Wednesday 1 August 2012

Sorry for my absence

I feel like i should say sorry for being away for so long but the thing is i kinda lost inspiration, lost something to write about, and i didn't want to write just for the sake of writing like i was so i decided to stop for a while and get my head back together :)

In My Generation

I was on the Internet and found this poem and i thought it was so amazing that i needed to find a way to share it with others. Its called 'In My Generation'-

"They read in the papers and hear on the air
Of stealing and killing and crime everywhere
They sigh and say as they notice the trend,
'This young generation, when will it end? '
But can they be sure that it's our fault alone,
That apart of the problem they should claim as their own?
Are they less guilty who place in our way,
Objects and subjects that lead us astray?
Too much hating, not enough love
Maybe we should give peace a little shove
Too much money and too much idle time
Too many movies of passion and crime
Too many books not fit to be read
Too much evil in what we hear said
Too many children encouraged to roam
Too many parents who never stay home
We don't make the movies or publish the books
We don't paint mean pictures of gangstas and crooks
Drugs and alcohol, they trouble our brain
They're done by older folk who are greedy for gain
Delinquent teenagers, oh how you condemn
The sins of a nation and you blame it on them
By the laws of the blameless, the savior made known~
Who shall cast the first stone?
For in so many cases
It's sad but it's true
The title DELINQUENT fits older folk too"


Once again i DO NOT own this, here is a link to the writers website
http://emo-fever.com/

Sunday 15 July 2012

Home Sweet Home

I had an amazing time in Marrakech and now i am back and hoping i will actually have some more interesting things that i will able to post about but we are quite busy getting back  into normal life so it may be a while

Monday 2 July 2012

Goodbye for a bit

Im going to Marrakech for 10 days, and im not taking my phone, and i wont have internet so i thought you should know i wont be posting for a bit, but i will fill you in when i get home :)

Wednesday 27 June 2012

Exam are over

Finally i have finished my last exam today, so now i have total freedom. I have two days of induction where i get to see what school will be like at A-level...and get given loads of homework. Plus im getting my hair cut tomorrow so im really excited for that.

Tuesday 19 June 2012

The Sims 3 Legacy Challenge

Recently I have been considering completing the Sims 3 legacy challenge. I have already got my first heir and have moved her into her new home, the question is if i can keep up the game for 10 generations without using cheats.

Well i was considering that if i could do this first generation, i will start recording them in a blog, of course including the first generation, so lets see how i go with the Spencer Legacy..

Saturday 9 June 2012

Finishing Touches

Now i have finished school i have decided to make a change and use my time off to do the things i have wanted to for a while.

I have started with only little changes, i finally have my dream catcher above my head whilst i sleep, and i made a huge change to the side of my wardrobe, filling it with quotes that i love, and pictures of the people i love.



 All of the books that i have been meaning to read since Christmas are piled up ready, and i have taken up exercise hoping to become a healthier person.
Lets hope i can keep the change up ;)

Monday 4 June 2012

Royal Jubilee

I'm feeling really patriotic this weekend as we all celebrate 60 years of our Queen.

Well we have bunting around all of the windows, flags in the door and face paint. And best of all we are watching the Royal Jubilee Concert, watching some of our best singers and comedians commemorate her years.

Long live the Queen :D

Monday 28 May 2012

Goodbye Scrapbooks

My friend came up with this really cool idea that I think needs sharing.

It is the end of our compulsary education soon, and although I am part of a very close group of seven friends, we will all be going our seperate ways. One of my friends said we should all get plain books, decorate them and the take lots of photos to fill them up with, and all write a comment for eachother.

We also all said it would be cool if we all made eachother something small that we can stick in the books, so the artists will draw pictures and i will sit for three days trying to work out what i can make everyone.

I will make sure to put up the finished product as i love to share my friends talents :)

Thursday 24 May 2012

Pen pal

Recently I got a new pen pal from France, and I think it’s really cool that I can learn about another culture and communicate with someone who is very different from me, and also get the chance to help her to learn the English language.

So yeah I don’t know what the point of this is, accept that we have lost touch with some of the traditional things we have done in the past. In England, the villages are twinned with villages in France, and in the past schools would exchange student, so you would go to stay with a French family, and a French child would come to stay with your family. So yeah we should keep in touch with people from around the world in more traditional ways.

Wednesday 16 May 2012

Exams

Uhhhh these past few weeks i have been revising so much i have hardly been on the Internet at all, so I'm sorry i haven't blogged but i figured i would fill you in.

I have taken my music exam which I'm pretty sure i haven't done amazing on, i mean what is an Irish lament, and what does that have to do with a Scottish Gaelic song, i don't know?

I have also taken my R.E (religious education) exam and i think i have done okay on that.

I have only taken those two so far but that does still leave 11 to revise for, although I'm gonna try to make sure i have a bit of time to do the things i enjoy, like my blog.

Sunday 6 May 2012

The Avengers Assemble

This film is AMAZING! If given the chance to watch it GO!

For those of you who don't know what the film is about, a very basic plot would be that six superheros, Iron Man, The Hulk, Captain America, Thor, Black Widow and Hawkeye, come together and put aside their differences to help save the planet Earth.

Superhero lovers, like my friends who i went with, will adore this film and all of the little references it makes to original movies the hero's have starred in. Even if you haven't seen the original movies, the film has a great easy to follow plot, great action, and a few moments of really funny humour.

So yes i would defiantly recommend this film to anyone and everyone, its just one of those films.

Thursday 3 May 2012

Sorry Guys

Well this is my failure because due to exam pressure i haven't been on a computer for the past like 4 days which means i have missed the beginning of my answer a question everyday in May, so I'm going to delay it until after my exams because although i thought it would be easy to just log onto a computer and quickly answer a question, Ive found its not. So sorry for that and i will let you know when i move it to.

Sunday 29 April 2012

Jimmy Carr

Well I had a great time last night as I went to see the great comedian Jimmy Carr. We started with a late check in to the hotel,  which wasn't to good but then we went to dinner and i had an amazing salmon steak, followed by chocolate brownie.

I'm not gonna talk about the jokes he told in the show, as some of them really aren't appropriate, although one running joke that was funny is that everyone either confuses him with Alan Carr, or thinks he is related to him, and anyone who tried to comment on that got ripped to shreds.After the show he waited for like an hour signing things and talking to people, a sign of someone who hasn't let fame get to their head.

Me and my parents went clubbing once the show was finished, and lets just say we got back to the hotel at 3 in the morning. This means we didn't get up until 10 in the morning and after a very long traffic jam finally got home so i can get some sleep.

Tuesday 24 April 2012

Blog Everyday in May

Well I know traditionally it's blog everyday in April, but I only just came up with this idea so May it is.
Everyday for the next month starting next week, I'm going to have a different question which I answer, so if there is anything that you want to know, post the question as a comment on this blog and I will make sure I answer it one day.

Thursday 19 April 2012

Sorry Rant Time

Okay i was really going to try not to do this sort of thing on this blog but then i figured, whats the point in having a blog that non of your friends know about if you cant use it.

I'm sure i have mention my ex boyfriend in a couple of posts and I'm fine (I'm not really but I'm starting to get over it) with the fact he just ended our relationship for no reason, when in the beginning it was him that followed me around like a lost puppy.

Even when i saw on his twitter he is constantly moaning that girls always go for the jerk and never nice guys like him, (which always makes me laugh because looking back on our relationship he was a bit of a jerk, ignoring me in front of his friends and then being very loving when no one could see) well i just got over it because he wasn't interested in me anymore, clearly.

Then came the short relationships with a few girls that dont exactly have the best reputations in the school (lets just say they don't wait for love) which did bug me because why would a guy give up a proper relationship for that sort of thing, and then moan about the fact girls always go for the guys that use them (hypocrite?)

Well i could have lived with all of that if i didn't just go on twitter and see what I'm pretty sure is him flirting with one of my best friends. Well she doesn't seem very interested, but i think i would find that way to awkward. Uhhh i feel like such a bad person for getting jealous at that.

Wednesday 18 April 2012

Being good and Revising

In one month i have my final music exam, and I'm really bad at music so me and my friend have decided to spend this week revising and making a revision guide.

My problem with music isn't when it comes to playing the instrument (Keyboard), its the practical side which gets me 40% of a GCSE. 12 pieces of music you would never chooses to listen too, and we have to memories every musical point you can possibly make about it, and features of the time it came from for each of them!

Well anyway we both want to pass the class so we are soldiering on through the work one page of notes for each of them. Maybe i will pass the class, i cant imagine i will get my predicted A but hopefully i wont fail.

And i have just realised in 2 hours i have a keyboard lesson so I'm gonna go and learn how to play First Gymnopedie perfectly :/

Saturday 14 April 2012

College

Well i have been accepted into the college that I wanted to go to, as long as I get the grades that is. I guess its good news, im growing up, I have reached the point where im choosing to learn, year 12.

Also I get to stay with most of my best friends, and most of the people I dont like will leave to go to another college or to find work, and finally I get to wear my own clothes instead of uniform!

Plus because of the subjects I've chosen (Maths, Futher Maths, Physics and Economics) I will actually be doing work that i enjoy, no more P.E.

Just a few more months of exams and then college.

Tuesday 10 April 2012

First Follower

I guessed i should do a blog to honour the fact that someone is actually reading this blog so HI, thank you and make sure you give me feedback. :D

Also i thought i would talk a little about procrastination since i have had two weeks off school and have been doing it from the beginning. I was given about four hours worth of homework, and three of those were English, which i don't mind English but three hours of it!

So on my first day i told myself i would get all of my homework out of the way. What i actually managed was to design an exam timetable, organise all of my school work into subjects and to clean my room. Yes it sounds like a lot but when you think about what my actually goal for the day was, i did nothing.

Yesterday was the start of my second week off and it has taken until today to make a start on that homework, one hour down, three to go and i have a really busy week anyway, ohhh well.

Saturday 7 April 2012

Best Day Of My Life

A while ago i did a post on role models and asked you who you look up to, well i think its important to tell you that on Thursday i met one of my role models.

Alex Day is an amazing musician who writes his own music and plays and sings his own songs, and who most importantly is all about the fans and is the least materialistic person i have ever met. On Thursday he held a small gathering in Coventry, which i went to even though its nowhere near my home. He signed my CD, and i got a picture with both him and his cousin Danny Hooper, and both of them, the creators of a card game called Sopio, signed some of my cards.

It was an amazing day and i think it shows how amazing it can be to meet a role model, and make sure you are prepared so you can have things to remember it by.

The group in Coventry-


Monday 2 April 2012

Alex Day- Lady Godiva

I am part of something called the Nermie Army, a group of fans of the amazing Alex Day who are dedicated to watching his videos, and aim to get him into the charts.

His last album Forever Yours made it to number 4 in the UK charts, and our new project is his song Lady Godiva.

The song, which was released yesterday, currently sits at number 20, but at its best point yesterday was at number 14. A lot of people in the world are against are plan and feel that an unsigned artist shouldn't make it into the charts and that we cant do it again.

We want to show that Youtube is just as powerful as other parts of the media, and if you agree with our cause, listen to his song here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhRj_DaqCxQ&ob=av2e

If you like the song buy it and help us to show the world the power of the internet ;)

Monday 26 March 2012

Covert Channel Exploit in ICMP Packet!?

If your just looking for help and not a story, scroll to the bottom of the post :)

Well the last few days have been difficult. I tried to log into my Hotmail the other day but was told that my account had been blocked for sending spam, then an alert came up from my security telling me that a "covert channel exploit" had been detected. Well that was a worry, i got the feeling i had been hacked straight away.

After long conversations with my family and a lot of interrogating about what websites i have been going to, we decided it would be best to take the computer to an expert, but first my mum thought she would try googling the problem, which i thought was a total waste of time but i was in trouble and not about to argue.

Well here comes the morel, the Internet told my mum that this is a standard problem with our security, and that with a few simple steps we could solve the problem, and then we did. Whatever you do, if you find a problem with your computer, don't make the first thing you do to tell your parents all of the websites you have recently visited that you think might be dodgy, don't make your first idea to go and pay a lot of money when it may be something you can sort, and last but not last your mum is always right, listen to what she says.

P.S
If you are having a message like mine and have eset smart security 5 check this out http://forums.techarena.in/networking-security/1441425.htm
Or if you need anymore help comment on this blog and i will check

Wednesday 21 March 2012

Parents arguing?

Well i personally think that a kid should never have to listen to their parents arguing, trust me have listen to enough of these arguments and it can only ever upset a child so i have a few things to say about this topic:

  • Firstly, if you are a parent and you are reading this, take this from the perspective of a 16 year old girl who has listen to years of her parents screaming at each other, it isn't fair on your child and if your gonna argue do it away from them.

  • More importantly if you are a kid and your parents start to argue take some advice from me go into your room, close the door and play some music and text your friends because the last thing you want to do is listen to that. And if they ask you questions or guidance that they are in the right, please don't give your opinion because it only comes back to get you!

Saturday 17 March 2012

Retaliation- A bad idea

A few days ago one of my friends were having a huge rant on twitter about something. I text her to make sure she was okay and she said she was just getting a bit angry about something, and that she was sure she would be fine later on. I then went on twitter to find her next tweet said so now you care whats wrong. Obviously my first reaction was that she was lying and that i had done something to upset her and i was caught between tweeting a cryptic dig back or texting her to ask what i had done, and in the end i decided to do neither and just hope it blows over.

The next day i was in my lesson with her and she came over to me and said sorry about yesterday she didn't want to get into it on the phone, and then told me that she had fallen out with her dad.

So i guess the morel of the story is you shouldn't read something and make assumptions and jump to a conclusion, because you can be wrong and it can cause a problem if you are.

Friday 16 March 2012

Also...

Adding to my last thought, today it occurred to me how awkward it is for the boyfriend too, how he has to watch his parents wave at his ex girlfriend and say how much they used to like her knowing that either you broke her heart, or she broke yours. So sorry i didn't think of that sooner boys, promise I'm not sexist or something.

Thursday 15 March 2012

Why not to meet the parents

I'm not saying that you should never meet your boyfriends parents, in fact i think it can be a brilliant bonding experience, not necessarily the other way round as girls parents can be very protective but a boyfriends parents always seem to be welcoming to a girlfriend. The problem is when you break up.

I think if you are under twenty years old, its not likely that you will marry the guy and a break up will likely happen. When i first got together with my ex boyfriend i used to go to his house nearly all the time, and of course because of this i would see his parents a lot. They are really nice, i liked them straight away. Then his birthday came around and his dad asked me if i wanted to go out to dinner with them, and before that he would have a driving experience. I was really excited to spend time with them as part of the family, and whilst he was driving i spent two hours getting to know his parent. We talked about so much, and they even joked about getting him to but me an expensive birthday present. Afterwards we went out to dinner and the night ended very sweetly with him falling asleep on my shoulder.

Fast forward a month and he had broken up with me. The breakup was hard but I'm finally starting to get over him, the thing is his sister is a good friend of mine, so i still see his parents a lot, and every time they smile at me, and wave through the window of their car when they see me walking. Its really hard to respect the fact everything is over and then smile at his parents and listen to their stories.

Thursday 8 March 2012

Only Children A Blessing Or A Curse

I'm an only child myself but most of my friends have a sibling and a lot of the time they tell me how lucky i am and how spoilt only children are. If I'm honest i always felt the same way. As a child i would always tell my parents there was no way that i wanted them to have another kid, i totally wasn't interested. The idea of sharing annoyed me and in my head just like my friends said only children were so much luckier they got everything they wanted.

But as i got older i started to realise being an only child means you are the only one your parents can worry about, so whilst all of your friends are enjoying themselves going out shopping, i was sitting at home because my parents thought i was too young to be in the town centre without them. The thing is even through that i thought that the benefits outweighed the costs, i could still spend time with my friends and i still got everything i wanted.

Recently though i found the big downside, the one where i have started to realise that have a brother or sister isn't that bad. It makes you strong and it makes you appreciate what you have with them. Today my friend found out that her brother and his girlfriend are having a baby. Today she told me how excited she is that she is going to be an auntie and i realised that i never will be one. I can marry someone with brothers and sisters but i will never be a blood auntie.

Is being spoilt really worth the sacrifice of missing out on your family, of having those siblings that you can rely on when your grown up and needs someone to talk to, Ive decided probably not!

Tuesday 6 March 2012

Birthdays

Birthdays are such an interesting thing. In one day you become a year older, and people ask you things like 'do you feel any older?' and 'how does it feel to be __ now?' when really its one of the most illogical things to say because they are only a day older, and they become this much older every single day! Its kind of funny really that people make such a big deal about the day they were born every single year, and it also makes me laugh that so many things have a limit on them, so you cant do them until you are a certain age, even the day before.

It's just fascinating, in one day we age a year.

Wednesday 29 February 2012

Who do you look up to?


Everyone has a role model. They might not be famous or even well-known and you might not even think of them as a role model, but everyone has a person that they can look at and think “I wish I could be more like that”. Maybe it’s because they are cool, or friendly or you like their style, or maybe its deeper and on a more emotional level because you love their personality and what they stand for.

Well whoever it is, and for whatever reason their names was the one you thought of when you read this I think it is very important to know and understand that this person is your role model because when you’re having a bad day, and feel like you need a bit of cheering up, its your role model that you should look to for help and guidance. If your role model is an actor, watch them in their best movie, if they’re a singer listen to some of their music, if it’s a you tuber watch some of their videos, and if it’s a person you know go and talk to them. If you tell them about your bad day, it’s bound to feel much better soon because there is a reason that it’s that person who you look up to.

So let me know, who do you look up to?

Saturday 25 February 2012

Writing a Book


I think writing a book is one of those things that everyone attempts at some point in their life. Not necessarily in a serious way, a book that they plan to be published and be read by thousands of people, but just something that we do for ourselves, to help us to understand the strange little ideas that we have, and see if maybe it is something we could do.

I have found that writing is not really my strong point. I mean I do enjoy writing blogs, but I wouldn’t say it is something I’m great at, or have a natural talent for. When it comes to writing a book, when I was younger I tried many times, I wrote short stories and the beginnings of so many books, but I have never had the writer’s talent, or the motivation to get further than the third chapter.

It’s not that I can’t write anymore, it’s that I lose confidence in what I am writing, and as I read it back I find it’s no longer interesting me, so how can it interest a reader. When I read the first chapter back I include description and complicated plots and shocking twists, but I struggle to keep a story interesting, which is why I stick to short pieces of writing!

The point to this blog? I have found a book plot that I really like, and that I know could make a great book so I’m going to try and stick at it and see if I can produce something I’m proud of, and I’m not really sure how but I figured it’s a story that other people could find the morel of.

Monday 20 February 2012

My Heart

Here is a little piece of writing about my heart.

A few years ago we were so young, so happy,

Then I ended it all, something had changed,

A year later, just a few months ago,

I realised what, it was my heart.


Maybe I wasn’t ready, for what I felt,

Maybe I didn’t realise what I had,

But I let you go,

And I wanted you back.


So I watched for a while, tried to understand,

You were different to how I remembered,

But in some ways the same,

My heart had changed back.


Then the day came you told me you felt the same,

Our reunion was amazing, like no time had passed,

Only my feelings were stronger,

But yours had faded.


The whole time I could see that change in you,

You cared so much less,

Yet I still felt for you,

I was too scared to lose you.


Then the day came when you ended it all,

I understood your pain those two years ago,

My blood ran cold, my emotions gone,

I missed you already.


I sat around and watched you move on,

The pain stabbed my heart,

I couldn’t move on,

Maybe I could if I knew why.


Now I do my best for us to stay friends,

It’s hard to be around you,

But I can’t risk losing you,

Not completely.


Then my heart warms again from a very strange source,

Someone I wouldn’t have looked at twice before,

A flirt here and there,

And my heart starts to mend, again.


I know what I had before wasn’t love,

And neither is what I have now,

But it could be one day,

When I finally understand my heart.

Tuesday 14 February 2012

Valentine's Day


Today is the day to spend with the one you love, or at least the one you like. I’m sure not everyone has heard the story of Valentine, and I’m pretty sure you don’t want to but one thing I will say is it is the love story that was so powerful, people still honour it today.

So use today wisely, if there is someone you like, today is the day that you should tell them, it’s not too late. If you a guy, this is the day when most single girls wish they had a guy who was interested, and if you’re a girl, I’m pretty sure guys would want a date too!

So take a risk, it doesn’t have to be expensive, just give them a card to show them you care, maybe you might get a date!

Thursday 9 February 2012

Age is just a number!


In today’s world everyone takes age so seriously. Young kids are so quick to grow up. You find that all teenagers want to do is finish school and be adults, but the thing they don’t realise is they are too quick.

When I was about eleven years old all of my friends decided they were too grown up to play with dolls anymore, but the truth was I didn’t want to get rid of mine, I still enjoyed playing with them and unlike my friends I wasn’t in a rush to be grown up, but in the end I gave in and they now live up in the loft.

At that age you are still a kid and there is no need for that, today you see kids that age walking around wearing makeup, I hardly ever wear it now and I’m fifteen years old. At the rate children are moving at they will be acting like an adult at five!

But then we get to around fourteen years old, and we realise we are teenagers, and we have a long way to go until we are adults and the things we worry about just aren’t important anymore. Then you start to think about how much fun it would be to get those dolls out, or to watch the kids channel, or to go wild on a bouncy castle because at fifteen years old I’m still a kid, and although I don’t do those thing, I don’t pretend to be something I’m not, I still try to be my age!

Monday 6 February 2012

Friendship Groups


Most friendship groups contain the same groups of people; I’m not saying all groups are the same, but that if you look at your group you may be able to pick out these five different people. Not all groups need five people, as most people could fit into more than one of these categories.

The leader is the person in the group who is always part of the conversation. When they are talking everyone will listen, and they can often influence other members to do what they want. These are the people who are trusted with all of the secrets, and if they are a good person a group can work great together.

Most groups find they have an attention seeker. They aren’t all bad, but quite a few are. This person is the one who will over talk people if the conversation isn’t going their way, and sometimes even lie or put themselves in the middle of other people’s business in a bid to get some attention. What they do may be as little as just feeling the need to talk a lot, or as big as making up a story of something in their or others’ lives.

The peace makers work hard to make sure everyone gets on. Most groups will have at least a couple of people who often feel tension and it is the peacemaker who will often help resolve these issues and keep the peace. They are the nice calm people, and are normally really good friends with everyone in the group.

The crazy one is a great person to have in your group. They make all the jokes, pull in all of the laughs and are generally amazing people to be around. They may not make sense all of the time, but even when they don’t you can’t help but laugh.

The quiet one can hardly ever be heard talking. They may be shy and just sitting and listening, or they may have their iPod in and are on another planet, but either way they don’t say much, but the little things that they do say are always classic!

So look at your group and see if you can tell who is who!

Saturday 4 February 2012

Logic Vs Creativity


It’s very unusual for people to be both, some people are, although these people don’t normally specialise in both, they are just more of an all-round person, which means that although they understand most things, they can’t quite take one the extra mile.

You see there are logical people and they think in a special way. They can see one definite answer to most questions, and look for ways that they can solve something the same every time. Problem solving is easy because using their mind they can find the method they need to succeed. However, when they are trying to do something creative, they can’t let themselves go and really let their mind come up with something new and amazing, because they are looking for the perfect formula that will solve the problem.

Then we have the creative people. Every decision the come to in life they let their heart lead, and answer in a way that feels right to them. They are great when it comes to writing and painting, but when problem solving they struggle to focus and find the logical steps that is needed, and the solution.

Neither is better than the other, both have a special impact on society and I don’t think one could exist without the other. If the world had only creative thinkers, nothing would get done, everyone would be happy and chilled and surrounded by beauty, but there would be no inventions, or developments. If there were only logical people, then yes the world would be very well developed and they would know all about the wonders of the world, but they would have nothing to look forward to, no books to take them away from a hard day, no artwork to admire, no music to calm a bad mood.

Wednesday 1 February 2012

When life gives you lemons... Make orange juice!


Some people are so predictable. When things happen they take the easy option, do what they think they should do and I don’t think people should.

Some people are followers, when there is a new fashion trend they will take to it straight away, and the problem with this is everyone ends up looking the same, being the same acting the same. The thing about that is when someone does step up and decide they don’t want to be like everyone else, that they want to be different then they are frowned upon, seen as weird and labelled.

We also have the leaders. These are the people who normally start the trends that everyone follows, and they end up acting over the top because in their minds, they are popular. This means they almost have a control over their followers, and quite often as their popularity rises they become more and more harsh with people, and putting down people who don’t live up to their standards.

This is the world we now live in, and I really don’t think it is fair on anyone. You see the leaders normally get the confidence to do what they do from an experience in life that has shown them that they have to stand up for themselves, something really hard. The followers then lose their individuality as they try to fit in with everyone else and the people who don’t conform are picked on and often feel really bad and down.

I’m not saying it’s easy, I fit in with all of these groups, I don’t follow the big trend with everyone else in my school but I do work hard to make sure I fit in with the group of people I hang around with, even though I don’t need to because everyone in my group is part of the individual people who don’t conform. I have had a few knocks in my life so I don’t let people put me down, and when I need to I will stand up for myself, even when I know it is mean and wrong.

The big difference is the people I hang around with don’t have expectations, and neither do I, I may work hard to fit in, but I don’t need to, and if everyone was like this, then everyone could maybe be happy. When everyone else is following trends do the unexpected. When everyone else is making lemonade, you should make orange juice.

Monday 30 January 2012

Compromise


Sometimes in life we have to do things we don’t want to, but one thing we have to remember is not everything can benefit us all of the time. Sometimes when things go wrong and we have an argument with our friends we have to think that yes we are annoyed, and yes they have done something that has hurt us, but eventually we are going to have to forgive them, and if we can’t forgive them we are going to have to move on and find new friends. You might not want to lose your friend and you may feel like it’s hard to move on, but sometimes you have to accept when it’s not a proper friendship.

It’s the same when in a relationship. Sometimes when things go wrong and you have an argument you have to accept that you love them and that you are going to have to get past it, or you have to realise that things aren’t working out and you are going to have to end things, even if you are scared to, and if someone does the same thing to you, you have to accept that although things aren’t going your way, there isn’t anything you can do because you can’t force them to stay with you if they are unhappy. I’m not saying don’t fight for the one you love or try to work things out, but sometimes you have to accept that the person who means the most to you doesn’t feel the same, and it’s important to find someone who does

Finally there is family. When you have an argument with a family member you both have to respect each other and find a common ground, because unlike the other two, a friend or a life partner, you can’t choose your family. They are the people who are there for you when things go wrong with a friend or a partner, when you fall out with a friend, your family is there for you, when you break up with your first boyfriend, your parents are there for you, even when your forty years old and you break up with our husband, it’s your family who are there for you.

Remember you can’t always get your own way, and sometimes that’s the time when you show people you care about their feelings, when you compromise for them, and of course when things go wrong, your family is always there!