My world

Change can be seen as good or bad. Personally, I like change. It keeps me focussed and excited, if nothing ever changed I would get bored. However, I know lots of people who see change as a very bad thing and go to all lengths to avoid change. It took a lot of persuading, for instance to get a certain person to change his glasses having asked for the same frame every year since he was about 10. =| I won. I have experienced lots of changes recently, in life and at school. Some are more dramatic then others but I thought I'd tell you about them anyway.

1. I got a Job. Granted it is at Primark and the pay is probably terrible but after trying for many months to get employed I feel very happy at being offered a chance to earn money. I love Primark; I am a bargain hunter I admit. Until recently I was under the impression that Primark sold horrible clothes for 'chavs' but some friends advised me to go there and now I am a little obsessed. I don't like all the media attention surrounding Primark right now because people seem to think that it is my fault, just because I work for them. If Primark is using child workers I don't see how I could have affected this in any way and I'm pretty sure we aren’t being given the whole picture anyway and people who trust the TV are just stupid. Refusing to go to Primark would just make things worse anyway because the Asian workers would then earn no money, be fired and probably become homeless and starving. There, I said it. I just encouraged slave labour. =|
2. I am now officially a year 12. =D Oh joy, AS levels have started. I guess this is a big change because I am now in the sixth form. I finally get to throw away the horrific burgundy blazers of my youth and step into the smart, navy blue suit which, me being odd, I have already purchased. :D We get to use the sixth room block, can leave school at lunch and will be treated like adults. Of course the work is about to get 100 times harder but I’m sure I'll cope, somehow. Lots of new people have joined our year, which is nice, because I love meeting new people. They are just so refreshing! It surprised me how nice they all were and I really like most of them. One boy basically blanked me but I don't care about him! I was just trying to introduce him to my friend.
3. Minor change, I have had my hair cut! I really like it although I worry that she cut too much off. Every time I go the hairdressers they tell me my hair is uneven, which I don't understand because they are the ones who cut it in the first place. Unlike some people, I am not prone to putting scissors to my hair and prefer to leave it to the professionals so either I have a rare condition where I have stunted growth on the right side of my scalp OR they cut it lop-sided in the first place.

Well that's about all I can think of although I'm sure there are more. Oh yes, I'm getting my contact lenses back and I've found some books I like more then harry potter. Well actually...maybe the same amount. Sorry you had to read all of this garbage and I will try and be funnier next time.

Today I completed my tenth exam. This means I have 5 left and am 2/3 of the way through the process that is my GCSE's.

English was a doddle but really there is no challenge in writing about a few poems. Can't wait till next year when we get to study more texts and better books. :D
Geography was very hard. :( I think I've done ok but Miss Tordoff is scary and if I don't get an A* she will be really mean to me next year in class. :( S
Science has also been surprising with both  of  my unit 3 exams being easier then unit 2. :s

I have a sore throat which is kind of annoying me right now, It hurts to eat. It came on suddenly this after noon which makes me think some one I have been near has passed their pathogens over to me.

The apprentice final is on soon, I really like the apprentice but I'm not sure who I want to win. I am glad Lucinda has gone because she was very annoying. I think Claire or Alex will win. Ales is cute. :)

I have never done anything more mentally draining then Revision. I never thought that I would say that revising something I've already learnt was difficult but I have been having so many problems trying to learn things for Geography I am beginning to panic.

I know the stuff; how hurricanes are formed, why businesses locate in certain areas and the problems facing Tourism in Kenya. That is all very well but 20% of my Exam is case studies! I don't mean just one case study, there are about 20. :| I guess it doesnt sound as bad to people who don't take the subject but in reality,it's hell. Today I was trying to revise the effects of Hurricane Katrina. It started off well, I can say that people were killed and that evacuation took place however the problems I have involve how many people died and how many people were evacuated. Then you have to learn the effects to all the surrounding locations such as Louisiana and Mississippi. I keep reading, high lighting and making notes but nothing goes in, I can't remember a thing!

I wouldn't be so bothered If I didn't have hundreds of other subjects to revise. Religious studies and the dreaded Chemistry! I can't believe I am going to have another two years of this at an even harder level. :'(

I am writing this when I am meant to be working so I best be off! Sorry for the rant. :(

It is odd that I haven't written in a month. I keep thinking about things I could say but everything just seems obsolete.

I've been thinking recently how it's odd that you can feel so happy and so sad at the same time, about the same things. A lot of good things have been happening recently and my exams are going well but then sometimes it seems so pointless. What is the point of trying to make myself happy when in a few days, weeks or months I am going to be depressed and alone again.

I went applying for jobs the other day, I went round the local shopping centre and handed out CVs. So far I have an interview at Primark, the new one opening soon. I might be working for the slave labourers. It will be interesting to watch the dispatches this week, 'The Devil wears Primark'. I imagine it will be even more amusing with this new look on things.

I've been thinking about how many people must actually read this blog? Not very many, I imagine. I think I prefer to think that not many people read these random words then to think that hundreds of people see it. The only people I think will read this will be my close friends or people I mention it to. I guess that this is much better then when I had you tube videos; they were terrible. Don't even think about going to look at them;  I deleted my account!

I am watching the apprentice right now, I am enjoying this series a lot. It's kind of sad to sit here and watch it alone, I'm so used to talking about it to people on Msn or something. It seems a lot of things are changing right now even the apprentice is on at the wrong time (Tuesday instead of Wednesday). I don't really know who I want to win, they are all pretty annoying and up themselves if you ask me. I used to like Raef but he was fired last week, I don't understand why Micheal is still in, hes terrible. I'm still shocked that he claimed to be Jewish but didn't know what kosher was! I guess I'm just an impartial spectator.

So I was sitting at my laptop thinking what my life would be like if I didn't have the internet. I wouldn't know my friends as well as I think I do now, I wouldn't have been able to do my homework as well as I have been able to (When I do it ) and I wouldn't have met a lot of people I care about. I wouldn't be as close to my cousin and most importantly, I would still be watching the mind numbing rubbish that is Soaps. I then got to thinking what it is I love most about the internet, what has done the most for me. This is what I came up with...

1. MSN Messenger. It's free and easier then ringing someone up + you can use you webcam and then people can't trick you.
2. Forums - You can meet other people which is especially good if your real life ones bore you. (Obviously not mine! )
3. Google - So much faster then going to a library and probably gives you more options.
   
4. Online Shopping - For my Lazy Days
5. Catch up Tv - eg. 4OD and BBCI player because I often get distracted and miss tv shows!
6. Music Downloads - Perfectly legal ones of course! Its much better then buying a whole album.
   
7. You Tube - Easiest way to discover amazing talent.
8. Games - I used to get bored of my old ones, now there are millions. :D

"I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see." -
  --  John Burroughs

I saw this  quote today, whilst looking for a new msn name and it made me think, a lot. Sometimes I think so many things that I think I am going to explode, I wonder if a day was longer life would be easier. I often wish I could just walk somewhere, not knowing where I am going, not knowing how long it will take or what I will see. I get so caught up in other things that I don't take enough time to reflect on things which have happened to me.

Today I went to Ikea, it struck me as a great idea to flat pack someone's furniture. From a shops point of view it is possible to store much ore stock if it is flat packed, meaning less chance of products being out of stock and leading to customer satisfaction. It is also useful for the shopper, it is much easier to get the furniture home in your car and it is usually customizable. I also think that it is quite fun assembling the furniture, especially if you do it with other people. I was actually pleasantly surprised to find I enjoyed putting up my new wardrobe, drawers and table with my mum. I then had an Ikea hot dog...which I love. Great day!!!