Half Term

Half term this week! Saturday, I played football in Lampton Park with several others from HWEC as well as a few I hadn't met before. Played for about an hour nd a half and ultimately lost, but it was a close game as I recall.

Sunday, went round to lunch at the Wells' house. Hadn't seen them in a longtime and it was nice to see how they are getting on.

Monday and Tuesday were spent relaxing, tidting my room and thinking about the ever looming homework and coursework, which I will eventually have to tackle. That is, in theory what I will be doing today.

Bank Holiday Again!

Well, another bank holiday weekend, this time followed by a week's half term holiday!!

Friday evening, went ice-skating with the HWEC crew. Was good fun and I was starting to get the hang of it towards the end. Managed to pick up a nasty blister though... must wear extra pair of socks!

Spent Saturday morning attempting to contact my employer for work experience with no success. Realised later that they probably aren't open on a Saturday anyway... Spent the evening round the Lodge's house, which Nigel was looking after in their absence. We watched "The New World", a film based on the Disney production of Pocohontus, set in colonial America. Sounds half decsent but the film itself was s.l..o..w... and only had one real action scene, a fight between the natives and the British settlers.

Sunday evening, with no school to look forward to the following morning, was spent round the Lodge's again, this time singing :)

Monday, another bank holiday! We took a trip to Hyde Park in London to meet up with young people from churches around the area to play games, socialise and chill out, followed up by a pleasant meal at an Italian resturant nearby. A busy weekend by my standards left me quite tired with the satisfaction of knowing there was no school the next day!

Cup Final

Spent yesterday watching the FA Cup Final, the competition which unfortunately Manchester United had been eliminated from by one of the finalists, Liverpool who had also succeeded in defeating Premiership champions Chelsea along the way. Their opponents were West Ham, a relatively small club compared with the likes of Liverpool and definite under-dog going into the final. So it came as quite a surprise when Liverpool found themselves 2-0 down after 30 minutes! I must admit, I was surprised. Liverpool grabbed a goal back before half time and it looked set for a thrilling second half. The 90 minutes ended at 3-3 with Liverpool having just saved themselves with a stunning strike from Steven Gerrard in the 90th minute. Extra time was relatively dull with both sets of players struggling to stay on their feet after such a lively game. So it went to penalties... Not long after, Liverpool were celebrating another cup win but West Ham certainly put up a good fight and I thought they were unfortunate not to win.

Anyway, after the excitement of the football, I went for a walk around Runneymede with the usual lot from Hounslow and Hayes. It was nice to get some fresh air and enjoy the company of the others. There was a slight scare when someone got lost on the return to the carpark, but all ended well and we ended the evening at Dave's house.

Wednesday!

Ah Wednesday. Wednesdays are great for me as far as school is concerned. I have easy lessons and we get to finish at 1pm. Don't ask why, think it's meant to be study leave or something for years 10 and above.

Today, I was in danger of losing my free afternoon, having picked up a detention yesterday. Fortunately, she let me off when I handed it in and I spent an hour playing football with some mates in the local park instead.

Looks like summer's finally here too as I disocvered, walking home in the blistering heat. Apparently tommorow's gonna be even hotter!

Bank Holiday

Well today was bank holiday. I went with my mum, my sister and some friends to Oxford, the home of Oxford University. We walked around the shops for a bit, before taking a detour along the canal.

We stopped for lunch at Pizza Hut before setting off again, taking pictures of the various colleges along the way. A nice way to spend a day and the sun was shining as well.

Now I need to finish off some coursework and homework in time for school tomorrow :(

A stroll in the park

As the weather was good, I met up with Gerald, David, Sarah etc. for an evening at black park. We had a kickaround with a football, ate strawberries , walked around and of course, no trip would be complete without a visit to the adventure playground!

We left the park at around 8pm (when the car park closes) and headed round to Sarah's to chill out and play games.

Not a bad evening :)

Mostly Hobbes

Mostly Hobbes You are 30% Calvin and 70% Hobbes

You've got elements of both Calvin and Hobbes, but over all, your sensible side wins out over your wild streak, and you tend toward the tiger. As the picture below indicates, the head is the first place that people usually turn to the darkside (i.e. Calvin): symptoms include irresponsible behavior and crazy ideas. You're liable to both. But beneath that you have a heart, a sensitive side, and this more often than not carries the day.

My test tracked 2 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 14% on calvin You scored higher than 70% on hobbes

Link: The Calvin Or Hobbes Test written by gwendolynbooks on Ok Cupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

Nooooo!

Woke up this morning, looking forward to following Manchester United v Chelsea in the hope that we might get something out of the game and prevent Chelsea from being crowned premiership champions for the second time in a row, at least for another week.

Unfortunately, it wasn't to be. United were battered 3-0 by Chelsea, meaning Chelsea become one of the few teams to win consecutive premiership titles. One of those teams is Manchester United, who've managed it 4 times!

On top of that, Wayne Rooney went off injured towards the end of the second half. From what I heard, it sounded bad and could be damaging to England's World Cup hopes...

So far then, not a great day but at least the sun's shining. On that note, I'm going to go and have a kickaround.

New!

Hey, this is my new blog thingy. I've lost track of how many I've created but hopefully this one will survive a little longer... maybe...