Leavers was heaps of fun! It was really good just to go around the city. Mandurah was great because I haven't been there for years and years, since early primary school. It looked really different but then again I didn't remember much at all. There was a fairground, but it wasn't open, which was a shame but we got some good photos for editing :)
At Hilarys I had really yum food from Wok in a Box and from Cold Rock I had coconut ice cream with marshmallows :D So, so good. Karaoke was fun, I was just way tired by then XD Kristal showed me a good asian supermarket so I got some things.

I got two Yen Plus magazines- they have chapters of various manga inside. It'll be really good for the plane on holiday and it means I can find some more manga I like. It's also good for references and stuff. One came with a free Maximum Ride poster of Fang and Max :P
I also got my secret santa present, which I thought I might end up getting on holiday. It was perfect for them when I saw it though so that turned out really well.
The Egyptian shop in the ciy is amazing, I love it! I can't stop looking at everything, it's all so beautiful and I love looking at all the Netjer statues :)
I was thinking of getting a new PSP game for the holiday, but I don't think I've played the ones I have enough so I might get one over there if it'll work (Thailand is PAL so I think it will) or for birthday or Christmas. I might get a bigger SD card for the PSP there too.

Esthers was lots of fun! I learnt to play pool thanks to James, Kelly and Kristal. That was really good, cause Tina and Lyna learnt too so we all played together :)
Lunch took a while to cook cause we failed with the oven, but it was really nice to just relax for a while. Me and Sam were a bit crazy. We made dinner too! It turned out really well and was so fun to make. Me and Kelly did the pasta. We're planning to do cooking nights in the future :D

I hate making long posts, but I guess this was a big event XD So yeah, home now to pack and get some sleep for Phuket. I'm feeling really positive which is great :D
My stomach's rumblin something crazy so I think I'll grab something to eat.

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Went with Mum and Rhian. I got some silver flats, flip flops, a really nice peacock print dress, a blue dressy studded top, and a couple of t-shirts for Phuket (Kermit and Hello Kitty) :) Oh! and leopard print sunnies 8D
I found some really nice tops in Supre but the straps were way in the wrong position and Mum would've had to shorten them, as well as them being too expensive >_> I also wanted to get some leopard print flats but I couldn't find any that fit...they all fall off XD
I'm happy though cause I needed some more girly stuff :)
It was really good because usually I get very stressed out if I can't find anything, but it was really nice. I also saw Alannah, Jason, and Maka :)

Had a double sleepover with Sam a couple days ago, so that was really good for getting into holiday mode :D
We came up with lots of ideas for a new project- I want to do a sculpture inspired by Birdcage, by Gackt. I had the idea back in year 11 in Art, but didn't use it. I loved it though and always wanted to follow through :)
We also did some drawings, which was good practice- I always feel better drawing with other people. Got some ideas, and Sam made me feel good about my art <3

Had a family renunion, which was okay. Talked a lot to one of my relatives who did Japanese and teaches- he also went to ECU, so that was really good.
I was meant to post up my music info! ah, I'll do it tomorrow :)

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The Valedictory Dinner was great, the gym looked amazing! Glittery tablecloths, red roses, sparkling candles <3

I still don't really get that we've left yet, since I still have exams to go. And I still get to talk to people on Facebook- group trips to the beach will be posted on there :P

First exam is Bio tomorrow arvo, then English on Thursday. Been studying my butt off, but I think Bio wasn't too bad to study for because I studied so much for the mocks- Funnily enough it's the ones with less content I need to put a bit more focus into, which is a nice change from panicking about Geography!

I've managed to start a nice picture based from Gackt's Mind Forest and I've got an idea for one of my friends birthdays :P I LOVE MIXED MEDIA so I'm excited to try a few things :) I've also thought of an idea for writing and a character so I'm really happy about that too.

I watched a Danish horror with my Mum last night...it wasn't scary at all Although Mum asked me to turn on the lamp XD But I hope we can watch some soon, as well as some Asian movies because Planet Video seems to mostly have just Asian horrors and kung fu movies :P

We also had a PCG dinner that was brilliant :D Mr Mac made this gorgeous music video and gave us all copies <3
I wanted to post some pictures of my friends on dress up day and that, but heaps I guess are waiting until after exams to post them ^^;
But here's a couple :)


PCG <3

Geography + free period guys + some History - Best class!

Maths

Eliza, me, and Esther :D

 

Yesterday was the last day of school. The Valedictory assembly was so sad, but really good especially afterwards when we all wandered around to talk and take photos :)
Most of us went to Scarborough beach afterwards, which was really fun. I don't think it's really hit me yet that we're leaving since we still have study things on with some classes at school and exams. Also went to the Leaver's party so I got to see a lot of people there.
I went as Misty on dress up day- it was brilliant :D
But now I'm so tired I can't be bothered walking around and my hayfever's making me unable to breathe XD

I finally finished all my exams! I had AIT this morning and after trying to memorise a whole heap of documents I got sent Saturday night, I think it went well. I think I did pretty okay on whole- I know what I got for Geography and it's good! :D Maths and Biology were okay, but English was not so good :/

TEE in three weeks and school starts tomorrow but I'm going to have a bit of a break. I've started playing Pokemon again, drawing (Pokemon XDD) and listening to Vocaloid. I got a new iPod! a green 5th gen. 8GB is sooo much better than 2.

I've also got Akihabara@Deep Search to watch. For muck-up day I'm going to go as Misty like I did for Sarah's party ^^
I fixed up my old laptop again so it's really good to use :)
I also came up with an idea for a beaded keychain. It's going well, but I think you can only really tell what it is when you know- it's RAW pokemon. I've said Pokemon waaay too much in this post >_>;

oh my god exams ;__;

My mocks:
Mon 5th Oct = Discrete Maths, Biology
Wed 7th Oct = English
Thu 8th Oct = Geography
Mon 12th Oct = Applied InfoTech

Studying for maths is really okay because it’s easy to see what I need to do. Biology is quite okay. English I never know. Geography is a living nightmare, and AIT is just ridiculous. The questions either don’t make sense or just are completely unrelated to anything we’ve ‘learned’ (we don’t learn things) that all the information has to be pulled out of nowhere.

>__>

Lately I’ve got a lot of Vocaloid music, an older Utada album, Mika’s new album, Cobra Starship, AnCafe, and lots of Gackt and Patrick Wolf to listen to. And Futurama so I can relax sometimes :)
Also got a plan to go over to Sam’s on Saturday arvo/night to do some math study and make brownies with her and Kelly :D
It’s Kristal’s birthday tomorrow!

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10 Random Facts About Me

• I used to be in that oh so wonderful 'emo' group kind of thing. Wear only black, look depressed all the time, yadda yadda. Pretty much because of a combination of bullying, being new to the school and so having low self esteem and that sort of jazz. Led to not-so-fun things. Needless to say it was pretty much the opposite of me :P
• I only started listening to music when I got to high school- before that was Pokemon, Pokemon, and more Pokemon. It was just Evanescence, and then Green Day and the like. Now I have a nice wide range of music :D
• Now I love bright colours, strong and fun music, and cute crafts. I grown a heck of a lot over these last few years :) My clothes are mostly blues and greens, t-shirts and comfy 3/4 shorts. Sometimes I feel pretty and really happy, but then I compare myself to other people and feel dodgy. I'm getting a makeover once school's finished :D
• I've been interested in religion/spirituality/philosophy for a long time. I got into Wicca, then Kemetism/Tamera, and now I'm just going with whatever I feel drawn to and relaxing with it all :)
• I've had numerous weird experiences with things. Like for example, dreams where I'm very specifically told about something that will happen, and the next day it does. That one wasn't to do with anything I could have influenced, either. So yeah, a few things have really got me.
• I love all sorts of arts and crafts. Very often, I can't create things unless I am with my friends. I guess because they make me feel more like I can make cool things :P
• I absolutely looove mint and vanilla. Lemons and marshmallows too. I really like sweet things.
• I really wish that I knew another language- Dad's from Wales but most Welsh people don't know the language anymore. I am planning on studying Japanese when I go to Uni next year. Some of my friends say I was born into the wrong culture XP I worry though that people (mostly on the net) will think (or that I really am) like a stupid young teen girl who's obsessed with Japan, wears cat ears all the time and stuff :/ [no, I do not wear cat ears. They make me cringe o_o] You know the stereotype~
• At home, I tend to eat my food in an order. Like in a stir fry I'd eat  zucchini, broccoli, carrots, capsicum, meat, and then rice. It's not because I don't want them to touch or anything like that though, I've just always done it. Also I don't drink nearly enough water.
• When I was little, I wanted to be a tiger when I grew up. And I thought that one day I'd see a real Pokemon and become a trainer or something X3

I hope that this's a bit interesting :)

Shin Megami Tensei: Persona
Dissidia Final Fantasy
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep
Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines
LittleBigPlanet PSP
Final Fantasy Agito XIII
Echochrome
Patapon 2
Bleach: Heat the Soul
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Beaterator

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Sarah's party was really fun! It was a 90's party, so I went as Misty. Kelly was Jane from Daria and Sam was from the Matrix~


I finished Gokusen 2! It was really sad at the end, but sweet :)
I've started getting Akihabara@DEEP, and I've been watching Bleach and Kuroshitsuji.
I got Imogen Heap's new album and I've been listening to Patrick Wolf and Vocaloid a lot.

For school I've got a Maths assignment + test, English assignment, and a Geo one coming up. I finished an AIT one this week and we've got another due in a few weeks, cause we needed an excursion to finish it >_>
Exams are coming but I'm so busy doing homework there's not much time to study, and when there is I'm really tired or desperately need a decent break D:

We had a concert for the bands at school on Thursday, which was really fun! I think we played really well :D
We did Liberty Bell, Gypsy Dance, and a Grease Medley. I played bass drum, tambourine, and glockenspiel :P
I've stopped piano for the rest of the year cause of school- I don't have time to practice anymore. But I'll keep going later.

Last week was horrible becuase I was getting really stressed out over everything, but this weekend I'm coping much better even though I have more work. I think I'm in denial :S Sam came over and we went to get ice cream so that was really good :D We've decided we need to do something decent because for the last few months we really haven't done anything- For us, me and Rhian don't do anything on the weekend. She works and then has sa driving lesson on Saturday, and all I do all weekend is stay at home. So that really wouldn't be helping >_>
I want to get some really high quality pictures of Yazoo so I can get a poster printed. I've got an avatar of a really good shot so I might need to put Advent Children in the computer and try to get it~ Hopefully it won't take long.
 

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Please ignore the stupid emotional previous post :)

School is incredibly stressful and difficult. But on to the fun things:
-Bleach
-Ouran (manga)
-Pretty kimonos
-Onnawufei's DA :P
-Kylie Chan's Dark Heavens (amazing<3)
-Gackt (Mars)
-Monkey (the movie)

The actual school day was fine and fun. Yesterday I'd made a study plan for getting stuff done around 7:30 each night.

And yet after school I struggle really badly- Just the first day and I'm unbelievably stressed already. Geography is driving me insane. I don't know what exactly I'm meant to study and there's either hardly any information on something or something ridiculous like twenty pages worth. When I say I study, I mean Geography. It's taking up all the time I have, and heaps that I don't.

Hope this week goes quickly, but slow enough for me to get stuff done. I've gone 2 hours over what I planned just because of this, and that's definately not helping >_>;

According to a V-Jump ad for the Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Collection Guidebook (an official strategy guide), Riku will be a playable character in the game. The delectable piece of information regarding this was found in the lower left part of the ad, and it states (translated via Andriasang) that the book provides tips on character missions for Donald, various Organization XIII members and, yes, even Riku. So, finally, those looking to control the silver-haired hero can realize their wish.

Additionally, Andriasang translated more regarding 358/2 Days; this time, it's info from the official website. The latest update unveiled the new Hologram Missions, a mode which allows players to replay previously accomplished missions in either normal or trial versions (the latter tacks on special conditions and requirements). And, this being a Riku-centric post, we're wondering how many of those missions have Riku in them? There are 80 Trial missions in total, and here's hoping he's in all of them!

[Via Andriasang]

Source: V-Jump
Source: 358/2 Days Official Website

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
I spent hours at the end of KHII JUST PLAYING AS RIKU.

Pokemon, Play-Doh, and those 'novelty' races. Like three legged races :D

Was really fun :D

I got;
Loveless 1 + 4
Vampire Knight 8
KHII poster
Moustache on a stick thing for Mat
Renji pin for Sam
Bee pin for Rhian
FMA postcards

I've decided I'm going to try to get the KHII Riku play arts :P
Very expensive though- Definately at least $150 ;_;
The cheapest I found was this one, at $158.39 = US $124.99 + US $33.40
I looked on the Aussie anime stores, online and physical, and they don't have it :S

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To Biology camp!
We have a nice little group of us friends; not as big as Geography, but Sam's coming! :D
I'm all set with my PSP, ipod and cards for the bus :P
They are EPIC Kingdom Hearts cards by the way. From KIT MIN <33. They have come to every camp and excursion!
PSP with Red VS Blue, Advent Children, Lucky Star and Daria as well as AnCafe, DDR and Fatal Frame clips to scare Sam with >:]
ipod with lots of random new music :D

I've got a decent amount of holiday homework- long Maths assignment, Geography work, and an English book to read and answer questions on. And I'm going to this Geography study course for 2 hours a day for 5 days in the first week. Most people are doing them though :)

Supanova on Sunday too! I wanted to cosplay from Lucky Star again, but no one else is and I think I'll be exhaused since we come back from camp Saturday arvo XD

The holidays will we great! We really need the break, and I can't wait to hang out with everyone :D

I'll post when I get back, probably after Supanova <3

I went to the city with Kelly and Sam on Sunday! It was really great :D
We went to Freaks and Geeks first- they had a 50% sale cause they're closing ;_;
I got a Ichigo/OgihcI bag, and three keyrings :)
And then we went to Tokyo Underground and me and Kelly got clocks :P She got a Hitsugaya one and I got a scary Ichigo one :D
I have old manga I want to sell, but I need a secondhand bookshop that'll give me cash. Or at least will have something I want to get X3
After junk food for lunch we went to Icey Ice and had oreo and fruits basket ones. The were so good :D
And back at Sams we played Fatal Frame and got really scared XD
It was so so so fun 8D

English speech on Friday. In Biology today we put jellyfish DNA into bacteria and made it glow o_o

Exams were okay- not as good as I hoped considering how much I studied but no worries- pretty much everyone felt like that too XD

Founders Day next week~
Band's fun, but I'm worried about the fact the tambourine's broken so now I'm playing my part with a hollow tambourine and snare drum on a desk. :S
Band Festival will be fun too :D

This weekend I don't have too much to do- Geography and Maths, Maths is reasonably quick.
Geography though, is an assignment which we have an in-class of on Monday. I understand the settlement stuff better than before, but I'm worried I won't remember it in class or be able to link it properly. :P

I've been doing bits of sketching- they're on DeviantArt. I've cleaned most of them up and I'm sure I'll get around to colouring them soon. I'm ALMOST finished Tsubasa! I want to make sure I finish it okay D:

What I've been listening to:
- Avenue Q Soundtrack
- Lucky Star remixes and character albums
- Veronica Mars unofficial soundtrack
- The Emperor's New Groove Soundtrack
- Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position
- Kingdom Hearts Piano Collection
- The Postal Service - Give Up
- Tegan and Sara - The Con

What I've been playing:
- Rhythm Heaven
- Unsolvable Crimes

What I've been reading:
- Dean Koontz - From The Corner Of His Eye
- Kristin Cashore - Graceling
- Those Lacking Spines (KH [parody] fanfic)

What I've been watching:
- Lucky Star
- Daria
- Veronica Mars

Briony's party was really really fun! :D
I am feeling muuuuuuuuuuuuch better now <33
Also I slept in until nine, so nine hours sleep, which I think helped a lot.
And Sam said she has a book to read that will help me out :)

Chloe's been wanting me to rub her ears since I got up. She lent over so far she fell over, five times XD
And then she curled up on my lap between me and the desk and wanted a cuddle <333
She's so cute 8D

I'm feeling absolutely awful, as I have done each weekend for the past two months. School is driving me insane, and seemingly every ten minutes I end up in tears >_>
Nothing's as bad during the week, but once you take the people away it really messes me up. And I think going to school is better than being stuck at home all day doing the work.

I got a mnemonics sheet for hiragana and it's been really useful. Unfortunately I shouldn't be doing anything like that right now so it will have to wait. Still got some people's birthdays coming up, and I really don't have the time, energy, or motivation to spend three hours or so making a beaded star. And I don't have much money from buying presents lately. But it'll end up alright, I bet it just seems worse cause of my frame of mind ^^;
Briony's party is tonight, so that'll be good.

Work to do:

• Biology assignment
• Biology experiment booklet
• Biology test- study
• Maths test- study
• Geography notes
• Geography study
• English notes/study
• AIT assignment

What I've been listening to:

• Cartel
• Gackt - Mizerable
• Tegan and Sarah
• Okami Piano Arrange
• Imogen Heap

Sorry for the stupid depressing crap- I'll make up for it later x3

Photo day today- our last ever D:

Homework for this weekend:

• English - Finish book, essay plan and draft
• Geography - Notes for exam
• Biology - Notes for exam
• AIT - Try to add things to report

What I've been listening to:

• Dexter OST
• Paranoia Agent OST
• Tegan and Sarah
• Bloc Party
• Cartel
• Ayumi Hamasaki - Guilty
• UVERworld - AwakEVE
• KH Original Soundtrack Complete
• Hirasawa Susumu - Switched-on Lotus

What I've been watching

• Veronica Mars (1 ep)
• Azumanga Daioh (half an ep) - NO TIME ;__;

What I've been reading:

• Anna's Story D:
• White Tiger - Kylie Chan

CHECK THIS OUT
A SONG ABOUT DEXTER 8D


Lyrics | Daniel & Jon Licht - Die This Way lyrics

I've just been watching some videos of AnCafe, including the oh-so-famous Expect Rush Photoshoot. And I have to say. I LOVE THEM. SO MUCH <3