Archive for September, 2011

High End -JJ

A few photos from the last week of highschool ever. Just to explain – unless you’ve been reading these past few weeks – in Australia we graduate now (end of “Term 3″) and then sit final exams in late October/early November. So it’s been a bit hectic. In terms of the photos:

1. Celebratory breakfast during a free lesson.
2. Cute little photo of my geography class. Classic Vaughan (teacher).
3. Before the opening act of the Year 12 Graduation concert.
4. The end of our act in the concert. Basically the graduating year perform dances or acts or whatever for the rest of the school. Our act was a “survival guide” to high school.
5. Not getting proffesional graduation night photos, but dicking around besides them.
6. Final “group” photo school event – picnic for Year 12.

It’s been an emotional week (more due to the fact that I’m going through a fairly tough break-up [yeah, never mentioned that. Part of the compilations. Rather not get into it, but points if you can guess who the man was] than graduation – I’m not a sentiment for leaving schools, etc), but y’know. Got a fairly packed few weeks – of study and revision. Great fun for all involved.

Note that this is probably the last time I get to use the “school” tag here. Surreal.

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Screams in Caves – Polar Bear Club

Dinner with friends the other night. We went to a Lebanese place to celebrate the birthday of Michelle & Kara, which was fairly nice. It was great to have a break from all this study and graduation stuff with school, the place even cracked out the classic belly dancers which was entertaining watching friends get really embarrassed as they were called up to dance. Rather fun!

What’s your favourite kind of place to eat out at?

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Hold Me Down – Motion City Soundtrack

That, my friends, is what its like to be doing your HSC in 2011. Its my study plan (as of today), leading up to my final exam in 63 days. It may not look it but I’ve actually been working a lot. But, seeing as today is strike day (where the Teachers union decides to take a day off), I’m getting a bunch of stuff done. Including blogging here.

There’s been both a lot and not a lot going on. That makes so little sense. My grandfather went into hospital yesterday and apparently his surgery went to plan, but that’s all we know. We’ve had to put my grandmother in temporary care as well, so its been rather full on. Of course I’ve been studying a lot, school remains incredibly cruisy and its starting to really feel like the end, with plans for our final assembly and graduation night. Its bizarre in Australia how we graduate, then do our leaving exams.

There was a party last Saturday, as well, which has caused a bit of chaos. Boys are very silly, aren’t they? Ahh well, besides that one exception it was a rather nice night, been a very long time since I’d been to a party or anything so it was good to finally relax, y’know? Caught up with people from the past, was great. AND I finally have my hair a colour I like, which I’m sure you’ll see soon enough.

Also, I’ve avoided my Hamlet essay marvellously by re-organising the blog categories, so get ready for some new ways that I’ll blog, weekly roundups are not as fun as it used to be, and change always rules.

Ahh well. 63 days. And less than 3 months until I’m an official adult. So much change!

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