Really quite pissed off at the moment ;[

People make plans, they might make those plans without you. I don't mind. There's stuff I might have to do, and everyone has different groups of friends to hang around with. It'd be weird, being there all the time. I prefer hanging out with different people on a day-to-day basis. Apart from like John. John is the best friend I could ever have because he keeps calm about things, and he doesn't mess around with your head. He knows exactly what I like, and he lets me talk about it. He can annoy me but I just forget about it so easily. I can't sulk with John, because I prefer to talk to him so much. He doesn't go on about things that may or may not happen in the future. He keeps to the present where we can talk as normal and its fun. Its amazing. He's my best friend and he always has been and I hope university won't change that.
But anyway, people have plans yeah and they don't always invite you, and that's fine.
But what isn't fine is having them rub it in your face when they're supposed to be your friend, when they're supposed to care about your fucking feelings. And then when you tell them what you think of them, they switch the argument around to make it sound like its your fault. So childish. These kind of people can fuck off.
Apparently they don't want me there so what's the point in me making any effort.


That feels kind of better. Anyway, just thinking about the last few days:

- I passed my theory test on Tuesday morning =] Had to be up in Cardiff at 8 (i.e. stupid o'clock) :-| to have my test. I actually got there about half an hour early. By quarter past 8, I had passed and then I wandered aimlessly around the shops, which hadn't opened yet. When they finally did, I bought a couple of Christmas presents. Got a DVD for my sister, and that  map of Europe for Phil. And I got a book of Qi for myself. Which is an enjoyable read =]

- Wednesday, um. John had his 'operation' lol. I didn't give in my individual investigation. And after school I went to see 'The Box' in the cinema with Sarah, Xanthe and Beth =] and actually finally got to go in Sarah's car to McDonalds =] ... Although I wouldn't advise the film particularly; it was alright, bit haphazard.

- And the Panto yesterday was absolutely fabulous =] I loved the dancing to I Gotta Feeling!

- And yeah, today had a lie-in, and started writing this blog. Shall be going bowling later.


That's the limit of my thinking for the mo. So yeah tra



Moi

Karan's Prom....

Are any of you actually going to that? Or is there no reason for me to listen to Karan go on about it...?

Moi

Poetic Voyages

The Elephant

The elephant stomps in the zoo,

The elephant is grey and blue,

The elephants trumpets at you.

The elephant knocks down the wall,

The elephant is very tall,

The elephant scared them all!

Gwyn Llewellyn (8)

Hendre Junior School

There you go Xanthe =]

Also,

The Lion

In African trees a female lies,

Awaiting for prey that suffers and dies.

King of the jungle has a perfect size.

A lion and tiger a bloodthirsty chase,

The pride takes an ambush at the end of the race.

The fierce cat has a ferocious face.

As hunters approach the cat takes a bite,

They run at the beast with a brainstorming fight.

The lion's outnumbered at the time it is night.

Timothy Howells (8)

Hendre Junior School

Moi

Ter Sami and Jigalong =]

This shall be prior to the blog on my poem, as I wish to keep some things in my head :)

We were talking about languages yesterday, were we not? Xanthe takes everything seriously. I was only saying stuff on Wikipedia =/ maybe a bit mockingly. Or something. I was told to stop talking about it. But I shall not! Well, I want to talk about dying languages. =]

Can you imagine speaking a language where's there's only one other person in the entire world that completely understands you? It must be pretty weird. In the Kola Peninsular:

Kola Peninsular is here.
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...2 people speak Ter Sami. A language with such a small population and without any actual writing systems or educational facilities has little hope of being revived. =/

Of the original eleven Sami languages, only 9 continue to exist, probably soon to become 8.

I think we're quite lucky to have revived Welsh before it actually died out. Welsh is spoken by 0.014% of the world. Isn't that like amazing?!?! :P

And now onto this place in Australia =] Are you excited by a place called Jigalong?

I am.

Interesting fact you may not know about Jigalong :P

The community starred as part of the Australia drama film, Rabbit-Proof Fence. The film features the struggles of Aborigines in Australia due to the persecutions from the Whites.

Moi

Fitting you with weapons in the form of words.

Oh, 3 2 1

We go live...

Are all the good times getting gone?

They come and go and go and come and go

When I got cold

And the charts are boring

Hurry

Hurry

Only one more thing and that is the rest of the proof

is on the television, on the...

We're the new face of failure.

The real bombshells have already sunk

I can't explain a thing

I want everything

To change and stay the same on top

I'm just such a happy mess, whoa

So just let me be

We must make it hard to look so easy

Doin' something so hard

But I digress

I only keep myself this sick in the head,

'Cause I know how the words get you.

This conversation's been dead on arrival =/ ....

Moi

Do ants even have discrimination?

I was looking up reciprocity in evolution, where life evolves in one way or another to cooperate, to work together. You could say that this would lead to a species without discrimination. In that case, how did humanity get to where we are. We have the capacity to ponder upon the origins of cooperation and to establish rights to everyone, in that we must treat everyone justly, but we are the worst at delivering fair rights to anything. Are big brains good then?

Whereas, you look at ants. They exist in societies that match ours, and even surpass ours in organisation. They have to live with total obedience but they get the work done. They live without discrimination, unless black ants and red ants really don't get on. I'm not sure.

Tis interesting =]

Moi

Kathmandu

How cruel is the Golden rule,

When the lives we lived are only golden plated...

So, do you know the way to Kathmandu?!

Apparently, only I know that its in Nepal, so I thought it needed explaining. =] It also gives me reason to procrastinate on my Geography Coursework. Albeit, surely learning about one of Earth's nations is geography. Silly school.

Kathmandu, Nepal then.

Being the capital of such a small country doesn't give Kathmandu much fame or recognition.

It is a great centre of Hinduism and Buddhism, with many pretty palaces in the 'old city'.

Some facts you may or may not have known about Nepal

• Nepal is the world's youngest republic, formed on May 28, 2008

• Nepal's first international fast food restaurants (KFC and Pizza Hut) were opened barely two weeks ago.

• More commonly known, eight out of the world's 10 tallest mountains above sea level are located in northern Nepal, thus giving its tourist industry a great amount of adventurous mountaineers. Time for some lovely pictures of mountains =]

These are meant to be pictures of Mount Everest. You can't really grasp the bigness of the mountain from pictures I guess. I don't think I'd enjoy the whole mountaineering up a vertical mountain and whatnot. However, I have hiked up Pen y Fan =]

I'd be happy with climbing Snowdon to be honest.

So back to Nepal, they have prettier bank notes than ours:

You may have heard on Have I Got News For You about the Maldivian government hosting a meeting underwater to make a point about climate change and the rising sea levels.

Nepal's minsters have followed suit by hosting a high altitude meeting to highlight how climate change has affected the Himalayas.

'Scientists say the Himalayan glaciers are melting at an alarming rate, threatening mountain communities downstream.' (Australia Network News)

Nepali Music

Music in Nepal isn't very well-known, surprisingly enough.

The traditional music is deep and cultural to each society in the country. Indian music has also become widely popular with more Westernised music arriving recently. Most musicians in Nepal do well in Kathmandu, while the rest of Nepal keep to their traditional music.

One of the most prominent bands in Nepal is the rock band, Cobweb.

So I hope I've done Nepal justice - everything you need to know is right here =]

Moi