Yup, brief blog to note down my wide range of prelim results:-
Art - A
Drama - B
English - B
Music - C
Geography...a D.
But hey, if it were the real things it'd get me into college!
Friday 29 February 2008
Saturday 23 February 2008
Bus queues
I was getting on the bus today, when an elderly woman decided she would barge in front of me. The bus wasn't very busy; if it had been, I would have offered for her to go on ahead of me, because I'm nice like that. However she just decided that because she was older than me and I was part of the 'youth of today', she therefore had the right to budge into the queue. I didn't say anything, just kind of glanced at the other OAPs who were rightly and patiently queueing. She had barged in front of them too, not just me.
The look she gave me wasn't particularly polite either. I was surprised she didn't start grumbling about the intolerance and inconvenience of 'kids these days' (although I'm sure inside she was).
So I consoled myself by thinking the following; "one day you might collapse, and I could be the only person in the vacinity who knows how to help you, so be nice to me."
Of course I wish nothing to happen to this wifie, who ever she is, but it makes me feel better in some way that one day it could be me arriving in an ambulance to help either her (although she might be dead before then anyway) or her daughter, grandchildren, etc, and then she would regret being so rude.
Not all youth these days are trouble makers.
I wish some people would realise that, especially certain members of the elder generations.
The look she gave me wasn't particularly polite either. I was surprised she didn't start grumbling about the intolerance and inconvenience of 'kids these days' (although I'm sure inside she was).
So I consoled myself by thinking the following; "one day you might collapse, and I could be the only person in the vacinity who knows how to help you, so be nice to me."
Of course I wish nothing to happen to this wifie, who ever she is, but it makes me feel better in some way that one day it could be me arriving in an ambulance to help either her (although she might be dead before then anyway) or her daughter, grandchildren, etc, and then she would regret being so rude.
Not all youth these days are trouble makers.
I wish some people would realise that, especially certain members of the elder generations.
Sunday 17 February 2008
This Long Weekend...
The best long weekend ever, as far as I'm concerned. It's been brilliant, for the following reasons:
1) Boyfriend came up ^-^
2) Received good news about place on college course
3) Had a Red Cross duty.
Ok, so firstly my boyfriend came up (from now on I may refer to him as an international man of mystery, hehe) for Valentine's day. Someone actually travelled 550 miles to see me...why I'm not sure, but I was very chuffed to see him. The fact that he had a dozen red roses and a gift bag of extra wee prezzies didn't affect this fact...well, it helped, hehe. But in all seriousness, it was fantastic to see him again, and it was a pleasant surprise, especially when I thought Valentine's day was going to be pretty...normal. I've just spent the past three days with him, and this morning, until he had to leave to head back down south. Now it's put me on quite a downer, but I'll recover from it at some point. Anyway, a great big thank you to him, for putting up with me (and taking me out for my tea ^-^).
Secondly, to make Valentine's day even better, I went to see the woman in charge of the HNC Health Care course I'm wanting to do down at the college. Not only was it brief (therefore more time spent with mr I.M.M) but she said I had a place, as long as I was able to pass two highers at at least 'C' level. I can do better than that; I can pass five highers at at least 'C' Level, well, maybe four, seeing as music doesn't seem to be going too well at the mo. Ok, so it's a conditional, but hey, I'm confident, and this means that I'll be one step closer to becoming a nurse, therefore one step closer to progressing to become a paramedic. Woo!
Finally, I had a Red Cross duty today, covering a half-marathon from Kinloss to Lossiemouth. Despite the fact that I.M.M left this morning, and it was a brief good bye, the duty somehow lifted my spirits slightly. It was a good laugh, and all went well. We had a grand total of two casualties - both with blisters of considerably large sizes - and who had to deal with them? My partner in crime (she'll know who she is, if she ever reads this) and me. I left the lovely job of dealing with feet to her, while I rummaged in the bags to get the right stuff for the job, namely sterile pads and tape. There was a distinct lack of Compeed though...
I now owe her one, and so I promise the next time feet come into it, and we're paired up together, I'll deal with it. Yay.
Anyhoo, its quite late, and I'm quite tired. In fact, I may just fall asleep on the computer tonight. I guess that's what three late nights - with busy days in between - in a row do to you. Of course, it's still long weekend tomorrow. This means a lie in. Oh yes...
Good night.
1) Boyfriend came up ^-^
2) Received good news about place on college course
3) Had a Red Cross duty.
Ok, so firstly my boyfriend came up (from now on I may refer to him as an international man of mystery, hehe) for Valentine's day. Someone actually travelled 550 miles to see me...why I'm not sure, but I was very chuffed to see him. The fact that he had a dozen red roses and a gift bag of extra wee prezzies didn't affect this fact...well, it helped, hehe. But in all seriousness, it was fantastic to see him again, and it was a pleasant surprise, especially when I thought Valentine's day was going to be pretty...normal. I've just spent the past three days with him, and this morning, until he had to leave to head back down south. Now it's put me on quite a downer, but I'll recover from it at some point. Anyway, a great big thank you to him, for putting up with me (and taking me out for my tea ^-^).
Secondly, to make Valentine's day even better, I went to see the woman in charge of the HNC Health Care course I'm wanting to do down at the college. Not only was it brief (therefore more time spent with mr I.M.M) but she said I had a place, as long as I was able to pass two highers at at least 'C' level. I can do better than that; I can pass five highers at at least 'C' Level, well, maybe four, seeing as music doesn't seem to be going too well at the mo. Ok, so it's a conditional, but hey, I'm confident, and this means that I'll be one step closer to becoming a nurse, therefore one step closer to progressing to become a paramedic. Woo!
Finally, I had a Red Cross duty today, covering a half-marathon from Kinloss to Lossiemouth. Despite the fact that I.M.M left this morning, and it was a brief good bye, the duty somehow lifted my spirits slightly. It was a good laugh, and all went well. We had a grand total of two casualties - both with blisters of considerably large sizes - and who had to deal with them? My partner in crime (she'll know who she is, if she ever reads this) and me. I left the lovely job of dealing with feet to her, while I rummaged in the bags to get the right stuff for the job, namely sterile pads and tape. There was a distinct lack of Compeed though...
I now owe her one, and so I promise the next time feet come into it, and we're paired up together, I'll deal with it. Yay.
Anyhoo, its quite late, and I'm quite tired. In fact, I may just fall asleep on the computer tonight. I guess that's what three late nights - with busy days in between - in a row do to you. Of course, it's still long weekend tomorrow. This means a lie in. Oh yes...
Good night.
Friday 1 February 2008
Little Update of what's been going on...
Well, it's the first of February, for those who didn't realise, and it's snowing! What a momentous occasion; snow, falling in Elgin, and actually lying too! Usually Elgin misses it, as though we're protected by some invisible force field that repels all snow, but today it must have broken down, because it's snowing now! Ok, no doubt it'll be gone by morning, but for the moment it looks pretty, falling in big flakes to the ground through the night sky...
Of course, the sudden mini blizzard that sweapt through Elgin this lunchtime didn't stop the drama prelim from happening, as me and a mate found out. Walking from the bus station to school almost became a small epic journey of sorts, as we fought against the bitter wind and driving snow. When we got inside, at last, we looked remotely like a pair of snowmen, well, snow-women, or a couple of eskimos; I'll leave that for the people who saw us to decide on.
But the drama exam went surprisingly well. It wasn't too stressful, and strangely enough I didn't feel too under pressure. There were moments, but on the whole, I think it was quite successful. Now I'll get crap results, just wait and see.
Along with the snow and drama exams today, I got a new pair of specs. Oh yes, they are pretty cool too. They have designer frames which change colour depending on the way the light hits them. *Oooooo!* I hear you say! Well, rightly so, they are fancy.
And whilst at the opticians I ended up having a rather interesting discussion with two of the staff about what a rewarding and worth-while job being a paramedic would be, which I totally agreed with.
Had Red Cross last tuesday too, as I do every tuesday. This week we were told about extreme changes in body temperature, you know, like hypothermia and hyperthermia. Add in the rather grueling pictures of frost bite victims and it becomes quite interesting. However we had to cut the night short, because the talk didn't take up the whole two hours, unsurpringly, and we had nothing else lined up to do, although we were threatened with extra CPR training for the last 45mins or so. Yes, its a valuable bit of training, but there's only so much you can do with CPR on mannequins before it becomes...less exciting...
No duties signed up for either, as of yet.
However, I have heard that I got a place at the Manchester National Assembly, where loads of Red Cross members from all over the nation - funnily enough - are meeting and doing...something, I'm not quite sure what. I think it's just a chance to meet new people and learn more about what the Red Cross does, nationally and internationally. So it should be a good experience, which I'm looking forward to.
(I did get this letter a while back, but I havent mentioned it yet so I thought I would do now, just while I was on the Red Cross topic.)
So all I have left to look forward to right now is a music exam on monday - which I know I'll do horribly in because my revision for it is verging on none - and then a week for alternating study periods of art and geography. Sounds like fun, doesn't it?
But the thing that keeps me going is knowing that soon it'll all be over, and then I'll have free time, to do whatever I want and not be bogged down by revision textbooks cluttering my desk and sleepless nights worrying about what I still need to look over before my next exam which happens to be the next day. No, I'll be able to attend more RC duties and events, have nights spent chilling and watching dvds or reading a good book, or surfing the web to my heart's content, or, more importantly, spend warm, cosy evenings with my boyfriend (next time he comes up from bonnie England).
Until May, when the exams start all over again.
*^-^*
Of course, the sudden mini blizzard that sweapt through Elgin this lunchtime didn't stop the drama prelim from happening, as me and a mate found out. Walking from the bus station to school almost became a small epic journey of sorts, as we fought against the bitter wind and driving snow. When we got inside, at last, we looked remotely like a pair of snowmen, well, snow-women, or a couple of eskimos; I'll leave that for the people who saw us to decide on.
But the drama exam went surprisingly well. It wasn't too stressful, and strangely enough I didn't feel too under pressure. There were moments, but on the whole, I think it was quite successful. Now I'll get crap results, just wait and see.
Along with the snow and drama exams today, I got a new pair of specs. Oh yes, they are pretty cool too. They have designer frames which change colour depending on the way the light hits them. *Oooooo!* I hear you say! Well, rightly so, they are fancy.
And whilst at the opticians I ended up having a rather interesting discussion with two of the staff about what a rewarding and worth-while job being a paramedic would be, which I totally agreed with.
Had Red Cross last tuesday too, as I do every tuesday. This week we were told about extreme changes in body temperature, you know, like hypothermia and hyperthermia. Add in the rather grueling pictures of frost bite victims and it becomes quite interesting. However we had to cut the night short, because the talk didn't take up the whole two hours, unsurpringly, and we had nothing else lined up to do, although we were threatened with extra CPR training for the last 45mins or so. Yes, its a valuable bit of training, but there's only so much you can do with CPR on mannequins before it becomes...less exciting...
No duties signed up for either, as of yet.
However, I have heard that I got a place at the Manchester National Assembly, where loads of Red Cross members from all over the nation - funnily enough - are meeting and doing...something, I'm not quite sure what. I think it's just a chance to meet new people and learn more about what the Red Cross does, nationally and internationally. So it should be a good experience, which I'm looking forward to.
(I did get this letter a while back, but I havent mentioned it yet so I thought I would do now, just while I was on the Red Cross topic.)
So all I have left to look forward to right now is a music exam on monday - which I know I'll do horribly in because my revision for it is verging on none - and then a week for alternating study periods of art and geography. Sounds like fun, doesn't it?
But the thing that keeps me going is knowing that soon it'll all be over, and then I'll have free time, to do whatever I want and not be bogged down by revision textbooks cluttering my desk and sleepless nights worrying about what I still need to look over before my next exam which happens to be the next day. No, I'll be able to attend more RC duties and events, have nights spent chilling and watching dvds or reading a good book, or surfing the web to my heart's content, or, more importantly, spend warm, cosy evenings with my boyfriend (next time he comes up from bonnie England).
Until May, when the exams start all over again.
*^-^*
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