A Very Lengthy Post

One of the readers commented on my blog(to my face) about the previous post that "It's all crap". As if I'm trying to be smart or something. Oh well. Partly 'cos the reader only read about halfway through and partly because I was sounding like I was taking a dig at the male species. And at the end I did specify that I wasn't taking a dig at anyone.

On to happier things. First things first, exams are going quite well and I think all of you will be pleased to know that two of my last exams both take place on the 2nd of June aka next Monday. Which also means, that after the 2nd of June, I'm FREE!! (WHOOPEEEE)

Filled in a job application form for Tescos this morning, hope I can get the job so that I can earn and save enough money to go to Glasgow with Sarah, Claire, Judith, Louise, Lauren and Lynn. Should be good fun :D

And, on Thursday, half of the Health and Social Care people came in for the last revision day.

Here are the photos Claire and me took while we're in Health and Social Care class without the teacher,Ryan came in too, and because common room was locked due to a window breaking incident last Wednesday, me and Ryan went to the trees near Subway for the rest of the school day. The Subway I had that day was the best so far. It was roast chicken, pepper cheese, toasted, with pickles, chillies, and lettuce, topped with barbecue sauce (MMM..!) Stayed there from about 12+ to 3.20pm. Was really good fun. Took a few videos of Ryan fooling about. (HAHA!) They're so funny. Ryan was whining whenever I took the videos. He says "Now everyone who reads your blog is going to think I sound like that all the time!!" So to solve this problem, I took an introductory video. Haha. We're so professional (not). Took lots of photos of the surroundings as well. But here are the videos first.

The introductory video, ignore what he says about the uniform (the file he's lying on is MINE!):

The dock leaf video:

The daisy video:

And here's my favorite, the ladybird video. He found a ladybird crawling in the grass where we were sitting (we let it go after the filming of this video):


So here are the pictures, of the surroundings,And of Ryan, (there are so many pics of him cos I was the one with the camera >.<)I made a daisy chain too! I'm so proud of it! I gave it to Ryan 'cos I don't exactly see a use for it considering I've already got one daisy chain (which he gave to me) laminated sitting on my desk. He threw it away and made a wish. ^_^ pictures of the daisy chain.And of Ryan and me,The ladybird on my hand,
Pictures of meee! (I think I took all those photos on my own)And now on to yesterday. I took my Grade 6 piano exam yesterday. Bottom line is I passed, which is sorta good. But going in on my own and feeling so unprepared totally threw me off. I sat and cried before I went in, and was sitting there sniffing even when I was playing my pieces. I thought I did really badly 'cos I know I can play better than that. And playing those pieces in the exam room has got to be the worst I've ever played them. Stalled a few times in the pieces and especially in Sight Reading but do you know what? I passed and that's the bottom line. 70/100. Hmm..not too bad. When i walked out of the exam room, I burst into fresh floods of tears. I knew I could have done better and I knew that this time round was the most unprepared I've ever walked in for a piano exam. All of the exams I've walked in before, I knew the score off by heart and I could play the pieces again and again perfect without a single mistake.

Went into Nanny's still crying as if my world was over. (-.-) And I was being fussed over and everything. Among the fussing was lines of advice where I have to learn to lighten up on myself. I know I have to, but I'm trying already. So, hopefully, Grade 8 exam next March then. So that whenever I go to university, all being well, and if I keep my Computing, I'll have 5 A levels instead of most of the others who have 4 or 3 A levels. After Nanny's, I went back home to shower (it was really hot yesterday) and then rush out to catch a bus to go to Ryan's house. It was really fun. We watched TV and everything, and just relaxed about. I would have brought my camera but I forgot. Oh! And Jordan drove all the way from Newcastle (where I live) to Rafferey (where Ryan lives). It's good fun having Jordan drive me and Auntie Carol about the place. He's taking his driving test soon and Auntie Carol says this would be good experience for him.

I'll be learning to drive next year. (AHHH!!) A little bit scared. But I have to know how to drive to gain that little bit of independence.

So that I wouldn't have to wait at a rainy bus stop whenever I finally go back to stay in Singapore. ^_^

"I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained."-Walter Elias Disney (multiple Academy Award-winning American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. Co-founder of Walt Disney Production, creator of Mickey Mouse)

Poop Scooping

Since I came here, I've always been the one to poop scoop whenever I go walking the dog with Jordan. I absolutely hate it. Not because of the smell, possibly not even because of the degrading feeling you get whenever you find that you have to pick up someone else's remains after them. It's because to me, it symbolizes the simple and age-old fact that women are always looked at to pick at and clean up someone else's mess.

Whenever males get into the shit, us wonderful females will be left behind to clean up the dreadful mess. So why exactly is it that males who are supposedly 'better' and 'stronger', not do ALL of the housework? Why leave the 'ladies' jobs such as cooking and cleaning and washing to the women? If you're that strong, do it yourself, I say. But unfortunately, leaving females at home to do the cleaning and cooking has become a habit. Even a few 'modern' males expect the female to do all of the housework at home, and in modern day shows, a stereotypically 'perfect' family would consist of:

1) a hardworking, money-earning family man
2) a hardworking, cooking, cleaning, baby-carer and producer (aka, dutiful wife)
3) two children or more. more often than not, children will have both boys and girls

Is this bad or is this bad?

Readers: *chorus* BAAAAADDDD!!!!

Here is the visual evidence (key "perfect family" into Google Images):I think we better plasticize ourselves and just turn into little dolls.I suppose females are more likely to look after and nurture those around us because we are born to do so. We are born to care more about the people around us, and to have closer relationships with other people. Want some real life evidence? Look at those little children around you. First, look at the girls.

Little girls are most likely to form more tight-knit groups, with relatively few people. They also tend to talk more about their problems, and from this, grow much much more emotionally knowledgeable than the boys. More often than not, you see girls crying. Not because they are weak, but because they have more sensitive souls. I am speaking generally here. Nature of each and every female will depend on her genetic make up as well as her upbringing.

Little boys, on the other hand are most likely to form larger groups. Relationships will be mostly competitive and they do not tend to bind that closely emotionally with each other. This could most often result in poor knowledge of the control of emotional feelings. Male suicide rates in teenage years here in the UK are higher than that of the females. That's because they do not want to look 'weak' in front of their friends by having problems and they keep all of the emotional turmoil in them. Resulting in a rather traumatizing climax and emotional meltdown (suicide).

God is fair, (I feel anyway). He gave males the brawn, but he gives the females more emotional tact and loving capacity. Yay!

P.S. : I'm not taking a dig at anyone. Just getting it out of my system. ^_^

"To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man."- Golda Meir (born Golda Mabovitch, known as Golda Myerson. 4th prime minister and founder of the State of Israel)

Revision Days

Ryan came over to my house for English revision on Monday and Tuesday. It was really fun! And we took lots and lots of photos. During those days, I also bought some Very Special Cards for those whose birthdays are coming up in my family in Singapore. :)

So to start off, I will have photos of myself with face warps on:

headless meme when I saw someone who looks EXACTLY like me

Then me with special effects on:Then just me:Then there is Ryan wearing the tie that I gave him on Valentines Day:Then photos of us together with effects:

Hear No Evil and See No Evilshhhh..Speak No EvilGRRRR!!teehee :Phe looks tired..

Photos of us with face warps:dooby dooby doo~what did you it was?it's a WHAT?AHHHH!!!

Then just photos of us together:"Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up."
-James Arthur Baldwin (American novelist, writer, playwright, poet, essayist and civil rights activist)