Thursday 15 December 2011

Can you see it?







no????








how about now then.........












this is this lake somwewhere in the world...the reflection only looks like this in a particuler time of the year...........amazinf or what

yes we'r all aware it been snowing no need to have a sing and dance about it!!!1

ok so long time no see!!!!!

once again my absece can be excused. sooo much has happened since we last saw each other. well ill start about 3 years ago....i mean weeeks lol.
we went to seee the oprea don giovanni. although it was very good....it was.........sooooo long. 5 hrs!!! because we were only watching it on a cinema screen many people feel aslee[ although we wudnt have done it if we had seen it live because it would've been very derespectful....obvo!!!! it was in italian no less but thank christ there was subtitles.!!!
the week after that we went to the ballet in some unbelievably posh boys school. ( it had an auditoriom OMG!!!!!!) the ballet was the nutcracker and although i had deifficulty understanding the story line i thought it was really good. and there was threee girls from our school in it along wih one girl from t.y!!!  U GO GIRLFRIEND....................(cant believe i just said that.i take that back.

after all these trips we all went to mcdonalds which was cool too. trust us to smell out a mcdonalds somwhere.


anyways i finally finished my homevc project YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY. ( pause for appaulse) we just had a fashion show and all tyhe garments looked absolutly amazing and once we saw them the nerves started to kick in to say the least.
anyways, next week is our x mas exams      NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

but we onloy have four subjects to do although im pretty nervous about maths irish and spanish!!!! wow imagine if i only did well in english AAAAAAAAAAAAH SCARY THOUGHT GO AWAY GO AWAY!!!!

on wednesy we shall have a trip to celebrate our freedom.HELL YEAH!!! and then a work shop on thursday.
so im pretty sure this shall be my last blog till after x mas.....
blogger out

Thursday 24 November 2011

ireland vs America

hello to all.
this blog is mainly focused on the amercian students. and i think this will get alot of the students talking. im writing about the irish american education system so we can find out what the amercian one is like ok. lets start
first of all, most of us start in "playschool". but its not cumplosury, so some kids dont go. we go to this school when were really young. about 3-4 or 5. after were done with that we attend " primary school" this school we attend for 8 years. it starts off with junior infants then senior infants. then first class, second class, third class..etc until we get to 6th class and we leave primary school. i cant speak for all students, but because i went to a catholic school, in 2nd calss i recieved my first holy communion and in 6th i took part in my confirmation. these are both catholic traditions which all catholic students take part in. when we leave primary school we go to "secondry school" which is the school, we the irish students are currently in.
we go to this school for 5 to 6 years depending on wether we choose to take part in transition year or not. there are two major states exams that take place during secondry school. they take place in 3rd year and 6th year. the one in 3rd year is called the "junior cert" this exam is to basically prepare us for the exam in sixth year which is known as the "leaving cert".  there are alot of debates on the junior cert as some people think it is a waste of time but others think it prepares us. the leaving cert is the final exam we take and detremines if or what college we will attend. there  is a certain system of marking these exams. although in the junior cert we are marked with As Bs or Cs etc. in the leaving cert we are marked with points. there are 6 subjects in the leaving cert and the highest amount of points we can get is 600. these points are detirmind by how well we do but, ( this is the confusing bit eeeeeeeek) sometimes if a student struggles with a subject they can do the subject in "ordinary level" while the rest will stay in "higher level" . however just because someone is in ordinary level does not make them supid. for exaple. in maths, the ordinary level exam will not be easier then the higher lever one, they are both just very different papers. all of this basically means that in ordinary leverl and A is the equivalent of  C  in higher level. thus, you will not be able to get the same amount of points in ordianry level then you will in higher level. ( if that is confusing im so sorry......but trust me its just as confusing in real life also)
the of course there is college. im hoping to study law at trinity and the points for that are 520......oh dear!!!

blogger out xx

Thursday 10 November 2011

so far im likeing our new american friends.

i got a comment from a linsdeyD. ( dear god i hope i spelt that write) she seems really nice and asked me about our homework. it'll be intresting to see if americans get as much homework and projects as we do.
thats probably what im looking forward most to. seeing how our scool our different. my next blog ill do about the irish education system so they can comment and then we shall see.

Wednesday 9 November 2011

for our new american friends!!

can i just say to all current and soon to be new friends that has some of u may have figured out i actually have serious typing issues. so if u cant read what im trying to say..be assured that u are not alone( aint that right madz)



which is a shame, as it king of stains by ultimate plan to make my blog the BEST blog this school has EVER SEEN!!!!!

blogger out xx

to tired to function!!!!

midterm is over!!! cue sad face :( its wednesday i i swear to got my eyelids have a mind of there own and are constanly disobbeying me!!!!! what part of stay open dont they understand.!!!
so we come back to midterm and although i have my history project complete (yeeooow boiiiiz) i still have to finish geographt tonight. i have two more places in ukraine thailand to do, ukraine and i think im mdoing languages. madeleine if u read this please commment below and remind me if i have anyhting else to do!!
 but of course ty being the way it if, many of our teachers felt that with one done they would us FIFTY MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i have a cool one for artand rellgion but i still have my homec project to do but thats mostly done in school. my teamates and i got into the bt young scientist competition which is really cool but its alot of work

mrs l. has told us that a school in america want to blog and vhat with us. it'll be interesting to see how the irish and american education system woks.....oooooh maybee i could do a blog about that...( if anyonre steals that idea of me....THEY....WILL..DIE!!!) jk babuz


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Thursday 27 October 2011

today we have been told by mrs l to write a sentence wuthout words...........EEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!!!!!

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Wednesday 26 October 2011

the first time since ty stared that i actually have nothing to write!!!

soz babuz!!!!

this week has honestly not been as fasinating as the many weeks we have spent in ty. the most eventful thing that has happpened this week was mini company.......YIKES!!
its wasn't quite as fun and cheery as our other classes a few confrontation and arguments here and there and there was the stress of course of finding out the our manufacturer is just too expensive for our budgets, (whch for me ends at 1c) so we had to send out about twelve emails and today i believe that 3 have agreed to look into it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!!!!!
friday is the day we have all been waiting for....the start.....of......MIDTERM!!!!!!!!!! my god it seems so far a way!!!. friday should be good though seeing that it is the hallowe'en dress up day. the theme for t.ys is the adams family. which is pretty cool. honestly i dont know what im going to dress up as. but seeing as im in t.y i suppose i better set an example for the younger members of our ever so lovlely school



blogger out

xxx

Thursday 20 October 2011

wednesdays have been eventful these last few daiis!!

i feel like now i have very little time for my blog. :( espcually since i am currently without internet in my home !! Darnitt!!!! and seeing that we seem to be attending on alot of trips on my favourite day of the week dosn't exactly seem to help me on my journey to become the best blog this school has EVER SEEN!!!!!!
as for my absence......
yesterday was really fun. usually getting up early in the moring knowing you have a trip to go to i will admit can be both exciting and a hassle what with all the preparations that must go into it. but knowing that we would be spening the ENTIRE day in town ( which fyi is my favourite place in the entire country) wasn't excactly what i would call frustrating.
we went to the national libary and the yeats museum. although the yeats muesum was quite small there was alot of information to be learned there. some of it of course was dedicated to maud gonne and all the other women that were in his life. lets just say.......there were wuite a few to be seen!!!
the national libary was also interesting what with it filled with artifacts, bog bodies and surcoughicus from ancient eygpt!! ( i know i completly messed up that word but i doubt that anyone else can so you know....dont judge me)
after our tour we went to see juno and the paycock in the abbey theatre. the play was really funny and much more dramatic when you see it in public rather then read it in school


blogger out xx

Thursday 13 October 2011

sick of join lenno...soz babes

Rather be dead than cool.
Kurt Cobain

I'm so happy because today I found my friends - they're in my head.
Kurt Cobain


I won't eat anything green.
Kurt Cobain

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.
Kurt Cobain


The worst crime is faking it.
Kurt Cobain

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.
Kurt Cobain

an update on my very EXCUSABLE absence!!!!

ok so first of all ...i FINALLY got my hair done yesterday and short stroy shorter....IM NOT HAPPY!!!! seroiusly....what part of i want the side of my head shaved do these people not understand!!!!!!


anywayz. the funwalk took place on friday. btw my groups theme was bob the builder!! think i can safely say that we all look absolutly smashing with oir spare tires, painted beards and moustaches and our army boots and what not. we were all slightley hyper to say the least and dertimened to win. and then winning of course didnt excactly put a whole downer on the event haha. silly fodla and their little tricks couldn't stand the wrath of our little dance haha.
our mini company course was fun. after disscussing marketing and finace ...it was nice to actually get food in centra and later and ice cream cone from some fast food place thet...i can't remember the name of!! lol

next week of course we shall be going to the abbey theatre to see juno and the paycock....which isnt too shabby either!!!


ok slater gaters!!!

Thursday 6 October 2011

one more thing u shold know

i am obsessed with the hunger games.....is your not...unfollow please...we have no connection lol

http://www.scholastic.com/thehungergames/games/index.htm


if u are a fan.... u must click....and let the games continue!!!!!




MAY THE ODDS BE EVER IN YOUR FAVOUR...THE WISe WORDS OF EFFIE TRINKIT!!!!!

quote for the week ( i am officially obssessed with john lennon....such wise words)

As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot.
John Lennon
anyone who said that t.y was a dos needs to reassess your life before you crash into a tree thinking that the airbag will save u......i know that doesn't make sense....but please...i am very tired!!1

5 things to do

ok so this week ms l told us that for this blog we had to write about five things that we still have to do this week........its things like this that make writing a blog slightly confusing. so this will be brief



1. fun walk tommorow!!!! need to get a yellow t-shirt and baggy jeans
2. mini company. i need to get a sketch of our final product to send alone with the formal letter i wrote yesterday so we might get some sponsers
3. i need to bring in hair and make up stuff for homec tommorow
4. i need to help my mini company group in surveys
5. .................look nice ofr our photgraphs this week?????


blogger out xx

Wednesday 28 September 2011

quote of the week ( yes i actually decided to do one this week!!)

I'm not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. I've always been a freak. So I've been a freak all my life and I have to live with that, you know. I'm one of those people.

                                                                                                                       - John Lennon

omfg im soooooo exicted

yeah so you'd think after five weeks of t.y i would eventually not have much to say every weeks. after all, projects are nearly done, well two of them anywayz, and our last trip was the ever so amazing carlingford. ........................................................................................................................................................
..................................................BUT!!!!!!!

there is!!!! mini company has been going really well. i dont think i've mentioned anything about mini company yet...(i really need to start reading my own blog!!!) but if i did i probably mentioned that at the moment...i can't really say anything about what we our actually making just yet. but i can explain what mini company is...ok...mini company is something that all t.ys get involved with every single year. we are split into groups and the groups that we are in must come up with a product, we can sell it in out school and later enter the mini company competittion. there has even been cases of products  made for mini company becomeing great success. (fingers crossed!!) it works like an actually buissness as we all have different titles and tasks such as the mangaing directer, marketing, sales, finace manger etc i...on the other hand have the very important job of the wait for it.....SERCUTARY!!!! i have to take everything said at our mini company classes and keep it on file for future reference!!!

tommorow should be good as we will be attending a mini company workshop...more of that next week



blogger out xx

Friday 23 September 2011

duble pe was eventful today

rightio so,
today at school there was only one rule to follow....when you want to talk....you must hold the magic pencil case!!!
so yeah as many of you know the annual fun walk will be taking place in a matter of weeks. and all i can say is that its a good thing we tend to work pretty damn fast other was we'd be in the same place as we were this morning.....nowhere!!! but i suppose hearing that other classes were way ahead in their costumes, song etc, that might have been a little push forwards. but so far we've got our song our routine and we all know what our costumes are going to be ( once we bring them in that is ) and now all we have to d is the coriography (can't spell!!!)  not saying anything though....little hint though....mr lawyer shall be wearing a dress!!! ( as ya do)


ok my hand is tired now

blogger out xx

Wednesday 21 September 2011

quote for the week ( well this week anyway)

im not nesscarlly guna do this every just fyi





you were born an orginal...dont die and copy xxx



blogger out

homec

this is guna be brief guys......:)


so our homec project as i explained ( i think) before we must pick and era and make a garment using a white jeans and t shirt as our base and base that on our chosen era and our assigned colours. my group and i have finnaly decided to base ours on the 1920s or the flapper era as it is called and our colour is black and white. we have our sketch done but im saying nothing here....dont want anyone to copy it now do we haha



later gaters xx

project buzz

yeah so projects....thats kinda my life now!!!!
 geography, well im partners with my ever so lovely friend madeleine....( aka mad dog, madz etc) and as i mentioned in my very first blog we must pretend to take a trip around the world for a year.
we discovered in our social development thing, about what our personalities are. i am what they call the red bull or the leaders. i take action and i like things to be precise, to the point, and on time ( some say pushy but i disagree :)   ) i dont like the maybe or we'll see, i like yes or no....whats wrong with that. anywayz madz is what they call an observer. shes more laid back, easy going and re;laxed towards things. ( including projects haha) and by god we figured that out the hard way!!! haha
when hearing that we only have six more classes to finish and having not even finished our first two countries.....i had what  be described as a miny panic attack. madeleine of course was laid back relaxed and assured me that we would get the project done on time, and perfectly done. but having had to rebook our flights to cairo alone almost three times...im not so sure.
 at the moment im trying to organise events that we can attend while we're in cairo and ukraine...i guess madz is sorting out out next destination.



blogger out xx
im sick and my life officially suckss!!!!!! :( ok so lets just get this out of the way now...this blog shall be brief, and if you get a feeling like you've been smacked in the face with a seroius of cruel words then this blog shall be a success. I AM NOT IN A GOOD MOOD TODAY PEOPLE!!!!!! i my alarm went off at five in the morning today and i couldn't the snooze button befroe i ended throwing my clock out the window!! the shower was FREEZEING TODAY!!! and you'd think my ever so lovley father would give me a lift to school today seeing as i've been (and still am) sick with a sore throat, a cough, a the flu in general. in an attempt to cover up the dark circles under my eyes and the many spot infecting face today i ended up with orange blotches of concealer on my face today....not impressed :(


any way....brief



blogger out xx

Thursday 15 September 2011

wha?

oh yeah....TAYLOR MOMSEN IS AMAAAAAAAAAAAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!






haters.....are just weird


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junior cert results!!!

ok so i open up my envelope and i swear to god my heart as never beated so fast before in my life !!!
i open the envelope and at first feel dismay, when i dont see any As and just alot of Bs, Cs and three Ds.!!!
so yes, i will admit that at first i was anything but pleased. and yes....a few tears were shed. but when seeing my mother jumping up and down like a little child at my 7 honours and 3 passes, my mind quickly changes, and although there are few subjects i would just LOOOOOOOOOOVE to appeal, i remind myself that this is still only the junior cert and ill just save all the As for the leaving cert!!
although everyone last night made their way to time to celebrate..( or take their mind of it) i chose to just join a few friends and family for a quite ( but extremly fun) dinner. i know that sounds boring but there was noooooo way i was going into school the next day absolutly exhausted. so instead, i'll be joining my good friends on the other side of the country and join in on their celebrations with dont take place until friday night ( LUCKY!!!!)


lesson for today: start studying at the begginng of the year, and for the love of god will you keep it up!!!! :(


blogger out xx

Wednesday 14 September 2011

hi btw!!!

just realised i had actually written everything about ty but nothing about myself (soz bbbz!!!) ok so my names amy ( but if you dont mind i wish to be refered to as mrs. Scallywags!!) im 16, i live in ireland, and i am the perfect example of the typicial irish steyrotype. that is pasty white skin ( i burn in the dark!!!! :(  ) and blue eys....no red hair though HAHAHA!! i luv acting..hopefully next time you'll her about me after school will the oscars but anywayz... i love music. little bit of rock, rave, rap.....EVERYTHING!! (cept heavey metal though :(  ) i love the tv show skins. effy is actually my idol!!! my mother of course was mortified when i started dressing like her ( sorry mam)  yadadadada blah blah blah..ok you get the point. im going noe bye xx




p.s madz...i do dress like effy, but not the excact same way....the whole point of having an idol is to interperat what thedo or wear and make it your own!!!! GOOOOOD!!!!!

luv ya though xx

im back!!!!!!!!!

back from carlingford and now awaiting the junior cert result :( trying not to think about it too much, ( or say i think i did ok cos lets face it...we all know i failed)
so far carlingford has been the highlit of ty so far. and even though i came back about two stone heavier, ( i swear to god those people tricked us into spending all our money on the vending machines or the local chinese!!!) i would definatly go back again. the first day was the best!!! we did teamwork builing challenges with our groups, ( running around in the dark in a mase was NOT fun though and anything but teambuilding haha) and after that we went laser shooting. so much fun!!! cept when you died of course.....not fun :( we came back to lunch only to find that we were being joined by another school... BOYS school!! yaaaay!!! the evening was fun when we all got guitars and sang together and some ( including yours truly) getting up for an aul solo :) and the fire show fom one of the staff members wasn't to bad either haha. neither were the lads of course :) next day was all about rock climbing and orinantering. (propber hike that was :(  ) and saying our goodbyes to the staff and our friends. have to say loved staying in a 12 bed room with nine other girls. and watching lauren doing her funny little dance at twon in the morning, or wakeing madeleine up and fear that she would kill me :( ok bells gone so im leaving!!!!!! cya tommorow when the results our finally out :) xxx

Thursday 8 September 2011

the first week in t.y

ok people lets get one thing straight...ty is NOT a dos year. after only one week i already have 3 projects all due in october. but so far i can say that i definatly didnt make a mistake when i signed up for t.y.
just like i had hoped i was put into the same class as a few of my ever so fantastic friends (sort of !!) and ( if i do say so myself) i have the best class name!!! BANBA!!!!!!
i will admit that having to get up at half six was diffucult, to say the least, especially since  the marjority of summer waking up at four or five in the evening!!!! although at the moment im am lacking in the green socks department, it feels great being able to refer to yourself as a senior!!! the best part about t.y is definatly all the new and different subjects that we do. on thursdays, i have photography, it, dancing and pilates to look forward to. seeing as we have no course to worl on this year, we get to learn so much more throuh the media of debate, workshop etc. so much better then sitting in a cold classroom reading about world war two from a book. the team building workshops (although so far we already have had just one) have really been working, and you can definatly feel a sense of community in our class. but we still have so much more to look forward to. such as the trip to carlingford for a bond building workshop. where we will be staying at the hilton overnight and attending one of the finest underage nightclubs in the country....ok not really, but spending time with your friends in a nice bnb is good too!!!
and although i never thought id say it the project have been really fun as weel. especially the geography one which ranks as my personal favourite. for this porjects you must pretend that you and a friend are taking a year long trip around the world with a budget of 24,000 euro. we did hit a bit of trouble though when we went to cairo only to spend nearly have our budget!!! (we did however manage to shorten that by almort 9000euro!!!!!! )
and then of course there is the bt yuong scientist and my homc project which ranks as my second favourite project. we must pick an era, ( e.g 1920s, 40s, 1750s, etc) and make a garment based on that era. the base of the outfit is a white t shirt and trousers, which convientilly enoungh, has been given to us for free. ( what with the reccession and all !!)
bottom line....so far ty....AMAZING!!! wouldn't want to miss it for the world xx