rant

If anybody has borrowed any stuff or money from me, could i get it back. I feel like such a pest for nagging people. 

HOTPOT

Okay, anyone who wants to come for hotpot could we designate a date please?

I'm thinking assessment and reporting day, which is the 5th of June. Or 12 June which is the eng practice exam day.

And could we please stick with June. 

Does anyone know if we still have to go to school during VCAA mid-years?

boF

wasting time...on blogger and rubicks cube.

musings

I haven't posted for more than a month. Frankly, i really couldn't be bothered. My life is one dimensional, nothing interesting, so why post. Besides, i now have a facebook, if i really get bored i'll just peep into other people's wonderful lives. 

But I'll keep this blog, just because it's a better outlet for silly things. 

School bores me to hell. 

Seriously behind in all my subjects. Warren thinks i'm too ahead of myself, not taking IS seriously enough and too slack with my work.      True.     Maybe it's because i don't give a rat's arse about what's going on with IS. I don't care about what Al Azzera is up to, I don't care about B'aath, I don't care about Al Qaeda or the Taliban. I wish i wouldn't care, because that means i'm still mentally stable. I don't want terrorism in my head. God gave me a good life, so let me enjoy it, i don't have the emotional capacity to shed tears on suicide bombings, or to lose sleep over some iraqi children accidently stepping on a land mine, or be disconcerted about "DIE MOTHERFUCKER DIE" played on repeat in US tanks while it fired relentlessly at afghan locals, or at shell shocked school children, americans leaping out of the twin towers as it collapsed, the grave look on bush during storytelling time, endless documentaries taking a piss at american politics, blood and gore, Bill Henson, polynomials, Lenin, the greens, the whites, the reds, blacks, asian, semitic, republic, thermidor,napoleon, Osama, MNCs, the lot. At the end of the day i couldn't even be bothered despairing over the world, because it's too fucked up and i couldn't care less anymore. 

IS, english, methods, revs, uni. I can't bring myself to do anything about them or to think about it. Im just over school, simple.  Quote devon: "drugding along in a menial fashion", yes that's life right now. 

meh

Its 4.30 in the morning. No hangover, no nausea, no anything. Surprisingly, i feel like studying (kinda need to because i haven't done much for my sacs). I've never felt so invigorated in my life. Do i always feel so productive in the morning? Maybe i'm a nocturnal animal, because no matter how long i sleep, i'd still be tired during the day. 

This is my most forgetful and disorganised week ever. I forgot my revs ticket at school, i forgot to bring home a whole bunch of bloody books i need for sacs, i forgot i had a uni oral so i had to do an embarrasing improvisation, ALMOST forgot Marnie's birthday...the list goes on. 

I know these are random, but i feel like blogging anyway. URGH i can't bloody sleep!

dirty dirt

So much for going out on saturday. I walked out of my house with a clean pair of sneakers, and it came back totally sabotaged by thick mud and dirt and shit.

What am i doing/will be doing:

1. Playing Revelry and Halo on repeat.
2. Doing IS essay
3. But keep getting distracted by random conversations with randoms.
4. Trying to hurl a cushion at my sister
5. Trying to dodge the book she's throwing at me
6. Watching the Departed on my laptop
7. Excited that Jamie Bell is going to be in Defiance. I am definitely seeing that.
8. I have an older 'Brother' who is doing second year law/commerce at ANU. I'm not going to explain this.
9. CITIZENS-Simon Schama. Come on vania, read at least 3 pgs.

hw progress

1. methods hw. Done

2. History essay. Done

3. English essay no.1 Done

4. English essay no.2 Done

5. International essay. Will be done. 

6. Make notes on 1905 revolution. Will be done.

7. Collecting quotes+evidence for IS. Done.

8. Scrapbook. Will be done.

9. Read AOS 3+4 for IS. Done.

10. Read French Revolution for uni. Did, but need to do it again.

11. AMFAS essay for monday night. Done.

12. Methods extdd response question 12b. Too hard. 

13. Read Bombshells again. Done. 

14. Revs visual analysis. Will be done.

15. Breathe. Done.

16. Prepare myself for more Warren-hw bombardments. Done.

Can't play tennis tommorow. Check.

Arrange movie day. Check.

Must get all this done by 10.  Check.

Now i truly feel like a year 12.

six on a friday arvo

Fridah Kahlo was once Trotsky's girlfriend. They would've really suited each other. 

*ahem*

the burn victim.

Cyanide & Happiness @ Explosm.net

Things i would like to do before i turn 20

1. Go backpacking in europe. Hitchhike via freight train, a nice old lady's car, group of hippies, sheep and the shepherd, truck and a bulldozer. 

2.  More travels. Embark on a spiritual prilgrimage shuttling between human civilisation and the wild. I'm not going to India, the City of Joy really isn't that inspirational. Nor am i going to the Great White North--Alaska---solely to be enlightened by some eighty year old chief. 

3. Find someone who thinks like me. Someone who really knows me. 

4. Shed my idealistic frame of mind. 

5. Keep my family safe. And look after myself properly.

6. Become financially independant. When you have $$$, you have the whole world in front of you. 

7. Help those who have helped me during my years of uncertainty and confusion, and who have guided me all along. 

8. Be a good person. 

fucking hate international

Its 11.30 and i still haven't completed the first goddman question of my hw. Its so fact-centered i couldn't bullshit, and i can't find any information. And i don't know what they mean by IMF cannot close the books due to failure to underwrite 90% of their stock market value, and that QOIUASD subsidised SNA 2.2% based on Article IV of the IMF Articles of Agreements 2002...and do i honestly care?

I would hate to be at Haileybury College.

English tutoring

I found this really good english tutor. He teaches at ivanhoe grammar and lives in lwr templstowe. It would be great if somebody could join me for tutoring. I think its really beneficial, because i could study with someone and share the cost at the same time. 

I'm starting soon, so give me a buzz or message me if you're interested. 

MSAC photos

This is all i have. I apologize for not taking that many <:)

education revolution

education is a very lucrative business. BETTER TEACHERS ARE NEEDED. Better teachers should get paid tens of thousands a year, not just their petty 60 grand/annum. My standards are pretty low, i just need a teacher who can explain, who doesn't randomly leave the class so one or two students have to teach the entire class, and most importantly to get us accelerate through the coursework.  

This is only for me, but these days the only good teachers around seem to be the men. I don't mind tangent lectures, because i can feel the sense of urgency in my teachers to push us(really, in Warren's class it's exciting as hell and one could easily faint under the atmosphere).  

I don't want teachers who flash their smiles at me, i need teachers to teach.

Teachers should have to sit the teaching bar. Dr Schnagl needs to inspect all the classes. Some teachers are not qualified. They need to leave, or teach a class that matches their ability. 

I'll leave these potential reforms to student with greater audacity. At the moment, i could only care for myself. Those of you who haven't even realised, or perhaps you have (you know who you are cuz you share THIS one particular class with me), if you want to do reasonably well you need to forget about the school coursework. Pay attention to it, but we really need to move forward. And this is entirely up to us, our teacher is utterly unreliable. 

Enough said. Now i need to look up the cuban missile crisis. 

Andy Roddick is the shit!

Best comedian on the court. He can send me on a laughing fit anyday. 

As for yesterday, i really do feel sorry for Federer---it was really cute though, he's like a weeping little boy. But then i won a bet, i always knew Nadal was going to kick his ass.

Anyway, have a laugh at Roddick.

The intranet administrator is drunk.

On my intranet, these are my subjects.

None of them are right, the admin was definitely tipsy.

My Classes

• English 1 & 2 A(EN011A)
• Ethics C(ETHC)
• French 3 & 4 C(LO483)
• General Maths. A 1 & 2 A(MA071A)
• Legal Studies 3 & 4(LS033)
• PE Recreational D(PERD)
• yo yo yo, wa wa wee

SPARES and other troubles

I found out my afternoon spares.

WeekA: Monday L6, Tuesday L5+6 WeekB:TuesdayL5+6

Three days of leaving school early. Awesome stuff :D

My bedroom is a pigsty. I literally couldn't walk in, there isn't an inch of space. Every night i get to my bed through a series of obstacle course; stand on a chair, then jump to the next chair and hop onto the bedlamp table before reaching my final destination. I have to say, this pile of mess is artistic. I mean, no bedroom require so much effort just to be comfortable. I am terribly uncomfortable, and i am proud. 

 I have books, paper,pens,magazines,pillows,files,calculators,clothes,jewelery on the floor, bed, some are stuck on the wall for some inexplicable reason. I was completely unfazed by it in the past few days, in fact, i quite enjoyed the clutter. Only until today when i almost tripped over a nectarine pip did i realise my room needed fixing up. I swear, i will do it next year.

When guests come over, my parents just tell them my bedroom door leads to a cabinet. Nobody would bother with a cabinet door. 

Last day of 40C+ heatwave!

Hold tight everybody, it's almost over!

holiday's OVER

I actually want school to start now. Two months of holidays is quite enough for me, it wears me down after a while. I feel so unproductive. I wake up at 10 every morning feeling all rueful and shite because i just lost 3 hours of my life to sleep. Let me go back to the busy days when i was so occupied i didn't have time to sit and write my damn blog. 

Last night i slept in the living room with a minifan next to me---hating life. What's an airconditioner for if it doesn't work when the temperature is high? Despite my strong loathing of Catcher, i do find some of him in me. Because i thought about the gray-haired phony that sold the aircon to us years ago, "I've already sold 2000 of em' in the past 3 years, works like a jewel. When it's stinking hot outside, ya'll feel like ya in goddamn Alaska with this baby on." 

Yes, you moron, yes.  I could pretty much use it as a heater now. 

Thats One reason why i hate summer. 

Sherlockian top ten

Some funny lists on sherlock holmes.

You wouldn't laugh unless you have read the books.

Top Ten ways to know that the Sherlock Holmes story you're reading was written in the 1990's, not the 1890's...

10. Watson proudly informs us that despite his experience with women spanning 3 continents, he is HIV negative. 

9.  Gregson and Lestrade show up at 221B Baker Street wearing t-shirts     with arrows that point at each other and say "I'm with Stupid". 

8.  Holmes appears on Sally Jesse Raphael and Moriarty is brought out     as ambush guest. 

7.  Holmes turns down an invitation to appear on David Letterman's     show, explaining, "No, Watson does _not_ do Stupid People Tricks". 

6.  Watson describes in detail an arriving client before the door is     opened, to Holmes' astonishment. Watson smugly neglects to tell him      about the surveillance camera and moniter he's had installed. 

5.  Holmes gets a big laugh out of the fact that, although he has     policemen in his home frequently, he has never once been busted on     possession, in spite of keeping his bottle of cocaine out in plain     sight. 

4.  Mrs. Hudson asks why they keep up the pretense of keeping seperate     bedrooms. 

3.  The hansome cab drivers don't speak a word of English. 

2.  Mycroft buys a fittness video. 

1.  Irene Adler is subpeona'd by Kenneth Starr.

Another Misconception Top Ten:
10. Holmes is a fictional character. 
9.  Holmes smoked only a calabash-style pipe and took no other      form of tobacco.
 8.  Holmes snorted cocaine, used morphine and opium, and smoked     marijuana in his pipe until Sigmund Freud cured him of      his drug use. 
7.  Holmes never laughed or smiled. 
6.  Holmes played the violin extremely badly, usually to      irritate Watson. 
5.  Holmes was born in London and lived his entire life at      221-b Baker Street. 4.  Holmes never drank alcoholic beverages. 
3.  Holmes constantly said "The game's afoot" or "Elementary,      my dear Watson." 
2.  Holmes was in love with Irene Adler, and fathered Nero      Wolfe by her. 
1.  Holmes lived an "alternative lifestyle" with Watson.

Great music

Here is a track from the Curious Case of Benjamin Button called New Life. I listened to it on the homepage and i fell in love with it. 

I recommend you to turn up the volume and listen to it in a noise-free environment. 

And here are some screenshots.

happy NIU year

My house was flooded yesterday because my dad forgot to turn the tap off in the garden. My dad should be on the water restriction Ad for what not to do. 

But, according to chinese fortunetellers, or fengshui masters whatever you like to call it, water is a sign of wealth. Perhaps we might become those affluent members of society lol, which is highly unlikely during a financial crisis. 

Hey, sometimes it's soothing to give yourself away to superstitions. It numbs your senses like morphine. I mean, look at this world and ask yourself if you'd want to be sane at all. 

Happy chinese new year everybody. May 2009 bring you all the luck and happiness there is. 

FEeling heaps better

I got up at 1pm today feeling slightly nauseous. I think that was a...HANG OVER. My gosh, now thats a first for me. But all the uncomfortableness i had for the past days had subsided completely, thanks to alcohol. Now i'm feeling all refreshed. 

Please ignore the previous post, i didn't know what i was doing :P.

Btw, anybody want to play badminton next week? 

MASHW

yea i  more. i we go back nexrt week eh/ or the 30, i hen why do we go back so blooodysoon. 8*** theare back

tonight

I'm alone at home because my parents are away enjoying another party with some families. I haven't been bothered to cook because i'm still not feeling so good, probably from too much fruit juice and the sweltering heat. So i had a glass of champagne and and a nectarine for dinner, which in hindsight wasn't so clever because my stomach is now burning with alcohol. 

Not feeling good at all. Perhaps i should have more champagne, just to drink away my pains. 

get crackin this summer

I came across this korean music video called STRONG BABY by a dude called Seung Ri. 

I have to say, this vid is hilarious. The 'crack'ing, the JT moves, the backdrop, that random rapper guy who looks 14, the seriousness of the singer to even TRY to arouse the chik, the hand movements with the 'crack'ing, omg. It is overwhelming. 

But who could blame him, he just turned 18. But i would totally dance to this in a club haha, just need to remember to do the 'crack'ing.

Anyway, lets leave it to you critics to judge. 

A great way to prevent from cracking---movies. I'm watching Brave Heart and i'm glad otherwise i would have thrown the baby out to the dogs. And those of you who have met my lovely dog would know what this mean for the poor baby.

I'll regret posting this when i feel better. But this serves as a great reminder of my violent tendencies when i'm messed with.

im joking, but still...SIGHHHHHHHHHH

Not feeling well continued

And on top of all that, we're having a house party. There are more than 40 people in my house at the moment, including 12 children----SMALL CHILDREN. And four dogs barking incessantly, and a cat scratching the carpet, and a howling baby tugging at my hair.

I think i'm about to crack.

Not feeling well.

Splitting headache for the entire day. A never-ending hayfever. Sore throat. Drowsiness. Fatigue. Feel like chucking up all the time. Can't stare at anything red (i turn into a bull).

Anyone come up with a diagnosis?

I was chatting with my dad about cars this morning. I told him sometime in the future i would like to drive a ute in khaki shorts and top from yakka with one of those australian sheep dog in the back  and then be able to blurt out 'BUGGER!' or 'CRIKEY' at a dead kangaroo in the outback.

My dad stared at me bewildered for a while, then said "Vania, thats hardly a girl thing to do. Why can't you be like other people's daughters i know?  You're so un-ladylike sometimes, no girls drive utes."

Wow, i cannot believe my fondness for utes indicates a low estrogen level. Why, is he going to think i'm gay if i cut my hair short? For those of you who have seen a childhood picture of me may know where my 'tomboy' tendencies came from. Too bad for my dad. I couldn't pull a jane austen, or look like those dashing silver screen actresses. Or reading Bronte in a chiffon skirt while rocking a cradle. 

Too bad i'm unladylike and cannot achieve a 99.95 like other 'daughters and sons' of our family friends, too bad i'm not ambitious like them, too bad i just simply stand out from this circle of 'elites'. If i have the option, i would go backpacking in Europe. No big cities with blinding lights. Just small towns and villages. Places where people are guileless, where love is the soul and spirit, and nobody has a steep mountain to climb nor has the insatiable hunger for material gain, personal successes and social acknowledgement. Places where nobody know who i am and just treat me like a lone wanderer, perhaps somewhere where i could be free from expectations. 

Then i'll come back and be a phony like everybody. And i'll drive a ute in my khaki.

ANOTHER QUESTION

How do i put up a friend list? i feel like a loner...

quick question

How could i put up one of those conversation boxes?

thnx in advance

For those of you who like A Catcher In the Rye

You cannot be serious. It is literally one of the worst books i've ever read. I probably would have liked it if it had some kind of political backdrop, aka 1984, but the protagonist is just plain irritating. I perfectly understand that Holden is going through some kind of adolescent phase, but please, a person cannot get anymore whimsical nor apathetic to the point of insanity than he is. 

If we are to explore Identity and Belonging, this book is just not the right material. 1984 would have been perfect. I personally feel it would be more interesting to probe into the human psyche under extreme situations, like that of political suppression and how under such conditions, our identity and belonging is no longer a concept but a battle of ideologies for the state, and for humankind, a struggle for survival. 

Overall, I believe Catcher lacks the depth that is needed to fully explore this context. Or maybe i'm just so sick of hearing Holden's whims and woes that i want to rip him apart. Good for him for being institutionalised, saves me all the trouble of burning this book. 

good questions and more lol

1. pearl Says: 
   January 12th, 2008 at 5:15 pm

   When you’re sitting on the upstairs floor, are u sitting on the downstairs ceiling?

2. darrell13 Says: 
   January 16th, 2008 at 12:41 am

   funny definition:

   Atheism: a non-prophet organization

3. tom tom Says: 
   January 20th, 2008 at 4:12 am

   If toast always lands butterside down, and cats always land on their feet, what would happen if you strapped toast to a cats back and dropped it?

4. Foz Says: 
   January 21st, 2008 at 11:49 am

   if deaf people go to court is it still called a hearing>?

5. Nicole Says: 
   January 21st, 2008 at 5:59 pm

   should vegetarians eat animal crackers?

6. custard Says: 
   January 24th, 2008 at 12:07 pm

   If you choke a smurf, what colour will it turn?

7. olivia Says: 
   January 26th, 2008 at 5:00 am

   do our ear drums vibrate when sound waves enter the ear.

8. linda Says: 
   January 26th, 2008 at 10:04 am

   why dont sheep shrink when it rains?

9. your next door neighbor Says: 
   January 30th, 2008 at 4:35 pm

   if vegetarions eat vegtables.. what do huminitarians eat?

10. your next door neighbor Says: 
    January 31st, 2008 at 5:35 pm

    what happens if your scared to death twice?

11. Fergus Says: 
    February 4th, 2008 at 4:15 am

    if u get shot in the head, and go to heaven, do u live in heaven the rest of your life with a bullet in your head?

    everyone is here for a purpose - does that mean everyone is here for the same purpose of for individual purposes?

    if a light sabor was swung into superman’s body, would it pearce him or not?

12. Anonymous Says: 
    February 7th, 2008 at 6:09 pm

    Why cant a heterosexual guy tell another heterosexual guy he thinks his booty’s fly?

13. SOfUNNY Says: 
    February 13th, 2008 at 5:55 pm

    IF CHICKENS HAD LIPS COULD THEY WHISTLE?

14. The idiot named spaz... Says: 
    February 15th, 2008 at 2:24 pm

    the more you study the more you know. the more you know the more you forget. the more you forget, the less you know… So why study?

15. CJ Says: 
    February 15th, 2008 at 10:42 pm

    Can an oriental person become disoriented?

16. Faiz Says: 
    February 18th, 2008 at 11:35 pm

    If olive oil is made of squeezing olives,then what are baby oil made from?

17. hmmm.... Says: 
    February 20th, 2008 at 8:33 am

    If the grass is always greener on the other side, then once you get on the other side, will you want to come back? will you ever be on the greener side?

18. ann Says: 
    March 8th, 2008 at 5:20 am

    if superman was so smart why were his underpants on the outside?

so this is the beginning...

Hey.

Forget about my previous posts. This will be the official opening of my blog and i will try to post as often as i can. As for now, i'm waiting for more bandwith so i could air all my latest grievances. The blog sure is a good place to be whimsical.  Jking. You guys are getting NONE of that, or maybe some... 

Okay, i'm set. Be back soon.