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February 20, 2009 at 7:16 am | Posted in Life, music | 2 Comments
Tags: Elvis, Facebook, Friends, Party

I know I said I wanted to go out more…but this weekend I would much rather stay home. I have a bunch of homework and many lost hours of sleep to catch up on. But instead, tomorrow I will be attending a party.

I use the word party in the loosest sense of the word. I’m not really sure what it is. Because, you see, I received the invitation on facebook yesterday and was told by another friend that I can come even though it wasn’t her party.

God I miss the days when invitations came on paper and avoided any confusion. I should also add that this is a seeing-a-movie-in-the-middle-of-the-day party and not a drink-until-you-pass-out party, which in this case, would probably be preferable.

I haven’t even got him a present yet. Guys are impossibly hard to buy for. I really have no clue. And i’m not very financial at the moment, and i have a sneaking suspicion it will be a pay you own party.

In other news, I was listening to one my mum’s old Elvis tapes and came across this song. Elvis has some great songs, but this wasn’t one of them. Enjoy.

Maths And Other Disasters

August 25, 2008 at 10:17 am | Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment
Tags: Friends, Life, school

My friend Jackson is a funny one. He’s strangely intense about things. It is almost impossible to tell if he’s being serious or not.Some strange things do come out of his mouth and I often find myself hoping that he is joking or at least being sarcastic. Sadly he is usually dead serious.

He’s the kind of guy who goes on about how smart he is and how much he studies and how many practice essays he has written. Yet when it comes to the tests, he gets a B at best(not that there’s anything wrong with that but with all his bragging it is pretty funny).

We do share one thing in common though: an incredible lack of mathematical skills.

We both do general maths together. While I attempt the work(usually while listening to music,mind you), he draws imaginary countries in his book. In the past he has asked me where to locate capital cities etc. And yes, he was being serious. Anyway today in maths he was reading through a book about jobs and interviews etc. This led to the following conversation:

Maths Teacher in think Asian accent) what’s wrong with you jackson?

Jackson: I’m doing something that is more important than maths. I’m planning my future.

Maths Teacher: You’re planning your future in my class? In my class?

Sad thing was, both of them were being serious…

An update on the school situation: I didn’t get into the nerd school. Slightly disappointing but maybe it’s for better. Also, I wish my school would stop hiring incompitent English teachers.