Hey all, it's the night before the ball. (Ball-eve? lol...)
This week has been pretty busy. Chamber practice hasn't gone as well as I hoped with a lot of unexpected things interrupting our organised rehearsal times. We performed at year11 assembly on Wednesday and it was a disaster. I've never felt quite so terrible about a performance... such a confidence boost for the comp...
On Tuesday I went to the Volunteering Auckland office on Kyber Pass Rd and wasted a lunchtime trying to find volunteer work for Yi Lein and myself. Now I've got us work at Variety, the childrens charity. Hopefully that will work out.
Orange Week is week 10, I hope everyone gets involved, it's taken a bit of my time to try and organise. Mufti day on the 26th June...there is an elaborate plan developed to try and ensure everyone pays.
I'm going to recommend a song to you all, its from Final Fantasy X and it's really sweet,
http://www.finalfantasymusicscores.com/FFMS/FFX-Zanarkand-4PianoPC/FFX-Zanarkand4PianoPC.mid
it's a piano solo of the song and I'm a big fan of it ^^
And dun dun dun....lol I got E for classics! On the same day I found out that I also got E for my stats curved modelling internal! Yay! I'm very very happy....beyond words...I guess I have to try and keep it up haha but w/e it's a really good feeling right now, when I had given up hope in all of my subjects...
Well tomorrow is the ball, everyone has been pretty hyped up about it all day and there was an exciting assembly today with prefects showering the 6th and 7th formers with lollies and balloons. I'm sure it was a first haha.
Best of luck to Yi Lein who is sitting her theory exam tomorrow morning while we're all getting prepared for the highlight of the social calendar.
And I hope everyone has a really great time at the ball!
Friday, June 15, 2007
Saturday, June 9, 2007
Where did it all go?
It's the end of week 7. We won our badminton game against Marist 2C 6-0. It was a good feeling lol after losing so many games last year.
I shall congratulate Joanna who has done fantastic work for the college herald and got recognition in the form of an email from the editor. Isn't that nice of them? Very well done Joanna, we all know you deserve it.
Yesterday I accompanied Yi Lein to an old folks rest home in Epsom. We were a bit lost, the bus ride was pretty intense with us consulting our map and then finding that Market Rd went two ways, so we had to ask this lady who own a very perculiar shop for directions. When we got there it was a bit scary. Very small and these old people were all quite sick I think. As in they were disabled and it seemed rather sad. You think of their families and wonder if they've just been left here, in this rather old house with ancient furniture. We had to feed some of them which made me terribly uncomfortable. One of the ladies couldn't speak or hear and I will admitt I was rather scared of her at first but when her condition was explained to us I felt really sad. When she puts her hand under her chin it means "beautiful" and she kept pointing to us and saying that. We shook her hand too, it was quite overwhelming to be there with all these people. One of the men seemed really friendly and asked us three times if we were coming back next week. I feel almost like I'm betraying him by not going back, we're looking for other volunteer opportunities...even though we only went once.
I'm not sure if it coincidence or just the fact that I can see better now, that I'm faced with so many indications to not take life for granted. If there is an opportunity I shouldn't let it go because time goes by without our knowing, and it is very often, too late. Carpe Diem isn't it? I guess...but it's hard. It's so much harder to put into practice than I thought it would be. It's already week 8 and I feel like the year began not too long ago.
Everyone at school talks about their plans for next year much more seriously than we did last year, considering gap years, study plans... And frustratingly, I'm finding myself growing increasingly unsure of what I want to do as the end of the year draws nearer. What drives people to make these decisions? How can my friends be sure of what they want to do? It's so hard right now. For me anyway, I don't know about everyone else. I've been told I think to much. *sigh*
It's always "You know I've been thinking..." and someone will say "when are you not?" ha ha, ah well, another flaw I cannot fix.
At the risk of sounding melodramatic I'll stop there. Next week is going to be very busy with Chamber practices, revision (urgh stats.....I only got A for this test that wasn't even that hard...) and our mid year English exam on Tuesday of week 9. Orange week then too, mufti day on the same Tuesday.
Hope you all have an enjoyable weekend.
I shall congratulate Joanna who has done fantastic work for the college herald and got recognition in the form of an email from the editor. Isn't that nice of them? Very well done Joanna, we all know you deserve it.
Yesterday I accompanied Yi Lein to an old folks rest home in Epsom. We were a bit lost, the bus ride was pretty intense with us consulting our map and then finding that Market Rd went two ways, so we had to ask this lady who own a very perculiar shop for directions. When we got there it was a bit scary. Very small and these old people were all quite sick I think. As in they were disabled and it seemed rather sad. You think of their families and wonder if they've just been left here, in this rather old house with ancient furniture. We had to feed some of them which made me terribly uncomfortable. One of the ladies couldn't speak or hear and I will admitt I was rather scared of her at first but when her condition was explained to us I felt really sad. When she puts her hand under her chin it means "beautiful" and she kept pointing to us and saying that. We shook her hand too, it was quite overwhelming to be there with all these people. One of the men seemed really friendly and asked us three times if we were coming back next week. I feel almost like I'm betraying him by not going back, we're looking for other volunteer opportunities...even though we only went once.
I'm not sure if it coincidence or just the fact that I can see better now, that I'm faced with so many indications to not take life for granted. If there is an opportunity I shouldn't let it go because time goes by without our knowing, and it is very often, too late. Carpe Diem isn't it? I guess...but it's hard. It's so much harder to put into practice than I thought it would be. It's already week 8 and I feel like the year began not too long ago.
Everyone at school talks about their plans for next year much more seriously than we did last year, considering gap years, study plans... And frustratingly, I'm finding myself growing increasingly unsure of what I want to do as the end of the year draws nearer. What drives people to make these decisions? How can my friends be sure of what they want to do? It's so hard right now. For me anyway, I don't know about everyone else. I've been told I think to much. *sigh*
It's always "You know I've been thinking..." and someone will say "when are you not?" ha ha, ah well, another flaw I cannot fix.
At the risk of sounding melodramatic I'll stop there. Next week is going to be very busy with Chamber practices, revision (urgh stats.....I only got A for this test that wasn't even that hard...) and our mid year English exam on Tuesday of week 9. Orange week then too, mufti day on the same Tuesday.
Hope you all have an enjoyable weekend.
Sunday, June 3, 2007
Long Weekend
English 3.1 is over! *dances* it was pretty tense. I was so frustrated that my writing was so bad. I did finish though, kind of just...haha but I did and hope to at least get A for it...
I've been working on Classics on and off all week; it's been difficult to find motivation for this internal. But today I was at Dad's and sat in my room for most of the day, scolding myself for not getting a move on. Finally...I think...I'm really nearly done, all 3200+ words of it. (So much for 2500 eh? lol)
Open day was quite nice. It was difficult to play in the study hall with all the noise and the whole Joanna-me duet thing kind of flopped lol we spend the afternoon just playing around, all sightreading none the less and driving Ms Clayton, who was upstairs, close to insanity. It was quite a wasted day. I got spotted by Ms Sturme in the study hall...sitting...talking... But I really was needed, prefect and all, and I had finished the chapter already because I knew that I wouldn't be there today. See, I'm just such a good student.
I also got my ball ticket on Wednesday. It's like this big American $1 bill that says 'Flamingo Las Vegas' on it along with venue, date and school. Everyone was pretty excited by it all. Haha, I've since seen the EGGS one which is like a playing card, rather nifty.
On Thursday we won our badminton game! Gosh, incredible. Against Marist. Joanna and I lost our singles though. I was so disappointed in myself. I was down something like 5-0 and they were ALL my errors, hitting the net, out, shit serving. *sigh* Then i reclaimed a lead at some point, I scored like 6 consecutive points. Then my vibe was gone and I kept making stupid errors again. I've never played a match quite like that before. Then I was down 20-18 and was determined to win. (Doesn't that sound like a movie) So I got to 19-20 but I let myself down again, crapness, on the last point. And thus my loss. How terrible.
However, Joanna and I won our doubles. Freda, Isabella and Tamsin won their singles/doubles matches which meant we won over all 4/6 matches. Yay for us.
I had a World Vision meeting on Friday afternoon, more changes of plan but better turn out this time. Afterwards I caught a train home, it said "expect delays" at Britomart, the first time I've ever been given a warning. And ironically enough, it's also the first time we haven't been delayed. Hmm. So yeah got picked up and went shopping. Somewhere, either on the train or at pack'n'save I lost my magnetic bracelet. The one that me and Yi Lein have :( I wear it every day with my 'make poverty history' band...and now it's gone...
Yi Lein and I had an interesting discussion about reincarnation that night until some early hour of the morning. It was quite fascinating.
I did jack all yesterday. Realised that this month I've texted more than any other month since I got txt2000. I now have only 536 texts left to last me 16 days. Over two weeks when I have exploited over 1500 in the previous two weeks. Damn. So trying to watch my texting these two weeks or so...
It's the long weekend, Queens Birthday. So no school tomorrow ^^ rather pleased. I hope you all have a great long weekend!
I've been working on Classics on and off all week; it's been difficult to find motivation for this internal. But today I was at Dad's and sat in my room for most of the day, scolding myself for not getting a move on. Finally...I think...I'm really nearly done, all 3200+ words of it. (So much for 2500 eh? lol)
Open day was quite nice. It was difficult to play in the study hall with all the noise and the whole Joanna-me duet thing kind of flopped lol we spend the afternoon just playing around, all sightreading none the less and driving Ms Clayton, who was upstairs, close to insanity. It was quite a wasted day. I got spotted by Ms Sturme in the study hall...sitting...talking... But I really was needed, prefect and all, and I had finished the chapter already because I knew that I wouldn't be there today. See, I'm just such a good student.
I also got my ball ticket on Wednesday. It's like this big American $1 bill that says 'Flamingo Las Vegas' on it along with venue, date and school. Everyone was pretty excited by it all. Haha, I've since seen the EGGS one which is like a playing card, rather nifty.
On Thursday we won our badminton game! Gosh, incredible. Against Marist. Joanna and I lost our singles though. I was so disappointed in myself. I was down something like 5-0 and they were ALL my errors, hitting the net, out, shit serving. *sigh* Then i reclaimed a lead at some point, I scored like 6 consecutive points. Then my vibe was gone and I kept making stupid errors again. I've never played a match quite like that before. Then I was down 20-18 and was determined to win. (Doesn't that sound like a movie) So I got to 19-20 but I let myself down again, crapness, on the last point. And thus my loss. How terrible.
However, Joanna and I won our doubles. Freda, Isabella and Tamsin won their singles/doubles matches which meant we won over all 4/6 matches. Yay for us.
I had a World Vision meeting on Friday afternoon, more changes of plan but better turn out this time. Afterwards I caught a train home, it said "expect delays" at Britomart, the first time I've ever been given a warning. And ironically enough, it's also the first time we haven't been delayed. Hmm. So yeah got picked up and went shopping. Somewhere, either on the train or at pack'n'save I lost my magnetic bracelet. The one that me and Yi Lein have :( I wear it every day with my 'make poverty history' band...and now it's gone...
Yi Lein and I had an interesting discussion about reincarnation that night until some early hour of the morning. It was quite fascinating.
I did jack all yesterday. Realised that this month I've texted more than any other month since I got txt2000. I now have only 536 texts left to last me 16 days. Over two weeks when I have exploited over 1500 in the previous two weeks. Damn. So trying to watch my texting these two weeks or so...
It's the long weekend, Queens Birthday. So no school tomorrow ^^ rather pleased. I hope you all have a great long weekend!
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