; count your [blessings] now.

Saturday, June 05, 2010 Posted In , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Edit This



                                      













Hello hello.

It has been  some time since my last post so I decided to use HTML to make a table! (USE INTERNET EXPLORER. they look nicer that way. They’re not too bad with Opera but they’re ICK with firefox, and I’m not sure about with Safari.)  I am back home in sunny Saudi Arabia (: my exams were something like a disaster. And after numerous fits of crying and doses of bonjella (mouth ulcers galore) I was thrilllled they were over and there was a week til I was going home. In actuality, having gotten most of my marks back they weren’t awful. There were some disappointments and some pleasant surprises. Maths was actually a pleasant surprise. It was the last exam and I spent all Saturday crying. My mom was of cause epicly worried, thought I was depressed, suggested I apply to “less competitive” universities or perhaps switch Math HL to an easier subject or even take a gap year. This didn’t help at all. I didn’t want any of that I just wanted a good mark in Maths. Anyways when I got back my mark it was a hell of a lot better than I had thought. Me and C were the best 2 in the class. Obviously, if I had taken History or French at HL at the start of the year, my mark probably would have been better. But I LIKE Maths. And I told my mom she was discouraging. And now we’re compromising. (:

Anyway tomorrow I go back to stupid school. I spent the whole break playing Sims 3 (woo my legacy is at generation 4!) and watching Fringe (EPIC EPIC SEASON FINALE) and basically being useless. My friends here are all cooped up with there exams alas. I have discovered that I’m better at religion in less religious countries. I seem to have a kink in my brain. Oh well.

I cannot wait for summer. SERIOUSLY . I know that in actuality I’m goign to be uber busy but I don’t caaaare. Summer Term is going to be filled with EE and TOK presentation and English Orals and COURSEWORK galore. Oh well. I shall have to be more productive. I was thinking of going to Open Days. But they seem to be a waste of time, filled with people dishing out prospectuses which can be found on the internet.

I hope I have time to go to London on the weekends. After exams I went that weekend and met my cousin and also Auntie I for the first time in ages. She’s really cool.

I’m strangely excited about university applications!  I see my taking this back in the future. I hope some of my friends Uni in the UK too. Actually I think firstly I reaally hope I get in to the UK ahahah. OH gosh Upper 6th are all headed off to Uni. Well actually, not until like October, for now from facebook it seems they’re partying it up in Amsterdam and goodness knows where else :P GIH is going to be so empty. At the end of term, the Alpen Bars and Eggs were lasting for DAYS with only the French B U6 left in the house! These two years are going to flllyyy by epicly fast. It feels like I just GOT to Sevenoaks but I’m already halfway there to leaving it! We’ve already got our little sisters and last year at this time I had just got an email from my big sister! –sigh- I know it sounds stupid but I never expected to live this long. ahahha.

Oh last night I had this epic dream. I was in a battle. M was also there idk why. Anyway the battle was happening in this huge mansion. This little kid from the other side grabbed my arm, but I twisted his wrist and broke free. Then I ran into the house looking for a place to hide. I found a bathroom and hid in the bathtub. But then I heard somebody at the door. So I hoisted myself up using the shower curtain railing and hid on top of the towel rack. It was epic, but then my mom woke me up :(

I think I shall depart now. I’ve spent ages at this computer. Largely on Ebay. I definitely have an addiction. I ‘ve bought cliffnotes and revision guides and shoes and a pocket watch. And before I came I bought two seasons of the Cosby Show fr my mom, but which we’ve all been watching. Also my sister is sitting nearby and she is “sick”and she keeps snivelling and sighing and it’s annoying. How I’m going to make it as a doctor I don’t know.

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Who Knew

by Pink

 

You took my hand, you showed me how
You promised me you'd be around
Uh huh, that's right
I took your words and I believed
In everything you said to me
Yeah huh, that's right
If someone said three years from now
You'd be long gone
I'd stand up and punch them out Cause they're all wrong
I know better
Cause you said forever
And ever, who knew?
Remember when we were such fools
And so convinced and just too cool
Oh no, no no
I wish I could touch you again
I wish I could still call you a friend
I'd give anything
When someone said count your blessings now
For they're long gone
I guess I just didn't know how
I was all wrong
But they knew better
Still you said forever and ever
Who knew? Yeah yeah
I'll keep you locked in my head
Until we meet again
Until we, until we meet again
And I won't forget you my friend
What happened?
If someone said three years from now
You'd be long gone
I'd stand up and punch them out
Cause they're all wrong
And that last kiss I'll cherish
Until we meet again
And time makes it harder
I wish I could remember
But I keep your memory
You visit me in my sleep
My darling, who knew?
My darling
My darling, who knew?
My darling I miss you
My darling, who knew?
Who knew?

YSP- Week 3

Monday, July 27, 2009 Posted In , , , , , , , , , , , Edit This
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Lundi, Monday, was a tiring day. I woke up quite tired, and did not make it in time for breakfast. Bought choco milk from Timmy Ho (hahaa local slangg), which was somehow more expensive than capppucinos. We met counselor S's lil bro, P. They look almost identical. Also something that amuses me is that their names are those of a father and son in sleeping beauty. Anyways he sat with me and C and L at lunch as well. He already has a mass of groupies. This week is CSI week. (Molecular Biology etc.) So we had a reasonably interesting lecture from an originally Desi woman about molecular biology. This covered the basics that I'd never learned and helped ,me understand some of the other experiments. 100_5388 After lunch we examined a staged crime scene (the blood smelled of chili sauce) collecting evidence and bagging it and what not, just like CSI. Then we had a lecture from a man who spoke in a voice that made everyone quite sleepy. In fact a vast number of people put their heads on their arms on the table and napped. I was scared to do such a thing as S was sitting next to me and had previously mocked me because of my drowsiness in a lecture. However funnily enough, HE WAS DROPPING OFF. I could see him struggling to stay awake and his head bobbing up and down so I gave him a look. The only point at which I felt extremely drowsy was when we went to the UV lab, here the lights were switched off, and we looked at a variety of substances using a blacklight. My hair dye is supposed to flouresce in UV light and Blacklight, so I wanted to see, however, sadly I could not find the pink strand. After this was dinner, when I really could not resist and ate Chili Fries with un-Halal beef. Meh. The evening activity was in 2 parts. Part one was that we had to build an aircraft that would carry an egg to the ground safely. If the egg survived the fall, we were allowed to crack it over one of the counselors heads. Ours survived very well, however when cracking it over the counselors head it splattered all over my clothing. Eww. 100_5455 The other thing was to buld a boat which could carry as many Pop cans as possible. Ours took 48, however some had the capacity to take more, so one of the lighter councelors was made to sit on these boats. Amidst all this I became extremely dirty. So I decided to do my washing today. I'm currently waiting to move my clothes from the washer to the dryer so I can collect dry ones in the morning. It was all very tiring, and I had to ask poor sweet V for her key and favours several times to accomplish this task. I have also broken my flipflops, which I require for walking place, and had to borrow tape from V as a temporary solution. We ended up talking (I felt it was rude to leave and that I was taking advantage of her), however this delayed my timing. -sigh-. I shall be exhausted tomorrow. We're playing a game throughout the entire group called Assasin. Basically each person has a hit list, they must kill these poeople before they themselves are killed. Killing may only be done in complete privacy.
Tuesday. Hmm. Let's see, day begin rather boringly.We had a lecture in the morning. I bought Starbucks before it, but as I was running late, did not add sugar and vanilla giving a rather bitter taste. Ick. The lecture was interesting and seemed to explain some of what had been spoken about but what I had not understood last week. :) In the Lab we tested inks, DNA and samples from the crime scene, FUN. There were a number of incubation periods during which I drew Mehndi/Henna patterns on the gloves of New Yorker M. Teaching Assistant, A explained to us a number of things we hadn't fully understood, and she told us not to worry if some of the information we were receiving was well over our heads as she learnt much of it in her second year. Lunch was really good but dinner sucked. Meh. Sports was cancelled on account of rain and mudding, so me, M, S, V, L & C hung out in the common rooming talking, eating cherries and learning Chinese etc. Afterwards, V and I went to the convenience store I bought Soda Tonic and Club Soda, Canada Dry, as I felt if their ginger ale was good this would be too. On the ways their and back V tagh me to say "Where are the bathrooms" in Chinese. Now I can say it in several languages. 1) Where are the toilets? 2) Ou sont les toilettes? 3) Ghussalkhana kahan peh heh? 4) Fein al hammam? 5) Donde esta el bano? 6) Woe sind die toiletten? 7) Tse Sho Tien Zai Na Li ?. When we got back I called C to say this to him.V gave me the extensions 3210 for him, so I called and straight out said this. The voice on the other end responded in Chinese, and I said "what's does that mean?". The voice then said "it mean's where are the toilets?. It struck me all of a sudden that this was not at all the voice of C so I hung up, shocked. Then I went to V's, she said it had been a mistake and C's extension was in face 3201. -_-. So we then called him, and I asked for the toilets. He was amused. I told him what had happened. He asked if the voice had been soft. I said I supposed. He said it could have been that of P, brother of S. This worried me. Then V called 3210 and asked for C. When the voice responded that this was not C's room, v asked who it was. As it turned out it was R in our class who is extremely quiet. When I got home I tasted the 2 drinks I'd purchased. The Soda Tonic was positively disgusting, and the Club Soda tated like perrier which I dont really like. Then M and I added orange juice to a glass of both to see if the taste improved. Soda Tonic was still AWFUL. 100_5464 We then added lens solution, perfume, lotion, and Pink hair dye to it. We then put mousse on top making foam, and I sprinkled some of the dots from my irons pills over it. It was beautifully pink and appetizing. 100_5466 Also we made a second drink using toothpaste, shampoo, body cream and hair mousse. It was very multicoloured. We crushed a yellow strepsil in tonic and added it. We then placed the 2 cups by a bathtub in hopes no one would see. PRETTY :)
Wednesdayy... we solved the crime. It was really quite straightforward and we pieced together the crime scene. The guy who lectured us was over enthusiastic and sweated profusely. Ew. Umm, on the way back to the residence from the Med.Building T and I had an argument about Chromosomes. It wasn't really an argument, in the sense that I only wanted him to explain, but he felt I was contesting him and decided to prove it to me using iPhone internet which cost a fair bit. Hmm that evening the activity was Eaton Center again. I did not feel a need to go, however M would not pass up the opportunity and went dragging S along with her. Me, L, V and J hung out in my room. We sang Mulan song "I'll make a man out of you" especially, and discussed good-looking guys. It was really fun. I think tensions had been mounting between M and I, and even when the both of us were in the room, we would often not speak at all or acknowledge each other's presence. I guess that happens when you see too much of someone. Ah well. Anyways much later on that night, she told me that T, who had been dragged along to Eaton Center by the Spanish Girls, had complained about me. Or not complained exactly but mentioned our earlier tiff. He had then picked a flower and asked S to deliver it to me. Idk exactly what followed.
Thursday we played around with some bacteria and their genes, and in the evening there was a dance party. As I did not think this would be like a home one I did not go. Instead I worked on our interesting Karytoyping Presentation with S. M was in T's group (apparantly he hand picked the smartest kids. I found her group in our room working. My underwear drawer must have been opened as T asked if it was comfortable to wear a bra. -_-. I'm writing this some days later and don't really remember more of that day.
Friday... there were presentations. Haha. We did not win in our team, F and the Spanish guys won with their House presentation. It was well deserved. T's team won over all. For dinner we made Japanese Chicken curry, this time a spicier version. There were more of us as well, counsellor S ate, and we sent some food to co-ordinator T. It was good :D After that, we were all forced to go to Eaton Center. Me, L and V looked around, had Starbucks, went into shoe-shops etc. On the way back home I was walking with T for a bit. He asked "do you like anyone here". I said "like... um like in what way?". He said "I think you know...". Then I said "there's no one I have a crush on... ". Then he said "not even me?" So I said "Oh of course, I LOVE you". After we got back, J slept over and we watched Harper's Island.
Saturday. I woke up early to say bye to J and L. It was quite saddening as I had grown rather attached to them. The option was to go to Nascar or Vaughan Mills Shopping Center. I chose Nascar, as the majority of my friends had done so. V who has narcolepsy was falling asleep and her head was lolling rather a lot. I ended up sat next to T, who informed me that oe of the Spanish girls had very hairy arms. He then asked if I liked Muse, and said I looked like a Muse person. How he knew this i don't know but it was strange. We got there and discovered it was a kids arcade. -scowl-. So me and EM wandered around the shops and I bought a pair of gladiator sandals which I find very sexy :) 100_5569 Hmm, on the way back I nodded off for a bit. One of the Spanish girls asked T if she could have a drink from his water bottle. He replied flat out no, and I think she was quite shocked. He then went on to explain he did not wish to share bacteria, proceeded to chug down some more water and gave her the remainder, telling her not to return the bottle. Someone asked him what he would to when he had to kiss a girl. He said he would use cellophane or in vent a tongue condom. Idiot. After we got back we hung about for a bit, and then I went to the music room with T and F. They discussed girls and T commented on the arm and upper lip hair of a few. F somehow managed to make comments that meant nothing. They discussed the difference between physical attraction and emotional attachment. T said there was this one girl. I quote. He asked about my crushes again but I said I'd only been here for 3 weeks. I asked F how vibrato was done, and he told me it was like masturbation. Then both T and he gave me very vivid descriptions which I do not care to think of ever again. C and V joined us later, they play piano fantastically. I wish I had focus or determination to excel in any field. Ah well.
Sunday we were supposed to go to the zoo. This was an epic fail due to downpours of smelly rain. Yuck. They then proposed mini-glow-in-the-dark-golf, which I passed on. We spent most of the day in the 3rd for boys common room watching TV etc. T managed to cathc glimpse of my yellow bra through my black top (aah mistakeee) and commented on it. We had instant noodles for lunch. Met some new kids. T has already started working on his next week's presentation. G A Y . I think the entire purple team should collaborate for a win :) Um went to the convenience store... M got back and went out for Sushi with S. Counselor W gave us cake. She is very sweet, and is more friendly once she gets to know you :). Nothing much else this week.