Wheee

It's nearly 11 o'clock, and I should really go to sleep. am going to wake up at like 6 am tomorrow to get to the forum at 7:30 to set up our stall for young enteprise. It's gone a bit messy, and i've spent the whole week trying to clear it all up, and it's bloody irritating cuz i haven't done any school work :(
Anyways, went out today with Katie to watch Shopaholic. OMG. it's amazing. i'm never going to date until i meet that brandon person. LOL!!! actually, i might just never date, fullstop. :P
ANYWAYS. it's lent. On shrove tuesday we ate loads of pancakes and nearly died of pancake-overdose. BUT. i'm giving up chocolate for lent. i know. omg. omg. omg. CHOCOLATE? i'm not sure if i'll make it. what if i suffer from withdrawal symptoms? It's just that people tell me during lent, people usually give up something they really like (something that might not be all that healthy and a bit indulgent), and i thought about what i really really like and want to eat everyday, and then i said CHOCOLATE. and then it was too late. So, I'm not going to eat chocolate for 40 days. It's so sad. the sick thing is, that day I had a snicker bar, and I had to give it to Priya :( the lucky girl. AND THEN, after that, during our further Maths class, kirsty for some strange reason had decided to bake this brilliant chocolate cake with chocolate stick and chocolate icing. it looked fit for a cafe. and the pieces were HUGE. she brought them for the further maths people... and.. everyone had one :( except amy and me. Amy had given up cake. LOL!! but, having given up chocolate, i couldn't have it. it was horrible. if i could imagine hell, that'd be it. Mr. Perry made a big show of enjoying it, the horrible man. AND NAVEEN! she didn't even eat her piece, she just left it on her table, SO I HAD TO SEE IT ALL DURING THE LESSON. i know. apparently she was saving it for break, but honestly. the agony.
but, my grandma's given up all alcohol except wine and grandpa's given up ice cream. i am determined that on Easter, I am going have a chocolate fondue. then die of chocolate-overdose, if that's possible. can one have too much chocolate??? hm...
TOMORROW is the february market, and We're selling mothers' day mugs that we nicely made with lots of great stuff in it. AND our hoodies. it's going to be brilliant!!! weeeee. and next week is Quiz and Cheese! and then Inspector calls, sanchia tells me its a wonderful play, and I am going to watch it with her. so exciting week ahead.

LOVE U ALL,
JASMINE xxxx

Gap Year

I've just completed my work experience placement in John Lewis, and it was so much fun. It was rather sad to leave actually, but the Registrar actually called me to her office and told me if i wanted a part time job at John Lewis during my holidays, I should apply and mention i did work experience there. so that's my summer job sorted. LOL!!!
EAST ANGLIAN CHAMBERS replied with an acceptance! I HAVE OFFICIALLY GOT LAW WORK EXPERIENCE XD how cool is that. and because its the chambers, i'm guessing they have barristers there too. whooopeee
Anyways, I think i'm going to take a Gap year. meaning after sixth form, i'll be taking off for a year and then go to university the year after. it does mean that it'll be harder to get a place, but ah wells. I'm planning to apply to deloittes on their scholars scheme. It's pretty cool. you work for them with no strings attached (don't have to go back after graduation), they give u pay and money to travel. Then at ur university, you have to publicise them, and then work for them for a while during some of ur holidays. But it's really hard to get into. ah wells. AND THEN. i hope to go to Ghana and do Law and Human Rights. Basically, fight for women's rights, children's rights and create awareness. well, either Ghana or Ethiopia, and either law or journalism. But i think i'm pretty set on human rights :D it'll be great!
BUT! of course, I'll come and visit dear Singapore, and China as well!
WHOOTS. it's all planned out. but with my luck, it'll probably fall apart some time soon. yawns.
need to go for lunch and then my volunteering work at BHF. which reminds me, I'm meeting the youth coordinator of voluntary norfolk on tuesday to discuss how i can volunteer and maybe even the possibility of a voluntary residential to complete my duke of edinburgh award. whoots.
went to look for camping stuff as well for my expedition. but couldn't find nice things.THEY'RE ALL SO BIG. :( and the thing is... i've put on weight :( AHHHHH. no more eating. well... except for lunch now. i mean, u'd die without lunch. right? LOL!!!

TOODLES

work work work

just got back home from my work experience at John Lewis Publications (otherwise known as the chronicle). The guys there are really good fun, and it's rather relaxed and funny XD so all's good. I'm nearly done with my article, and it's looking good :D i've found the amazing-ness that's quark, AND the John Lewis Partners' Dining Room. the food is good!!! :D and that's one of the most important things ever. food.

I've been taking photos, editing, writing articles, and designing the magazine pages. and i have to say, it sounds like a lot, but we always manage a lot of spare time where we sort of don't do anything at all but mess around. which is good :D

EXCEPT, the hours are like 9 -5 so i seriously haven't got time to do work :( need to write essay!! ahhh...

gotta go for supper. :D it smells good! yay!

TOODLES

Valentine's Day

HAPPY VALENTINES' DAY EVERYONE!!!!
there is something wrong with my shift button, i'm gonna give up with capitals now. lol!
anyways! i hope everyone's enjoyed their valentines day! LOL. i know some people who have got a lot planned. LOL!!!!!
i'm bored :D watching the 100 greatest sex symbols with my grandparents right now... omgggg. you won't believe the amount of yuck people on there. people have really weird taste...
honestly, woody allen??? ahhh.. =.=
omG! at number 71.. its John F. Kennedy...
thats it. i'm going. Lol

Amazing-ness

3 amazing things happened today, well, i'm only going to talk about 3 of them.
IT SNOWED. omg, it was just soo pretty, and i spent such a long time in it i'm going to get pneumonia but ah wells. SERIOUSLY! it was like being in a snow globe. seen it a few times now, and STILL can't get over it. but honestly, how can anyone not love snow :D
AND! i just got a work experience at John Lewis Publicatons!! for the whole of next week. and it's going to be so cool! i'm gonna have to dress up like a business person everyday and go around interviewing people!!! and then!! next next week they'll publish the article i'll be working on!! AHHHHHH!!! :D happiness!!! it's rather long hours though, 8:55 to 5:40, won;t have time to do anything else, and i really need to get that sociology essay done. I guess sunday's gonna have to be a working day :( AND! i think i might be getting a day with a judge :P AMAZINGNESS.
ohoh, and ... an... i can't actually remember what that third amazing thing was (no, not because it wasn't THAT amazing.. i just... got a bit caught up in the previous two amazing-ness)!! noooo!! what was it :(........ OH YEAH! i discovered, although the school blocks things like facebook, hotmail, msn etc (basically everything fun), THEY HAVEN'T BLOCKED BLOGGER! so i can actually blog in school during boring lessons! :D But, they do block cbox. strangely...
OH, the other day, i was feeling a bit ill, and put vitamin C in my bottle instead of water. AND! Sodd's law, my water bottle leaked. Yes, it was that nice small pink nike bottle from Singapore that i bought on my last visit and never seems to work properly. AHHHHH!! which means it leaked in my bag, and IT WAS VITAMIN C. I WAS SO UPSET. i actually just dumped the bottle into the bin. LOL! and i had to put all the paper that got wet on the table in maths class. My dear further maths people just laughed. tsk. it really wasn't that funny. well, not for me. bunch of unsympathetic people! but i do love them! we're gonna have a "I-have-had-too-much-maths-i-need-some-ice-cream-sleepover" and stuff our faces with ice-cream. That and the lord of hte rings and other movies sleepover Sanchia's planning because she stole MY lord of the rings box set from the charity shop. Though, to be honest, she did win it in a fair game of rock papers scissors lizards spock. BUT, the most irritating thing about that vitamin C thing was that it stained my oxbridge sheet thingy the worst of all and i had filled it in really nicely and am gooing to have a meeting with Mr. Walker tomorrow about the thing. NOW. i'm gonna probably have to re-write it on a piece of paper and explain to him that the actual form is too hideous to bear looking at.
I am so looking forward to half-term next week. Feel like going to NANDO'S and the movies to celebrate!!! and i am forcing everyone to watch benjamin button! WHY WATCH TOM CRUISE IN VALKYRIE :( Bolt or benjamin button! BBBBBBBBBBBB. i just realised they are all Bs. I am ranting now because i am really really tired. its 12:14 and i am very deprived of sleep (and getting rather pimply cuz of that) :( anyways, i shall go off to bed nowwww.
TOODLES

Lahdeedahh

Whooopee! i'm just sending off an email to organise a meeting with Mr. Walker, who's like an ex-oxford student and is helping with all the oxbridge potential applicants. THERE IS JUST SO MUCH TO PREPARE, and such a high chance it'll all be for nothing.
So far, i've shortlisted three colleges: Queen's College, Gonville and Caius, Corpus Christi. Hopefully, i'll be able to decide which after the open days in July. I CAN'T BELIEVE I'LL BE APPLYING THIS YEAR. wow. uni is sooo close! well, at least for some of us. for others, the daunting thought of baldness, hunger, toil, hardwork, sweat and blood are looming.. ahahaha! and there's no escape *scary music*
I am so going back to Singapore before uni, just to see the shiny heads and celebrate the induction into Uni :D
Going for an interview with John Lewis publications on thursday for work experience in the half-term holiday, which is literally like next week. Hopefully, that can be organised effectively, and then i can settle the dates to go for my volunteering meeting as well as my day in court with the judge. No, i am not being charged with pillage and murder... it'll be like a work experience thing.
I have 9 CVs out there now, and 4 rejections. the horror x( two more, and it'll be above half. hopefully, i'll get at least one acceptance, or i'll have to rethink my uni course.
BUT! to be fair, i don't really want to take law for law work. which is very strange, no? but then i'm like that. weird. heh.
NOW! i'm off to send my email, fill in my duke of edinburgh practise expedition form, eat dinner and then go for my ballroom dancing class. LETTS TAN, that noob, told sharon i was doing ballet -.- ballroom and ballet are a little different. just a little. (and no, i don't think it's funny that i'm doing ballroom dancing, at one point i tried out belly dancing. yeah. fine. laugh)

Toodles!

OUCH!

Today was a horrible morning. I was cycling to the Park and Ride in the morning to get my bus! And then, there was like a little bit of snow on the floor, and my back wheel was caught in that dratted white thing ( i love it usually, but not when it wants to murder me) and just suddenly stopped. The Laws of Physics chose that moment to hit me in the face with a sledgehammer and I literally flew off the bike, landing flat on the ground. Luckily i landed on the snow, so the fall wasn't that bad. BUT! my hands were like emerged in snow, and by the time i dusted myself off, my hands were tingling and numb beyond belief. Even taking my lock out of the bag was painful. I felt excruciating pain in my knees and when i got home today i saw this great lump of redness and blueness on my knee x( it's like the worst bruise i have ever had. And they say cycling is safe :(

ANYWAYS! got to school without anymore accidents, so YAY. LAST NIGHT! i received two rejection letters from Law firms saying their work experience placements were full :( rejection sucks. big time.
English essay to rush off, sociology essay to type out, critical thinking argument to be dragged out of my brain and lots of further reading to do. yawns!

Was going to Lucy and Ellie's Tight and Bright party this sat, but family commitments say NO.
x( ah welllssssss, might be watching The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Salma et al (oh god, i'm using psychology terms in my posts. PSYCHOLOGY IS GETTING VERY BORING. AH!) in the morning on sat :D

printed out 6 CVs yesterday to send out to more law firms, put them nicely in envelopes, wrote the address out very neatly and put the stamp on perfectly. This morning, i woke up, strangely, with a big start: DAMN! I FORGOT TO SIGN THE COVERING LETTERS.
Yes, today after school i had to take every single CV out and sign them, and put them in another envelope and address them again. I thought these things only happened in Friends :(

I might be getting some hypnotherapy with Debbie, seriously need it. LOL! no, not for mental instability, but more like... general calmness. Maybe i should pick up meditation *ooommmm*

signing off,

`The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on. - Robert Bloch

Utter Frustration

I'm not a computer whiz or anything, but honestly... 2 hours to get blogger to work for me??!!!!
I have no idea why I suddenly had a desire to blog again, but it doesn't look very promising now.
So how come this is on the blog now?? I figured that since i took so long trying to get it work, I might as well post, so my efforts don't go to waste.
I have also decided to stick to the boring old blogger template because i just can't be bothered with others anymore. AND! i had this really nice snow-maker thing that's supposed to shower the blog with snow. I KNOW!!!! it was going to be brilliant. but blogger insists on being a twerp. what to do :(
Life is getting a bit busy, with law work experience, young enterprise, 2 english essays, a sociology essay etc. not exactly a great time to start blogging, but ah wells.
I was going to publish this really long post on what I've been up to and really interesting stuff, but battling with blogger has just totally drained me. Therefore I shall bid you adieu.

- some things will never be the same again