Next on my personal soap opera…
I apologize for not writing for a while. Exams are finally over and I’ve decided not to tell my parents the results that are being given out. They’ll find out on their own (while I am safely hiding in Hawaii) in a month or so. Not surprisingly, my highest marks are in languages. I won’t bore you with the details but I will say that I got 109 out of 115 in Spanish. My highest mark so far…and possibly overall.
The weekend before last I dyed my hair. I am constantly changing it for fun. It bores me. I didn’t dye it anything drastic, just a darker shade of brown. My Scottish pal Livi dyed her hair exactly the same colour. She did it to fight off ginger (redhead) remarks. The change is much more noticeable on her. Being very dissatisfied with the dyeing, I also cut my hair last Wednesday. It is now a short and sweet bob. Good for the summer, easy to handle. For my next hair change, I think I’ll dye it purpley-brown. But just for the summer. The school would kill me if I came in with purple hair!
Last weekend I went on a school residential trip. Sounds fancy but it basically means that I stayed in a tent for days with around 30-40 girls from my year (grade). It was a water-sports trip mostly with the exception of archery. I am not good at archery and everyone was lucky to come out of that alive, thanks to me. We also did canoeing which was brilliant and soooo relaxing. I sat in the back and steered, me and the two other girls in the canoe sang songs, we saw swans. Very nice! The only downside of canoeing was the peanut sized blister I obtained on my thumb. It’s still not gone. The next activity was rafting which was by far my favorite. You get four barrels, six poles and lots of rope and you have to build a raft to take you and your group across the 100 metres and back. My group did this very successfully. After making us repeat the exercise standing on the raft, making us do it backwards and making us do ‘head, shoulders, knees and toes’, our instructor got a bit aggravated. So he started untying our raft. Only then did we fall off. The very last activity was sailing which has a very interesting story to it:
We were taught how to sail on a boat with two sails with one instructor to a boat. Each boat had four girls in it. After working the boat for half an hour my friend Orla started complaining that she wanted to go on the two-person sailboat. So I got on with her and five seconds later she’s screaming. To make a long (annoying) story short we called the rescue boat and she started getting on to it. At the same time she manages to tip the boat a bit and get rope stuck around my foot. As she gets off, I lift my foot to get the rope off. She tips the boat completely but manages to scramble onto the rescue boat. I, in turn, fall into the water. yay. not. it’s all her fault!
It was a good trip with very good food *mouth starts to water*! I recommend the place, which was called Barton Turf, but I probably will never go again if I can help it.
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Raining cats and, er, more cats!
It was pouring with rain today and I got very very drenched. I must’ve looked like 007 dashing under bushes and trees for shelter. Didn’t really do me any good but oh well! At least I have probably confused the people who were looking at me during my rain dodging. So something was accomplished. In honor of my oh so clever title, here is a little activity that may make you laugh. Follow the instructions and enjoy (or not)…
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My Spanish ‘adventura’ (plus exams)
So, I’m back from a lovely week in Spain. I managed to get sunburned on my last day there but it miraculously turned into a tan by Monday. Hmmm, interesting…
It was a perfect chance to try out my fabuloso Spanish speaking skills. But I didn’t bother. My theory is that if they understand English, what’s the point in straining myself? I said a few “thanks you’s” and “hello’s” (gracias and hola for the aspiring linguists out there). My diet consisted entirely of Caesar salads, paellas and Fantas. Also, the occasional soup here and there. Being the chocoholic that I am, I also bought three bars of Toblerone. I have decided that I now like that equally as much as Snickers. I am opposed to favoritism even in chocolate. Anyway…
The first few days we went to various touristy places (probably mentioned in my dad’s blog). The other days we stayed at the resort and for me that meant the jacuzzi. It became like a nightclub type of place. Only kids and teens hung out there. I met some English people, some American and some Spanish. Plus, I acquired two new little sisters. A five year-old sweetie called Honey – that is really her name. So cute! The other girl was called Georgina but I couldn’t be bothered with such a long name. I called her George and she was 6. I met three other girls who are now my email buddies.
Good week, all in all.
On to exams, which are going on this week at my school. I will keep this bit very short as I do not want you all to fall asleep. I am confident of my language results being good and very doubtful about computers and music. I usually finish the exams before time is up and read my books or doodle. Just two more days of exams to go! YAY!
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