Results Day.
Today, everyone in year 12 and 13 student has gone to fetch their AS or A level results in hope of getting the grades they want to either get into university, or to boost them forward into year 13 so they'll be able to get the grades next year for university.
But what if they don't get the grades? Everyone sayas not to worry, universities set their standards really high to get the best people in and then when not everyone gets the grades, the universities accept them anyway. If they don't, you can always put yourself through clearing and find a university that has the course for you. Sometimes, you might even be happier and the university you end up at than the one you planned to go to in the first place. not that you could ever know, because both situations could never happen.
I'll be worried about university next summer. I'm worried about it now! Today, after recieving and analysing my results, I've decided that instead of doing what I've been planning on doing since I was about 10 years old - studying Maths at university - I'm going to study English Language, because that is what I've been getting my highest grades in all year. So now I need to complete start my UCAS application all over again.
My results, once again, were not as high as I had expected, but they weren't as much of a shock or dissapointment as last year. So now, I have two more sets of results to recieve, my January results next March, and next year with my fianl results. And if it carries on improving slightly each time I get results, by next summer, I'll be generally happy with the results I get. (This is what I'm hoping for anyway).
When I tell people my results for GCSE, or for AS levels or any other grades, they always say that I've done really well and I shouldn't be put out by it. The thing is the standards I set for myself are always higher than I achieve and people don't understand that I'm not going to be happy unless I meet my target - I might have done well by someone else's standards, but not by my own. But recently I think my standards are unrealistically high because I can never seem to be able to reach them anymore.
Set yourself achievable standards and be happy with them when you reach them. Don't worry or dwell on other people's opinions or goals.
The standards that matter to you should be yours and yours alone.
x
Thursday, 20 August 2009
Tuesday, 18 August 2009
"Forbidden Fruit."
What is it about things that we're not supposed to have, not supposed to do? Why do they always seem so much better, so much more interesting than things that we're allowed to have?
When you tell children not to do something, it just makes the thing they are not allowed to do 10 times more appealing than if they were allowed to do it in the first place. When you were little, didn't you do the things you were told not to, just to see what would happen, what the adults would say and to see why you weren't allowed to do it in the first place?
It tastes sweet but it's bad for your health - or your teeth - so you can't have too much of it (or sometimes any at all).
It's just a metaphor. On the outside, or the here and now it looks great, but if you stop and really think about it, the long term consequences can outweigh the benefits.
From the beginning, there was always the stories of the "forbidden fruit" with Adam and Eve, and probably other stories for other religions, but it didn't stop those in the stories and they were out of the ordinary people who made it into the bible. If they make these mistakes, surely we should be able to aswell.
For example, I always go for guys that are out of bounds. Guys that I am just not allowed to be with for one reason or another. It's such a pain.
The feeling that a guy (or girl) is responding to you when you're talking (and maybe flirting with them because you like them) is such a nice one. What if you get that feeling, but they're out of bounds and you're not allowed to act upon it?
It's always the same though. My friends always go for guys they could actually be with if the feeling was mutual. There would be some way to work it out, but it's always an ultimatum with the lads I choose. I'd never choose a guy over a friend or family, it's just the way I was bought up - and how amazing my friends and family are. But that leaves me just wishing it had been different.
Making a big deal out of little problems sometimes makes you feel better within yourself. I emphasise them sometimes. It makes you feel better when the people - or person - that you want to notice and ask if things are okay do actually notice and ask. If you don't make a big deal of it and then they don't realise, this makes you feel worse because you think they don't care. I can't explain how that feels, but it's one of the worst feelings ever, caring for someone - whether it be as a friend, a family member or a feeling for someone you want to be with - when they don't care as much back.
But if you really want or desire something, is it worth fighting for, risking the friendships and relationships between others for a special, new one? Is it worth risking other people's happiness for your own? I think it completely depends on who you are going to upset - and how special the new person is.
You can't stay in the background forever just to keep everyone else happy. Sometimes, you have to do what you want - not what everyone else wants - to make yourself happy. The tough part is deciding when, where and who. You can't do it too often or if you're not certain. Because if you do, you could lose everything. But is that part of the thrill?
“We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.”
But on the other hand...
“If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it.”
One choice. Your choice. Good luck.
x
When you tell children not to do something, it just makes the thing they are not allowed to do 10 times more appealing than if they were allowed to do it in the first place. When you were little, didn't you do the things you were told not to, just to see what would happen, what the adults would say and to see why you weren't allowed to do it in the first place?
It tastes sweet but it's bad for your health - or your teeth - so you can't have too much of it (or sometimes any at all).
It's just a metaphor. On the outside, or the here and now it looks great, but if you stop and really think about it, the long term consequences can outweigh the benefits.
From the beginning, there was always the stories of the "forbidden fruit" with Adam and Eve, and probably other stories for other religions, but it didn't stop those in the stories and they were out of the ordinary people who made it into the bible. If they make these mistakes, surely we should be able to aswell.
For example, I always go for guys that are out of bounds. Guys that I am just not allowed to be with for one reason or another. It's such a pain.
The feeling that a guy (or girl) is responding to you when you're talking (and maybe flirting with them because you like them) is such a nice one. What if you get that feeling, but they're out of bounds and you're not allowed to act upon it?
It's always the same though. My friends always go for guys they could actually be with if the feeling was mutual. There would be some way to work it out, but it's always an ultimatum with the lads I choose. I'd never choose a guy over a friend or family, it's just the way I was bought up - and how amazing my friends and family are. But that leaves me just wishing it had been different.
Making a big deal out of little problems sometimes makes you feel better within yourself. I emphasise them sometimes. It makes you feel better when the people - or person - that you want to notice and ask if things are okay do actually notice and ask. If you don't make a big deal of it and then they don't realise, this makes you feel worse because you think they don't care. I can't explain how that feels, but it's one of the worst feelings ever, caring for someone - whether it be as a friend, a family member or a feeling for someone you want to be with - when they don't care as much back.
But if you really want or desire something, is it worth fighting for, risking the friendships and relationships between others for a special, new one? Is it worth risking other people's happiness for your own? I think it completely depends on who you are going to upset - and how special the new person is.
You can't stay in the background forever just to keep everyone else happy. Sometimes, you have to do what you want - not what everyone else wants - to make yourself happy. The tough part is deciding when, where and who. You can't do it too often or if you're not certain. Because if you do, you could lose everything. But is that part of the thrill?
“We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.”
But on the other hand...
“If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it.”
One choice. Your choice. Good luck.
x
Sunday, 2 August 2009
Triggering Memories.
My computer been down for about 6 months because I had too many photos on it so there was no memory left and it was going so, so slowly that it was practicially impossible to use, but now I'm back on it after backing up some photos of here that maybe I should have done a long time ago. But now I'm back on it and I've started listening to the playlists I made at a certain time in my life. I have some playlists that are named by the month I made them, and when I listen to them I remember the things that happened that month. I go through phases when I listen to one song loads and loads for a while and then I find a new favourite song, and I can always relate the song to something that's happening in my life at that time, so when I listen to the song, I go back to the time in my life when I could relate to it.
Certain songs trigger certain memories and it makes me think about and remember how I felt back then, how upset or happy or angry or confused I was. Does that make sense? Have you ever had that? Remembering the traumas we had back then, they seem like nothing now but they were so tragic, scary and important back then. Those were amazing days. Good times. Sometimes, I would do anything to go back to those days.
I find it strange how things from your past can come back and be in your present again. Hearing a song you used to listen to on the radio or something and having it as one of your favourite songs again, or talking to people and becoming close with people who you haven't spoken to in years that you used to be such good friends or more with.
Me and one of my best friends went to a long walk today, it was hot and we had a really good talk. It was like old times, doing something we did a few years ago and that triggered all the memories of the summer of year 9 - a summer that I know will make anyone who was involved smile.
Someone told me that the strongest sense for triggering a memory was smell. I never really believed it because I'd never had to relate, but recently I've found out what they meant, and I completely agree.
I went out a few months ago and met a guy, (there is a blog about it), and I had a little bottle of perfume in my bag, I don't know what it was called but it smelt lovely. It was one of my favourite perfumes ever. Except, it leaked all leaked in my bag so that there was none left. I was so disappointed because I loved it so much and I only had a little bottle of it.
Well, now my bag smells really nice, but everytime I pick it up I smell the perfume and it reminds me and makes me think of that lad.
Is it a bad thing though, that such little things can trigger off such memories? I don't think it is. I didn't think it was a good thing when I was trying to get over him when it ended, but now when I smell it I can smile because it was a good few weeks and I remember being so happy. I'm smiling now thinking about it.
*Never regret something that made you smile.*
The past, although gone, remains part of you forever. Never forget it, cherish it, and learn from it. But don't dwell on it.
x
Certain songs trigger certain memories and it makes me think about and remember how I felt back then, how upset or happy or angry or confused I was. Does that make sense? Have you ever had that? Remembering the traumas we had back then, they seem like nothing now but they were so tragic, scary and important back then. Those were amazing days. Good times. Sometimes, I would do anything to go back to those days.
I find it strange how things from your past can come back and be in your present again. Hearing a song you used to listen to on the radio or something and having it as one of your favourite songs again, or talking to people and becoming close with people who you haven't spoken to in years that you used to be such good friends or more with.
Me and one of my best friends went to a long walk today, it was hot and we had a really good talk. It was like old times, doing something we did a few years ago and that triggered all the memories of the summer of year 9 - a summer that I know will make anyone who was involved smile.
Someone told me that the strongest sense for triggering a memory was smell. I never really believed it because I'd never had to relate, but recently I've found out what they meant, and I completely agree.
I went out a few months ago and met a guy, (there is a blog about it), and I had a little bottle of perfume in my bag, I don't know what it was called but it smelt lovely. It was one of my favourite perfumes ever. Except, it leaked all leaked in my bag so that there was none left. I was so disappointed because I loved it so much and I only had a little bottle of it.
Well, now my bag smells really nice, but everytime I pick it up I smell the perfume and it reminds me and makes me think of that lad.
Is it a bad thing though, that such little things can trigger off such memories? I don't think it is. I didn't think it was a good thing when I was trying to get over him when it ended, but now when I smell it I can smile because it was a good few weeks and I remember being so happy. I'm smiling now thinking about it.
*Never regret something that made you smile.*
The past, although gone, remains part of you forever. Never forget it, cherish it, and learn from it. But don't dwell on it.
x
"The Movement" -- Climate Change.
I've just found the application where you can put photos on your blogs. I'm not much a technical person, and I don't tend to play around with applications like this, but I do love photos. This is an understatement, actually. I've got an SLR, and I'm obsessed with photos. So be sure to see lots of photos on all of my blogs from now on.
This one is a photo of my best friend (left), me (middle) and one of my cousins (right), we painted our faces for an art project to do with climate change, and that's what my blog is about today, climate change.
I'm not going to preach about how everyone needs to change to save the world, how we are all doomed if things aren't changed, or even explain what climate change it and how we can help it.
As you've probably gathered, me and my best friend are involved in the UK YCC (UK Youth Climate Coalition) and YOMAC (You, Me and the Climate - an organtisation run by the National Trust) because we want to help do something about climate change.
We're going to be holding some events in the near future in Walsall for raise public awareness and promote not wasting and recycling.
Our first event is going to be called "The Movement", it'll be a dance show sort of thing with a stall in Walsall, then the second, hopefully will be a fundraiser at the town hall, a singing and dancing show. The slogan is "Sing as if no-one if listening. Dance as if no-one is watching. Live as if you can save tomorrow."
Do you believe in Climate Change and Global Warming? The turning point is 2015. We need to level out our carbon emissions by then. Fingers crosses that people won't be so ignorant towards it. It might be natural, but it's happening many, many times faster than it should be.
Our current blogspot is http://liveloverecycle.blogspot.com/ if you want to look, hopefully it'll be updated soon. We'll make sure all the events are posted on there. You can also find us on facebook if you search for Live Love Recycle.
We want to change the world, and lay out a happy and worry-free future for our children and grandchildren. Will you help us?
Be the change you want to see in the world.
x
This one is a photo of my best friend (left), me (middle) and one of my cousins (right), we painted our faces for an art project to do with climate change, and that's what my blog is about today, climate change.
I'm not going to preach about how everyone needs to change to save the world, how we are all doomed if things aren't changed, or even explain what climate change it and how we can help it.
As you've probably gathered, me and my best friend are involved in the UK YCC (UK Youth Climate Coalition) and YOMAC (You, Me and the Climate - an organtisation run by the National Trust) because we want to help do something about climate change.
We're going to be holding some events in the near future in Walsall for raise public awareness and promote not wasting and recycling.
Our first event is going to be called "The Movement", it'll be a dance show sort of thing with a stall in Walsall, then the second, hopefully will be a fundraiser at the town hall, a singing and dancing show. The slogan is "Sing as if no-one if listening. Dance as if no-one is watching. Live as if you can save tomorrow."
Do you believe in Climate Change and Global Warming? The turning point is 2015. We need to level out our carbon emissions by then. Fingers crosses that people won't be so ignorant towards it. It might be natural, but it's happening many, many times faster than it should be.
Our current blogspot is http://liveloverecycle.blogspot.com/ if you want to look, hopefully it'll be updated soon. We'll make sure all the events are posted on there. You can also find us on facebook if you search for Live Love Recycle.
We want to change the world, and lay out a happy and worry-free future for our children and grandchildren. Will you help us?
Be the change you want to see in the world.
x
Saturday, 1 August 2009
White Rabbits.
On the 1st of every month, if you say "white rabbits" three times before you say anything to anybody, apparently it's supposed to give you good luck for the month.
I'm not really that supersticious, but I follow a lot of supersticions for the fun of doing them. Having good luck for the month seems a pretty good thing, so I'm not going to turn down that chance that saying white rabbits might just give me good luck.
Before now, it's never really worked, but I suppose some months have been better than others, and every month could be worse, right? So maybe it does work.
Currently, I'm having an issue with a lad I've mentioned before, the guy I might develop a thing for. Well... I won't admit I have, but things are weird between us. He's got a girl that I don't like, (well I don't really think that's a coincidence), and we argue a lot, recently we've not been on the best of terms because he did and said some things that I didn't agree with or affended me. I found out, one way or another, that he'd spoken to his friends about me and been a bit bothered about the fact that I hadn't been talking to him as much. If I'm honest, that made me smile.
I don't understand lads. I don't think we're meant to, to be honest. Luckily, I have male friends who can help me out big time.
Zodiac signs say that some people with certains signs go better and could potentially have better relationships with other certain signs. For example, a female pisces and a male taurus are meant to be really good together, where as a female pisces and a male scorpio do not. I don't really think these are true, but I like to look and check them out anyway. Do you believe in them? I wonder how many people do. If they were true, we'd all be sorted, wouldn't we? We'd find out with zodiac sign compliments ours the most and just go in search of someone with that sign. I might try it, see how far it gets me.
For July and August, the weather isn't that great. It's been raining torrentially all day by me. I might make a break for it now and take the dog out for a bit. I don't mind if it starts raining while we're out anyway. Walking in the rain somehow helps me think, and makes me smile. I don't really know why, but I like it that way.
Rain or shine, don't let the weather affect your mood. Pathetic fallacy is a good way to show emotion in books and films, but in realy life, you should be in control.
"White Rabbits." Make your own luck.
x
I'm not really that supersticious, but I follow a lot of supersticions for the fun of doing them. Having good luck for the month seems a pretty good thing, so I'm not going to turn down that chance that saying white rabbits might just give me good luck.
Before now, it's never really worked, but I suppose some months have been better than others, and every month could be worse, right? So maybe it does work.
Currently, I'm having an issue with a lad I've mentioned before, the guy I might develop a thing for. Well... I won't admit I have, but things are weird between us. He's got a girl that I don't like, (well I don't really think that's a coincidence), and we argue a lot, recently we've not been on the best of terms because he did and said some things that I didn't agree with or affended me. I found out, one way or another, that he'd spoken to his friends about me and been a bit bothered about the fact that I hadn't been talking to him as much. If I'm honest, that made me smile.
I don't understand lads. I don't think we're meant to, to be honest. Luckily, I have male friends who can help me out big time.
Zodiac signs say that some people with certains signs go better and could potentially have better relationships with other certain signs. For example, a female pisces and a male taurus are meant to be really good together, where as a female pisces and a male scorpio do not. I don't really think these are true, but I like to look and check them out anyway. Do you believe in them? I wonder how many people do. If they were true, we'd all be sorted, wouldn't we? We'd find out with zodiac sign compliments ours the most and just go in search of someone with that sign. I might try it, see how far it gets me.
For July and August, the weather isn't that great. It's been raining torrentially all day by me. I might make a break for it now and take the dog out for a bit. I don't mind if it starts raining while we're out anyway. Walking in the rain somehow helps me think, and makes me smile. I don't really know why, but I like it that way.
Rain or shine, don't let the weather affect your mood. Pathetic fallacy is a good way to show emotion in books and films, but in realy life, you should be in control.
"White Rabbits." Make your own luck.
x
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