Dad and I went out to go to Centrelink today to settle my Youth Allowance and stuff. Then we went buffet. I didn't really eat too much because I wasn't hungry so early in the day. He dropped me off at Campsie because I said I wanted to go to the library. I didn't end up going in because I spent too long hanging around Big W. I like the place too much, I swear. I went looking for cases for my iPod and couldn't find any. I said hi to the people I knew and pretty much all of them were asking me about work. It's the only common topic, I guess. XD It seems I was missed, at least. =D The home entertainment department really does get busy, but maybe it's just Christmas approaching.

And I couldn't help tidying up some shelves while I was walking around the store. I feel like a geek. ==;

Now I'm watching Mai-HiME. I've got a few more episodes to go and I'm really loving it right now. It's getting very intense and psychological. It's one of those anime where I can't see how it will end. It's not on Code Geass' level, but it's definitely deep. The thing is, it's not hesitant about killing people, which makes it all the more thrilling. I'm going to try and finish watching another episode before my mother comes out of the shower and hogs my computer for her drama again. >.>

About time I came across another anime that was actually good! 8DD

I woke at around ten o'clock, was on the computer for ten minutes, and then I flopped onto the bed to read one of the two Percy Jackson books that I'd borrowed from the school library on Monday. I finished that one... quite quickly, come to think of it. That can't be right... I remember I.... oh wait, no, that sounds about right. I remembered to make myself breakfast at one o'clock, not twelve, and I remember I'd been telling myself to get up after reading one more chapter of the second book. I've been reading all the way up till now; just finished.

I've been reading pretty much non-stop for six hours. XD Two books in that span of time doesn't sound too bad. Maybe I improved. I think I finished reading one of the Harry Potter books in ten hours when it first came out. I wonder if you can improve how fast you read. I did skim over some things while reading the Percy Jackson books. I had to flip back pretty often to figure out why the character was suddenly getting blown up or something similar.

I have one more book to read. Lord of the Flies. It's a classic and I've been told it's good. Being the critic I am, I didn't want to read it because of the title. XD It sounded like some sort of fairytale where someone really was the lord of the flies. I seem to recall that the title refers to the devil in some way. I could be misinformed, as usual. When I realised that it was actually about kids getting stranded and wind up killing each other, I decided to give it a try. I'm irked that it's all boys and no girls but I suppose that was probably how stories were back in the time when this book was written. I'll probably have to tackle that one after a few days; reading Percy Jackson dulls anything that doesn't involve Greek gods and cyclopes and resurrecting titans.

Haha, I just remembered why I'd woken at ten; my uncle in Hong Kong called. I have to remind Mum to call him back. I hope Mum takes me out for shopping tonight. I need a protective film for my iPod. I was playing a tennis game that I'd downloaded onto it and I realised just how easily I could damage the screen.

I really need a softer bed. Lying on my front on that hard bed = kind of painful unless you're lying on a lump of blankets. >.>

I procrastinate too much. D:

I watched the latest Fairy Tail episode today. As usual, it wasn't very impressive to me. It's popular and definitely has the material to be something big but it's so... typical. It's got so little development and the plot to this point isn't thick at all. Every two or so episodes the characters get send off on another quest and they battle good guys, eventually defeating them. Maybe the manga is better, but I don't read manga if there's an anime. I'll keep watching for now but I'll probably ditch it.

Also started on another anime. It's called Mai-HiME. I've heard about it and seen it on some streaming sites but never watched it because the name looked funny. My way of thinking: 'It must be very shoujo for the name to have 'princess' in it'. Then I happened across an AMV whilst searching for a song and it actually looked decent (because there was fighting and monsters and interesting characters). So I watched it. It's pretty good. The main character isn't much to my liking because she's rather normal, but I love Mikoto and Natsuki. Mikoto is hilarious. XDDD

My iPod seems to run out of battery very quickly. I've turned off Wi-Fi to save batteries, but I think it's because I keep getting carried away using applications. I couldn't put Draw With Me on it for some reason. I would try Advent Children but I bet it'd take hours for it to convert, being such a big file. I must experiment with the video compatibility. It doesn't work even though I have it as an MPEG-4 file. Hmm...

I knew i'd never get anything done in these holidays. I've got waaaaayyyy too much time on my hands. I don't want to waste it like the last holidays though. Now that was pathetic. So to counteract that... first, find a job. Never mind actually doing it, just aim on getting one first. And in the meantime, maybe take some walks. And brainstorm more ideas for the story. And... probably get pressured into cleaning the house. XD

Two... months... why do I feel less than enthusiastic? DX

I made myself get up at nine today so I could pay for sport... and when I get up to school the lady was like 'We're not ready yet. I can't give you a time because it depends. Maybe you can come back later, or another day, but you risk losing the spot'. So I'd gotten up for nothing. And she couldn't even tell me when to come back. Thankfully I'd hitched a ride with Mum so we went to grab some breakfast and do grocery shopping. Then we went back at eleven, and miraculously, the slots were open. Geez. So bothersome. ==;

After that we went home so I could call Big W. The manager said they were 'kind of hiring and kind of not'. He said it depended on what they needed and told me to bring in a resume to him. Well, I wasn't exactly expecting a right off the bat acceptance but I absolutely hate handing in resumes and letting them decide. I fixed up the half-assed resume that I'd typed for school, buffed it up with a cover letter and took it down today. Now it's just... waiting. Which I hate. It's fine if they don't hire me, but if they don't contact me at all how do I know if I got in or not? D: I need to have time to find another place and wait for their response as well. Big W is always so busy... pleasepleaseplease give me an answer by the end of the week. I swear I could potentially spend my holidays just finding a job.

And I was also kind of irritated at myself for not photocopying the evaluation sheet before I handed it back to the school. I could have attached that to the back of my resume to make it more authentic since it had Con's comments on it. I was going to hike to school tomorrow and ask if I could photocopy it but then Mum told me to just hand it in today, so I did. Poof. Now I have to watch the phone like a hawk in case they do call, and check the email that I never use.

I got myself a $20 iTunes card so I could buy some games for my iPod. The free versions don't have a lot of things. I know I could probably get full version games free off the internet somewhere but I'm naturally suspicious of spyware and stuff like that. Not to mention that it would mean extra work. I was going to get myself a case as well but wasn't really attracted toward any of them. There was one case that had a flip cover, which was what I thought I'd want but it looked kind of bulky. I also got a protective film for my screen... only to realise after I'd bought it that it was for the iPhone. So it had a slit for the... whatchamacallit-earpiece thing where my iPod doesn't have anything. going back to exchange another day. ^^;

Tutoring was kind of confusing. We were doing simultaneous equations and I was fine with the elimination method, which was the one I always used. I was pretty confident with substitution too but the questions were so strange for substitution. It's not very hard, but I need time wrapping my head around it. And lots of practice. Then we did equations with three unknowns, which just confused the heck out of me. I think I can do them... given time. After that it was absolute value inequalities and blergh, I'm not even going to get started on those. I'd better catch up before I really do fall behind.
Hmm... since Big W is my first choice, I'll give them a few weeks to contact me. If they don't, I'll have a look around for somewhere else. Target or Kmart, most likely. Except I like Big W so much I'll probably give them more time. XD;

First things first: graduation was boooooring.

I don't see the need for a year 10 graduation at all, though I understand why there should be one. Some people leave at the end of year 10, and it also signifies the end of our junior years. Still, it felt so insignificant. It was supposed to be formal but people whooped anyway and did informal stuff. No one was really emotional. Thankfully the ceremony didn't last too long. It was over in about an hour.

I got to school early. I took the bus to school at around twelve o'clock. It started raining when I stepped out the door. I had to unlock the door again and say to Dad, "Psst, it's raining!" so he could rescue the clothes. I went early so I could go to the library and return books, as well as borrow some. I passed the careers adviser room without remembering to hand in my form so I had to go back. ==;

Some girls were handing out notes when I passed by the common room. They gave me one. I thought it wasn't anything important but when I read it, I saw that it actually said that one of the English teachers in our school had passed away from illness. I didn't know him very well and I don't think I ever talked to him, but it's still sad. He was a nice guy. Some of the people in our grade had him as an English teacher. Well, the principal did say that it was a 'painless death' and that he was 'with loved ones', so I suppose there's nothing more to it.

It was kind of awkward for them to announce it at the end of our graduation. I understand that it's easier with everyone assembled, but really, graduation? The parents were there and it was a bit of a downer. Some people don't even know who the teacher is. XD

There was a whole bunch of balloons outside the hall in the foyer. These balloons actually float! Everyone was jumping up and grabbing them from the ceiling. I didn't try because I already knew I wasn't tall enough, and I didn't really want one for some reason. The thing about balloons is that they're fun at the time. Then they slowly run out of air and don't float anymore and you don't have the heart to pop it, so it ends up lying on the floor for the rest of the week. And it was a windy day as well. I liked playing with other people's balloons though. ^^

The portfolio we got had our yearly reports in it. I had a peek at it during the assembly. Seeing my marks didn't really send a rush of satisfaction or disappointment. They're just the average and at this time of year, who really cares about school anymore? I knew I hadn't been trying hard this year so I was expecting horrible marks. But they're alright, actually. Honestly, I know I could have done better but at least I didn't flunk history and geography. No ranks for me this time either - as long as the marks are passable, I'll worry about everything else in due course. Or not at all. Maths is the worst again. XD; I think I improved this year because of tutoring; it changed the way I looked at questions. But in another sense, tutoring didn't really help me. Logarithms, parabolas, hyperbolas, cubics... we didn't even need any of it! Sure, we might cover it next year, but it's year 10 tutoring, so shouldn't it cover this year's syllabus? All I'm hoping is that 2 unit maths is my level.

I got a 'surprise' today. =D It technically isn't supposed to be a surprise anymore since I was alerted of it, but I'd forgotten over the weekend - so it's still a surprise. I got a Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children DVD! 8DDDDD I was looking for it at SMASH but they didn't have it. And now I have my very own copy! I just finished watching it, and Last Order, which was the OVA on the second disc. I'd already watched both of them before but it's still refreshing! I luffles my present! <3333

... *huggles DVD again*

I should really start collecting DVDs that are to my interest. I know I lean toward Japanese influence more than Western. I don't usually like the movies that come out in the cinemas, unless they're something supernatural or action-packed. But what I'm really interested in is the Death Note DVD set that I got at SMASH, and Advent Children. I wish there were more good anime movies on DVD - in Japanese dub!

Note: Advent Children has a terrible plot in my opinion but for some reason the beautiful animation makes up for all of it! 8DD

We really don't have to go to school anymore, it appears. Except to get our SC results, which I don't really care about anymore. And tomorrow, I'm going to convince Mum to wake up early and take me to school so I can pay for sport. Or if she really wants to sleep in, I can hitch a ride on bus, though I'm not too keen on that. We can go shopping afterwards; I need a protective film and case for my iPod. And we have the whole day tomorrow. =D Joy! Andandand I must remember to call Big W. The sooner I know if I'm in or not, the sooner I can hunt for jobs elsewhere. I really don't know if Big W will hire me. Well, okay, I think there's a higher chance of being hired than not. Con told me that they were looking for students like me and I've got the work experience to back me up. I'm just uncertain because I don't know the manager too well and he's the one who has the final say.

I'm so not used to having this much time to waste. XD

I've started going through the chapter contents for my story. I love using MS OneNote. Planning out the chapters really alerted me to the fact that writing a good story means that you need more substance than just the main plot. The story would be super boring if it only had the skeleton and no flesh.

... Sometimes I'm disturbed by the author's view I have on things. I barely write... okay, that's kind of a lie, considering my total word count on FF.net. Well, I don't write professionally. It's amazing how the smallest things can influence you. And why do I feel like I've already gone through this in a past post? I'm pretty dang repetitive in my blog. XD

I'm really hungry now. Dad had the idea of going out to eat but I didn't feel like going out, as usual. I convinced him to make fried eggs instead by rubbing his back and whining. Works like magic. :3

This weekend seems to be passing so slowly. I could barely believe that it was only Saturday yesterday and it felt like I had so much time. I just flopped onto bed with my iPod at random moments, sometimes for hours. I was thinking about the story I've been meaning to write, wracking up a headache with attempts to conjure up names. XD I think I spent over two hours just brooding on the bed. Even Dad thought that I had to go back to school today.

I've finally finished finding album artwork for my iPod Touch. It's kind of weird having a big screen with a default image for every song. It's true that the more capabilities a device has, the more problems you encounter. Simple devices are less likely to break down and stuff, but they're boring.

I haven't written in so long. I'm too caught up in my original story to write fanfiction. I won't be able to write fanfiction until I at least work of that plot bunny. XD I'm getting more and more ideas for the story. I think I would have started writing some of it by now if I didn't procrastinate so much. I keep putting it off because I feel like I should be doing something else, but don't know what. I'm a natural procrastinator. Thinking without the computer in front of me helps. Maybe I'll flop on the bed again. =D

I don't think we have to come to school at normal time for our graduation tomorrow. I've been told that it's around one o'clock. I probably should have listened when the teachers were talking about it. Or maybe I just forgot because of work experience.

Probably should call the dentist too. I still have to get that spring fixed and one of my colours fell out the other day. The lady told me to just wait until my next appointment, but it's three weeks away. So yeah, I'll try calling. Maybe after I've called Big W.

I'm so boooreeedd. Although I do have things to do. I've started into an anime called Ookiku Furikabutta. It's about baseball. I read some good reviews about it last night and thought I'd check it out. It shows fair promise. It's definitely realistic, but the only thing that bothers me is the art style. It annoys me. >.>; It's not something I'd really love.

I should clean up my desk. It's so crammed with stuff that I haven't had time to clear.

Everything is going to be such a bludge after tomorrow. No more school for two months. I really need to find myself a summer job, or at least get a hold of an interesting hobby.

Actually, I kind of forgot it was my birthday until recently. XD;

But first...

I WANNA GO BACK TO WORK EXPERIENCE!!!! TTwTT

I did a lot of casing DVDs and CDs today. I'm pretty familiar with how to use the device that opens the cases now. And I got to use the scanner again to order some tickets. I had to scan the items in the glass cabinets three times because the first time, I'd finished and was going to wait for someone to check before saving them, but we both forgot; the second time, the nice lady didn't set it to the right ticket type - and we finally got it the third time. ^^

I was really starting to get used to working at home entertainment. Working in Big W would be cool, but working in home entertainment would be a big bonus. =D The manager that I had to ask about part time wasn't at the store today, and Con told me to call back on Tuesday, because he would be in then. I hope I remember to. I bet it'll take forever for him to answer the call; after working at Big W for a week, I see that plenty of calls are put on hold for at least five minutes before someone answers them.

Man, I really miss work experience. DX

If I get turned down on Tuesday, I'll have to start job-hunting. I'll call up some other retail stores and stuff like that. I really need something to do during the summer holidays, especially since there's a large possibility that Monday will be our last day at school. I had someone else tell me that I was doing a pretty good job at Big W. It seemed my first two days running around and doing returns had brought me to the notice of some of the employees. I know a few people now and they're all pretty nice. I'll definitely be the youngest one if I hop onto the bandwagon. XD

I was going to call my mum during my break to wish her a happy birthday, except I'd forgotten my phone. Out of habit, I had put it in my school bag. ==; My phone was nearly out of batteries anyway. I was going to buy her a portable massaging thing, but was doubtful because I wasn't sure if it was any good, or if she would use it. The one I had in mind was small and under $10, but I didn't think it'd be that good. I saw another one and it seemed better; it was bigger and more powerful. I didn't know if it was battery-powered or needed to be plugged in - my idea was that Mum could use it when she was on her break, so batteries would have been preferable. Just when I decided to buy it, I realised that I didn't have enough money on me. I could have gone to the ATM and withdrew some but I would miss my bus that way, and not only that, my inner-voice told me to wait, because I really didn't know if Mum would use it. I don't mind spending the money but it'll just get thrown out after it's caught enough dust if it's not being used. I did drop by the newsagency to buy her a card though. Now I have to write something in it. I wonder if I have enough time to write something in Chinese. I probably do... but I don't know what to write! Something simple, maybe. Just so she won't feel ignored. ^^

We're going out to celebrate my birthday tomorrow. Well, I kind of think of it more as hanging out than really celebrating, since I never really celebrate my birthday. It's usually just a normal day with a few treats. Nothing special happens, really. I think there might be a change of plan to tomorrow's outing. It may or may not be cancelled. I don't really mind but I do feel like going out, for once. I want to go to Galaxy World and laser tag. 8D I wonder if we have enough people for laser tag though. Usually you're put in a group with other people as well, but it depends if there's enough people to play. There was talk about changing the day to Tuesday, but I don't want to go on that day. I have to call up Big W and maybe some other stores, and I know I'll forget if I go out, or come back too late. I've got tutoring as well. I'm pretty sure I could get back in time, but I'd be dead tired and about to fall asleep, just like this week. Hmm, I can't remember if I had any homework...

*Almost two hours later because I was busy procrastinating* Okay, tomorrow's outing is cancelled. It's being postponed to some other time that I already can't remember. Now I get to sleep in a bit longer. I hope we still go Galaxy World next time; I wanna exchange my tickets for that Rubik's Cube. =D I think they might have taken it off or raised the tickets...

I still have to fill out that work experience diary. I did the first couple of pages, but that's it. Let's just keep bluffing the rest.

Ah, I feel so free. After Monday, it'll be free time all around. Procrastination to undergo, part times to find, hours to be slept away... man, that's the life. 8D

Today wasn't as epic. It was just about a regular day. But it was still exhilarating. =D

One of the managers, Con, was visiting home entertainment a lot, because it was his department. He taught me how to check to see how much of a product we had in stock. I spent an hour running around trying to match up tickets with the items, and after that I 'found homes' for some DVDs. See, the DVD aisles are just all over the place. Order? Absolutely none. Except maybe in the TV series aisle. There are more DVD titles than the racks can hold, so more often than not you would end up with five different DVDs in the same stack. It wasn't a matter of order anymore; it was more the fit it on the shelf. Besides, most customers ask the staff for help finding stuff anyway.

I was given a trolley filled with DVDs and I had to empty that. Everything was fine until I had finished everything and was down to the Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince DVDs. Christ, there was half a trolley of them! At first I thought I'd go up to the front and put them on the six-way display, but once there I saw a lady who was a representative from another company. They always come in to check on their products. She was actually taking down some Harry Potter DVDs to make space for Bruno, because Harry Potter wasn't supposed to have that much space. So I helped her take down two dozen Harry Potter DVDs, leaving me with more DVDs in the trolley than I had started with.

Back I went to home entertainment. I asked Con about what I should do with the mass abundance of DVDs. We stashed as much as we could on the shelves, and then went into the back to put them away on the storage shelves. There wasn't enough space for all of them. He asked me about getting a career in Big W and I said I was interested. He said he'd talk to the head about it. I'll ask him about it again tomorrow, just to get some clarification. It's not certain that they'll accept me, but at least I'm giving it a shot. I have to be careful not to work too many hours though; my parents are worried about the tax. I doubt I'll pass the $6000 mark, honestly, but it's not hard to if I was serious about it. Maybe ten hours maximum a week.

I also had to get some DVD and CD security cases from the back so we could case some items. There is a tiny space that you have to squeeze through in order to get to the shelves that hold them. I just fit through the gap. Makes me wonder what they do about it when they don't have anyone who fits. XD And I was taking a couple of calls for the department when they were busy. I surprised myself by getting the 'Hello, home entertainment, how can I help you' line perfectly. I think I said it just like everyone else says it. I usually can't help the customers though, because they're always asking for specific games or DVDs. One was asking about a 32 inch Samsung LCD TV. I shot her one of my infamous 'let me ask someone' lines.

I got off work fifteen minutes late because I was helping a customer out. The lady wanted to buy some Dora toys for her daughter, who was in hospital. The kid's five years old and her mother was always worried about getting toys suitable for her. I went back and forth to scan prices at least five times. Gave me quite a workout. I hope the girl likes her presents. I think she's getting surgery.

Also, I could have sworn I heard my name being called over the PA to pick up a call on line one. But I wasn't sure so I left it and I didn't get a prompt. I wonder who called. The school?

Tomorrow's last day for work experience... I don't want it to end so quickly. =( I really hope I get that part time so I can come back. I really like working in home entertainment. Hopefully Con will be able to get me in that department. If I do get in, I'll most likely have to do some training first, so I won't be ready right away.

Work experience is really a good experience. It's way better than ABW. I wish I had more time, dammit.

Phew, I was too tired to post yesterday. I had tutoring on top of seven hours of work. I almost fell asleep during class, especially since we were working on absolute values again.

I spent my last couple of hours yesterday at the home entertainment department. The marketing manager that I'd met introduced me to the people at home entertainment and a nice lady started giving me jobs to do. She's really nice and considerate.

I went back to home entertainment today. I get jobs that don't make me feel like a nobody. XD I somehow find running around and doing small errands and returns a bit more satisfying, probably because of the customer service, but the jobs I'm getting now are more interesting, and I think they are the ones that really fit work experience. I feel that what I'm doing actually helps. I've decided that I like home entertainment.

See, yesterday I was told to take console games out of their packaging and store away the instruction booklet and game itself in plastic bags. I went back today and got the same job. The nice lady saw me and seemed pleased - she keeps calling me a good girl. XD; After that, I got to use the scanner. At first it wouldn't scan for me. Then I learned to tilt it at an angle, but later that didn't seem to work. Afterwards, I realised that I should hold it further away from the barcode, and off I was scanning items and entering in tickets. I like the scanner thing too much. >.> After that, I got given the tickets that I had scanned in (tickets are the price tags, I don't know why they call them 'tickets'). They're perforated and I was dubious to begin with, because I really suck with those. Still, I got them out and slipped them with the right games. Job done.

I got some small jobs, like sticking on security stickers. Then I went on my break, came back early like I always do. While I was waiting at layby to have my bag put away, one of the ladies at home entertainment was there and told me to come with her. We went upstairs and were faced with the task of bringing a humongous television downstairs. We looked around for a man, saw none, and decided that the two of us would just have to gently slide it down the staircase. It was a really big television, easily the size of my dining table. We had to take it down ot the carpark via the delivery lift. I told the lady it was my first time in one of those huge lifts, but we agreed that it wasn't much to boast about. XD

The nice lady left at two o'clock and I got taken up by another of the girls, who needed help with putting up discount tickets. I went around sticking them up to the matching products. I didn't find all of them, but I got most of them. I didn't realise that what I'd been doing was helpful until the girl came up to me and thanked me for helping, because she usually had to stay back and do it.

I seem to have gotten some praises today - maybe that's why I like home entertainment so much. XD The nice lady talked to me when we were sorting through DS games. She asked me if I had a part time job, to which I replied no, I planned to get one. I asked her if she knew if Big W was hiring people for part time, and she said I should talk to the manager; she thought I was pretty good. I was going to ask about work anyway, so I'm trying not to let this get to my head. Besides, how do I know if Big W will actually hire me? I just plan to find myself a part time, though I'd prefer it if it was Big W. I'll ask the lady which manager I should see. If she says any one will do, I'll try to find the nice manager that actually knows my name.

I really like work experience. I wouldn't want to do it forever, but I want to do more than one week. I want to do at least two. Of course, I'm probably finding this fun only because I'm not an actual employee. Everyone else has so much stuff to do.

I've been thinking that if I did get a job at Big W, I'd try to get a spot in home entertainment if I could. It seems better than standing by the cash register all day. I think you might need more experience for a position like that though. I've realised that you really need to know your stuff at home entertainment. People ask you if you have blahblah on DVD or PS3, and you need to be able to answer them. I've been able to help people find general stuff, but I can't really help with specifics. I've had to use the 'I'm only on work experience' line a lot more, and more than once I had to tell a customer to wait so I could find someone who could help them.

I'll now dedicate a few hours to my iPod touch. I'm finding album artwork because it looks bland without something. I might also read that book I bought today. I don't even know if it's good. I only bought it because I read the blurb and was interested because it had a similar idea to the story I was planning to write. Dunno if that's a good thing or a bad thing; I tend to get put off if I find a published story similar to my ideas. I always seem to run into problems like that. Just last week I searched something up and realised that one of my ideas was extraordinarily similar to Buffy, which I had never watched before. Maybe I'm just unoriginal. I need to find a way around that! D<

I have come to one realisation: work is exhausting.

I went up to Big W at nine o'clock, found my way to the manager, and was told to start working on the toys section. I was to clean up the stuff, make sure they're in the right place, and basically organise things so that they're easy to access. He told me to spend about fifteen minutes in each aisle. I'm pretty sure I spent much more time than that. I was so attentive in the first aisles; I actually checked the barcodes to match them up. Then I realised that I would never finished, and slacked off a bit. But as the perfectionist, I couldn't just leave things messy. The guy told me to go up to the fitting rooms and tell them to page him so he could check on me, but I realised that I'd forgotten to ask for his name. So we had no means of finding him. XD;

I went up to the service desk and we eventually figured it out. I was to put away some returns. There was a huuuuuge trolley packed with random stuff. I got a basket, grabbed stuff in the same section, and off I went. But although I found the correct section, most of the time I couldn't find where to put the stuff. Half the time I just ditched it with shelves that held similar things. I went through four of those return trolleys by the end of my shift. @_@

My feet hurt from all the walking. I felt so unsupervised, but I can't exactly say I was ignored. Okay, fine, I sort of was. Today felt unorganised. There's another person on work experience and he has someone tagging along with him, whereas I get to wander around to do all the troublesome stuff. I didn't even know until the end that I was supposed to sign in and sign out. This morning, I told someone I was doing work experience and she just told me to go to the back to find the manager. Tomorrow, I'll make sure I sign myself in. It means I get a 'visitor' sticker. >D

It seems I made a good choice in my blouse. I don't get a Big W shirt, but since my shirt is bluish and I was wearing black pants, customers assumed that I worked at the store. I got approached by at least fifteen people, asking for help. I couldn't help all of them because I was unfamiliar, so I had to tell them to wait while I consulted someone. I tried to attend to everyone, but every time someone asked me for help, I always said, 'I'm on work experience so I'm not very familiar with the store, but I'll see what I can do for you.' I got around to helping most people.

I felt strangely social in the store. Whenever I had something that I didn't know where to put, I would go up to the nearest attendant and ask them about it.

I think there was a bird in the store. o.o I was putting away some returns and I heard this squawking sound. After lugging around singing guitars and similar stuff in the toys department, I just thought it was a toy. But then I noticed that a guy was reaching to touch something on the floor, and he withdraw his hand very quickly when it moved. I thought it was a toy from a distance, and didn't pay too much attention. Later, I heard two people talking about a bird in the store. I should have gotten a closer look, dammit!

I wasn't really tired until around one. Then my feet started getting a bit tired. I almost missed my breaktime because I couldn't find the manager. Then he saw me while he was walking around and asked me if I'd had my break yet. So off I went to my break. I had something from Mc Donald's. I was told I had forty-five minutes, but I ended up only taking around twenty. I think I'm going insane. I like working there, would you believe it? That's great and all, but I think I should have rested my legs a little. XD Still, it's kind of weird just sitting around by yourself.

I missed my first bus home because i was standing on the wrong side of the road, and didn't realise until a Campsie 415 pulled up. Then I had an epiphany; 'Hey, wait a minute! I should be standing on the other side of the road!' It was cold waiting for the bus. To think that it was boiling hot yesterday. I should have brought a jacket or something.

And now, I think I'll take a shower, than go to sew my pants. Mum said that I'd sewed it weird, so I'll redo it since I have nothing better to do. And we found my first pair of pants this morning in a bag. Coincidentally, it was exactly the same as the pair I had bought. I think I knocked off one of the buttons at work today. >.>;

I liked working at Big W. It's tiring and I wouldn't mind if people payed more attention to me, but it's fun in a way. Cheesy as it sounds, I feel happy when someone asks me for help, especially when I can actually help them. I still wish I could have found that chess set for that customer. On the bright side, I unwittingly helped a guy find something called plasticine by taking him to the play-doh aisle. =P

Yesh, I got my beloved iPod Touch today! 8DDD

Dad drove me down to Burwood and dumped me outside the Westfield. I went up to Target to ask about the offer, and the guy said that it was still available, but most of the iPods had been sold out; only the 64gb was left. My dad said that I should buy it today even if I had to get it at the original price, so I went down to the Kmart. They didn't look like they had stock either. So off I went to Mac1, the Apple representative store. No one told me it was closed on Sundays. >.>

I eventually bought it at Dick Smith for $397. Not only did I save $2, they had an offer going on; a free USB charger thing that you could plug into the powerpoint to charge your iPod. That thing was around $20, so I figured that I got a reasonable discount anyway. XD

I love my new iPod. Heaps and heaps and heaps. Except I pretty much sweat over it every time I touch the screen. I was going to buy a protective film except Mac1 wasn't open. I'll buy it along with a case or something another time. I'm never going to wipe those fingerprint marks off the screen or case...

It's freaking hot today! 41 degrees, goddammit. I really wish I had air conditioning.

I also got myself a pair of black pants while at Target. Mainly because, despite my confidence, I couldn't find my original set. >.< They're pretty comfy and that. I'll wear it along with my blouse. They might give me a Big W shirt, though. My pants are too long for me as well (again, thanks to my irritable height). I'll try to fix them up. I consider myself pretty smart for being able to use embroidering stitches that I learned in Year 7 as a means to sew. And I have to iron my shirt.

There's a bit of a headache going on. My dad's trying to get my Youth Allowance thing passed through, but we recently discovered that trekking up to Centrelink with our forms kind of clashed with my work experience. We agreed that I shouldn't leave work experience for it, but we don't know if I need ot be there as well. I probably do. Let's hope he figures something out.

In the meantime, I should try to figure out my timetable. Mum said she would drive me to work tomorrow because she wanted to go down to Campsie as well. I'm expected to start at nine o'clock, so I hope Mum doesn't make me late. She always presses things so tight when it comes to time. =S The other days, I'll have to find my own way. I'm more enthusiastic about that. I strangely like finding my own means of transport.

Whoo! I woke at one in the afternoon today. XD

My first thought: Is it Saturday or Sunday? No joke, I really had to think hard about it. Because I hadn't done anything yesterday it felt like a Saturday; for some reason I had completely forgotten about ABW.

Next episode of Railgun came out. It was a so-so episode. It's actually not a spectacular, gripping anime like D.Gray-man, but I think I love it because it involves the wait for a new episode every week. If I could watch all the episodes in one go, it probably wouldn't be engaging anymore.

I also started watching The Sacred Blacksmith. I came across it on wikipedia a few weeks back, but because animecrazy didn't have it I think I assumed that it wasn't out yet. But when I searched it up online after seeing a fanart of it on deviantart today, the link on animefreak was highlighted purple, telling me that I had clicked it before. How strange. I totally can't remember. Maybe I didn't watch it because my internet had been capped. I know I came across several anime while my internet was slow and didn't watch them because loading an episode took a whole day. The Sacred Blacksmith is ongoing. I've watched the first seven episodes, and am waiting for the next one.

I read a book called Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. I knew the series had been around for a while, but never got around to reading it because the title made me dubious. It's a bit like Harry Potter to me, not in terms of plot, but more in... I dunno, subtle terms? It's even being made into a movie that's coming out next year. Surprisingly good book. I've decided to read the rest of the series.

And... I think I might be buying my iTouch tomorrow. Highly unexpected. My dad came up to me today with news that it wasn't just $4 or $7 this time: it was $30. Target is having a weekend sale that ends tomorrow. Now $30 isn't much by itself, but I don't think the prices are going to get any lower, and since Dad knows about it, I know he won't let me pass the opportunity. We're planning to go tomorrow and have a look. I'm just wondering if it's a second generation or third, because the advertisement didn't say. If it's second, I've already told my dad that I'm not going to buy it, and he agreed that it was stupid to get an old version when the new one was already out. I can understand that they would lower the prices because it's just a two-day sale, but I'm still a bit sceptical.

I wanted to get my new iPod after work experience, but it doesn't really matter. It's just my mindset. I wanted to get everything done first. But the main thing is, I've already done my school certificate and business week. School's as good as over. I still plan to find myself a part time though. It's going to be such a bother, especially with me arranging Youth Allowance right now. So many forms. @_@ Luckily Dad seems to be handling most of it; I bet he doesn't trust me with documents. XD; I'm notorious for overinterpreting things and filling them out wrong.

I can't find my black trousers for work experience! How utterly absurd! I've only worn them once and now they've disappeared! So I guess I wouldn't have black pants to wear even if I had chosen to yesterday. I could go in jeans, but I think black pants would be heaps better. I'd go as far as to try out my mum's pants to see if they fit. The form did say 'business-preferred dress'. I'm pretty sure I'll be able to find it tomorrow. I mean, we didn't chuck it out, so it's somewhere in the house. Unless someone did chuck it. I doubt it.

I feel so free these days. =D

I was so beat yesterday that I couldn't even post anything. I slept at half past twelve. ==;

I got home at around seven after shopping with my mother for business clothes. I don't know why I decided that white shirt and black pants wouldn't do. It was a last resort, but not my preference. I can't understand why I would choose a dress over pants - it just didn't feel right. There are times when a girl has to, well, dress like a girl. Just because girls can wear pants doesn't mean that they should always stick to it; even I know that. Maybe it's because people from past ABW weeks gave me the impression that clothing was important.

So we went shopping. I got a black skirt and a blue-white blouse. I'm impartial to the skirt, but I do sort of like the blouse. It's something I would actually wear casually. The skirt... maybe not so much. I don't 'hate' wearing skirts/ leaving down my hair but I'd rather stick to my comfort zone.

The shoes were a bit of a problem. Mum had shoes, but we started debating about stockings - don't ask me why. We bought a pair but I knew I wouldn't wear it. And I didn't. I was not going to suffocate myself with black leggings during summer.

I was in a rush to finish everything after I got home. I somehow had to do the commercial, arrange everyone's slides into a powerpoint, make my own slides, write up a quick speech, eat dinner, shower and possibly wash my hair - and get to bed before the sun came up.

I swear it felt impossible, until I finished the commercial. My laptop kind of died when I tried to make the commercial on it. I was going to bring it to school today but didn't because I thought it would probably just cough virus-infected dust at us anyway. The only thing I actually enjoyed doing this entire week was the commercial. Not so much for the group's performance but more for my enjoyment. Making stuff with technology is what I like doing, even if I'm not the best at it. I'm so glad I've been playing with Windows Movie Maker in the past few weeks. The background knowledge at least gave me the confidence to tell myself that I could do this. I probably would have used powerpoint if I didn't know how to use WMM, and I know the commercial wouldn't turn out that well on powerpoint.

And then I had to engage myself in the boring stuff. Like the powerpoint. I had to send a few slides to my CEO to edit, because I just couldn't do all of it by myself. The speech was easy enough; just one minute. By the time I was putting the finishing touches on the scrappily-put-together powerpoint, it was already midnight. The powerpoint looked awful to my high standards. The backgrounds weren't dynamic, the content could do with improving, consistency could have been maintained. But I just left it. My priority was to get things done, regardless of quality.

So I got it finished. It was such a rush. We had arranged to meet very early at school but I ended up waking earlier than my alarm, because I had to remind myself to check my email for the slides that I had gone to bed before receiving. I added them into the presentation, fretted over my clothing, then limped out the door. The shoes were a real pain. It's pretty much my first time wearing something with heels. I thought I had the hang of it, but I couldn't walk properly in fear of the too-large shoes falling off. They literally slipped if I lifted my foot too high. So I just about staggered around the school. I think I would have walked much better if the shoes had been my size.

It felt so goddamn weird walking around in a skirt with my hair down. It made me feel unbelievably unnatural. Just about everyone noticed because even they know I rarely go around looking like this. 'Shut up' suddenly became my favourite phrase of the day. It's still a good thing, in a way. ABW forced me to step out of my comfort zone. I'm sure this will come up again in the future. I do need to go to work sometime. It's good to know I can actually adapt to changes. Unless it's something ridiculous. And by ridiculous, I mean nothing less than holding up the sky with a twig.

The oral presentations were what I was dreading the most. I was glad that I only had to be there for a minute. We were the first group to go. Now that I think about it, maybe it was a good thing. I definitely would have been unnerved after hearing other people's speeches. As usual, I stuttered, stumbled and spewed out my two palm cards, then retreated with relief.

The results came in the afternoon. Our group didn't win first place in any sections. We came third in the computer simulation in shares, and the commercial came equal third with some others. I didn't even want to look at the projector screen when I recognised the blurry old man sitting in the office cubicle. It felt embarrassing even though I wasn't up there. XD I feel that one of the other groups' ad should have one, though. Theirs was really good. They should at least have been in the top three, but they didn't even get mentioned. It feels unfair. D:

But... somehow our team won business week. Everything adds up to a final mark, and we came first. It seemed that, although we hadn't won anything, we were mostly in the top-three with each, which accumulated points. We got a no-name certificate. I wanted a wooden spoon, dammit! Should have lost the corporate games. The best prize was a wooden spoon. And we had to smile for the camera, which I hated. I had to smile because this wasn't just a passing photo taken by an overeager teacher. This was a photo that had high chances of being in a newsletter or something. I sure as hell hope that it doesn't end up anywhere.

I didn't try too hard for ABW. It didn't feel like something worth trying for. There's some satisfaction in winning, I suppose, but nothing outstanding. I'd be more interested in my report and school certificate marks. At least some people in our group were happy with it. Some people put a lot of effort in and it's good to see that we didn't just walk off with no mentions.

Finally, Australian Business Week is over. It's stressful, makes poor time management glaringly obvious, and makes the hospitality industry look like torture. But it's also fun in some twisted way. It's a new experience. I can't say I loved it but it was certainly interesting. It forced me into a skirt. Seriously. That's enough to make anything embarrassing enough to be interesting.

Work experience is next week! I'm suddenly not as enthusiastic as I thought I'd be, though. Still, I'm looking forward to it. Retail seems interesting. I could also keep an eye on those iTouch prices. =D

Andandand I got an early birthday present! Guess I won't have a present-less birthday this year. 8D I actually thought my friend had given me real chocolates; I had doubts about the packaging because it didn't look handmade, as she'd mentioned in the card. I got dragged off before I could turn over the box and open it. But when I did, I saw that there were these small little chocolate things that were chocolate but not edible and loads more fun to squish than real chocolate.

And on the topic of birthday presents... I need to figure out something for Mum. Thinking of other's birthdays on mine, how sad. XD

I dunno if I should say the corporate games were fun or not. The skateboard was alright. Everything else was just a bore. We don't even know who won. It got me all sweaty and tired.

We had a guest speaker come in to speak to us. He was a jolly good guy. I would have liked him for a university professor. He had a nice loud voice and a good sense of humour. Although I didn't really learn anything from his speech.

We're really getting into the heat of things now. So much stuff to do tomorrow. I doubt we'll finish. Trade design is going to take forever, and we might not get it done well. Meh, too bad. I've still got to worry about my report and the ad. And I don't wanna do a speech! Wonder if I can convince our CEO to do the speech by herself... okay, fat chance.

Nothing much seemed to happen today. I guess we're still getting into the swing of things. I hope we get the act together before everything is finalised.

Our hotel shares are coming along alright. We were coming first to begin with, then steadily kept third place. I doubt we're going to come first though.

The thing that has me wracking up a headache is the whole design stuff. The model of the hotel, commercial, decorations and logo are so bothersome. It seems the logo I put together last night is now the real thing. Problem is, we need it on a larger piece of paper. We decided on hand-drawing it onto a larger sheet, but I personally think that the results would be much better if we found a way to print it onto large paper. I'm sure there's a way. But it's teamwork, so since the decision has already been made, I'll just leave it. We'll see how it goes; it we really, really need some other way of doing it, we'll have a look at the alternatives. It's not like it's a life or death situation.

Pretty much the only thing that I'm looking forward to is tomorrow's corporate games. It's something physically-involved, and I'm automatically assuming it's sort of like sport - although I can't fathom why we're playing sport during business week. To earn points, perhaps? Either way, I'm more for sport than losing my head over share prices and whatever. I hope it's actually worthwhile. I'm going to miss doing PE once a week so much next year. All we'll have is sport. =(

I'm not too hyped about ABW. I'd actually prefer it if we had a week of lessons; half of them would be a bludge anyway. But this is a good experience... I think. I'm not really pushing myself for the first place in the game, but for the sake of team spirit and my competitive nature, I'll chip in my best effort. I just want this week to end so I can do work experience. The sooner I do work experience, the sooner I can let myself get that iTouch.

Mum dragged me around for shopping today, with extreme emphasis on the business clothes. Mum reminded me that she had shoes that a family friend had given her. I fit in them, but they're not quite good-looking. And there's heels. Hmm. What the hell am I supposed to wear?! I wish I could just go in black pants and a blouse. But for some reason instinct is telling me that I'll look less like a fool if I go in a skirt and at least pretend that I tried to take this seriously. Problem: no skirt. Mum's telling me to buy one. ==; Except that's kind of pointless. Maybe I should see if there's one that I'll be able to wear on... okay, the chances of me going out in a skirt are pretty slim, I admit. XD

Okay, I won't sleep too late today, I swear. Sufficient sleep means that I'll be able to concentrate more. I think.

... Right, Mum's cleaning the bathroom. No early bedtime for me anymore. DX

Ze first day of Australian Business Week has arrived. I dunno if I dreaded this or not.

So first we had a simple activity. Well, two, actually. One was to build a small bridge with paddlepop sticks, and the other was to solve some... pictures? So you had a picture that symbolised something and you had to guess what it was. I was building the bridge, but I heard my teammates discussing the pictures. The people who can guess all of those are just amazing. @_@

Our bridge was pretty sturdy. We sort of overloaded on masking tape though. XD; It was supposed to withstand some books, but when the 'contest' began, we discovered that the teachers actually stacked bricks on our bridges. Two bricks and some small weight thing. Most of the bridges held, but some collapsed. Ours held but apparently the masking tape didn't 'leave a gap for the water to flow'. Haha, we didn't even think about that. The group that won had an amazing bridge that actually looked like a bridge.

Then we dug into the actual business stuff. We're supposed to run a hotel. I somehow got chosen for marketing manager because everyone in my division just pointed at me without my knowledge. I guess I don't mind; it doesn't involve much. And then I discovered that the managers had to dress up on Friday for the presentation... asjhhjkasdwqwhathehell?!?! Okay, I don't mind dressing up either. It's just - what am I supposed to wear?! I can just wear black pants and a shirt if it's the last resort, but I'm thinking that a skirt or dress would be more appropriate for the occasion...

Dear lord, what am I saying? Me + skirt/dress...? Not my kind of thing. Of course, I will wear it if I must. Just one of those things life catapults at your face. Except I don't have any skirts or dresses or fancy, business-like stuff. My mum works at a restaurant. ==; She does not work in an office or anything. Great. And to boot, even if I do find a good outfit, no shoes. Heh, pencil skirt and sneakers. =D

On the topic of clothes, I had to go hunting for a black shirt today. Every group has a colour that all its members have to wear. If even a single member doesn't wear the right colour the entire team won't have mufti for the rest of the week. I'm pretty sure that everyone will turn up in the right colour; although I'm not too sure about the people who weren't at school today. They wouldn't know, would they? But the teachers won't mind, I think.

Now the problem was, the colour for our group was originally blue. I was fine with that; I had blue shirts. Well, one. But I had one. And then I went to a computer room to enter our team's details onto the simulation and came back to discover that the colour had become black. Some people didn't have blue shirts, it seemed. So the ball was on me - find a black shirt!! There was no point choosing another colour because everyone had already agreed on black, and I kind of needed to do clothes shopping at least once a year. So I hiked off to Burwood to find myself a black shirt. And I got one! I actually like it! It's cute. =3

I wandered around for a while, looking for more shirts that I could get. Otherwise I'd just have to stick with the same shirt for three days. I didn't find anything. Then I headed down to the plaza to buy some hairties because I'd worn mine out, and Lowes ran out of the blue hairties that I usually get. == I think I have some in the bathroom cupboard, except they're thinner and not as tight. Different size, I guess. But yeah, I thought I'd catch a later bus just so I could buy hairties, but believe my luck the bus was right outside when I left the plaza. I think it was ten minutes late; as Sydney buses usually are. On I hopped.

I bought fish and chips from across the road. I called Dad and he said it was alright. I bought a drink that I normally wouldn't get; Lipton Ice Green Tea, Citrus. Strangest decision I've ever made; I haven't even tried it before. And then I decided to have my fish and chips with the lemon that I usually give to my dad. A day for trying new things? It doesn't even taste better. D:

And that was my day. ABW seems so... complicated. There's a billion stuff to think about and I have no idea how to start out. Stupid marketing. Have to think of logo and advertisement and stuff like that. Greeeaaattt. I'll see what I can do. Maybe just brainstorm logo ideas? I wouldn't fret too much about it because, despite the 'serious factor' of ABW, the week is designed for students to have fun. If we stuff up, we stuff up. It won't impact on our marks or anything. The occasion will probably never come up again in life after this week anyway.

I now have a lovely black shirt and a fashion-crisis-to-be on Friday. Why do I think life is still dandy?

I decided out of the blue to watch the Twilight movie. Or try again, anyway. I tried watching it a few weeks after it came out but the video streamed slowly and the beginning didn't capture me, so I left it. I'm more than halfway through now, at least three-quarters. But the downloading slowed and it's taking forever to load a few minutes. I'll probably be able to get most of the end by the end of tonight. I hate how my internet has moodswings. ==;

The movie isn't very impressive to me. I keep raising my eyebrows at the effects whenever a vampire moves quickly. I guess I'm more of a book person. I like making up my own scenes instead of abiding by something else. Besides, the movie doesn't have enough Alice. =(

So tomorrow's business week. It can go wrong in so many ways but life's always filled with challenges and stuff you don't like. Maybe it'll be fun. I'd rather skip it altogether and head into work experience, though. Oh well, you only get to be in year 10 once. I'm starting to feel... older? These past few weeks I've been looking back and realising how quickly time actually goes. In a couple of years time I'll be graduating, and if I get into university, it won't be long before I leave school years behind forever. Sure makes me feel like a fossil. XD

I've also started watching an anime called School Days. The beginning is slow but it's okay. It only interested me because I've heard that it gets 'scary'. I'm thinking of massacre and sweet girls wielding blades. Those aren't quite my niche but I'm interested to see how it can develop into something like that. I'm watching it slowly because it doesn't appeal enough to me.

I want more episodes of Railgun! D: That anime is glorious to me. I don't know why I love it so goddamn much, but I do. I'm considering downloading the episodes and figuring out how to put them on my iTouch when I get it. I don't know if I'll actually watch it but if I'm ever going to put videos on it, it's going to be Railgun-related.

Hmm... ah, the tutoring work. I should do some of that while I wait for the video to load. Yeah, that'd be a good idea. =D

Ya, it was my old man's birthday today. I burned him a CD with songs that he wanted. He's not much of a present person and he even told me not to get him a card because I'd gotten him one for Fathers Day.

We went out to Korean BBQ for dinner. It's not to my taste but I enjoyed cooking the meat on the stove thing in the table. ^^ The restaurant was full when we arrived and we had to wait for half an hour. Dad and I stepped outside because it was stuffy, and we saw our hairdressers. They were going to eat there too, but didn't want to wait too long, so they went to eat Thai food.

I was woken at nine o'clock by someone calling on the intercom. Mum was in the shower so I had to answer it. It was a delivery guy with a parcel from my uncle for Mum. I had to sign for it and everything. Then I went back to bed. =D

Mum wanted me to post something to Hong Kong for her. I went over to the post office at eleven and it wasn't open! I wonder if it had already closed, or hadn't opened yet. Made me get out for nothing. And there's dog poo on the pavement outside our apartment. I momentarily forgot and now I can't remember if I stepped on it. I gave my shoes a sniff and didn't smell anything off so... hoping I didn't step in it.

The story in my mind is starting to come together, but it's still got a long way to go. For once I want to do this properly, like Halcyon Days. I want to play out every aspect. But since this is an original story I need to think of characters and plot and background information from scratch. I keep playing around with character names. The background is giving me a tough time too because I'm planning something... supernatural-ish.

Aaaand Mum is nagging me to go to bed. Goodnighty for me!

Computing skills was alright. As usual, there were a few questions I wasn't sure about. Let's hope I still hit a band 6. I finished early and was checking through my answers, but I'd only gotten up to question 90 when the lady said pens down. Well, considering that there are a hundred questions, I'm hoping I didn't make some silly mistake in those last ten. They're all multiple choice anyway.

After that I went around the school signing myself out. I hadn't returned my library books, so I had an outstanding fee of $175. I was expecting to get told off for being late but it was cool. Polite voice works. And the mention of peer support. I guess the teachers are used to people signing out late. The maths teacher took so long. ==; I gave mine in to him and he took over five minutes, while the other teacher had finished three. I told a friend after she gave her form to the fast teacher that I'd strangle her if she got hers before I did, because I had already been standing there by the time she came around. In the end, my form came back three seconds before hers, so she was saved.

And on our way to PE, we stopped by a corridor that had photos of year twelves and past teachers on the wall. A languages teacher came up to my friend and I and we went through pretty much all the teacher photos. It's amazing to see the younger versions of the teachers and how they look so different. XD

I played a couple rounds of Big Two at lunch. I only know the main idea behind it but I can't really grasp anything beyond doubles or triples. Combos are entirely beyond me. XD Luckily I had two pros helping me. I was pretty much the holder of the cards while they ate and fed me advice. I won both games. ^^

After that, it was down to the gym to vote on vice house captains. The voting system was so dodgy. Putting your hands up? Huh? They had ballot papers for SRC. It was also kind of unfair to some because everyone could see who was voting for who.

Really, it feels like I have too much time on my hands. I'm not used to having nothing to do. Oh wait, I guess there's a little tutoring stuff that I could finish. And next week is business week. I'm not keen on the prospect at the moment. Doesn't seem like something I'll enjoy. But it's compulsory and I paid, so I guess I'll just think positively by looking forward to work experience.

Aww, there goes my peer supporting days. Today was pretty much my last leader responsibility. I'm gonna miss those days. TTwTT

We had a party for the group. Most of the food was finished and I didn't have to take anything home. ^^ We made costumes out of newspaper again, just like last year. I think they do it every year. Our theme was a wedding. So we had a bride, a groom, flower girl, the works. A priest, too.

I was working on the groom's costume. Poor girl. XD She had, like, six layers of newspaper over her legs and it was really funny while we were making it. Couldn't stop laughing. I was surprised that we actually won. I think my group won last year too. But this year there were lollies.

We were made to stay back for about twenty minutes after school because of graduation practice. It's going to be so tedious on the day. Sitting there, waiting to get a portfolio so you can hightail out of there. Not looking forward to it. =S I had a look at the list of classes as well. I seem to have someone in most of my classes, except photography. But meh, photography is only a one unit. It's not going to be anything major. I just chose it to fill up my units.

I've still got to sign out tomorrow. I wonder if we really do sign out tomorrow. The teacher who told me that usually gets things wrong... well, we'll have to see. Computing skills is tomorrow as well. Apparently it's 'hard'. As hard as computing skills can get. I think I might have jinxed it by saying that computing skills would be a piece of cake. It'd be shameful to get lower than band 6 in computing skills. Must. Not. Make. Silly. Mistakes.

And now I'm off to bed! =D