12 years of school and it all comes down to all these marks. I’m content. I hope you’re happy with what you got.
Did Agriculture last year but will not be counted in my ATAR. I didn’t sleep well the 6hours before, but I guess I had reason to, I scraped English.
My sister did a big dump.
Reality- My mum bought a 2L Peter’s Chocolate Ice cream Tub a few weeks ago, hoping we’d actually eat it. I did not even have a spoon of it. My brother probably had 1-2bowls of it before calling quits on it. The abandoned chocolate icecream tub…my dad gets the honour of chucking it into the toilet, and in Canto, announces to everyone in the house ‘I’ve never seen a shit so huge.’ At the time, I thought someone didn’t flush the toilet. He kept going on about it, I ignored it whilst I was doing my things. Then I walk into the toilet when I really needed to pee, and I see this piece of crap. Immediately went to the other toilet. It’s been around 3-4days since the incident, and the chocolate stains are still sticking to the bottom of the bowl. I wonder how many more flushes it’ll take to completely remove the chocolate.
And I forgot to mention in my most recent status update that we got a kitten. Her name is Tigger, and she has been getting quite alot of action with Barney lately. Rabbats?!?
Who isn’t playing Punky Pong after watching the latest episode of BONES?!
Died on Level 9 on my first try. If I could be bothered, I could try to get to the last level, but I’m better off wasting those three hours on something more productive (not that there is anything much more).
Yesterday on World AIDS Day, between the hours of nine and eleven, Aditi,Natalie, Samantha and I were selling red ribbons and red wristbands to raise awareness of AIDS. We rocked up to the ACON office to collect merchandise, and our special t-shirts. Did I mention they were FREE?! We were designated to sell at the Northern End of Hyde Park, the other side of park from where the office was situated. Though we were all volunteering for the same cause (CV related), we were fighting against each other, for the title of ‘Master Fundraiser.’When we split up, the game began. Aditi and Natalie headed towards the West Side, whilst Samantha and I camped the Northern End, where traffic lights were stopping unsuspecting busy people to buy our merchandise. Asking total strangers to support a worthy cause isn’t a walk in the park. I would go ‘Good Morning, Would you…’ to only get barred by the wave of rejection from their hands, or the ever so repetitive ‘Not Today’ excuse. No matter, I sense of accomplishment overwhelmed me when I was able to sell a ribbon to a lady. It gave me the confidence to soldier on raising money.
It’s only when you do these type of volunteer activities are you able to somewhat subjectively analyse strangers. From yesterday, smokers seemed to be more generous and willing to buy. Maybe they felt guilty that they’re wasting money on ciggies when they could possibly contribute to find a cure for AIDS/HIV. Or they have too much money that they’re spending it on ciggies, rather than on more healthier recreation. Then there are suit-ed up, business men and women, who have no time to donate petty cash, as they’re already late to work, or a meeting. Only the occasional few were glad to spare some change, though most of them probably had it left when they were buying their morning coffee. Next, the older women(50+) were willingly to support. I was glad I had a little chat with one of them. She asked me whether or not I’ve been affected by AIDS/HIV(indirectly or directly), to which I said no, shooting the question back at her,she had friends affected by the monstrosity. It’s hard for me, and probably for alot of you to somewhat sympathise since we don’t know what it is like to have someone close to us. Then there was this lady, who was dressed up elegantly in red and black. She was interested as I approached with the RED goods. There was some feeling that she bought a ribbon as an accessory to her outfit.But the people who stood out the most, were those who gave money without buying anything.
Now it’s time to list the excuses which allowed people to slip away from us.
1. ‘Not Today’ BUT WORLD AIDS TODAY IS ONLY TODAY!?!?
2. ‘No Change’ We had no change at the beginning, since we were provided none, but later we had so many coins, was possible to give sums of change.
3. ‘I’m in a rush’ ‘I’m late ‘ Ok, I understand if you’re in a rush, you can’t waste a few seconds with us. Sometimes I had a feeling that people just said it to avoid us!
4.’No Thanks’ EVIL PEOPLE! jokes!
Samantha and I wandered further north in search of better positions to sell, but our original spot were bringing in all the people. Traffic Lights were our saviour, in some respect. Working in teams of twos improves efficiency. Why? There were a few people who walked past Samantha, saying they didn’t want anything. During the seconds they were walking towards me, they felt guilty not buying, and approach me to grab a ribbon or two. Happened the other way round. Quite an interesting strategy!
Two hours was up, and all four of us gathered, and started to count our collectings. I had high hopes of winning, but I gave Samantha the winning spot of the pedestrian crossing, as oposed to mine, the crossing busy people took instead of walking to the lights, ten metres away. I counted 76.90, whilst Samantha racked in 100+. Aditi and Natalie weren’t as impressive, but hey, as first timers, we did a damn good job. On the way back to the office, Sam and I were steal leeching money off people walking past us, increasing our fundraising values. We also past a few other volunteers who had finished their shifts. A man boosting with pride raised 240ish. We were so amazed.
Back at the office, we were directed to the finance room, where the money was collected and counted. The two guys took my money box, pulled out the notes and poured the coins into a machine counter. And in a matter of seconds, I was told I raised a total of 81.90. Samantha raised a total of 121.55, Aditi with 70ish, and Natalie with 30ish. The money count at the time, was 4560. I’m sure, as a team, we probably hit 20 000 at the end of the day.
If you missed out this year, there’s always next year. I would like to volunteer again.
Afterwards, met up with Lis,Sim and Belle, and had lunch at what we thought would never be so empty, Mamak! Everything was spicy or hot, with the exception of the Sweet Roti with Ice Cream, which Belle completely whored (lol). Then went ’shopping’ despite none of us spending any money except Aditi who DDRed. Then to Kinokuniya to look at stationary, and what Lis calls, my ‘porn.’ Too bad everything is so expensive. And I figured out why the magazines were so expensive. They adjust prices according to their yen price. So 700yen->24.98dollars. Bored, we decided to have expensive desserts, dined in Passionfruits, then decided we didn’t want to eat, dined and dashed to Maccas. Aditi,Sim and Natalie left before the rest of us watched 2012. Though it was damn long, it was worth the 10dollars. Typical ‘end of the world’ movie, apparently it has references to Revelations in the Bible, according to my mum. And then that was pretty much the day, that was World AIDS day.
Will upload a photo of my shirt when the camera comes back into my hands.Tonight Mum, with the assistance of me, and the test subject of my hair, perfected the art of cutting hair. And I’ve been Neopet whoring almost the whole day, got a few trophies. Aiming for MOAR!
Sorry for the lack of updates on the blog. I’ve kinda left the blogosphere for the past month or so, haven’t been reading anyone’s blogs, except for a special few. I’ll get you up to speed on what I’ve been doing, and what I intend to do in the next few months before university starts.
What I’ve been doing
1.Playing too much dota.
2.Daily 30minute jog around Kingsdene Oval. Jog for however long I can, which is normally around 15minutes, peaked at 16minutes. Then I walk around the oval for the rest of the time. Also do the occasional sprint round, makes me feel fast D: Today instead of walking around the oval, decided to walk around the neighbourhood. Found a neat shortcut which I never knew there was, and saw an epic looking house. Jogging routine means that I cannot put on weight, but will possibly lose, because I don’t eat that much.
3. Watching TV Shows/Anime. Between Chemistry and Jap Extension Exams, I fast tracked FMA from episode 11 all the way to episode 29. I’m nearly up to date with BONES, only a few episodes behind. Damn bandwidth won’t allow me to go any faster. Still keeping up with DTB2 and Heroes. Current Heroes season is better than the previous but not much.
4. Learning to Drive. Day after Jap Extension, had a driving lesson, driving around the quiet streets of Oatlands. Then the next lesson was driving to Lidcombe and back. Then parents have been supervising me driving me to various places. Drove to James’ place, which was easy enough, straight road basically from Homebush. Driven to Bella Vista and Macquarie. Today, turning off from Pennant Hills Road, was going too fast, didn’t turn enough, stopped in front of the curb on Westminister Ave, with the back of the car jutting onto Pennant Hills Road. I caused a scene. 
Currently on 7hours of driving experience. Learnt 3point turn today, can’t park
5. Neopets. Yeah, call me sad. Mainly trophy whoring, and watching my stocks go up, and making easy neopoints. I’m _bk201, if you want to add me, or whatever.
6. Timing. Yea, you heard me timing. Got myself acquainted with AegisSub, timing PV’s. Joined EXsub, a fan subgroup which subs TV shows with EXILE appearances. Did a timing trial, did alright so I’m going to be doing short videos(8-10minutes). Subbing TV shows is a bitch. People talking over each other, harder than anime. But really, after you learn hotkeys and the basics of timing, it’s simple. Just practice and you’ll be pro in no time. Will be practising on drama shows. Nothing timing related but, EXILE> ARASHI on Oricon(for now at least)wahahaha.
7. Collecting Japanese Magazines and Newspapers to read. When I find an opportunity, I will scab. After Jap Extension, bought EXILE Gekkan, for a ridiculous 25dollars, when in Japan its only 700 yen. Makes me sad. Though I could actually buy more with my 20 dollar book voucher. Oh well. In the next few weeks, will be whoring dictionaries to understand everything in an article.
8.Cooking. Started making Japanese Custard Pudding, otherwise known as Custard Purin. Made them three times. Caramel has been the hardest part for me to make. I always stuff it up, by burning it, or making it too runny. Going to cook some more, probably more desserts. We should have some huge cooking party at someone’s place.
9.Meeting up with friends. Had a bunch of you guys crash my place. Great fun. 5-6 days ago, lanning with Ed, Meelo and endrunn3r(lol) then ate at JuJu for awesome food. Highlight was Sukiyaki, yet again, and the Karraage, it was so juicy. Then 2-3days ago, James’ place, where we became Jungle Sped. I was determined to avoid the humiliation of Pink Nailpolish, but fatigue got the better of me when I ignored the colour card. And you should never play Bartog, it’s lame.
10. Applying for jobs. I’ve applied to KMart, Coles, Woolies, BigW, Myer , David Jones, and to my disappoint, no job opportunities. So for the mean time, I’ve volunteered to sell ribbons on World AIDS Day on the 1st December.
What I intend to do
1. Read 五体不満足 No one’s perfect, as well as the rest of my Japanese things I’ve collected over the years.
2. Apply for more jobs, and at last resort, tutoring. I want moneys to spend D:
3.Start my DTB database.
4. Chinese Calligraphy.
5. Learn Chinese+Japanese.
6. Watch New Moon so I can laugh and diss it infront of the teenage girls watching. It’s really bad according to my brother.
7. Weights- Need to buff up some D: Doing weights whilst waiting for the traffic light to chance does nothing James =p.
8. Update this place regularly, and read your blogs. Sorry for the neglect D:
9. Play Borderlands and Dragonage when my brother is not in the house. Damn wooden computer !!
I’m free for time being, so if you wanna go out, bring me along.
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