January 2012
Aussie Day
Spent the day with the family
By that I mean I watched Modern Family
Then I hung out at the beach with the awesome foursome
By that I mean I watched The OC
Because I have no friends
Except for Chandler, Joey, Ross, Phoebe, Monica and Rachel
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The Herald Sun
After a month of being away and delayed even more than usual, today I got my hands on the issue of the Herald Sun that listed all the top achievers in each subject.
With the insane, but not surprising, number of times I saw ‘Mac Robertson Girls’ High School’ afterwards I just wanted to shoot my toe off.
One teeny tiny joy was finding my name listed three times. Holla.
Being back in Australia and remembering how bat shit expensive everything is:
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I'M BACK!
And you know what that means…I’m going to blog about all my holiday purchases.
Ready yourselves.
Vietnam
Parents: We're going out.
Me: Is there air-con?
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Making a big deal out of nothing
Now that I’ve taken a deep breath, I can see that’s exactly what I’ve been doing. Stressing out over a not-so-stressful situation.
Here’s my plan:
Accept the Monash offer
Attend the course information sessions (which, unfortunately, happen to be on the day that I return from Vietnam so I don’t even know how much I’ll take in in my jet lagged state)
Find out...
Bit of a pickle
Okay. So I got accepted into Arts/Science at Monash, which was what I wanted. But now I’m starting to realise what a hassle it would be to travel to and from Clayton (why, oh, why did I not think this through?) so I would rather be offered a spot for Arts at Melbourne Uni instead.
Is it bad that I’m changing my mind based on convenience? I don’t know what to do.
University is so daunting
I miss high school.
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Seriously considering taking a gap year, just to avoid the tedious enrolment process of uni.
Uni offers
I’m surprisingly calm (LOL) about uni offers. Maybe it’s that I’m not even in the country, or the practice I’ve gotten as a Year Twelve student awaiting exams and results. Obviously, I don’t want to be rejected, but I figure with my ATAR and the changes I’ve made to my preferences in accordance to my score, that’s unlikely to happen. Perhaps it’s the...
Meet relatives in Vietnam:
Don’t even know how I’m related to 75% of said relatives.
Another thing
I’m not sure if this exists with other cultures, but Vietnamese people are extremely fond of interfering with other people’s meals.
Let me explain. Pretend you’re dining with your family, happily munching on the food you picked out from the many dishes in front of you. Then, a wild relative appears and piles on all this food that they chose into your bowl with their grubby...
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Today, I heard Love You Like A Love Song twice.
And once I also saw When The Sun Goes Down on a billboard.
Selena Gomez & The Scene, making it big in Vietnam.
“Ask yourself what you are worried about if same-sex marriage is legalized....”
– Why A Heterosexual, Married, North Carolinian Father Of Three Cares About LGBT Equality (via y)
Read the full letter.
(via aepocrypha)
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People from Vietnam are really pushy. I know some people perceive it as friendliness, but every day I’m thinking over and over:
I don’t need a cab, go away
I don’t want to sit down and eat that food, it looks questionable
I don’t want to buy your lotto tickets, here’s an idea, if they’re real why don’t you keep them and win some money instead
Bitch, my...
What I've done in Vietnam:
Sleep
Eat
Watch TV
Sleep
Repeat
So basically everything I already do at home, but in weather even more irritating than Melbourne’s.
Not that I have a problem with this, but every time someone reblogs a post of mine that I’ve personally commented on and they delete everything, I get this little pang of ‘oh…nobody cares about what I say…okay…cool beans’.
The Vietnamese language
Listening to it is really annoying. It’s like a bunch of people barking at each other. And even though they aren’t actually saying bad things, I always feel like telling people to calm down.
Ugh, I miss speaking in English.
Troi effing oi
You know when you’re in a queue and you try to maintain a reasonable space between yourself and the people in front and behind you because it’s just common courtesy?
Today we were lining up for chairlifts and every time the queue budged a little, this rude lady would bump into me as if it was the most natural thing in the world. Excuse me, but I do not appreciate your saggy old tits...
December 2011
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I wish I could make a Boxing Day post listing all the stuff I bought during the sales, but no, I’m not in a country that has Boxing Day, so I’ll just look at what everyone else got and be jelly.
But on the bright side, DISNEYLAND HONG KONG NEXT WEEK! WOO!
Disappointment
I still cannot believe that revelation about the Salvation Army. It makes me sick. What a way to dampen the holidays.
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Every time I'm on an aeroplane that's taking off,...
Even though I’m technically not supposed to.
Because I’m cool fly like that.
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Box sets I'm going to buy:
How I Met Your Mother
The Big Bang Theory
F.R.I.E.N.D.S
Gossip Girl
One Tree Hill
Modern Family
Chuck
And a shitload more
Thank you for your financial mercy Vietnam.
The first thing I’m going to do when we get back to the homeland: get my hands on a big fat juicy burger.
I don’t even care, future Sandra can worry about good health.
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Ways to win me over:
Have impeccable taste in music, whilst also introducing me to awesome music I haven’t listened to
Make me nice cups of tea (searing hot but no chamomile, that stuff is heinous)
Be British
Be taller than me
Love Harry Potter the way I do (just imagine the conversations)
Do not believe in horoscopes
Give me hugs and shit (I added the ‘and shit’ to make it less cheesy)
...
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Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority of...
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Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority
What part of your brains shattered to make you think that getting rid of midyear examinations was a good idea? I’m not even affected by this ‘amendment’ and I’m outraged. Outraged for the students who have to go through five or more exams each covering an entire year’s worth of information. Because that, as you clearly can’t comprehend, is hell.
I do realise...
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dontrunoverthefatboy:
2012 will be the final year of VCE mid-year examinations
Ugh, poor children. Every exam covering a year’s worth of study.
VCAA: How To Alienate High Schoolers 101