Runaway Train

Sunday, January 3, 2010 @ 4:32 PM

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I realise that it's a bit late to blog for Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, and also for the events of December 2009, however i must because i have beena lazy crap and i acutally did try to blog in December except my comp crahsed in the middle and none of it was saved so i just decided, screw.
I also have to include my New Year Reso's and also my lookback at 2009 thus i warn you no-lifes out there (if you even exist) who read this that this is going to be a very long post and behold ....... ultimate guilt of wasting your time on it. HAHAHA. but i know that that won't be much of a problem as no one does read this stuff :P it's way too unknown.

Well i just wasted two paragraphs so i should make a start on the evens of December 2009. First the Economics assessment. UGH PLEASE NEVER BRING IT UP AGAIN, but seeing as thats impossible as i would recieve teh results of it on teh very first day of the term i shall once again be reminded of MY FAILURE thus i shall rant about it now. Who knew it woudl be so long?! AND THE QUESTIONS WERE EASY, SO WHY WAS IT THAT I HAD A MIND BLANK AND HAD TO MAKE UP CRAP INSTEAD. WHEN I REMEMBERED IT 5 MINUTES AFTER PENS DOWN. really, my brain hates me. but enough on that- i can't remember much of it anymore after the holidays. not that i want to remember it. i dont know how i'm going to get my goal ATAR when teh average of the first year 12 assessment ever is 66%. and i do not think that i am likely to surpass the average by many miles. which sucks. but nevertheless it is over and right after that i left for Melbourne (: to play volleyball of course.

If anyone is even bothered to look back in my archives you'll find the post that i wrote after i came back form Melbourne in 2008. and that the results weren't particularly flashy. Though that did teach me a few lessons. i still hold my grudge against Billanook, Loxton and all those pooed up teams out there. BUT we never got to verse this year UNFORTUNATELY because we would hve smahsed them (: of course. *cough*
However, WE DID COME 2ND IN OUR DIVISION. THAT IS U/17'S DIVISION 1. THAT'S RIGHT SILVER MEDLAISTS WE ARE. AND THANK GOD FOR THAT AFTER ALL THE EFFORT INTO CAR WASHING, CAR VACUUMING AND ALSO PARENT BEGGING. AND PRINCIPAL BEGGING AT THAT. I guess it was worth it, after all we technically are

National Champions runners up

And now to do a review/report. There were only 6 teams in our division this year, a big change from last years 16 teams. However that doens't mean that we had easy wins. We played a double round robin and for those who do not what that is , it's a round robin ( where we play every team) except double ( so we play them twice). during the first round robin we won every game - Mandurah, Willunga, Heathfield 1, Heathfield 2, Kew. although we beat 4/5of those teams in 2 sets wihotut much trouble Willunga did prove to be a bit of a bummer. We did beat them in the 3rd set however it was tough. During the game with Heathfield 2 i sprained my ankle ( this was the 2nd day) and spraining it is kind of an underestimate. i was blocking and when i landed i stepped on either Vicky's foot or the person on teh otehr teams and then rolled my ankle. after that i collapsed and couldn't get up using that ankle. Although i thought it seemed pretty minor first up, it proved to be a bitch. It swelled up and it was full red and it hurt like crap every time i put my weight on it. i did play on it the next day after it was strapped up until it became numb. it hurt. like crap. D:

Anyway, moving away from my self pity *cough, during the 2nd round robin, the teams came back stronger. We lost to Heathfield 2 and also to Willunga. However i do want to comment that we lost to both those teams on teh same day and that the fault was on us, and not them. Also, the game against Kew was also a lot more heated than the first. Neverthe less, winning 8/10 games during the double round robin placed us First in the draw, closely followed by Willunga, alsowinning 8/10 however only trailing by a few points. And then came the final. We did lose to Willunga in the final but i guess it was a good game. We didn't fail and we played our best yet we still lost thus i am still proud to come 2nd. Contrary to if we lost and we played like crap then i would beat myself in.

About Willunga. The team itself was ordinary but what made it a winning team was a single player also by the name Steph. She was a GIANT. she was like a whole head and a half taller than me. Hit like a tank. and stood like one too. T___T compared to our team which are a bunch of little asians ( except for Maggie of course) and we looked very unintimidating (except for Maggie and Erin of course) compared to her. But still. a very tall freak of nature o_o

And now a final review on our team. As a captain, i am very proud of my team and i daresay that i haven't seen my team this co-ordinated since our early year 7 days of volleyball. It was great and it's miraculous what a little bit of communication and the push back of our previous grudges can do on a volleyball court. And of course it paid. Our training paid off and especially wiht that bit of communication, excelled greatly :P and to think we lost to muirfield twice in gradesport! (haha, i must've been drunk). Muirfield played u/16s div 2 - THEY ARE COMPLETE WUSSES. PLAYING AT SUCH A LOW LEVEL and of course they came first. but what would be the point in such an easy earned gold medal?
I hope that our team, after 2009 Melbourne would be able to realise this POWER OF COMMUNICATION AND LACK OF GRUDGEDNESS and hopefully will be able to harness it and maintain it in teh future. IT WOULD DO OUR TEAM WONDERS (Y)
ALL IN ALL I'M SUPER SUPER SUPER HAPPY ABOUT THIS YEARS RESULTS! i completed my lasts years reso of bringing back BLINGBLING in the 2009 Melbourne. WE WIN!

Moving on, after a weekend back from melbourne it was our formal. in fact it was the very first time that i myself dressed up formally. also teh first time i've seen everyone dressed up. AND IT WAS SO COOL! because everyone was so beautiful :D The long-awaited formal turned out to be pretty cool, the music was good, courtesy an old man DJ *shifty* and also just the hyped up ness of staying up late. for me at least. :P sadly because of my injured ankle, i couldnt' dance much T__T it hurt too much but i guess in that sense i'm glad i had ane xcuse not to dance beacuse when you dance next to Jen it's impossible not to look unko. ;) GO JEN!
so i mainly just sat around drinking :D and taking pictures of course. too bad i'm so lazy to post them but if you're really that interested they are on facebook. I GOT SPAMMED 143 EMAILS FROM FACEBOOK AFTER ONE NIGHT.
well to be honest, i really enjoyed the night :D especially seeinge veryone out of their uniforms and also a bit more BLINGY than mufti !
THANKYOU DANIEL FOR BEING SUCH AN AWESOME FORMAL DATE HAHAHAHA (Y)

Wow, my fingers are acutally pretty tired form typing allt his and i don't even know why i bother. but... I NOW AM QUALIFIED (by my dad) TO GET A DOG BECAUSE OF MY REPORT AND MY AWARDS HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA I'M SO HAPPPYy!!!!! I WANT A JAPANESE SPITZ AND FOR ALL YOU LAZY PPL OUR THERE JUST GOOGLE IT BECAUSE IT'S TEH CUTEST THING EVAR AND I AM GOING TO GET ONE AND THEN THAT WOULD BE THE CUTEST THING EVAR BECAUSE IT'S MINE. :D i love caps spam!
i've wanted a dog my whole life D: no kidding. i want to name it ShuShu :D and dont' ask me why i want to name it that or wha exactly does it mean, because i don't know. i just decided that everytime my mum would want the dog away form her and she says SHOO SHOO it'll come even closer
BWAHAHAHHAHA (: i'm a nice girl. really.
well anyway, i guess that draws the review on 2009 to a close. and seirously i cbb typing up my new year reso's or a 2009 lookback T______T
so i shall leave that for another bored day of the holiday haha :P which will be quite soon i predict
but i promise, that i shall START STUDYING ECONOMICS THIS WEEK BECAUSE IT'S IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO FEEL LIKE CRAP WHEN YOU'RE FRIENDS WITH ECONERDFREAKS. hah. oh dear, China is so boring )=
OH AND I ALMOST FORGOT, I SHALL DO A REPORT ON MY HOLIDAY IN TASMANIA TOO, next time ;)

But still, I wish you all a Merry Late Christmas and Happy 3 days Late New Year ~!

CHEERS TO 2010!
Steph