I'm happy.

August 3, 2009

There wasn't anything I could add to my blog title to make it any more true. I am happy. I'm the happiest I have been for some time and it feels spectacular. I thought I should write a blog for one of two reasons. Firstly because I wanted to share how happy I was with the rest of the blogging community and secondly a close friend of mine told me to do so :)

We only have roughly a month left of summer and I am going to try and make the very most out of it, which is what I have been doing for the several weeks that we have been off already. One of the things that is on my to-do list is to start buying sixth form clothes which seems like a daunting task due to the amount that are not allowed to wear, which funnily enough is my entire wardrobe. But anyways, shopping is all fun and good and I'll be happy if my parents feel like clipping in with 99% of the money.

Book review - A place called here by Cecilia Ahern


I read this book around a week ago and I thought it was beautifully put together. Sandy Shorrt had black hair and was over six feet tall. People could never resist the temptation to comment. The other misfortune was having her classmate and neighbour, Jenny-May Butler, disappear without trace when she was ten years old. It wasn't that Sandy was friendly with Jenny-May - in fact she felt guilty because she'd disliked the girl and wished that she would disappear. This led to a life-long need to find missing things, which frequently went beyond compulsion and became obsession. It wasn't just the odd sock that gets lost in the washing machine, or a toothbrush. Sandy soon moved on to looking for missing people, giving those whose loved ones had gone missing a last glimmer of hope. Jack Ruttle is one of those people. His youngest brother, Donal, went missing a year ago and he turns to Sandy Shorrt in the hope that she will be able to find answers where others have failed. They talk on the phone over a few nights and then arrange to meet, but Sandy never turns up and Jack Ruttle is the only one who seems worried by this. I warmed to all of the characters and was compelled to keep on reading the novel. The plot is perhaps a little slow to start but builds into a satisfying and believable climax, given the rather 'magical' storyline. You won't be disappointed when you read this book, and if you are in any shape or form, blame me ;)

I'm not reading The Love Of Her Life by Harriet Evans and I am only on chapter twelve but it is turning out to be a fantastic read, so when I'm finished I will report back to you.

I usually have a "theme of the blog" for my blogs but I haven't really got one today so for substitute I have decided to browse the BBC NEWS website and see what topics are going on in the world because I don't think enough of the news is brought to our attention and when it is it only seems to be the most recent outbreak of "swine flu" or some other pandemic to make us scared to even step out of our own front doors. And whilst browsing the website I only came across quite depressing news headlines such as "boy hurt in fairground accident" or "bail fugitive jumps into the sea off cliffs". I just think that society is spiralling into darkness and all they seem to want to talk about is things that go wrong. I just believe it is wrong.

Rant over and I'm still as happy as I ever could be. My friends have been amazing recently and I have spent a lot of time with them which has been great. Going down the beach and lazying around for pretty much five hours is my cup of tea despite the sunburn which has now appeared on my face and legs, but it was all worth it. I want to say a big thank you to them for being well... them.

Another news update is that I have become completely obsessed with coffee again, I know, I know It's not good for me. But the other day whilst in down I bought myself a Frappuccino® Blended Crème from Starbucks and ever since I have been in love with it. However I cannot just pop back and forth from Starbucks so I guess I'll just have to wait till I can indulge in another one of these beauty's :)

*yawn* I think that's enough from me for a little while anyways so I hope you enjoyed reading this even though I do feel as though I could have done a little more to prevent it being so boring. I will try and blog more frequently this time.

Bye for now x

My morning in pictures..

So from the pictures you can see what I did this morning really. Not exactly what you would call interesting, but then again it's not really that boring. I just felt like taking some snaps around the house and here was my excuse to do so.

It's Saturday and usually I would be doing something on a day like this, the sun is out, the birds are singing and not a cloud to be seen. But for some reason I have chosen to sit indoors and write this blog. Mainly because I have nothing to do until later when my grandparents are over. I'm sure that will be somewhat amusing...

As I lay here on my bed writing this I am thinking of one of two things. 1)Why on Earth am I up so early, it is only 10:46am and this could be valuable sleeping time and 2) It's so hot in this bedroom. However I have opened two of four of my windows but the breeze is simply not invading my room, hmph. Although, it is a good thing that the weather is warming up as lately we have been having a bit of wet patch but then again this is England so we have to expect it. So the summer is sun is a nice surprise to us all and I hope that you are all making the best of it :)

Another thought of my mind today is childhood. I always loved being a child and I'm sure most of you will agree with me here. There's something amazing and carefree about being small. You have no worries whatsoever. I sometimes wish that I was a child again, six years old would be good. I want to once again think that candy is better than money, because you can eat candy, money seems somewhat useless to us. I want to go to McDonalds and still believe it is a 5 star restaurant and not care what everybody thinks of me when I have tomato ketchup smeared round my face, I like it that way! I want to go outside without worrying how my hair looks like and what people will think of me. I want to distance myself from the complexities of life, and once again become excited over the small things. I want to ride my bike all the way to the park, without worrying that I will get kidnapped. I want to believe in the power of laughter, of a hug, a handshake, of a kind word, of truth, justice or peace. I want once again to believe in the human race. I wish that each one of us could live a part of that child we all have inside and do not let ourselves be dragged down by the society which surrounds us. If we all thought and acted a little like children, don't you think a lot of things in the world would be different, a lot easier wouldn't you say?

Some of you would say that you would not want to be placed back into the shoes of a young child because of various reasons. Maybe it's because you Never again want the responsibility of an eight-year-old -- the constant struggle to concentrate on my schoolwork. Never again must you live in terror of having to tell the teacher that my homework is not finished and inevitably face a detention. Or maybe you hated the fears you had back then such as animals, the dark, the innards of machines, slides and swings, balls coming toward me, skating, and especially, people I did not know. But to be honest with you, around three of those things on that list still frightens me.

I guess you never truly grow up and I wouldn't ever want too. But then again contemplating the above I don't know whether I really would like to go back to being six. I like things the way they are now. They are perfect and I wouldn't want them to go any other way. Maybe you feel the same, or maybe you don't but I hope you have listened to what I have had to say.

Until next time.

Long time, no blog :)

It's the 24th July and by now most schools have all broken up for the summer holidays. That means my household is filled with screaming overexcited kids which are only bareable for around five minutes. So for that reason I have tried to get out as much as I could these past few weeks. I've been out with a few friends and had a rather enjoyable time. One of the things on my agenda was to go and see Harry Potter but now due to swine flu by parents class the cinema as "dangerous"...brilliant. But among other things I have been to parties, witnessed some lovely views, been to hastings, just hanging around Folkestone and I even ventured to Dover cliffs the other day (and believe me it wasn't easy to get up there!)

Right now, my Facebook is really annoying me. I put myself "offline" on Facebook chat and now it won't let me "online". I'm pretty angry. But I can't keep this up all my blog so I will be a little happier from now on ;)

I have a lot of plans this summer and I hope I complete them all. I keep saying to everybody "we have all summer" when in fact it's not that long until we go back to school. But, I'm going to make the very most out of summer and nothing is going to ruin it. Haven't you ever wondered..why do we actually love summer so much?..

(update! my Facebook chat lives again)

..well I was reading an article in a magazine and it cleared up why we seem to adore these coming months. One thing that is common in teenagers is "summer love". I guess it is true, because let's face it..we all love someone to cuddle upto and watch the sunset don't we? Sometimes summer romances can bloom into what feels like the greatest love of your life. Maybe it's the heat, maybe it's the fact that summer is so short and sweet, or maybe it is just plain true love when you're not looking, but there's something about love in the summer that makes it unique. Also both men and women say blue skies and being at the seaside are the most important summertime experiences. But men rate bronzing their bodies as the fourth most important. Men also rate barbecues higher than women, who love the smell of suntan lotion and being able to slip on a pair of sunglasses. The researchers found that the single happiest memory of childhood summers was the opportunity to play outdoors, and the most summery thing about a holiday in Britain was an afternoon lazing in a pub garden.

So there you go, I guess that is why we love summer :)

Well, I think that's all from me today and it's only 10:11am. I hope you all have a beautiful summer, I know I will ;)

Toodles x

Good Blog Titles are short, yet still descriptive. How about "Hi, I'm back"

I almost didn't write this blog as I was only greeted with an error code every time I tried to post this, but here I go again. I'm back on the blogging front. I don't know what compelled me too, but I decided it would be a nice start to the new week. I browsed the Internet earlier and found a variety of different websites that actually did blogs. I tried a few out including one where you didn't "blog", no. you "blerged". But in the end this blog doesn't compare to all the rest. It's easy, simple and just great to jot my feelings down onto. I wouldn't want to delve into a more troubling website.

So anyways, enough of me babbling. Recently I haven't been doing a great amount. I've been out and about with my friends and just trying to enjoy the summer holidays. Even though they haven't officially begun yet but that will commence in around a week or so. I have a few plans coming up which should be rather good and I'm looking forward to them. A friend has gone away this week and I do miss him quite a bit, and he only left today..silly really but still the feeling is true so I'll be spending my week trying to occupy myself until he returns :) I also start my new job on Wednesday, finally I'm going to earn my living in this household and oddly it feels pretty marvellous. It's at the Marsh Maize Maze by the way if any of you were wondering and if you're not familiar with this, It's basically a Maze. I know that doesn't sound very cool, but believe me it is :)

Today's "theme of the blog" is going to be something a little heart warming. Love. I just watched the Notebook and I think it a beautiful story line. Now because of the amazing work of the directors and writers of the film I am soon to be delving into the Novel by Nicolas Sparks. The storyline is beautiful and although very dramatised and unreal it could happen however far fetched it may seem. It's odd. Love. Billions of people around the world will use that word every single day. Heck, I have. Probably a couple of times. But why do people love each other? Why do certain people fall for certain others? Hm. Well, they can do it for the right, or the wrong reasons. The right consisting of the below:

Here, people fall in love because they want to offer someone something good that they have. They want to be with someone not as to depend on him or her but to share their life with them. They have something good to offer and they want something good in return. They want to spend time with someone not because they are scared to be alone but because they enjoy the other person’s company. They are not in the relationship with closed eyes but open eyes. They can see all; the good and bad happening, and they are ignoring the bad because they are scared to be alone, or because they feel embarrassed that it’s happening to them. Being in love is about giving and receiving what is good. Please, underline the word good. Most people miss this point. A lot of people love the idea of being in love but not the actual fact. If many people understand the real reason of being in love and what being in love is, there would be less divorce, heartbreaks, suicides, violence and anything else that is related to bad breakups or bad relationships.

And the wrong...

In order to be in love, you have to be in love with someone. And this is where the trouble arises. Because some people love the idea of being in love so much, they end up falling in love with the first person that is a little bit nice to them. They don’t take their time to know the person. And even if the person shows signs of hurting them in the future, they ignore the signs. They are more concerned about being with someone, than being with someone who really loves and cares about them. It takes a long time to know a really good person but it only takes a short time to know a bad person. A good person is there but you just don’t notice because you are too busy looking everywhere else other than next to you. A bad person is at a far distance, all you have to do is look up and they will come over to you. A lot of people (girls especially) are scared of being alone. Thus they always end up falling for the wrong person because their logic mind is clouded with the desire to be with someone, anybody that shows interest in them. They don’t assess the person. They don’t care about his looks, what he does for a living, his interests and future plans. They just want to be loved.

If you want something good, you should be willing to offer something good..
We live in a society now where we spend a lot of time asking ‘what can you give me?’ rather than asking ‘what will I give you?’

Well, now that's over and done with. I hope that has shed a little light on you guys. The weather is getting better lately and has definitely improved. Summer is now well under weigh and I've already been in the sea several times. It's not the warmest experience but it is one of the nicest. Make the most of your summer fellow bloggers. I'm not entirely sure when I'll be next blogging, maybe tomorrow but then I could be busy. But I'll try :)

If you get without giving, you are most likely to lose what you get..

"That's impossible" - No It's not.

Morning, I know I haven't blogged in a few days and that's because I haven't had much to talk about so there would be no point in boring your brains to a point in which you will no longer want to read these blogs anymore..so yeah.

The picture resembles a normal sighting it my house because baby's things are simply everywhere, It's not that I hate it either because really I think It's nice to have younger siblings around you. Sometimes you don't think that as they tug at your hair and dribble on your best clothes, but hey, their kids, they don't know any better.

Yesterday was a pretty crazy day as it was the Year 11 Thorpe Park Trip. Despite the three hour queuing for SAW - The ride and then only to be turned away, the day was pretty good. I reluctantly got into the seat on Stealth and faced my fear of heights only after having a nervous breakdown. But It's all good, I did it didn't I? And that's all that matters :)

I didn't really come here to talk about my day so I will get straight to the point of this blog. The other day I was watching a programme called "James May trip to the moon" or something along those lines I can't quite remember. Anywho, during the programme I suddenly became inspired and motivated by what happened. May travelled thirteen miles up through the sky and I was amazed by beautiful view from there. You could see the curve of the Earth and the meeting of space and the sky. It was tremendous. One of my dreams would be able to witness such an event but however unlikely it is I still hold on to this dream. I believe that the "impossible is nothing" and even though it is a Adidas slogan it still makes perfect sense to me and it should do to everyone. It means that you can do whatever you want with no restrictions and it gives hope to every person in the world. What is impossible anyway? It was not long ago that people considered flying impossible. Yet today we regularly fly 100-ton aircraft full of 200 people or more. So what changed? I think you should think like a magician. Once you know how the quality trick is done then you will realize that the impossible is just an illusion. The real issue is getting others to see the impossible as an illusion or how the trick is done in order to see past the illusion. Now, I'm not saying that all of you are going to become astronauts and fly to the moon and make substantial discoveries but I do believe that every single one of you will be able to take part in one of their most precious dreams or wants.

It's easy..all you have to do is believe.

On that note I will leave you to this beautiful summer's day. I'm going to watch Wimbledon later because my two friends are up there and I will be trying to catch a glimpse of them :)

Take care :)

Sun, Sea, Stones and Sick.

Okay, so the title does not sound very advertising to read but don't worry you will not be disappointed by this rather lengthy blog, well I hope it turns out to be quite long. I haven't blogged in 82748 god knows how many hours, hang on with the aid of my onscreen calculator I can actually tell you how many hours it approximately has been...80. Okay, so now as much as I initially though but it's a pretty long time to be away from blogging.

The picture that I have chosen for todays blog was taken by my friend Matt on Friday. Equipped with sunscream and towels, Matt, Tom and I strolled to the beach and had quite a fun filled day, and that's where the majority of the title comes from. During the day we pretty much kicked back and enjoyed the gorgeous weather (for once). Summer is officially starting now and I can now actually feel it. I have around three months to do absolutely nothing and I believe that it's bloody fantastic. Anyways, back to Friday.. Well I met my friend Tom Foster for the first time and he turned out to be a brilliant guy, bar a few remarks which were made throughout the day but all in all I'm glad I have met him and now I have a new friend, lovely. One of his marvellous ideas during the day was to send a message in a bottle out to sea, and I have always thought about doing this even as a little kid, but I had never actually put it into action, so I guess this was my time to shine. We wrote the note and threw it out to sea...I wonder where it is right now. Is it in France? Did it get crushed by a boat? Has somebody found it? Who knows. But it is quite an interesting topic actually, well for me it is.. I don't know abou you. Anyways I did a little research on it and I found this little story..On a sudden whim, Maureen Sharp scrawled her name and address on a piece of paper, pushed it into the bottle and threw it into the North Sea. It washed up two years later and 500 miles away on the beach at Neuharlingersiel in Wittmund, Germany, where it was spotted by a teenage girl on her holidays. Carefully uncorking the bottle, Dagmar Wendler pulled out the piece of card inside and read the message: "Please write to me." It was to be the beginning of an incredible 53-year friendship between the two women, who have exchanged hundred of letters and photographs but who only recently met up, face to face...How cute is that! So throwing a bottle into the sea isn't always a waste of time.. especially not in that case anyways :)

So theres Friday done, now onto Saturday.
Saturday was Lydd Club Day and for any of you who doesn't know what it is, look it up. Anyways last year's Lydd Club Day was pretty amazing excluding a few events but I thoroughly enjoyed myself and the year passed by so quickly that yesterday was the beginning of another hecktic and noisy night for Lydd. I turned up a little early with some friends and we pranced around for a bit until they finally let us in. The bumper cars were first hit by us as we sped around getting hit by the owner of the ride. A long with bumping into the other riders of course :) We then went on Bounce! which was a ride that randomly drops you.. it's hard to explain but anywho, we had a jolly old time on that as well, before the night was up I went on that ride a further two times. All in all the night was amazing and I left around 22:10 as my parents wanted to stick around for more fun and watch the fireworks which we could easily see from my home anyways. But nevertheless it was beautiful and it was a great end to a fantastic day...roll on next year baby!

It's father's day today and I have just finished making my daddy's card. I drew a little eagle onto it as it's his favourite animal but my lack of artist skills makes it look more like a pancake and I'm not entirely sure why, but hey ho. I will dedicate this blog to my dad who is currently taking part in an one hundred mile cycling race and I wish him the very best of luck, although he doesn't really need it, he will beat them anyways..fingers crossed though :)

So now I will leave you all to have fun and share time with your daddies. Take care everybody and Happy Father's Day!

:)