The weirdness of being stress free

It's exam time and if you know me, you must also know that during exam time I completely lose my mind. But this term, there is something wrong with me. I don't know if it's just that I don't have time to stress, or if my stress mechanisms are completely out of whack, but I seem to be incapable of feeling stressed out. In a way, that's good, since I can actually look at a question and think it through without my brain blowing up. On the other hand, it means that I'm not stressed out enough to go sit at my desk and study. Every time I try, I feel like "meh, just another exam. There's always a next time." WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?
Anyway, I entered some writing competition. In fact, it's one that I entered last year and you'll be able to notice just how strangely stress free I've become since then. Last year, I wrote my story two months in advance, got three teachers to check it and sat in front of my desk, worrying about the similes and the metaphors for days on end. This year, I wrote it one day before the due date, wrote precisely one draft, and even though I knew that my story was a load of crap, submitted it anyway!

Well, I've got maths exams and a biology assessment this week and hopefully they'll be alright. I'm pumped for Variety Night on Wednesday (a.k.a the day before the extension maths exam) and can't wait to see all the performances! I'm so happy that there are so many performers from our grade this year :D Hopefully it'll be a great night!

Now, I'm off to avoid studying for maths. Ciao!

- Zarin.

What would have been Athletics Day

Friday was Athletics Day. PUH-LEASE! I'll go next year though :) Instead of going to some place in Leumeah, Aswathi, Charis and I went to the State Library. Nerd's day out woohoo! Haha, it was actually very fun!! We went there to do our ancient history assignment but instead, spent half the day wandering around the city, eating and sitting in Hyde Park. Oh well, that's what the city is for! 

Aswathi missed the train despite the fact that she woke up earlier than me and Charis, so it took a while to meet up. Once Aswathi and I actually found each other, she realised that she forgot to bring money. TO THE CITY!! I guess in one day she lost the title of 'the most organised person I know'. Then when we got to St James station this guy was playing the accordion, except he was at the end of the tunnel thing so we couldn't see him and it sounded so cool! He sounded amazing! It was like we were walking through Paris or something. 

The State library is so huge! And the security is unexpectedly intense - c'mon, it's just a library after all! But we couldn't take our bags in and there was this security guard station thing at the entrance to the library. The librarian ladies were so nice to us, even though we asked them at least a thousand questions! 

So when we realised that our stomachs were eating themselves, we decided it was time to eat :) Aswathi insisted that we should eat at some Malaysian Laksa House thing and I excitedly bought these strange looking noodles. I have never seen so much oil in one dish. Our food was literally shining with oil. When I looked at my spoon it was covered with oil so it seemed like I had just washed it. But one good thing came out of this - I ATE WITH CHOPSTICKS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE! Ask Charis, she'll tell you that I'm a natural :D

Of course, no day out in the city is complete without something sweet! We went to The Cupcake Bakery, and looking at it was enough to make my day. The cupcakes were so cute! Aswathi and Charis bought a red velvet cupcake: 

It looked too cute to eat! 

 I ordered THE BEST ICE CHOCOLATE IN THE UNIVERSE. GAAAH IT WAS SO GOOOOOOD! YOU MUST TRY IT!!!!! 

So anyway, I had a lot of fun, especially because I don't go out to the city half as much as I'd like to. Thank you Charis and Aswathi for such an awesome day :D 

And now, for my ancient history essay. DUN DUN DUUUN. 

When you try your best but you don't succeeeeed

Hello. 

:( 

If you can't tell by the extremely expressive sad face up there, I'm quite sad today, because it's Friday and despite calling Today FM more than 1000 times (literally) I could not win tickets to see Coldplay's Mylo Xoloto tour for me and Aswathi. We tried so hard, and I actually thought we would get tickets. I guess I thought wrong.

Aswathi, Marija and I registered for this call for Coldplay thing, where Kyle and Jackie O call you and if they like your story/think you're entertaining, they'll give you FOUR tickets to Coldplay. On Wednesday, some lady from the station called up Marija and said that Kyle and Jackie O would be calling the next morning at 9 o' clock. Our heads nearly exploded with excitement. We came up with an awesome parody of Viva la Vida but on Thursday morning the station did not call us, and some lady with stupid hypothetical questions won instead. Puh-lease, they should've heard our song. We even went to school 20 minutes late so that when the station called we wouldn't miss it! Well I guess one thing good came out of this - it was heaps of fun making the song!

Marija is so awesome that even though she had tickets she registered for us and helped Aswathi and me make a song up. She wasted so much time for us even though there was nothing really in it for her. Not all friends would do that! That just shows what a great friend she is. So, thank you, Marija.

So anyway, Coldplay blues aside, this week's flown past really quickly and I cannot believe it's Friday already. People tell me that year 11's get their report cards on Thursday. ARE YOU KIDDING? Why didn't I get the memo? Gah, 3 unit maths, you're going to bring me doooooown. Other than that, I think I'm quite happy with how I've gone so far this year. I've worked really hard so I hope my report card's alright!

Also, REVENGE GAAH SEASON FINALE WHICH I HAVE NOT WATCHED! IF ANYONE SPOILS IT FOR ME I WILL STAB YOU WITH A FORK!! THAT MEANS YOU KISHANI, YAFA AND MONICA!

To blog or not to blog, that is the question.

Hello. I figured I needed something productive to do when I'm avoiding doing work, so here I am, rambling uselessly on this awesome (?) blog of mine, although I'm not quite sure if blogging is very productive. Anyway, I really want to go to an old church/cathedral! There was one in Brisbane that we used to pass every time we drove into the city and every single time, I told myself that I would go in there. But hey, I never did. Oh well. There is still the whole of Europe to scour after I've finished the HSC.There's something about old things... old houses, old churches, old books... that make me itch to find that answers to their mysteries, even if they're just really boring nothings with no mystery at all. You know what, STUFF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT FUNCTIONS AND GEOMETRY. I do not really have the funds to go wandering around London right now, so I guess the next best thing would be to go out one day and just spend the entire day exploring the city. One day...




Westminster Abbey, London.




Cathedral of the Resurrection, St Petersburg.