My day

Not much happened today, but I'll tell you about it anyway. When I was playing cricket today this boy in my class kept pushing me so I chased him (with a cricket bat). I had to go into the boy's toilets 'cos he was hiding in there. It's alot smaller than I thought it would be.
Also, I got out of school early today because my mum had an appointment at the hospital, and then we had fish and chips in Devonport. I love Devonport, I think that it is just gorgeous.
Love,
Bee

Lyrics to Do they know it's Christmas time by Band Aid 20

[Chris Martin:]It's Christmastime, there's no need to be afraid
At Christmastime, we let in light and we banish shade

[Dido:]And in our world of plenty we can spread a smile of joy
Throw your arms around the world at Christmastime

[Robbie Williams:]But say a prayer, Pray for the other ones
At Christmastime it's hard, but when you're having fun

[Sugababes:]There's a world outside your window
And it's a world of dread and fear

[Fran Healy:]Where the only water flowing

[Fran Healy & Sugarbabes:]Is the bitter sting of tears

[Fran Healy & Justin Hawkins:]And the Christmas bells that ring there are the clanging chimes of doom

[Bono:]Well tonight thank God it's them instead of you

[Will Young & Jamelia:]And there won't be snow in Africa this Christmastime
The greatest gift they'll get this year is life

[Ms Dynamite & Beverly Knight:]Where nothing ever grows
No rain nor rivers flow

[Group of ten and Joss Stone:]Do they know it's Christmastime at all?

[Tom Chaplin (Keane):]Here's to you

[Justin Hawkins (Darkness):]Raise a glass for everyone

[Dizzee Rascal:]Spare a thought this yuletide for the deprived
If the table was turned would you survive

[Busted:]Here's to them

[Justin Hawkins (Darkness):]Underneath that burning sun

[Dizzee Rascal:]You ain't gotta feel guilt just selfless
Give a little help to the helpless

[Joss Stone & Justin Hawkins:]Do they know it's Christmastime at all?

[Tom Chaplin:]Feed the world

[Tom Chaplin & Chris Martin:]Feed the world

[Tom Chaplin & Chris Martin & Sugababes:]Feed the world

[Tom Chaplin & Chris Martin & Sugababes:]Feed the world

[Everyone in full chorus line.]Feed the world Let them know it's Christmastime again - [repeated]

[Group of ten:]Feed the world

[Everyone in full chorus line.]Feed the world - [repeated to end]

Garfield Quote

"Life is like a Ferrari, it goes too fast. But don't worry, you can't afford it anyway." -Garfield

Cool quote

I got this quote from my weirdquotes.com gadget on igoogle:
"Life is Hard. So cry me a river, Build a bridge, and GET OVER IT!"-Anonymous

Things on my mind

"First things first, but not necessarily in that order."- Dr Who.
OK, so I've got a lot of things going on at the mo, so I'm v. glad that we've been assigned less homework this year. Exams again this year (why did I sign up for another one?????) and the dreaded Korean lessons. I remember saying once "why can't Korea just learn English?"
I read an article today that said that Seoul (the capital of South Korea, with only 40% of the maximum 60 points) is the 4 least polite city in the world. They did tests and researchers followed people into buildings to see if people would hold the door, drop papers over a busy street seeing if people would help, and seeing if shopkeepers said a simple 'thank you' to a customer after a purchase. Auckland got 7th place with 67% and the people over the ditch in Sydney got 47% (ha!).
Something else I'd like to talk about is Michael Phelps smoking marijuana. I knew it!!!!!!! I said all the time during the Olympics that Michael Phelps and any Australians that won a medal were on drugs. This boy in my class would just die if he read that part (he's an Ozzie).
Today we had a writing test where we had to imagine being a grandparent telling their grandchild about a memory from their childhood. And, much to my embarrassment, I said a little too loudly "I don't want wrinkles!" Anyway, I based my story loosely on Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells. It's an amazing book about a daughter finding out a lot of things she didn't know about her mother through her mother's old scrapbook. It makes me wonder what my parents were like before they had kids. Here's a quote from Bill Gates that my mum's had on the pinboard since I can remember:
Rule #1. Life is not fair. Get used to it. The average teenager uses the phrase "it's not fair" 8.6 times a day. You got it from your parents, who said it so often you decided they must be the most idealistic generation ever. When they started hearing it from their own kids, they realized rule no. 1

Rule #2. The real world won't care as much about your self-esteem as your school does. It'll expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself. This may come as a shock. Usually, when inflated self-esteem meets reality, kids complain that it's not fair. (See Rule No. 1)

Rule #3. Sorry, you won't make $50,000 a year right out of high school. And you won't be a vice president or have a car phone either. You may even have to wear a uniform that doesn't have a Gap label.

Rule #4. If you think your teacher is tough, wait 'til you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure, so he tends to be a bit edgier. When you screw up, he is not going ask you how feel about it.

Rule #5. Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping. They called it opportunity. They weren't embarrassed making minimum wage either. They would have been embarrassed to sit around talking about Kurt Cobain all weekend.

Rule #6. It's not your parents' fault. If you screw up, you are responsible. This is the flip side of "It's my life," and "You're not the boss of me," and other eloquent proclamations of your generation. When you turn 18, it's on your dime. Don't whine about it or you'll sound like a baby boomer.

Rule #7. Before you were born your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way paying your bills, cleaning up your room and listening to you tell them how idealistic you are. And by the way, before you save the rain forest from the blood-sucking parasites of your parents' generation try delousing the closet in your bedroom.

Rule #8. Life is not divided into semesters, and you don't get summers off. Nor even Easter break. They expect you to show up every day. For eight hours. And you don't get a new life every 10 weeks. It just goes on and on.

Rule #9. Television is not real life. Your life is not a sitcom. Your problems will not all be solved in 30 minutes, minus time for commercials. In real life, people actually have to leave the coffee shop to go to jobs. Your friends will not be perky or as polite as Jennifer Aniston.

Rule #10. Be nice to nerds. You may end up working for them. We all could.

Rule #11. Enjoy this while you can. Sure, parents are a pain, school's a bother, and life is depressing. But someday you'll realize how wonderful it was to be kid. Maybe you should start now.