Speckled Green

Ok, Ok, Ok, it isn’t that bad, but hey! I can still act like it is! But then again, I’m not that bothered. Anyways, first day of school, and it’s one of those mornings when I don’t want to get up…. my normal first day of school year/term (me asking myself over and over and over and over and over and over again if I have forgotten anything….) go to the bus stop to wait for the bus. Low and behold (who came up with that expression anyway?) THE BUS WAS EARLY TODAY!!!! Amazing… and I’m used to busses being late like always. Anyways, half way through Bella Vista there was road works, so the bus driver took a detour, and went straight to Crestwood High, missing like 10 people along the way. I feel sorry for those year 12s and 11s. Read more »

Happy Birthday to Australian Colonisation.

Today, as you all know, is Australia day, and also the Indian Republic Day (not too sure about that one though).

As I’m so bored, I just want to comment on 2 games. Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfare; its not overly good. Reloading is like a cheap FPS, the ammo/clips count is slightly retarded, and the guns are weird. The graphics are rather lacking (a Black Hawk heli had this large rod sticking out the front… wonder what that is…) and the vehicles and bombs blow-up weird… I’ve seen PC graphics nearly as good as or better than that… probably why they made the Xbox 360 and PS3….

And then there’s Advance Wars: Dark Conflict. The game is similar the the past games, but is now set in a totally different world (I think it might be a different planet! but who knows…). Recent metor storms have wiped out 90% of the world popultation blah blah blah. There’s total chaos, and you’re trying to get some order back and stop a plot blah blah blah, all the usual stuff. For those of you who like the older games and characters, be prepared to get used to new ones. Also there’s new units, terrains, battle animation, way of giving orders, view, in fact, the whole lot has been revamped! Kinda annoying when I’m used to the old system…. but that’s enough of me complaining about a game i’ve only played for a few minutes. Kinda funny how I have the game before it’s in Australia…

Yesterday I went to Sean’s place to meet up with an old school friend and to play maple story. Speaking honestly, I can see how it can be so addicting, but seriously, is it really that good? Maybe it’s just my internet. Anyways, we got to do a good deal of stuff, and we did actually go outside twice for some fresh air. We also stuck all the computers into a network and were sharing out music files and programs. Anyways, remembering that it’s Wednesday reminds me of there only being a week till school……. which is starting to freak me out because I don’t want to do work again, I’m feeling too lazy to. I remember saying to myself how in the hols my mind isn’t supposed to do much more thinking than to work out how to finish a level in a game, but NO, my mum has to make me study…. well, that’s me complaining. Like normal. I always seem to be talking about the negative of things……………

I seemed like just 2 weeks ago we started our holidays, and now it seems it nearly over… well, that’s me not being greatful for the 5 1/2 weeks of holidays.

As for any new year’s resolution, I think I might’ve come up with one or two I know I can actually probably keep. The first one is to be a better person, both as a christian and as a general person. The second would be to actually remember my friends birthdays (although I think I might fail that one in the first 2 weeks of school…). Or maybe to not tell a serious lie which has every intention to purposely mislead someone and is not a joke…. but when do I tell those?

Anyways, thinking about school reminds me that I have to make a checklist of the things that I have to get…… I always say to myself when I head off to the bus stop “Now, what have I forgotten today?” Unfortunately, I normally remember it after I’m on the bus or at school….. And that’s my *ahem* ‘perfect’ memory. Actually, my memory is terible. I either have to be actually paying attention to you to remember what you said, or have it riddled into my mind something like 100 times for me to remember it…

No, seriously, I want to know. Is being a guy who’s 14 and only 5′ 4 normal, or is it (as in my opinion) short for my age?

I mean, there are people younger than me who are taller than me (Simon Kim and my cousin are good examples). But I’ve always been short for my age, at least when compared to the people in my class.

hmph……..

This post marks a few things for me. Today, my grandparents (my mother’s side) will be returning from their annual 3 month holiday to China and Hong Kong. It’ll be great to see them agian.  Another thing it reminds me about is the haircut I got yesterday. After having longer hair for a while, the cut feel short, but truth be told, it’s not as short as my last cut (and for that I’m greatful).

Also, I return to thinking about how soon I’ll have to go back to school. Thinking about school gives me mixed feelings… this year I’ll be making more friends (hopefully) as a mingle with other people from other classes with the electives. Not that I should have anything to worry about,… but….
I don’t know… maybe I’m just worrying too much. But this year we’ll be doing electives, FINALLY! YAY! I wonder how this is going to go. We’ve been told they can be really fun, but if you pick one that doesn’t suit you/you don’t like.. it might not be as enjoyable. I remember last year how everyone was frantic to see what classes they were in. Which reminds me of how my mum is getting me to work harder this year. No slacking off like last year. I mean, school isn’t even starting for 3 weeks or so, and already I’m behind on some work that I was set…

Anyways, someday soon, I’ll be changing things on the site. My current homepage will be changing to one I’ve based on a few sites off the net that I liked. Also, I’ll be getting a new domain name… I’m not sure of what to call it, but one I like at the moment is Pressing-On.net. I don’t know when I’ll buy the new domain name, but I’ll probably will have bought it by the end of Term 1. I’ve still got a bit of work to do to add stuff to the site template/theme though, so it mightn’t look the best for a while.

Thinking of school reminds me yet again of my friends who I (saddly) haven’t talked to much over the hols. That’s one of the few things I really miss about school. The fun you have with your friends everyday. And how games feel so much more relieving druing the school term than in the hols! Also, Soul Purpose will be interesting this year, as the Yr 12s are no longer there, and the new Yr 12s are going to be a bit busy half the time. And apparently this year the new leaders are going to be taken fromYr 9. As there are only, what, 12 or so of us that go regularly, there isn’t much of a problem of choice, not that we don’t like a bigger leadership team… Despite all my aprehensions about the classes next year, I bet the year 2008 will be the best year of my life yet.

Note-to-self: Actually make a New Year’s Resolution or two.

It seems just every week I’m at some sort of party or get together this Chrismas holidays. Just yesterday we had some friends over, my ‘aunty’ Amy and ‘uncle’ Nelson and their daughters, Anna and Melisa, for dinner (no, we didn’t eat them). We had good fun talking, playing games, playing table tennis (it’s a good sport), sitting around, and eating dinner. I even tried teaching Anna about how to snake in Mario Kart (she can’t seem to do mini-turbos that well… despite having the game for over a year). It wasn’t till 9:30 that they left, which was a shame, but, after a while, my mum finally got me to bed (not too hard… it’s getting me to sleep that might be the hardest part).

The next day, (today) I get up early (for my holiday sleeping times, that is) to get my dad up and get him (i thought I’d be kind) and made him breakfast in bed (but by then, he was up and having a shower, talk about getting up quick) and got my mum tea. Then, half an hour later, a man from doors plus turns up and starts putting in the new front door. Now, this isn’t anything special, except the fact that my dad got me to get up early (because I seem to always do acording to them), but the fact that my mum and dad ‘appreciate’ the $2’000 or so door for half an hour, commenting on every tiny detail of it, while I’m stuck there, listening to them talk about it…. that’s the annoying part. Good thing I could get that out of my system now.

So, we went to our friends’ place, where we were the first to arrive….. so Kenneth and I went swimming. Their pool was solar heated, so it wasn’t freezing when we went in. After half an hour, Benjamin and his sister Lelina arrived, and they got in the pool with us, and there was also our host’s daughter Lauren in there (aparently she loves the pool, but she can’t yet swim properly, she’s only a few years old). So we ended up playing around with an inflatable duck-shaped raft, namely my brother fending off us trying to take it off him, and also throwing beach balls at each other. After 2 hours, we all got out of the pool (it was 9 by then!), dried up and got changed, ready for the start of dinner. By then, There was our hosts (can’t remeber how to spell their name), the Chia’s, another lady from church, a neighbour and us. We had all brought a dish of our own to share around, and we all picked our food and started eating. Then, finally (they had to drop their grandmother off at the airport, or so they said), the Zables arrived, and that brought the loud but fun Joseph and and his talkative sister to the table, which was fun.

After dinner, we all the children went to another part of the house to talk. Alot of the talking was by Joseph and Benjamin talking about things that had happened to them and their friends, with Kenneth and I listening. The girls were keeping Lauren entertained… she likes board games. After a while, we had pulled out our mobiles, and were comparing them, and then Joseph started complaing how his sister gets $100 free credit with her new phone, while he’s stuck with a cheap on.. not that he really cares. He then was using his sister’s phone to text one of his friends from youth, and we all were telling him what to put, or just reading what he put, waiting for the reply.. (oh, Joseph can be such a prankster sometimes…). Later some more friends arrived, after coming back from the city watching the 9 o’clock fireworks. Desert, and also with some of our host’s family now present. Ice-cream and watermelon, custard pastries and a few other deserts… mmmhhh…. Back to more talking, and then soon… the one minute countdown…. and then 12 minutes of fireworks while we cheer the new year! All the while through it, we were commenting on how the Greens party contributed 20% of the effort to it, and about how much greenhouse gasses it must be giving off, and just think about everywhere else in the world! That’s Kyoto out the window… (I know Kyoto has nothing to do with celebrations, but, still…). So after the fireworks, we all say happy New Year to each other, and we all get ready to leave, one by one. It was a good Night/Morning. When I finally get to bed, it’s 1 in the morning…. and I wake up at 6……………… sometimes I hate my body clock.