The Worst First Day Ever! (29/7/13)

I seriously rued this day. I hated it. 3 embarrassing moments, I didn't get to talk with my friends, and my classmates became boyfriend and girlfriend. They don't suit! I hate them together, just to be honest.

I apologise for not posting much in the holidays, all I got up to was no good. I was procrastinating to do my homework until the second week of the holidays. But I managed to get back on track and now all I have to worry about is my ICAS English test on Wednesday. I have posted about this last year and it's only if you wanna join or if you're in enrichment classes (which I'm not in by the way). Only two people are entering this competition, and it's me and the Queen Jock (I'm sorry, I can't help calling her Queen Jock. She's actually an all rounder, but I call her Queen Jock). I can't tell you her name, but all I'm revealing is that she's in my class. And that she's the queen of the jocks.

This is probably gonna be published like this because that's all I could say for now.  Bye bye my Mariannettes!

Ice Skating 2013 (22/7/13)

Wheee! Today was so entertaining because my friends and I went ice skating at the portable ice skating rink!
Even though it was my fourth time, I still struggled to skate but luckily I didn't slip and fall. And this was my two friend's second and first time, and they were even better than me! I think they're more flexible than me because they're younger by 2 years.

The person (who was my mum's friend) who took us three to the ice skating rink also took us to the ice cream parlour across the road. I had cookie dough flavoured ice cream with hundreds and thousands, my friend, Hozanna, had strawberry ripple with hundreds and thousands; my other friend, Alliyah, had cookies and cream with nuts; and my mum's friend had a coffee-flavoured ice cream with a hard-chocolate dip.
We talked for a short but seemed like a long time while finishing up our delectable gelatos.

As we got up and ran to the car we drove off towards the close park one block away. We spent an hour running and playing around on the playground.

And then it was time to go home. It was probably the highlight of my 2-week school holidays.

Me with the blue headband holding tight to my friend's skating frame. I didn't expect to see her at the rink!

My two friends, Hozanna (wearing pink) and Alliyah (wearing blue) and me holding to the edges of the rink.

Ice cream time!

MEDL Rewind (16/7/13)

So I was looking though several posts that I did last year, and using my powerful observation skills I can see some major differences about the posts today and the posts that I published last year.

I will do paragraphs of each difference. Let's go!

The Amount of Pictures that I post/School Photos
Last year I posted an awful amount of pictures of myself and even my school. As you may all know, I moved to an even bigger but stricter school. We students are not even allowed to bring cameras or phones, yet a tonne of pupil still manage to bring their devices (and in that group it includes me, but I use mine after/before school (my phone doesn't include a camera)) and sneak out taking selfies and calling and texting others during school time. As if I posted photos out of school, well, I would like to show you some now.

Ring Pop!

Bonus GIF!
What I'm saying: Okay, bye. This is a cup, how am I supposed to hang up on this?!?

Old Pico Photo! Me with my other account, Angie Kinly, doing the hula.

Playing Games
 I miss doing and writing about this. It's so fun and I wish I can do it more. I always posted the things that me and Samantha I and E and Te Mania did. Samantha I and I had three handshakes, Jigwig was the game we always played at lunchtime and morning tea, no talking comps were always on, and for Golden Time our class would always have a game on. Don't worry about us four for now, we're still best friend with each other, even though if Samantha E is in Aussie and Sam I and Te Mania are in different classes from me.

Daily Posting
This is probably the biggest change of all. I made the wrong decision of posting everyday and that made my blog posts more boring because I had to think of something to write about each day. Blogging is one of my strong hobbies and strengths but it made my days worse. So that's why I made the decision to post whenever I had an interesting topic and some time to post, and I can say that I made the right decision.

Story Construction
Whenever I posted, I never had any drafts. I just went bongos and posted whatever went into my head. But now, I take a notebook and just wrote up a brainstorm and bam, I turned it into a blog post to update this blog. It was such a fabulous idea and I definitely don't regret it. I also learnt how to spell more and that improved my blog posts too.

That's about it! Without differences and improvements, everything would be boring and you'd never learn how to adapt into new situations.

Bye bye my Mariannettes!

Goodbye, Term 2 (13/7/13)

Today  is the first day of the Term 2 holidays. I really need a flashback... The term went too fast. I miss my classmates so much and the Spelling Bee that happened on Wednesday. This is the best term for me so far. Not just because of the fun and success that I have gained throughout this term, but also for the things that I have learnt. 

And this is one of the things that I have learnt. And it had just happened recently. Or maybe a little too recently.

Let me tell you a little accident that happened yesterday...

As I walked down the classroom of my Graphics class to get stencils for my project, my classmate (who was also my classmate in my form class) said to me, "Hey best speller of the school!"

I replied, without even realising it, "Please don't call me that. It's embarrassing." and then I just walked off.

I heard him say "I'd like to be called that one day."

Guiltily, I turned back around and approached his desk.

"Hey, you can call me 'best speller of the school', but please call me Marian more."

I knew that Karma was gonna get me, and it hasn't gotten me back yet. I must be careful of what I'll do otherwise I'll get bad luck.

I wish I could just apologize to him now, but he doesn't know this blog and I can't talk to him now. But I wish at least his friends can see this and how desperate I am to apologize to him. But anyway, I'll do it now.

Dear Jude,

I'm sorry about yesterday. I have such a bad reputation when it comes to compliments and I have such low self-esteem. And this coming from a Virgo's mouth and thoughts, I would like it if you forgave me. I mean, it's the holidays now. We should be happy and relaxed.

To conclude this post, here is a piece of art of two girls swimming courtesy of Google Images.

I hope I don't cause any more chaos, 

Marian

2nd Place Isn't THAT Bad (10/7/13)

Now, this is what I call interesting. 

As I learnt that I was in the finals I started to scream, do gymnastics on my bed and stressed out immediately. But this was when it became better. Here's a review of my whole day in just one post.

While I was riding in a taxi I started getting the shivers. Was this gonna get worse or not? My thought was yes, since I didn't want to jinx it. 

I finally went into the classroom for formtime and automatically, my teacher asked me, "Are you ready?" 

"Yes, thank you Ms." I replied, even though she was married. 

The rest of my classmates asked the same too. 

"Are you ready, Marian? I'll help you train!" Offered one of my female classmates.

"Let's go!" I said excitedly.

We went into a corner and practised some words. 

"Spell 'commandments', please." 

"C-O-M-M-A-N-D-M-E-N-T-S!" I answered.

Then we spelt a couple of words until the bell rang and while in the middle of formtime my teacher spoke out "As you all know, Marian is going to compete in the Spelling Bee today at assembly".

I've heard that too much. For the past several days, she's been bragging about it. And I bet my classmates have been fed up with hearing the name "Marian" everyday.

Now, let's zoom into the assembly, shall we?

I was feeling nauseous and numb. I wasn't ready. But I had to do it for my own good. Spelling is the only strength that I can participate with in school. I'm too late for Netball and Hockey, Stage Challenge (dancing), and singing. But at least I am still with my fellow Writing Group.

It took a few items first then one of the deputy principals called up the finalists.

There were 4 of us (junior (me), sophomore, senior and teacher, who was apparently the head of faculty of English) and I was the 3rd contestant and  my first word was "baccalaureate". Once I successfully spelled it I wowed the crowd. It was the loudest I've ever heard my school yell and cheer. My self-esteem went up by 99%, even I found my whole class (actually including the jocks! Aargh!) clapping and supporting me.

Later on the sophomore and the senior got eliminated and there was me versus the head of faculty of English. 

"Contestant number 3, can you please spell 'Disingenuous'"

I struggled on this word. I missed the 's' next to the 'di'. So, to make my brain work, I paused for a little bit and failed. But I realised, failure is what makes you who you are. You can't succeed without failure. 

Now back to the real story.

I ended up receiving a chocolate bar and later on in the last period I received a stationary set from the Head of Faculty of English. 

This day was so stupendous and I thank the people who supported me and even went nervous and scared for me and to you Mariannettes for getting a taste of my spelling skills throughout posting posts every week.

Bye Bye Mariannettes!  

Auckland Trip: Day Two (1/7/13)

Now, I am here in Rainbow Land. I forgot to write about my overnight trip in Auckland yesterday so now I'll do it.

As my family and I woke up to another adventurous and clear day, we ate breakfast (which was simply Dunkin Donuts). Man, that filled me up. I let my food digest then I hopped into the bath. It was a special time for me because at home we only have a shower.

After the rest of my family washed up we headed for the city, window shopping and hunting for a nice restaurant. After searching for a long time, we found a place to eat, which was in the Sky Tower. The name of the restaurant was Fortuna and it was a buffet. But my mum decided to walk around the city since Fortuna wasn't open yet for lunch. We went to a shop that sold special bread that my whole family loved. But out of the whole family, I was the member that loved their bread the most. I could taste the flavour and get hypnotized by even just thinking about it. Delicious!

Afterwards we went to a park that sadly didn't have playgrounds. Even though if I am growing, I still love playgrounds. But the good thing about the park was that it was peaceful and it had a huge fountain. We took a lot of pictures! (But these are just a couple).

For the moment I was waiting for finally came. We returned to the Sky Tower and ate at the buffet. I took lots of food, especially when it was dessert time. I picked up delectable chips with sauce, potato chips with sour cream dip, hot chocolate, ice cream, kumara and loads more food. Doesn't it just make your mouth water? Mine does... Geez... 

Anyway, after the whole mouth-stuffing event, my family walked back to the hotel to retrieve our car with full and heavy stomachs. 

When we reached the car, we went straight home. What a vacation! Best family vacation ever. I miss it too much now.

Bye bye my Mariannettes!