Which I have been for a while. Year 12 is no bed of roses, let me tell you.
With 5 weeks to go before mock exams, I can't really even begin to comprehend keeping up with anything. My head of year decided to have a River Rock in two weeks time. Which would have been all fine and well, even if I didn't go, I would have considered going. Except for the fact that it was on a Wednesday. Yes, Wednesday. Who puts things like these on a school day?? It's like having the Valentine's Dance in GIS on a Wednesday. Or having the Barn Dance at Saints on a Wednesday. Simply not done. And completely wrong timing too, especially for us poor souls doing six TEE subjects, who, really, would love nothing more than a break, but simply cannot go due to wrong timing on the organiser's part.
I am currently looking for scholarships to apply to and such. I mean, yes, I may not ever get the top TER in the school, and yes, perhaps my headmistress doesn't actually believe that I will be the person to best achieve my goals in university, but I guess it never hurts to try. =)
I have also finally finally [finally] FINALLY received my TISC application guide for university. I can FINALLY apply without trying to murder myself with worry over getting something wrong. Or at least I believe I can. Who knows, I may actually get something wrong, even WITH the TISC guide. Life is so weird.
With regards to Leaver's Week, I have been pleasantly surprised. My MOM is letting me go. I said it would be in Moore River, and even though she is rather unsure of where it is [don't look at the geography failure please] she is STILL willing to let me go! This is the biggest shock I've had since being told I was moving to Africa 3 years ago. I've moved out already, but the shock still remains. And, well, she's okay with it, with the exception that she is rather worried about me being driven there by P plate drivers. Casey, JB and Teo, much as the RAC believes that you are capable of driving the streets, unharmed, my parents still have their doubts. I forsee problems with this for when I get my Ls and licence next year. Or, well, at least attempt to.
I meet Elaine tomorrow!!! I can't wait, and I am tres excited. What can I say, even in the midst of exams, and whatnot. :P Of course, I sincerily hope that I will not get lost in the city.
I had four things due in today. I had a history essay [which I am almost certain I failed, due to the whole class being completely unsure of what to write about], a chemistry quiz [which I am absolutely certain I failed- I mean, Conto even FORGOT that we had a quiz today...], a P&L debate [which I never got to finish due to running out of time], and a maths test [which was so long, I only just finished in time as opposed to my ten minutes before the ending finish]. It is appaling, the conditions I am forced to work in really.
I am also rather surprised at the amount of people who visit my blog on a daily basis. Of course it may help that I actually add in labels and such so people google it and find it more easily [someone in Morley SHS googled Morley SHS and chanced upon this blog during english lit, which is a class I belong to. How embarrassing]. But quick message: if you read this, AND you know me, OR you think you find something worthwhile commenting on, please please do so? I like to hear other opinions, and views. It make life just that much more interesting. =)
More soon.
Mishy <3
Monday, 4 August 2008
Upcoming Events
I have a hectic two weeks ahead of me.
This week, 9th of August Saturday, is JB birthday. :P And I know he doesn't want me to make any form of fuss about it, but I'll announce it here just to annoy him slightly. :P Muahaha. But it's okay, I won't be able to celebrate it properly seeing as I'm going to be so busy anyway.
This week, Sunday is the University of Western Australia open day. I am soo excited to be going for this. I have an ass load of questions to ask about the Communicatiosn course and whether or not I have a one in hell chance of getting in, considering I really want to get in here. Weird and workaholic-ish as it sounds, I am absolutely estatic to be going for this, and I cannot wait for Sunday to come. =)
Next week Monday, university applications will be due in. And I will be in such a state of panic and agitation as no one will have ever seen me in before. Apparently, there is some TISC guide I must follow which hasn't come out yet [why it can't come out BEFORE the day the application entries OPEN is beyond me...] and of course, I do not have it yet. They say it is one long complicated process, and I refuse to get mine wrong. Watch me freak out and fall in a dead faint on Monday night.
Next week Wednesday, Elaine is coming!!! This is the first time I've ever had an old friend come visit me in my current country of residence, so I am even more estatic at this visit than I am with the UWA open day. She'll only be here for a week, but I think that's all fine and jolly considering I really should be studying anyway. Any longer, and I will officially be doomed to complete distraction.
Next week Sunday, is the Curtin open day. I am not so keen to go to this university, but it is where I am expected to go, should I fail to get into UWA. I would apply interstate, but I am not even sure if the parental units approve of the plan. I forsee a major problem. =/
Anyway, back to history, seeing as my history teacher has just landed me with an entire month's worth of assignments to complete...
Mishy <3
This week, 9th of August Saturday, is JB birthday. :P And I know he doesn't want me to make any form of fuss about it, but I'll announce it here just to annoy him slightly. :P Muahaha. But it's okay, I won't be able to celebrate it properly seeing as I'm going to be so busy anyway.
This week, Sunday is the University of Western Australia open day. I am soo excited to be going for this. I have an ass load of questions to ask about the Communicatiosn course and whether or not I have a one in hell chance of getting in, considering I really want to get in here. Weird and workaholic-ish as it sounds, I am absolutely estatic to be going for this, and I cannot wait for Sunday to come. =)
Next week Monday, university applications will be due in. And I will be in such a state of panic and agitation as no one will have ever seen me in before. Apparently, there is some TISC guide I must follow which hasn't come out yet [why it can't come out BEFORE the day the application entries OPEN is beyond me...] and of course, I do not have it yet. They say it is one long complicated process, and I refuse to get mine wrong. Watch me freak out and fall in a dead faint on Monday night.
Next week Wednesday, Elaine is coming!!! This is the first time I've ever had an old friend come visit me in my current country of residence, so I am even more estatic at this visit than I am with the UWA open day. She'll only be here for a week, but I think that's all fine and jolly considering I really should be studying anyway. Any longer, and I will officially be doomed to complete distraction.
Next week Sunday, is the Curtin open day. I am not so keen to go to this university, but it is where I am expected to go, should I fail to get into UWA. I would apply interstate, but I am not even sure if the parental units approve of the plan. I forsee a major problem. =/
Anyway, back to history, seeing as my history teacher has just landed me with an entire month's worth of assignments to complete...
Mishy <3
Sunday, 3 August 2008
Get Back in Touch
My uncle introduced this video to me on YouTube. I was a little surprised that he was the one showing me this video at first due to the slight religiousness of the beginning, considering he's atheist. =/ But I guess as the video progresses on, it's a little more than just being about religion.
Have a look. This video's really touched me to such an extent. It's got some meaning for me, especially at the end. It's kinda hard for me to get in touch with people I usually don't talk to/haven't met in a really long time. But I guess stranger things have happened. I like to think of it as God's miracle everytime I see it. I won't bore anyone with a Biblical story or reference this time, but I think any Christian reading this will know what story I'm thinking of. =)
Mishy <3
Have a look. This video's really touched me to such an extent. It's got some meaning for me, especially at the end. It's kinda hard for me to get in touch with people I usually don't talk to/haven't met in a really long time. But I guess stranger things have happened. I like to think of it as God's miracle everytime I see it. I won't bore anyone with a Biblical story or reference this time, but I think any Christian reading this will know what story I'm thinking of. =)
Mishy <3
Friday, 1 August 2008
A Day In Parliament
MOCK Parliament. :P
Like I said in my last post, I had a role-playing Parliamentary debate at Curtin University today.
Initially, I was nervous. Without a doubt. When I got up, I was shaking quite badly.But surprisingly, I didn't falter once. And this is me, the person who could never open her mouth in front of others, and the person who would never try to be loud. Yes, I AM loud, but only around a few people.
During question time, I think everyone started warming up. Most of all me, I guess. I made every argument I could think off, literally scolded people for coming up with funny ideas and ways of answering the question... I have no idea, I didn't realise I could actually debate. XD
It was somewhat ironic however, this debate.
Australia used to have a White Australia Policy where only immigrants [particularly of the British and Irish racial stock] would be accepted into the country, and other races were not accepted.
And somehow or other, my entire debating team ended up being...well, you may have guessed it. Chinese. All three of us were Chinese in some way, shape and form. Whether we were born in Australia, or were slightly mixed made no difference. Racially, we were all still Chinese. And female. All of us were female. And all of us hadn't reached the age of 40 yet. [obviously] When in truth, we should really have been old white men.
And we were forced to act as old white men, saying that we didn't want, and I quote from what my first speaker said: 'yellow, black, blue, green, red, purple people in our country!'
The administrator was laughing when she monitered our debate, I swear to it.
But I suppose it was worth it in the end. I got full marks for the speaking part of my oral mark. =)
I think Curtin University is more interesting for history excursions than it is for english ones.
We went into the Prime Ministerial Library to read up on Prime Ministers. And we were MEANT to go into the archives, but unfortunately, we didn't actually get a chance to as we ran out of time. I would've loved to go into the archives. Just to see what it looks like, and how things are preserved and such.
On a different topic, I am sort of starting a countdown to the Mock exams in September/October. It's gonna be the last one before exams, and the last one before the TEE when everything is FINALLY over. And...I've only got 8 weeks left!!!
It's too early as of yet to actually think about putting a count down timer on my blog, so I'll just counting down the weeks until it finally does get close enough.
Mishy <3
Like I said in my last post, I had a role-playing Parliamentary debate at Curtin University today.
Initially, I was nervous. Without a doubt. When I got up, I was shaking quite badly.But surprisingly, I didn't falter once. And this is me, the person who could never open her mouth in front of others, and the person who would never try to be loud. Yes, I AM loud, but only around a few people.
During question time, I think everyone started warming up. Most of all me, I guess. I made every argument I could think off, literally scolded people for coming up with funny ideas and ways of answering the question... I have no idea, I didn't realise I could actually debate. XD
It was somewhat ironic however, this debate.
Australia used to have a White Australia Policy where only immigrants [particularly of the British and Irish racial stock] would be accepted into the country, and other races were not accepted.
And somehow or other, my entire debating team ended up being...well, you may have guessed it. Chinese. All three of us were Chinese in some way, shape and form. Whether we were born in Australia, or were slightly mixed made no difference. Racially, we were all still Chinese. And female. All of us were female. And all of us hadn't reached the age of 40 yet. [obviously] When in truth, we should really have been old white men.
And we were forced to act as old white men, saying that we didn't want, and I quote from what my first speaker said: 'yellow, black, blue, green, red, purple people in our country!'
The administrator was laughing when she monitered our debate, I swear to it.
But I suppose it was worth it in the end. I got full marks for the speaking part of my oral mark. =)
I think Curtin University is more interesting for history excursions than it is for english ones.
We went into the Prime Ministerial Library to read up on Prime Ministers. And we were MEANT to go into the archives, but unfortunately, we didn't actually get a chance to as we ran out of time. I would've loved to go into the archives. Just to see what it looks like, and how things are preserved and such.
On a different topic, I am sort of starting a countdown to the Mock exams in September/October. It's gonna be the last one before exams, and the last one before the TEE when everything is FINALLY over. And...I've only got 8 weeks left!!!
It's too early as of yet to actually think about putting a count down timer on my blog, so I'll just counting down the weeks until it finally does get close enough.
Mishy <3
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