Long Overdue Post!

Hey guys! It's been a while since my last post ^^

Lots of things have happened...hmm
Well firstly last Saturday I went to an engagement party! Quiz time: Do you guys recognise the location this party was at?

Lol such bad lighting..I'm here with my sis and my cousin's girlfriend

Seems like just a staircase...or is it?

Lol I'm the shadowy figure in the background..such a lurker.

Haha me again...

Well if you haven't guessed it, we were at the Beauty and the Geek Mansion! LOL you may have gotten it right if you were a fan of the show :)

Yeah this place :) SOO beautiful in person...they had a massive indoor heated swimming pool, outdoor hot tub etc etc

Just me and my car...

Haha kidding :P I'm a total noob when it comes to cars but even I could tell it was a fancy one lol. And turns out this car (it belongs to the owner of the house)-a jaguar I've heard- is their worst, cheapest one LOL that they don't care about haha.

Also turns out the owner of the house built his way up from practically nothing-he dropped out of high school in Year 10, went into railroad work for a built then went into shares. So impressive :O Reminds me of that story about Miss K's sister's friend who dropped out of high school in Year 10, worked at McDonalds and is not a rich manager of some McDonalds somewhere after the Maccas company paid her to go to uni and study business. So it's true as they say, high school really is not the be-all and end-all.

Also I found this cool website to edit pictures (I find it a relaxing hobby haha and after Picnik shut down I was sad cos I couldn't edit picture of Biscuit anymore :( even though she doesn't need editing cos she's so cute but yeah) Haha here is a before and after on a pic I took last Saturday...Lol yeah you can call me a luvo-taker just this once :P

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Le Biscotti

Moving on to Sunday, which was Mother's Day!!

Part of the breakfast I made for my mummy <3 Haha there was also soup and coffee and a pink rose in a vase I had snipped from our bush outside on the table but I only took a photo fo this cos it looked nice by itself :) Some people have asked where the rest of the toast went after I cut out the little heart shape...Lol I ate it...

My sis and I made dinner too :) Marinated steak with potato mash and pumpkin and carrot soup :) We bought green beans too but we forgot to make them lol....My mum ended up making them the night after

Hmm and as for the rest of the week it was just school, the usual :P

Ooh here are some cool pictures from chemistry ! I love experiment time in chem, feels like a witch making potions haha. I'm the self-proclaimed haggard witch whilst EM (who has actually dropped chem recently :( ) is the princess who I will posionnnn :) Haha, I should probably stop thinking about fairy tales...

Okay you guys might think bubbling water is boring...HAHA I have SO many photos/bideos of chem pracs on my phone and when people look at my pics they think they're all really boring but IT'S NOT!

Our ester!! Smells like banana :)

Separating..

Chemistry adventures!

Yesterday we had an excursion. On a Sunday. Haha it was an English Extension excursion to Stanmore, and to be honest it was pretty much a waste of time and money ($42! and my dad had to drive me there too lol)

:( Wish I went to Salvation Army Doorknock Appeal instead. Oh well. Since it was such a disappointment, afterwards RH, BT and I went out to eat at a sushi train place that was soooo nice, I am dreaming of the chilli grilled salmon sushi yummm

That's about all I have to say, better get back to my good pal Hamlet and write that essay! Athletics Carnival tomorrow everyone! :)

Love: Michelle

P.S. Something very exciting happened at lunch today! At short notice (somehow someone forgot to tell us) a reporter came to our school to interview all the captains and take our photo for the Hills News!

Haha wish I knew in advance so I had worn my blazer, which looks better and more polished, than my jersey. They asked us all these questions on the spot, like "What makes your school unique?" and "What would you do/change if you were principal for a day?" and "Why is it important to be a leader?" LOL also since MP didn't want to answer first I was the first to answer so I tried my best to find articulate ways to express myself lol. I'm going to think of it as training for future job interviews/to get into particular courses etc.

James Ruse Cluster!

Thank you to my newly-made friend EL for the term 'cluster' haha. Today afternoon was my very first experience of the Prefect Afternoon Tea!! It was AMAZING haha I made soo many new friends, met so many lovely people...My mouth was SOO dry despite drinking a lot because of all the smiling and talking I did hehe :)

A photo taken by FK, the theme of the cluster was 'The Hunger Games'

When we got there, (me, CZ, AM, JJ and RC)-we had caught the 772 bus and walked-we were the second earliest school. We got a strip of paint (red, yellow, blue or green) on our faces, then an envelope with important papers inside haha then we ate food and mingled until all the schools got there.

We played three games-Blob, Dodgeball and Noodle Fights. After we had a sausage sizzle then put marshmallows in the campfire they had made near their farm :) What a feast!

Then I came home and found lots of notifications on my fb HAHA you know what they say...'it ain't official til it's on facebook'.

Love: Michelle

Starlight!

Today me, my sister and RQ helped out for STARLIGHT DAY woo by selling merchandise at Winston Hills Shopping Centre :) We got through about one little purple box of merchandise :)

                                  Volunteer shirt and boxes of merchandise behind me :)

If any of you readers want to buy any Starlight Merchandise- of which all proceeds go to the Starlight Foundation which helps sick children in hospitals- please leave a comment below of which iten you would like and bring the exact amount of money to school tomorrow for that item and I will give it to you tomorrow :)

Here is a page of all the stuff we are selling-there are 2 types of pens, a stress ball in purple or yellow, keychains in blue, red, yellow, green, orange and purple, a silver badge/pin, a gold pin, a wand that lights up (the purple stick with the star on top) and purple shopping bags(the fabric type).Unfortunately the silly straws (pictured bottom middle) are not for sale (because Starlight didn't send any to us in the mail)

Personal recommendations/experience: boths pens are good quality, one is blue and one is black, in fact I use them in my math exams haha. My mum says the shopping bag is sturdy and the stress balls are helpful. We got a wand last year and it still lights up :) Every item is $5 except for the gold star pin, which is $20.

Haha just then my dad was like "You did a good job today, here's a present" and handed me a cookie. :3

Love: Michelle

P.S. Yesterday me and RH were at Castle Towers Food court and at McDonalds I was buying a small fries and RH wanted water so I asked for a free water and when they gave us our food they gave us a BOTTLE of water. Mount Franklin. Haha I was so excited I came home and told my whole family and they were...suffice to say not as excited as I was. Haha.

Jerseys and Study Groups

I feel like this week ahs gone a lot more slowly than week 1 which is a nice thing :3

Today JP came over to my house for a study sesh! We actually got a lot done and even had time left over (well we made time...) for a chit chat sesh haha :)

Yesterday when I went to Math tutor I realised basically every other school had gotten their jerseys and I started feeling excited about getting mine soon. At first I didn't really care for the idea of jerseys, I liked my blazer better anyway and though it matched our school skirts better but seeing everyone excited over jerseys made me more excited :D

Here's mine :)

It was also lots of fun giving jerseys to our teachers. I hope they wear them :)

Love: Michelle