Yay Ipod :D

Haha I am officially a proud owner of an iProduct :P

In other words I don't have a brain and decided to spend a lot of money on something that doesn't give a lot back.. Im sure in economics they have a term for this type of good.. Veblen good? Okay maybe not that extreme but you get my point :)

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Just got back from watching A-Team with my dad :D, I have to admit, apart from the crude plot and overall lack of logical thinking on the director's part, it was a decent movie. Why? Because of the non-stop action, explosion and general display of male vulgarity. I rate the movie a 9.9 out of a possible 10, but then again that is pretty biased because I was dying to see a movie, to feel the hard and uncomfortable chair they have, to see the advertisement before the movie, to listen to the boos and cheers of my fellow viewers. I was so desperate to just go to a cinema I would have watched Eclipse XD. Oh and I love how A team referenced so many things!!, Like when the psychologically unstable Capt Murdock referred to Avatar and blue people, and when C.I.A agent Lynch referred to the AC-130 Sceptre, remodeled from the original C-130 Hercules transport plane and how the explosion was "similar to Call of Duty". At that point I found myself and about 3 dozen other CoD fans let out a hearty laugh, showing off the fact that we were proud owners of the popular FPS. Also I met one of my old friends that I met at a debating class, he goes to Rangitoto :), funny how small the world is (or possible just NZ).

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My holiday you may ask? Well, let me summarize it for you in a very brief yet meaty chunk (SARCASM) .

Wake up at 11 am

Run Shower and Eat for 1 hour

Play Counter Strike with old friends until about 5

Deciding against doing anything useful, goes out for another run

Shower again

So tired after the run that doing anything constructive just seems out of the picture

Play some CS

Eat dinner

Watch some youtube/big bang theory

Sleep at 1/2 am.

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Yes yes very boring. I know.

No quote for today, I cbb lol..

Facebook

Well, I've reactivated my facebook, for now :). At least I have a bit of self control now =P so I can just deactivate it anytime without feeling any regret =S. Well this term has been ummm, interesting. Turns out my grades are actually alright, nothing to boast about tho. Ok Im going to go make myself some breakfast and continue this post a bit later today. :)

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Later that day...

!!!! ITS 5 O CLOCK ALREADY... and I haven't done anything. Great. This is great. lol Ive been almost in bed the whole day watching youtube... No wonder Im getting fatter lol... =="

Im going to buy my food needed on Monday for group 4 experiments tomorrow... >_>

Hmmm Nothing interesting has happened today... so yeah =S
Oh well

Cyaz

Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.

Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)

Grades

F*ck I've had nightmares (Im not kidding, this is so bad.) for the past few days about my grades, the worst one was getting 3 for Economics, 3, In the nightmare I was like freaking out lol T_T I actually woke up in cold sweat... Jeez, turns out its been pretty average so far, I hoped for more but maybe I should start being content with what I have ~_~.

Today we had this Otago Science quiz, it was probably the most retarded quiz I have ever taken lol. Im not going to go into detail about it today, really tired idk why... I just want to go to bed.

I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it.

Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)

Bored at home

Well, nothing happened today so idk what to say... =S I ended up being so bored I climbed to around the balconies of the whole house, like spider man. Im never trying that again, a) The Neighbours probably thought I was mentally handicapped, b) I NEARLY missed and could have fallen to my death c) The balconies are made from this... stony sandy mixture, with little rocks poking out, so it hurt really bad when I leaned all my fat against it.

>_>

I should start revising for IOCs but I wanna see what Mr Silver has planned first.. >_>

So yeah, thats about it ~_~

The Internet is like alcohol in some sense. It accentuates what you would do anyway. If you want to be a loner, you can be more alone. If you want to connect, it makes it easier to connect.

Esther Dyson, Interview in Time Magazine, October 2005

P.S I actually think the internet is more like a drug, once your onto it, you can't do without it. ~_~ It can be helpful and harmful at the same time =P

At the Library

Hmm. Im at the Northcote Library right now leeching their internet. I don't know why i'm here, maybe cause my exams start at 1:30... meh. My grandma is terribly sick and she went to get acupuncture treatment across the road, maybe thats why I'm here.. Oh yeah. My mum woke me at 7am this morning, and told me to get in the car, I was half dressed and still hadn't had breakfast. ==" She want's to buy me lunch cause apparently she thinks I did well in the exams. What a joke. These days I'm getting really freaked out with my mums behavior, it seems she congratulates me for everything I do, even things that aren't good!! ==".... Anyways, meanwhile im surrounded by old people, unemployed people, and little kids, this is the best library ever.

Yesterday night was... meh, dad got his present, and we celebrated all night. I just realized, he has never hugged me , NEVER lol.. I think thats normal for a dad i guess, not that he doesn't love me =P he is just really reticent and silent most of the time (at least I hope so). Oh yes and I got pretty drunk T_T, I went to bed at like, 9:20 which is pretty early. I still have a headache and its only 9:36 a.m.. ugh...

This morning I got owned by my grandma, lol, she laughed at the fact that I do IB and that I'm suppose to be smart. She asked, "If I take medicine 5 times a day (24hour) , what is the time interval in between the times I take the medicine?". I quickly replied, "well obviously the answer is 24/5 = 4.8 hours... so easy!"..

Lol I failed ahahaha. If you know the answer, write it in the comments =P

I'll probably add more to this post after the exams when I get home at night, but this is it for now.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)

P.S This quote is actually common sense and almost everyone can reply, "how about we try it on you" these days, I really like this quote cause its very very very true and its easy to understand, kinda balances the scale since yesterday's quote was so hard to understand xD.

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Update of this post~

YES I FINISHED MY EXAMSSSS~~~~`. Woot haha Chinese was pretty alright, I was so nervous cause I thought I was going to get owned, thanks to Jack who "assumed" that the topic was going to be about Shanghai Expo haha. turned out all the available choices (usually IB gives 4) were about the Shanghai Expo, except different formats, one blog , one advertisement, and 2 letters. Frikin Chinese teacher so tricky hahaha. >_> Lucky I did some research just before the test. =P

I actually wrote quite a lot, lol way over the minimum word count, usually I have trouble writing over the word count. Now just need to concentrate on IOC, except I have a day off tomorrow, dunno what to do, wanna go hang out with friends but they all have exams >_> and the other AIC people are either too nerdy or too lazy lol (no offence!!)

~_~

Queen's Birthday!!

Every year (almost...) Queen's Birthday always happens to be on my Dad's Birthday, June the 7th. So every year we end up going somewhere, except this year =S. I don't know why, but I think my mum is getting tired of going outside and having a breath of fresh air, or maybe because my exams are still on (sigh). Anyways, we just went shopping early this morning.. for my Dad's birthday and to get him something nice =P. I realised I hadn't been out shopping with my family for soooo long, seems as if shopping was new to me o_o... The feeling of pushing the trolley and mucking around with my sister. I remember looking at the various goods on the shelves, like a caveman staring at fire for the first time.... I stared at the snack shelves for so long that the lady next to me started looking at me weirdly... and before I knew it, we were driving home. The feeling of living life in the slow lane hit me all of a sudden, and I wished I could just go back to chilling with my mates on a Sunday without having to worry about updating CAS or meeting an EE deadline.

While I am writing this post, I am waiting patiently for the cheesecake I just baked for dad. Ahahaha it was my mums idea that I should put on the apron again and make something for my dad, something I havent done since the age of 9. That time I could just barely reach the stove, and I was already making 韭菜盒子 haha. (Translated as "Chive Boxes", a fried pastry with chive fillings shaped like a big dumpling).

I just realised I had exams tomorrow, oh God, and I haven't even started revising for Chinese Paper 2 yet... Im hoping reading some past paper answers just before bed can get me through, but thats just wishful thinking. My main problem with writing Paper 2 is my limited vocabulary, 哎呀， 提笔忘字。。。

My mates went to Takapuna yesterday for a day out, but I couldn't go cause I had to "study"... If I had even a tiny bit of self control I wouldn't have procrastinated over Tribal Wars and Counter Strike. Haha this might sound so stupid, but I actually ended up going on Runescape again (thats how bored I was), almost 2 years after I stopped. WAIT! before you start judging me, I have an excuse! xD One of my mates from Westlake said he recently went on to see if he could sell his account for money (By money, I mean REAL money) , and he said there was a new skill out and it was pretty crap, but out of curiosity I went on to check it out. I swear the storyline is getting worse and worse as time goes on, what were the programmers thinking?!.... And their new tutorial is just.. lol...

Anyways, enough about me for one day, I might decide to edit this post later on today, but thats highly unlikely. Cause i'm just that fat and lazy ~_~*""

P.S I don't get the quote, if someone does please explain it to me in the comments xD.

Quote of the day:

Do not employ handsome servants.

Chinese Proverb

End of Exams.

Well, almost the end :)

Tuesday will be my last exam, Chinese B SL Paper 2 T_T....

Well, its been quite a while since I last updated my blog, 2 months ago to be precise. I remember I started off blogging, with energy and excitement... Haha I feel ashamed to say this but now I think its become a burden. Don't worry, these 2 months has made me want to start blogging again.

Whats that? You want to know what I think I'll be getting this term? Here is what I honestly think I will be getting:

Mandarin B: 6

English A1: 6

Maths : 6

Chemistry : 6

Biology : 6 (hopefully)

Economics : 5.

So you see, I am probably getting a 35 this term... (T_T).... Ugh my grades are just going downhill, whats happening?!?!*

*(Maybe cause I decided downloading games again was a good idea, right before exams...)

I've just spent the past 2 days doing God knows what... and the only moment I actually enjoyed was yesterday when I spent some quality family time with my sister... haven't done that in so long... We watched Shrek 2 ^^.

Well, something interesting happened yesterday, I was watching watching movies downstairs yesterday, drinking my tea and generally just wasting my time. Then out of nowhere, this dog appeared in my backyard, I mean I know cats can climb over fences and stuff but dogs? o_O??.

Anyways, it went over to my 2 Worm farms with fresh compost inside, and decided to let out a load, right in front of the worm farms. TBH I actually don't like house pets... dogs, cats, fish, w/e... So this dog got me pretty angry, (But at the same time I was pretty scared to approach it, from all the stories of dogs giving rabies I've heard...) so I opened the door and shooed it away. but the strange thing is, it disappeared around the corner, and when I followed it around the corner, it was gone. GONE. O_O. You might think that it might have just ran away or something, but it was an enclosed fence, where could it have gone o_o". This was at night and I had just watched a horror movie with dogs in it.. So I had a hard time falling asleep... (Yes I know, I was scared hahaha)

You might think that this isn't interesting, but you know, AIC makes your life so astronomically boring that even the weirdest things can be interesting.

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Back to talking about school..oh yeah, I failed to get into the Asian Science camp.. *SIGH*..

Now I just want to get into realise the dream, =P it sounds interesting...

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I dont even know what I'm rambling on about anymore... Eco commentary, English IOC, Science Labs and Group 4 projects... ugh I hate my life.

Anyways, ciao for now... i just really want this term to be over T_T

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Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.

Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849), "Eleonora"

World Literature Essay for the IB

This is seriously getting annoying, I have spent the last 8 hours procrastinating over Youtube and MSN.

I haven't updated my blog in ages. Don't have time I guess. ==" (I know I'm contradicting myself here.)

The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami-
So.

I've chosen the following short stories-
The Second Bakery Attack
The Elephant Vanishes
The Kangaroo Communique
Family Affair.
I'm probably going to change.. but this is roughly what I'm sticking to.
I have so many questions about the stories, what do they actually mean?
The Volcano in the second bakery attack, is it a conceptual metaphor, if so, what for?
UGH.
What is the significance of the kitchen being "out of place" in the Elephant vanishes... ?!?!?! I get the whole theme of Imbalance.. but seriously? I don't get how that is really significant...
UGH.
The kangaroo Communique...
I dont get it at all, the guy is a freaking perv who tries to pick up a girl through his job at a complaint processing centre in a store. =="
Family Affair-
hmmm... I don't get this one either. but I sense something about family and duty... ugh..

Akutagawa and Rashomon? even harder to fully comprehend.

You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.

Ronald Reagan (1911 - 2004)

School

Oh wow. its been so long.. neglecting my blog.. rofl
So. LOL argh I fail at everything, screw it no facebook, youtube or games!! BUT THEY ARE SOO AWESOME.... lol i keep going back >.>
Chinese New year was awesome :) I got moneeyyyy$$$$ and fooodddd ^.^, hehe..
so many tests next week... I should be studying.. but nooo xP. Extended essay is coming up.. im worried lmao. Today I went to Giga.. im disappointed in myself. =|
Eh I don't have the time or the energy to write a lot for blogs now, and everyday is just a repetition of the next.
Dragonboating tomorrow. happy?! ^.^ YES.
ECC was kinda a success lol, the rubbish we picked up varied from Beer bottles from like agessss ago (20 century) to like, Natural Confectionery Lollie packets lmao. Looking forward to Table Tennis interschools starting this friday, and also I want to organise an interschool chess team, :) even though we'll get our ass kicked rofl.
Thank you and good bye :P
Today Confucius Say:

Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.

Confucius

School. Week 2

*Yawn* just got outta bed.. I think im going to start on my english commentary and chemistry design lab (yes the one i was planning to finish in the holidays). From now on i think my blogs will be tons shorter.. =\ so yeah, basically thats about it today, ill be going dragonboating tomorrow (w00p w00p).. haha peace out

All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.

George Orwell, "Animal Farm"

SCHOOL

First day back, yup.. homework -.-!
Its 10:00pm right now.. so tired lol.
Today was so hot, and it turns out tomorrow is assembly, wore blazer for nuthinggggggggg-.-!
School was alright, tbh, i just realised how awfully uncomfortable the uniforms are.. LOL.
Oh well, no economics for 3 weeks or something.. great. study periods. I'm worried about the chinese interactive oral.. what to choose for a topic?!
Can't wait till MUN and Debating are up and running :)
Needa find an event for ecc,
thats about it. lol short blog today.. really tired..
k bye peace out.

We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.

Thomas A. Edison
US inventor (1847 - 1931)

Last Day of holidays

Hello whoever is reading this.
I have finally decided to take action against my procrastination habit.. It will be hard.. but I'm sure I will do just fine. I have officially quit facebook until the next holidays, and will only be on msn. Yes I have decided to quit games as well... in search of other more valuable things.. like my relationship and hobbies such as reading and playing the saxophone.. (its covered in a layer of dust...)

I am actually looking forward to school and I hope this coming term will bring me success.

MOTUTAPU-------------
Was, an amazing experience.. Kayaking, Beach Clean up, Waka-ing.. they were all great, but the really cool thing I learnt was how to save whales XD.
Taking turns at cooking was also very fun, and meeting all the new people.. Mr Joe.. haha
Our trip on the last day to Rangitoto was amazing, and im sure I've said this plenty of times, but the view on the Summit.. it just mind blowing. I could have stayed up there all day. ^^

The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.

E. B. White (1899 - 1985)

Bye bye.. and keep smiling :)

Holidays, the end

Ok. as soon as the holidays start, its going to be bye bye to facebook, games, entertainment, youtube... ill keep on msn for .. reasons.

That was what I said in term 2, and it hasn't happened. This is honestly stressing. News came to me today that I got 28th, in the whole school.. 28th.. are you fucking kidding me? there are 28 people above me, in deans list. these 2 years will surely cost me a damn load more that ive expected. Just had a extremely tiring day out with friends.. circling around takapuna like mindless vultures, in search of things that create tiny meaty bits of amusements in our brains.

aiya just had a really bad argument with 她。Yes i know ive recently been going offline a lot, and haven't done anything to boost our relationship..i dont know why...

onto a happier note, motutapu was amazing.. great experience... wow i cannot believe i was lucky enough to go to the camp :o

Ill explain more about this in another later blog im really not thinking straight right now.. really not feeling well..
good bye..
P.S ill make it up to this blog by giving 2 quotes next time, i dont feel like searching for a quote of the day.

Holidays

Oh noes, February 4th is approaching ever so quickly? I should really start studying today.. ill do my chemistry lab next week.. I swear I will give up Facebook and Games as soon as school starts lol.. and hopefully stop procrastinating *Fingers Crossed*...

Its so hard to fill up a blog during the holidays.. everything is done so systematically.. lmao currently im looking at my sister practice for her play on nature.. shes so pro lol... Oh yeah, lol that reminds me... Im getting really paranoid lol, shes learned kung fu for like a few months now, and she is getting really really strong lmao. She hits me for no reason and it actually hurts -.-"

My mother's friend and their son just came back from a holiday in NZ, their child is about 5 years old i think... Its so funny just thinking about how i was like that.. 9/10 years ago.. lol hes so crack up. Its kinda good because now that hes here, my sister won't bother me anymore when I'm busy... The other day I was "borrowing" some jelly from my sister and the kid got like.. agitated, he did this pose from like ultraman or something, and started chasing after me.. lmao his expression was crack :P Looks like my sister has found a guardian angel XD

Ok theres nothing else to talk about.. so I should go :P

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)

Cya guys :P

Holidays... stil..

OMG its nearly the end of the holidays!! *panic*... So.. I really need to start working... Still having trouble with writing and essay... i got 16 wrong.. yesterday.. wtf.. 16 wrong. so that means i got like 19/35 for one section. I ****ing hate KAPLAN!!!

Moving on to HAPPIER (yes jack, happier not more happier) things.. the well to be honest nothing good has really happened.. gah im gonna keep ranting about how crap the sats are.

Example 1:
What the hell do these words mean, and who on earth uses it ----> unctuous, vicissitude and ubiquitous
Example 2:
They expect us to write an essay (around 400 words) in 25 minutes. WHAT?!.... I can't even do that in the comfort of my own home!!
Example 3:

Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Joe Louis was ------- fighter: he inspired fear in many of his opponents.

Answer Choices

• (A) a serene
• (B) an impetuous
• (C) an insipid
• (D) a malleable
• (E) a redoubtable

Ok thats it for today.. lol peace out and keep hatin the SATs :P

But in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790),

Holidays

Hello once again;
I have decided to do my chemistry lab report after the SATs, only 8 more days to go..
I am nervous as hell just thinking about the length of the exam.... Relaxing doesn't help much either... Nearly finished re-reading The Turn of the Screw bHenry James.. according to Mr Silver its the greatest ghost story every written. (speaking of Henry James, I'll post a quote from him this time)
*Yawn* been eating so much chocolate lately and not enough exercise... its so hot today!... im sweating like crazy (or maybe its just the chocolate?).
So thats all that really mattered to me lately.. :P

The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring the accusation of being arbitrary, is that it be interesting.

Henry James (1843 - 1916)

Cya'll later :P

Holidays

Wow jeez time really does fly when your having fun... I realised I can't update this blog everyday... too hard lmao. Well so for the past 5 days since I last posted something.. I really haven't been doing much stuff... nearly finished with Akutagawa's novel thingy.. OMG.OMG.OMG. still haven't done my chemistry lab, surprise surprise?! And I can't do it tomorrow either cause I'm out all day... Argh Happy Birthday Miji and Karl :)... sorry I can't make it to your party Karl (if your reading this)... change the date :P.

Oh yes mums birthday tomorrow, I need to think of something creative to give her... =\ my sister always beats me at this.. I often always resort to buying a box of favorites or some "Roses" (chocolate). My mum always likes my sister's "hand drawn gift cards" decorated and made especially for mum ==" (envy >:[] ). I guess it really is the thought that counts..

And from now on I'll try to add a quote down at the bottom of every blog for whoever is reading this to think about :)
So thats about it for today,

Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without any proof.

Ashley Montague

Chao for now!~

Holidays

Urgh Don't have much to talk about today :P..
went to the doctors yesterday and got a blood diagnosis T.T... maybe I have swine flu?
SAT test date is approaching... closer and closer.... argh...
AND I STILL HAVEN'T DONE MY CHEMISTRY DESIGN LAB!! ARGH.. ill do it today for sure...
Umm.. thats about it... the holidays are pretty boring to talk about but oh well... I actually kinda miss school for some reason :P
Okei bye bye~

Holidays

*Yawn* Why do I feel sleepy and tired almost every hour of every day now? T.T
Don't feel like doing anything but S.A.Ts are coming up... Maybe I'll start the Chemistry Design Lab report due first day back to school... Haven't done anything fun lately.. except going with family to fish and catch crabs :P. Dad caught a 70cm snapper which I'll post up next time... somewhere in my phone photos :P
That's all for today folks... see you next time :P

Holidays

Yay first time using this.. so how does it work? :P
Nearly Half way through the long holidays and haven't accomplished much =\
Done:
-Think up an Extended Essay Question
-Read 3 Japanese World Literature
To Do:
-Start making notes for each subject
-Finish SAT Vocab
-Start practicing SAT practice tests...
-Prepare for trip with MAD 2010
Argh.. well that's enough for today.
First time :P
Bye bye