The Debate ....

Last night I took part in a debate in front of the Rotary Club officials ! It was quite scary seeing that the majority of your audience is over 65! You start thinking "well if I say this will they know what I'm on about!?" However we went on with our subject, well worthy of debate and in my own words:

"This house proposes that reality TV is so mind numbingly boring and the people that go on these shows are such desperate fools. Therefore they must be banned from the airwaves altogether!"


I argued my case well, debating things like: they are all the same, there's always a blonde bimbo and a guy who wants to shag anything that moves (I heard one lady whisper to her neighbour "Can he say that?" when I made that comment !) and many other points including that Jade Goody is a racist slag and the people who go on it end up more famous not for the good they've done but for what they did in the jacuzzi!

I can't say "kebab" without laughing anymore !!

The three of us all put on a good show and many people were complimenting us afterwards saying how informative and how funny it was. In secret we were quite confident that we were going to win ! So the judges come back and give the standard "everyone's a winner" speech and then announce that Bro Morgannwg are the winners !!

Well done! Well done! .... bitch!

Robbed, that's what we were! We were robbed ! Their's was pretty boring plus they were reading from cards - we wern't ! - overall I think they won because of the snob value ! So they won, I had my bitch fit and then got over it !!

So all in all the night was a good experience and I can put it on my college application - on the debate team, looks good for trying to get on law (obviously we don't tell them that it only lasted a week !!)

In addition Daniel said some things that really did make me laugh!! :

Daniel: I know why we lost !!
Elliot: Why did we loose then ?
Daniel:You see the welshie over there with black hair?
Elliot: Yes?
Daniel: She's the reason why we lost!
Elliot: And how's that then ?
Daniel: Well from looking at her it's quite obvious... she slept with the judge!!!

It's Party Time !!!

Well the birthday season has started again. Last year I was amazed by how many birthday parties I was invited to !! So far this has been the first one but hey it's only January !!

One and two and oh fuck it !

Sadly we can't all dance like this guy but we do try ! By Joe do we try ! It was soooo hot and that proves we were dancing !!

To begin with things were quite awkward... the "normal" group huddeled in one corner and the ground of chavs in the other ! However as the night progressed things began to melt and soon enough there was clarity between dancers, eaters and chavs in the corner !!

Didn't dance that much, although it was more than I usually do !! Ohh !! Has anyone ever played "Nelly the Elephant" at a party before ? Me neither ! ...... It hurts!!! You have a hand grabbing on to someones in front and a hand between your legs grasping someone elses behind !! Then the string of people doing this have to walk round !! Oh it really hurts !!

A smack in the balls in the best way to describe the pain!!

Isn't it strange when things happen at occasions like this..... ummm how to explain it......

I was watching everone else dancing and there was a girl I couldn't take me eyes off !! The worst thing was she was the one I came with !!! Oh and the slow songs !! Everyone is dancing with their girlfriends and I'm there along staring, wanting someone to dance with. Well it's typical for me! There are 3 girls I like at the moment... one I have know almost forever and has a boyfriend. The second has a boyfriend as well !! And the third, well she's just out of my league !!

Ah well !!

Back to happy land !! My friend Ben, yes the infamous Britney Spears worshipper, (again and again I have questioned his sexuality and again and again he says that he is "straight")

Anyway, for the last fortnight he has been singing "Gimmie More" and "Pieces of me" in school and it was beginning to drive me mad !! So when it came on at the disco, well obviously he went nuts over it. I, brain dead I must have been, joined in and went insane but even more scarily I knew the words and was mouthing along. It was frightening !!


Anyway..... all in all the night was well enjoyed by all and the conversation in the car on the way home topped it off nicely !!

Emily's Dad: So was there any alcohol at this party then ?
Emily: No her mum's quite strict on that, I was thinking about spiking the punch though!
Me: I had some vodka out and funny enough was thinking about bringing it with me !
Chelsea: It's funny when you get drunk Em, you start taking your clothes off !!
Me: Hello !?!

Yes the night ended perfectly ^^

Hello Again!!

This picture sums up perfectly how my week has been. I have had so much work to do. So before I go to bed I think I will share this load with you.

To start sleep !! After a week and a half back at school it is getting quite obvious that I can't function on 6 hours sleep a day. In fact I came home today, went up to put the computer on and laid on the bed while it was loading... next thing I know it's 7pm and I'd been asleep for the last 3 hours!!

Homework - Well it's not to bad it's just my fault for leaving it to the last minute. I have an English essay due in for Friday and I have to memorise a speech for Italian for tomorrow. However for English I have a plan ! I'm going to give the "Oh how stupid of me I forgot to bring it in" routine and do it over the weekend !! For Italian well I'll just have to try and blag it !

Outside school stuff - I got roped onto the debate team ¬_¬' They haven't really though this through we have to prepare our argument by next Tuesday! At least I can argue passionately that reality TV is crap !!


Oh dear!! Will try and get myself above water again. It doesn't seem like much but it's surprising how busy I am !!

Yep...School Is Back !!

Well, it's almost been a whole week back a school. It seems like we were never off for two weeks now ! Oh today was thrilling as always, had a few more results back and enjoyed a whole hour of physics.

Physics wasn't as bad as normal.... for a start I don't think he was on the verge of a mental breakdown today. For the record, my science class is the (in)famous group that made Mr Peacock cry ! However, even when we're not that bad he usually looks like he's about to break down and jump out the window !! I remember what my mother said after speaking to him as parents evening:

"Oh that Mr Peacock guy! There's something wrong with him!" - I agree !!


Well now for the good news !!

New results:

Tech: paper 1 35/35 - paper 2 61/100 - neh t'is alright I suppose
Welsh - 96%
English lang - A

Right I think welsh and english merit a celebration so I shall express it in my own unique way...

Yes my little freaky rock guy is back again but he shows my feeling of self satisfaction perfectly !!

Now, in relation to the Café's "Special of the day" it is really quite a rude story. We were having a rather phalic conversation about pencils and what you could do with them and this is what we came up with:

Ben: You could stick it up your bum !
Daniel: Oh imagine what it would be like if it was one of those giant ones !! Oww !! And what about if you sharpened it ?!?
Blake: You sharpen it while it's up there, you know twist it round and....

That last sentance pushed the topic too far and conversation just died ! So from then on any references to pencils, or in fact any other stationary, came back to the kinky pencil conversation!

Hold still my pretty ! This won't hurt...much !!

Now on a serious note, we did have a conversation about Mrs. Evans. Daniel brought a cake in for a party we had and ever since almost every lesson she makes a comment about him bringing in another one. Ok, in the beginning it was funny but now almost 6 months later the jokes a bit old.

One bad point is, as I study german and italian in school and french outside and told her I want to do the french exam, she's starting to think of me as the "cocky one". I'm sorry if I'm good at languages and I want to have a go !! I'm not saying I'm going to beat your french boys but I would rather have a go at the french and see what grade I get then not have a go and never know. However, I asked her to assess my french and she said "Ok, right do some exams for me and I'll compare you to Tom". I am pretty sure that Tom is probably the most talented french speaker in the year so...... oh dear I can only try my best !!

One thing that got me today, for the first time I said the right word in the wrong language ! Our german teacher asked me for "shirt" and my imediate response was "chemise"!!! Umm try "Hemd" !!

Oh dear !! All this is stressing me out so I have decided to turn to my favourite music to calm me down as a healthier alternative to getting out a selection box and eating it's entire contents in 10 minutes. On that thought I will end this post as hope you will all calm down as you enjoy a little bit of "my" music.

Anna Netrebko

Enjoy!!!

That's Better !!!

After the jittery start yesterday things have begun to look up. For one thing I didn't have maths today which was nice !!

One thing that did annoy me was the laziness of our welsh teacher! When you think about it other departments have way more papers to mark than him and yet he still hasn't done them. I suppose it's like my tech teacher who "forgot" them and didn't take them home to mark over the holidays.

It's all the booze after the staff Christmas party I recon!!

But that aside it has been a much better day, apart from the events at break time...

We were talking in the atrium, as per usual, and, as usual, nature calls and I walk behind the art block across to the toilets. However as I enter into the "Gay Zone" one of them starts running over threatening to make me "one of them" and spray a pink streak in my hair, so naturally I began to run. Ah ! Not that simple. You see there was a very cunningly place banana skin on the floor. My foot made contact with that and.... Oomph ! I went flying. The result: I now have no skin on my knees !!It's bloody pathetic !! It's something that should be confined to cartoons !! How could I slip on a banana peel !! Of all the things in the world !! What a cliche !!

Anyway they didn't get a streak in my hair so that was one good thing !!

Now there were a few good test results today !!! And in theory they make up for the crap maths mark yesterday ^^ Oh yesterday I got really upset about it for some reason. I suppose I'm used to being really good at everything so to be shot down... that far down was a bit of a shock and disappointment. When I came home I was so depressed I ate ..um..... a lot.... of chocolate !!

Somebody help me I'm going to be sick!!

Right, back to good results !! In summary I was quite chuffed as I reasserted myself as one of the top brains again !! In summary my results so far have been:

History - 79%
Tech Core Paper - 100%
Maths - 59% Non calc/53% Calc - theoretically it should be easier with a calculator !?!
German - reading 40/40, writing 116/120, listening 39/40, speaking 38/40
RS - 85%
English Lit. - A grade

So apart from maths that's pretty good ^^

In conclusion today was much better than yesterday!!

The ego is back and bigger than ever !!!

School: The Mock Exams Strike Back!!!

As for many pupils throughout the country today was my first day back in school.... and it was the day that wasn't !!

For starters there was the wonders of double ICT, Tech, Maths and a final Tech lesson to complete a wonderful day !

Before I even got to school I realised it wasn't going to be a good day: I got out of bed and it was cold !! You know how it is when you're all cosy in bed and then the alarm clock goes off... I was not amused. However I was quite proud of myself as I only pressed the snooze button 3 times.

I know that feeling all to well

After throwing myself out of bed into the freezing cold and getting myself ready for school I then threw myself into the bloody freezing (!!!) wonders of the outside world.

Then school: Everything was fine until 3rd lesson...

Maths - the long awaited mocks result .... I probably would have been happier not knowing. For me 56% is quite bad !! I was totally demoralised! I felt quite confident that I was going to do well at maths, sorting everything out in the revision sessions etc, but with my result like that...

WOMPH !!! Everything comes crashing down around you ! It's like the class screaming "You suck!" continually !!



But one has to face it that you can't be good at everything all the time. So after this little "hiccup" (!!) we now know that I have to work on maths !!

The one thing I am a bit worried about is the fact that I need a predicted GCSE grade from her soon. So.... if I take her in a box of chocolates or bring her in a few bottles of wine and ger her drunk or accidentally leave a brown paper bag on her desk then I might get a decent grade!!


Now things did begin to pick up last lesson. After completing all the work in our tech class I spent the majority of the lesson talking to people and watching the humourous events that followed the pressing of the button !!

Rhys, the "button pusher" - OOOOOOOMMM !!! - pressed the water spray button on the PCB machine and slowly the water began to rise... after panicing and pressing the button again the water level began to reach the top and instead of overflowing water began to pour out the bottom. Oh the look of his face, the "oh shit" look was priceless!!

Well that just says it all!

What if.....?

After the dreary weather we had yesterday a little bit of blue sky was a great relief and prompted me and my parents to head out to Symonds Yat. A journey of just over an hour brought us to the wonders of Symonds Yat, the Wye Valley and Yat Rock.

This place will always be special to me. As you go along the high up motorway a sign greets you saying:

Welcome to England/Croeso i Loegr
Welcome to Herefordshire

This area always makes me think of what might have become of me if I hadn't moved to Wales.

I was born and lived the first few months of my life in the cosy houses of Beech Street in the middle of the small town of Great Harwood, near Blackburn, Lancashire. The landscape at Symonds Yat just reminds me so much of that near Harwood. It wasn't long before we came to Barry but it just makes me ponder "what if...?"

Well let us think what if...?

Well for a start I would probably have one of those wonderful northern accents.

I wouldn't have met my friends - some days that could be a good or a bad thing.

I might have become a chav - although probably not as the next big town - Blackburn is famous for its emos.

The I might have become a fully fleged emo !! - again the good point - I'd be thin!!!!
- the bad point - I would probably be a self harmer

Oh how different my life could have been !!

Now that's just scary !

Boredom, Rain and Hot Chocolate !!

Today has been one of those days when nothing really exciting, funny or unusual has happened but I will still make the effort to post something for my reader(s) - at least I know I have one (at the moment anyway !)

It been trying to rain all day and now it has started!! It's been raining now for the past 10 minutes. There's something strange about the rain - I love it !! I like the way it gently patters against the window and how it drips of various different things. It's wonderful and when you get a quiet moment you can almost hear it being absorbed into the ground.

I love umbrellas for some strange reason !

I love the smell after it's been raining hard for a few minutes and then the sun comes out. It's a lovely feeling, sight and smell but I have a feeling the smell may be the sulphuric acid in the raindrops !!!!

Another thing I like about the cold weather is that fact that you're not always in it !! I remember last year there was a day or two when it snowed really heavily. Everyone else was out in the snow throwing it at each other and I was quite content snuggled up underneath my blanket with a mug of hot chocolate watching Bridget Jones' Diary. You can have your fun but I would much rather be warm and without the pain of frost bitten fingers !! Anyway that's what I'd rather do !!



I bet he is absolutely freezing !

I love hot chocolate !! I really don't drink it often enough. There are some right weird hot chocolate flavours like mint, orange, hazel nut and fat free hot chocolate !! How can you do that?! If I were Prime Minister I would ban flavoured hot chocolate and every drink would be at least several thousand calories a sip !! Oh and covered in cream *drools* and maybe a dusting of cocao powder - yes that would be the perfect hot chocolate!!

I could have one right now.... in fact I think I will!

Barry the windiest place on earth !?!

Our mission, that we insanely accepted, was to make it down to Barry Island before:

a) Something froze - be it hand, foot, nose etc.....
b) Hypothermia set in !!

If you actually made it to Barry Island then going up onto the point would kill you !!

Fortunatly we made it back alive and had some interesting conversations along the way!

The Point - it's rather chilly on the end!!

There we two major thoughts we have had today:

1) What would it be like to live in Focus?

We went into Focus because frankly it was freeeeezing !! and we couldn't take any more. We looked around and decided that we would sit on some settees that had been placed in a mock-up living room.

Our new home!

We just sat around and started talking about living in the store. We ultimatly decided that if the stove worked, the cupboards were full of food and the shop assistants were so unobservant that they didn't kick us out, we could live quite happily in Focus !!

And then later on our second thought....

2) Is Barry the new twilight zone ?

We were walking along and the wind was picking up so obviously things started to become a little bit dilusional and Emily, after planning our friends rocky murder and our own hypothermia induced deaths, decided that we would never catch up with the group, who were over the other side of the bay.

Barry - strangly normal or normally strange ?!?

We walked along to catch up with them and suddenly we stopped and Tom said:

"I know what's going on here..... if we head towards them, by the time we reach them they will be over here and we over there."

Then after considering that replied:

"Yes... but then if that happens we would be in a continuous loop and we would never catch up"

And after pondering both thoughts Emily blurted out:

"Well if that's going to happen then I'm not sure I want to live in a life that keeps repeating itself"

Then I thought logically and said:

"Repeating itself"

"Repeating itself? she replied

"Repeating itself again and repeating itself again" I replied not fully aware of what I had just said.

Emily then came to her conclusion that life was no longer worth living and put her finger to her head and then another thought struck her:

"If we're in the twighlight zone then won't the bullet go sideways or something ? Well then I'll throw myself off a cliff instead !"

But I replied " Well if we are in the twighlight zone then you'll fall onto the top of the cliff or even worse .... you won't stop falling !!!"

After all that we did finally rejoin the group, who reluctantly gave in to hypothermia and then huddled in an arcade for about 20 minutes while everyone regained the feeling in their hands before a long treck back to the Square.

2007 - What actually happened ??

When I think back and look at 2007 to be honest I can't remember what happened !! So I thought in this post I would document that little bit that I can remember !!

The Events of 2007 (In no particular order)













Germany !! - that was sooooo much fun!! And rather interesting aswell. I never knew that Hitler was soooo insane ! Well we did have some laughs !! Everything from the Paedophile in the window to Weimar "incident". As well as Ben's famous "If you're German go away!"















Italian ! - I have now been studying italian for over a year.... I still don't have a clue what I'm on about !! How I'm going to pass the exam I have no idea !!

Oh well !! At least we got our christmas party afterwards!! Con Babbo Natale XD
















And Bonfire Night is always a good laugh !!
















And we had some interesting results from our group photoshoot down Romily.

















Ha !! - I look like a spak in that photo.... but the party was gooooood XD

















Oh dear ! Summer was the best. Spent all the time posing for photographs XD and it was warm dammit!!

















The wonderful times we had down Barry Island!

Again it was sunny and you don't get that often in Wales !!

















The wonderful events of Lyndsey's Birthday. We threw a surprise party for her down Porthkerry. Oh what fun, Limboing and Fugby... I have never seen myself, or Rachel, run so fast !!

















Hill's Wedding - one of the most prestigous occasions of the year. Was quite emotional really. The night was fulled by love and WKDs.



Well I think that covers it !! The main events of 2007 caught in blog form forever. Well if that's all theat went on during 2007 then I'm sure 2008 will be just as exciting if not more so.

Happy 2008 !!!

I don't know what everyone does to celebrate new years but I spend it with my parents. We snuggle up watch Joules Hollands New Years "HOTANANNY" !! whilst eating lots of chinese bits and pieces courtesy of Iceland.

It's really nice to spend time just lazing and engaging in casual conversations with the occasional inuendo thrown in to !!

Watching Joules Holland has made me realised what a good performer Kylie Minogue is. Would anyone really complain to have her sprawled over your piano?, Joules certainly didn't !!

Also it makes me realise how quickly celebrities get pissed! The lead singer from the Kaiser Chiefs, whatever his name is, was being interviewed and the most inteligent thing that came out of his mouth was "Urgh....happy new yeaurrrrr" . That made me laugh " Have you sworn yet this year" " Yes, yes I've already said Fuck !!" - He sounded so proud !!!

Then there's the first foot forward. A tradition, well in our house it is to kick me out the front door with a piece of bread and coal. Then as the clock strikes midnight we watch the fireworks, which were quite good actually, and then I come back in saying "old year out, new year in, happy new year!"

Then you go to the back door, which lets the old year out, and watch the fireworks out there, and on the way I grab a generous glass of strawberry vodka and make a raid on the tub of Quality Street.

Then after toasting in the new year, I watched Kylie Minogue jump on top of the piano again and practically watch Joules Holland get a hard one. Then after a few more slurps of strawberry vodka I decided it was time to come, wabbiling as a climbed the stairs, to bed.

It's funny to think that it is 2008 !! It seems only yesterday that we were shocked at it being 2007. Oh well another year over lets hope 2008 is a one to look forward to!!

Next post: my memories of 2007