I'm sure I've already done a post titled similar to that. Which only shows that I have the imagination of a pig. A pig that spends all day rolling around in its own shit. A pig that does nothing but eat cabbage. A pig with AIDS. A fucked up pig. I have no idea where that came from.
So the end of Year 12 has officially come to an end, with the similarly titled blog being the unofficial end to Year 12. But it's official. I have one year left at Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen. Yes, I do maintain the stance that the name of the school is Rhydfelen. It's a lost cause now, oh yes, but I still the school is and always will be Rhydfelen. Good boy, Rhys, pat on the back for you. But to end the year on an unbelievably high note, I was voted as Prif Swyddog (Head Boy for the non-Welsh speakers) by my fellow Sixth-Formers and Teachers! I was so shocked when Tabatha (Headmistress) announced that it was Osian and I (oh, grammar, very good) who were the Prif Swyddogion! Rhys and Gwennan got Deputies, thoroughly deserved too, I thought it was those two that would've been Prif Swyddogion, truth be told. But, oh my, I couldn't believe it. Hopefully I'll do well and shall do my best to fulfill the Sixth-Formers wants and needs.
So, 6 weeks now until the first day back on September 4th. Which is a Friday. It begs the question, why? Could you not give us that extra weekend? Is it so hard? Bloody whoever-chose-the-dates-for-the-school-term.
I'm now packing for my venture to California. Be it updating the old MP3, or just packing my bag, I will be doing something productive towards California. I won't bore you with all the rollercoaster business, but I really can't wait. Should be the highlight of my holiday, that.
In other news, my local Borders is closing down. It hasn't been there for very long, but it's closing down. Which is very tragic. But it's got a 50%-off-everything-closing-down-sale. Which is very good. I went down there on this very day to get some new Summer reading material, and came out with two books. The first of which is called "Altered Carbon", a novel by Richard Morgan, and it seems awesome. It's about an Anti-Hero named Takeshi Kovacs, and it's set in the 26th century. Like a futuristic superhero thriller story. And the second is called Auslander, meaning The Foreigner, is set in 1943 Berlin, about a young German boy who has all the credentials to be the perfect member of Hitler Youth. But he doesn't want to be a Nazi, so he runs away. Which seems awesome too. Good stuff.
This is a relatively short post compared to past posts, but it gives me something to do. But this is my fond farewell from blogger for around 3 weeks.
California awaits.
You know, this blog isn't great, but it's me just getting some feelings out in the open. It's bloody handy.
Friday, 17 July 2009
Sunday, 12 July 2009
Badoodadoodadoozy.
No, the title isn't a random combination of keys that a cat could've done. But yes, it is lame, yet also amused me muchly everytime I heard it. I'll explain later.
And so, the final week of school is upon me. But, more importantly, it's a mere 9 days until I make the venture all the way to Nevada/California. And I absolutely can't wait. The final 6 days should be the best of it. Los Angeles, and more importantly for me, Six Flags Magic Mountain. Home to a number of absolutely outstanding rollercoasters. Go have a look on the website if you don't believe me. And YouTube is a good source for the rides too.
Anyway, a sum up of the recent times.
Monday, I made the trip over to Oakwood (a theme park) with Year 7, and I had a really good day out there. Megaphobia is the classic Oakwood coaster that everyone goes on, and always loves. Then we have the likes of Bounce, Hydro and Speed. Bounce is not very exciting nowadays as I've grown up a bit, but Hydro and Speed are the bees knees. I didn't get a chance to go on Hydro this time, sadly, but it's still a cracking ride. And then Speed is pure brilliance. But I think I blacked out for a few seconds half-way through, as I can't remember anything after the picture, but before the corkscrew. Oh well.
Tuesday, fuck all happened.
Wednesday I went to Paris, once again with Year 7. Fair play to them, they're a really good laugh. Wednesday was just travelling all the way to Paris, so nothing very exciting happened. Thursday we went to Park Asterix, which is home to possibly the best rollercoaster (wow, rollercoasters have featured a lot in this blog) I've ever been on, despite the uncanny resemblance to the rollercoaster in Final Destination 3, except the fact that I didn't, err, die halfway through the ride. But anyhow, there was a number we went around with - Me, Andrew, Mirain, Emily, Gareth (the pie), Tom (yes, from Pobol Y Cwm!), Nathan, Carys, Amy and Hannah - and it was a whole lotta fun! Despite Gareth being the most annoying Year 7er ever to have been reproduced. Ho hum, no day can ever be perfect. And Thursday night we went on a boat ride along the River Seine and it was absolutely stunning. Paris is just an amazing city, that I hope to live in one day. Be it right after University, or when I retire, I will live there one day. Friday, then, was travelling home. And it was a really good laugh again. Me and a Year 7er have a little phrase going (well, it's not really a phrase, just an amalgamation of letters that make a rather amusing end product) which goes like the title says. Badoodadoodadoozy. I have no idea why I find it hilarious (well, not really hilarious, it just makes me chuckle whenever I hear it), but I do. Which connects to something I really did find hilarious on the bus home from Paris on Thursday night, which was one Year 7er sneezing rather wildly. That's all it was, and yet I was laughing uncontrollably for around 15 minutes. That's just me, get used to it.
Now I have one week left before the school term as finished, where I will have absolutely nothing to do all week, except for Thursday, where I'm in charge of the Bungee Run during the school's "Fun Day" which should, surprisingly, be fun.
In other news, it seems that one Bethan Hughes has screwed her knee in, in very similar fashion to what I did. Ligament damage and all that jazz. Except hers was done whilst playing football, and mine whilst skiing. Get well soon kiddo!
And so ends my post for this evening. I have Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince to look forward to on Wednesday - for those of you who do read my film reviews (yes, the both of you), I will review it on Wednesday night - which I cannot wait to see.
Ciao.
And so, the final week of school is upon me. But, more importantly, it's a mere 9 days until I make the venture all the way to Nevada/California. And I absolutely can't wait. The final 6 days should be the best of it. Los Angeles, and more importantly for me, Six Flags Magic Mountain. Home to a number of absolutely outstanding rollercoasters. Go have a look on the website if you don't believe me. And YouTube is a good source for the rides too.
Anyway, a sum up of the recent times.
Monday, I made the trip over to Oakwood (a theme park) with Year 7, and I had a really good day out there. Megaphobia is the classic Oakwood coaster that everyone goes on, and always loves. Then we have the likes of Bounce, Hydro and Speed. Bounce is not very exciting nowadays as I've grown up a bit, but Hydro and Speed are the bees knees. I didn't get a chance to go on Hydro this time, sadly, but it's still a cracking ride. And then Speed is pure brilliance. But I think I blacked out for a few seconds half-way through, as I can't remember anything after the picture, but before the corkscrew. Oh well.
Tuesday, fuck all happened.
Wednesday I went to Paris, once again with Year 7. Fair play to them, they're a really good laugh. Wednesday was just travelling all the way to Paris, so nothing very exciting happened. Thursday we went to Park Asterix, which is home to possibly the best rollercoaster (wow, rollercoasters have featured a lot in this blog) I've ever been on, despite the uncanny resemblance to the rollercoaster in Final Destination 3, except the fact that I didn't, err, die halfway through the ride. But anyhow, there was a number we went around with - Me, Andrew, Mirain, Emily, Gareth (the pie), Tom (yes, from Pobol Y Cwm!), Nathan, Carys, Amy and Hannah - and it was a whole lotta fun! Despite Gareth being the most annoying Year 7er ever to have been reproduced. Ho hum, no day can ever be perfect. And Thursday night we went on a boat ride along the River Seine and it was absolutely stunning. Paris is just an amazing city, that I hope to live in one day. Be it right after University, or when I retire, I will live there one day. Friday, then, was travelling home. And it was a really good laugh again. Me and a Year 7er have a little phrase going (well, it's not really a phrase, just an amalgamation of letters that make a rather amusing end product) which goes like the title says. Badoodadoodadoozy. I have no idea why I find it hilarious (well, not really hilarious, it just makes me chuckle whenever I hear it), but I do. Which connects to something I really did find hilarious on the bus home from Paris on Thursday night, which was one Year 7er sneezing rather wildly. That's all it was, and yet I was laughing uncontrollably for around 15 minutes. That's just me, get used to it.
Now I have one week left before the school term as finished, where I will have absolutely nothing to do all week, except for Thursday, where I'm in charge of the Bungee Run during the school's "Fun Day" which should, surprisingly, be fun.
In other news, it seems that one Bethan Hughes has screwed her knee in, in very similar fashion to what I did. Ligament damage and all that jazz. Except hers was done whilst playing football, and mine whilst skiing. Get well soon kiddo!
And so ends my post for this evening. I have Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince to look forward to on Wednesday - for those of you who do read my film reviews (yes, the both of you), I will review it on Wednesday night - which I cannot wait to see.
Ciao.
Saturday, 4 July 2009
Just keeping you posted.
Hello there. This is just going to be yet another one of my blogs that has no point whatsoever, and it shows how much of a brilliant social life I actually have. And blogging is actually kind of fun. But, shh, anyone hear's me say that, and I will forever be known as the "Lord of the Blog." Or something not really witty that someone with 4.9 brain cells made up, purely out of jealousy. Yes, I said it. Jealous of my trumendous blogger skills. Or the jealousy that I can actually string a few words together and, surprisingly, make the odd person laugh. Take that, 4.9 Brain Cells Man.
Well, from July 6 - August 10 should be pretty amazing to be perfectly honest. Check this out:
July 6 - Oakwood.
July 8 - 10 - Paris.
July 13 - my first, and only outing, as Capten Llys.
July 17 - End of Year 12.
July 21 - August 10 - Roadtrip around California, with Las Vegas thrown in for good measure.
I'd like to point out a few things on the list above. I'm actually going to Oakwood for free. How awesome is that? And the holiday to California isn't really a roadtrip, it just coincidentally involves us (me and my family) driving to 4 or 5 places all over California (including San Diego and Los Angeles), and then Las Vegas, Nevada. Could be the best holiday ever, which is, incidentally, my last summer holiday with my family. But I'll still go on the annual Skiing trip, or possibly Snowboarding depending on how confident I am after my fall in April.
I've decided not to go on a summer holiday with the family next year. I just think it's fitting that I have a whole summer to enjoy with my friends before we all go our separate ways to the wonderful time of your life that is University. I really can't wait for University. By the way, I've now got my heart set on Nottingham now. I don't think anything will change my mind now. But knowing myself, something will. Be it homesickness, or fear of not fitting in to the Uni, or fear of not liking the Campus. Or just the fear that it'll all go horribly wrong, and won't get accepted anywhere. The latter is, naturally, my biggest fear.
Sorry for the slight side track into a weird, and slightly depressing insight into my mind set for University. I'm just worr...sorry going off again.
On a lighter note, the Lions finished on one today beating the Springboks very comfortably, with a 28 - 9 victory. The first two tests were just disappointing. Well, not really disappointing, just gutting really. The first test was a superb game of rugby, but the Boks won it quite easily in hindisght. But the second test. Losing with an injury time penalty is just unfair. Goddamn you, Ronan O'Gara.
And, on an even lighter note, after my injury a few months ago, I've finally gotten rid of the crutches and am walking again!! Not very smoothly, with a rather big limp, but I can walk. And if I keep walking, the limp will slowly decrease and I should be back to normal in no time. A jump for joy is in order. Shit, maybe I shouldn't jump for joy again. No prizes for guessing what just happened.
Xbox is getting pretty fun at the moment. Borrowing Mass Effect and Dead Rising from Adam, and they're class. Mass Effect is like being in a film, it's great. And Dead Rising...what game will let you attack zombies with whatever you want?! I used a toy lightsabre once. It wasn't very good at all, but still, I could use one. Awesome stuff.
Finally, to put you all on a downer, or a high moment for you people with no soul, or Satan, Michael Jackson has died. It did come as a huge shock to me, I just wasn't expecting it. I do feel for the ones that went out of their way to spend £1000 on a ticket, and then find out they'll only get the face value back when the O2 arena give out the refunds. Gutted. However, no matter how shocked and gutted I was when he died (mostly 'cause his songs are legendary), I still had to laugh at the jokes. To be honest, who didn't at least give off a slight chuckle to just one of the many millions of jokes out there?
I think that pretty much rounds it up for now. Hope you enjoyed reading this and will probably not post again until Results Day, unless something monumental happens, I will keep my Lord of the Blog outfit in my cupboard for a while.
And Sree's gone from Big Brother. Thank fuck for that.
Oh, so close to not swearing in a blog for once.
Well, from July 6 - August 10 should be pretty amazing to be perfectly honest. Check this out:
July 6 - Oakwood.
July 8 - 10 - Paris.
July 13 - my first, and only outing, as Capten Llys.
July 17 - End of Year 12.
July 21 - August 10 - Roadtrip around California, with Las Vegas thrown in for good measure.
I'd like to point out a few things on the list above. I'm actually going to Oakwood for free. How awesome is that? And the holiday to California isn't really a roadtrip, it just coincidentally involves us (me and my family) driving to 4 or 5 places all over California (including San Diego and Los Angeles), and then Las Vegas, Nevada. Could be the best holiday ever, which is, incidentally, my last summer holiday with my family. But I'll still go on the annual Skiing trip, or possibly Snowboarding depending on how confident I am after my fall in April.
I've decided not to go on a summer holiday with the family next year. I just think it's fitting that I have a whole summer to enjoy with my friends before we all go our separate ways to the wonderful time of your life that is University. I really can't wait for University. By the way, I've now got my heart set on Nottingham now. I don't think anything will change my mind now. But knowing myself, something will. Be it homesickness, or fear of not fitting in to the Uni, or fear of not liking the Campus. Or just the fear that it'll all go horribly wrong, and won't get accepted anywhere. The latter is, naturally, my biggest fear.
Sorry for the slight side track into a weird, and slightly depressing insight into my mind set for University. I'm just worr...sorry going off again.
On a lighter note, the Lions finished on one today beating the Springboks very comfortably, with a 28 - 9 victory. The first two tests were just disappointing. Well, not really disappointing, just gutting really. The first test was a superb game of rugby, but the Boks won it quite easily in hindisght. But the second test. Losing with an injury time penalty is just unfair. Goddamn you, Ronan O'Gara.
And, on an even lighter note, after my injury a few months ago, I've finally gotten rid of the crutches and am walking again!! Not very smoothly, with a rather big limp, but I can walk. And if I keep walking, the limp will slowly decrease and I should be back to normal in no time. A jump for joy is in order. Shit, maybe I shouldn't jump for joy again. No prizes for guessing what just happened.
Xbox is getting pretty fun at the moment. Borrowing Mass Effect and Dead Rising from Adam, and they're class. Mass Effect is like being in a film, it's great. And Dead Rising...what game will let you attack zombies with whatever you want?! I used a toy lightsabre once. It wasn't very good at all, but still, I could use one. Awesome stuff.
Finally, to put you all on a downer, or a high moment for you people with no soul, or Satan, Michael Jackson has died. It did come as a huge shock to me, I just wasn't expecting it. I do feel for the ones that went out of their way to spend £1000 on a ticket, and then find out they'll only get the face value back when the O2 arena give out the refunds. Gutted. However, no matter how shocked and gutted I was when he died (mostly 'cause his songs are legendary), I still had to laugh at the jokes. To be honest, who didn't at least give off a slight chuckle to just one of the many millions of jokes out there?
I think that pretty much rounds it up for now. Hope you enjoyed reading this and will probably not post again until Results Day, unless something monumental happens, I will keep my Lord of the Blog outfit in my cupboard for a while.
And Sree's gone from Big Brother. Thank fuck for that.
Oh, so close to not swearing in a blog for once.
Tuesday, 23 June 2009
Big Brother.
This year is the most annoying year yet. There are no stand outs whatsoever. But Siavash for the win, 'cause he's cool.
I really got into watching it in the year of legendary Pete - the one with tourettes. He was just hilarious. It was also the year of ever-so-annoyingly-loud Nikki, the Welsh-come-annoyingtwat Glyn and the simply gorgeous Imogen, also from Wales. And it was a laugh, everything happened in it, it was brilliant.
Last year's was okay, but nothing special. With Mikey, the blind one, and Rachel, the winner who everyone's forgotten about. By the end all the good housemates left and I lost all interest really. After Luke left, I thought he was the funniest housemate ever cause he reminded me of Lee Evans, it just went downhill.
Then this year is more irritating than anything. Sree and Marcus are the most annoying bastards ever to grace my TV. And I shall go into a bit of a rant about those two, starting now.
Sree is the most hypocritical twat I have ever seen. He goes into the Diary Room complaing that Siavash uses the "F word" too much and he doesn't like swearing and all that jazz, and then he goes around like "shut the fuck up" and "fuck off" left, right and centre. He really, really irritates the life out of me, and I hope he leaves on Friday. Pillock of the highest order.
Marcus is the most childish 40-something year old. Ever. He swears constantly and just oggles all the girls in the house, even Angel at the beginning! He keeps going to Sophie "oh go on, get your tits out for us" and "Can I have a findle later?" and shit, he's just a perv. And Sophie's young enough to be his freaking daughter! That's just wrong, dude. And he's a hypocrite too. He has a huge go at Sree for stalking Noirin (I agree that Sree did stalk her though) and then he goes and does the exact same thing, except he's like a 12 year old with a crush around her! Whenever you see Noirin in the house, oh, there's Marcus! Jesus Christ!! Noirin is a pretty girl to be fair to her, but she's not as beautiful as all the males in the house think. She's annoying too as she's a two-faced bitch half the time. I also hate the way that Marcus always drops hints like "Oh, I think Shania Twain is beautiful...but not as much as Noirin though" and when he realises that Noirin didn't hear him, he said "Noirin, I said I think you're more beautiful than Shania Twain" Jesus, it's disgusting. I think she's the same age as Sophie aswell, sicko.
Well it seems that I hate Marcus more than Sree after that, but when I see Sree, I just cringe and say "oh, fuck no." Twats, the pair of them.
Big Brother really knows how to grind my gears. If the both of them stay in the house this Friday, that's one less viewer it'll get.
For Jade - It's shit actually tbh.
I really got into watching it in the year of legendary Pete - the one with tourettes. He was just hilarious. It was also the year of ever-so-annoyingly-loud Nikki, the Welsh-come-annoyingtwat Glyn and the simply gorgeous Imogen, also from Wales. And it was a laugh, everything happened in it, it was brilliant.
Last year's was okay, but nothing special. With Mikey, the blind one, and Rachel, the winner who everyone's forgotten about. By the end all the good housemates left and I lost all interest really. After Luke left, I thought he was the funniest housemate ever cause he reminded me of Lee Evans, it just went downhill.
Then this year is more irritating than anything. Sree and Marcus are the most annoying bastards ever to grace my TV. And I shall go into a bit of a rant about those two, starting now.
Sree is the most hypocritical twat I have ever seen. He goes into the Diary Room complaing that Siavash uses the "F word" too much and he doesn't like swearing and all that jazz, and then he goes around like "shut the fuck up" and "fuck off" left, right and centre. He really, really irritates the life out of me, and I hope he leaves on Friday. Pillock of the highest order.
Marcus is the most childish 40-something year old. Ever. He swears constantly and just oggles all the girls in the house, even Angel at the beginning! He keeps going to Sophie "oh go on, get your tits out for us" and "Can I have a findle later?" and shit, he's just a perv. And Sophie's young enough to be his freaking daughter! That's just wrong, dude. And he's a hypocrite too. He has a huge go at Sree for stalking Noirin (I agree that Sree did stalk her though) and then he goes and does the exact same thing, except he's like a 12 year old with a crush around her! Whenever you see Noirin in the house, oh, there's Marcus! Jesus Christ!! Noirin is a pretty girl to be fair to her, but she's not as beautiful as all the males in the house think. She's annoying too as she's a two-faced bitch half the time. I also hate the way that Marcus always drops hints like "Oh, I think Shania Twain is beautiful...but not as much as Noirin though" and when he realises that Noirin didn't hear him, he said "Noirin, I said I think you're more beautiful than Shania Twain" Jesus, it's disgusting. I think she's the same age as Sophie aswell, sicko.
Well it seems that I hate Marcus more than Sree after that, but when I see Sree, I just cringe and say "oh, fuck no." Twats, the pair of them.
Big Brother really knows how to grind my gears. If the both of them stay in the house this Friday, that's one less viewer it'll get.
Friday, 12 June 2009
The University Blog, as promised.
I'm making this into a bit of a habit. That's 3 posts in the space of a week by my reckoning. God, I need to get out more.
As I said in my latest post, I'll give you a full run down of the Universities I'm considering venturing off to next year in the next paragraphs. I still have no clue which University I want to go to most, but 3 at the moment are top of the list, with 1 possibly being dropped after an earlier conversation with my parents. We shall see.
Well a good place to start is to tell you wonderful people that either a) have read my blog from the start after me telling you to, or b) just found it by accident like a sperm finding an egg. It just happens. Anyway, I'm hoping to do French at University, with a second language to study from scratch, either Spanish or Italian, depending on the University. I've always loved French. Ever since Year 7, which is a bit of a shock seen as I had the delightfully awful Miss Rees teaching me, I've liked it. I like the French accent a lot, and to be able to speak it fluently in the future would be brilliant. Spanish and Italian are for different reasons. Italian really doesn't have a reason, but I've been to Italy a number of times and the language just seems very interesting. I only took a liking to Spanish by chance. One of my French teachers, Mrs Rowlands, teaches Spanish as well, and when I walked into the classroom a few months back, there was an example Spanish paragraph about Joe Bloggs' village, and the language just seems really, really good. It's quite similar to French, and the language is really "flowy" and it rolls off the tongue very simply. Spanish is my first choice second language (ha, sounds funny), but we'll see, as Bath don't offer Spanish in a beginners course in Year 1, only Italian.
That last sentence leads we neatly on to the subject of Cheese. Just messin' wi'cha.
Bath. It seems a very promising University for me indeed, as it was voted very highly for Modern Languages in general in recent years. +1 for Bath. Secondly, my Mum took my sister to see the Bath campus 2 years ago when she was choosing her Universities, and Mum really liked the campus, she said it seemed very friendly, and lovely gardens too. +2. But a problem, as aforementioned, is that you can only do Italian from scratch there, Russian too, but I'm not interested in that. It wouldn't be disastrous if I went there, because I wouldn't mind going there at all, but it's not my first choice.
After much consideration, I've decided to give each University a "Likelyhood of RBJ making this University his top 3 when forming an application" rating.
1/5 - Very, very much doubt it.
2/5 - Unlikely.
3/5 - 50/50 chance, may choose it, may not.
4/5 - Highly expected to be a chosen one.
5/5 - Definitely making this University my first choice.
So on that basis, Bath gets a 3/5.
Bristol. Right from the start, I'd put this down as my first choice. Very well respected University, highly ranked in the University Rankings on the Guardian, Independant and Times. Looking good. +2. But after a conversation with Mum, it's put me off going there slightly. She has a friend who went to Bristol as a Postgraduate, and this friend (I don't know his/her name, will be referred to as "X." Makes them sound like a hitman. Or one of the X-Men, strangely.) said that the tuition at Bristol was not that good. No details, so I'm still sceptical. Once again using a phrase I seem to be over-using at the minute, we'll see.
Bristol gets a rather disappointing, 2/5.
Nottingham. I didn't originally have Nottingham as an original choice, but it's replaced Birmingam as a possible choice for the following reasons. 1) It seems to be a really nice looking Univeristy, looking very modern. 2) Well rated on the University rankings for 2010, rated in the top 20 for French, as opposed to Bristol's 27th. 3) A family friend went there and he really liked it. +3 for Nottingham. It's relatively close to my Grandparents house too, so that's another plus. Looking good for Nottingham. Will have a look for Open Days in the coming months.
4/5 by my reckoning.
Finally, Oxford. This has been up at the top of the list from the get go really, but I don't see myself getting in. But we'll see. It's obviously one of the best Universities in the world with Cambridge (well, I don't know, but it's always used as examples of Universities so you know), and it looks brilliant. Already went there for a day with the family and it seems like a really nice place, as well as a University. Definitely one of my choices.
4.5/5 for Oxford.
Which means that it seems that, at the moment, Bath, Nottingham and Oxford are my top 3 Universities. Chances are, or rather my luck, I won't get into any of them, and will end up at Trefforest School of Modern Languages. Fun, fun, fun.
Well it seems that this post has come to an end. Should give you an insight into the hopes of RBJ when it comes to University. Maybe I'll see one of you in Trefforest. See you there.
To end, I have a rather hilarious quote or two from Family Guy:
Quote Number 1.
Peter: Hey Lois, you remember that diamond engagement ring you always wanted?
Lois: Oh my god, Peter, you didn't! *smiles*
Peter: Yep, I got a horse!
Quote Number 2.
Ladies and Gentleman of the store, I have an important announcement to make. Testicles. That is all.
That's a fitting moment to end on by my reckoning.
As I said in my latest post, I'll give you a full run down of the Universities I'm considering venturing off to next year in the next paragraphs. I still have no clue which University I want to go to most, but 3 at the moment are top of the list, with 1 possibly being dropped after an earlier conversation with my parents. We shall see.
Well a good place to start is to tell you wonderful people that either a) have read my blog from the start after me telling you to, or b) just found it by accident like a sperm finding an egg. It just happens. Anyway, I'm hoping to do French at University, with a second language to study from scratch, either Spanish or Italian, depending on the University. I've always loved French. Ever since Year 7, which is a bit of a shock seen as I had the delightfully awful Miss Rees teaching me, I've liked it. I like the French accent a lot, and to be able to speak it fluently in the future would be brilliant. Spanish and Italian are for different reasons. Italian really doesn't have a reason, but I've been to Italy a number of times and the language just seems very interesting. I only took a liking to Spanish by chance. One of my French teachers, Mrs Rowlands, teaches Spanish as well, and when I walked into the classroom a few months back, there was an example Spanish paragraph about Joe Bloggs' village, and the language just seems really, really good. It's quite similar to French, and the language is really "flowy" and it rolls off the tongue very simply. Spanish is my first choice second language (ha, sounds funny), but we'll see, as Bath don't offer Spanish in a beginners course in Year 1, only Italian.
That last sentence leads we neatly on to the subject of Cheese. Just messin' wi'cha.
Bath. It seems a very promising University for me indeed, as it was voted very highly for Modern Languages in general in recent years. +1 for Bath. Secondly, my Mum took my sister to see the Bath campus 2 years ago when she was choosing her Universities, and Mum really liked the campus, she said it seemed very friendly, and lovely gardens too. +2. But a problem, as aforementioned, is that you can only do Italian from scratch there, Russian too, but I'm not interested in that. It wouldn't be disastrous if I went there, because I wouldn't mind going there at all, but it's not my first choice.
After much consideration, I've decided to give each University a "Likelyhood of RBJ making this University his top 3 when forming an application" rating.
1/5 - Very, very much doubt it.
2/5 - Unlikely.
3/5 - 50/50 chance, may choose it, may not.
4/5 - Highly expected to be a chosen one.
5/5 - Definitely making this University my first choice.
So on that basis, Bath gets a 3/5.
Bristol. Right from the start, I'd put this down as my first choice. Very well respected University, highly ranked in the University Rankings on the Guardian, Independant and Times. Looking good. +2. But after a conversation with Mum, it's put me off going there slightly. She has a friend who went to Bristol as a Postgraduate, and this friend (I don't know his/her name, will be referred to as "X." Makes them sound like a hitman. Or one of the X-Men, strangely.) said that the tuition at Bristol was not that good. No details, so I'm still sceptical. Once again using a phrase I seem to be over-using at the minute, we'll see.
Bristol gets a rather disappointing, 2/5.
Nottingham. I didn't originally have Nottingham as an original choice, but it's replaced Birmingam as a possible choice for the following reasons. 1) It seems to be a really nice looking Univeristy, looking very modern. 2) Well rated on the University rankings for 2010, rated in the top 20 for French, as opposed to Bristol's 27th. 3) A family friend went there and he really liked it. +3 for Nottingham. It's relatively close to my Grandparents house too, so that's another plus. Looking good for Nottingham. Will have a look for Open Days in the coming months.
4/5 by my reckoning.
Finally, Oxford. This has been up at the top of the list from the get go really, but I don't see myself getting in. But we'll see. It's obviously one of the best Universities in the world with Cambridge (well, I don't know, but it's always used as examples of Universities so you know), and it looks brilliant. Already went there for a day with the family and it seems like a really nice place, as well as a University. Definitely one of my choices.
4.5/5 for Oxford.
Which means that it seems that, at the moment, Bath, Nottingham and Oxford are my top 3 Universities. Chances are, or rather my luck, I won't get into any of them, and will end up at Trefforest School of Modern Languages. Fun, fun, fun.
Well it seems that this post has come to an end. Should give you an insight into the hopes of RBJ when it comes to University. Maybe I'll see one of you in Trefforest. See you there.
To end, I have a rather hilarious quote or two from Family Guy:
Quote Number 1.
Peter: Hey Lois, you remember that diamond engagement ring you always wanted?
Lois: Oh my god, Peter, you didn't! *smiles*
Peter: Yep, I got a horse!
Quote Number 2.
Ladies and Gentleman of the store, I have an important announcement to make. Testicles. That is all.
That's a fitting moment to end on by my reckoning.
Wednesday, 10 June 2009
This is the end of the beginning.
So, my final year at Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen (yeah, I went there) has begun. A year of, hopefully, many highs, and hopefully just the one low. The last day. I'll talk about that, surprisingly, in the last paragraph of this post. I don't forsee this being a particularly long post, just one to summarise what I hope the final year should include. There will be one with a full summary of my final year, surprisingly un-surprisingly, after it's over.
The exams are now over, as I mentioned in my most recent post, but didn't go into detail, as Green Day has priority over my future. Exam number one was IT. It went rather painlessly on the whole, as I wasn't nervous about it. The exam was merely a chance for me to upgrade my B to an A. I doubt I've done it to be honest, as my portfolio was awful. Ho hum. I'm dropping IT anyway, so it's not a problem. My second exam was French, and I did talk about that in my last post, but revitalising cream deserves a second mention. Onwards and upwards, as they say. Or was that just a saying derived by abnormally tall people to belittle (oh, the irony) the smaller people. Who knows? Next up, History, which truth be told, could've been a hell of a lot worse. I could answer every question, which is always a good sign. Had a question like "To what extent were the Nazi's helpful to the Jewish community between 1935 - 1945?" come up, which it wouldn't by the way, I'd've been well and truly pwned. And finally, Drama took the reigns, and to be honest, I didn't revise for it barely at all. Besides about an hour the night before and maybe half an hour on the morning of the exam.
I'd just like to take this opportunity to apologise for my actions for my actions before the History exam. I kept bragging about how I knew everything about Politics and rubbing it in people's faces. It was twatty of me, and I shouldn't've done it. Sorry dudes.
So, Year 13. It's begun brightly, with me being elected into the school senate. Well, I wasn't really elected into it, there weren't enough people that applied for it, so everyone was put in automatically. So now I'm in the senate, next stage - become Head Boy. It won't be easy though. I have fierce competition from the likes of Rhys Taylor, Andrew Ross and (the most troubling of the lot) Nathan Willets. Tough, tough gig. I won't get in though, guaranteed.
Lesson wise, I haven't had a proper Drama lesson yet, I've had a good start to Year 13 French by starting L'Étranger, we've started the coursework (sort of) for History and I'm dropping IT. What fun the next 5 weeks should be. And there was no sarcasm there. Honestly. 100% truth. Looking forward to it...
So we've arrived at the final paragraph, which it won't be as I'll write a new one about the next post I should do in the next few weeks, about the last day. Going to be very, very sad. Will have to say goodbye to everyone before University including Adam Hill, Christopher Burt, Andrew Ross and Bethan Hughes. Sad, sad day.
I've realised while writing the last paragraph that I have not yet filled you avid readers (5 of you by the looks of it) with my plans and hopes for University. Watch this space.
Bet you were waiting for me to do the Borat style "NOT" after my "Looking forward to it..." sentence. Oh how wrong you all were.
NOT.
Ha, got you there.
The exams are now over, as I mentioned in my most recent post, but didn't go into detail, as Green Day has priority over my future. Exam number one was IT. It went rather painlessly on the whole, as I wasn't nervous about it. The exam was merely a chance for me to upgrade my B to an A. I doubt I've done it to be honest, as my portfolio was awful. Ho hum. I'm dropping IT anyway, so it's not a problem. My second exam was French, and I did talk about that in my last post, but revitalising cream deserves a second mention. Onwards and upwards, as they say. Or was that just a saying derived by abnormally tall people to belittle (oh, the irony) the smaller people. Who knows? Next up, History, which truth be told, could've been a hell of a lot worse. I could answer every question, which is always a good sign. Had a question like "To what extent were the Nazi's helpful to the Jewish community between 1935 - 1945?" come up, which it wouldn't by the way, I'd've been well and truly pwned. And finally, Drama took the reigns, and to be honest, I didn't revise for it barely at all. Besides about an hour the night before and maybe half an hour on the morning of the exam.
I'd just like to take this opportunity to apologise for my actions for my actions before the History exam. I kept bragging about how I knew everything about Politics and rubbing it in people's faces. It was twatty of me, and I shouldn't've done it. Sorry dudes.
So, Year 13. It's begun brightly, with me being elected into the school senate. Well, I wasn't really elected into it, there weren't enough people that applied for it, so everyone was put in automatically. So now I'm in the senate, next stage - become Head Boy. It won't be easy though. I have fierce competition from the likes of Rhys Taylor, Andrew Ross and (the most troubling of the lot) Nathan Willets. Tough, tough gig. I won't get in though, guaranteed.
Lesson wise, I haven't had a proper Drama lesson yet, I've had a good start to Year 13 French by starting L'Étranger, we've started the coursework (sort of) for History and I'm dropping IT. What fun the next 5 weeks should be. And there was no sarcasm there. Honestly. 100% truth. Looking forward to it...
So we've arrived at the final paragraph, which it won't be as I'll write a new one about the next post I should do in the next few weeks, about the last day. Going to be very, very sad. Will have to say goodbye to everyone before University including Adam Hill, Christopher Burt, Andrew Ross and Bethan Hughes. Sad, sad day.
I've realised while writing the last paragraph that I have not yet filled you avid readers (5 of you by the looks of it) with my plans and hopes for University. Watch this space.
Bet you were waiting for me to do the Borat style "NOT" after my "Looking forward to it..." sentence. Oh how wrong you all were.
NOT.
Ha, got you there.
Friday, 5 June 2009
The past 3 months, and the issues that occured. Well, not really issues, just moments of interest that no one will really find interesting.
After an absence of many a month, Rhys' blog has returned for all you adoring fans out there. This blog should detail as much as what's happened in the past few months in order for me to release some possible anger, spontenuity and happiness. Please read on if you're interested. If not, fuck off.
As my last post was all the way back in March, let's go from there. So what happened? In all honesty, nothing of note. I'm 99% sure there was a number of adolescent arguements in and out of school. The reason I don't know whether there were any arguements or not is because, simply, I can't remember. There was only 15 or so days left in March after my last post anyhow, so let's just skip over that.
April has popped up onto the scene. April was a fairly eventful month to say the least. Started off by going skiing for a week at the beginning. All was going so well. Great skiing lessons, halfway through the week Chelsea tormented Liverpool to a 3-1 win at Anfield, setting up for an extraordinary encounter at the Bridge a week later. Full summary of this will be seen soon in this post. Downside of the skiing trip was the snow, as it didn't actually snow once all week, and it was bloody hot too, which meant the snow was melting nearer the bottom of the mountain. Not good skiing conditions. And I'm blaming that for what happens next, as I simply refuse to blame myself. Actually that's a lie, it was my fault. Anyway. So on the final morning of the week, I wasn't feeling comfortable skiing at all, I didn't feel I was in control of my skis, which is always a recipe for disaster. Lo and behold, I fell. I was made to be ski'd down the mountain on a sort of sledge, dragged along by another skier. It seems like a laugh, but it wasn't. The bumpiest and most uncomfortable ride I've ever had to experience. So, we arrived at the resort hospital, and after 2 hours there, it emerged that I had either fractured my shin or damaged my cruciate ligaments in my knee. Turns out I did both after closer examination back home. Lovely. I'm still on crutches now as it happens. Shouldn't be too long though, maybe another week or 2, if I do those exercises. Let's just hope for the best.
Any non-football, fans, feel free to skip this next exceptionally long paragraph on the Chelsea match.
As a forementioned, this will be a paragraph concentrating on the madness that insued during the second leg of Chelsea vs. Liverpool, quarter final of the Champions League. So, Chelsea were going into this with a very impressive and comfortable 3-1 lead, so all Chelsea needed to do was hold their nerve and they would be into the semi-finals. Sounds simple? Oh, how Chelsea made it difficult. First incident, Liverpool's Fabio Aurelio swings in a brilliant free kick that takes everyone by surprise into Cech's bottom left-hand corner. Okay, no panic, we're still in the lead. 3-2 on aggregate. Second incident, disaster. Ivanovic fouled Alonso in the box, penalty to Liverpool. Alonso scored. 3-3. Panic Chelsea. We were still going through on away goals, but one goal will change it all. Half-time pops up and Chelsea go into the dressing room dumb-founded, looking for answers on what went wrong. Guus Hiddink, Chelsea's temporary First Team Coach, had a mountain to climb. And boy did he. Chelsea started the second half like a totally different side, leading to Drogba's goal, or Reina's own goal. Either way, Chelsea scored. 4-3, we were back in the driving seat. Chelsea were fired up after this, creating chance after chance, until Drogba won Chelsea a free kick, about 30 yards out. Around the ball are Lampard, Drogba, Ballack and, more importantly, Alex. No one knew who was going to take this, until Alex started his run up. Alex has hit a few brilliant free kicks for us, but this one trumps them all. He blasts it with incredible power and spin, spinning around the wall, into the roof of the net. Reina had no chance. Easily one of the best free kicks I've ever seen. 5-3. Chelsea were comfortable, just had to hold out until the end. Moment of genius pops up, in the shape of Frank Lampard, scoring Chelsea's third of the night, and the sixth of the tie. 6-3. Surely we were home and dry now. Err, not quite. Lucas scored. Or was it an Essien own goal. Either way, they scored, with around 10 minutes to go. 6-4. Up pops Kuyt, with a brilliant header to convert a superb Liverpool move. 6-5. Hold onto your hats boys, it's going to be a bumpy last 5 minutes. Then, bang. Lampard scores again, with an excellent strike into the net, hitting both posts on the way in. 7-5. And that was that. Chelsea were into the semi-finals of the Champions League. One of the greatest games of football I've ever experienced. The semi-finals however, were a different story, which can be summarised in two words. Absolute twat. I won't talk about that one.
So that's April. With it's ups and downs, lefts and rights and spinning in circles.
May. "Hey, what's that? Is it a bird? Is it a Plane?" "It's the fucking sun." "Thanks Captain Obvious!" "Eat dick." Yes, the sun had appeared at long last! But so had my exams. I didn't have any time at all to enjoy the sun because of my exams. Except on the day before my History exam when I revised outside. Didn't learn much outside, but I revised outside. I'll talk about my exams a bit later. But first, a more important matter to discuss. Rhys Bowen Jones managed to scrounge himself a ticket to see Green Day! Unbelievably as I got it about 4 days after they were released, with nearly every ticket sold out. But I got one. Green Day's New Album was released too, 21st Century Breakdown, and it's brilliant, I love every song on there. Good stuff! Oh and Chelsea won the FA Cup. Just thought I'd throw that in there.
So, my exams. They started off rather brightly with IT, which was a lot easier than the not-so-disastrous exam in January. So I was feeling good. 4 days later, I had my French exam, the exam I was worried about most. And I had every right to be worried. How do they expect us to translate "Revitalising Cream" into Welsh, seriously? Bloody hell. I don't think it was totally disastrous, but I don't think I did as well as I should've done. So then I had a 2 week break before History and Drama. History by the end took over. Every waking minute was either spent upstairs in my room revising, or on MSN, revising. And when it came to pass, it wasn't all that bad. One bitch of a question on the National Government, but on the whole, it wasn't totally impossible. And finally, Drama. I'm probably going to shoot myself in the foot on this one, but it was terribly easy. I don't think I talked enough about the dramatists, but ho hum. And they're over. It went rather quickly, and rather painless. Bring on the results.
So I think that's it. It was an eventful couple of months, to say the least. Keep having a check to see whether I've written a new blog. I highly doubt I'll write one until after my results to vent my anger or vomit sunshine onto this blog after a successful day. We'll have to wait and see.
Now, what do I have to look forward to? Well, June shouldn't be too eventful, but the exception of Adam's birthday, and, less importantly, my Mum's birthday. Then there's Los Angeles in July/August, which should be amazing. Then my results. And finally, before the new school year starts again in September, the small matter of my birthday (17!), and the hope of driving lessons.
As it turns out, there was no anger, spontenuity or happiness, really. Bummer.
Exciting times in the RBJ camp.
As my last post was all the way back in March, let's go from there. So what happened? In all honesty, nothing of note. I'm 99% sure there was a number of adolescent arguements in and out of school. The reason I don't know whether there were any arguements or not is because, simply, I can't remember. There was only 15 or so days left in March after my last post anyhow, so let's just skip over that.
April has popped up onto the scene. April was a fairly eventful month to say the least. Started off by going skiing for a week at the beginning. All was going so well. Great skiing lessons, halfway through the week Chelsea tormented Liverpool to a 3-1 win at Anfield, setting up for an extraordinary encounter at the Bridge a week later. Full summary of this will be seen soon in this post. Downside of the skiing trip was the snow, as it didn't actually snow once all week, and it was bloody hot too, which meant the snow was melting nearer the bottom of the mountain. Not good skiing conditions. And I'm blaming that for what happens next, as I simply refuse to blame myself. Actually that's a lie, it was my fault. Anyway. So on the final morning of the week, I wasn't feeling comfortable skiing at all, I didn't feel I was in control of my skis, which is always a recipe for disaster. Lo and behold, I fell. I was made to be ski'd down the mountain on a sort of sledge, dragged along by another skier. It seems like a laugh, but it wasn't. The bumpiest and most uncomfortable ride I've ever had to experience. So, we arrived at the resort hospital, and after 2 hours there, it emerged that I had either fractured my shin or damaged my cruciate ligaments in my knee. Turns out I did both after closer examination back home. Lovely. I'm still on crutches now as it happens. Shouldn't be too long though, maybe another week or 2, if I do those exercises. Let's just hope for the best.
Any non-football, fans, feel free to skip this next exceptionally long paragraph on the Chelsea match.
As a forementioned, this will be a paragraph concentrating on the madness that insued during the second leg of Chelsea vs. Liverpool, quarter final of the Champions League. So, Chelsea were going into this with a very impressive and comfortable 3-1 lead, so all Chelsea needed to do was hold their nerve and they would be into the semi-finals. Sounds simple? Oh, how Chelsea made it difficult. First incident, Liverpool's Fabio Aurelio swings in a brilliant free kick that takes everyone by surprise into Cech's bottom left-hand corner. Okay, no panic, we're still in the lead. 3-2 on aggregate. Second incident, disaster. Ivanovic fouled Alonso in the box, penalty to Liverpool. Alonso scored. 3-3. Panic Chelsea. We were still going through on away goals, but one goal will change it all. Half-time pops up and Chelsea go into the dressing room dumb-founded, looking for answers on what went wrong. Guus Hiddink, Chelsea's temporary First Team Coach, had a mountain to climb. And boy did he. Chelsea started the second half like a totally different side, leading to Drogba's goal, or Reina's own goal. Either way, Chelsea scored. 4-3, we were back in the driving seat. Chelsea were fired up after this, creating chance after chance, until Drogba won Chelsea a free kick, about 30 yards out. Around the ball are Lampard, Drogba, Ballack and, more importantly, Alex. No one knew who was going to take this, until Alex started his run up. Alex has hit a few brilliant free kicks for us, but this one trumps them all. He blasts it with incredible power and spin, spinning around the wall, into the roof of the net. Reina had no chance. Easily one of the best free kicks I've ever seen. 5-3. Chelsea were comfortable, just had to hold out until the end. Moment of genius pops up, in the shape of Frank Lampard, scoring Chelsea's third of the night, and the sixth of the tie. 6-3. Surely we were home and dry now. Err, not quite. Lucas scored. Or was it an Essien own goal. Either way, they scored, with around 10 minutes to go. 6-4. Up pops Kuyt, with a brilliant header to convert a superb Liverpool move. 6-5. Hold onto your hats boys, it's going to be a bumpy last 5 minutes. Then, bang. Lampard scores again, with an excellent strike into the net, hitting both posts on the way in. 7-5. And that was that. Chelsea were into the semi-finals of the Champions League. One of the greatest games of football I've ever experienced. The semi-finals however, were a different story, which can be summarised in two words. Absolute twat. I won't talk about that one.
So that's April. With it's ups and downs, lefts and rights and spinning in circles.
May. "Hey, what's that? Is it a bird? Is it a Plane?" "It's the fucking sun." "Thanks Captain Obvious!" "Eat dick." Yes, the sun had appeared at long last! But so had my exams. I didn't have any time at all to enjoy the sun because of my exams. Except on the day before my History exam when I revised outside. Didn't learn much outside, but I revised outside. I'll talk about my exams a bit later. But first, a more important matter to discuss. Rhys Bowen Jones managed to scrounge himself a ticket to see Green Day! Unbelievably as I got it about 4 days after they were released, with nearly every ticket sold out. But I got one. Green Day's New Album was released too, 21st Century Breakdown, and it's brilliant, I love every song on there. Good stuff! Oh and Chelsea won the FA Cup. Just thought I'd throw that in there.
So, my exams. They started off rather brightly with IT, which was a lot easier than the not-so-disastrous exam in January. So I was feeling good. 4 days later, I had my French exam, the exam I was worried about most. And I had every right to be worried. How do they expect us to translate "Revitalising Cream" into Welsh, seriously? Bloody hell. I don't think it was totally disastrous, but I don't think I did as well as I should've done. So then I had a 2 week break before History and Drama. History by the end took over. Every waking minute was either spent upstairs in my room revising, or on MSN, revising. And when it came to pass, it wasn't all that bad. One bitch of a question on the National Government, but on the whole, it wasn't totally impossible. And finally, Drama. I'm probably going to shoot myself in the foot on this one, but it was terribly easy. I don't think I talked enough about the dramatists, but ho hum. And they're over. It went rather quickly, and rather painless. Bring on the results.
So I think that's it. It was an eventful couple of months, to say the least. Keep having a check to see whether I've written a new blog. I highly doubt I'll write one until after my results to vent my anger or vomit sunshine onto this blog after a successful day. We'll have to wait and see.
Now, what do I have to look forward to? Well, June shouldn't be too eventful, but the exception of Adam's birthday, and, less importantly, my Mum's birthday. Then there's Los Angeles in July/August, which should be amazing. Then my results. And finally, before the new school year starts again in September, the small matter of my birthday (17!), and the hope of driving lessons.
As it turns out, there was no anger, spontenuity or happiness, really. Bummer.
Exciting times in the RBJ camp.
Saturday, 14 March 2009
The Bill meets 24 meets Saw.
How long has it been since I last wrote one of these? A month? Two months. God knows. But it's a Saturday Night. What would anyone with not much of a social life to on a Saturday Night? Write a Blog, of course!
2009 has been a bit of a weird one. New Year's was a great laugh, even though I got taken the picc out of all night by my parents and their friends. Brilliant eh?
Then came the night. My god, I actually don't think I've smiled so much in my life, to be quite honest. Was the epiphone of my 16 years to date. Then we met up in Caerdydd. Cardiff to the people that cannot speak the beautiful language that is Welsh. Although I only have two followers, both of them speak Welsh and neither of them are on here very much at all. Ho hum. We met up and had a great ass day! But she said no. Read between the lines people. Now it's all changed. God dammit. We're talking, but nothing like we were. Now it's just "hello. Alright?". For 5 mins...then nothing. God dammit. I shouldn't've asked her. I should've thought about the fact she had her GCSE's. Fuck's sake, Rhys. I really liked her aswell.
Anyone remember my post about Technoleg Gwybodaeth? How I said it was awful and used the word "shit" a hell of a lot? Well, I had my result back on Thursday. Turns out, I did quite well. Well enough to get a B anyway. Physically couldn't believe it when I saw it and had to do a double take. A B?! After the debacle of everyone thinking we failed?! Totally incredible. Made my day that did, I'm not going to lie.
(This isn't in chronological order by the way, I'm just writing whatever comes into my head next)
After the high of Thursday, Comic Relief came the next day! My favourite fundraiser! In school, the sixth form got to dress up as Film Stars for the day. Me and Chris' characters of choice? The Blues Brothers, of course! Had a great day at school, with Matthew dressing up as Batman easily the laugh of the day! Haha, I love Rhydfelen!
As opposed to Garth Olwg. Now, there was an utter shambles this year regarding the school name. Well, not the school name, per say, more how some people reacted. Posters were put up against the school name change from Rhydfelen to Garth Olwg. Which sounds totally harmless. Until you mention the fact that the posters had a Llanhari badge and Plasmawr badge on them, both with big red crosses over them. Sounds harmless too, as they're just two random school badges. Not so harmless when we have a new headteacher that came from Llanhari, and a new Deputy Headteacher that came from Plasmawr. Who's idea it was, I'm not quite sure, but it caused an uproar. Miss Morris (the head) and Mr Evans (deputy) called in three of my friends, Rhys, Andrew and Gazzard for questioning. This was slowly developing into The Bill. The three of them were called into Miss Morris' office at around 9:00 AM. They weren't seen until 14:00 PM. Now, 24 has creeped into the scene. They came out and Andrew exagerated (obviously, it's Andrew?) slightly and called it an interrigation. But that's what we thought it was. 5 hours of non-stop questioning. Chris thought that there'd be a knock on the door of the room we were in, we'd open the door, look down and see Andrew's finger ina box with a note saying: "You'll get the rest when he comes clean!". Unfortunately, no such thing arose. Would've livened up the day to a whole new level! The Bill meets 24 meets Saw.
So, now, a campaign is appearing on the horizon to get the name changed back to Rhydfelen. It seems that this protest is becoming more and more of a reality. And I'm going along with it. I'd rather spend my 7 years at Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen, thanks. Not 4 years at Rhydfelen and my last 3 at Ysgol Gyfun Garth Olwg.
Oh, there have been some issues with my school in the last month. The one that really pissed me off was the whole ordeal with Snow. Woke up on Tuesday morning to look outside and see the whole street covered in white. Brilliant! I love Snow! Had a relaxing Snow Day in the house. Wednesday morning, woke up to see the snow had cleared. And yet my school was still closed. Wednesday I did my work, quite successfully if I say so myself. Thursday morning, woke up to see it had been snowing again! No school again! Thursday I finished all the work I had. Friday morning, woke up to see the snow had cleared again and got changed to go to school. Oh wait, school's closed. Saturday and Sunday there was no snow at all so I was prepared to go to school the next day and get back to normal. Monday morning, woke up to see it had been raining. Lovely. Just about to leave the house when I got a text. School's closed. Okay, this got ridiculous. How could 2 days of Snow turn into 5 days off school? Jeese Louise.
Well, that was a bit of an epic blog to be fair.
2009 has been a bit of a weird one. New Year's was a great laugh, even though I got taken the picc out of all night by my parents and their friends. Brilliant eh?
Then came the night. My god, I actually don't think I've smiled so much in my life, to be quite honest. Was the epiphone of my 16 years to date. Then we met up in Caerdydd. Cardiff to the people that cannot speak the beautiful language that is Welsh. Although I only have two followers, both of them speak Welsh and neither of them are on here very much at all. Ho hum. We met up and had a great ass day! But she said no. Read between the lines people. Now it's all changed. God dammit. We're talking, but nothing like we were. Now it's just "hello. Alright?". For 5 mins...then nothing. God dammit. I shouldn't've asked her. I should've thought about the fact she had her GCSE's. Fuck's sake, Rhys. I really liked her aswell.
Anyone remember my post about Technoleg Gwybodaeth? How I said it was awful and used the word "shit" a hell of a lot? Well, I had my result back on Thursday. Turns out, I did quite well. Well enough to get a B anyway. Physically couldn't believe it when I saw it and had to do a double take. A B?! After the debacle of everyone thinking we failed?! Totally incredible. Made my day that did, I'm not going to lie.
(This isn't in chronological order by the way, I'm just writing whatever comes into my head next)
After the high of Thursday, Comic Relief came the next day! My favourite fundraiser! In school, the sixth form got to dress up as Film Stars for the day. Me and Chris' characters of choice? The Blues Brothers, of course! Had a great day at school, with Matthew dressing up as Batman easily the laugh of the day! Haha, I love Rhydfelen!
As opposed to Garth Olwg. Now, there was an utter shambles this year regarding the school name. Well, not the school name, per say, more how some people reacted. Posters were put up against the school name change from Rhydfelen to Garth Olwg. Which sounds totally harmless. Until you mention the fact that the posters had a Llanhari badge and Plasmawr badge on them, both with big red crosses over them. Sounds harmless too, as they're just two random school badges. Not so harmless when we have a new headteacher that came from Llanhari, and a new Deputy Headteacher that came from Plasmawr. Who's idea it was, I'm not quite sure, but it caused an uproar. Miss Morris (the head) and Mr Evans (deputy) called in three of my friends, Rhys, Andrew and Gazzard for questioning. This was slowly developing into The Bill. The three of them were called into Miss Morris' office at around 9:00 AM. They weren't seen until 14:00 PM. Now, 24 has creeped into the scene. They came out and Andrew exagerated (obviously, it's Andrew?) slightly and called it an interrigation. But that's what we thought it was. 5 hours of non-stop questioning. Chris thought that there'd be a knock on the door of the room we were in, we'd open the door, look down and see Andrew's finger ina box with a note saying: "You'll get the rest when he comes clean!". Unfortunately, no such thing arose. Would've livened up the day to a whole new level! The Bill meets 24 meets Saw.
So, now, a campaign is appearing on the horizon to get the name changed back to Rhydfelen. It seems that this protest is becoming more and more of a reality. And I'm going along with it. I'd rather spend my 7 years at Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen, thanks. Not 4 years at Rhydfelen and my last 3 at Ysgol Gyfun Garth Olwg.
Oh, there have been some issues with my school in the last month. The one that really pissed me off was the whole ordeal with Snow. Woke up on Tuesday morning to look outside and see the whole street covered in white. Brilliant! I love Snow! Had a relaxing Snow Day in the house. Wednesday morning, woke up to see the snow had cleared. And yet my school was still closed. Wednesday I did my work, quite successfully if I say so myself. Thursday morning, woke up to see it had been snowing again! No school again! Thursday I finished all the work I had. Friday morning, woke up to see the snow had cleared again and got changed to go to school. Oh wait, school's closed. Saturday and Sunday there was no snow at all so I was prepared to go to school the next day and get back to normal. Monday morning, woke up to see it had been raining. Lovely. Just about to leave the house when I got a text. School's closed. Okay, this got ridiculous. How could 2 days of Snow turn into 5 days off school? Jeese Louise.
Well, that was a bit of an epic blog to be fair.
Saturday, 31 January 2009
2009...
So far, it's been bloody good. Awesome new year. Awesome month overall. Bring on the next 11 months!
The work is beginning to pile up though. TG project. 3 Hanes essays. Drama presentation. Eisteddfod. Menter yr Ifanc. Jeeeeeeeeese Louise. The TG Project I've finished but I know it's wrong. Haven't started the hanes essays. Currently doing the Drama presentation. Eisteddfod and Menter are on going all year. Chriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiist. It's about time I start to use my free lessons wisely. At the moment, it's just me being a lazy arse. But now, something must be done. Joy.
Oh, and it's illegal to call Rhydfelen, Rhydfelen anymore. It must be called Garth Olwg. And there's going to be a uniform change. When, I don't know, but it will happen. Protesting has already begun. Posters being put up. Petitions being signed. We'll just have to wait and see if they listen to us. They being the govenors of the school, who don't really do much, never listen to anyone except Adolf. Sorry, Miss Morris I mean. If they make us wear the new uniform next year (my last year in Rhydfelen!) I will definitely take a stand and wear the Rhydfelen tie and suffer the consequences. Try and stop me.
Anyway, on a lighter note, yesterday. What an amazing night that was. Had such a laugh, man! And I got in free cause Llyr (Mr. Rhishart's son) told the guy on the door that I was a tamberine player and Andrew a cowbell player in his band. I really couldn't believe it worked. Ianto is a legend. And I have witnessed the Real Life trio of Seth, Evan and McLovin in Ianto, Llyr and Andrew. Nahahaha.
I guess that just about wraps it all up for this post. Feel free to comment. Just one little comment. Please?
The work is beginning to pile up though. TG project. 3 Hanes essays. Drama presentation. Eisteddfod. Menter yr Ifanc. Jeeeeeeeeese Louise. The TG Project I've finished but I know it's wrong. Haven't started the hanes essays. Currently doing the Drama presentation. Eisteddfod and Menter are on going all year. Chriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiist. It's about time I start to use my free lessons wisely. At the moment, it's just me being a lazy arse. But now, something must be done. Joy.
Oh, and it's illegal to call Rhydfelen, Rhydfelen anymore. It must be called Garth Olwg. And there's going to be a uniform change. When, I don't know, but it will happen. Protesting has already begun. Posters being put up. Petitions being signed. We'll just have to wait and see if they listen to us. They being the govenors of the school, who don't really do much, never listen to anyone except Adolf. Sorry, Miss Morris I mean. If they make us wear the new uniform next year (my last year in Rhydfelen!) I will definitely take a stand and wear the Rhydfelen tie and suffer the consequences. Try and stop me.
Anyway, on a lighter note, yesterday. What an amazing night that was. Had such a laugh, man! And I got in free cause Llyr (Mr. Rhishart's son) told the guy on the door that I was a tamberine player and Andrew a cowbell player in his band. I really couldn't believe it worked. Ianto is a legend. And I have witnessed the Real Life trio of Seth, Evan and McLovin in Ianto, Llyr and Andrew. Nahahaha.
I guess that just about wraps it all up for this post. Feel free to comment. Just one little comment. Please?
Monday, 12 January 2009
Technoleg Gwybodaeth
What a disaster. What does it say about an exam when you know that someone who didn't take the subject answered the questions better than you did, eh?
Some lyrics for a song I can't get out of my head at the moment:
Well, I wonder which song they're gonna play when we go.
I hope it's something quiet and minor and peaceful and slow.
when we float out into the ether, into the Everlasting Arms,
I hope we don't hear Marley's chains we forged in life.
'cause the chains I been hearing now for most of my life.
Did you hear the '59 Sound coming through on Grandmama's radio?
Did you hear the rattling chains in the hospital walls?
Did you hear the old gospel choir when they came to carry you over?
Did you hear your favorite song one last time?
And I wonder were you scared when the metal hit the glass?
See, I was playing a show down the road
when your spirit left your body.
And they told me on the front lawn.
I'm sorry I couldn't go,
but I still know the song and the words and her name and the reasons.
And I know 'cause we were kids and we used to hang.
Short, but sweet. My god that was awful.
Some lyrics for a song I can't get out of my head at the moment:
Well, I wonder which song they're gonna play when we go.
I hope it's something quiet and minor and peaceful and slow.
when we float out into the ether, into the Everlasting Arms,
I hope we don't hear Marley's chains we forged in life.
'cause the chains I been hearing now for most of my life.
Did you hear the '59 Sound coming through on Grandmama's radio?
Did you hear the rattling chains in the hospital walls?
Did you hear the old gospel choir when they came to carry you over?
Did you hear your favorite song one last time?
And I wonder were you scared when the metal hit the glass?
See, I was playing a show down the road
when your spirit left your body.
And they told me on the front lawn.
I'm sorry I couldn't go,
but I still know the song and the words and her name and the reasons.
And I know 'cause we were kids and we used to hang.
Short, but sweet. My god that was awful.
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