Ruse09- The prologue

I guess crashing Jason’s place yesterday deserves an honourable mention; thanks for having us over! And your dad is an awesome Italian cook *thumbs up*. And upload the less sus photos soon! xD

Highlights of the day/night; Guitar heroing on a playlist [again] that I’ve virtually not heard of [Hooray for my lack of rock music knowledge!],
- observing how freaky/no-lived some people are with finger-stepmania
- Watching the NRL grand final [Went for eels outta obligation; after it, it was NSW vs. Vic…but meh, s’only a game] Guess the better team won, but it was funny watching shiva be…so pumped xD
- Dinner: fettuccine? I think it was called; Jason….can we get your dad to cook for our formal? xP
- Jungle speed. Who would’ve known playing jungle speed with Aditi, Shiva, Edward, Rex, Jason and I from 8ish all the way to 12 would be so fun? I am typing up this blog post with a half cramp on my right hand, a soreness on my left knee and some sort pain on my right lower abdomen….I guess that’s part of the jungle-speed environment, eh? =P. Which also implies how violent we got. Whee epic battles!...and everyone getting nail polish [Again, Jason post up your photos! =D].

Three things that need to be set in concrete regarding last night’s jungle speed:
1. @JASON- since you got punished 10 times, stay to your word; and we’ll be seeing you with a pink tie at the formal ;). Just be glad you’re not going with anyone, matching colours would be a pain =P
2. @ALL THE OTHER PLAYERS- I believe you’re all coming to school on Tuesday; NAIL POLISH STAYS ON UNTIL THEN. xD
3. @ EVERYONE THAT’S BORED ENOUGH TO READ THIS; If you see us tomorrow; we’re not queer. Oh, and any stupid quotes/pictures you see; its late a night; its like an alcohol, almost >_>


Well, I guess this post is a prologue to the main post; but hooray for more reminiscing!
Things I’ll miss about the routine of going to Ruse:
-Waking up at 6:45 in the morning after hitting the snooze button about 5 times [Or not waking up at all until 7:30...]
-Eating breakfast in the car [Both back when I was being driven + driving now]
- Driving on the same road for 6 years, and getting caught in Bankstown traffic every day.
- Seeing Manbir, Jen and Lee's [and every other P plater's car ] cars parked opposite the school already.
- Signing on at the finger-print system/ going to roll call every morning
- Going to the library and seeing people already there, and homeying about.
- Doing "homework i was meant to do last night but didn't because I ceebs doing so" in the morning, often with the "help" of people =P
- Hearing that familiar sound of the bell going off, symbolising the start of the day.
- Going to class:

• Mrs Bal and her dire need for coffee/chocolate in p1 english =P. And the on-going feud between her and Xining [usually on matrix].
  
• Mr Bal and his general "good, you're done for the day" laid-back attitude in our education =P. And him talking about being "top students" and "if this were a real school, we'd have real equipment" [and real teachers jk xP]
• Mrs. Maitra and her patience in dealing with the rowdy bunch of people thats known as our chem class, as well as her epic -"speed hax through the syllabus" technique [which really works!]. And also note how mank always gives the late note for mawson to forge in these lessons =P
• Mrs. Flannagan and her massive 'jungle books' of notes [honestly, we talk about biology and etc. yet never give a second thought to how many forests we've killed in the process of studying it >_>], and how she overlooks the fact myself and I do hw on the sheet =P. Also how she always says "distingrish"...guess the asianness is affecting her too.
• Mr Perrins and his bri'ish accent, and his epic detachable glasses; I must get meself one of thems when i'm advanced in my years =P. And his general enthusiasm/humour as he teaches maths.
• Oh, and for all the lessons where applicable; watching tina come in with a late note every day; and you'd think living close meant you'd get to school way earlier =P. [Oh wait...*looks at james xu]

- Hanging out with friends under the canteen sails/ next to the english staffroom during recess and lunch.
- Going to the canteen and buying their overly priced foods...and watch how some junior would whore all the hash browns.
- Being the spectator of many a rage-fest/ biatch fight in our maths frees [Names shall remain undisclosed for the fear of denting their future employment opportunities =P]
- Going to the passive area on thursday lunch to take focus; I'll miss you guys!
- Avoiding random hair ruffling from certain year 11 people xP
- Cracking lame jokes/insults with Alan, Chris and HTL, and in recent times, screwing up alan's bag on the daily basis.
- Making a dash for the bus once the 3:05 bell goes off, and pushing and shoving as we tried to squeeze onto the bus [More junior years, hooray senior prio! :D]
- Forming up on the parade ground for cadet days [and subsequent roll marking/ epic fail drill]
- Going to iscf leaders on tuesdays and the actual service on fridays, to be trained, and encouraged week after week.
- Jazz ensemble on friday arvos; seeing Ms. Jenns so passionately take us, and watching Alan sing OOOOOOOOOOOOOH SWIIIIING LOOOOOW.
- Going to maths tutoring straight after, where there would be countless interesting convoes and funny moments happening [mainly from jessie =P]
- Catching the infamous scheetyfail trains home from redfern, and always being entertained by the antics of Bryan's sussness + freaky...glares-smiles? at tian, osbournes hyperactivity/energy, the countless random box puzzles from mx [...shades...of...wagga?], and making a dash together for the train thats due in 1 minute because we've talked too long =P.
-Getting home post 5, and bludging til dinner; and more bludging afterwards [oh right! homework!.....eh, i'll do it tomorrow], msn convoes with more buddies.

And finally,
I'll miss going to sleep at 11pm+, knowing that the next day will be just like the one before; full of fun opportunities, priceless moments and a warm, open environment!


Long post under progress: 80%, length: 7.7 pictures....
Also, they're not going to be anonymous...unless you would like to sort through 40something entries to find out who you are xP. And i know time makes enemies of us all, with hsc coming up
etc.
edit: oh snap! great minds think alike; seems someone else has beaten me to the chase; but its all good :D

Oh...and does this blog actually update on google reader? I get the feeling it lags alot...if thats the case, I might actually move to wordpress [*shock**horror*]...any one want to convince me? =P

But for now, good luck studying, remember to stay healthy and mentally fit as well! And cya tomorrow if you're going to the phys/chem thing!

[Almost] Spring Cleaning

Greetings! Since this is my first "official" post, I might as well make the most of it.

As you are probably aware, I have moved on from my olde live-space [here http://z-hang.spaces.live.com], since this is much more accessible to the wider world, plus I believe this is much easier to add videos/photos.... To all your wordpressers; I think I prefer something i'm more familar with, I don't hate it....though if you can irrefutably, objectively convince me that wordpress > blogger, I might move over to that =). Or maybe I can be like aditi and have one for the wider world, one more private...who knows.

Anyway, stuff to talk about:
This week has been pretty packed, me thinks. Its amazing how teachers are super-efficient at marking trials, asiding english, got all my trials back.
I'm pretty happy with my results in the end, I mean, it could've been worse. And even if I did screw up epically, praise God all the more ^^. Bio and Chem; I can't ask for anything more; though 1/6 in the last question in chem. lols, poor Maitra for having to mark it all...
Phys: Well, since my expectations were low.....WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!!! I PASSED :D. did pretty good in my core; though epically failed [literally] the option. Ah wells, i'm just around to boost the other people =P

Onto other stuff: English speech! Finished at 2am on the day....not that i'm complaining, I was anticipating that from the beginning. I think my "Hurry up and stop procrastinating" system is broken...oh well, I'm going to defy social conventions in my class by NOT burning my visual rep, but letting it live on a whim...since this is the first visual rep I've actually put effort into [*giant sweat drop if you are mrs. bal].
Speech wise; Was it really obvious that I was shaking? Don't know why, but it was just uncontrollable...ah well, no more next time! :D

On the same day; Jazz ensemble! And my first time in ever driving to Castle Hill....Guess the place isn't called the "hills shire" for nothing. [I mean, theres no hobbits at sutherland! >=( ]
Performance was...so-so, sorry for speeding up a bit in the second song =.=.
Before the performance! Psychiatrist: We really need to think up of new diseases, but man, it was so fun xD. If you are reading this Alan, this sentence was made especially...to suit your needs =P jk jk xD.

HOUSEPARTY! We'll be organising it this year, so come come come! It'll be awesome, we've confirmed the location, speaker [Adrian Russell; the dude at church service. Yes I call it church service because "religious" service is just another twist on political correctedness >_>] and our theme for this year; Hope!.

-Brief interval- Check this video out, my thoughts exactly with english creatives; but hey, thats english for ya. [And saw this off simons post]



But yes, whats there to stop an english teacher from giving you a crappy mark just because they themselves had a crappy day? I mean, thats probably why I chose 4 maths and 3 sciences, since at least the guidelines are more objective...*shrug*

C[r]a[p]dets passing out parade on Tuesday! Looking forward to it. Hopefully we won't epically screw up [and by we, i mean us year 12s, many of the juniors are a lost cause =P]

Only a few weeks left of school, from my 6 years at ruse, I feel pretty sad leaving it; Its like the metaphorical Hogwarts; a second home to me. Who knows what uni is going bring; but i'm already bracing for the sudden realisation that my whole perception is going to go POP.

Wow, I'm rambling again, eh, might as well keep going while I have the momentum.

How was uni open day today? Though I didn't go, what was it like? any noteable freebies? =P.

Finally cleaned my room today! Honestly, the place was a bomb-site, I couldn't walkthrough it without having to step carefully.
Spent 4 hours purifying, and slightly sanitising my room[gargh! stupid definitions >_>], vacuumed,added FeCl3 and removed all useless sheets. It's been a while since I last cleaned my room; 5kg [no exaggeration] of sheets and books; this pic was just half of it:

I suppose thats what I get for being lazy; then again, why clean when it'll get dirty again? =P

Heres the before and after of my room:
Before: OK, in my defence, its post-trials, and I never bothered cleaning up anything. And on the upside, at least its not like I have garbage lying around [If you're wondering; those plastic bags are cadet rations in the back]After: There, isn't it all cleaner? =D. Though I personally believe its superfluous to make your bed [unless relatives come, i mean, its a waste of time and energy], here it is. Critisize the flowery design...and...ah never mind >_>

Aaaand. heres my desk before and after: Hooray for the totally neglected pile!
After: I just placed all my textbooks to the side since theres not enough space to fit it on my desk, and i don't have an "official" bookshelf....Guess thats one more thing to do post-hsc.

Eh, apologies for the crappy quality; one more reason why to convince my parents to get a new camera xP.

Is it possible to add your updates onto livespace, like the wordpress people? or is it a wordpress only thing [which, if that be the case, can be used as evidence for the aforementioned wordpress/blogger thing]

Hmm....can't think of anything else to post, so I guess thats all from me, enjoy your weekend everyone! Oh, and I suppose there'll be tonnes more to follow, like blogrolls and stuff [Gimme a shout if u want it on, in case you don't want randoms or something =P. Though I'll add a few, shout if you want off]