The (hobbit) Shire

Guten tag my friends,

As our last school term commences, it is timely for...

REMINISCING HAHA yeah going back to the past to make sense of the present or whatever that pile of BS it was when we did Heaney in 3U.

So if you don't have time and/or you don't want to be regaled with tales from the MS's past, then skip the next several paragraphs.

Many years ago I lived in the Shire haha. Not the Lord of the Rings Shire. I am referring to the Sutherland Shire. This is in the far south of Sydney. (Z-hang should know).

If you thought places like Bankstown and Hurstville were far south then you're WRONG (quote Iverach). The Shire by far beats it. (NB unlike LOTR where that Shire is actually towards the north of Middle earth - if I remember correctly)

Anyway, I was looking up where I used to live in (Miranda) on Wiki. Here is what I found:


















See the beige-y light coloured apartments on the left hand side of the photo. Believe it or not I used to live there when I came to Australia long long ago haha.

So, the Shire. The things I remember most are few and far between. Amongst them was that they changed the colour scheme of the council logo from Captain Cook on white background to Captain Cook on yellow background.

And, after talking to Z-hang and others, the INFAMOUS FIVE WAYS XD

OK this is famous - for the wrong reasons. Or should I say was famous.

This was a horrendously humungous roundabout (yeah the one that cars go on xD) where all five roads going in had at least 4 lanes (so two either way). Just think five Pennant Hills Roads going into the same roundabout. It was so big that it needed these really special traffic lights that had signs that changed depending on whether it was red or green light. Actually there was no green light, just a space where its meant to be, because I think no light implies green light in that case. And it was big enough for the island in the middle to have a tiny forest's worth of trees.

Anyway eventually they razed the forest to the ground, dug up the island and turned it into a five-ways intersection. Apparently accident levels dropped off to almost nothing.

Onto other things...

UMAT was on Wednesday. Was not too good, was not too bad. With things like this, it seems like you could always have done it better. Maybe thats just me.

But do you know what's ridiculous? The fact that some people CONTINUALLY dwell on the exam. Stuff like "What did you put for this question? Oh no I got it wrong." blah blah blah etcetera etcetera etcetera. It's over. There's nothing you can do to change what has happened. Unless you have a time machine or something which you don't.

Yes it is high-stakes. But once its over its over. You'll probably do yourself more harm by moping over it.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

OK, some people when they see this may think: Why don't you mind your own business? That is, the dweller's dwelling is their own business. BUT the problem is, their "discussions" are actually pretty loud so you can't really hide.

If you notice me in exams, the moment we get dismissed I zoom out of the room like there's no tomorrow. Reason: to escape the dwellers who will make everyone around them feel as crap as they do. Try it some day. Haha now I am just rambling.

Speaking of exams, Good Luck everyone in their trial studying. Don't overstudy! xD Because that blew up in my face so spectacularly for Ag. E.g. of overstudy: Staring at notes the moment before you enter the room of doom (aka the exam room), having already looked at them almost continually for the past week. At the same time don't not study haha yes it is tempting.

That's enough from me for now. And now I leave you with this:





The opening to Casino Royale ( James Bond). Personally one of my more favourite Bond movies. This opening is pretty awesome. Sort of reminds me of "The Shot" the Ted Hughes poem, due to the bullet motif etc.