Behold I have overcome "writers block" and I am back.
The end hath come for cadets. As some people say we fainted - i.e. we passed out. In the five years there it has had its ups and downs.
I liken the cadet experience to a hike - its at its best at the end HAHA. Still they were fun times.
Yeah so in following tradition we had a parade. This time due to ginormous numbers we had THREE platoons rather than the usual two. But whatever still all good.
I got to use my extremely rusty cane drill skillz which hopefully weren't too crap (other people pls confirm hahas). BUT (testipop) for some reason this parade felt waaayyy more fulfilling than the other times. The drum guys were awesome - kept us in time, so we actually looked pretty good.
Hey cadetters did you notice this weird pause just before I called open order march or something like that. That was because I was desperately trying not to laugh at some weirdo stuff up some cadet(s) did or something like that. haha.
AND to V. Tran(sit of Venus) I bet you're reading this:
AAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!! Heres my shout out to you.
Randomness aside I shall continue on this recount like the recounts we did in primary school. Except I wont go "and then blah blah. And then I did this. It was fun. And then I did that." haha
So the highlight was when we entered the hall. As I passed the year 12s I heard some guy go "Xanaduuuuuuuu" HAHAA hi-larious. And then stuff happened like in assemblies, as well as a tremendously out of time inward turn HAHA.
Well Mr. Morris' speech was really relevant to us. The hand of cards metaphor (oh no too much English ho ho ho) was really true.
Anyway the time came for the HTL and me speech of reminiscing. We were up till one in the morning doing this and it wasnt until around 10 minutes before the parade started that we finally finished it. But apparently people liked it so oh well. But I don't think people got all of our jokes/puns like HTL's marching on course - understanding rank thing or like the ANPRC 77 (tonnes) one. bah who cares.
Some things we left out: Major moustache. Some major at AFX 07 who had this humungous handlebar moustache and he talked in this hilarious way. I remember having tears in my eyes cause I was laughing so hard, and also with the effort of holding it in.
FLAGS peoples didnt really get to see you in action in the hall, nice work though. At least there werent any major screwups so all good.
Some small stuffups understandable - after all no one is perfect. I think all yr 12 peoples made at least one mistake.
OK certificate presentation thingy. Haha APPARENTLY some yr 12s were going to yell out "Xanaduuuuuuuu!!!" as I was going up. DAMN they should have =.= It would have been even more memorable (no sarcasm there XD). The cadets decided to clap in time!!! We tell them jokingly to do it, not expecting them to, and then of all times they do it now!! Actually it was pretty funny. XDD
Yeah the parade ended and it was all good. Too bad we had to be dismissed abbreviated style, otherwise I would've had some CSM-y last laugh. Especially to certain cadets.
Yeah after that was the afternoon tea thing. Lotsa foods, not much eaten. I think I only ate like two things and that was it. I was more preoccupied with photoing and also putting the v-finger things (what are they called? xD) in others' shots.
Haha mishmashmosh I think that was my fingers in your photo LOL sorry :P.
AND THEN it was all over. No more cadets. Time flies dammit.
Hey all yr 12 cadets. Lets all give our stuff in at the same time so we flood the Q guys. Its like a initiation test for Q-ies, since we had to go through that last year. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA.
Enough from me for now.
P.S. No one write tl;dr......or else!!!! jk xD
Showing posts with label reminisce. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reminisce. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
Saturday, August 01, 2009
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.
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.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Childhood misconceptions
As the title suggests, I am sure that as little younglings, you may all have had some sort of childhood misconceptions. Here are some of mine:
Feel free to share some of yours, if you wish to, of course.
Oh, and another thing. Why do some shops spell their shop name with shoppe
E.g. Ye olde shoppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppe Haha I knew you'd like that, or maybe not.
- Thought that rendezvous was pronounced ren-dezz-vus instead of ron-day-vooo.
- That batteries were called 'bones'.
- That a car is a living thing that consumes petrol as food.
- That the word for country was 'world'. Allow me to illustrate. Once I went to this guy, and I wanted to know where he came from. "What world are you from?" spake I. And he replied with bewilderment "Uhh, Earth?"
- That plane toilets were extremely scary.
- That Sherlock Holmes actually existed.
- That misshapen was pronounced mish-happen.
- That seat belts were supposed to look like a police officer's sam browne (yes this misconception was formed in Hong Kong where the police used to have sam brownes as part of their uniform).
Feel free to share some of yours, if you wish to, of course.
Oh, and another thing. Why do some shops spell their shop name with shoppe
E.g. Ye olde shoppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppe Haha I knew you'd like that, or maybe not.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Comb binders
Hello again,
As I was trawling through the vast entity known as the WWW, I came across this image
Yes, the binder spines they use in the Citizen Kane / Hamlet study guides things we get at school. Notice how in the top one the prong things are sticking out rather than tucked in behind the spine proper. That is the source of much merriment in and out of English.
Because the prongs-out mode looks absolutely ridiculous, you can annoy someone just by pulling them all out. Naturally, it isn't a good idea to (accidentally or otherwise) dismantle the book in the process. The faster and stealthier you do it, the better. Trust me it doesn't sound like much, but if you do it to the right person, the reaction will be like as if you nuggeted their bag. An easy way to get a bag of laughs, for want of a better phrase.
Bee-tee-double-yew Topher did you notice I did that to your book last Friday? Haha. Or should I say Darth Gaylord?
One day I was reminiscing of bygone years and this came to mind:
Once upon a time, in the year of 2003, a boy who in time would become the Mysterious Stranger, was about to leave his primary school. I happened to chance across one of the classroom computers for the last time, and I, with nothing better to do, browsed in to the My Documents.
To my genuine surprise, I found a file entitled "Alan Gno". No that was not a typo.
I was thinking ???? What on earth?
When I opened I realised it was a 'murder-in-the-classroom' detective puzzle activity a classmate started to make, and never finished. Just like homework plans.
Enough! Perhaps I bore you. I shall desist for now.
As I was trawling through the vast entity known as the WWW, I came across this image
Yes, the binder spines they use in the Citizen Kane / Hamlet study guides things we get at school. Notice how in the top one the prong things are sticking out rather than tucked in behind the spine proper. That is the source of much merriment in and out of English.
Because the prongs-out mode looks absolutely ridiculous, you can annoy someone just by pulling them all out. Naturally, it isn't a good idea to (accidentally or otherwise) dismantle the book in the process. The faster and stealthier you do it, the better. Trust me it doesn't sound like much, but if you do it to the right person, the reaction will be like as if you nuggeted their bag. An easy way to get a bag of laughs, for want of a better phrase.
Bee-tee-double-yew Topher did you notice I did that to your book last Friday? Haha. Or should I say Darth Gaylord?
One day I was reminiscing of bygone years and this came to mind:
Once upon a time, in the year of 2003, a boy who in time would become the Mysterious Stranger, was about to leave his primary school. I happened to chance across one of the classroom computers for the last time, and I, with nothing better to do, browsed in to the My Documents.
To my genuine surprise, I found a file entitled "Alan Gno". No that was not a typo.
I was thinking ???? What on earth?
When I opened I realised it was a 'murder-in-the-classroom' detective puzzle activity a classmate started to make, and never finished. Just like homework plans.
Enough! Perhaps I bore you. I shall desist for now.
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