Oh...I just figured that anyone who reads my blog long enough would figure that I'm a whiner and complain too much about actually having readers since there's about some....million other blogs out in the blogosphere (which one can easily become lost in)....
The purpose for all that is that I'm interested in writing (whether as a serious hobby or a profession)..and when I write here, I pump my soul into it (of course I usually skimp on a lot of details cause I'm trying to avoid anything being made TOO public about my life) so when I write...and write...and write..about seemingly random things...then about serious things....and then just..nothing comes of it.
-Bah..you probably think I'm complaining again, don't you ? Well no-one asked you ! H-hey ! Come back ! *tear*
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Reasons come out.
Beautiful.
Growing depressed.
Well...I'm not considering whether or not I should discontinue my blog. I've stuck with it faithfully (for the most part) since May...and have yet to see any vast improvement on anything.
Maybe I'm just being impatient but I think 8 months and some over 50 posts would at least bring in one reader...
Some blogs take years to reach their full potential...the question is...am I willing ?
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Ok...screw the countdown clock then...who needs it ? Stupid thing keeps resetting after I leave the page....
New Templates..fun.
After Levi's persistant nagging, I've finally changed the old shoddy template I had for one with some colours. This one is called Light Shards, thanks to Pyzam...
I also got a countdown clock..think of the fun I'll have =D
Exams...
Yet again, exams are back around (which is what I'll use as my excuse this time)...I got through a few already, just gotta hold out till next week (oh joy)....
Monday, November 16, 2009
First time ? French bloggery ?
Ok...I know that the last post sucked terribly...and that my French teacher would probably cry if she saw that...she would shout, " After all I've taught you !! You give me this ! " ..... well...not really.....
But...practice makes you better (not perfect)...right ? So that's one step closer to somewhere I want to be....complete fluency in English and French. That's not my only dream though....after I want to learn Japanese, Spanish and Latin (in that order).....any other languages can come after that....maybe German...
C'est le premiere fois....
Euh....maintenant, aprés mon cours de français (L'Alliance Française)....je veux ecrit (ou essaye de ecrit) en français.....
Bof....je veux practique mon francais (parce que je suis plus fort en parler que ecrire) mais....c'est trés difficile <_< ........quel dommage !
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Now I'm sick ?
Well then...someone passed the cold to me ? (or my immune system just sucks)
I know it's a cold because it started with runny nose and a sore throat....classic tell-tale signs of the cold...not swine flu.....
Monday, November 9, 2009
Blog help...
Ok...I've come to the sudden realization (ok...I've known this for a while but...) that my blog's design and most everything about it...sucks <_<
What am I gonna do about this ? No idea...
Oh...wait....I'm probably gonna ask Levi...and whoever else I CAN get help from (since everyone uses Twitter now...)...
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Day 4 : Comp definately over
Well....Levi must've went to the hospital or something because that's two days ?
Get well soon, bud.
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Day 3 : Competiton Over ?
Well...after putting up the last post, I decided to check what Levi had put up for Thursday and Friday......Thursday...something about books all teens should read and his Christmas wish list....Friday... ?... Wait...where's Friday ?
Does this mean that it's off ? Or did he go to school, go to extra classes, visit someone at the hospital, eat (at a restaurant), go to church, dance pratice, singing recitals, football game and then finally go home ?
It's more likely the first...
Friday, November 6, 2009
Day 2 : Not particularly in the mood...
I don't really feel like writing anything today....but if I don't, that means I lose the competition...and if I count this as my post..... that might be a "just because" post and wouldn't count..therefore putting me out....
Thinking about it...what exactly IS a "just because" blog....what would it sound like ? " I'm writing this just because I have to = "
Maybe the rules of this competition aren't set out well enough....what if one of us has school...then extra classes, then has to visit somone in the hospital...then eat (at a restaurant) and by the time they reach home...it's after midnight ? Or if one party just....dies ?
Think about that Levi...srsly ?
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Day 1 : The Competition Begins...
So...I'm just hanging out on Skype (postponing doing my homework...shame) and start talking to Levi, a friend of mines from school....
He questions if I've given up on my blog... my response ? NEVER !!!! (ok...maybe not that emotive but well....emotive enough)
He then suggests a challenge..."Post on your blog at least once a day, whoever lets a whole day past first without posting...loses. "
Another rule that he quickly came up with was no "just because" (generic) posts....
Well...here's his Blog to keep up on the challenge (which I'm sure no one's following except for us =/ )
http://differenttriniguy.blogspot.com/
Monday, November 2, 2009
New games ? Always fun.
You know...since it's late and I have nothing better to do really (except listen to music and write on my personal *not published* Journal)...I figured it'd be fun if I just added something to my blog (which no one probably reads in the first place <_< )...
Well....school's back out (since September).....and people have alot to tell me about their vacations and their recent discoveries in.....LIFE.... and all that other stuff...
From Sorean (/Soren ? Sorrel ? Soorrz ? Supermario ?) (I'm pretty sure it's the last one...) -
Shoddy Battle - Yes...it's Shoddy Battle ! What is this you ask ? Well...I don't know ! That's why I'm gonna Google it while you wait !........................................................................................................................................................
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Well...I just went on Google Images (<<<<< free advertising....) and saw that Shoddy Battle is some sort of Online Pokemon game........
Um....ok ? Wow.....fun.......nice......right......ok...... (Wow...that just drained all excitement from me..)
Yeah....I think I'll put the other one as a seperate post....after I've recovered from this......"exciting" discovery....
Halloween Post. (Belated)
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Those links
Hopefully, this should encourange my friends to keep their resolves strong....
http://itstheoveractivemind.blogspot.com/2009_06_01_archive.html
http://pomigranate.blogspot.com/
Check them out and don't forget to rate, comment and subscribe.. (wait...I mean....follow and comment)
Monday, October 19, 2009
The greatest lapse that ever occured....(still a lie)
Oh...wait....I wrote a new story (might be 2..again, I forgot)....so I'll post that as soon as I get it....
I'm also trying to keep my resolve strong to finish my other story... (maybe I'll do like all the other writers and put it up in parts....while I'm writing that should give me some good new ideas...and then I'll become famous (or at least have my books/stories selling well)....and I'll have a legion of fans with which I can take over the world....or at least part of it.....
Btw anyone who reads this should check out my friends, they're really good and need all the support they can get.....
Hm...getting some technical difficulty with the comp, so I guess I'll have to put up the links later before I get blamed for messing up their already shoddy computer.
The greatest lapse that ever happened...(lie)
Well....all my readers (even if I'm the only one :'( ) are probably wondering where the hell I've been for the past few weeks ( month ? )....well..I've been busy in Form 5...doing my Form 5 work....Form 5 slacking off...and all the other Form 5 stuff..
And then....um.....that's about it, I suppose... I got lazy with lessons and school to come on my blog.... shame....
A lot has happened though (despite the laziness)...I've made some new friends (new friends/readers are always good) (y).....I....*draws a blank*......I forgot *stares blankly into space*......
Wow...
I feel kinda sucky that I haven't written anything on any of the 3 blogs I generally post for (I'm a writing partner for failtalityblog.blogspot.com , check it out)...for the past month, was it ?
Well, that's about to change (maybe) since I gots new lessons at the Alliance again. Woot !
That also means that I have even less of a social life but isn't that what school and lessons are for ?
Hm...I'll probably cheat and use another post to describe what happened between my last post and this one...
So...that's 2 for October already ?
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
First day of Form 5
I felt as though I've accomplished something to have made it this far...so I can look at someone in the eye and say... " I'm in Miami B!tch "....well...maybe not that (LMFAO - I'm In Miami B!tch, check it out).....but something to that extent....
First day back out to school....can't say it was good.....very boring rather....and it's only going to get worse.....
They started with a assembly that nearly put me to sleep....then announced that the classes were going to be 15 minutes a piece...meaning that the school day would span from 9:00am to 12:30pm....that was probably the best news all day....
I went onto my classes...completely unaware of where to go....blah, blah...boring....blah...french....blah blah blah....business....blah...different teacher....blah...physics...boring....blah....math....blah...the day's over....blah....
Sunday, August 30, 2009
The Last Night...
The last day didn't go exactly as planned, it would've been some trouble for Ronald and Jonathan to come to take us out, so instead Karina came..
While the adults chatted and caught up, I played Wii Play and Wii Sports with Ricardo and Santiago, I won a few times (lol)
When we left (Karina, her bf, Iris, me and my mum) we went to HyperJumbo with the only plan being to have churros, but since a couple of us were hungry, we went for cachapas first, it had cheese (of course)....
We went for churros and I still remained undefeated as the churro king (el rey del churro)....I only managed to have 4 though (which was still more than everyone else)..
-------------------------------Skipping down to that night---------------------------
We went on to Manuel's apartment to check out a CD I made and to chat with Joselyn. While there, we were introduced to Rebecca and...her friend whose name I forget....
When we went down, Joselyn said that Manuel and the other guy were going to buy cigarettes and asked if we wanted to come..
I was blown over with a respect I never had for my mum when she agreed...
We got into the car, Rebecca giving me eyes all the time, and drove to the shop nearby and instead of going back home, we went onto another apartment/condo complex..
We were introduced to some more people (whose names I'm sure I've forgotten already) and we were asked if we wanted something to drink... I didn't want to get a hangover, so I declined...
More people came and we were introduced to them each time (I'm still sure I forgot most of their names)..
Everyone quickly separated into two groups.....those who spoke spanish.....and those who spoke and understood english....or tried to, at least.....
Shame Rebecca wasn't on the english side.......and that I wasn't about to cross over either....
Alexssandra and her near-mute english-speaking bf were interested in learning english and coming to Trinidad, so she kept most of the conversation going....all the while, Rebecca kept making eyes at me...
I mostly said nothing unless there was something my mum needed help with to translate but still had a good time.
Alexssandra made comparisons between me and her bf, in the sense that both of us were silent most of the time...
I took some pictures and talked with Joselyn a bit.....then midnight struck and we had to go...my mum wanted us to get some rest for the flight....
I say," Rest ?! Who needs it ?! "...
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Time difference (Venezuela)
I forgot to mention that Venezuela is half-hour behind Trinidad...so adjust the times of the posts...
Venezuela schedule revisited (weekend)
Friday = Maracay (the city we're currently in)
Saturday = Edit : Downtown Tumerrow (sp?) (Tumerrow : The suburbs of Maracay, which is the capital of Aragua, which is a state in Venezuela...riight.) and then we're going out with some more friends; Ronald, Jonathan and Karina.
Sunday = Getting ready to go back to "reality"....*sigh* damn <_<
Arepas with Joselyn
It's exactly as the title says, before Joselyn left last night, she told us to meet her after work tomorrow....we were out at the mall (William, my mum and I)...so we missed her....
When we came back though, we had to make a call..so on our way back (in Venezuela, it's some expensive to call from network to network, so some people make a business to rent phones so you can make calls at a cheaper rate (don't ask how that works, it just does) ) we saw Carlos (Joselyn's brother) on a motorcycle (lots of them in Venezuela)..
We said hey and asked him where his sister was, he told us to follow him and he took us to his condo, and after they put up their dogs (chihuahuas, little killers lol)... we were allowed in...
Joselyn was surprised and happy to see us..and kept asking us to excuse the clutter in the house since her mum wasn't there to help her clean up after her brother and bf (damn..)...
She immediately asked us if we tasted arepas in Venezuela already (which we've been eating everyday since we arrived).... and then asked if we wanted to tasted arepas that she made, although we just had arepas less than an hour ago, we couldn't decline her (or at least..I couldn't)...we said that we'd have one each since we just ate and she got right to it..
Her brother started making something like a chocolate milkshake and her bf went out for a smoke...
She also made scrambled eggs (can't remember what they call it in spanish) to eat with the arepas.
While we waited for the arepas to finish, she showed us some pictures of her parents and of herself and her brother when they were younger (no shame, apparently..)...she also showed us her dad's military cap and his red beret.
Carlos talked to us (asking Joselyn to translate regularly) about sports..football, baseball, volleyball, tennisball (wait...what ?)..and we told them about cricket (since that's the only sport that they don't have)....it was sorta hard to explain though.....
The arepas were ready at this point and we sat down to eat..
When we were done, we started talking (again)...this time about Joselyn visiting Trinidad to learn english, but it too hot and Joselyn suggested we go outside...
We didn't get to where they were taking us because my mum said that we needed to turn in early for tomorrow....it's 12:44am now....early ? Riiiight.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
I've Got A Feeling...
....that tonight's gonna be a good night.
And it was. That line is from one of my new favourite songs, "I've Got A Feeling" by Black Eyed Peas.
Tonight was sorta more exciting compared to most other nights where I'd just chill (maybe play some WiiSports) and wait until I can start blogging about what went on that day...
Today started pretty much the same....being woken up early and told that everyone else was ready and waiting on me *sigh*......and then it started.....
We drove down to Caracas (the capital of Venezuela, did I mention that already ?)....where we parked and walked to the Subway to go to Chaucao....that brings up the point that Caracas has 7 million people...it's summer....and it's about midday.....think of the fun we will have....
It wasn't close to rush-hour but the streets and subway station had a good bit of people hustling and bustling from place to place...kind of reminds me of New York...when I was there, at least...
We got on the subway (which was packed) and got off at the second (/third?) stop in Chaucao....all of us got out, led by William giving out directions.
We continued on to another mall (passing through a smaller one along the way which had some kind of inflated children's slide in the middle) called Sambil, looking at the different stores....like we usually do, expect that we didn't split up this time...so we ended up stopped at a lot more clothing stores and the like....
Passing a cinema in the mall, we stopped again and William said to me,"If you want to see girls, you need to go to the cinema"...seeing a group of about 7 girls behind him...and several more further behind...I saw that there was no way he could be wrong...
Iris screwed her face and said,"They're all young, like 12...13"....walking away, I told Iris that they looked closer to my age...so while the others continued walking, she took me back to them, convinced that she was right.....she picked one and conversed with her quickly (while some of the others snuck looks in my direction) and then a shocked expression came from the girl she was talking to...she said,"Thanks" ("Gracias") and we left them to wonder what just went on....
Iris was taking to long so I asked her what the girl said....with a somewhat defeated expression, she said that the girl was 15....
We continued on to Wendy's for lunch and then to the Hard Rock cafe to take some pictures...
It was getting late and Ricardo and Santiago (William and Iris' children) were getting tired so we decided that we'd leave while there was still sunlight...
We headed home and talked about that I should become a rapper....maybe I'd be 51 cents...or 49 cents...doesn't matter....
After we got home, I decided to go for a walk...I walked around the whole complex in a short time...and was back...it was too short...
I decided that I'd go for another walk; my mum decided to come with me..on the way, we saw a couple of girls and a dude who looked about my age or a bit younger hanging out near a small shelter, so we decided we'd go talk to them....cause some destruction while we're still here...
We started talking to them, introducing ourselves and the like, and soon found out that the girls spoke a bit of english, making it a hell of a lot easier for us......
It wasn't long before more people came (all guys)....and the numbers just went up from 3 to 6.....to 7....to 12....to about 15 of us just talking (we were talking to Maria and Joselyn mainly)...and everytime someone came, we were introduced to them, not sure if I can remember all the names though...Anival, Carlos, Manuel, Leo, Sergio, Andrea (another girl)...and alot more... (lol)
Some of the guys left, along with Maria *tear* (jk), but not before we swapped e-mails and numbers with Maria and Joselyn (noice).
We continued talking with Joselyn....found out that Leo came back from the hospital recently from gun-shot wounds.....and that Andrea was really 14 (she looked about 20-something..wth ?)....and then not too long after, they were back...with (more) cigerettes, coke (coca-cola) and alcho..
Joselyn had to go because she had to work in the morning, so we decided that we'd head home too (I don't mind partying...but I still don't speak spanish).....
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Colonia Tovar
After being woken up early (about 9)...I immediately got ready to go to Colonia Tovar (not Colonial)....
We had a little wait though because we were waiting for some repair-guy who came to fix the AC..but forgot some tool..so he had to go back. Failure.
Some more time passed before we got a call saying that he wasn't coming...the hell ?
We left, with some tension in the air for some other reason I couldn't pick up..I hoped it would clear soon.
We had an even longer drive than to go to Metropolis or even to go to William and Iris' home...over the highway, through a neighbourhood and then starting to go up the mountains...this is where the long drive came in...
After a while, the air became frosty and it was sorta cold even though the sun was up (it was about 11am/12pm)...
I started taking some pictures of the mountains, and soon after, we came up to a look-out point (where you can also convienently(sp?) buy souvenirs (sp?))...we stopped in, looked over to the strawberry plantations, took some pictures, and then we were off again...
We continued going up the mountain, (I thought it would have no end) and finally...we started going down...it wasn't long before we came across some buildings...and then....a sign that said, " Bienvenidos a Colonia Tovar " (Welcome to Colonia Tovar)....the buildings were.....well, I'm no architech, but I think they looked german-ish....
We parked and started looking and walking about (did I mention that Colonia Tovar is on a mountain ? So, it's not like the other *flat* German towns ?).....Most of the things being sold were either souvenirs of little German dolls, keychains, magnets, noise-makers or food (caramel sticks, meringues, cookies...)...I expected that this is the closest I'd be to some real germans (there aren't many in Trinidad)...but everyone spoke spanish (of course, how else are they gonna sell stuff ?)..so I wasn't able to tell if the people selling were German...plus...I don't speak spanish so I couldn't ask them....and it didn't occur to me to ask Iris or William about that....oh well... (hopefully my readers wouldn't laugh too much at my stupidity/single-mindedness)
We stopped near a restaurant and checked out some food on sale (german sausage and the like)....I even got a picture with the "German" barmaid there....
Things went pretty much normal.....looked around, took pictures, bought some souvenirs, ate, took some more pictures with "German" barmaids....the usual *sarcasm*....
The places I visited and placed I'm going to visit:
Last Sunday = Airport
Monday = Hiper Jumbo
Tuesday = Market, Supermarket (SuperLider), Metropolis
Wednesday = Colonia Tovar
Thursday = Caracas, the subways, one of the malls there.
Friday = (I can't remember)
Saturday = Metropolis again.
Sunday = Getting ready to go back to "reality"
A Master Plan (Pt 3)
Right..I forgot to mention the conspiracy with the arepas, we were driving to the supermarket and William pointed out a silo for the corn which they use to make arepas, he then spontaneously said that we should kidnap the person at the top of that company, and that'll lead the the government crumbling, leaving us to take charge over Venezuela...I agreed, thinking it was a good idea. He mentioned that at the loss of Venezuela, that Chavez will cry...I was definately in for making a grown man cry..especially a government leader.
I then added that since Venezuela is big on cheese...we can take a war to France, and completely wipe out their forces, William thought that it was a good plan.
My destiny to take out the heads of government from Venezuela...France...Trinidad...and then the world is to happen soon.....look out.....
(Btw : I am not actually part of any conspiracy or any anti-arepa movement..just to clear that up)
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
A Master Plan (Pt 2)
The golfeados....were interesting. I was confused for the most part. They were like cinnamon rolls (minus the rolls) and white cheese to the top, and something that looked, felt and tasted like apple to the bottom (it was something with sugar cane..I can't remember...). I took a cautious bite...it was soft from the cheese...somewhat firm in the middle (like a pastry) and soft and sticky from the sugar cane/apple to the bottom....
The taste was even more confusing....it was sweet for the most part and had a salty taste from the cheese.
My mum liked it more than me, so after I took a few more bites, I passed it to her (all cool and smooth-like).
After, I was ready for something to get rid of the confusion in my mouth, so I took some Bs F (Bolivares Fuertes), and headed for the counter...I stopped before I reached the counter and realized that I would have to speak spanish to ask for what I wanted.
At that point, William and Iris were encouraging me to get it myself, so I managed to make it through without embarassing myself too much.
When I came back sucessful, they applauded me and I felt somewhat proud of myself that I was able to use a bit of survival skills.
We decided to split up, Iris and my mum left (of course) to check out clothes and jewelry (of course)...and me and William left to check out everything else.
I think William likes messing with me because when we passed some ladies (in their mid-twenties, most being attractive for the most part) spraying samples of perfume and cologne, he stopped by one of them spraying cologne and told her something too soft for me to hear, she offered to give me a sample, so I thought," Why not ? " .....after she did, he told me to tell her what I think... ?! It was a little awkward just standing there, looking at each other, not knowing what to say until he finally told me how to say, " I like the scent. " (or something along those lines anyway)...she said something in english, probably wasn't important because I can't remember....
We went on checking out some of the new cameras, dvds, churros.....normal stuff (lol), all the while William was telling me that since no one knows me in Venezuela and that I don't speak spanish, that I can afford to make a few "mistakes"...
When we were on the 3rd floor (I think)....I saw a music store I wanted to check out, so I directed William towards it.
I saw some bands I recognized, My Chemical Romace, Paramore and Metallica..surprisingly, they had a lot in stock...
A sales clerk (in her early twenties, with long brown hair and really nice eyes) started hovering over me, I started to move to the other aisle but William stopped her and said something in spanish that was too quick and too soft for me to understand.
She turned her attention to me and explain that the aisle I was just on mainly had bands by english-speaking people (Paramore, etc.)....and the other had a combination of english and spanish (...or something)...she asked me which one I was more interested in....I turned to William and he told me to give her an answer.....I thought about some of the "mistakes" he outlined and bravely said,"Es usted muy bonita" (translated : "You're very beautiful")....she started gushing, blushing and giggling while another clerk seemed to want to know what was going on, she managed to say,"Gracias." (translated : "Thank you/Thanks") between the giggles....then....she still wanted an answer to her original question, I wasn't ready for the other "mistake" William told me about..so I just said that I was more interested in the english bands (through a manner of pointing and using words I was somewhat familiar with).....she handed me some CDs by AC/DC, another by MCR and one by a band I haven't heard of....
I asked her if there was any Limp Bizkit and she seemed happy to show me (as if she was interested in it as well)....I didn't recognize any of the songs (I only know 3 songs tbh) so I handed it back to her, she put her arm around me to direct me to some more CDs..I could tell that William was smiling at that....
I felt ready to move on, not wanting to spoil the "relationship" I had with the sales clerk, plus although I knew some of the bands, I didn't know alot of the songs...and money was kind of short...so I tried to tell her, " Thanks, that's all for now. " but she didn't understand, so she led me to William and asked me to tell him what I wanted....
Things got a little awkward when he thought I was talking about a band by that name ("Thanks, That's All For Now" ? Might not be a bad band...)....after he understood, he told me to say something that meant," Thanks, I'll be back.".....I repeated and after a few bad tries, she understood....she giggled again softly and we left...as I looked back, I saw her approaching the other sales clerk (epic gossip)....
The rest of the time at the mall was pretty much quiet.... we met up with Iris and my mum, had a hotdog at "Ball And Dog" (which menu comprises of "Baby Dog", "Big Baby", "Big Dog", "Red Dog", "Big Red", "Turkey Dog ", "Tremendog" and a few others), then we looked around at a few more stores and finally we left at about 7:30pm....
Can't wait for Colonia Tovar tomorrow....maybe I'll make a few more "mistakes" along the way....
A Master Plan
Today, along with Iris and William (and my mum), I found out that my destiny is to help (or lead) in a conspiracy to take over the arepa mills in Venezuela which will lead to the total control of South America.
I'll start at the beginning though... today, we went to the market, and I found out that the markets here (or at least the one I went to) are much different to those in Trinidad (or most in the Caribbean, for that matter), inside of boiling in the hot sun while being crowded by tens of thousands of people, it was indoor, with fans and even a trolley (a basket with a length of rope tied onto it)....some things were different (most everything's different but some things exceed my expectations) like for instance, if you wanted to buy corn, you'd have to peel it yourself, snap off the ends and throw it in your basket/trolley...I had to do this for "experience".
We had to make a quick stop home, so we dropped off Iris and my mum to go wandering about the town (most likely checking out clothes...as usual)
After we met up (near to a clothing stores, no less), we drove to the supermarket and picked up some stuff...then we went back home to drop off everything and to have lunch....I fell asleep so I missed it...
I got up some time after and found out that we were going out again (it was about 2pm)....on our way to the mall (we were originally going to "Colonia Tovar"
A little while after, we were at the "Seniat"(I think that's what it's called. Edit : It's called Metropolis) mall in Valencia, which is also the biggest mall in Venezuela, 4 floors which put Trincity Mall to shame.
We entered through the ground floor and the first thing I noticed was a car in the smack middle of the mall, probably to be won through some contest, we didn't stop to check....
We continued walking and William stopped us at a food outlet called "Don Golfeado" where you can get some sort of...sweet...salty....dessert....appropriately called "Golfeado", he ordered one for me and my mum to try, while we waited, I saw one of the best ways to waste money..some kind of coin vortex where you drop your coins into it and it makes some spins around a large plastic....funnel-like....blue.....thing (it's something you have to see..and waste money in).... Iris dropped in a coin and it made what seemed to be a normal circle, going around and around...until it finally reached the centre..
I had some Trinidadian coins so I decided to test it with two five-cent pieces, one for me and one for my mum...
I dropped mine in and it made a few wide spins before going right into the centre...the people nearby were NOT impressed. Fail.
My mum dropped hers and it also made some wide spins but it missed the centre completely and kept spinning in wide circles, over and over again, and when it finally reached the centre, it spun in really fast circles in the centre and after about a minute, it was finally finished, the people looked and smiled at her Win.
A few moments after...the golfeados were ready...
Monday, August 24, 2009
Different Sights And Sounds
Tonight, along with Iris and William (the friends of me and my mum's) , we went to one of the nearby malls, "HiperJumbo" (their malls close at around 10 or 11pm....nice), and it was..just like a mall, but there were a lot of spanish-speaking people..of course. Lots of stores I've never seen before, obviously....lots of teenagers looking just like they do in a spanish teenage sitcom series..posers, emos,nerds,the whole social line-up....
When we went, Iris and William had to make a phone call (they have these kinda phone booth things in the mall) ..since I wasn't waiting with them my mum proceeded in dragging me along with her to every feminine shop in sight (as with any mall, there were a few), while she looked around and gaped, I stood outside and took in the sights.
There were alot of things to see, but I mostly looked at all the different people, their attitudes toward each other and blah....blah...blah...blah.
I spotted a churro outlet and we stopped by to get some ("a churro sometimes referred to as a Spanish doughnut, are fried-dough pastry-based snacks, sometimes made from potato dough, that originated in Spain" - Wikipedia), I expected that you'd get just one when you ordered (I didn't order so..well...)...so I was suprised when we got 14 chocolate and something like caramel covered churros.... I downed 6 and everyone else split the rest (lol)....
The rest of the time at the mall was very quiet..or as quiet as it gets, walking around, looking at the different stores, talking, laughing and making jokes...
We're supposed to be going to another mall (or market) tomorrow....I can't wait...(no sarcasm intended)
Venezuela !
Yup, I'm in Venezuela right now (which is 7 miles South-West from Trinidad), just chilling with some friends of me and my mum's...
I haven't seen spanish since early last year. This should be fun.
How it started :
My mum announced to me Saturday night that we'd be going to Venezuela on Sunday evening...and bam, we're here. Of course, seeing that neither of us speak Spanish that well, it was a lot more than just "bam"...getting out of the airport was the hardest part....hardly anyone spoke english and my mum refused to ask for help from any of the other english-speaking tourists...lucky for us, they knew what to do and quickly went on and left us to fend for ourselves *sarcasm*....
After we struggled our way through customs, we met the cousin of our friends' at the "Oh La La !" restuarant and we were off, my arms were feeling as if they were about the come right off from the build-up of lactic acid (PE/Biology/Acidology term)...
We had a long drive to make...about 2 hours worth. It was about 8pm when we started and I had to fight to stay up (I went to sleep at about 1am that morning and had to get up early for church at about 6:30am..fun)...I managed to make it without nodding off for longer than 3 minutes... during which I had an interesting dream (the details aren't important though....heh ^_^;; )..... and well....airport..........bam......no english speaking people......"Oh La La!"......long drive.....
After the long drive, we arrived at our friends' house...and the first thing that happened ? Arepas ! We had them with grated white cheese and another with a special mixture including white cheese, ketchup, mayo and "diablito" (which is a special kind of gelatin/jam)...it was really interesting, I think I'll stick to yellow cheese though.
Well, it's only Monday, I'll be back home next Sunday (30th), so I plan to make the most of the time I have, exploring Venezuela,the culture and the nightlife..heh.
A continuation to "My Boring Vacation"
Well then...not a lot has happened since the last time I wrote, I'm still ignoring my stories...I'm still being bored everyday....I got Midnight Club : LA...does that count as something new ? Probably not....
I thought this vacation would be the worst ever until....
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
A new disease..
Coming back from my forced, mandatory (is that repetitive ? I don't really care..) classes for Chemistry and Advanced Math, I noticed something...I always saw it...but never really took it on...
There is a new disease in Trinidad (it's probably been there for a while..but this is the first I'm really taking notice)......this new disease goes by the name of obesity (for those of you who still don't know what obesity is..I'm not your damned dictionary)
Now...I'm not prejudice against people who are obese..but the number of them is beginning to be worrisome, I would admit that the numbers decreased from last year (I think...I wasn't taking notice then)....but it's still a lot.
I think it's time that people worldwide started slimming down...not through chemicals that most likely don't work but.....another way...which I don't know of yet...
(Yeah..I just said what anyone can about obesity..but these are just my views...or the views of thousands..take your pick)
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Kaiba's Go Through The Duel
I was thinking about the silence that's currently killing my blog..and I decided that I'd post something to break that silence...
Kaiba's Go Through The Duel...it's freaking awesome lol
I have no fixation with Kaiba or with Yu-Gi-Oh, but this video is too funny to ignore, and if you can watch the whole thing without losing your sanity...you're worthy of a pat on the back...and a free trip to the asylum.
I'll post more videos like these whenever the blog seems to be getting dry.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Under... " My Boring Vacation "
Wow...I need to do something interesting....
It's only the second real week..but besides 3 new books, inFamous (can't play it now anyway, we have a guest until..sometime), going down the islands and going to a play (wait..did I forget to mention that ?).....absolutely nothing has happened.....
I need..to go..out....
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Lessons during vacation... is it torture ?
Well...I've been on vacation since last....(hm, it appears that I've forgotten already)...Tuesday...and today I came to the shock of the realization that I'll be having lessons ("lessons" being a tutor for those of you who don't know) during this Summer Vacation.....
WTH ?
That is something that should never be done...never.
My life was controlled enough by lessons while I was in school...so...why not bring it to vacation too ?! *sarcasm*
During school... it was...
French on Mondays and Wednesdays.
Maths and Advanced Math on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
and Physics and Chemistry on Saturdays...for 4 hours.... Epic Fail.
But now..during vacation, I have no known schedule but I'll be having all of those exlcluding French...at least I get a break from SOMETHING...
Seeing my lack of free time while school's going on AND while it's out is a FML moment... so...
FML..
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Down The Islands...
Yesterday, I went down the islands (for those of you who don't know.. down the islands = small islands which surround the coast of Trinidad) and it was pretty fun.
I went with my church, so the fun was limited but I still had fun anyway (not like I ever have fun so it doesn't matter).
I got to invite a friend and Simone, a long time friend of mines, got to come..kewl...bring on the craziness.
In the line, she made fun of this other grrl's clothes behind her back saying what she should and shouldn't wear.
The DJ thought it'd be a good idea to play "The Love Boat" while more than half of the crowd who were waiting to get on weren't actually ON the boat....smooth (you can feel the sarcasm dripping off that word.).
Danielle, friend to Simone and myself, came up to us with 2 grrls I've never seen before (both younger than me) and tried to ask for a spot in line.
( inFamous moment : If I give them a space in line, that means that all the other people would be inconvienced...but if I don't they might get pissed at me for the rest of the trip... )
Well..we didn't give them a space in line (Good Actions give you a good reputation)...because they forgot they tickets.....but we probably would've given them the space anyway (Evil Actions tarnish your good reputation)
After some talking and more talking, they got "Temporary Tickets" and when we were going through (Me, my mom, Simone, Danielle, her 2 cousins, her mom, dad and sister.)...
Somehow, they got through first...with "Temporary Tickets" (how did that even work ?).... but either way we got through and after a loose security check-point...we were in the boat.
The boat was the "Treasure Princess" (or somefin like that), it had 3 levels, and while it wasn't the cruise I was supposed to go on aboard the Caribbean Princess, it was still pretty cool.
We started moving and they were still playing "Love Boat". This was seriously getting on my nerves at this point, but I did my best to ignore it (and it worked, until some kid started blowing a whistle really loudly).
Someone probably made a complaint because at last they changed the song, everyone started cheering, except maybe for some lady who was dancing and encouraging others to dance with her...weird.
Simone, Danielle, her two cousins and myself went to the rail at the edge of the boat and began looking over into the sea.
Either there were rough waves or the music intoxicated them because Simone began leaning on me, practically pushing me onto the other cruise-goers (3 other grrls)...I didn't want to make them feel uncomfortable so I just put my arm around Simone's shoulder, she didn't even seem to notice, although, Danielle looked at me directly in my face, made me feel uncomfortable..so before a minute passed, my arm was gone.
The rest of the trip to the island, Chacachacare (can you even pronounce that ?), was uneventful for the most part, so I'll exclude it.
At the island, there were two areas we could've gone to...there was a clearing that wasn't too far from the boat but not many people gathered...and there was a bigger area further from the boat, but had lots of trees for shade and had the beach nearby so more people gathered there.
Sadly, when we got there, things took one bad turn after another... First, we found out that the Nature Walk had been cancelled because the boat left late.. an hour late to be exact...
I wanted to go in the water..but couldn't because I had no towel. (I had bathing trunks...but no towel, there HAS to be something wrong with me) and the beach arobics were cancelled (doesn't matter cause I wasn't going to that even if they payed me)...
I spent most of the time either talking with other people who didn't go in the water for one reason or the other...
Then it was time to go.....
The ride up was mostly eneventful, except that the seas were rougher.. one thing happened though....
We were on the bridge (top level of the boat) and I was sitting, talking to Garth about some of my "problems".... and then Simone calls me next to her, then..she and Haley(Danielle's older cousin) link their arms in mine and tell me to dance, I step with them a few times before pulling away.
I don't mind having 2 grrls link their arms in mine...but dancing....that's something completely different...
I can't wait to go down the islands again (maybe I'll actually remember to pack my towel).....
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
New Books !
I decided that this needed its on post so here it is...
Over the weekend I got 3 new books :
Cross
Double Cross
and Vampire Academy
Technically, I got "Cross" and "Vampire Academy" yesterday..but it doesn't matter...
I didn't know that much about "Cross" or "Vampire Academy" but they seem good.
How I found out about " Double Cross " was really strange though...at least in my opinion.
I saw it advertise on TV last year and decided I had to check it out, after all it DID have TWO psycho killers chasing one guy....fun.
To me, this was, and still is, strange because, as far as I know, they don't really put out money to advertise books..I guess they decided to do something different (although now when I look for it, I can't find it on Youtube)
I finished Vampire Academy earlier today at around 1:35pm (finished it in less than a day, which is a sort of an achievement for me because usually I take at least 3 days to read a book that size)..
What shocks me though is how some parts of it remind me of my own story (the main one I'm working on)... "Dimitri Belikov" reminds me of one of my characters "Bishop Luine"....and then the whole school-life concept (which I'm doing for my story)...I've never actually seen it, so it'll be good to base mines of it, although I'm not doing "Vampires" (Spoiler : Bishop is one though), " Slavic Art", "Precalculus" (wth ?) or "Moroi Culture" (only readers'll understand this)...
Let's see how fast I can finish "Double Cross"...
Somehow..it doesn't taste as sweet..
Well, I'm finally free from school..but, like my title...it isn't as awesome as I thought it would've been...maybe it's cause nothing's happened yet...maybe nothing will happen, and I would've just wasted my vacation...
Well, at least this gives me time to catch up on my studies (yea...right) and for me to work on my stories a bit more (which I've been ignoring for...a while)....
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Wednesday...3rd Day Of Exams...
I said that I wasn't coming on until test was over, but I got some free time (ya right) and I decided I'd blog about what's happened so far...
I discovered that I want to learn Latin..mostly cause it's got something called declensions...sounds fun.
English Literature was ok...Merchant Of Venice, Poems and some novel...I messed up on the poems but I should be good otherwise...
Language was easier than Lit....Argumentative Essays...fun...
Today I had 2 Math exams.... Advanced and Normal....(just because I'm in Advanced Maths doesn't mean that I'm expected to do good in it).....
One was insanely hard and the other was easy, for the most part...
Hopefully I'll get through the rest easy enough (not sure if I can say that for chemistry though..)....
Pz...
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Exam Week...Begin.
Well, although I haven't posted for some while now, it'll probably be the last post until next Tuesday (Tuesday 30th June )...at which point I'll blog about my freedom (which sadly, is only temporary)...but I can't wait....
First up (Monday):
English Lit : Need to know about poems, how to compare them and other stuff... Need to know Merchant Of Venice, important speeches and meanings in it... Need to know one of the novels which was chosen for us (neither are that great)....and that should be all...hopefully.
And then (Tuesday):
English Language : Need to know...stuff. Shouldn't be that hard ("shouldn't" being the operative word) .
But then again..I just got another idea....I can probably take some time to blog everyday about the exams...or that'll just put a dent in my revision time..
Either way, I'll see what happens... Pz.
Friday, June 12, 2009
I've Found A New Way...
Haven't posted in a while ( I feel so empty lol. ).....mainly because my exams start soon and I need to be ready (I've already fed you this story before so I hope it works twice.).
On a positive note I thought of something....it may not be easy for me or my readers, but I'm going to try to do a post..in FRENCH.
Ya, this was gonna come eventually, but I didn't expect to think of it so soon. We'll just have to see what happens...
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Dots, dots and more dots.
I was talking to a friend recently and they noticed that I use a lot of dots on my blog... (like that)....then I noticed that it was true...there's some 300+ dots (if so many so soon).
Why do I use dots ? Because, they look cool and they help with the thinking process.
I'm not sure if it's just me and I'm weird but they work better than commas (although I tend to avoid them in story/poem writing.) ...
"And then suddenly, at 9:05 pm... I realized I was blogging about punctuation."
Will I ever stop my addiction to dots ? Probably not as long as I'm sane (or I have a lack of sanity)
Note : Btw, in terms of my Story/Poem blog I'll be posting there soon... and to all my readers please follow that blog too. ( >>>>>> http://notafraidofmyreflection.blogspot.com )
USB Find
Just want to let my readers know that I found the USB Cable for my camera and that you can expect pictures (of the play "Fools" and of the "Pendragons Magic Show") soon...
I'll also probably be adding pictures whenever I can since it'll be a good way to practice my photography skills and to get feedback...
Stress...
I haven't blogged in a while...mainly because of stress from the cricket SBA and recently I had my chemistry labs to do.. so, I got a stress ball.
Stress balls are a great invention...they relieve stress anyway they're used...
Someone annoying you ? Throw it at them...Stress Relieved !
Just found out that your girlfriend was cheating on you with your best friend ? Squeeze it..and then throw it at the both of them !... Stress Relieved !
Feels like you're going to crack from all the pressure of everyday life ? Throw it against the wall...Stress Relieved !
Stress balls come in all sizes, colours and feels...
Some feel like a miniature bean-bag...others feel like a really hard cushion (all the better to throw at people)...
Some come small and others come big...all the more fun to throw at people !
You can get a red stress ball, a blue one, one that has a smiley face, plus I even heard that you can get pictures of people you don't like on them...so when you get stressed, you can just squeeze that person's face like there's no tomorrow !
Stress balls are a lot of fun, and I'm going to tell you how to make one of your own. (Note : I have not actually tried this, therefore I cannot be held responsible if anything bad happens.)
You need :
A balloon (preferably without air)
Flour.
Steps :
Fill the balloon with flour. (not too much)
Tie the balloon.
Done. Now you have your very own stress ball with which you can relieve stress... it can also be used as a weapon. (Flour bomb, anyone ?)
Friday, June 5, 2009
One more thing...
Well, I've just reached the 25th Blog mark with this post and I'd just like to remind my readers to post comments (lol).
Now that I actually have some (readers) I can actually get comments...but it's no fun when you don't post anything...
Just a reminder, tell me what you think about my Blog/Post in the comments...
Yet another weekend has arrived...
This post probably wouldn't be that long cause I'm tired from today...
The cricket tournament went well, despite the fact we lost...
But the great news is that the weekend's here ! Although that brings me even one week closer to my exams...damn it.
Church, tonight, was good... Rev. Martinez spoke on obedience and how children get disobedient when there parents are disobedient to God (lol) among other things, but Simone, my friend I went with, wasn't feeling well so my attention was a little split since I checked on her a few times.
I met up with a few of my other friends after church...Candice, Kyron, Brandon, Matthew and Amanda...
Hopefully tomorrow will be just as fun as last week (I doubt it though..)
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Danger Imminent : Cricket Tournament SBA
Ok...the tournament's tomorrow. I feel drastically unprepared to play as well as my job in the group..
To play...I need to have skills... Skills I suddenly lost (not that I had alot to begin with)
My batting was never great, but I was able to hit the ball sometimes, when I used my stance now they're trying to change me to the proper style, which isn't working for me...
My bowling is sub-par but I'm usually better on the actual field compared to playing in the street or on a large area...
There's also fielding...but that isn't completely necessary for me to write about...so that's skipped..
In terms of my job... Journalist....excitement *sarcasm*
The Flyer..I'm done.
The Newsletter...work in progress.
The Interviews... have to be done on the day itself.
The Pictures... I don't have any yet, so I'll have to make up for that tomorrow.
The Report... the single hardest thing (as far as I know) in this whole SBA...it's due next year, but that doesn't change the fact that it might be hard.
By the way, did I say that I can't even remember what uniform we agreed on for the tournament ? Well, I just did...
The pressure is alot...it should be over by Saturday (that's what I said last week with the karate sba..) ...
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
PE SBA #2....oh joy...
It's 9:13pm, I'm tired, I have a flyer to make and my PSP battery just died leaving me without music....plus...there's loads of things I'd rather do besides make this flyer....
But...I have a job to do....Journalist.
When I was younger, I wanted to be a Journalist, I think I change my mind now...
The whole situation...Create and play a tournament...the class had a vote of Football (Soccer) or Cricket....Cricket won.
On our first (and only) day of training.. I was gripped by the realisation that I can't play Cricket...anymore.
The actual tournament is in 2 days...I'm unprepared to play the game and unprepared in the fact that I don't have any pictures from our training (...Journalist job)...
So, now I have to make a flyer and I'm not exactly sure what's supposed to be in it...
And for some reason... I keep thinking about a vid from Zatch Bell I saw...which I would include..but I'm so busy working on my flyer....
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Draw With Me...
A couple of hours ago, a new friend of mines told me to check out this video..
It's a deep video about a boy(half fox/boy) and a girl(half cat/girl) who're separated by an impenetrable glass..
At first they don't automatically like each other, but they spend time and eventually fall in love..
It's a good (but sad) video...
(It was done by Mike Intel)
Monday, June 1, 2009
June's here..
Whoo ! It's 12:12 am (Wth ?) and that means that it's the first of June...why am I excited ? One thing, it's closer to Summer Vacation...but sadly, I have to get through End-Of-Year exams before I get those 2 months of freedom....
Let's see...
Physics - Needs help.
Chemistry - Needs help.
Additional Mathematics - Needs help.
French - Little to no problem.
English - A little work, no struggle really.
Math - Some help needed.
Business - Revise, and I'll be good.
Well...that basically sums up how I'll do if I were to do those exams right now...hopefully I'll get some revision done between now and exam date...
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Magical Afternoon/Evening...
Today, I, as well as a couple <2>, of my friends went to The Amazing Pendragons Magic Show... (thinking about my last post... " see, 'Dragon' even appears in people's names...wth ?)
It was fun, although sometimes I didn't hear some parts which then made some of the tricks difficult to follow, but fun still...
They always save the best for last though because in the last trick they performed, Jonathan Pendragon was put into a bag and then into a chest, which was locked and a sword was also stuck in the lock...his wife(can't remember her name) then stood on the chest and held a big sheet in front of her...and then somehow, it was then Jonathan who held the sheet, and when he opened the chest...somehow...his wife(still can't remember) was inside..
It was probably more amazing to see it than to read about it...but it was the coolest trick..
It was also magical because of something else...but...heh...personal reasons prevent me from posting what it was...
Edit : I'll add pictures of it after I find my USB cord for the camera...
Friday, May 29, 2009
The Dragon's Twelve
The Dragon....a majestic creature...
Used in ideas for stories, pictures, clothing, games and basically anything to make it sound cooler...
On Monday, I heard about it being used for an exercise...The Dragon's Twelve
Wednesday I had the option of doing it...for a karate exam, no less.
That day, I carried a bottle of Gatorade...especially for that...
What exactly is the Dragon's Twelve ? It's a combination of exercises, which include 12 push-ups, 12 jack-knives (which is something like a crunch) and 12 squats...this might sound easy but it's not...because after that comes 11 push-ups, 11 jack-knives and 11 squats...then 10 of the above... going all the way to 1....and then when the Sensei makes the last 2 an insane challenge, it then, in that moment, becomes difficult....
I made it to 5 (ie alot of push-ups, jack-knives and squats), which I thought would've been impossible..
The result was that I was sore for the rest of the day...
I wonder if there's any Dragon Sports Balm for the next time I try it....it might help.
Video Fix.
Wow, I feel dumb now.
The cause of my problems with posting videos is that I was supposed to use the Embed link...not the normal one.. oh, well..at least you'll get the see the video without leaving the blog..
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Strange titles...
I was just thinking about one of the bands I listen to.....Dance Gavin Dance.... and I was thinking about the name of the band itself and the names of some of their songs... and then I thought.... " What the hell ? "...... With names like " Lemon Meringue Tie " (my favourite song from them btw) and " Turn Off The Lights, I'm Watching Back To The Future. " .... it's just a little strange....
Dance Gavin Dance ? There isn't even anyone in the band (past or present) named Gavin...there is someone named Garren though....
In terms of the song names, the first thing that comes to mind is ( at least for me ) " Is there any meaning behind that ? "...let's look at "Lemon Meringue Tie.".... Lemon Meringue Pie is a tasty dessert that for some reason or the other, I'll include a picture of....
Looks good, right ? Of course it does, but this is beside the point...
The point is....what is " Lemon Meringue Tie " ? Well, it is an awesome song, but what does it all mean ?
Then " Turn Off The Lights, I'm Watching Back To The Future. ".... this is the weirdest and longest name I've heard for a song....ever. Other questions like " Why would they call it that ? " come to mind, but it all leads back to the meaning of it....unless they just called it the first thing they thought about....
What does the 1985 movie exactly have to do with the song ? It probably means something since they included it in the lyrics....
".......Purge, then binge, restart and, insert the sutures
Turn off the lights, I'm watching back to the future
Before we go to far I wont let you take this light
Breath in all mistakes without coming clean.... "
...... or maybe nothing.
Chances are though that it means something and I just can't see it.....
While they have some of the weirdest song names ("The Backwards Pumpkin Song", "Suprise ! I'm from Cuba, Everyone Has One Brain. " and others....) they rock really hard...so find them, listen to them and maybe you'll like them....but then again, you might not..
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Inspect the Gadget..
I hope everyone notices and enjoys the new gadget I put in my blog....
If you don't see it, you're probably blind....but I'll give you detailed instructions on how to find it...
Scroll to the bottom of the blog. DONE.
Then, you'll see the gadget... " I power Blogger. " .... Ha, I'm so important to Blogger that they gave me a sticker to put on my blog.
Videos ?
Apparently I have to actually HAVE the video for it to display on my blog...can't just post the link...that's kinda suck though..
I'll have to work on this tomorrow, it's late...I need sleep before my head slams against the keyboard.
Friday, May 22, 2009
Current Favourite Song (22/May/2009)
Franz Ferdinand - Ulysses... one of the best songs ever..... "I'll find a new way, I'll find a new way baby. "
Alex Kapranos of the band commented - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand is music of the night: to fling yourself around your room to as you psyche yourself for a night of hedonism, for the dance-floor, flirtation, for your desolate heart-stop, for losing it and loving losing it, for the chemical surge in your bloodstream. Its for that lonely hour gently rocking yourself waiting for dawn and it all to be even again.
Fools...
Finally the week is over and the weekend is here, and finally I'm home...
I recently came home from a play, elaborately named "Fools".......
it's set in Russia, in a small town named Kulyenchikov and about a young teacher, Leon Tolchinsky, who moves there...
not too long after he arrives, full of energy to teach (cause that's what teachers do..), he realizes that everyone in the town (all 7 of them) are all fools (I wonder if that's the inspiration for the title... ?)..... he finds out from the local doctor (who is also a fool, but a smart one) that they're all fools due to a curse that was put on the village some 200 years ago (isn't that how it always works ?) and that the only way to break it is for his daughter, Sofia Zubritsky, to marry the evil Count Yousekevitch (who is the last descendant of the Yousekevitch clan, the same clan who put the curse on the village... and is 79, where Sofia looks no older than 17...strange...)
Leon then met Sofia and instantly fell in love....he then had to leave because the Count was coming to propose (which he does twice daily, a little persistant ?).....
The rest of the play is about Leon trying to educate Sofia so he could break the curse, which is impossible to do....
It was a funny play with light romance and shows that no matter how stupid someone is....love conquers all (if only that were true lol)...
Sadly, I can't put any pics of it up because I've lost my USB cable for my camera, but you wouldn't miss much because it's sorta old...
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Marvel vs Capcom 2... !
I've recently heard that Marvel vs Capcom 2 is coming to the PSN (Playstation Network for those of you who don't know).... while I may be a little late on that (I never actually heard when this was released) I just wanted to write on it...I've never owned MvC2 before but I've played it a couple times and it looks awesome, now that they're bringing it to the PSN, that actually means that I can get it...whoo !
But....what about other classics ? Although they've already put two of my favourites (Suikoden and Hot Shots Golf 2) on the PSN, I'm sitting and wondering " What about Marvel vs Capcom 1... or Marvel vs Street Fighter ? "
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Life Without Snow...
Monday, May 18, 2009
Updates coming soon...
I apologize to those who follow my story blog ( http://www.notafraidofmyreflection.blogspot.com/ )... in between all the work and laziness (lol) I've been unable to post anything new to it since "Preview at 11:42" ....but you needn't (<<<<<< is that even a real word ?) fear...I'll be back on track soon.
Another week...
And so, another week begins...let the torture begin....
Some may say that I'm cynical...that's probably because I am sometimes...
Today, for the most part, WAS torture, (mostly talking about english and chemistry) but I think that it's a conspiracy, they're all out to get me... *eye twitches*
And while I'm kidding about that (for the most part).....things aren't so great in english or chemistry....
I would rant about it or at least say what happened....but just about anyone has access to a computer and internet, and since I've been spreading word about my blog like wild-fire... I don't think it'd be wise to include names or details (heck, even my english teacher has a blog...wth ?)..... I might make another blog in the future, though, in which I'll rant to my heart's content but keep a complete secret from everyone and everything....maybe.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Wow...
Ok...I just suffered through one of the most boring weekends ever...
I feel like my brain's gonna collapse from boredom.... lol.
But at least the net's up...and my brain hasn't collapsed...
Friday, May 15, 2009
Weekend's here !
Finally ! The week's over....today was the hardest though...I was physically abused, I was punched in the stomach, hit in the leg with a broom-stick, stepped on (several times) and yelled at.....
(for identity reasons, I'll exclude my getting punched in the stomach...)
Today we had karate (lucky me..) and while I wasn't exactly feeling to go, I went against my instinct and started taking off my shoes to get ready for karate.
Sensei (japanese for "teacher" and a form of respect) told us to partner up with someone around our height, two of my friends approached me telling me to choose who I wanted for my partner..but before I could think about it, the Sensei walks by and chooses the shorter one as my partner (who is a little crazy, imo) and then he tells us to line up and we get started...
We did one-step sparring...exciting...but what made it even better is that Sensei decided that "pain would help us to learn" so he got a broom stick and started whacking people...
One time, I happened to be out of stance..and *whack* I got hit...this was the least of my problems...
Sensei , for probably no apparent reason, decided that the whole class needed some pain...so he tells us all to lie down...Eh ?
After we're down, he calls the heaviest person in the class and tells him to walk on our stomachs....and then, he starts walking down the line of bodies like a steam-roller ( I personally have nothing against him but he's about to walk on my stomach and possibly kill me) and then he puts his massive foot in the centre of my stomach, winding me, and then moves off....
Then, guess what....he calls 3 others guys, and tells them to walk on our stomachs too....great...
Well, at least it's over....until maybe next week...
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Hypnotism...As real as Pro Wrestling ?
Today, after a mind-numbing day at school...I've been thinking about hypnotists and hypnotism (obviously you can tell from the Title..) and the fact that it's probably all just a sham...of course I could be completely wrong but it's my opinion and my blog...so too bad...
Let's think logically for a minute...someone...trains...or learns...how to control another person's actions...by waving a watch in front of them and/or by talking to them calmly.... heck...I speak to people calmly all the time and I never see anyone drop-kicking the karate teacher....
Then...is it even possible to get someone to do anything you want..."cluck like a chicken"....."you are now 6 years old".....under normal circumstances ? I know you're probably thinking " But what about the watch ? The watch has mystical powers ! " but waving a watch will do nothing but get the person annoyed...
Next thing...do you ever realize that no matter how much you try to be a volunteer, you never get picked ?
Well, I don't know if it's just me (it probably might be...) but I never get picked....
That's because hypnotists (on a professional scale, i.e Vegas etc.) have special people who they call on to be their "volunteers"...and of course, it'd look suspicious if the same people show up to every show and they get called on everytime, so they have other people to rotate the volunteers....
And that's basically the long and short of my thoughts/rant....kinda sucks, don't it ?
But I did find something on hypnotism, I haven't tried it and probably won't now or in the near future, from "The Anarchist Cookbook 2005"....
Note : I'm not into anarchy nor do I practice it, I just happen to have it because the title looked interesting and I was too young (or naive) to know what arachy was when I got it. End Note.
Note 2 : This is slightly edited from the original version (they didn't say anything about editing), but the original value is still there....
66. A Guide to Hypnotism by The Jolly Roger
What hypnotism is?
Hypnotism, contrary to common belief, is merely state when your mind and body are in a state of relaxation and your mind is open to positive, or cleverly worded negative, influences. It is not a trance where you:
Are totally influenceable.
Cannot lie.
A sleep which you cannot wake up from without help.
This may bring down your hope somewhat, but, hypnotism is powerful for self help, and/or mischief.
Your subconscious mind
Before going in further, I'd like to state that hypnotism not only is great in the way that it relaxes you and gets you (in the long run) what you want, but also that it taps a force of incredible power, believe it or not, this power is your subconscious mind. The subconscious mind always knows what is going on with every part of your body, every moment of the day. It protects you from negative influences, and retains the power to slow your heartbeat down and stuff like that. The subconscious mind holds just about all the info you would like to know
About yourself, or, in this case, the person you will be hypnotizing. There are many ways to talk to your subconscious and have it talk back to you. One way is the ouja board, no its not a spirit, merely the minds of those who are using it. Another, which I will discuss here, is the pendulum method. OK, here is how it goes. First, get a ring or a washer and tie it to a thread a little longer than half of your forearm. Now, take a sheet of paper and draw a big circle in it. In the big circle you must now draw a crosshair (a big +). Now, put the sheet of paper on a table. Next, hold the thread with the ring or washer on it and place it (holding the thread so that the ring is 1 inch above the paper swinging) in the middle of the crosshair. Now, swing the thread so the washer goes up and down, say to yourself the word "Yes" now, do it side to side and say the word "no". Do it counter clockwise and say "I don't know". And lastly, do it clockwise and say "I don't want to say." Now, with the thread back in the middle of the crosshair, ask yourself questions and wait for the pendulum to swing in the direction for the answer. (yes, no, I don't know or I don't want to say...). Soon, to your amazement, it will be answering questions like anything... Let the pendulum answer, don't try.. When you try you will never get an answer. Let the answer come to you.
How to induce hypnotism
Now that you know how to talk to your subconscious mind, I will now tell you how to guide someone into hypnosis. Note that I said guide, you can never, hypnotize someone, they must be willing. OK, the subject must be lying or sitting in a comfortable position, relaxed, and at a time when things aren't going to be interrupted. Tell them the following or something close to it, in a peaceful, monotonous tone (not a commanding tone of voice)
Note: Light a candle and place it somewhere where it can be easily seen.
"Take a deep breath through your nose and hold it in for a count of 8. Now, through your mouth, exhale completely and slowly. Continued breathing long, deep, breaths through your nose and exhaling through your mouth. Tense up all your muscles very tight, now, counting from ten to one, release them slowly, you will find them very relaxed. Now, look at the candle, as you look at it, with every breath and passing moment, you are feeling increasingly more and more peaceful and relaxed. The candles flame is peaceful and bright. As you look at it I will count from 100 down, as a count, your eyes will become more and more relaxed, getting more and more tired with each passing moment." Now, count down from 100, about every 10 numbers say "When I reach xx your eyes (or you will find your eyes) are becoming more and more tired." Tell them they may close their eyes whenever they feel like it. If the persons eyes are still open when you get to 50 then instead of saying "your eyes will.." Say "your eyes are...". When their eyes are shut say the following. "As you lie (or sit) here with your eyes comfortably close you find yourself relaxing more and more with each moment and breath. The relaxation feels pleasant and blissful so, you happily give way to this wonderful feeling. Imagine yourself on a cloud, resting peacefully, with a slight breeze caressing your body. A tingling sensation begins to work its way, within and without your toes, it slowly moves up your feet, making them warm, heavy and relaxed. The cloud is soft and supports your body with its soft texture, the scene is peaceful and absorbing, the peacefulness absorbs you completely. The tingling gently and slowly moves up your legs, relaxing them. Making them warm and heavy. The relaxation feels very good, it feels so good to relax and let go. As the tingling continues its journey up into your solar plexus, you feel your inner stomach become very relaxed. Now, it moves slowly into your chest, making your breathing relaxed as well. The feeling begins to move up your arms to your shoulders, making your arms heavy and relaxed as well. You are aware of the total relaxation you are now experiencing, and you give way to it. It is good and peaceful, the tingling now moves into your face and head, relaxing your jaws, neck, and facial muscles, making your cares and worries float away. Away into the blue sky as you rest blissfully on the cloud." If they are not responsive or you think they (he or she) is going to sleep, then add in a "...always concentrating upon my voice, ignoring all other sounds. Even though other sounds exists, they aid you in your relaxation..." They should soon let out a sigh as if they were letting go, and their face should have a "woodiness" to it, becoming featureless... Now, say the following "... You now find yourself in a hallway, the hallway is peaceful and nice. As I count from 10 to 1 you will imagine yourself walking further and further down the hall. When I reach one you will find yourself where you want to be, in another, higher state of conscious and mind. (count from ten to one)..." Do this about three or four times. Then, to test if the subject is under hypnosis or not, say "... You feel a strange sensation in your (arm they write with) arm, the feeling begins at your fingers and slowly moves up your arm, as it moves through your arm your arm becomes lighter and lighter, it will soon be so light it will ... becoming lighter and lighter which each breath and moment..." Their fingers should begin to twitch and then move up, the arm following, now my friend, you have him/her in hypnosis. The first time you do this, while he/she is under say good things, like: "Your going to feel great tomorrow" or "Every day in every way you will find yourself becoming better and better".. Or some crap like that... The more they go under, the deeper in hypnosis they will get each time you do it.
What to do when hypnotized
When you have them under you must word things very carefully to get your way. You cannot simply say... Take off your clothes and **** the pillow. No, that would not really do the trick. You must say something like.... "you find your self at home, in your room and you have to take a shower (vividly describe their room and what's happening), you begin to take off your clothes..." Now, it can't be that simple, you must know the persons house, room, and shower room. Then describe things vividly and tell them to act it out (they have to be deeply under to do this). I would just suggest that you experiment a while, and get to know how to do things.
Waking up
Waking up is very easy, just say "...as I count from 1 to 5 you will find yourself becoming more and more awake, more and more lively. When you wake up you will find yourself completely alive, awake, and refreshed. Mentally and physically, remembering the pleasant sensation that hypnosis brings... Waking up feeling like a new born baby, reborn with life and vigor, feeling excellent. Remembering that next time you enter hypnosis it will become an ever increasing deeper and deeper state than before.
1.You feel energy course throughout your limbs.
2.You begin to breathe deeply, stirring.
3.Beginning to move more and more your eyes open, bringing you up to full conscious.
4.You are up, up, up and awakening more and more.
5.You are awake and feeling great.
And that's it! You now know how to hypnotize yourself and someone else.
You will learn more and more as you experiment.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Monday...whoo.
Monday.....start of the week....gotta get through this, one day at a time....just gotta survive.
Today started off easy....
No English
No French (the teach hasn't been there since last Tuesday)...
A.S Maths, first actual subject for the day.... it was FAIL.
In Business, we got notes from start till finish...nothing out of the ordinary there....
Assembly......FAIL.
Chemistry....excitement *sarcasm*
Study.... what's probably the most important subject of the day....or the week...
In Physics we spent most of the time trying to find the class before we actually had class.....
Math....finally.....the end of the day.....Histograms, Frequencies and all that stuff....at least it's over....
And that was just Monday...I still have 4 more days for the week to end....geez....
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Mother's Day
Just came back from church (yup, I'm a church-goer) and wanted to wish all my viewers (even if I'm the only one) a Happy Mother's Day...what would we do without them ? Not live..that's what.
And now, some Mother's Day jokes...
Things Mom Would Never Say
1. "How on earth can you see the TV sitting so far back?"
2. "Yeah, I used to skip school a lot, too"
3. "Just leave all the lights on ... it makes the house look more cheery"
4. "Let me smell that shirt -- Yeah, it's good for another week"
5. "Go ahead and keep that stray dog, honey. I'll be glad to feed and walk him every day"
6. "Well, if Timmy's mom says it's OK, that's good enough for me."
7. "The curfew is just a general time to shoot for. It's not like I'm running a prison around here."
8. "I don't have a tissue with me ... just use your sleeve"
9. "Don't bother wearing a jacket - the wind-chill is bound to improve"
Well, from personal experience...I could safely say that one of these isn't true...heh.
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Stories...
While I wanted to post at least one of my stories (or "works in progress") up tonight, it's too late and I need sleep.
So to all my friends, etc...g'night.
Friday, May 8, 2009
First Blog...
Hey first-time readers, fans, haters, family, friends and anyone I left out...
I just made a blog...awesome....now what do I do ?
I suppose I'll add music or videos or...something to this blog...(never had a blog before so I'll just learn as I go along)
