Greetings 2011.

As I am typing this, i am watching the New Year celebrations happening in New York on my TV screen. Thanks to Foxtel. My source of the outer world.

Sydney started the New Year with a blast. However when it comes to which major city had the best firework presentation, I'm always a little bit bias. Call me a proud Sydney-sider, i guess.

For me, New Years was a quiet one with the family. The champagne glasses filled with my favourite, Verdi. And to add some spunk to it, those flower things that you supposedly add to the bottom of the champagne glass. My surprise was that you can actually eat them.

It was one of those 'Do you think I'm stupid?' moments with Mother.

They reminded my tastebuds of dried apricots. Its the only way I can describe it.

One reporter said something as I watched the countdown in New York that made me relfect. To think about the events that has happened in the past year and to look forward to a new year of the unknown.

Well looking forward to the unknown - as exciting as it seems, is not exactly what I am feeling on this fine first day of the year. Yeah, that's right. I'm not feeling adeventurous this year.

I look back on the past year and there are many things i would change...but I know I can't. What's this? Is it regret? No...maybe...yes. I've always lived (I'm not that old) by the saying of having no regrets but I find myself having this one regret.

Am I doing the 'growing up' ? Who knows.

Now I start 2011 with no certainty in the academic and social aspects of my life.

But I have to ask myself:

Are there other people in the world who are worst off than me?

Yes there are.

A reality check is in order for those who think they got it bad when really its trivial.

So for me, I pray for those who are way more worst off than me because my problems are simply trivial in comparision to theirs.

Well I'm out. 2011, the start of a new decade.

All I want for Christmas is not really what I'm getting

It's always the thought that counts when given a present for your birhtday or Christmas, right?

My mother recently bought me tickets to go to a Bon Jovi's concert for the 19th December. The other two tickets are for my parents. I don't mind going with my parents, I'm not embarrassed. And its not because I don't like Bon Jovi...I'm an AVID FAN of Bon Jovi. And I'm grateful for the tickets, as it would be my first time to see Bon Jovi.

The real reason behind my slight disappointment was that it wasn't exactly what i wanted for Christmas. (what i really wanted was the new nintendo wii pack with the super mario game, to celebrate their 25th anniversary) I'm not sulking. I'm over it now. But it made me wonder...

Just how hard is it for people to find the perfect present for someone you love?

All i can say is, thank God for gift cards.

The Little Collage Up there ^

Just an explanation of the various pictures that i found in google that you can see on the top of this blog.

There are basically a display of my favourite person/music/movie.

Lost is the golden age of Hollywood. Movies that didn't need digital effects or whatever to impress audiences. It was all about natural beauty, no airbrush rubbish at sight. Most presented themselves with the grace that i believe we don't see much today with the exception of some stars (e.g. Meryl Streep) Anyone these days can be famous regardless of what they do.



Music is what i grew up with when i was small, especially classic rock. That's why i appreciate rock bands like Queen, Rolling Stones or Guns n Roses (the list goes on...) and a bit of 80s New Wave on the side. But i also appreciate music of today but not as much as the music that people still remember after 20-30 years. Me being in high school, i'm being surrounded by music which mainly consists of urban background such as Flo Rida or Jay-Z. Don't get me wrong, i like some songs, i'm just not a huge listener to that genre.

However i found myself heading towards the sounds of Lady Gaga, La Roux Owl and Lady Hawke. Not that I mind, it's just what my ears are liking.

Bubble2610 ;)

The Roundtable Of Displeased Students Regarding Holiday Work

Okay, so it's school holidays right now meaning I get to relax my ass off right?

Not completely so.

I've been assigned various works by certain subject teachers (i.e. legal studies, physics and extension history) that is to be completed during these holidays. Now i guess it is the initial reaction for adolescents, like myself to commence the constant complaints to teachers (who, in truth, don't really care) in regards to ruining their holidays. Which i did. But not to their faces of course.

The way i sulk is to wait until lunch time arrives to bring forth my bad news to the group and it is there where i put forward my troubles. But usually I'm not alone. There are others in the same pickle as i am and are in desire of first claim to have their woes being heard first.

As my fellow associates gets themselves settled in their appropriate seats around our usual lunch spot (which consists of four benches in the shape of a square placed in a shady corner might i add) i hold back and start to open the glad wrap around my sandwich.

Once everyone is settled, it is then someone will take the spotlight away from the others and begin to tell their tale. It is then everyone will draw their attention to the orator on stage. Once the first act is finished, everyone battles to be the second act and so on.

After each person is heard and the anger released out of our systems, each competitor tries to play themselves as the worst off for the holidays by emphasising their dilemmas. It is here that our last lunchtime before the two weeks of holidays begins is spent.

It is here that the sound of the bell signals the end of the roundtable.

celebrations for grandpa and the country

yesterday was the 26th January which meant it was Australia Day!

So i just want to say Happy Australia Day to all Australians. ;)

I spent my Australia Day celebrating my grandpa's birthday even though it was on the 25th, it was much more convenient for the rest of the family. *winks*