Looking Back

Only one week into term 3 and already it's exhausting! Overall nothing new has happened, nor has anything changed about school in the new term. Everything is pretty much the same. Unfortunately there isn't much to look forward to this term! Debating, chess and squash have all finished and the ball is all over. No more trying to find partners for my friends (especially you Joon!) I suppose the exams will make this term go by faster...

It's interesting to see how these days we (OK maybe not me but many people our age) are all getting into meaningful and lasting relationships and are all settling down. Not to generalise, but some of my friends (mainly females) who are in relationships don't really talk as much as they did when they were single! With one of my friends it's as if she's been happily married for several decades! You ask her how her day was and all she talks about is her boyfriend and how they kissed and how he smashed some special needs guy for drooling all over her, and how they've been together for so long now and how next week will be another milestone in their relationship and how they will be celebrating by buying each other gifts and how she dreamt of marrying her boyfriend and how they're going to have exactly three girls and how she's going to name them...yet they still manage to say all this in less than several sentences!

I remember back then when everyone used to go on about how they couldn't get this guy or this girl and it used to be 'crushes' people had. I guess we're all just growing up and no longer third form!

After meeting Karl, an old primary school mate, at the ball, it got me thinking of trying to get all of us old friends from primary school together for some reunion maybe at the end of this year which would be really cool. I haven't seen some of those guys from primary and intermediate school in more than five years! I've still got some really babyish photos of some of us which bring back good memories. I might post one or two sometime...

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Teacher Interviews!

I had parent-teacher interviews last night. Because our parents had to see both Aonghas' and my teachers, we spent a total of two hours at school!

Generally comments from my teachers were OK, not too great. Some suggested I ditch the BOT because it ain't worth it. I'll have to think about that... My chemistry teacher was probably the most critical of me though! I suppose she only wants me to work harder!

 

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Calum Comments - Wednesday 27 July

Great news for you guys out there:

Shortage of men in Australia and New Zealand!

Maybe that might just be enough to halt the brain drain in New Zealand - a more realistic chance of finding the right girl!

New research shows that

'people who sing while driving tend to concentrate more and fall asleep less than their silent counterparts'

Apparently music is more effective than silence, conversation or talkback radio in achieving an 'optimal state of alertness'.

So whenever you drivers out there feel a bit weary on the road, start singing!

Here is an unusual online petition I found on the net:

A Call for Ninja Assassins as an Alternative to War Petition:

To:  Bush Administration, U.N.

We, the undersigned, request that as an alternative to war on Iraq, a team of elite ninja assassins be employed to take out Saddam Hussein. We feel that this method would result in significantly less American casualties, less innocent Iraqi civilians being slaughtered, less damage to the infrastructure of Iraq, and would preserve much of the oil that would otherwise be ignited by bombings. Also, we believe that ninja assassins are really, really cool.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

Even though this petition is a little dated, 582 names have been received so far!

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Home Straight

Well Term 3 has started, which means eight weeks till exams, and another term to go before the big externals!

School wasn't too bad today. I didn't come late to school for a start, which was great! I didn't fall asleep either in any class, which is another plus! I'm wondering whether it's best for me to find my watch though. Sometimes during not so interesting classes I stare at my watch counting down to the bell. Maybe it'd be better for me not to have a watch so I pay attention on the classwork?

I was to attend a special BOT meeting regarding a proposal being written up on new buildings for the school, but it was postponed because some report on our school hasn't been released yet. So I might just catch up on some sleep tonight...

We're going to study the film/Shakespeare play Much Ado About Nothing for English. So far it is looking pretty interesting! We did this activity where we had to associate words with a sex. This is what our group came up with:

Girls - Seductive, attractive, beauty, jealousy, UNFAITHFUL, MOCKING...(you get the picture!) i wonder why....

Guys - Reputation, obedience, orders...

Roll on the Elections!

The election date has been announced! Bring on the 17th of September!

At the beginning of the year it was looking like it would be a complete Labour walkover, but now National have exposed the fish and chips budget the Labour government dished up this year by hyping up the idea of across the board tax cuts. Now they're in the lead in most major political polls.

For those who do not follow politics much (this will probably bore you more):

Even though National may be in the lead, this will not mean that National will form the next government. Winston Peters could be the major decision-maker, with NZ First on a run in the polls. Whoever he decides to go into coalition with may form the next coalition.

However Labour have more options as to whom they form a coalition with. The Maori Party, United Future, the Greens and NZ First all are possible coalition partners, whereas for National they really only have NZ First or United Future to turn to, with ACT not likely to make it back in after this election.

All the possible scenarios and tactics political parties must use in order to gain favour from the voting public make this election an interesting and edge-of-your-seat one! Too bad we're still too young to vote! If you could, who would you vote for and why?

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