before. I haven't actually been doing the questions from quite a few chapter before so I am a little bit behind...that's what this weekend is for.

We continued to watch Ten Canoes in English, which a lot of people were dreading because they don't like. I do, because I don't have to do work, but by the end of it, I could have fallen asleep. Not because I was bored, but because I was so relaxed.

The first period of Applicable was a catch up period to finish 20.1, which I did. The second period we had an in-class EPW, which I found easier than the ones I have done before, seeing as I have failed them.

In Art, we made earrings. I made mine all out of white beads, increasing in size from the base. They looked so pretty.

In my free period, I played cards again. A few games of 13 and the rest of time was spent playing Jim Rummy, which everybody seems to be picking up really well.

Catherine gave me a book full of bloke jokes. Some of the funniest jokes I have ever read or heard. Wouldn't be very funny to all you guys out there...

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.

The Looping Technique

Listening to My Confession by Josh Groban

I started off the day learning about esters in Chemistry and how they are formed.

In art, I began to make a copper wire bracelet with beads. The technique was to curl four wires separately, add bead to the loops and join the loops together. I created mine more tightly curled compared to the other people in my class, I am going to make it that the loops will be on one side of the bracelet and have the four pieces of wire to form a straight band which links to the loop I created.

In Religion, we took notes on the beatitudes of Jesus which we will need for our upcoming in-class essay we will be writing in two weeks time. I have never heard of beatitudes before and I find them quite interesting, because if you do a particular something, God will give you this.

In my free period, I taught people how to play Jim Rummy.

In English, I had an in-class essay where I had to write about two images. The question that we were given I found quite difficult to write on, even though I wrote two and a bit pages.

In Human Biology, we got our Assignments back. Mr Franchina hasn't finished marking the last question, but with the marks I do have, I'm on 76%.

I got home and tried to do my Applicable homework but I didn't understand it so I went on to study for my Human Biology test tomorrow.

We have bought a treadmill. We tried putting Missy on it, but she wouldn't walk. She just moved right off the back of it and it was only going at 1km/hour. I guess she was just scared.

Signing off.

Curtin with Car Dents

Listening to Bandoleros by Don Omar featuring Tego Calderon

Today is Missy's birthday. She has turned six (42 in dog years). Happy Birthday Puppy!

Today, Emily and I went to Curtin University.

We went to the new laboratory for Pharmacy that they completed last year, where I picked up information about the course and we listened to a lecture.

I wanted some chocolate so we went to a vending machine, where it ate my money.

We then went to the School of Psychology where Emily picked up some information. We walked upstairs and a student asked us if we were willing to spit into a cup to give her our DNA. She wanted to compare the DNA of people with autism and people without it. I was not willing to give my DNA, even though they didn't get our names, but Emily did.

We walked over to the health science building where we got free icecream and I found out that soft serve is better for you than normal icecream. We walked to the nutrition area, where we tried to identify 100% apple juice from 50%. We both got it wrong. In the Dental Therapy area, we watched people pretending to do fillings on dummies and we completed a quiz on dental health to win an electric toothbrush just for fun. Just for doing the quiz we got a dental pack with a toothbrush, toothpaste, mouthwash, chewing gum and floss.

We had lunch, where we saw Rebecca and Lauren and we went to the faculty of science tent where we were told about a mushroom which glows green in the dark.

There was so much there that we really didn't have enough time to see it all.

On the way home, a boy threw a piece of brick at our car. The hit was so loud it scared me. We turned around to see if anybody was there and then Dad drove to the backroads to see if he was hiding. The boy had left a small dent in the car door. It was so close to hitting Mum's window. When we were driving back, the boy was standing in the park holding a metal pipe, which he must have used to hit the piece of brick. Dad shouted out from the car to him and the look on his face was of such guilt it was funny, but we didn't have any proof that he did it.

Signing off.

Bowling and Mermaids

Listening to The Joker & the Thief by Wolfmother

John and I went bowling today at the last minute. I was so angry with myself because I could not bowl properly. I usually get a score over 100, but today I got 92 on the first game and 85 on the next. A few times I only hit one pin, only made two spares and got no strikes. We both played horrible games. John beat me the first time by three pins and I beat him the second time by quite a bit. My hands were getting so sweaty that the ball would slip out of my hand in the wrong way and would go to the side of the lane. I usually play bowling when I am using the end lanes, but today I played my first game in a middle which felt a little strange. The two games we played only lasted half an hour.

Afterwards we watched the pros play. They were awesome. Their strike rate to spare rate was very high and they had very good technique. The ball would have a spin on it that made the pins look like they were exploding. One of the guys had a bowling ball ball that looked like a soccer ball. I watched one guy make three strike in a row on the last set. When he made the first, his cheer squad were shouting, one more. When he got the second strike, they called one more again and he got it. It was amazing to watch.

Afterwards, John and I caught the bus back to my house where I burnt him a copy of Counter-Strike: Condition Zero but a LAN version so you can use Hamachi. He spent a lot of time talking to my Mum about random topics. We played ball with Missy and then put it into a sock, so it became a whole new game. I showed off Missy's skill in catching Yummies (her biscuits). Missy is really afraid of balloons so we decided to see what would happen if we put some of her Yummies into a balloon. When we put them in there, she started barking at the balloon like the balloon was hurting it or something. We blew up the balloon, she sniffed it, but she didn't want to pop it. John popped the balloon and the Yummies went flying everywhere like when you hit a pinata.

I watched the movie Mermaids today which is one of my favourite movies. It stars Cher. It is so strange because the 15? year old girl wants to be a nun and then has sex with the 26 year old caretaker at the convent next to their house. Interesting...

Signing off.