It's come a long way, readers, but this is the 300th post in AB: A Blog! Comments may have declined, and posts procrastinated upon like crazy (sorry about that in advance), but the blog goes on, and I really enjoy doing these milestone posts, because I get to reflect on the past few months. So I'll do what I usually do; I'll go on about my day, and then I shall do the reflection/celebration part. Now, with that out of the way, let's get to it, shall we?
I woke up at around 7:30 (which seems to be the average time for getting up on weekends), and after the chores that I had to do, I quickly got into blogging. With the problem being, of course, I had a lot of posts to do, limited time to do it, and a tendency to get distracted. This, my friends, makes for a very shoddy way of trying to get up to date in posting (so, yeah, this is late. Extremely. Which is, for me, essentially unforgivable in milestone posting. I'm sorry.). So for a few hours, I attempted to post, and didn't get anywhere in particular. Bloody hell. Eventually, though, I had to get ready for a hapkido Christmas party which it seems I have not mentioned in previous posts (or at least, not that I can find. What it pretty much is is a get-together held where anybody from a few local dojangs and their relatives can meet and just see each other and talk outside of hapkido.). Well, I had to get ready for it, and at around 11:30, I left for it.
When I got to the venue (which I think was Bankstown Sports Club), I looked around, and I found Amadeus, and I talked to him while waiting outside the ballroom. When the doors opened, we went inside, and I went to go and sit with Amadeus (just a little side note here that I have no idea where else to add: I haven't seen Nick, that short orange belt, in a while. I hear he's quit.). After we sat down, a whole flock of kids came and found seats. And left them, and new ones showed up. This continued for a bit, until it all settled down and Amadeus and I were the only adults (as in, people in the adults class) on the table, although Amadeus's sister is advancing to the class now. We talked for a bit, and we were given sheets that were a bit of a hapkido quiz, just to liven things up. After all that, at around 12:30, the buffet opened and we got our lunch. And it was delicious. I had pasta, chicken, coleslaw... suffice to say it was very good. I also took some chips from the kids' buffet. Later, too, we had dessert, and I had cake. Cake and ice-cream (also from the kids' buffet.). It was a mouth-watering meal.
After all of that, they did some auctioning of hapkido weapons (I didn't get any), and then they gave out the Spirit Awards, which are sorta like the best and fairest for hapkido. I wasn't nominated for any, but Dylan got one. Once that was done, Grandmaster Geoff unveiled the preview for the new hapkido DVDs. And it looks like, no exaggeration here, the trailer for some kickass video game (here's the Youtube link, if you want to have a look. Just watch it and disagree with me about the video game thing. I dare you.). He then announced something else: the founder of hapkido, the person who came up with the whole thing, is coming to the mats at our dojang next year. Damn, I want to be there. We then had a big hapkido party picture, which I hope to be getting soon.
I got home from the party at around 3:30, and I spent the time after that doing some blogging. Also, when Dad asked me how the party went, I got a chance to quote Tom Lehrer, and replied with 'We ate, we drank, and we were merry,' which I've got to admit out of context must have been at least a little confusing (it actually comes from the song 'In Old Mexico,' which I, of course, have memorised. The next line is 'And we got typhoid and dysentery,' so of course, I didn't say that.). So I blogged for a little bit, and soon, we all went to a family movie, which was '2012.'
I have seen the ads for this movie, so let's just say that I did not go in with high hopes (example: it had waves flooding the Himalayas, in the ads. Need I point out the fact that the Himalayas are 8000 metres high? Where is all the water coming from?). But, I did attempt to watch it, and if you cut out all the stuff that doesn't make sense, it does make for a good movie, although I'm a sucker for a happy ending (and they barely mentioned the whole Maya calendar crap, so kudos there.). However, like many movies, once you start thinking about it, you notice a flaw here and there, and then another one, and eventually it loses a bit of its lustre. I was going to go science nerd rant here, and complain about many things that just didn't make any sense. However, I realised I would be going on for a while here, so I just want to point out one thing that really annoyed me. At one point it said neutrinos were mutating, thus gaining physical properties, presumably mass, and heating the Earth's core (in the first 5 minutes, in fact). This, as a physics lover, irks me so much that you have no idea. If you'll allow a bit of a rant here: Particles don't mutate, they decay. I don't believe neutrinos decay, but even if they did, they would lose mass, and thus lose physical properties (in the sense that the makers of the movie intended. It doesn't make all that much sense, but I'll let it slide.). And if these 'mutated neutrinos' did have the ability to heat something up, why the core? Why not the crust, the thing it would hit first? That's my thing there. There are a few more bits, but if you're not a physics nerd like me, it really doesn't matter all that much. Anyway. The movie itself was worth watching, I think, though probably just once. And when I got home, well, that was it. I went to bed.
And now... the celebrations! 300 glorious posts, each of them a memorial of a day past (well, once I did two posts for one day. But, that was in the earlier posts. Anyway.). There are over 210,000 words so far in this blog, and after this post, there shall be over 215,000. Putting it into scale, that's... well, something like 500 pages in a decent size novel. In this, the commemoration of 300 posts, I would like to remember some things that have happened in the past 100 posts and 100 days, stretching all the way from post 201. So, without further ado, let us look at the memorable events of the last 100 days, in chronological order and with links, to better remember them.
*First kiss: I'm not sure if this is embarrassing, but it's certainly something important that happened. It was just platonic, but I shall remember this.
*AFL Grand Final: This one isn't too personal, but it's still something big, and I watched essentially the whole thing. It was a great Grand Final, and possibly one of the greatest, if not the greatest, games I have ever seen.
*Promoting to Orange Belt in hapkido: My first belt promotion in hapkido, and something I'm certainly proud of. It was, with no exaggeration, one of the biggest achievements I've made in anything sport-related, and that feels good.
*Yearlies and the School Certificate: I can't really link to all of these, as I would be linking to something like 10 posts. But they start here, with the Drama Yearly, and end here, with the Computer Skills School Certificate. They were many exams, and I did pretty well in the Yearlies. I haven't got the School Certificate results back yet, but I hope I did well.
*Britney Spears Concert: It's been something I've been waiting for ever since I got into Britney Spears's music, which was about a decade ago (wow...). So going to the concert was most awesome. It was a great concert.
With remembrances over, I'd like to make an official apology for the immense backlog of posting. I know it's annoying, but there has just been so many things getting in the way, and being a serial procrastinator doesn't help. It really doesn't help. Anyway. I will try to get back up to schedule very soon. Stay tuned.
And now we turn to the comment replies section, with 2:
*Anon: Thanks for the reminder, anonymous random guy who is apparently up past midnight looking at my blog!
*Shafi: Hope you're having fun in Bangladesh, Shaf, and glad you agree with ARG (Anonymous Random Guy.).
That was my day; it stands as written, and it is (trying to make a last paragraph work here. Don't judge me.). Finally, I post, and, well, I've already made my regrets and condolences for late posts. So, what do I do here? Give up writing a closing paragraph, probably, at least for now. Happy 300th post!
300 down, with a cornucopia of posts to come,
AB
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Friday, December 4, 2009
Tennis and Terminations
With thanks to an online thesaurus for this one, I managed to think of a title fairly quickly. By the termination bit, I refer to the end of a few things; the last full week of Year 10, for one, and a few others that will come (well, at least one.). By tennis, I refer to... well, what do you think I refer to?
The first thing in school was Assembly, and it was stinking hot. Everybody was in the shade; it was actually quite funny. The whole school, bar about 5 people, were sitting around the edge of the Main quad, far from the teachers who were speaking, under the shade of the trees and the shelter, while those few who weren't there were sitting very close under the shade of another tree. The middle of the Main quad, where the sun beat down unstopped, was bare. It was pretty funny. Period 1 was English, where we looked at the speech given by George Bush after 9/11 some more. We're not really doing work (or at least, not hard work), but it is something productive, which is about the best you can ask for at this point. Period 2 was Maths, and we did even less than most other periods; we played cards. More specifically, we played a game called 'Mafia,' which apparently works a lot better with a lot of people, and it was pretty fun. I enjoyed it, at least. Even Faulds played; and was promptly eliminated from the game in the first round. It was pretty funny. Recess was the standard talking.
Period 3 was Drama, and a total of around 5 people showed up to the class, Kolodziej included. Later, Pradeepti showed up; and took Amy with her. Leaving us with about 4 (I say about because I'm not sure of the excat number. It could have been 5.). We spent the class pretty much talking to Kolodziej, and he talked about his band (it's pretty cool; he even looks like he belongs in the band. Here's the site; he's the bass player on the far left.). I talked about hapkido, partly, and my obsession with the elements. It was a pretty good period. Period 4 was Commerce, and it was more of a video. Similar to yesterday, I mainly played my DS. For that reason, I didn't take much note. It was one of those periods. Lunch was the standard.
Periods 5 and 6 were PE, and it was, if you can believe, the last PE period of the year, and thus, my high school life (we still do Sport, but not PE.). It was a little annoying, then, that I forgot that lifesaving for Year 7s was on, and I had brought my swimwear. So I had to play in my school uniform, although I didn't particularly mind, other than that it was a little uncomfortable to play in. We played tennis (I don't have tennis for a label? I could have sworn I did... well, I do now, regardless.), and I originally played with Andrew, Barahona and Matt. However, they soon left. And that was when Wilson came in. So I started playing tennis with him. And it was pretty fun now. Both of us were worn out and run ragged, but it was pretty damn fun. I'm never gonna be a professional tennis player, but I still enjoy it. Soon, Andrew came in, and it was us two against Wilson. That was pretty fun as well. When that was done, we started heading home, when the bell rang.
To comments now (holy crap, comments?), with one from Ebony:
*Ebony: I never actually said he played CounterStrike, I just said that he was in the class, and that I played CounterStrike. It may have been implied, but it was unintentional. Also, I've heard this about the wedding. Usually, I would make some smartass quip, but, considering who I'm talking to, I really shouldn't be surprised.
And that was my day. Next post is my 300th post, which is regrettably late. And by regrettably, I mean I'm kicking myself here. Repeatedly. Annoyed is what I'm saying here. So, I might do a little recap of the last 100 posts, so expect a long-ish post. Not sure how long, it could be one of the longest posts I've done. Just have to see.
Here comes 300 (cue the inevitable Sparta reference),
AB
The first thing in school was Assembly, and it was stinking hot. Everybody was in the shade; it was actually quite funny. The whole school, bar about 5 people, were sitting around the edge of the Main quad, far from the teachers who were speaking, under the shade of the trees and the shelter, while those few who weren't there were sitting very close under the shade of another tree. The middle of the Main quad, where the sun beat down unstopped, was bare. It was pretty funny. Period 1 was English, where we looked at the speech given by George Bush after 9/11 some more. We're not really doing work (or at least, not hard work), but it is something productive, which is about the best you can ask for at this point. Period 2 was Maths, and we did even less than most other periods; we played cards. More specifically, we played a game called 'Mafia,' which apparently works a lot better with a lot of people, and it was pretty fun. I enjoyed it, at least. Even Faulds played; and was promptly eliminated from the game in the first round. It was pretty funny. Recess was the standard talking.
Period 3 was Drama, and a total of around 5 people showed up to the class, Kolodziej included. Later, Pradeepti showed up; and took Amy with her. Leaving us with about 4 (I say about because I'm not sure of the excat number. It could have been 5.). We spent the class pretty much talking to Kolodziej, and he talked about his band (it's pretty cool; he even looks like he belongs in the band. Here's the site; he's the bass player on the far left.). I talked about hapkido, partly, and my obsession with the elements. It was a pretty good period. Period 4 was Commerce, and it was more of a video. Similar to yesterday, I mainly played my DS. For that reason, I didn't take much note. It was one of those periods. Lunch was the standard.
Periods 5 and 6 were PE, and it was, if you can believe, the last PE period of the year, and thus, my high school life (we still do Sport, but not PE.). It was a little annoying, then, that I forgot that lifesaving for Year 7s was on, and I had brought my swimwear. So I had to play in my school uniform, although I didn't particularly mind, other than that it was a little uncomfortable to play in. We played tennis (I don't have tennis for a label? I could have sworn I did... well, I do now, regardless.), and I originally played with Andrew, Barahona and Matt. However, they soon left. And that was when Wilson came in. So I started playing tennis with him. And it was pretty fun now. Both of us were worn out and run ragged, but it was pretty damn fun. I'm never gonna be a professional tennis player, but I still enjoy it. Soon, Andrew came in, and it was us two against Wilson. That was pretty fun as well. When that was done, we started heading home, when the bell rang.
To comments now (holy crap, comments?), with one from Ebony:
*Ebony: I never actually said he played CounterStrike, I just said that he was in the class, and that I played CounterStrike. It may have been implied, but it was unintentional. Also, I've heard this about the wedding. Usually, I would make some smartass quip, but, considering who I'm talking to, I really shouldn't be surprised.
And that was my day. Next post is my 300th post, which is regrettably late. And by regrettably, I mean I'm kicking myself here. Repeatedly. Annoyed is what I'm saying here. So, I might do a little recap of the last 100 posts, so expect a long-ish post. Not sure how long, it could be one of the longest posts I've done. Just have to see.
Here comes 300 (cue the inevitable Sparta reference),
AB
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Multicultural Day '09
Wow, that's the first non-alliterative, non-reference title I've had in quite a while. Mainly because I haven't been able to think of anything else for those days, and this one really stuck out as a title (next year, though, it'll sound weird. For example: 'Multicultural Day Ten' rather than 'O-Nine.' Hmm.). So, let us have a look at my day, which was, quite obviously, the Multicultural Day for our school.
It was another mufti day over at Hurlstone, and you could either just come in any old mufti and pay, or come in your traditional garb, and not pay. Me, I don't have much of a choice, as most of the kids at my school have parents who were born in another country, and, me, well, I don't (in fact, as far as I know, the only blood relative of mine born in another country is my great great great grandmother, who was Scottish, or something like that. So I came in just regular mufti, as did most of my group (except the ones who forgot.). Period 1 was Maths, and it was pointed out before class that Eric was in multicultural stuff, as he was wearing yellow (he's Asian. I didn't point that out, though, other Asians did. I think some people can take it as an insult; not in our school.). There was then hilarity when I pointed out I was wearing white. In the actual class, we just talked about functions. Not nearly as exciting, but there you go. Period 2 was Drama, and as there was a total of about 3 people in the class, we just went to the neighbouring Graphics class, where Victor, John and Kevin reside, and played CounterStrike. I'm OK at it, but not great. Recess was the standard.
Period 3 was Commerce, and we pretty much just watched the rest of the Taser video. I didn't particularly notice, though, as I was caught up on my DS. The game is a little addictive, but I really don't mind. I enjoy it, and it's the last few days of the term. Why bother doing stuff? Period 4 was Science, and we had a really fun experiment with Pitt. We started off with Pitt showing us the Periodic Table on his iPhone (which is so nerdily awesome I can barely believe it. Yes, I converted nerd into an adverb. So?), and ended with him outside putting a few grams of zinc and a few grams of sulfur together, and then made some fire with glycerol and potassium permanganate (in itself, awesome). Altogether, there was about a tablespoon of material. The result, though, was a massive cloud, big and yellow, which quickly disappeared into the air. It was pretty cool. Later, we saw an experiment with alkali metals, which, if you are a science nerd like me, means a big reaction. The most reactive we saw was potassium, which caught on fire (obviously, we didn't get to see rubidium or caesium, as that would be a bit much for a Year 10 class. If you do want to see them, though, check out the first video here.). Lunch was talking.
Periods 5 and 6 were the actual Multicultural Day part of the day (if that makes sense), in which people of various cultural traditions displayed them to the rest of the people. There were fan and hat dances, which I think were Vietnamese (although I could be wrong), as well as Indian dances, and Cam had his ever popular Irish singing. There was also a dance between a Year 11 and a professional dancer, neither of whom I know the name, but it was pretty cool. It seemed Spanish, or something similar, so I think it was Brazilian (I may be very incorrect here.). It all finished up with a speech from somebody from World Vision (I think; it was certainly a charity organisation to do with poverty). After all that, I talked, and soon after, the bell rang. And then I went home, and blogged a little, although not enough. Hence why I am here.
Such was my day. Finally, I can say that I respect this title. I have had some other good ones, but, recently, this one isn't too bad. Wait, am I talking about my title in my closing paragraph? Yes; probably because I'm trying to draw attention away from the late post. Just blame society, folks. That oughta work.
I really should stop focusing on my titling so much,
AB
It was another mufti day over at Hurlstone, and you could either just come in any old mufti and pay, or come in your traditional garb, and not pay. Me, I don't have much of a choice, as most of the kids at my school have parents who were born in another country, and, me, well, I don't (in fact, as far as I know, the only blood relative of mine born in another country is my great great great grandmother, who was Scottish, or something like that. So I came in just regular mufti, as did most of my group (except the ones who forgot.). Period 1 was Maths, and it was pointed out before class that Eric was in multicultural stuff, as he was wearing yellow (he's Asian. I didn't point that out, though, other Asians did. I think some people can take it as an insult; not in our school.). There was then hilarity when I pointed out I was wearing white. In the actual class, we just talked about functions. Not nearly as exciting, but there you go. Period 2 was Drama, and as there was a total of about 3 people in the class, we just went to the neighbouring Graphics class, where Victor, John and Kevin reside, and played CounterStrike. I'm OK at it, but not great. Recess was the standard.
Period 3 was Commerce, and we pretty much just watched the rest of the Taser video. I didn't particularly notice, though, as I was caught up on my DS. The game is a little addictive, but I really don't mind. I enjoy it, and it's the last few days of the term. Why bother doing stuff? Period 4 was Science, and we had a really fun experiment with Pitt. We started off with Pitt showing us the Periodic Table on his iPhone (which is so nerdily awesome I can barely believe it. Yes, I converted nerd into an adverb. So?), and ended with him outside putting a few grams of zinc and a few grams of sulfur together, and then made some fire with glycerol and potassium permanganate (in itself, awesome). Altogether, there was about a tablespoon of material. The result, though, was a massive cloud, big and yellow, which quickly disappeared into the air. It was pretty cool. Later, we saw an experiment with alkali metals, which, if you are a science nerd like me, means a big reaction. The most reactive we saw was potassium, which caught on fire (obviously, we didn't get to see rubidium or caesium, as that would be a bit much for a Year 10 class. If you do want to see them, though, check out the first video here.). Lunch was talking.
Periods 5 and 6 were the actual Multicultural Day part of the day (if that makes sense), in which people of various cultural traditions displayed them to the rest of the people. There were fan and hat dances, which I think were Vietnamese (although I could be wrong), as well as Indian dances, and Cam had his ever popular Irish singing. There was also a dance between a Year 11 and a professional dancer, neither of whom I know the name, but it was pretty cool. It seemed Spanish, or something similar, so I think it was Brazilian (I may be very incorrect here.). It all finished up with a speech from somebody from World Vision (I think; it was certainly a charity organisation to do with poverty). After all that, I talked, and soon after, the bell rang. And then I went home, and blogged a little, although not enough. Hence why I am here.
Such was my day. Finally, I can say that I respect this title. I have had some other good ones, but, recently, this one isn't too bad. Wait, am I talking about my title in my closing paragraph? Yes; probably because I'm trying to draw attention away from the late post. Just blame society, folks. That oughta work.
I really should stop focusing on my titling so much,
AB
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Frisbees and Fighting
Again, I may have to clear something up, as with the last post. I did no fighting; the word in the title is a sole reference to hapkido. It was also for the same reason: for alliteration. I figure, as long as I can clear it up here, I can say it. Also, it helps with doing an opening paragraph. So, on that note, let's get to my day.
Before school, I talked to John and the others, and I finally came to grips with something. If you'll allow me a short tangent (and it's my blog, so I will), EA recently upped the prices in Battlefield Heroes. This would be understandable; if they didn't raise them by 2000%. That's 21 times what they originally were. The game is shot, and so I may not play it until they decrease them significantly. Bloody hell, that is so goddamn annoying. Well, it was fun. It was then Role Call, in which we did some new nominations for the categories to be announced at the formal next week (holy crap, it's a week away), such as 'Most Creative' and 'Most Likely to Come Back as a Teacher,' which Ebony is striving for, as I hear that she may not be winning 'Loudest' or 'Chatterbox.' I know, I know, but I voted for her. Period 1 was History, and it was yet more 'Man vs Wild.' At this point, I can say very little more about it, on account of the fact that I've already summarised it, pointed out exactly what he's doing wrong, and how he is right in some cases. Only parodying is remained, and I may have done that before as well (also, the guy's name is Bear Grylls. How the hell do I parody that? Bear Grylls already sounds like a parody name. Oy vey.). Period 2 was English, and we continued to look at George Bush, and specifically, his many classic quotes, which, unless you've been living under a rock since the year 2000, you should have heard of (Wikipedia has a whole list of them). One memorable one that I hadn't heard before was one made in April 2008, and which goes like this: "So long as I'm the president, my measure of success is victory -- and success." You would think that the fact that the President of the most powerful country on Earth said that would be cause for alarm. However, it's just funny. Recess was talking.
Period 3 was Ag, and we spent our time cleaning out the horticultural shed some more. In the process, we found some animals that looked frozen, and were dead, to put it bluntly. One was a rat (I think), and one was a blue-tongue lizard (which according to Wikipedia are technically called blue-tongue skinks. Now, that doesn't sound nearly as cool.). I originally thought it to be a snake, but Schippers identified it as a blue-tongue. My job, after Ebony took up the sweeping (not that I'm complaining or anything. She really enjoys sweeping, for some reason. Personally, I took it upon myself to make several bad puns, such as "sweepwalking" and "Orlando Broom."), was to hose away all the dirt collected from the sweeping. There was a lot of dirt there; there was a solid aggregation collected by the door (I use words like aggregation. You really should be used to that by now.). Lunch was talking and Charades. Some were easy, like 'Up,' and some none others got, like 'Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.'
Next, it was Sport, and Kevin and I continued our game of Charades. Eventually I gave up, as he had never heard of '2001: A Space Odyssey' and couldn't work out something that sounded like 'Forrest Hump.' What we actually did do in Sport was play Ultimate Frisbee, which quickly devolved into walking up and down a field, throwing a frisbee. Eventually, most people left, and Ebony, Victor, Kevin and I just threw the frisbee back and forth, sitting down (we were quite lazy.). I ended up getting sunburnt. It was still fun though. And when I got home, I did some stuff and it was soon time to go to hapkido.
Grandmaster Geoff was here today, and the session itself was a good one. I just want to point out two things that were unique to the class (because a lot of classes are similar in some respects), which was that we did techniques with our eyes closed (which works surprisingly well, except when you try to do a technique with someone behind you. It tricks you a lot.), and in that we did front rolls over thigh pads. That was pretty fun, as you needed a little bit if a run-up. I wouldn't try it on a hard surface any time soon, though. So it was a pretty good class. And when I got home, I blogged, although not quite enough. So here I am.
And that was my day. I know about the late posts; I'm not so thick as to ignore that. It's just getting so... anyway. I'm trying, believe me, I'm trying. Titles don't help. And on that note, I might just sign off on this post, as this closing paragraph is getting nowhere slowly, to quote Futurama.
Partially misleading titles are more than partially annoying,
AB
Before school, I talked to John and the others, and I finally came to grips with something. If you'll allow me a short tangent (and it's my blog, so I will), EA recently upped the prices in Battlefield Heroes. This would be understandable; if they didn't raise them by 2000%. That's 21 times what they originally were. The game is shot, and so I may not play it until they decrease them significantly. Bloody hell, that is so goddamn annoying. Well, it was fun. It was then Role Call, in which we did some new nominations for the categories to be announced at the formal next week (holy crap, it's a week away), such as 'Most Creative' and 'Most Likely to Come Back as a Teacher,' which Ebony is striving for, as I hear that she may not be winning 'Loudest' or 'Chatterbox.' I know, I know, but I voted for her. Period 1 was History, and it was yet more 'Man vs Wild.' At this point, I can say very little more about it, on account of the fact that I've already summarised it, pointed out exactly what he's doing wrong, and how he is right in some cases. Only parodying is remained, and I may have done that before as well (also, the guy's name is Bear Grylls. How the hell do I parody that? Bear Grylls already sounds like a parody name. Oy vey.). Period 2 was English, and we continued to look at George Bush, and specifically, his many classic quotes, which, unless you've been living under a rock since the year 2000, you should have heard of (Wikipedia has a whole list of them). One memorable one that I hadn't heard before was one made in April 2008, and which goes like this: "So long as I'm the president, my measure of success is victory -- and success." You would think that the fact that the President of the most powerful country on Earth said that would be cause for alarm. However, it's just funny. Recess was talking.
Period 3 was Ag, and we spent our time cleaning out the horticultural shed some more. In the process, we found some animals that looked frozen, and were dead, to put it bluntly. One was a rat (I think), and one was a blue-tongue lizard (which according to Wikipedia are technically called blue-tongue skinks. Now, that doesn't sound nearly as cool.). I originally thought it to be a snake, but Schippers identified it as a blue-tongue. My job, after Ebony took up the sweeping (not that I'm complaining or anything. She really enjoys sweeping, for some reason. Personally, I took it upon myself to make several bad puns, such as "sweepwalking" and "Orlando Broom."), was to hose away all the dirt collected from the sweeping. There was a lot of dirt there; there was a solid aggregation collected by the door (I use words like aggregation. You really should be used to that by now.). Lunch was talking and Charades. Some were easy, like 'Up,' and some none others got, like 'Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.'
Next, it was Sport, and Kevin and I continued our game of Charades. Eventually I gave up, as he had never heard of '2001: A Space Odyssey' and couldn't work out something that sounded like 'Forrest Hump.' What we actually did do in Sport was play Ultimate Frisbee, which quickly devolved into walking up and down a field, throwing a frisbee. Eventually, most people left, and Ebony, Victor, Kevin and I just threw the frisbee back and forth, sitting down (we were quite lazy.). I ended up getting sunburnt. It was still fun though. And when I got home, I did some stuff and it was soon time to go to hapkido.
Grandmaster Geoff was here today, and the session itself was a good one. I just want to point out two things that were unique to the class (because a lot of classes are similar in some respects), which was that we did techniques with our eyes closed (which works surprisingly well, except when you try to do a technique with someone behind you. It tricks you a lot.), and in that we did front rolls over thigh pads. That was pretty fun, as you needed a little bit if a run-up. I wouldn't try it on a hard surface any time soon, though. So it was a pretty good class. And when I got home, I blogged, although not quite enough. So here I am.
And that was my day. I know about the late posts; I'm not so thick as to ignore that. It's just getting so... anyway. I'm trying, believe me, I'm trying. Titles don't help. And on that note, I might just sign off on this post, as this closing paragraph is getting nowhere slowly, to quote Futurama.
Partially misleading titles are more than partially annoying,
AB
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Robbing and Relaxing
OK, I just want to stress this first part: I did not do the robbing, and the person who did do it (you'll see soon) didn't mean anything malicious from it. I just needed something to make a decent title (because, as bad as an alliterative title is, it's better than any old title.). So, without further ado, let us have a look at my day.
Period 1 was Geography, and we watched yet more Man vs Wild. It is getting slightly repetitive (here, I'll summarise pretty much every episode ever made: Bear Grylls is dropped off by helicopter at a hostile location. He eats anything available, including random plant parts and any insect he can find. Soon he attacks and consumes some dangerous animal, such as a python or a skunk. He occasionally drinks his own urine. Wait, what do I mean occasionally?). I still enjoy it, mainly because he always does at least one thing (like sleeping inside a dead sheep. No, really.). Period 2 was Science, and we were seeing how fast we ran and walked, as well as using LoggerPro (the graphing thing) to work out how fast we ran. At one point, we needed someone to hold a ruler to measure, to get some sort of scale, and Ebony was that someone. So according to Pitt, she was the 'scale model.' I was the only one who laughed, which was a little sad, although the joke was hysterical (so it seems both Robson and Pitt use puns. Could it be a Science thing? Hopefully; I enjoy them.). Recess was just talking.
Period 3 was Ag, and Lana was eating a sandwich (this may seem completely pointless and stupid to put in, but just trust me. I have a reason. You'll see.). This was not the focal point of the lesson, which instead was going out to drench cows. Which pretty much just means running some liquid across their backs. I also did some bad Bear Grylls impressions. Because, you know, I can't help it. He's just so funny to impersonate. Period 4 was PE, and we were in class doing pretty much nothing. That was when Lana turned around and asked why Andrew had given her the sandwich (Nutella, apparently. Wondering anything?), as it came out of the blue. Andrew said he had found it on the playground. At this point, I was thinking 'Some poor sucker's lost his sandwich. Wait...' So I checked my bag, and sure enough, my lunchbox was gone. I quickly established that it was, in fact, my sandwich, and many laughed (Ebony in particular thought it was great. I took it all in good humour, Lana apologised, and Andrew gave me money for the canteen. So it all worked out.). Then, we saw Tan playing 'Tekken 6' on PSP, which was awesome. Lunch was playing 'Mario Kart' over my DS against Eric and Shafi. Eric had an actual kart, so he was winning, but I was coming a close second (also, he drifts and I don't. So, yeah.).
Period 5 was Maths, in which we learnt all about parabolas, cubic curves and other such exponential curves. And by learnt, I mean we looked at the screen, and watched Rawson talk about it. Hey, we're not supposed to be doing work. And just because we are doesn't mean we actually take it into account. So, silent protest here. Period 6 was Drama, and we did more of the plays, and of course, I participated to some degree in every one of them. Probably because I love the comedic side of Drama; it's partially why I wanted to get into it. Eventually I got home and blogged, although not enough. So here I am.
Such was my day. I know this late posting has gotten out of control. There will come a day of relentless posting, and that will be soon. Trust me here. Later, titles will improve. Hopefully. You can never be too sure of that last one,
I liked that sandwich,
AB
Period 1 was Geography, and we watched yet more Man vs Wild. It is getting slightly repetitive (here, I'll summarise pretty much every episode ever made: Bear Grylls is dropped off by helicopter at a hostile location. He eats anything available, including random plant parts and any insect he can find. Soon he attacks and consumes some dangerous animal, such as a python or a skunk. He occasionally drinks his own urine. Wait, what do I mean occasionally?). I still enjoy it, mainly because he always does at least one thing (like sleeping inside a dead sheep. No, really.). Period 2 was Science, and we were seeing how fast we ran and walked, as well as using LoggerPro (the graphing thing) to work out how fast we ran. At one point, we needed someone to hold a ruler to measure, to get some sort of scale, and Ebony was that someone. So according to Pitt, she was the 'scale model.' I was the only one who laughed, which was a little sad, although the joke was hysterical (so it seems both Robson and Pitt use puns. Could it be a Science thing? Hopefully; I enjoy them.). Recess was just talking.
Period 3 was Ag, and Lana was eating a sandwich (this may seem completely pointless and stupid to put in, but just trust me. I have a reason. You'll see.). This was not the focal point of the lesson, which instead was going out to drench cows. Which pretty much just means running some liquid across their backs. I also did some bad Bear Grylls impressions. Because, you know, I can't help it. He's just so funny to impersonate. Period 4 was PE, and we were in class doing pretty much nothing. That was when Lana turned around and asked why Andrew had given her the sandwich (Nutella, apparently. Wondering anything?), as it came out of the blue. Andrew said he had found it on the playground. At this point, I was thinking 'Some poor sucker's lost his sandwich. Wait...' So I checked my bag, and sure enough, my lunchbox was gone. I quickly established that it was, in fact, my sandwich, and many laughed (Ebony in particular thought it was great. I took it all in good humour, Lana apologised, and Andrew gave me money for the canteen. So it all worked out.). Then, we saw Tan playing 'Tekken 6' on PSP, which was awesome. Lunch was playing 'Mario Kart' over my DS against Eric and Shafi. Eric had an actual kart, so he was winning, but I was coming a close second (also, he drifts and I don't. So, yeah.).
Period 5 was Maths, in which we learnt all about parabolas, cubic curves and other such exponential curves. And by learnt, I mean we looked at the screen, and watched Rawson talk about it. Hey, we're not supposed to be doing work. And just because we are doesn't mean we actually take it into account. So, silent protest here. Period 6 was Drama, and we did more of the plays, and of course, I participated to some degree in every one of them. Probably because I love the comedic side of Drama; it's partially why I wanted to get into it. Eventually I got home and blogged, although not enough. So here I am.
Such was my day. I know this late posting has gotten out of control. There will come a day of relentless posting, and that will be soon. Trust me here. Later, titles will improve. Hopefully. You can never be too sure of that last one,
I liked that sandwich,
AB
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