I know this is right after two recent blog posts, but I feel like doing a bit of a "Who's Laughing Now?" kind of post.
So, it's like midnight-ish and I'm bored, surfing the interwebs and looking at Facebook. There was a post by a friend of mine and this girl commented it. I saw the name and it was this girl who used to bully me. Not so much with like straight out obvious insults, but just little lines which hurt and even tripped me up and pulled my hair, but she did it quite discretely so nobody could see, but I could freaking feel it.
Anyways, I click on her pic, just to see if she's changed at all. And oh my God. What a mess. Bright fake tan, bleached blonde hair, horrible make up, lack of clothes, alcohol in the hand and a stupid pose on her face. I just instantly laughed. From what I've heard, she's got a reputation of being a skank, too. She looks awful and I doubt she will get a proper relationship like that. I know it's kind of stereotyping, but not really because she has done this herself. She makes this reputation herself. I remember a rumor about her once which I would have been beyond ashamed of if I were her. So ashamed, I'd transfer schools.
This girl has always looked down on me, thinking she is better than me and I should practically "worship" her. But I know a lot of girls like her and they don't get a very happy ending because they are classed as "easy", "skanky" and "predictable".
Seeing her, and all the other girls that have turned out like her, is shocking about how they think their actions and everything is good and think that's what girls are expected to do. I swear, boys may like that, but men don't. Lads, think about it, do you want to be in a relationship with someone with such a bad reputation and who isn't very trustworthy? Because if I were a guy, I would not want something like that.
Those type of girls used to put me down and make it out like I was some other species and take the mickey out of me and make me feel like I was worthless. But now I've learnt that they are the ones who lack the worth (does that make sense?) and I can be worth something. More than they are, anyway. Getting on with your work and doing good is worth it in the end, no matter how "nerdy" or "geeky" it seems. I could end up with a high paid job by the end of it, and they could be working in a shit tip or even on the dole.
So, to all the skanks who thought they were better than me, you are a whore. Sort yourself out while you can and make something of your life. Yeah, you YOLO, so don't screw it up.
Peace and shizz. oxoxo
Monday, 27 August 2012
Start of a New Chapter
Hey guys,
With all the rage I had in my last blog post, I forgot to say how Results Day went. Anyway, all I'm going to say is that I had a C in Media which was completely unexpected considering the school didn't bother giving me revision and I had it of another girl in a Welsh school who didn't need the English revision notes. As much as my school has a good reputation, it was very poor with regards to helping the students on reduced time tables, such as myself. With English- the grade I needed to get into college- I had a D, purely because my English teacher didn't turn up to do the Speaking and Listening assessment with me, so they gave me a G. A G? How unfair is that? I didn't sit it because of her, so therefore... I got a G.
The day after results day, my mother and I had to go to confirm my lessons in college. Now, I thought I wouldn't be able to get in because I didn't have English, but that wasn't the problem. The college were great. They were confused about how the school could do that with my English and rang a few different places, but they didn't tell me what happened. Since I wanted to take Media Studies and I did have the C, they said that was okay and I could take photography in the day instead of English because it's not like necessary for me to take it. I could have taken it, but they said because I'm coming back into mainstream education, I might find it pressurising to have English as well as my other subjects and I could have more frees if I didn't take it. So I didn't take it.
I absolutely love my time table and I am really looking forward to starting next week. Here's my time table:
So yeah. That's it, really. My mother took me out to buy new clothes since we don't wear uniform. I'm really excited and it's awesome how relaxed the college is.
With all the rage I had in my last blog post, I forgot to say how Results Day went. Anyway, all I'm going to say is that I had a C in Media which was completely unexpected considering the school didn't bother giving me revision and I had it of another girl in a Welsh school who didn't need the English revision notes. As much as my school has a good reputation, it was very poor with regards to helping the students on reduced time tables, such as myself. With English- the grade I needed to get into college- I had a D, purely because my English teacher didn't turn up to do the Speaking and Listening assessment with me, so they gave me a G. A G? How unfair is that? I didn't sit it because of her, so therefore... I got a G.
The day after results day, my mother and I had to go to confirm my lessons in college. Now, I thought I wouldn't be able to get in because I didn't have English, but that wasn't the problem. The college were great. They were confused about how the school could do that with my English and rang a few different places, but they didn't tell me what happened. Since I wanted to take Media Studies and I did have the C, they said that was okay and I could take photography in the day instead of English because it's not like necessary for me to take it. I could have taken it, but they said because I'm coming back into mainstream education, I might find it pressurising to have English as well as my other subjects and I could have more frees if I didn't take it. So I didn't take it.
I absolutely love my time table and I am really looking forward to starting next week. Here's my time table:
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| Look at all the free lessons! And no lessons Wednesday! |
See ya.
Saturday, 25 August 2012
Charity Comes From the Heart
Hey,
So most of you have probably heard of the website ask.fm where you can be asked questions, right? Despite the fact that I don't really use those sites, my friend Demi (check out her blog, it's awesome!) used it a lot on Twitter and I fancied having a go because I was bored. I had the usual questions, some weird ones and some perverted ones. Then I recieved this: "Why do you do charity work? Just be selfish! Make the bastards look after themselves."
My reply?
"I'm appalled by this. I do it because there are people in this world who physically can't look after themselves and because I have abilities to get off my backside, walk, talk, listen and all that, I can do something on their behalf. I can't physically go and look after people, but I can help raise the funds for professionals. I don't want to be selfish. It also makes me feel good and forget the problems in my life because people are terminally ill or sleeping rough."
How disgusting is this? I mean, if you don't want to do charity work, then fair enough, but telling others to be selfish and "make the bastards look after themselves" is horrible! Don't they know the meaning of the term "charity"? In case anyone else doesn't or just to remind people, here is the Wikipedia definition for it:
The practice of charity means the voluntary giving of help to those in need who are not related to the giver.
Charitable giving is the act of giving money, goods or time to the unfortunate, either directly or by means of a charitable trust or other worthy cause. Charitable giving as a religious act or duty is referred to as alms giving or alms. The name stems from the most obvious expression of the virtue of charity is giving the objects of it the means they need to survive.
The poor, particularly widows and orphans, and the sick and disabled, are generally regarded as the proper objects of charity. Some groups regard charity as being properly directed toward other members of their group. Although giving to those nearly connected to oneself is sometimes called charity—as in the saying "Charity begins at home" -- normally charity denotes giving to those not related, with filial piety and like terms for supporting one's family and friends. Indeed, treating those related to the giver as if they were strangers in need of charity has led to the figure of speech "as cold as charity" -- providing for one's relatives as if they were strangers, without affection.
There's a lot more under the definition, but I feel this is enough for you here.
In the definition, it states "The poor, particularly widows and orphans, and the sick and disabled, are generally regarded as the proper objects of charity."
Look at the words I have highlighted. This is what each word means, for those who don't know:
Sick: (See illness) Illness (sometimes referred to as ill-health or ailment) is a state of poor health. Illness is sometimes considered another word for disease. Others maintain that fine distinctions exist. Some have described illness as the subjective perception by a patient of an objectively defined disease.
Widows: A widow is a woman whose spouse or significant other has died, while a widower is a man whose spouse or significant other has died. The state of having lost one's spouse to death is termed widowhood or occasionally viduity. The adjective form is widowed. The treatment of widows around the world varies, but unequal benefits and treatment generally received by widows versus widowers globally has spurred an interest in the issue by human rights activists.
Orphan: An orphan (from the Greek ὀρφανός[1]) is a child permanently bereaved of or abandoned by his or her parents.[2][3] In common usage, only a child who has lost both parents is called an orphan. When referring to animals, only the mother's condition is usually relevant. If she has gone, the offspring is an orphan, regardless of the fathers condition.[4] Adults can also be referred to as orphans, or "adult orphans".
Poor: an adjective related to a state of poverty, low quality or pity.
So most of you have probably heard of the website ask.fm where you can be asked questions, right? Despite the fact that I don't really use those sites, my friend Demi (check out her blog, it's awesome!) used it a lot on Twitter and I fancied having a go because I was bored. I had the usual questions, some weird ones and some perverted ones. Then I recieved this: "Why do you do charity work? Just be selfish! Make the bastards look after themselves."
My reply?
"I'm appalled by this. I do it because there are people in this world who physically can't look after themselves and because I have abilities to get off my backside, walk, talk, listen and all that, I can do something on their behalf. I can't physically go and look after people, but I can help raise the funds for professionals. I don't want to be selfish. It also makes me feel good and forget the problems in my life because people are terminally ill or sleeping rough."
How disgusting is this? I mean, if you don't want to do charity work, then fair enough, but telling others to be selfish and "make the bastards look after themselves" is horrible! Don't they know the meaning of the term "charity"? In case anyone else doesn't or just to remind people, here is the Wikipedia definition for it:
The practice of charity means the voluntary giving of help to those in need who are not related to the giver.
Charitable giving is the act of giving money, goods or time to the unfortunate, either directly or by means of a charitable trust or other worthy cause. Charitable giving as a religious act or duty is referred to as alms giving or alms. The name stems from the most obvious expression of the virtue of charity is giving the objects of it the means they need to survive.
The poor, particularly widows and orphans, and the sick and disabled, are generally regarded as the proper objects of charity. Some groups regard charity as being properly directed toward other members of their group. Although giving to those nearly connected to oneself is sometimes called charity—as in the saying "Charity begins at home" -- normally charity denotes giving to those not related, with filial piety and like terms for supporting one's family and friends. Indeed, treating those related to the giver as if they were strangers in need of charity has led to the figure of speech "as cold as charity" -- providing for one's relatives as if they were strangers, without affection.
There's a lot more under the definition, but I feel this is enough for you here.
In the definition, it states "The poor, particularly widows and orphans, and the sick and disabled, are generally regarded as the proper objects of charity."
Look at the words I have highlighted. This is what each word means, for those who don't know:
Sick: (See illness) Illness (sometimes referred to as ill-health or ailment) is a state of poor health. Illness is sometimes considered another word for disease. Others maintain that fine distinctions exist. Some have described illness as the subjective perception by a patient of an objectively defined disease.
Widows: A widow is a woman whose spouse or significant other has died, while a widower is a man whose spouse or significant other has died. The state of having lost one's spouse to death is termed widowhood or occasionally viduity. The adjective form is widowed. The treatment of widows around the world varies, but unequal benefits and treatment generally received by widows versus widowers globally has spurred an interest in the issue by human rights activists.
Orphan: An orphan (from the Greek ὀρφανός[1]) is a child permanently bereaved of or abandoned by his or her parents.[2][3] In common usage, only a child who has lost both parents is called an orphan. When referring to animals, only the mother's condition is usually relevant. If she has gone, the offspring is an orphan, regardless of the fathers condition.[4] Adults can also be referred to as orphans, or "adult orphans".
Disabled: A disability may be physical, cognitive, mental, sensory, emotional, developmental or some combination of these. A disability may be present from birth, or occur during a person's lifetime.
All of the above means that a person being one (or more) of the above mean they need help. Their lives have been disrupted from "the norm" by either physical issues or pain from loss. They need help.
Charity is one of the lessons we can give ourselves in humanity. To be on the receiving end of charity is also an amazing experience, to know that there are people who do not look down on you and want to help. In my opinion, Charity is one of the core parts of any community because it is the link between all sorts of "cliques" and recognizing them as being of equal value as human beings. Without charity you can not have a proper community because everyone is only looking to benefit themselves.
There's so much more I could say about charity, but you should find out for yourself and take part in it. If you ever think it is stupid, that's your opinion, but before you decide that's your opinion, open your eyes and heart and understand what it is and why people do it.
So yeah....
All of the above means that a person being one (or more) of the above mean they need help. Their lives have been disrupted from "the norm" by either physical issues or pain from loss. They need help.
Charity is one of the lessons we can give ourselves in humanity. To be on the receiving end of charity is also an amazing experience, to know that there are people who do not look down on you and want to help. In my opinion, Charity is one of the core parts of any community because it is the link between all sorts of "cliques" and recognizing them as being of equal value as human beings. Without charity you can not have a proper community because everyone is only looking to benefit themselves.
There's so much more I could say about charity, but you should find out for yourself and take part in it. If you ever think it is stupid, that's your opinion, but before you decide that's your opinion, open your eyes and heart and understand what it is and why people do it.
So yeah....
Tuesday, 21 August 2012
Sun Setting For Another Summer
Chello there,
So, summer is practically over. Even though I still have next week, but I don't really have much time to relax- it's all getting ready for college... if I even get the grades. I only need a C in English and I'm in. As you can probably guess, I'm dreading results day. I hate getting results for any exams- even spelling tests which count for nothing at all, they're to test you on your vocab for the subject. I still dread it. And I am not putting my results up on the internet whatsoever. No way, no how.
I'm in Porthcawl right now at my sister's house. We're off to a firework display tonight which should be pretty fu- oh.. it just started pissing down with rain. Beautiful. *Sigh* I guess we shall be changing our plans tonight, then. But it's sunny,too, so maybe we can still go over to Hi Tide or something. I hate when it rains when you've got plans involving outside. Hmph.
By the way, are you living in RCT? Fancy coming to my Coffee Morning for Macmillan? It's got live entertainment, knitting lessons, free internet access, nail art, wii games and much more, so it'd be awesome if you could make it!
Hmm... the weather seems to be lightening up a bit right now so maybe tonight will go on after all.
Eugh, I have ran out of words that will make sensible sentences for this blog.
Tra..
x
So, summer is practically over. Even though I still have next week, but I don't really have much time to relax- it's all getting ready for college... if I even get the grades. I only need a C in English and I'm in. As you can probably guess, I'm dreading results day. I hate getting results for any exams- even spelling tests which count for nothing at all, they're to test you on your vocab for the subject. I still dread it. And I am not putting my results up on the internet whatsoever. No way, no how.
I'm in Porthcawl right now at my sister's house. We're off to a firework display tonight which should be pretty fu- oh.. it just started pissing down with rain. Beautiful. *Sigh* I guess we shall be changing our plans tonight, then. But it's sunny,too, so maybe we can still go over to Hi Tide or something. I hate when it rains when you've got plans involving outside. Hmph.
By the way, are you living in RCT? Fancy coming to my Coffee Morning for Macmillan? It's got live entertainment, knitting lessons, free internet access, nail art, wii games and much more, so it'd be awesome if you could make it!
Hmm... the weather seems to be lightening up a bit right now so maybe tonight will go on after all.
Eugh, I have ran out of words that will make sensible sentences for this blog.
Tra..
x
Wednesday, 8 August 2012
Sori, dwi ddim yn siarad gymraeg!
Hello there!
So, Saturday, I went to the Eisteddfod with CLIC! Wanna know how it went? Well, tough, I'm telling you anyway...
I met with Jess and Cat at Cardiff Queen St at 8:45 and we went to pick up CLICDan whilst en route to the Vale of Glamorgan — the Eisteddfod destination for the day (week/year... whatever). It was my first time at the Eisteddfod and once we arrived, the view was breathtaking. It looked so amazing and very lively. It seemed as though everyone could speak Welsh, so I felt out of place due to the fact that I lack this ability, but Dan can barely speak it and Jess only a tiny bit, so that was fine and Cat was our translator for the day.
We arrived at our tent where the CLIC stand was for the day and set up before going to get a cuppa and plan our day ahead. We looked around whilst filming different parts of the day and saw a number of things. From food stalls to stores and from a plane (yes, a plane which flies... it didn’t fly today though. Sadly.) to a lot of Welsh talent such as choirs, musicians and so much more. The atmosphere was amazing and you could really feel the Welsh culture — be it modern or good, ol’ fashioned.
There were a variety of stalls; enough to satisfy everyone: university stalls ideal for students and young people considering where to go next in their career and higher education paths, there were information stalls which could help you in so many ways (health, career, hobbies,etc). The BBC even had a tent with all things relating to BBC Wales and had a tardis, dalek and other Dr Who-y things.
The food at the Eisteddfod was expensive, but I guess that's how they make their money considering everyone needs food and drink and it was a very long day to go without. I had a pizza which was £6 but it was really nice. There were a lot of different food stalls so there was a big choice to choose from. The Eisteddfod is such a big event and I think you should be prepared so here are some things we recommend you need if you are to attend this one or any future Eisteddfods:
Footwear: wellies and/or snow boots are ideal because there's a lot of mud and you could slip on the plastic that you walk on. Converse, Vans or flats are a big no-no because they will be ruined
Bring a coat, even if it seems sunny: When we arrived, Jess and I thought that because it was sunny, we wouldn't need coats, so we left them in the car. Obviously, we forgot that weather has the ability to change throughout the day and it poured down towards the end of the day
Money: there's so much there to buy and food is expensive. I'd recommend £10 per person for food (not including snacks) and then as much spending money as you wish
Visiting: I think that because there is so much to do, you should try to visit more than one day to see everything. There's too much to do for a one day visit!
The whole day was brilliant and I absolutely loved it there. I would highly recommend you to go to the Eisteddfod even if you can't speak Welsh because they are all bilingual people so if you tell them you can't speak Welsh, they will happily speak English for you.
Massive thanks to CLIC for the brilliant day!
Gotta be honest, I can speak a bit of Welsh. Just less when I'm put on the spot. Like, doing my work in school, I could write it down no problem. I could figure out sentences easily. I think I can write it better than saying it and understanding it when listening to it. But I remember for all my speaking exams, I wrote out my pieces with like half an hour to go before the lesson ended, so I started revising. I can't remember it well, either. I have to drill it into my head. Some people can look once or twice and remember it easily. I wish I could do that!
Tomorrow I'm off to the dentist again because my teeth hate me. So I need to get them sorted so they aren't so sensitive. Big tip for you: never buy Asda's own popcorn. It's broken two of my teeth! Little word of warning for you. Hopefully Ryan and Danielle will be visiting on Friday. I love it when they visit!
I'm off. I'm bored.
Byeeee!x
Friday, 3 August 2012
My Disney Lists!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
I can't WAIT for December 26th! For I shall be returning home! My second home that is. My home that is Disneyland Paris! And since I am so excited, to keep me occupied for now, I'm making lists of things to do and whatnot and since I have nowhere else to put them, I'm plonking them on here.
Things to do in the Disney Villiage
Frontierland
I can't WAIT for December 26th! For I shall be returning home! My second home that is. My home that is Disneyland Paris! And since I am so excited, to keep me occupied for now, I'm making lists of things to do and whatnot and since I have nowhere else to put them, I'm plonking them on here.
Things to do in the Disney Villiage
- Planet Hollywood (A MUST)
- Have an Elvis - The King Banana Split with Gran
- Go to the 100% Rock'n'Roll night in Billy Bob's on Wednesday
- Go to Line Dancing on Thursday (Need to see Gran doing that! And Bob!)
- Go on the PanoraMagique Balloon with Dad to take photos
- Get the 20th Anniversary book (Disney Geek)
Things to do in the Disneyland Park
Fantasyland
- Peter Pan (fave ride there!)
- It's a Small World
- Snow White
- Pinocchio
- Take photos up in the Sleeping Beauty Castle
- Dumbo
- Mad Hatter's Tea Cups
- Casey Jr
- Big Thunder Mountain (Try not to scream in anyone's ear)
- Phantom Manor
- Buy bracelets from the store
Adventureland
- Pirates of the Caribbean
- La Cabine Des Robinson
- Pirates Beach
- Star Tours
- Captain EO
- Buzz Lightyear's Lazer Blast
- It's Dance Time... In Discoveryland
Main Street USA
- SHOP!
Things to do in Walt Disney Studios
- Animagique
- Art of Disney Animation
- Flying Carpets over Agrabah
- Cinemagique
- Stitch Live
- Studio Tram Tour
- Lilo & Stitch Catch the Wave Party
- Disney Studio 1
- Walt Disney TV Studios (in Production Courtyard)
- Armageddon Special Effects
- Toy Story Soldiers Parachute Drop
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