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AIRBORNE ALL THE WAY Wednesday, October 21, 2009


I didn't do very well for English today. In fact, I didn't do well at all.
I'm not going to dwell on it. But believe me, it was terrible.
Got A1s for Geog, History and Math. All above 80, none above 90 and that's all you need to know.
Yesterday we went ice skating. Haven't done that for a long time, but I'm glad to say that I haven't lost much skill. I can still skate quite fast and I haven't broken my record of 'longest time without falling' yet. Vera hadn't skated before and I spent quite a bit of time cajoling her into skating without touching the edge of the rink. At least she went two rounds like that at the end of the two hours (which cost a whopping $100+ for the six of us.)
After that we ate lunch at Pastamania then went to Bugis and they took that pink picture thing. I enjoyed the stop at my favourite bookshop that begins with a 'K' because I managed to read The Lost Symbol until page 316.
Then it was off to the Iluma and all sorts of anime stuff. Which, quite obviously, I didn't enjoy. We were thinking of buying Pearl a Christmas/birthday present, but she declined because it would mean buying me a present and out of all 73 books on my list, most of them are thirty dollars or more.
On the way back home, on the train, Nicole and I had a very nice chat about a)Whether Barack Obama should have/should not have won the Peace Prize, b)Whether China will take over the U.S.'s position as a global world power soon, c) How the U.S. got from such a superpower fifty, sixty years ago to this state, d) Something about WWII.
A very enlightening conversation with someone actually proficient in General knowledge, and a conversation I could certainly never have held with some people from my class. (LIKE BRYNA)
You know, for my Geography paper, I put funny answers (crossing them out later, of course, but they're still legible) for the last two questions. Strangely, I got half a mark deducted for both of them even though all the points in the answers were in there.
Do you think that China will soon be more powerful than the U.S. of A.? I personally do not think so. China's still very far back. It's got too many problems that a developed country shouldn't have. Besides, the last time the U.S. had a recession this bad it was called "The Great Depression". Guess what happened after that? The Americans re-emerged more powerful than ever and took over from Europe. Who's to say that this isn't going to happen again?
By the way, I hate the teacher who marked my composition. It was "Unsung Heroes" and all I had to do was add a line in. She gave me 21/30 because there was "Too Much Dialogue!"
GOD. They told us to write a bloody STORY. You want too much dialogue, you go and read Oscar Wilde or something. THAT's dialogue for you. What's a story without a lot of dialogue? She also underlined all the "'s" and the "'nt"s. What's wrong with that? Have you ever read a story where there isn't a single "'s" or "'nt" and everything's written as "it is" or "was not" or "can not"?
I. Am. Going. To. Kill. Her.
Or. Him.

~Today in History~
1944: HMAS Australia is hit by a Japanese plane carrying a 200 kg (441 pound) bomb off Leyte Island, as the Battle of Leyte Gulf began.

~Quote of the Day~
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
Winston Churchill. I'll keep that in mind.

~Useless fact of the Day~
An Austrian woman who hid behind her boyfriend's articulated lorry so that she could jump out and surprise him was taken to hospital after he reversed over her.


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-We are not retreating -- we are advancing in another direction.
-You can't say civilization isn't advancing; in every war they kill you in a new way.
-War does not determine who is right - only who is left.
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-If you are going through hell...keep going.
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