Day 2: Teamwork

1)The first goal: Teamwork, or Interdependence.

No I'm not going to make it like one of those, 'let's break this down into the most simplest bits, and then build upon it.' kinds of things. I'm jumping straight into what I want to say, and what i've realised about the topics I want to bring up.

Team work. I want to work on this on the specific reason that in the past two months i've realised that it's something that can't be avoided; no matter how much you prefer to work alone. It's impossible to achieve everything without teamwork. This is why I am drawing the line here for working alone. I will work in a group when necessary and as in individual when the time comes.

What has made me realised over the past two months happened through experience. I've been wanting to become an event planner over the past few weeks/months. It's been really hard doing things alone, so it made me realise that you need more than one person to work on a particular project at times. However, teamwork revolves around one major word: 'interdependence'. It's a word that i didn't even know existed. It basically means relying on each other to get the job done. Not relying on one person, not being the person relied on, but both of these combined.

I've been testing this theory out-ish. It's been helping me succeed a lot more than expected. For example, I'm currently in the process of planning paintball. Everyone is relying on me, but at the same time, I'm also relying on everyone else to have contact details of people i don't have, and payment for the games.

Long post, but i got my idea across.

Day 1: Introduction.

Over several days(or weeks), I will be posting several rules that I will set my goals towards following. These things are:

1) Teamwork
2) Focused Goals
3) Doing things
4) Self-reliance
5) Self-control
6) Changing my personality(which is basically 7) and making new methods to cheer people up.
7) Flash(I'll elaborate on this on the 8th day)
8) Family
9) Less experiments and more experience(kind of like 2)
10) Becoming a better Catholic

Overall, i've focused on these 10 goals because i plan on setting 7 virtues i plan on following. I'll come up with the 7 once i'm done with this list.

EDIT: This will be updated constantly by the way. I will be coming up with better names for the goals.

Note to future self.

Write out the outline of your notes, don't do summaries if summaries already exist.

I have to thank the past me.

Life is a journey that you cannot stop moving through. You have to make choices, some of which are harder than others but regardless of your choices, you must know the consequences. Accept them, use them to push forward. Don't stand and regret it. Have experience with everything.

My past has gone through many ups and downs. Some have taught me more than others. My past pushes me forward. I need to get rid of my lazy habits. Anything can push me forward, even if it is only by a bit.
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Life is a journey.
It is very short and
Each of us only gets to make this journey once.
Enjoy the journey! 

source: http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/life-is-a-journey-6/

Everything falls apart, even the people who never frown eventually break down.

Love this song. I wonder who are the people who've never broken down.I know i'm not the only one.

Lately, I've been thinking (Yes, I think). Two things that have been affecting me. My self-control and my denial. Don't get me wrong. I know the rights from wrong. I've been trying to teach people this. One thing that I am working heavily on right now is my self-control. That's one thing that I must build as an on/off trait. This is so I can be able to have fun, but also able to work hard(and smart).

This place again...

Those were the exact words that I said to myself today, I said it mentally though. The reason is because that a long time ago(about 6 months or something) I was feeling really lonely and down. This is really stupid but whatever, I just wanted to post this up to make myself feel better(forever alone anyone?).

I may or not not finish typing this up./.. since it is freaking 1:46 am here

Formal

I know I should have posted this earlier but I was busy/not bothered to type this up.

Formal was great. Had fun. Didn't not spend as much time with my date as I would have liked to.

In order, the events went like this:
Why am I posting the events like this? So I don't forget later.

• Went home from graduation.
• Went to Cabramatta with Chloe to pick up the corsage for my date(Katie).
• Went home, met Pavan(is that even  how you spell it?) on the way. He gave me a few small pointers.
• Spend the day deciding which shirt to wear.
• Got picked up by Shaw and almost forgot the corsage.
• Made a tweet. 'Everything is so much cooler in a tuxedo.'
• Talked a bit with the boys(Kevin, Shaw and Raymond) and our ride was delayed but in the end we made it in time.
• Arrived before Katie.
• Asked the guys how I should I give the gift to my date.
• Took a bunch of photos and walked up with Katie, escorted to her table.
• A bunch of speeches
• FOOD!!
• Got the first slow dance :D then SMOKE MACHINE!!!
• More people went onto the dance floor and start dancing. I left Katie to get my mates to dance.
• The rest of the night kind of became a blur.
• All I remember was I was dancing/b-boying.
• Spent some time downstairs inside to get fresh air.
• Dance
• Dance
• Dance
•  "It's not what it looks like, I sat down and the girls gravitated towards me." < LOLOLOL I won't forget that.
• Around 20 minutes before the end, Matthew and I went in for the last 20 minutes of meeting together as a school year while still in school. Ever.
• By the end of the night we said our byes and everyone started becoming sad.
• More photos.
• In the car with the boys, we sang songs e.g. Billionaire by Travie McCoy.

Overall, it was a great night. As mentioned above, I should have spent more time with Katie rather than do my own thing.

Picnic.

Today was the picnic. I don't have much to say, but it was fun. The day started with me coming to school just as the bell was about to go. After roll call, we packed our things and headed towards the picnic place(will edit this later).

In order, the events happened like this

1. Saw Hussien's facepaint, looked so real.
2. helped ms baker pack food onto the bus.
3. went on the bus and talked with Daniel and Andrey
4. Arrived
5. Put our things down and teachers allowed us to do whatever.
6. Went off to the park and played on the string trampoline
7. went to go on this glider thing-o (don't know what it's called)
8. Explored some more and climbed onto the mountain
9. met some people up there. then went back down.
10. ran around, drew on demartin's present.
11. Played badminton
12. Sat around, played with people.
13. Went around again and eventually had lunch
14. After lunch, we played jenga for one or two games. I ran around some more.
15. I managed to get a few people to climb up the hill again.
16. On the hill we took a few group photos. Unfortunately not everyone was in it.
17. I took 2 photos with two different groups.
18. The rest of the time i was bboying and talking to the girls. since my guy friends dogged me.(then again, i felt so bad for not convincing hussien to take a photo)
19. I got a back massage :D! Yes, i know i sound lame but i rarely get one.
20. Went down to get david to prepare some water balloons.
21. While we were preparing, sally stole all our balloons. WHILE WE WERE IN THE BOYS TOLIETS.
22. After there was a grand water fight with bottles and water balloons.
23. Then I asked Katie to the formal. <- now I have to go pick up some flowers for her and arrive before her.

 All in all, it was a pretty fun day. Here are a few photos I took on the hill. I don't have more because i didn't take a lot of photos. If you know me in real life, you should know what I look like already.

I wouldn't want to end it any other way.

Today is the official in-class lessons we will ever have. First period was art, we had a morning tea with food from all over the world(only three types). Second period, we just sat around and talked in Biology. The awkward moment happened at the very end, when we had to keep Ms Whittle in. A few people, Nam, Helen, Mimi and others asked our teacher random questions just to keep her in for a surprise gift. Of course our teacher ended in tears(sort of) because of shock.

<insert some pictures here if i can find any>

We had recess. To be honest it was kind of sad talking in those 20 minutes and realising that the people that I regularly talk to may not be talked to forever, perhaps. After was English, once again, we sat around talking about the not-to-distant future i.e. formal. It was fun to sit back and relax. Once again, the bell rang and that depressing mood came over me, knowing this is the last ever lesson for English. In our final class, IPT, we played slender and took some photos. We had some people come into the class room, Saryna, Selina, and Sally. Andrey and I managed to convince them to play Slender. We only managed to record a small amount due to someone calling midway through the recording. In the process, Winnie also was scared. The only way I could describe our reaction to her reaction was 'LOL!'






The highlight of the day was volleyball. Somehow, a few year 12s managed to convince Mr Jones into lending us a ball. We played until the end of lunch, and well left knowing that it will be our last.

Was going to post this at 2am but...it will have to happen tomorrow.

Will re-edit this.

Let's end this with a BANG!

I know I haven't been posting anything lately, but there has been literally nothing interesting in my life. This one of my many posts throughout my final days of school. This week has started off on a low note. I WILL NOT KEEP IT LIKE THIS, I SWEAR! I WILL END IT WITH A BANG! 3 more days and then no one in Year 12 will be able to see each other on a regular basis. Over the course of 4 days(including today), I will be posting several important blog posts about high school.

High school DOES change you. Don't ever forget that. You form relationships, friendships, heck, even family. These guys and girls will always be in your memory, regardless of what you go through. I'm sorry I don't have pictures. TAKE PICTURES! YOU WILL NOT REGRET TAKING THEM. I ASSURE YOU.   You will meet friends who will be there for you, when you're down, when you're up in the sky. I want anyone who reads this to know that high school is going to be missed, regardless of what you feel about it now.
I WILL miss my friends, classmates, and teachers. They have taught me so much, been there for me through my toughest of times. I swear, I will keep in contact with those who are important to me. There is so much regret due to not doing everything

On a brighter note, the last few weeks have been, as what most people would call it, hectic. Monday-Thursday was relatively standard. Friday was our 50 years celebration. It was fun, too bad I was helping David Nguyen of Year 11 finish his artwork. Oh well, it was worth it.

Saturday I came to school dressed like a leb -- yes, a leb. It was embarrassing as f---.  Oh well. YOLO! Monday finished relatively quickly, didn't want to end it any other way. Although, I will tie any loose ends before I leave.

I will miss my friends and close bonds I've made over the years that I've been here.

Every journey must reach a destination. These journeys can be physical, inner, or imaginative. Unfortunately, this journey has reached its destination and as a result, we must push onto our Post-HSC life.