My Life In Ruins

Yep,you guessed it correctly,I borrowed the title from the movie...and no,I'm not on a holiday in Greece,looking for Nia Vardalos...

Anyways we went on a geography field trip today to visit the areas under the Urban Renewal Program.Of course,it wasn't some random trip to Dreamworld or the Gold Coast,for me it was business as usual,casually strolling arnd searching for my answers and keep my itchy fingers happy by clicking on the camera button.We visited some heritage-listed sites as well as the suburbs,investigating the changes,the effects and what improvements need to be made.The cost:No school,yesssss(and no..).

Tennis was called off today due to girl schools having their GPS(whut??!!)on our courts.Great,gives me extra reason to hate females XD kidding.Our GPS starts tomorrow and I ALMOST missed out due to not having a "Nudgee"(crud) shirt.Fotunately I called up coach and he says house shirt is fine.I mean,awww come on....can't I wear my lucky Red House? XD

Dad came back yesterday(surprisingly)and the first thing he did was shoo me out earlier than my intended time to leave(I time the bus to near perfection.Of course,as you all know I had the "Just missed the bus" curse ,and it's still with me XP) and now he's "disrupting" my schedule to finish my assignments.I mean,can't I just stay while you and mum go out?You've got pretty bad timing on this one,and the only good thing would be not interrupting my TV day XD(he's leaving on tuesday and TV day's on Wednesday)

Now,for a short review and to the main story(don't eat before reading,trust me :D)

Lord Of The Flies (2.5/5 stars)(depending on whether you like absurdity or not)
Simple:Boys are only survivors,adults dead in plane crash,so they have to live by themselves on a deserted island.All was good at first,until fear overcomes them...
The flaws:No adults?Unbelievable,yet possible.No girls?Unbelievable,yet possible but SOO not.Ok,probably they're all boys school,but that many different ones?From what teacher said,they were on a trip fromJapan(it was during the war) when the plane got shot over the Pacific.On a trip?Unbelievable,yet possible...So yeahh,it depends.This writer I have to say is the best so far in planting a pretzel in my head.It can be fictional yet real.
Verdict:No a 0,nor a 5.so 2.5's fair XD

Lord Loss(3.5/5 stars)
Darren Shan returns!!I'm a bit slow on this series but I can say this:For people who don't really apprecate long,juicy lines,tis one's for you.Short,simple and bloodthirstily sweet.Especialy like the chess game.No wonder people who joke around usually wins.Hmmm,I wonder if that was the reason I beat WJ xD

Right,time for the main story,and if you followed my advice,you wouldn't need to worry about vomiting.

Here's the scenario

[Library]
Received text message:Where are you?
(Thinking it was my parents,but somehow it wasn't their number)
Reply:In the library,what's the matter?
So I fnd out it was one of my buddies and I went towards the fiction sector.Soon enough,he came.
Buddy:Can I ask you a question?
Me:What is it?
Buddy:Are you g*y?
Me:WHAT??!!
Buddy:Look,whenever you hear the word ***,you stay as far away from the person as possible and you're clean,you've got no girlfriends,so I suppose you're g*y
Me:(=.=)That's my nature.and no,I'm not g*y.I understand the facts that led you to that conclusion though.....
Buddy:So you're got no girlfriends,and you intend to stay that way for the rest of your life?I mean,staying single forever?
Me:In my current mindset,yes......
Buddy:Whatever....George got a girlfriend!!
(D-oh...)

Ok,my personal life WILL NOT be revealed,but I assure you,dating is not my thing and I don't really find any girls attractive(awww,sorry XD).Got a problem with that?I hope not XD I seriously hope this absurd rumour doesn't spread around.....if it did,my oh my.....what next....Geez,you people can go out,treat girls like tools,pretend to care for them all you want.Me being single,I think,is the best thing for me so far,so mind you,leave my personal matters alone and mind your own....

Funny,huh?G*y?LOL.

ROTF
Georgie

I'm sorry,but you're not speaking English(I don't think I am in this post as well...)

Silly title,I know,unfortunately people,this is one post describing how much I despise some people here as well as disagreeing with other people's point of view.

Well,honestly I'm forgetting what I'm supposed to say....umm I'll just start with chemistry.We did our test on wine today,and it involves comparing amount of sugar levels on a bottle of Yellowtail(brand name) and some cheap wine.We also need to test with water as a "control" or something like that.Here's the procedure(A VERY LONG ONE.Probably good for general knowledge)

Rebelein Soultion Z1
Add 1.0ml of concentrated sulphuric acid to 600ml of distilled water and mix thoroughly.Weigh 41.92g accurately of copper sulphate pentahydrate CuSO4.5H2O.Dissolve copper sulphate in the acid solution,transfer it to a 1L flask and dilute to volume with distilled water.Mix well

Wow,sounds complicated,thankfully,we don't need to waste too much times to do it as the teachers prepared it for our group(awwwww...).5 more!!

Rebelein Solution Z2
Dissolve 250g of sodium potassium tartrate in about 600ml distilled water.Add 80g of NaOH(Caution:Heat generated!!!)[Awesome XD Must try this at home LOL].Allow it to cool,transfer it to a 1L flask and make to volume with distilled water.Mix well.

Rebelein Solution Z3
Add 100ml of 1M NaOH(Dang,they're trying to kill us...) to 600ml of water and mix.Weigh 300g of potassium iodide.Dissolve it in a portion of the base solution,and transfer to a 1L flask.Same thing from here onwards...

Rebelein Solution Z4(If you're bored,scroll down because there's Z5 and 6 left)
Add 175 ml of concentrated sulphuic acid to around 825ml of cold distilled water.(Caution!Heat evolved)[Sweet XD].Mix well and allow it to cool.

Rebelein Soultion Z5
20g of potassium iodide and 10g starch in separate beakers.Add 10l of 1M NaOH to 500ml of distilled water and mix well.Use the resulting solution to dissolve both potassium iodide and starch in separate beakers.Transfer both to a 1L volumetric flask.Dilute to volume with water and mix well.

Rebelein Solution Z6(I'm getting dizzy,is it Ribena?I'm thristy XD)
Weigh 13.78g of sodium thiosulphate Na2S2O3.5H2O and dissolve in distilled water.Transfer to 1L flask and add 50ml of 1M NaOH.Dilute to volume and mix well.

Phew,long ones XD.Here's the procedure(shortened)
-Pipette 10ml Z1 and 5ml Z2 into Erlenmeyer flask
-Pipette 2ml wine sample(in another one,use water as ragent blank)
-Heat until boiling and allow it to do so for 30 seconds.Remove flask and allow to cool to room temp
-Add 10ml each of Z3-Z5 in order
-Fill burette with Z6
-Record initial reading
-Titrate the mixture in flask,shaking it well to mix
-Endpoint is cream.Solution will fade from yellowish-brown to blue-grey to cream
-Record final reading
-In water,blank titre should be in the range of 29-31ml,wine will be less
-Calculate reducing sugar content using the formule below:
Dilution factor x Blank titre - Sample titre

Well,that's all!For the chem XD

Now,here's a short one.Got a call from dad on his birthday and he was like:"How's tennis going?You must kill the opponent,no mercy.Just get in there and kill."

Ok,here comes the typical me(didn't actually say this to him,but if I were to do so,it would be these words.Didin't bother to listen any more after his words because they're plain annoying)

"Why are you so obsessed with the word kill anyway??!!It's such a disgusting word.Can't you just use "beat" or "defeat"(which I still consider overboard).If you want your own words to be used,here:I "killed" you for many consecutive occasions and you never played me for 3-4 years until now.Everytime I was "killing" you(meaning I was 4-1 up),you just conceded.How cowardly....."

Extra harsh.But that's not the point.The point is I believe sportsmanship comes first before the game.I mean,seriously,"kill"?Dad,the reason you failed is because you're lacking sportmanship.And I probably lack a lot of that as well.HOWEVER,an opponent should be respected,no matter how good or bad they are.Of course,sometimes the rules of the games are changed due to personal feuds,but on other occasions it should be taken moderately,not too light,not too serious.

If you(not the readers) haven't noticed yet,take a look at the following tennis players:Federer,Nadal,Hewitt,Laver,Sampras,Becker,Agassi,EVEN McEnroe(he had to have it somewhere in his career,otherwise he wouldn't be in the commentary box),all the legends,all the players(mainly successful ones),they HAVE sportsmanship.That's what makes them a better player.Look at the press conferences,do they lampoon(right word?)their foes and do some trash talk?So far in my life,I haven't seen any.It's generally assessing their performances,praising their opponents and showing respect to their next matchup.It's not some madman trying to hypnotize them into "machines",they just know about it.They train hard simply because they enjoy the game,and retire when they don't feel the love for it or got too old.Even after that they can't stay out of the game completely.One way or another they'll be in touch with it.

What makes you win isn't how good you play,it's how much you love it,not the desire to win,but the joy of just getting on court in a tournament,holding a racket and playing a match without really caring about the things going on around you.I haven't really reach that way yet,I don't know why.I don't want to point the finger on anyone,but I think it's time I should tell my parents to back off a little bit,give me some space to breathe in and not telling me anything and just let me go about on my own on court.As far as I'm concerned,I don't like courtside coaching and you're not the one playing.

This saturday's the first GPS match at home against some school from Toowoomba.My back isn't ecovering as fast as I wanted it to be.Oh well,might as well play on for 5 days straight culminating on saturday.Ain't no harm in playing that much right?I mean,I did 11 days straight,why can't I go for more?

O.O Getting late,tomorrow's day 1 of 5 day marathon tennis for me.Gotta sleep.Lots of love to everyone and good luck in your trials.

Love you all always
Georgie

Broken Man

Right-o,first up,I would like to wish a Happy 46th birthday to daddy dearest.Here's my message:YOU'RE OLD,YOU'RE BALDING,AND SWALLOW THAT.DON'T YOU DARE PLUCK MY HAIR AND PLANT THEM ON YOUR SCALP OR YOU'LL FIND A NEW RULE IN THE HOUSE CALLED "I SEE SMOKE,I THROW EM ALL".BEST IF YOU STOP WITHOUT ME SAYING.

Oww,harsh,XD

Anyways,I'm currently in a bad condition at the moment.I hurt my back went attempting to retrieve a lob.Courts have fences,and fences need steel poles as supports,and you probably know where I landed.One big thud and I was down on my knees.I was kind of disappointed in myself after that moment.I feel I let myself down,my partner down,it's so pathetic....Honestly,we both could have beaten them easy but instead we got thrashed.Excuses?Yeah,my back and my partner's shoulder.We're walking wounded,they're fit and experienced.Blah,I'll get him back next time,in a fair match of course.....

This is going to be a rare short post,because there isn't much.I suppose you guys are gonna be soo happy you don't need to scroll down that much eh?

NOT.I'LL TRY MY BEST TO IRRITATE YOU XD.

Now,school matters.Immature people are annoying me,and REALY immature people(by that I mean younger than me) disgust me.Reason?They talk of girls as if they're tools.C'mon guys,where'd the gentlemen manners go?Can't you guys at least put clubbing life aside for a while?It's school here,and there ain't no girls around campus.If you want to bring your beau or whatever you call them,just protest about this school being all-boys,go to public schools or just shut up.There,3 options for you imbeciles....

Racism isn't really that visible,or should I say adults don't really get the full meaning.....I mean,people here are so cunning,they make sentences look like they're harmless,yet if you analyse the words used closely,it's a massive insult.

And plus,cheering practice every Friday lunch??!!Well,not "every" but at least 85-90%.Puh-leeze,you can call me lazy for giving out this reason,but I'm standing by my words:It's lunch,some people are starving,those who want to go can go,those who don't,just leave em alone.Might as well take out a class period just for it.Don't leave people either weakened or choking over their food.Doesn't mean that you're showing your so called "Nudgee spirit" by attending some cheering practice.

Besides that,don't forget those who DON'T know what were the words of cheering.Don't force them onto it.What do you think you're doing?A good deed to the school or just embarassing them?I sure hope it's not the latter,because if homo sapiens here were wise enough,you'd be in trouble.Consider yourself lucky born in an island....

More on people who just don't grow up(or call me the one who doesn't).I was reading a graphic novel(not manga,sniff...) because I sometimes prefer it over words(but don't mind both).And I was attending geo class,and one of my classmates from China was speaking in Chinese:(translation)"George,you're reading manga(man-hua in Mandarin)?OMG,how old are you?".

Boy oh boy,I almost blew up.He's lucky I'm really focused on reading(another proof boys can't multitask...must....prove.....scientists.....WRONG!!XD).If I wasn't,I'd just slam the novel shut,turn around and,if possible,speak in Chinese:(more translations)"Wow,that's something,coming from some slacker like you who doesn't even bother to really try hard(worse than I am,honest,and I thought I was bad enough..)on any subject,is a total disgrace to your motherland due to your actions(bet he was sent here because of this) AND reading wise,you can't even stand a 200 page,pictureless book.All you did when you wanted a look was flip the pages,sighed and say you can't read it and how could I.So if you EVER see me holding something that you think is childish,either admit you're a moron first before commenting(which I don't recommend at all because you're probably more illiterate than I am) or JUST ZIP YOUR MOUTH.

Anyways,enough "whining".I just realised how dearly I missed anime,and how much I have to catch up!!Here's a list of what I'm going to watch

-Girl who's a close friend of a boy who doens't want to take over his family's possessions and instead becoma a famous popstar.(Someone's pm used to have this anime title name)

-Bleach(Rrrrrruuuuuuukkkkiiiiiiaaaaa!!!!)

-Naruto(Missing it)

-Hayate No Gotoku 2nd Season(Gonna imitate more animes than ever!! There's gonna be *bleep*,*bleep,*Bleep bleep bleep bleep*,*bleep* and more!)

-Zero No Tsukaima(Louise,stop being so short tempered!!)

-Lots more XD

Well,that's all for now.I'll probably give you the anime title for the 1st one next week.Till then,I'll be hoping I recover in time for tennis season which starts next week as well as finishing my assignments.

Ciao!

Reminiscense

Back after 3 days!!Just finished watching my favourite TV show,and I had to admit,I was a little disappointed with the word count(not explaining XD).But anyways,short post today,because it's late and I've got morning training tomorrow.

Tody's mainly school stuff.I just submitted mY maths draft today and avoided detention(clean record intact.YESSSSSS XD).It's a about some turtle race which the turtles so happens to have a path that can be expressed in equations(impossible,no?).We need to do graphs,calculations,margins and a commentary....my draft did made the teacher giggle a couple of times(thanks to the stooooopid commentary I made up that sound like a horse race) but yeah,2 more weeks till final copy is to be submitted.Gonna take my time.Like one of my MSN contacts said:"Procrastination baby!!" XD

Chem isn't really going too well(due to assignment).Now I'm in agroup of 3 and we're deciding what wine to buy(yes,buy...wonder how are we gonna do that).Chances are we'll pick white because it's cheaper.We're gonna do a hypothesis on SO2 levels in normal,warm and cold temperatures.Procedure?Lazy to write,but I suppose you guys get the equation :D plain simple...

And here's the last one.I was with my buddy at the library and I was using the memory stick from the mobile to connect with the USB.He picked up the phone and was like:"Is this your girlfriend?"

*gasp* WHATT??!!Here it goes again....convo as follows
"No it's not..."
"George's got a girlfriend!George's got a girlfriend!!"
"Hellooo,how many people were in that picture??!!It's like one big family..."
(Repeats same thing again)
(While I frown XD)"Just stop talking" (substituted for 2 words,6 letters)
(If I didn't count wrongly,he said the same thing for like 7 times)

Now,tht's not the complete story.I should have told him one of my past experiences and maybe he'll understand what I could do XD.I suppose you guye remember right?It was Primary 5,and I was you-know-what-I-was XD.Anyways,I'll just tell the classic tale:

I was doing nothing,waiting for the 7.15 bell and it so happens I was at the notice boards(you know,the primary block?the front..)watching several of my old friends sweeping(don't worry,not any of you XD).And I was talking to one girl who was on her way to class(don't ask who,I don't remember...)and suddenly after the conversation ended,on of my friends said(you know what he said...).I ignored it at first,but somehow old me snapped,turned around and gave him a good,hard,swift kick to his groin(ouch!!).Ended up at the Principal's office during recess and was face to face with none other than the Madonna-copycat Mr.Wu XD(Does he still sing?If he does,I'll do Britney LOL).It wasn't completely my fault,but I had to apologise and so did the victim(yay!).

Well,that's history.Should have told my friend today about that XD.Now that I remember it,it was really silly of me XD.Oh well,time changed me,and I made sure it didn't happen today XD.Anyways,gotta go.I'm feeling good for tomorrow.And as for the picture on my mobile,la-lala-lala...

Ta-ta!!(Sumo XD)
George

Capture it,or just let it slip....

Guys,sorry for this announcement:I'm seriously fatigued,and might reduce the number of posts to around 7 a month....just need time to recuperate..

My tennis hasn't been good lately.I wasn't playing that bad,just good and solid,but somehow I felt flat.3 losses in a row(starting with yesterday which I had a partner who was levels below division standard and today getting screwed by an awesome player before going down immediately to one of my training buddies who's actually better than me..).It's not really a good sign for me considering the School tennis season's starting next week(I'm playing 16 A's,another handicap for me,but willing to go head on with the big boys).

I've been rather slack on schoolwork lately.Not that I'm not doing my homework or anything,I just feel like not studying at all....And I'm missing my chinese classes due to scheduling problems(had tennis lessons on thurs and fri,chinese was on fri,so I change fri to tues.Then the week after it was thurs,now changing thurs to fri.Someone's ticking me off here...).

Even worse,I MISSED MY PRESENTATION OF MY BRONZE AWARD(for my academy achievements),AND I WAS SITTING IN THE ASSEMBLY!!!Just didn't know the date...let's pretend I didn't know anything :D.

To music,and I'm liking country at the moment(Taylor Swift count?).Couple of songs I'd like to recommend are "Sideways" by Dierks Bentley and *gasp* "Kiss A Girl" by Keith Urban.Also don't forget my current favourite rock band Boys Like Girls with songs such as "Five Minutes To Midnight","Love Drunk" and "On Top Of The World".

Andddd,like almost every other post,books...HIGHLY RECOMMEND ths book here:

"Dear John" by Nicholas Sparks(4 1/2 or 5 stars)

Summary:Bad boy turns good,decides to join army,finds girl on leave,fell in love,and everything changed after 9/11.Love began to fade,while on duty in Iraq,girl writes to him(they've been exchanging letters since he left after the 1st meeting) telling him she loves someone else,and ta-dah.....(That's up to the 1st half,won't reveal any more)

What I really like about it is that IT'S NOT AUSTRALIAN(honestly,can't find any really good writers...).Kidding.I'm a s*cker for romance,and this one takes the cake.I was sighing often in the 1st half of the book and suddenly found myself crying really hard and struggling to contemplate the fact that I'm finishing it.I don't really know why I cried(thank goodness no one saw me do so...).Could it be.........

GAHH!!What was I saying!!Ok,I cried,boys don't really cry,and I'M AN IDIOT!!I admit it,and I feel a lot better now.. XD

Anyways,end of post.I'll try to write as much as I can(if my health permits..)

Here's to you:
I keep dreaming you'll be with me,and I'll never let you go
(Serious,I did dream of a few of you.Reunion?:D)