I present to you, the Top Moment of 2013...
No. 1: Perfect Sandwiches Podcaasts
We have been proud of so many things this year, and the Podcaast series is definitely one of them. With this being such a major development, I'm sure it's fair to say that we are all very happy with how it has turned out. I'm sure I speak on behalf of all the Sandwich Crew when I say that we are excited for the future :)
With that being said...
Righteo, bring on 2014!
Further reading:
Perfect Sandwiches Podcaasts label
Perfect Sandwiches YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6HHYrI6tNqXx0Wy0TpMfPQ
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Tuesday, 31 December 2013
Top 12 Moments of 2013: No. 2
The second best...
No. 2: Time to Assemble
It was arguably the biggest movie day that we had. A true Marvel Marathon, we watched 3 of the biggest hits, Iron Man, Thor and Avengers Assemble. Of course, everyone, apart from ANT, was dressed for the ocassion, the food department was over-flowing, and we couldn't have had a better time!
For all the details, check out the Avengers Assemble Movie Marathon Report :)
No. 2: Time to Assemble
It was arguably the biggest movie day that we had. A true Marvel Marathon, we watched 3 of the biggest hits, Iron Man, Thor and Avengers Assemble. Of course, everyone, apart from ANT, was dressed for the ocassion, the food department was over-flowing, and we couldn't have had a better time!
For all the details, check out the Avengers Assemble Movie Marathon Report :)
Top 12 Moments of 2013: No. 3
We've made it into the top 3...
No. 3: A tweet from Raven
It was such a fantastic honour and surprise to have the one and only Raven tweet us back! Truly a tweet to remember...
No. 3: A tweet from Raven
It was such a fantastic honour and surprise to have the one and only Raven tweet us back! Truly a tweet to remember...
Top 12 Moments of 2013: No. 4
No. 4: Egg Rolling
If this wasn't fun, then I don't know what is, frankly. I'm sure that this is a day that we shall remember and will aim to replicate in the years to come. From the legendary 'Marble Egg' to ANT's fearsome 'Ninja', there were some truly remarkable eggs. Some were so ridiculously strong that, in the end, it morphed from egg rolling to egg smashing. The stand-out moment has got to be when 'Marble Egg' was smashed.
To hear more about this memorable day, check out the Egg Rolling Report ;p
If this wasn't fun, then I don't know what is, frankly. I'm sure that this is a day that we shall remember and will aim to replicate in the years to come. From the legendary 'Marble Egg' to ANT's fearsome 'Ninja', there were some truly remarkable eggs. Some were so ridiculously strong that, in the end, it morphed from egg rolling to egg smashing. The stand-out moment has got to be when 'Marble Egg' was smashed.
To hear more about this memorable day, check out the Egg Rolling Report ;p
Top 12 Moments of 2013: No. 5
No. 5: The WelSHEEP's Lie
One lie in particular was a great let-down for ConscienceSarah and Master... But I'm sure the WelSHEEP will make up for it.
One lie in particular was a great let-down for ConscienceSarah and Master... But I'm sure the WelSHEEP will make up for it.
Top 12 Moments of 2013: No. 6
No. 6: Candy Crush Central
The game of the year is, without a doubt, Candy Crush. Most of us play it religiously, all being at varying levels, with Alexis currently on level 400+, and DisneyLoverMolly and Master catching up on level 100 and something. If we're not discussing/debating at lunchtime, we'll all be on Candy Crush, participating by either playing or spectating.
One thing that we have agreed on is that it is freaking addictive! In the latest edition of What's App-ening Wednesday, DisneyLoverMolly and ANT offer their opinions, why not take a look here ;)
The game of the year is, without a doubt, Candy Crush. Most of us play it religiously, all being at varying levels, with Alexis currently on level 400+, and DisneyLoverMolly and Master catching up on level 100 and something. If we're not discussing/debating at lunchtime, we'll all be on Candy Crush, participating by either playing or spectating.
One thing that we have agreed on is that it is freaking addictive! In the latest edition of What's App-ening Wednesday, DisneyLoverMolly and ANT offer their opinions, why not take a look here ;)
Perfect Sandwiches Podcaasts: New Year's Special 2013
Happy New Year, everyone! To celebrate, we had a
little bit of friendly competition in the form of a quiz, hosted by
Ruby. Afterwards, there was some discussion about this year and what the
next one has to offer...
Quiz taken from http://puzzles.about.com/od/
Music credits: http://incompetech.com/
Music:
Take a Chance http://incompetech.com/music/
Call to Adventure http://incompetech.com/music/
Image credits: Wicks
Video credits: Ruby and Wicks
Editing credits: Jen
PerfectSandwiches YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6HHYrI6tNqXx0Wy0TpMfPQ
Listen here:
Quiz taken from http://puzzles.about.com/od/
Music credits: http://incompetech.com/
Music:
Take a Chance http://incompetech.com/music/
Call to Adventure http://incompetech.com/music/
Image credits: Wicks
Video credits: Ruby and Wicks
Editing credits: Jen
PerfectSandwiches YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6HHYrI6tNqXx0Wy0TpMfPQ
Listen here:
Top 12 Moments of 2013: No. 7
No. 7: Hel or Hell?
A discussion that truly made us all think. Here, we compared the two underworlds...then the conversation morphed into a discussion about whether occupants have plots of land, or maybe the method of death could be an individual's superpower in the realm of the dead...
Further reading:
WNR 13/01/2013
WNR 28/04/2013
Exam Week 1: Day 5
A discussion that truly made us all think. Here, we compared the two underworlds...then the conversation morphed into a discussion about whether occupants have plots of land, or maybe the method of death could be an individual's superpower in the realm of the dead...
Further reading:
WNR 13/01/2013
WNR 28/04/2013
Exam Week 1: Day 5
Top 12 Moments of 2013: No. 8
No. 8: The Great Revision Quiz
With this year being one filled with exams, we found that there is no merrier way to revise than hosting a quiz via Skype with all the crew. There was much in terms of hilarity, for example, ArwaChihuahua's aircraft microphone, Wadz's sound board, and plenty of conversation spamming (including ANT's signature disco diva emoticon).
For full reports on our revision antics, check out the Great Revision Quiz label!
With this year being one filled with exams, we found that there is no merrier way to revise than hosting a quiz via Skype with all the crew. There was much in terms of hilarity, for example, ArwaChihuahua's aircraft microphone, Wadz's sound board, and plenty of conversation spamming (including ANT's signature disco diva emoticon).
For full reports on our revision antics, check out the Great Revision Quiz label!
Top 12 Moments of 2013: No. 9
No. 9: Selfie with the Most Insignificant Object Contest
It's clear to us all that ANT and Master are two incredibly competitive people. Naturally, when they both got Snapchat, they embraced the opportunity to compete in terms of selfies. The entries have been most impressive, ranging from selfies with toilet roll, shower heads, kitchen appliances, door mats, towels and TV remotes.
Further reading:
WNR 01/12/2013
WNR 08/12/2013
It's clear to us all that ANT and Master are two incredibly competitive people. Naturally, when they both got Snapchat, they embraced the opportunity to compete in terms of selfies. The entries have been most impressive, ranging from selfies with toilet roll, shower heads, kitchen appliances, door mats, towels and TV remotes.
Further reading:
WNR 01/12/2013
WNR 08/12/2013
Top 12 Moments of 2013: No. 10
No. 10: #TooMuchMaths
Ever since the beginning of the academic year, this has become a common expression. We've all converted and #TooMuchMaths has become the one and only name we call the subject that was previously 'Maths'.
Ever since the beginning of the academic year, this has become a common expression. We've all converted and #TooMuchMaths has become the one and only name we call the subject that was previously 'Maths'.
Top 12 Moments of 2013: No. 11
No. 11: Promotion prospects
It was in ANT and Master's final German lesson, when they were going through the glossary in the back of the textbook, that they stumbled upon this gem of an expression. The German translation is aufstiegsmöglichkeiten. At first, it seemed like there was no chance that we would ever come across this term ever again in our lives, however it came as a surprise when it popped up in Master's BUSINESS lesson. Here's the photographic proof:
Click for the original DeutschDonnerstag post!
It was in ANT and Master's final German lesson, when they were going through the glossary in the back of the textbook, that they stumbled upon this gem of an expression. The German translation is aufstiegsmöglichkeiten. At first, it seemed like there was no chance that we would ever come across this term ever again in our lives, however it came as a surprise when it popped up in Master's BUSINESS lesson. Here's the photographic proof:
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| Taken from Master's BUSINESS notes |
Click for the original DeutschDonnerstag post!
Top 12 Moments of 2013: No. 12
Welcome to this year's Top 12 Moments count-down, where we look back at some of the funniest, craziest, and most awesome moments of 2013. First up...
No. 12: An Abundance of Griswalds
Ever since the beginning of the year, when we watched 'The Raven' at Wicks' birthday gathering, it's been brought to our attention that the name 'Griswald' isn't all that uncommon. Ever since then, the name has managed to crop up on multiple ocassions throughout the year.
To read more about the origins of the event: WNR 27/01/2013
No. 12: An Abundance of Griswalds
Ever since the beginning of the year, when we watched 'The Raven' at Wicks' birthday gathering, it's been brought to our attention that the name 'Griswald' isn't all that uncommon. Ever since then, the name has managed to crop up on multiple ocassions throughout the year.
To read more about the origins of the event: WNR 27/01/2013
Twelve Days of Cwismas: Day 6
On the sixth day of Cwismas, the Gerbils sent to me...
Six Raven profiles,Five Writing Clubs,
Four quit sheets,
Three Stats puns,
Two head brace pranks, and
A Marvel Movie Event!
Monday, 30 December 2013
Who remembers the Top Moments schedule?
As you may or may not know, tomorrow we will reminisce some of the top moments of the past year. It's exactly the same procedure as last year. If you're still a little confused you can check out the schedule from last year by clicking here :)
Catchya tomorrow!
Catchya tomorrow!
Twelve Days of Cwismas: Day 5
On the fifth day of Cwismas, the Gerbils sent to me...
Five Writing Clubs,Four quit sheets,
Three Stats puns,
Two head brace pranks, and
A Marvel Movie Event!
Sunday, 29 December 2013
Weekly News Round-Up #46: 22/12/2013
Hello, and how exciting it is that it is now the end of term! Let's recap our last week...
On Monday, we taunted ConscienceSarah by calling her 'gran' as she often seems to have an older mind.
This has been an incredibly significant week as we've finally decided that no more salt-related jokes shall be made about ANT. It is officially the end of the salt era.
In our study lesson, ConscienceSarah and Master got a little carried away with hashtags... #trust #falsehood #saltassualt #cwc #t12mo13 #quailquarrels
Make what you will out of it...
During Form time, we did some carol singing. It must be noted that ANT was especially enthusiastic and was truly belting out those Christmas tunes. Also, it became apparent, during 'The 12 Days of Christmas' that Master is incapable of counting backwards from 12. Oh dear.
On Wednesday, ANT and Master had their Annual Game of
Squares. As you may or may not know, this has become somewhat of a
tradition and the year is just incomplete without it. Take a look at how
the game went:
A - ANT - Black pen
J - Master - Blue pen
Surprisingly, ANT and Master both won once each with the same score! This was completely coincidental (it would have been very difficult to stage such a complex and strategic game).
Afterwards, we had a game of Pictionary (but without the board, so it was basically 'Guess the Drawing') with DisneyLoverMolly and ConscienceSarah. Take a look at how that went:
Wednesday was also an incredibly special as Ruby, Wicks, ArwaChihuahua, ANT and Master got their Sports Leaders certificates and badges. It was pretty official as they came in a 'Do not bend' envelope and everything. Despite this, ANT took her certificate, folded it thrice and then put it in her bag.
Lunchtime was most eventful, with chocolate mints, hiding said mints, then making towers with boxes, bottles and also the previously mentioned mints. This surely shows that chocolate mints are the most versatile type of confectionery.
Other lunchtime activities included creating a square button out of a pasta pot and a plastic box. It made a most satifactory pop when pressed down. This sparked a new game, imaginatively named 'The Button', where players aim to press the Button without another player pressing it at the same time. Players press the button one after another in quick succession. It's sort of like that game where a group of people aim to count to 10 without more than 1 person talking at the same time. #funtimes ;p
We truly had one game after another that lunchtime. Afterwards, we took a coffee lid and had a pinball-esque game, swiping the lid from one end of the table to the other. This turned into a doubles match with Cap. and ANT vs. Wicks/ArwaChihuahua and Master. It got intense.
Whilst all of that was going on, ConscienceSarah was playing Candy Crush. She observed that it's a pretty blunt game, in all honesty, as it just says 'you failed' when you don't manage to complete a level. Well, it's not gonna sugar-coat it for you... #puntastic
On Friday, we had a jolly good time exchanging presents and eating. I, for one, was running on sugar pretty much for the whole day (but managed not to be too hyper as the harmonica-playing was sorta draining). We ended the term with a game of Blind Man's Bluff, ConscienceSarah doing a bit of tap dancing and then walking down a make-shift catwalk. Of course, when it got down to the last 10 minutes, everyone was on Candy Crush...typical.
Until next time, have a good holiday season ;p
On Monday, we taunted ConscienceSarah by calling her 'gran' as she often seems to have an older mind.
This has been an incredibly significant week as we've finally decided that no more salt-related jokes shall be made about ANT. It is officially the end of the salt era.
In our study lesson, ConscienceSarah and Master got a little carried away with hashtags... #trust #falsehood #saltassualt #cwc #t12mo13 #quailquarrels
Make what you will out of it...
During Form time, we did some carol singing. It must be noted that ANT was especially enthusiastic and was truly belting out those Christmas tunes. Also, it became apparent, during 'The 12 Days of Christmas' that Master is incapable of counting backwards from 12. Oh dear.
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| Squares 2013 - ANT vs. Master |
A - ANT - Black pen
J - Master - Blue pen
Surprisingly, ANT and Master both won once each with the same score! This was completely coincidental (it would have been very difficult to stage such a complex and strategic game).
Afterwards, we had a game of Pictionary (but without the board, so it was basically 'Guess the Drawing') with DisneyLoverMolly and ConscienceSarah. Take a look at how that went:
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| Guess the Drawing |
Wednesday was also an incredibly special as Ruby, Wicks, ArwaChihuahua, ANT and Master got their Sports Leaders certificates and badges. It was pretty official as they came in a 'Do not bend' envelope and everything. Despite this, ANT took her certificate, folded it thrice and then put it in her bag.
Lunchtime was most eventful, with chocolate mints, hiding said mints, then making towers with boxes, bottles and also the previously mentioned mints. This surely shows that chocolate mints are the most versatile type of confectionery.
Other lunchtime activities included creating a square button out of a pasta pot and a plastic box. It made a most satifactory pop when pressed down. This sparked a new game, imaginatively named 'The Button', where players aim to press the Button without another player pressing it at the same time. Players press the button one after another in quick succession. It's sort of like that game where a group of people aim to count to 10 without more than 1 person talking at the same time. #funtimes ;p
We truly had one game after another that lunchtime. Afterwards, we took a coffee lid and had a pinball-esque game, swiping the lid from one end of the table to the other. This turned into a doubles match with Cap. and ANT vs. Wicks/ArwaChihuahua and Master. It got intense.
Whilst all of that was going on, ConscienceSarah was playing Candy Crush. She observed that it's a pretty blunt game, in all honesty, as it just says 'you failed' when you don't manage to complete a level. Well, it's not gonna sugar-coat it for you... #puntastic
On Friday, we had a jolly good time exchanging presents and eating. I, for one, was running on sugar pretty much for the whole day (but managed not to be too hyper as the harmonica-playing was sorta draining). We ended the term with a game of Blind Man's Bluff, ConscienceSarah doing a bit of tap dancing and then walking down a make-shift catwalk. Of course, when it got down to the last 10 minutes, everyone was on Candy Crush...typical.
Until next time, have a good holiday season ;p
Twelve Days of Cwismas: Day 4
On the fourth day of Cwismas, the Gerbils sent to me...
Four quit sheets,Three Stats puns,
Two head brace pranks, and
A Marvel Movie Event!
Saturday, 28 December 2013
Twelve Days of Cwismas: Day 3
On the third day of Cwismas, the Gerbils sent to me...
Three Stats puns,Two head brace pranks, and
A Marvel Movie Event!
Friday, 27 December 2013
Twelve Days of Cwismas: Day 2
On the second day of Cwismas, the Gerbils sent to me...
Two head brace pranks, andA Marvel Movie Event!
Thursday, 26 December 2013
Twelve Days of Cwismas: Day 1
On the first day of Cwismas, the Gerbils sent to me...
A Marvel Movie Event!
Wednesday, 25 December 2013
What's App-ening Wednesday? #8: Candy Crush
Hello and welcome to a very special edition of What's App-ening Wednesday! Hope you're all having a fantastic holiday :)
Today, we have not one, but two reviewers, who will be providing their opinions on the incredibly popular game, Candy Crush.
http://www.royalgames.com/games/puzzle-games/candy-crush/
DisneyLoverMolly:
So, Candy Crush. Do yourself a favour and close this right now unless you want your life to be dominated by a frustrating and highly addictive game. Otherwise, continue at your own risk.
What can I say...it's fantastic. Not particularly original, and in the beginning seemingly simple. All you have to do is match a group of three of the same candies to meet the target. And then once you're hooked, just when you think you're actually pretty good at this game, they throw in all kinds of quite frankly evil obstacles. Never in my life have I hated chocolate so much. That's when your life starts to crumble...it's 3am and you're hunched over your iPod with scratchy eyes, getting more and more agitated and desperateto burst all the jellies or get those taunting hazelnuts to the bottom.
So, if you feel the need for a new addiction or a game that will knock ten years off your life, then by all means download Candy Crush. Don't say I didn't warn you.
ANT:
I'm going to make this quick because, quite frankly, I have neither the time nor the enthusiasm to be writing for the blog when Candy Crush is calling.
If you're thinking of downloading the app, don't. Sure, it's all fun and games at first...just a quick game of Candy Crush, 5 minutes tops, right? No. Take it from someone who spends their days visualising multiple Candy Crush combinations in their mind, watching the timer in distress when there are no lives left...Candy Crush is not quick, it's is not simple and it is most certainly not fun.
I suffer from what I like to call 'Candy Syndrome'. You may think I'm making this up for comedic effect but you're wrong, it is in fact a scientifically proven medical condition. It causes its victims'eyes to literally turn into the cookie candy. Nothing matters but the overwhelming rush of emotion after crushing that last candy to complete a level. Nothing. The disease is slowly taking over the population, one by one. Soon it will control every single living being, causing infinite spirals of despair to occur across the globe. We will be hooked for eternity.
We're talking about a game that even ConscienceSarah fails to ignore. I saw her just the other day, showing a small interest in DisneyLoverMolly's level in the study room. Her eyes began to morph into cookie candies right before me...soon she will join us. In 5 years time, I daresay, she'll be rocking in the corner of her room with the lights out, clutching her list of failed exams, wondering where it all went wrong.
Nothing is achieved from playing this game other than addiction, failure and disappointment.
Let this be a warning to you.
Today, we have not one, but two reviewers, who will be providing their opinions on the incredibly popular game, Candy Crush.
http://www.royalgames.com/games/puzzle-games/candy-crush/
DisneyLoverMolly:
So, Candy Crush. Do yourself a favour and close this right now unless you want your life to be dominated by a frustrating and highly addictive game. Otherwise, continue at your own risk.
What can I say...it's fantastic. Not particularly original, and in the beginning seemingly simple. All you have to do is match a group of three of the same candies to meet the target. And then once you're hooked, just when you think you're actually pretty good at this game, they throw in all kinds of quite frankly evil obstacles. Never in my life have I hated chocolate so much. That's when your life starts to crumble...it's 3am and you're hunched over your iPod with scratchy eyes, getting more and more agitated and desperateto burst all the jellies or get those taunting hazelnuts to the bottom.
So, if you feel the need for a new addiction or a game that will knock ten years off your life, then by all means download Candy Crush. Don't say I didn't warn you.
ANT:
I'm going to make this quick because, quite frankly, I have neither the time nor the enthusiasm to be writing for the blog when Candy Crush is calling.
If you're thinking of downloading the app, don't. Sure, it's all fun and games at first...just a quick game of Candy Crush, 5 minutes tops, right? No. Take it from someone who spends their days visualising multiple Candy Crush combinations in their mind, watching the timer in distress when there are no lives left...Candy Crush is not quick, it's is not simple and it is most certainly not fun.
I suffer from what I like to call 'Candy Syndrome'. You may think I'm making this up for comedic effect but you're wrong, it is in fact a scientifically proven medical condition. It causes its victims'eyes to literally turn into the cookie candy. Nothing matters but the overwhelming rush of emotion after crushing that last candy to complete a level. Nothing. The disease is slowly taking over the population, one by one. Soon it will control every single living being, causing infinite spirals of despair to occur across the globe. We will be hooked for eternity.
We're talking about a game that even ConscienceSarah fails to ignore. I saw her just the other day, showing a small interest in DisneyLoverMolly's level in the study room. Her eyes began to morph into cookie candies right before me...soon she will join us. In 5 years time, I daresay, she'll be rocking in the corner of her room with the lights out, clutching her list of failed exams, wondering where it all went wrong.
Nothing is achieved from playing this game other than addiction, failure and disappointment.
Let this be a warning to you.
Quote Advent Calendar: Day 25
"The sound of power!"
- A.T.
Story behind quote:
We must acknowledge that the CatMole has incredible badminton skillz. Here, the sound that is made when he hits the shuttlecock is tremendously described by ANT.
- A.T.
Story behind quote:
We must acknowledge that the CatMole has incredible badminton skillz. Here, the sound that is made when he hits the shuttlecock is tremendously described by ANT.
Tuesday, 24 December 2013
Quote Advent Calendar: Day 24
ANT: wasnt aswa the one that asked for half 7?
Jen: yeah! exactly
ANT: *sigh*
Wicks: yeah... goddammit aswa!
ANT: *sinks into a hole*
Wicks: :D
Jen: ant i'm lol-ing at ur comments
Wicks: come on guys!!!!
ANT: *Contemplates life*
Wicks: *goes back to reading Thor fanfic*
ANT: *looks into Quantum mechanics*
ANT: *cooks dinner*
ANT: *finds a cure for cancer*
Jen: *sends a selfie to ant*
ANT: *receives selfie from jen*
Wicks: *gets jealous of ant and jen's selfies*
ANT: *encourages wicks to join snapchat*
Wicks: i'm doing it!
Jen: *thinks to self 'lol snapchat'*
ANT: *sends selfie to Jen*
Jen: *receives selfie from ant*
Wicks: *installs Snapchat*
Jen: *thinks 'who the heck is on ant's tv?'*
ANT: *wonders why Jen doesn't know who Bradley Walsh is*
Jen: *thinks to self 'should i know who this bradley walsh
is?'*
ANT: *demands that you watch every episode of 'the chase'
next week so that you are fully aware of Bradley Walsh *
Jen: *thinks about watching 'the chase'*
Jen: *lols at the thought of what this conversation has
become*
Wicks: oh lord...
ANT: *sinks into a hole, contemplates life all over again*
Wicks: i'm having trouble adding people...
Jen: ive added u, i think
Wicks: yay
Jen: finally, aswas here!
Wicks: shall we just get going?
Jen: ok
Wicks: i have nothing to take a picture of... :(
Jen: what about a selfie?
Wicks: *rolls eyes*
Jen: that’s what ant and i have been doing
Jen: its the 'who can get a selfie with the most
insignificant object' contest
ANT: be so uncreative that it’s creative
ANT: i sent u one, wicks, to test that it works
Jen: *loling at ants comment*
Jen: *lols at ant's hoover selfie*
ANT: *realises that ruby is still not here, sinks into a
hole etc. etc.*
ANT: *challenges you to find a more insignificant object*
ANT: *realises that a hoover is kind of significant*
ANT: *questions sanity*
Jen: *thinks 'this is blog material'*
ANT: *thinks about how proud i am of my latest selfie*
- A.T. H.W. J.C.Story behind quote:
When waiting for the other Crew members to arrive on Skype, to record material for the Podcaast, ANT, Wicks and Master got a little bored. The result of this is the conversation that sits before you.
Monday, 23 December 2013
Quote Advent Calendar: Day 23
"Go for it. Go mental!"
- A.T.
Story behind quote:
Even though she is often blunt, ANT is always one to go all out when it comes to encouraging people to eat cake. Here, she fully supports Ruby's decision of having another slice :)
- A.T.
Story behind quote:
Even though she is often blunt, ANT is always one to go all out when it comes to encouraging people to eat cake. Here, she fully supports Ruby's decision of having another slice :)
Sunday, 22 December 2013
Weekly News Round-Up #45: 15/12/2013
It's been a relatively quiet week...apart from a few things that went on here and there...
We kicked off the week by holding our first ever board meeting. Attendance was borderline poor at 40%, with only Wicks and Master present. They went on to imagine what typical meeting would be like... ANT would be on Tiny Tower, Wicks would be sleeping or hammering away at the table or, alternatively, being hammered by ArwaChihuahua, who could also help with hammering at the table. Meanwhile, Ruby would just roll her eyes... Overall, it was a productive afternoon, where we came out with plenty of new ideas for the future.
No week is complete without us trying to annoy Alexis. The aim, on a particular lunchtime, was to throw a penny into Alexis' custard. Many penny coins were involved, including a few from Triangle, who was unwilling to participate and part with his pennies. Eventually, The Appalling One achieved the goal, however Alexis just threw the custard and the penny into the bin altogether.
In the middle of the week, we did a Christmas quiz as part of Enrichment. This required us to work in groups of up to 3, so we had Wicks, Ruby and ArwaChihuahua in a group, ConscienceSarah and DisneyLoverMolly in a pair, and Cap., ANT and Master in a group. We'll be looking at the progress of the last group mentioned.
One of the tasks was to design a Christmas jumper, however the trio decided to go the extra mile and create a whole line of knitted clothing items. This included some interesting trousers, socks, jumpers (of course) and also a Christmas pudding inspired balaclava.
Here's another question from the quiz: 'Why was the poult sad?' To this, Master was inspired by ANT and concocted this answer: 'It won't see its family this Christmas because it'll be roasting in a furnace of death.' Oh dear.
The final question was, suitably, 'What is the real meaning of Christmas?' Originally, ANT's answer was going to be something along the lines of 'There is no real meaning as it is a commercial holiday developed by the government in order to make a larger profit, so they get higher bonuses.' In the end, we decided to play it safe and went with 'n/a'.
[Please note, we did not intend to offend anyone. It was just meant to be a bit of fun.]
We ended the week with a Stats lesson, where ConscienceSarah drew a fantastic owl. Then she taunted Master with a little tune that Master just couldn't put her finger on, at the time. At the end of the lesson, Master shared the problem, to which one of the Stats Dudes immediately identified as Darth Vader's theme tune from Star Wars.
Until next week, have a good one ;)
We kicked off the week by holding our first ever board meeting. Attendance was borderline poor at 40%, with only Wicks and Master present. They went on to imagine what typical meeting would be like... ANT would be on Tiny Tower, Wicks would be sleeping or hammering away at the table or, alternatively, being hammered by ArwaChihuahua, who could also help with hammering at the table. Meanwhile, Ruby would just roll her eyes... Overall, it was a productive afternoon, where we came out with plenty of new ideas for the future.
No week is complete without us trying to annoy Alexis. The aim, on a particular lunchtime, was to throw a penny into Alexis' custard. Many penny coins were involved, including a few from Triangle, who was unwilling to participate and part with his pennies. Eventually, The Appalling One achieved the goal, however Alexis just threw the custard and the penny into the bin altogether.
In the middle of the week, we did a Christmas quiz as part of Enrichment. This required us to work in groups of up to 3, so we had Wicks, Ruby and ArwaChihuahua in a group, ConscienceSarah and DisneyLoverMolly in a pair, and Cap., ANT and Master in a group. We'll be looking at the progress of the last group mentioned.
One of the tasks was to design a Christmas jumper, however the trio decided to go the extra mile and create a whole line of knitted clothing items. This included some interesting trousers, socks, jumpers (of course) and also a Christmas pudding inspired balaclava.
Here's another question from the quiz: 'Why was the poult sad?' To this, Master was inspired by ANT and concocted this answer: 'It won't see its family this Christmas because it'll be roasting in a furnace of death.' Oh dear.
The final question was, suitably, 'What is the real meaning of Christmas?' Originally, ANT's answer was going to be something along the lines of 'There is no real meaning as it is a commercial holiday developed by the government in order to make a larger profit, so they get higher bonuses.' In the end, we decided to play it safe and went with 'n/a'.
[Please note, we did not intend to offend anyone. It was just meant to be a bit of fun.]
We ended the week with a Stats lesson, where ConscienceSarah drew a fantastic owl. Then she taunted Master with a little tune that Master just couldn't put her finger on, at the time. At the end of the lesson, Master shared the problem, to which one of the Stats Dudes immediately identified as Darth Vader's theme tune from Star Wars.
Until next week, have a good one ;)
Quote Advent Calendar: Day 22
"By day you can see my shadow, and by night you can hear my call, and you will know that the spirit of Raven travels with you."
- Raven Magazine
Story behind quote:
A truly beautiful quote that Wicks and ArwaChihuahua found in a previous edition of Raven Magazine.
- Raven Magazine
Story behind quote:
A truly beautiful quote that Wicks and ArwaChihuahua found in a previous edition of Raven Magazine.
Saturday, 21 December 2013
Quote Advent Calendar: Day 21
"Yule love it!"
- S.A.
Story behind quote:
It happened that there was an overload of Yule logs this week. Of course, this prompted ConscienceSarah to come up with a fantastic pun... ;p
Happy Yule, one and all!
- S.A.
Story behind quote:
It happened that there was an overload of Yule logs this week. Of course, this prompted ConscienceSarah to come up with a fantastic pun... ;p
Happy Yule, one and all!
Friday, 20 December 2013
Perfect Sandwiches Christmas Special
Merry Christmas, everyone! In this edition of the podcaast, we answer 10
Christmas (or 'Cwismas', as Jen likes to say) questions, whilst ANT
gets distracted by Santa for a little while...
Music credits: http://incompetech.com/
Music: Up on a Housetop http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?collection=004&page=0
Image credits: ANT
Video credits: Ruby and Wicks
Editing credits: Jen
PerfectSandwiches YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6HHYrI6tNqXx0Wy0TpMfPQ
Take a listen:
Music credits: http://incompetech.com/
Music: Up on a Housetop http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?collection=004&page=0
Image credits: ANT
Video credits: Ruby and Wicks
Editing credits: Jen
PerfectSandwiches YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6HHYrI6tNqXx0Wy0TpMfPQ
Take a listen:
Quote Advent Calendar: Day 20
"If ANT was a sound, she would be the sound that you'd make if you dropped something that you wanted to eat. Just disappointment."
- H.W.
Story behind quote:
Wicks couldn't have been more accurate when she said this about ANT...ingenious.
- H.W.
Story behind quote:
Wicks couldn't have been more accurate when she said this about ANT...ingenious.
Thursday, 19 December 2013
Quote Advent Calendar: Day 19
"It's not a night club. It's a write club."
- M.B.
Story behind quote:
ConscienceSarah and Master were discussing what it'd be like if we went out clubbing one night. We then went on to talk about how Creative Writing Club is more our type of club. Here, DisneyLoverMolly sums it up brilliantly ;p
- M.B.
Story behind quote:
ConscienceSarah and Master were discussing what it'd be like if we went out clubbing one night. We then went on to talk about how Creative Writing Club is more our type of club. Here, DisneyLoverMolly sums it up brilliantly ;p
Wednesday, 18 December 2013
Quote Advent Calendar: Day 18
DisneyLoverMolly: How's the full on head brace???
Master: I'm slowly adjusting, it's still a little awkward going to sleep in it, but they say it'll get better
DisneyLoverMolly: Oh good, I'm glad its going ok, just think in a few years you will have the best chocolate factory in the world
Master: Yes! It'll all be worth it!
DisneyLoverMolly: Hahaha! So did you get them off, man?
Master: Yeah! It wasn't actually me that got the head brace. ANT went to the orthodontist on the same day... ;)
DisneyLoverMolly: Oh wow, is she...happy about it?
Master: Oh of course... as happy as can be
DisneyLoverMolly: Do I need to...brace...myself for this
Master: Hahaha! Yes, yes you do
- M.B. J.C.
Story behind quote:
For future reference, ANT never had a head brace.
Master: I'm slowly adjusting, it's still a little awkward going to sleep in it, but they say it'll get better
DisneyLoverMolly: Oh good, I'm glad its going ok, just think in a few years you will have the best chocolate factory in the world
Master: Yes! It'll all be worth it!
DisneyLoverMolly: Hahaha! So did you get them off, man?
Master: Yeah! It wasn't actually me that got the head brace. ANT went to the orthodontist on the same day... ;)
DisneyLoverMolly: Oh wow, is she...happy about it?
Master: Oh of course... as happy as can be
DisneyLoverMolly: Do I need to...brace...myself for this
Master: Hahaha! Yes, yes you do
- M.B. J.C.
Story behind quote:
For future reference, ANT never had a head brace.
Tuesday, 17 December 2013
Quote Advent Calendar: Day 17
"Ha! That looks appetising."
- A.T.
Story behind quote:
ANT comments on Master's cereal bar that is more or less bird feed stuck together with syrup.
- A.T.
Story behind quote:
ANT comments on Master's cereal bar that is more or less bird feed stuck together with syrup.
Monday, 16 December 2013
Quote Advent Calendar: Day 16
"A presentation on coal production. It's really as exciting as it sounds."
- A.T.
Story behind quote:
ANT's opinion of her Geography presentation.
- A.T.
Story behind quote:
ANT's opinion of her Geography presentation.
Sunday, 15 December 2013
Quote Advent Calendar: Day 15
"This smells of an hour's work."
- A.T.
Story behind quote:
ANT can apparently tell, from the smell, how long it'll take her to do her work...
- A.T.
Story behind quote:
ANT can apparently tell, from the smell, how long it'll take her to do her work...
Weekly News Round-Up #44: 08/12/2013
Yo wassup peeps? Apologies from the depths of my heart for not updating WNR, we've all managed to acquire new jobs, which we'll talk about a little later...
First of all, the week started on a most joyous note as Wicks was reunited with her Thor cape (the curtains). Happy days!
On Tuesday, ArwaChihuahua, ConscienceSarah, Cap. and Master helped out at the Academy's open evening. ArwaChihuahua and Cap. were trying to 'sell' Chemistry and Biology, however it became apparent that not many people were interested in the Chemistry leaflet. This prompted the duo to slip Chemistry leaflets inside Biology ones... #tactics
Meanwhile, ConscienceSarah and Master were all for Team Maths. There was quite a split reaction to the subject as some parents were eager whereas others weren't so much. At one point, Master offered a leaflet to a parent, however the reply was something along the lines of 'No thanks, my kid's only got ten fingers!'
As many of you will know, this week has been dedicated to numbers, as Tuesday was the NSPCC's Number Day. This prompted an Interhouse competition on Wednesday. Of course, it was typical that Wicks and Master got dragged into participating. The challenge was called 'Get in Shape', where each house had a team of people. The name of a shape would be displayed on the screen and participants would have to work together to create that shape in a set time. Our team was very much floor-orientated, but at the end of the day we came second! We'll take that ;p
Also in the name of Number Week, we had a non-uniform day on Friday. The theme was numbers and maths, naturally. Unsurprisingly, ANT put as much effort into her outfit as usual. None whatsoever.
Friday was also a day full of study periods for The Beckster, ANT and Master. Apart from the fact that they hardly had any work to do. ANT had to leave herself 2 questions and a heck-load of stapling to do in the second study period.
When it came to breaktime, ANT and Master had a little debate about the neck accessory that Master was sporting. Master claimed that it was an infinity scarf, The Beckster called it a snood, whilst ANT surprised us all by pronouncing it as 'schnud' (?)... We think she means a snood [another Evascene/Evanscene moment]. ANT claimed that she didn't see the point of snoods, however, at lunchtime, ConscienceSarah and Master were sitting next to eachother, where ConscienceSarah's scarf was struggling to stay around her neck, whilst Master had no such problems. It was essentially a snood advert.
We also had some chocolate coins at break. It was all fun and games until Master accidentally chewed on some foil after forgetting to remove it from both sides. All was fine in the end.
By the time it got to the second study lesson, ANT decided that she would draw a nice Christmas picture. Originally, her idea was to juxtapose joy and horror, however decided against it in the end. The unfinished illustration featured a Christmas tree, a reindeer, a sleigh and Santa. There were also multiple radiators in the drawing, one of which was incredibly close to the tree. This prompted Master to bring up a concern about health and safety as it would be a fire hazard to have fairy lights, a tree and excessive heat together. This lead to ANT drawing in a fire alarm right above the tree in order to silence these issues that she believed to be ridiculous in a work of fiction. The other radiator came about as ANT accidentally raised the floor line, therefore this was the only way for a quick fix.
Even though she claims that this drawing is non-realistic, ANT did get a little flustered when she took a step back and thought that the sleigh was too big, therefore it would be unreasonable even for the magical reindeer to pull...
Update on the 'Selfie with the Most Insignificant Object' Contest: New selfies include #polishbottleselfie, #showerheadselfie, #towelrackselfie and #remotecontrolselfie (complete with cranberry juice).
Update on new projects: So, Creative Writing Club Round-Up is now being updated every Friday by ConscienceSarah over on the Book Blog. If you haven't checked it out, I'd highly recommend it :)
Also, we've been doing a fair amount of recording for the new podcaast series (yes, we're going to continue spelling it as 'podcaast'). There will be plenty of new material coming soon in the next few days. We'll alert y'all when it premieres ;)
Until next week, have a good one ;p
First of all, the week started on a most joyous note as Wicks was reunited with her Thor cape (the curtains). Happy days!
On Tuesday, ArwaChihuahua, ConscienceSarah, Cap. and Master helped out at the Academy's open evening. ArwaChihuahua and Cap. were trying to 'sell' Chemistry and Biology, however it became apparent that not many people were interested in the Chemistry leaflet. This prompted the duo to slip Chemistry leaflets inside Biology ones... #tactics
Meanwhile, ConscienceSarah and Master were all for Team Maths. There was quite a split reaction to the subject as some parents were eager whereas others weren't so much. At one point, Master offered a leaflet to a parent, however the reply was something along the lines of 'No thanks, my kid's only got ten fingers!'
As many of you will know, this week has been dedicated to numbers, as Tuesday was the NSPCC's Number Day. This prompted an Interhouse competition on Wednesday. Of course, it was typical that Wicks and Master got dragged into participating. The challenge was called 'Get in Shape', where each house had a team of people. The name of a shape would be displayed on the screen and participants would have to work together to create that shape in a set time. Our team was very much floor-orientated, but at the end of the day we came second! We'll take that ;p
Also in the name of Number Week, we had a non-uniform day on Friday. The theme was numbers and maths, naturally. Unsurprisingly, ANT put as much effort into her outfit as usual. None whatsoever.
Friday was also a day full of study periods for The Beckster, ANT and Master. Apart from the fact that they hardly had any work to do. ANT had to leave herself 2 questions and a heck-load of stapling to do in the second study period.
When it came to breaktime, ANT and Master had a little debate about the neck accessory that Master was sporting. Master claimed that it was an infinity scarf, The Beckster called it a snood, whilst ANT surprised us all by pronouncing it as 'schnud' (?)... We think she means a snood [another Evascene/Evanscene moment]. ANT claimed that she didn't see the point of snoods, however, at lunchtime, ConscienceSarah and Master were sitting next to eachother, where ConscienceSarah's scarf was struggling to stay around her neck, whilst Master had no such problems. It was essentially a snood advert.
We also had some chocolate coins at break. It was all fun and games until Master accidentally chewed on some foil after forgetting to remove it from both sides. All was fine in the end.
By the time it got to the second study lesson, ANT decided that she would draw a nice Christmas picture. Originally, her idea was to juxtapose joy and horror, however decided against it in the end. The unfinished illustration featured a Christmas tree, a reindeer, a sleigh and Santa. There were also multiple radiators in the drawing, one of which was incredibly close to the tree. This prompted Master to bring up a concern about health and safety as it would be a fire hazard to have fairy lights, a tree and excessive heat together. This lead to ANT drawing in a fire alarm right above the tree in order to silence these issues that she believed to be ridiculous in a work of fiction. The other radiator came about as ANT accidentally raised the floor line, therefore this was the only way for a quick fix.
Even though she claims that this drawing is non-realistic, ANT did get a little flustered when she took a step back and thought that the sleigh was too big, therefore it would be unreasonable even for the magical reindeer to pull...
Update on the 'Selfie with the Most Insignificant Object' Contest: New selfies include #polishbottleselfie, #showerheadselfie, #towelrackselfie and #remotecontrolselfie (complete with cranberry juice).
Update on new projects: So, Creative Writing Club Round-Up is now being updated every Friday by ConscienceSarah over on the Book Blog. If you haven't checked it out, I'd highly recommend it :)
Also, we've been doing a fair amount of recording for the new podcaast series (yes, we're going to continue spelling it as 'podcaast'). There will be plenty of new material coming soon in the next few days. We'll alert y'all when it premieres ;)
Until next week, have a good one ;p
Saturday, 14 December 2013
Quote Advent Calendar: Day 14
"It tastes of health."
- A.T.
Story behind quote:
ANT on raw broccoli.
- A.T.
Story behind quote:
ANT on raw broccoli.
Friday, 13 December 2013
The Podcaast Plan
Hello peeps!
So, after hearing the pilot episode, you're probably wondering 'what happens next?' Well, Wicks has a little message for y'all...
Music credits: http://incompetech.com/music/
Music used:
Work is Work
Image credits: Simon Wicks
Video credits: Ruby & Simon Wicks
Editing credits: Jen
PerfectSandwiches YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6HHYrI6tNqXx0Wy0TpMfPQ
Listen here:
So, after hearing the pilot episode, you're probably wondering 'what happens next?' Well, Wicks has a little message for y'all...
Music credits: http://incompetech.com/music/
Music used:
Work is Work
Image credits: Simon Wicks
Video credits: Ruby & Simon Wicks
Editing credits: Jen
PerfectSandwiches YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6HHYrI6tNqXx0Wy0TpMfPQ
Listen here:
Quote Advent Calendar: Day 13
"I didn't think I would like learning about plants, but now I want to be an ecologist!"
- Anonymous
Story behind quote:
At the Academy's open evening, ArwaChihuahua and Cap. just couldn't take this inspirational quote seriously.
- Anonymous
Story behind quote:
At the Academy's open evening, ArwaChihuahua and Cap. just couldn't take this inspirational quote seriously.
Thursday, 12 December 2013
Quote Advent Calendar: Day 12
"It's alright in small doses."
- A.T.
Story behind quote:
ANT's opinion on History.
- A.T.
Story behind quote:
ANT's opinion on History.
Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Find us on Twitter! @SandwichCrew
We've just gotten a Twitter account, where we'll be posting little updates on what we're doing!
Find us at: https://twitter.com/SandwichCrew
Find us at: https://twitter.com/SandwichCrew
The Pilot Episode is here!
The Pilot Episode of the Perfect Sandwiches Podcaast Series is here!
In this episode, we struggled with the intro and had a little chat about some random events.
Music credits: http://incompetech.com/music/
Music used:
Whiskey on the Mississippi
Hustle
Golly Gee
Work is Work
Image credits: Simon Wicks
Video credits: Ruby & Simon Wicks
Editing credits: Jen
PerfectSandwiches YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6HHYrI6tNqXx0Wy0TpMfPQ
Listen here:
In this episode, we struggled with the intro and had a little chat about some random events.
Music credits: http://incompetech.com/music/
Music used:
Whiskey on the Mississippi
Hustle
Golly Gee
Work is Work
Image credits: Simon Wicks
Video credits: Ruby & Simon Wicks
Editing credits: Jen
PerfectSandwiches YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6HHYrI6tNqXx0Wy0TpMfPQ
Listen here:
Thank you for 20,000 views!
Thank you all for your endless support towards this blog!
I hope you continue to enjoy reading these posts :)
I hope you continue to enjoy reading these posts :)
Quote Advent Calendar: Day 11
"They're not real men...they might defy the odds!"
- S.A.
Story behind quote:
In Stats, ConscienceSarah and Master encountered a particular problem that involved the probability of a sample of men becoming ill. Master was rather concerned for these people, but thankfully ConscienceSarah pulled the conversation back to reality.
- S.A.
Story behind quote:
In Stats, ConscienceSarah and Master encountered a particular problem that involved the probability of a sample of men becoming ill. Master was rather concerned for these people, but thankfully ConscienceSarah pulled the conversation back to reality.
Tuesday, 10 December 2013
Special Announcement... the launch of the Perfect Sandwiches Podcaasts!
Hello everyone!
Today we have an extremely special anouncement to make...
Tomorrow (11/12/13) we will be launching the pilot episode in our brand new series of podcaasts. You can find us on YouTube...click here for our channel :)
Today we have an extremely special anouncement to make...
Tomorrow (11/12/13) we will be launching the pilot episode in our brand new series of podcaasts. You can find us on YouTube...click here for our channel :)
Quote Advent Calendar: Day 10
"This is gonna take us ages. We're gonna be here all lesson..."
- S.A.
Story behind quote:
After encountering a rather lengthy maths question, ConscienceSarah evaluates how long it'll take us to complete. #toomuchstats
- S.A.
Story behind quote:
After encountering a rather lengthy maths question, ConscienceSarah evaluates how long it'll take us to complete. #toomuchstats
Monday, 9 December 2013
Quote Advent Calendar: Day 9
"What an ingenious plan! Get him in his natural habitat..."
- A.T.
Story behind quote:
ANT needs a photo of her brother, KrazyK, for an Art project. After failing to get him to sit still for a moment, she asks her mentor for ideas. The reply that she got was to get a pic of him whilst he's on his Xbox. This is what ANT had to say about the suggestion.
- A.T.
Story behind quote:
ANT needs a photo of her brother, KrazyK, for an Art project. After failing to get him to sit still for a moment, she asks her mentor for ideas. The reply that she got was to get a pic of him whilst he's on his Xbox. This is what ANT had to say about the suggestion.
Sunday, 8 December 2013
Weekly News Round-Up #43: 01/12/2013
So, the first thing that ANT says on Monday is, "I put up my Christmas tree this weekend". Note: It was still November on Monday.
One the same day, ANT and Master had a little debate about a certain painting in the study room. Master claimed that it featured a man with a map, however ANT believed that the map was a tablecloth.
There was a little more confusion in the Stats lesson. ConscienceSarah and Mexx Bear talked about Starbursts (sweets/candy) and there was a question about the probability of some men getting ill. Also, ConscienceSarah drew a wonderful scene in the middle of a question. Take a look here:
It was also a rare Club Week, which called for us all to do some tennis. It must also be noted that not much tennis was involved in the session. There was some difficulty regarding keys to courts and who should go and get the right key... To end the day, we did a little singing. And when I say 'we', I mean everyone, apart from ArwaChihuahua and ANT.
The most part of the week was spent discussing Alexis' old YouTube channel, which currently does not have any videos on it. Triangle and The Appalling One dedicated an entire lunchtime to making fun of a video that used to be on Alexis' channel. At the beginning of the video, Alexis does a little half-spin on the chair, however, during lunch, the story morphed into Alexis uploading a whole chair-spinning video. I think it's fair to say that everyone, apart from Alexis, had a good laugh about it all ;p
For Christmas, Master promised ConscienceSarah some new staples for a very small stapler. Master measured the staples and concluded that they were 7mm in width. Now, where are we gonna find staples of that size...?
Amusing (at least I think so) anecdote: ANT contemplated getting Master and advent calendar for Christmas. It was only later that she realised that it would defeat the whole point of the calendar to gift it to someone on Christmas Day.
Second amusing (well, not really) anecdote: On #Minecraft, Master was trying to place down some blocks, whist ANT had a jolly good time blocking Master's path.
On Friday, ANT shared with us her absolute favourite Twitter page: Nailed It. Let me tell you now, it's fantastic.
Friday was also a good day as the cafeteria was selling chips in ANT's favourite shape. Yes, ANT has a favourite chip shape. Who doesn't? And if you were wondering what shape of chip ANT favours, it's just the normal sort, not the curly fries. Now, if this scenario seems incomplete, let me complete it for you now: Master couldn't help but have a little chuckle at the salt sachet. And I'd be lying if I said that there wasn't a comment or two about packaing.
The weekend was an interesting one. We found ourselves downloading Snapchat. This prompted a competition between ANT and Master (two of the most fiercely competitive people. Well, not quite)...the 'Selfie with the Most Insignificant Object' Contest. So far, we've had a #sinkselfie, #bottleselfie, #hooverselfie, #toiletrollselfie and #tvselfie with Bradley Walsh (?) on the telly. We'll keep you posted on any more selfies.
Until next week, have a good one ;)
One the same day, ANT and Master had a little debate about a certain painting in the study room. Master claimed that it featured a man with a map, however ANT believed that the map was a tablecloth.
There was a little more confusion in the Stats lesson. ConscienceSarah and Mexx Bear talked about Starbursts (sweets/candy) and there was a question about the probability of some men getting ill. Also, ConscienceSarah drew a wonderful scene in the middle of a question. Take a look here:
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| ConscienceSarah's tipi, Plains Indian, fire and buffalo #toomuchstats #notenoughstats? |
The most part of the week was spent discussing Alexis' old YouTube channel, which currently does not have any videos on it. Triangle and The Appalling One dedicated an entire lunchtime to making fun of a video that used to be on Alexis' channel. At the beginning of the video, Alexis does a little half-spin on the chair, however, during lunch, the story morphed into Alexis uploading a whole chair-spinning video. I think it's fair to say that everyone, apart from Alexis, had a good laugh about it all ;p
For Christmas, Master promised ConscienceSarah some new staples for a very small stapler. Master measured the staples and concluded that they were 7mm in width. Now, where are we gonna find staples of that size...?
Amusing (at least I think so) anecdote: ANT contemplated getting Master and advent calendar for Christmas. It was only later that she realised that it would defeat the whole point of the calendar to gift it to someone on Christmas Day.
Second amusing (well, not really) anecdote: On #Minecraft, Master was trying to place down some blocks, whist ANT had a jolly good time blocking Master's path.
On Friday, ANT shared with us her absolute favourite Twitter page: Nailed It. Let me tell you now, it's fantastic.
Friday was also a good day as the cafeteria was selling chips in ANT's favourite shape. Yes, ANT has a favourite chip shape. Who doesn't? And if you were wondering what shape of chip ANT favours, it's just the normal sort, not the curly fries. Now, if this scenario seems incomplete, let me complete it for you now: Master couldn't help but have a little chuckle at the salt sachet. And I'd be lying if I said that there wasn't a comment or two about packaing.
The weekend was an interesting one. We found ourselves downloading Snapchat. This prompted a competition between ANT and Master (two of the most fiercely competitive people. Well, not quite)...the 'Selfie with the Most Insignificant Object' Contest. So far, we've had a #sinkselfie, #bottleselfie, #hooverselfie, #toiletrollselfie and #tvselfie with Bradley Walsh (?) on the telly. We'll keep you posted on any more selfies.
Until next week, have a good one ;)
Quote Advent Calendar: Day 8
"If anything, that experience has made me more determined not to have kids."
- A.T.
Story behind quote:
ANT's conclusion after babysitting a couple of kids.
- A.T.
Story behind quote:
ANT's conclusion after babysitting a couple of kids.
Saturday, 7 December 2013
Quote Advent Calendar: Day 7
ANT: "Nice cereal bar?"
Master: "Thanks mate...?"
ANT: "No, I meant is it a nice cereal bar? Not much to say about it otherwise...'I bought it myself'."
- A.T. J.C.
Story behind quote:
A simple misunderstanding.
Master: "Thanks mate...?"
ANT: "No, I meant is it a nice cereal bar? Not much to say about it otherwise...'I bought it myself'."
- A.T. J.C.
Story behind quote:
A simple misunderstanding.
Friday, 6 December 2013
Quote Advent Calendar: Day 6
ArwaChihuahua: "We just have to go through the cow field, so only the cows will see us."
Master: "Oh no, I'm gonna be wearing red...!"
- A.A. A.T. J.C.
Story behind quote:
When discussing how we were gonna get to Wicks' for the Marvel Movie Marathon, we established that being seen, by the general public, in our crazy outfits wouldn't be much of a problem, however Master's Iron Man costume does have a fair amount of red on it. And what colour do cows typically charge at...?
Master: "Oh no, I'm gonna be wearing red...!"
- A.A. A.T. J.C.
Story behind quote:
When discussing how we were gonna get to Wicks' for the Marvel Movie Marathon, we established that being seen, by the general public, in our crazy outfits wouldn't be much of a problem, however Master's Iron Man costume does have a fair amount of red on it. And what colour do cows typically charge at...?
Thursday, 5 December 2013
Quote Advent Calendar: Day 5
"Doth mother know you weareth her drapes? No really."
- J.C. K.W. H.W.
Story behind quote:
Ironically, Wicks' Thor cape was really a curtain.
- J.C. K.W. H.W.
Story behind quote:
Ironically, Wicks' Thor cape was really a curtain.
Wednesday, 4 December 2013
Quote Advent Calendar: Day 4
ANT: "That court doesn't see much sun usually..."
Master: "I don't know about you, mate, but I can see plenty of sun from here."
- A.T. J.C.
Story behind quote:
As usual, there's plenty of tennis court banter on a Wednesday afternoon.
Master: "I don't know about you, mate, but I can see plenty of sun from here."
- A.T. J.C.
Story behind quote:
As usual, there's plenty of tennis court banter on a Wednesday afternoon.
Tuesday, 3 December 2013
Quote Advent Calendar: Day 3
"We don't want this year to go to pot."
- J.N.
Story behind quote:
An unintentional pun.
- J.N.
Story behind quote:
An unintentional pun.
Monday, 2 December 2013
Quote Advent Calendar: Day 2
"There's no getting out of it...you can't say 'dog ate my iPod'."
- A.T.
Story behind quote:
App homework. There is no excuse for not doing it.
- A.T.
Story behind quote:
App homework. There is no excuse for not doing it.
Sunday, 1 December 2013
Weekly News Round-Up #42: 24/11/2013
Hello everyone! I must admit that we have some rather exciting news this week, but you'll have to wait until the end for the big announcements.
First of all, arguably the most outrageous thing that happened this week was the sitaution where Master decided to drop a subject, which was finalised with a range of signatures on the Quit Sheet. The consequences have been rather sever, with many people, including Alexis, Triangle and Bob, being rather disappointed. It is unlikely that Master will be forgiven anytime soon.
On a brighter note, ANT really out-did herself this week. In English, the criteria was to draw a scene from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', which included a couple of fairies. ANT, however, decided to go the extra mile and illustrated a fairy kingdom, complete with everything from leisure facilities, such as a bowling alley, to a fairy cemetery. Here it is, in all its glory. Try and spot the bowling alley:
In contrast to the previous event, being rather light-hearted, we had a pretty intense assembly on road safety. Even ANT, who was in the first group to attend, wished us luck.
Thursday lunchtime was an incredibly eventful one.
First of all, DisneyLoverMolly had a little trouble with a Sprite bottle. Many tissues were called to the scene.
Secondly, here's where the announcements come in...
There are currently quite a few projects in the pipelines. We're talking about a Creative Writing Club Round-Up, which will hopefully be available over on the Book Blog. This will sum up everything that goes on on a Wednesday lunchtime.
Also, we've talked about creating a podcast, or a 'podcaast', as Master likes to say. I'm sure you'll agree that this is quite a significant development as we are expanding from written trivialities to audio trivialities. We'll keep you updated on what's gonna be happening.
Amusing (hopefully) anecdote of the week: To mess with everyone, ArwaChihuahua and Wicks were sitting on the same chair, but at one point, without anyone noticing, swapped coats. This prompted some confusion. To make it even more mind-boggling, they managed to synchronise their hand gestures.
Another amusing (perhaps) anecdote: DisneyLoverMolly brilliantly noticed the similarities between ANT and Haymitch Abernathy from 'The Hunger Games'. Seriously, there is no personality match more accurate!
And yet anouther amusing (maybe) anecdote: Master sneezed twice in 'silent study'. At this point, ANT turns round and states, "It's SILENT study."
Until next week, have a good one ;)
First of all, arguably the most outrageous thing that happened this week was the sitaution where Master decided to drop a subject, which was finalised with a range of signatures on the Quit Sheet. The consequences have been rather sever, with many people, including Alexis, Triangle and Bob, being rather disappointed. It is unlikely that Master will be forgiven anytime soon.
On a brighter note, ANT really out-did herself this week. In English, the criteria was to draw a scene from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', which included a couple of fairies. ANT, however, decided to go the extra mile and illustrated a fairy kingdom, complete with everything from leisure facilities, such as a bowling alley, to a fairy cemetery. Here it is, in all its glory. Try and spot the bowling alley:
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| ANT's fantastic fairy kingdom |
Thursday lunchtime was an incredibly eventful one.
First of all, DisneyLoverMolly had a little trouble with a Sprite bottle. Many tissues were called to the scene.
Secondly, here's where the announcements come in...
There are currently quite a few projects in the pipelines. We're talking about a Creative Writing Club Round-Up, which will hopefully be available over on the Book Blog. This will sum up everything that goes on on a Wednesday lunchtime.
Also, we've talked about creating a podcast, or a 'podcaast', as Master likes to say. I'm sure you'll agree that this is quite a significant development as we are expanding from written trivialities to audio trivialities. We'll keep you updated on what's gonna be happening.
Amusing (hopefully) anecdote of the week: To mess with everyone, ArwaChihuahua and Wicks were sitting on the same chair, but at one point, without anyone noticing, swapped coats. This prompted some confusion. To make it even more mind-boggling, they managed to synchronise their hand gestures.
Another amusing (perhaps) anecdote: DisneyLoverMolly brilliantly noticed the similarities between ANT and Haymitch Abernathy from 'The Hunger Games'. Seriously, there is no personality match more accurate!
And yet anouther amusing (maybe) anecdote: Master sneezed twice in 'silent study'. At this point, ANT turns round and states, "It's SILENT study."
Until next week, have a good one ;)
Quote Advent Calendar: Day 1
"Next click please...*sigh* no, go back one..."
- A.G.
Story behind quote:
This is what happens when you have an excessively animated PowerPoint presentation...
- A.G.
Story behind quote:
This is what happens when you have an excessively animated PowerPoint presentation...
Saturday, 30 November 2013
Christmas Corner will be back in town...
...with Quote Advent Calendar, starting tomorrow!
You won't wanna miss it ;)
You won't wanna miss it ;)
Friday, 29 November 2013
The latest addition to the Book Blog
Here on this blog, we often reference Creative Writing Club. As it is becoming so popular, ConscienceSarah came up with the idea that, since we have Weekly News Round-Up over here, we should have a Creative Writing Club Round-Up on the Book Blog.
So, it is my greatest pleasure to announce to you that this fantastic idea will be put into practice starting from now. Every Friday, we shall have a new Creative Writing Club Round-Up post over on the Book Blog.
Head over right now to read this week's edition!
So, it is my greatest pleasure to announce to you that this fantastic idea will be put into practice starting from now. Every Friday, we shall have a new Creative Writing Club Round-Up post over on the Book Blog.
Head over right now to read this week's edition!
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
Good luck guys!
Hope you have a good time in the Academy's history production, Wicks, DisneyLoverMolly, ConscienceSarah!
We'll be there to support you tomorrow night (well, maybe not ANT, 'cause we all know how ANT feels about History) ;)
We'll be there to support you tomorrow night (well, maybe not ANT, 'cause we all know how ANT feels about History) ;)
Sunday, 24 November 2013
Weekly News Round-Up #41: 17/11/2013
Hello peeps! This has been a most interesting week, including fancy dress... ;p
But first of all, Monday turned out to be 'New Coat Monday', where Ruby and Wicks both had new coats. It has to be said that Wicks' coat carries a distinct 'Game of Thrones' vibe (the fur gives it that effect).
Now, last week we had an abundance of cake. This week, instead of cake, we had too much confectionary. If you're wondering why there were packets of eclairs and chocolate, it's because ArwaChihuahua, Ruby and Wicks took a trip to the cinema to see 'Thor: The Dark'. Indeed, if you're thinking "But surely Wicks has seen it twice", you'd be correct. This is why we chose her to review it for us! If you haven't read the review, click here :)
Speaking of 'Thor', DisneyLoverMolly was saying how she hadn't seen the first one, but Master offered to lend it to her. This prompted a discussion about Master being the type of person to start a film rental business, complete with loyalty cards etc. At one point, when DisneyLoverMolly and Master were discussing a new prank, Wicks asked what they were talking about. In reply, Master said "We're just negotiating a rental deal, it's private information, credit card info, like the last 4 digits of pin numbers etc." After thinking it over, it happens that there are only 4 digits in a pin number. I think it's fair to say that they had a good laugh afterwards about this pin number scam ;p
For the majority of the week, ANT had been absent, which lead to us wondering about where she could be. One possibility that arose was that she clearly didn't learn from the milk incident of last week.
All was well at the end of the week as ANT was back (she'd been ill)! It was also fancy-dress for the seniors at the Academy (this includes us). A few of us dressed up, here's the rundown on costumes:
ArwaChihuahua - Mountain goat (naturally)
ConscienceSarah - Dr. Who
DisneyLoverMolly - Army individual
Wicks - Fairy
ShoeLobber - Wally (from 'Where's Wally')
Cap. - Individual in a onesie
Master - Cowgirl (many thanks to ConscienceSarah for providing the hat, the main part of the outfit)
Other people that we spotted include: Wonder Woman, the Tardis, a dragon, a zebra, guy in dressing gown, guy with bow and arrow, Thor and Loki. The last two were rather controversial and faced some criticism from Wicks and ArwaChihuahua, who we all thought were a better set of Thor and Loki.
Throughout the day, we had multiple discussions about possible outfits for similar occasions in the future. At one point, ArwaChihuahua asked, "We'll do 'Raven', then can we do fruit?" The ideas just kept coming and by the end of the day, we walked away with an arsenal of ideas/themes for the next fancy-dress day, including contestants of 'Raven', fruit, stationery, Mona the Vampire, X-Men vs. Avengers, and many more.
To top it all off, we had a little discussion about online games. Master came away with more homework, which was to play 'Microlife'
Until next week, have a good one ;)
But first of all, Monday turned out to be 'New Coat Monday', where Ruby and Wicks both had new coats. It has to be said that Wicks' coat carries a distinct 'Game of Thrones' vibe (the fur gives it that effect).
Now, last week we had an abundance of cake. This week, instead of cake, we had too much confectionary. If you're wondering why there were packets of eclairs and chocolate, it's because ArwaChihuahua, Ruby and Wicks took a trip to the cinema to see 'Thor: The Dark'. Indeed, if you're thinking "But surely Wicks has seen it twice", you'd be correct. This is why we chose her to review it for us! If you haven't read the review, click here :)
Speaking of 'Thor', DisneyLoverMolly was saying how she hadn't seen the first one, but Master offered to lend it to her. This prompted a discussion about Master being the type of person to start a film rental business, complete with loyalty cards etc. At one point, when DisneyLoverMolly and Master were discussing a new prank, Wicks asked what they were talking about. In reply, Master said "We're just negotiating a rental deal, it's private information, credit card info, like the last 4 digits of pin numbers etc." After thinking it over, it happens that there are only 4 digits in a pin number. I think it's fair to say that they had a good laugh afterwards about this pin number scam ;p
For the majority of the week, ANT had been absent, which lead to us wondering about where she could be. One possibility that arose was that she clearly didn't learn from the milk incident of last week.
All was well at the end of the week as ANT was back (she'd been ill)! It was also fancy-dress for the seniors at the Academy (this includes us). A few of us dressed up, here's the rundown on costumes:
ArwaChihuahua - Mountain goat (naturally)
ConscienceSarah - Dr. Who
DisneyLoverMolly - Army individual
Wicks - Fairy
ShoeLobber - Wally (from 'Where's Wally')
Cap. - Individual in a onesie
Master - Cowgirl (many thanks to ConscienceSarah for providing the hat, the main part of the outfit)
Other people that we spotted include: Wonder Woman, the Tardis, a dragon, a zebra, guy in dressing gown, guy with bow and arrow, Thor and Loki. The last two were rather controversial and faced some criticism from Wicks and ArwaChihuahua, who we all thought were a better set of Thor and Loki.
Throughout the day, we had multiple discussions about possible outfits for similar occasions in the future. At one point, ArwaChihuahua asked, "We'll do 'Raven', then can we do fruit?" The ideas just kept coming and by the end of the day, we walked away with an arsenal of ideas/themes for the next fancy-dress day, including contestants of 'Raven', fruit, stationery, Mona the Vampire, X-Men vs. Avengers, and many more.
To top it all off, we had a little discussion about online games. Master came away with more homework, which was to play 'Microlife'
Until next week, have a good one ;)
Sunday, 17 November 2013
Weekly News Round-Up #40: 10/11/2013
So, what happened this week? Well, let me tell you now, not much. Here goes...
We kicked off the week on a Tuesday.
At lunchtime, we were burdened with the task of eating the cake that Ruby brought on Saturday (there was no shortage of food that day). In all honesty, we had a little trouble consuming all the cake, where we had to almost reluctantly dish out second helpings. It just so happened that Master hadn't finished her salad yet, so there was a situation where the cake was piling up. At one point, having to eat cake became a bad thing, with ANT threatening to add to the cake pile if Master hadn't finished her salad in a set time.
On Wednesday, we had a nice assembly on student finance, but before that, we were at Creative Writing Club. It happened to be ANT's first time at the club, so DisneyLoverMolly and Master, naturally, took the opportunity to try and play a little prank on her. The tricksters managed to convince ANT that they were supposed to be working on a sci-fi piece, whereas they were really re-writing fairytales. They were rather successful, with ANT thinking that she had to do a sci-fi piece for quite a few days, until the topic was brought up again and Master told her about the prank.
You'd never think that ANT would be so easily convinced, but Master managed to trick ANT again. At breaktime, Master pulled out her Maths notebook, which was conveniently disguised as a pad of squared paper (when I say disguised, the cover just said 'squared paper', because that was what it was). Afterwards, the conversation continued as follows:
ANT: Is that your Maths book?
Master: ...no, I just use it to draw graphs and doodle and stuff...
ANT: Oh, ok.
No questions asked. ANT just accepted that doodling and drawing graphs were Master's hobbies.
On Thursday, ANT wasn't feeling very well and therefore went home during the day. Later, when asked what was wrong, she explained that she thinks it has something to do with the milk she had for breakfast...typical.
She made a quick recovery, though, and was back in action on Friday. On that lunchtime, it happened that Master could not join everyone, which was a shame. However, this meant that ANT could have salt on her chips without Master making remarks such as 'watch out for the salt sachet'. Oh, the salt incident... #goodtimes
Until next week, have a good one ;)
We kicked off the week on a Tuesday.
At lunchtime, we were burdened with the task of eating the cake that Ruby brought on Saturday (there was no shortage of food that day). In all honesty, we had a little trouble consuming all the cake, where we had to almost reluctantly dish out second helpings. It just so happened that Master hadn't finished her salad yet, so there was a situation where the cake was piling up. At one point, having to eat cake became a bad thing, with ANT threatening to add to the cake pile if Master hadn't finished her salad in a set time.
On Wednesday, we had a nice assembly on student finance, but before that, we were at Creative Writing Club. It happened to be ANT's first time at the club, so DisneyLoverMolly and Master, naturally, took the opportunity to try and play a little prank on her. The tricksters managed to convince ANT that they were supposed to be working on a sci-fi piece, whereas they were really re-writing fairytales. They were rather successful, with ANT thinking that she had to do a sci-fi piece for quite a few days, until the topic was brought up again and Master told her about the prank.
You'd never think that ANT would be so easily convinced, but Master managed to trick ANT again. At breaktime, Master pulled out her Maths notebook, which was conveniently disguised as a pad of squared paper (when I say disguised, the cover just said 'squared paper', because that was what it was). Afterwards, the conversation continued as follows:
ANT: Is that your Maths book?
Master: ...no, I just use it to draw graphs and doodle and stuff...
ANT: Oh, ok.
No questions asked. ANT just accepted that doodling and drawing graphs were Master's hobbies.
On Thursday, ANT wasn't feeling very well and therefore went home during the day. Later, when asked what was wrong, she explained that she thinks it has something to do with the milk she had for breakfast...typical.
She made a quick recovery, though, and was back in action on Friday. On that lunchtime, it happened that Master could not join everyone, which was a shame. However, this meant that ANT could have salt on her chips without Master making remarks such as 'watch out for the salt sachet'. Oh, the salt incident... #goodtimes
Until next week, have a good one ;)
Monday, 11 November 2013
MouseMouseMonday #29: Wicks reviews 'Thor: The Dark World'
Hello there peeps!
On this most exciting Monday, we have a MouseMouseMonday post for y'all! Sorry for the inconsistency, but you're gonna love this one! After seeing 'Thor: The Dark World', Wicks has brilliantly written us a review. Take a look:
Thor 2 Review (it rhymes!)
By Simon Wicks
THOR 2!!! This has been my most highly-anticipated film, perhaps, ever. A consequence of which I have already seen it twice. Needless to say I was the obvious choice for blog reviewer.
I will try to keep this mostly spoiler-free, but the whole film is basically one big spoiler so I'll try to avoid any really big spoilers.
In a nutshell, the convergence is coming, the magical blurring between the worlds manifests itself as some pretty sweet sky portals. Now, any sort of huge cosmic event is going to draw some kind of evil-doer. With Loki imprisoned after the events of Avengers, the bad guy spotlight shifts to Malekith, king of the Dark Elves (mwah ha ha!) played by Christopher Eccleston, just about recognisable under all his layers of make-up.
Even the usual cast seems different; Thor is more serious, Odin less shouty and Dr Erik Selvig, well...more crazy. This change is not unwelcome though, things have changed post-Avengers and this gives the characters more depth. Much like the original Thor however, some of the more minor characters are largely forgotten - e.g. Volstagg, Sif, etc. But that does leave more room for Thor and Loki's dynamic duo.
All in all a very enjoyable film with action and equal amounts of laughter and heartbreak. A good follow-up to Thor and Avengers. But how long must we wait for a Loki film!?
11/12 Simon Stars!
P.S. How crowded is Asgardian prison?! 4 people/aliens/monsters (whatever) to a cell? Heck! If you're going to make so many enemies, build a bigger dungeon.
Want more Thor? Check out the trailer:
On this most exciting Monday, we have a MouseMouseMonday post for y'all! Sorry for the inconsistency, but you're gonna love this one! After seeing 'Thor: The Dark World', Wicks has brilliantly written us a review. Take a look:
Thor 2 Review (it rhymes!)
By Simon Wicks
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| Original image: http://marvel.com/thor#/downloads/wallpaper |
THOR 2!!! This has been my most highly-anticipated film, perhaps, ever. A consequence of which I have already seen it twice. Needless to say I was the obvious choice for blog reviewer.
I will try to keep this mostly spoiler-free, but the whole film is basically one big spoiler so I'll try to avoid any really big spoilers.
In a nutshell, the convergence is coming, the magical blurring between the worlds manifests itself as some pretty sweet sky portals. Now, any sort of huge cosmic event is going to draw some kind of evil-doer. With Loki imprisoned after the events of Avengers, the bad guy spotlight shifts to Malekith, king of the Dark Elves (mwah ha ha!) played by Christopher Eccleston, just about recognisable under all his layers of make-up.
Even the usual cast seems different; Thor is more serious, Odin less shouty and Dr Erik Selvig, well...more crazy. This change is not unwelcome though, things have changed post-Avengers and this gives the characters more depth. Much like the original Thor however, some of the more minor characters are largely forgotten - e.g. Volstagg, Sif, etc. But that does leave more room for Thor and Loki's dynamic duo.
All in all a very enjoyable film with action and equal amounts of laughter and heartbreak. A good follow-up to Thor and Avengers. But how long must we wait for a Loki film!?
11/12 Simon Stars!
P.S. How crowded is Asgardian prison?! 4 people/aliens/monsters (whatever) to a cell? Heck! If you're going to make so many enemies, build a bigger dungeon.
Want more Thor? Check out the trailer:
Sunday, 10 November 2013
Quote Week: November - Day 7
"That tastes like kitten...?!"
- L.R. M.B.
Story behind quote:
Cap. said something about chicken, which we all seem to have forgotten, however DisneyLoverMolly heard something else...
- L.R. M.B.
Story behind quote:
Cap. said something about chicken, which we all seem to have forgotten, however DisneyLoverMolly heard something else...
Saturday, 9 November 2013
Quote Week: November - Day 6
"I miss my animals and my iron...I had a home back there."
- A.T.
Story behind quote:
After moving from one world to another on #Minecraft, ANT was feeling slightly home-sick.
- A.T.
Story behind quote:
After moving from one world to another on #Minecraft, ANT was feeling slightly home-sick.
Friday, 8 November 2013
Quote Week: November - Day 5
Master: "Are you going home now?"
ANT: "No. I've got a lesson now, then I'm going home."
- J.C. A.T.
Story behind quote:
ANT very much enjoys going home early on a Monday afternoon. Here's a typical conversation.
ANT: "No. I've got a lesson now, then I'm going home."
- J.C. A.T.
Story behind quote:
ANT very much enjoys going home early on a Monday afternoon. Here's a typical conversation.
Thursday, 7 November 2013
Quote Week: November - Day 4
"BP. A cool guy or an oil company?"
- S.A.
Story behind quote:
We all know it as an oil company, but ConscienceSarah discovered that if you tilt your head and see it as you would a :), it does indeed look like a cool guy.
- S.A.
Story behind quote:
We all know it as an oil company, but ConscienceSarah discovered that if you tilt your head and see it as you would a :), it does indeed look like a cool guy.
Wednesday, 6 November 2013
Quote Week: November - Day 3
"Would you like them wrapped?"
- Employee at 'The Codfather'
Story behind quote:
On the way back home from Cap.'s birthday bash, ArwaChihuahua, Wicks and Master stopped off at the ultimate fish and chip shop, The Codfather. The service there was unparalleled, but they truly exceeded expectations in the packaging department. ArwaChihuahua had her chips beautifully wrapped in paper (yes, they were, as Wicks put it, 'free-running' chips) as there is just no better way to have your chips.
- Employee at 'The Codfather'
Story behind quote:
On the way back home from Cap.'s birthday bash, ArwaChihuahua, Wicks and Master stopped off at the ultimate fish and chip shop, The Codfather. The service there was unparalleled, but they truly exceeded expectations in the packaging department. ArwaChihuahua had her chips beautifully wrapped in paper (yes, they were, as Wicks put it, 'free-running' chips) as there is just no better way to have your chips.
Tuesday, 5 November 2013
Quote Week: November - Day 2
"You're making it sound as if it was a rumour..."
- C.P. A.N.
Story behind quote:
Alexis was telling us about how he cracked his head open in primary school, however he doesn't remember it happening and he only knows of the event because the teachers told him afterwards. Upon hearing this, Triangle thought it all sounded a little strange and somehow Master found this remark remarkably funny...
- C.P. A.N.
Story behind quote:
Alexis was telling us about how he cracked his head open in primary school, however he doesn't remember it happening and he only knows of the event because the teachers told him afterwards. Upon hearing this, Triangle thought it all sounded a little strange and somehow Master found this remark remarkably funny...
Monday, 4 November 2013
Quote Week: November - Day 1
"All employees must be at least 6 foot tall..."
- H.W.
Story behind quote:
One lunchtime, Ruby had some massive Yorkie Buttons (chocolate buttons double the size of the usual type). Wicks contemplated the employee requirements...
- H.W.
Story behind quote:
One lunchtime, Ruby had some massive Yorkie Buttons (chocolate buttons double the size of the usual type). Wicks contemplated the employee requirements...
Happy 3rd Birthday to the Blog!
So, 3 years ago this blog was created. It amazes me that we've been able to sustain it for this long, but then again, it's all because of you readers. You are oh-so-loyal and a lot of the time you are the motivation behind these posts.
A massive THANK YOU to everyone who's involved in this blog, whether it be directly or indirectly. You truly make my day :)
To celebrate this milestone, we've got Quote Week, which starts exactly one minute after this is posted (yes, it's been scheduled). Also, the blog design has been changed. What dya think? ;p
I hope you all have a fabulous day and continue to enjoy reading this blog.
A massive THANK YOU to everyone who's involved in this blog, whether it be directly or indirectly. You truly make my day :)
To celebrate this milestone, we've got Quote Week, which starts exactly one minute after this is posted (yes, it's been scheduled). Also, the blog design has been changed. What dya think? ;p
I hope you all have a fabulous day and continue to enjoy reading this blog.
Sunday, 3 November 2013
Report: Avengers Assemble Movie Marathon
On Saturday 2nd November 2013, we had an Avengers Movie Marathon over at Wicks'. This included dressing up as Avengers, watching Marvel movies and eating. Here are the highlights...
In the Food Department:
We went all out on the food and the proof for that was in the sheer quantity. Wicks provided an array of drinks and snacks (incl. chocolate, mango, honeydew melon with a pinch of cinnamon, and plenty more) and ArwaChihuahua and Cap. were in charge of crisps.
For our main meal, we had pizza (generously provided by Wicks) and Shawarma (reference to the end credits scene from The Avengers) made by Master.
Alongside the savoury, we had plenty of the sweet. The result of the Bake-Off was most impressive. Take a look...
And from that, ANT won Best Halloween Bake and Master walked away with Best Avengers Bake.
As if that wasn't enough, Ruby brought a wonderful traybake, however we never got round to eating it as there was just so much!
Movie 1: Iron Man
Iron Man: The Surround Sound Experience, brought to you by ANT
One of the best things about sitting next to ANT was that she enhanced the movie experience by providing surround sound (creating whooshing noises when Iron Man was in flight). At one point, Master remarked, "It's like I'm really there, in the movie!"
49 more lifetimes for Tony Stark
ANT also expressed her opinion on Tony Stark's suit, saying "Surely it would've taken him a lifetime to build that suit." However, Master referenced the movie, which states that the Arc Reactor has enough power to get him through 50 lifetimes, so the response to ANT was something like, 'well, he's got 49 more to go.'
The Ballerina Pose
We all noticed how gracefully Iron Man takes off and lands after flight. If you don't know what we're talking about, watch the film again.
The appalling amount of product placement
It has come to our attention that there is an incredible amount of product placement in these movies, including multiple car brands, Coca Cola (of course), Bvlgari, and many more. Sheesh.
Names in the credits
No one knows why, but we just all decided to watch the credits roll for Iron Man. It sounds pretty boring, but the names of the production team kept us well entertained. I think it's arguable that the Best Name award goes to Andy Grandy. Whatta guy.
The graphics team sounded pretty dark...The Orphanage...!? (no joke)
Then we looked out for the most insignificant role...and the award for that goes to the Second second assistant director (and no, I haven't just accidentally written the word 'second' twice. That's the actual job title).
Movie 2: Thor
Bill Anderson
ANT just couldn't take Dr. Erik Selvig seriously. From the first second that he appeared, she just thought of Bill Anderson from Mamma Mia (also played by Stellan Skarsgård).
ANT laughs in all the wrong moments
There was no stopping her. ANT just found some of the non-laughable points funny.
Thor with audio description
None of us ever knew until Saturday how enjoyable it is to watch Thor with the audio description on. I've written out part of the transcript for the beginning here (slight spoilers):
"Silver stars fly over a blanket of clouds and encircle the word 'Paramount', written in italics above a snow-capped mountain peak. Paramount. A Viacom Company. Multiple images from comic books and graphic novels flip by in quick succession. Marvel Studios.
...
Something crashes down onto the desert floor amidst the swirling typhoon-like column of dust. Darcy turns the truck away from the typhoon. Jane grabs the wheel from her and steers back towards the swirling column of dust. Lightning flickers within it. The shape of a man looms up out of the dust and collides with the truck. Darcy stamps on the brake and the truck spins to a halt. Inside, Jane, Darcy and Erik catch their breath before leaping out of the vehicle and going to the downed man."
Film 3: The Avengers
The issue of Phil Coulson
It's no joke that he appears in literally every film! This has irritated a few of us, including ANT, who decided to share with us her thoughts (as usual) by saying, 'he just has that face...' (not in a great way)
The incompetent guards
In every film, there's always loads of incompetent guards/soldiers. Whether they be on the side of good or evil, they need more fight training.
Loki's not turning on the charm
This being the second time round that ANT's seen The Avengers, she still thinks that Loki's not turning on the charm during his little chat with Black Widow.
2/7 of us go for the sequel, 'Thor: The Dark World'
Coming soon, a review by Wicks!
All in all, I think it's fair to say that we've all had a Marvel-ous weekend ;p
In the Food Department:
We went all out on the food and the proof for that was in the sheer quantity. Wicks provided an array of drinks and snacks (incl. chocolate, mango, honeydew melon with a pinch of cinnamon, and plenty more) and ArwaChihuahua and Cap. were in charge of crisps.
For our main meal, we had pizza (generously provided by Wicks) and Shawarma (reference to the end credits scene from The Avengers) made by Master.
Alongside the savoury, we had plenty of the sweet. The result of the Bake-Off was most impressive. Take a look...
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| ANT's beautiful Halloween Haunted House Cake |
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| Master's Avengers Cupcakes - all assembled |
As if that wasn't enough, Ruby brought a wonderful traybake, however we never got round to eating it as there was just so much!
Movie 1: Iron Man
Iron Man: The Surround Sound Experience, brought to you by ANT
One of the best things about sitting next to ANT was that she enhanced the movie experience by providing surround sound (creating whooshing noises when Iron Man was in flight). At one point, Master remarked, "It's like I'm really there, in the movie!"
49 more lifetimes for Tony Stark
ANT also expressed her opinion on Tony Stark's suit, saying "Surely it would've taken him a lifetime to build that suit." However, Master referenced the movie, which states that the Arc Reactor has enough power to get him through 50 lifetimes, so the response to ANT was something like, 'well, he's got 49 more to go.'
The Ballerina Pose
We all noticed how gracefully Iron Man takes off and lands after flight. If you don't know what we're talking about, watch the film again.
The appalling amount of product placement
It has come to our attention that there is an incredible amount of product placement in these movies, including multiple car brands, Coca Cola (of course), Bvlgari, and many more. Sheesh.
Names in the credits
No one knows why, but we just all decided to watch the credits roll for Iron Man. It sounds pretty boring, but the names of the production team kept us well entertained. I think it's arguable that the Best Name award goes to Andy Grandy. Whatta guy.
The graphics team sounded pretty dark...The Orphanage...!? (no joke)
Then we looked out for the most insignificant role...and the award for that goes to the Second second assistant director (and no, I haven't just accidentally written the word 'second' twice. That's the actual job title).
Movie 2: Thor
Bill Anderson
ANT just couldn't take Dr. Erik Selvig seriously. From the first second that he appeared, she just thought of Bill Anderson from Mamma Mia (also played by Stellan Skarsgård).
ANT laughs in all the wrong moments
There was no stopping her. ANT just found some of the non-laughable points funny.
Thor with audio description
None of us ever knew until Saturday how enjoyable it is to watch Thor with the audio description on. I've written out part of the transcript for the beginning here (slight spoilers):
"Silver stars fly over a blanket of clouds and encircle the word 'Paramount', written in italics above a snow-capped mountain peak. Paramount. A Viacom Company. Multiple images from comic books and graphic novels flip by in quick succession. Marvel Studios.
...
Something crashes down onto the desert floor amidst the swirling typhoon-like column of dust. Darcy turns the truck away from the typhoon. Jane grabs the wheel from her and steers back towards the swirling column of dust. Lightning flickers within it. The shape of a man looms up out of the dust and collides with the truck. Darcy stamps on the brake and the truck spins to a halt. Inside, Jane, Darcy and Erik catch their breath before leaping out of the vehicle and going to the downed man."
Film 3: The Avengers
The issue of Phil Coulson
It's no joke that he appears in literally every film! This has irritated a few of us, including ANT, who decided to share with us her thoughts (as usual) by saying, 'he just has that face...' (not in a great way)
The incompetent guards
In every film, there's always loads of incompetent guards/soldiers. Whether they be on the side of good or evil, they need more fight training.
Loki's not turning on the charm
This being the second time round that ANT's seen The Avengers, she still thinks that Loki's not turning on the charm during his little chat with Black Widow.
2/7 of us go for the sequel, 'Thor: The Dark World'
Coming soon, a review by Wicks!
All in all, I think it's fair to say that we've all had a Marvel-ous weekend ;p
The final Quote Week of 2013...
Starting from tomorrow, we will be having our final Quote Week of the year (we have the Quote Advent Calendar in December, do not fear).
Don't forget to stay tuned for a week of fun :)
Don't forget to stay tuned for a week of fun :)
Weekly News Round-Up #39: 27/10/2013
Once again, I am very
sorry for this incredibly late edition of Weekly News Round-Up! It's
been pretty busy over here, but there's plenty of new content that will
be coming very soon!
Monday was a slightly odd day in the sense that everyone was saying 'bye' at breaktime as many people didn't have lessons in the afternoon. And ANT just goes home at lunch anyway.
On Tuesday, ANT explained that she was a little worried as the computer that she was on wouldn't let her log out of her email account. We took some time to imagine all of the possible outcomes of this. At first, ANT didn't seem too bothered as the only emails that she gets are from the library, however the conversation took a turn as we pondered how it could lead to possible identity theft. Someone could be taking ANT's books out and this could result to possible fines... We hope that doesn't happen.
On a side note, at breaktime, Master had a cereal bar in one hand and her iPod in the other. There was a certain point where she had to stop herself from eating her iPod as she thought it was the cereal bar. After explaining this to ANT, ANT said that it would have 'made her day' if Master'd taken a bite out of the iPod.
I think it's fair to say that our table at lunch has turned into Candy Crush Central. Usually, ANT, DisneyLoverMolly and Master will all be immersed in games, whilst everyone else will ocassionally give advice. At one point, ANT remarked that she would surely get an 'A' if there was such thing as a Candy Crush A-level ;p
On that same lunchtime, we all had a moment of silence as ConscienceSarah had her last clarinet lesson. We shall forever remember it.
On Wednesday, we found Master in a newspaper. I think it's fair to say that we all had a good laugh at it ;p
Of course, Wednesday usually consists of a little dose of sport, so to complete our day we did some tennis with Alexis, Triangle and Paul. There was one point when we were trying to lock Triangle out of the court. This consisted of Paul trying to find the correct key in a 'Raven'-style challenge. #goodtimes
Towards the end of the week, Cap. made a revelatory discovery about the juice that she was drinking. It was marketed as a cranberry and raspberry juice drink, however it containted a higher percentage of grape than any of the previously mentioned fruits. This new information prompted Master to take a closer look at the ingredients list for her cereal bar. It turns out that the supposedly blueberry cereal bar contains blueberry-infused diced cranberries...!? What's going on??
Well that was this week for y'all. We'll end on this note: the Stats Strategy = Stategy #toomuchmaths
Until next week, have a good one ;)
Monday was a slightly odd day in the sense that everyone was saying 'bye' at breaktime as many people didn't have lessons in the afternoon. And ANT just goes home at lunch anyway.
On Tuesday, ANT explained that she was a little worried as the computer that she was on wouldn't let her log out of her email account. We took some time to imagine all of the possible outcomes of this. At first, ANT didn't seem too bothered as the only emails that she gets are from the library, however the conversation took a turn as we pondered how it could lead to possible identity theft. Someone could be taking ANT's books out and this could result to possible fines... We hope that doesn't happen.
On a side note, at breaktime, Master had a cereal bar in one hand and her iPod in the other. There was a certain point where she had to stop herself from eating her iPod as she thought it was the cereal bar. After explaining this to ANT, ANT said that it would have 'made her day' if Master'd taken a bite out of the iPod.
I think it's fair to say that our table at lunch has turned into Candy Crush Central. Usually, ANT, DisneyLoverMolly and Master will all be immersed in games, whilst everyone else will ocassionally give advice. At one point, ANT remarked that she would surely get an 'A' if there was such thing as a Candy Crush A-level ;p
On that same lunchtime, we all had a moment of silence as ConscienceSarah had her last clarinet lesson. We shall forever remember it.
On Wednesday, we found Master in a newspaper. I think it's fair to say that we all had a good laugh at it ;p
Of course, Wednesday usually consists of a little dose of sport, so to complete our day we did some tennis with Alexis, Triangle and Paul. There was one point when we were trying to lock Triangle out of the court. This consisted of Paul trying to find the correct key in a 'Raven'-style challenge. #goodtimes
Towards the end of the week, Cap. made a revelatory discovery about the juice that she was drinking. It was marketed as a cranberry and raspberry juice drink, however it containted a higher percentage of grape than any of the previously mentioned fruits. This new information prompted Master to take a closer look at the ingredients list for her cereal bar. It turns out that the supposedly blueberry cereal bar contains blueberry-infused diced cranberries...!? What's going on??
Well that was this week for y'all. We'll end on this note: the Stats Strategy = Stategy #toomuchmaths
Until next week, have a good one ;)
Thursday, 31 October 2013
Happy Halloween!
Hope you all have a good one :)
Expect to see another Halloween post sometime at the weekend! Until then, entertain youselves with this:
http://www.theoworlds.com/halloween/index.php?CardID=418936
Have fun!
Expect to see another Halloween post sometime at the weekend! Until then, entertain youselves with this:
http://www.theoworlds.com/halloween/index.php?CardID=418936
Have fun!
Wednesday, 30 October 2013
What's App-ening Wednesday? #7: Marvel's the Avengers: A Second Screen Experience
Yo wassup peeps! Today we're gonna be talking a little about the Avengers app, which goes alongside the Blu-ray version of The Avengers.
I absolutely love Marvel and The Avengers is just one of my favourite films, so when I found out about this app, I naturally went and downloaded it.
Personally, I think this app is just awesome! The interface is very S.H.I.E.L.D. and it makes you feel like you're in the control room on the helicarrier.
As for the actual content, they've got character files, which contain various elements such as videos, close-ups of weapons, and other 'confidential' information. There's also an interesting-looking timeline, which I haven't explored in too much detail yet.
Even though the app is meant to be connected with the Blu-ray version of the film, I don't ever use that function.
Overall, I love the feel of the app and it's great fun going through S.H.I.E.L.D.'s top secret folders.
For more information, visit the website:
http://marvel.com/news/story/19455/download_marvels_the_avengers_second_screen_app
Note: The views and opinions presented in this post are purely our own. This segment is only meant to be for fun and was not intended to promote particular products.
I absolutely love Marvel and The Avengers is just one of my favourite films, so when I found out about this app, I naturally went and downloaded it.
Personally, I think this app is just awesome! The interface is very S.H.I.E.L.D. and it makes you feel like you're in the control room on the helicarrier.
As for the actual content, they've got character files, which contain various elements such as videos, close-ups of weapons, and other 'confidential' information. There's also an interesting-looking timeline, which I haven't explored in too much detail yet.
Even though the app is meant to be connected with the Blu-ray version of the film, I don't ever use that function.
Overall, I love the feel of the app and it's great fun going through S.H.I.E.L.D.'s top secret folders.
For more information, visit the website:
http://marvel.com/news/story/19455/download_marvels_the_avengers_second_screen_app
Note: The views and opinions presented in this post are purely our own. This segment is only meant to be for fun and was not intended to promote particular products.
Sunday, 27 October 2013
Weekly News Round-Up #38: 20/10/2013
Hello, hello, hello! Welcome to an on-time edition of Weekly News
Round-Up! This week has been semi-relaxed...actually I take that back,
now that I think about it...
Monday breaktime saw our dearest ANT ranting about a craft fair that she had been to the previous day. She made sure to point out that she very much dislikes browsing, being the sort of person who goes into a store, gets what they need and then makes a bee-line for the exit.
After ANT went home for lunch, Ruby, ArwaChihuahua and Master had a fabulous game of 'Guess the Skittle Flavour' (Ruby had a pack of 'Confused Skittles' and we took turns at guessing what flavour it was meant to be). Until this little game, I'd never heard of blue rasperry or melon berry before (I even did a little research on it just now). How interesting. I bet ol' ANT is regretting going home now ;)
In other lunchtime news, ConscienceSarah gave us all a sneak preview of her new story. I'm not sure how much I'm allowed to reveal, but we'll keep you posted.
Wednesday afternoon was an interesting one. Thankfully, Mr Ian Bory was able to provide a reference for Wicks and ArwaChihuahua's project. Meanwhile, the rest of the afternoon was spent on badminton. Even though we spent much time on the courts, we also spent time observing other players. An individual that surprised us was CatMole. There was a particular point when he was trying to take his coat off, but he was still playing. Somehow he managed to inch it off inbetween hits.
This week has also been one of birthdays! On Thursday it was Wadz's big day and Friday was DisneyLover Molly's! Hope you both had a good time :D
Friday lunchtime was also rather eventul. We discussed computer games, such as Minecraft, Sims, and those cooking and dress-up games. For once, ANT decided not to argue about which, out of Minecraft and Sims, she thought was better.
And to end a great week, ArwaChihuahua aimed food at Wicks' mouth. We have video proof that ArwaChihuahua scored at least once ;p
Until next week, have a good one ;)
Monday breaktime saw our dearest ANT ranting about a craft fair that she had been to the previous day. She made sure to point out that she very much dislikes browsing, being the sort of person who goes into a store, gets what they need and then makes a bee-line for the exit.
After ANT went home for lunch, Ruby, ArwaChihuahua and Master had a fabulous game of 'Guess the Skittle Flavour' (Ruby had a pack of 'Confused Skittles' and we took turns at guessing what flavour it was meant to be). Until this little game, I'd never heard of blue rasperry or melon berry before (I even did a little research on it just now). How interesting. I bet ol' ANT is regretting going home now ;)
In other lunchtime news, ConscienceSarah gave us all a sneak preview of her new story. I'm not sure how much I'm allowed to reveal, but we'll keep you posted.
Wednesday afternoon was an interesting one. Thankfully, Mr Ian Bory was able to provide a reference for Wicks and ArwaChihuahua's project. Meanwhile, the rest of the afternoon was spent on badminton. Even though we spent much time on the courts, we also spent time observing other players. An individual that surprised us was CatMole. There was a particular point when he was trying to take his coat off, but he was still playing. Somehow he managed to inch it off inbetween hits.
This week has also been one of birthdays! On Thursday it was Wadz's big day and Friday was DisneyLover Molly's! Hope you both had a good time :D
Friday lunchtime was also rather eventul. We discussed computer games, such as Minecraft, Sims, and those cooking and dress-up games. For once, ANT decided not to argue about which, out of Minecraft and Sims, she thought was better.
And to end a great week, ArwaChihuahua aimed food at Wicks' mouth. We have video proof that ArwaChihuahua scored at least once ;p
Until next week, have a good one ;)
Wednesday, 23 October 2013
What's App-ening Wednesday? #6: My Horse
Hey peeps! Speaking of hay, today we're talking about My Horse!
After hearing ArwaChihuahua and Wicks talking about it, I thought I'd give it a go.
It's pretty much exactly what it says it is on the tin. You get a virtual horse to look after. This includes many tasks, including feeding, cleaning, entering competitions etc. I must admit that it's a nice game, but it's not something that I go back to very often (I'm probably not their target demographic anyway).
If you're interested, you can check out their website:
http://www.naturalmotion.com/my-horse/
Note: The views and opinions presented in this post are purely our own. This segment is only meant to be for fun and was not intended to promote particular products.
After hearing ArwaChihuahua and Wicks talking about it, I thought I'd give it a go.
It's pretty much exactly what it says it is on the tin. You get a virtual horse to look after. This includes many tasks, including feeding, cleaning, entering competitions etc. I must admit that it's a nice game, but it's not something that I go back to very often (I'm probably not their target demographic anyway).
If you're interested, you can check out their website:
http://www.naturalmotion.com/my-horse/
Note: The views and opinions presented in this post are purely our own. This segment is only meant to be for fun and was not intended to promote particular products.
Sunday, 20 October 2013
Weekly News Round-Up #37: 13/10/2013
Now, I must start this post with a massive apology to all you loyal
readers. I offer y'all my most sincerst apologies for this incredibly
late update. My reason is that Team Business temporarily took over my
life. Very sorry about that, and I will make sure that it won't happen
again.
With that outta the way, what happened last week?
Monday lunchtime was an eventful one as a few of us decided it would be a fun idea to steal Wadz's possessions (when I say steal, we just hid it under the table for a while). Naturally, this lead to a few people getting a slap...
This week may also be considered eventful in the sense that it was interhouse! (I'll have y'all know that my astro-surfing days are over.) There were even more options than usual: badminton, hockey, or logic-related puzzles (crosswords and sudoku's). As expected, we went for the logic-related puzzles. As we like our strategies, it was decided that ArwaChihuahua and Master would solve the sudoku, whilst the rest of the team tackled the crossword.
In the end, we completed at least one crossword and two sudoku's (even though, in the first one, there were two 5's in one section. The second one ended in us putting it down to luck. It reached the point where you just think #yolo.) Overall, I think it was a nice end to Wednesday :)
A project that's been in the pipelines for a few weeks re-surfaced in conversation on Thursday. There has been talk of us forming a new band called 'Banned' (you like the play on words? We're still unsure about whether the 'e' should be in there or not...), which will essentially be a freestyle percussion group (if you remember that little tribal moment the other week, you'll know what sort of music we're talking about). We'll keep you updated on more 'Banned' news...
On that same afternoon, all members of our year had to listen to a presentation (which was slightly pointless, since we'd heard it all before the previous year). It just happened that we were one of the last to get in the hall, therefore we ended up with front row seats, consequently giving everyone the impression that we were extraordinarily enthusiastic. It was an inspirational talk, however Wicks got a little distracted by the wallpaper in the room (a certain part of the pattern looked like a dog). Afterwards, the only one of us to sign up for spam mail was the Cap. (Wicks had learnt from previous experience that this organisation are most keen on marketing, whether it be by email, phone, fax... (I was joking about fax).)
Friday lunchtime saw ANT buy herself some chips. They happened to be very plain, therefore she went back to get salt and ketchup. In the time that she was away, Ruby and Master took this opportunity to dare eachother to steal a chip and see if ANT noticed the difference. In the end, Master took a chip, however Ruby was unable to as ANT had made a speedy return. She didn't notice any difference.
Master would like to publicly apologise to ANT for taking a chip without permission.
Of course, if this scenario rings a bell in your head, it did in ours as well. Master leapt at the opportunity to remind everyone of the salt sachet incident ;p
ANT also decided to voice her opinions on the incredibly famous movie 'Titanic'. She said something like, "I don't really find it sad. If anything, I find it quite funny, like the part where she says 'she'll never let go' but she does in the end..." Now, that is just so typically ANT. Enough said.
So, it was Cap.'s birthday this week! Woooo! To conclude, Cap. invited us all to go bowling (who doesn't love a bitta bowling?) I'm sure I speak for all of us when I say that we had a great time :)
To end a great Saturday, ArwaChihuahua, Wicks and Master stopped off at 'The Codfather' on the way back home. Let me tell you now, if your in the market for some fish and chips, and you like your chips wrapped, 'The Codfather' is the place to be! #puntastic
Until next week, have a good one ;)
With that outta the way, what happened last week?
Monday lunchtime was an eventful one as a few of us decided it would be a fun idea to steal Wadz's possessions (when I say steal, we just hid it under the table for a while). Naturally, this lead to a few people getting a slap...
This week may also be considered eventful in the sense that it was interhouse! (I'll have y'all know that my astro-surfing days are over.) There were even more options than usual: badminton, hockey, or logic-related puzzles (crosswords and sudoku's). As expected, we went for the logic-related puzzles. As we like our strategies, it was decided that ArwaChihuahua and Master would solve the sudoku, whilst the rest of the team tackled the crossword.
In the end, we completed at least one crossword and two sudoku's (even though, in the first one, there were two 5's in one section. The second one ended in us putting it down to luck. It reached the point where you just think #yolo.) Overall, I think it was a nice end to Wednesday :)
A project that's been in the pipelines for a few weeks re-surfaced in conversation on Thursday. There has been talk of us forming a new band called 'Banned' (you like the play on words? We're still unsure about whether the 'e' should be in there or not...), which will essentially be a freestyle percussion group (if you remember that little tribal moment the other week, you'll know what sort of music we're talking about). We'll keep you updated on more 'Banned' news...
On that same afternoon, all members of our year had to listen to a presentation (which was slightly pointless, since we'd heard it all before the previous year). It just happened that we were one of the last to get in the hall, therefore we ended up with front row seats, consequently giving everyone the impression that we were extraordinarily enthusiastic. It was an inspirational talk, however Wicks got a little distracted by the wallpaper in the room (a certain part of the pattern looked like a dog). Afterwards, the only one of us to sign up for spam mail was the Cap. (Wicks had learnt from previous experience that this organisation are most keen on marketing, whether it be by email, phone, fax... (I was joking about fax).)
Friday lunchtime saw ANT buy herself some chips. They happened to be very plain, therefore she went back to get salt and ketchup. In the time that she was away, Ruby and Master took this opportunity to dare eachother to steal a chip and see if ANT noticed the difference. In the end, Master took a chip, however Ruby was unable to as ANT had made a speedy return. She didn't notice any difference.
Master would like to publicly apologise to ANT for taking a chip without permission.
Of course, if this scenario rings a bell in your head, it did in ours as well. Master leapt at the opportunity to remind everyone of the salt sachet incident ;p
ANT also decided to voice her opinions on the incredibly famous movie 'Titanic'. She said something like, "I don't really find it sad. If anything, I find it quite funny, like the part where she says 'she'll never let go' but she does in the end..." Now, that is just so typically ANT. Enough said.
So, it was Cap.'s birthday this week! Woooo! To conclude, Cap. invited us all to go bowling (who doesn't love a bitta bowling?) I'm sure I speak for all of us when I say that we had a great time :)
To end a great Saturday, ArwaChihuahua, Wicks and Master stopped off at 'The Codfather' on the way back home. Let me tell you now, if your in the market for some fish and chips, and you like your chips wrapped, 'The Codfather' is the place to be! #puntastic
Until next week, have a good one ;)
Friday, 18 October 2013
Thursday, 17 October 2013
Wednesday, 16 October 2013
What's App-ening Wednesday? #5: Modern Girl
Hello there! This week, I've got a review for y'all on Modern Girl.
Now, if you remember ANT's review on Top Girl, this game is by the same creators and is pretty much the exact same concept. When asked ANT said, "This is exactly the same as Top Girl, but instead everything's purple." Personally, I don't completely agree with this as there are some improvements in Modern Girl. I find that the graphics are better and the boyfriend doesn't follow you around everywhere.
Apart from that, the chat-up lines are as good as they are in Top Girl.
If that sounds appealing to you, check out their website:
http://www.crowdstar.com/games/modern_girl
Note: The views and opinions presented in this post are purely our own. This segment is only meant to be for fun and was not intended to promote particular products.
Now, if you remember ANT's review on Top Girl, this game is by the same creators and is pretty much the exact same concept. When asked ANT said, "This is exactly the same as Top Girl, but instead everything's purple." Personally, I don't completely agree with this as there are some improvements in Modern Girl. I find that the graphics are better and the boyfriend doesn't follow you around everywhere.
Apart from that, the chat-up lines are as good as they are in Top Girl.
If that sounds appealing to you, check out their website:
http://www.crowdstar.com/games/modern_girl
Note: The views and opinions presented in this post are purely our own. This segment is only meant to be for fun and was not intended to promote particular products.
Sunday, 13 October 2013
Weekly News Round-Up #36: 06/10/2013
How's it going, peeps? This weeks been slightly quieter, but I cna almost promise that there will be a lot more to come in the very near future... Let's crack on!
At the beginning of the week, we were talking about the Mr Men and Little Miss collection. Along with that, there was much talk about Wick and ArwaChihuahua's previous experiences of getting free comic books on the day of a certain comic book festival!
What surprised me the most at lunchtime were Ruby's Yorkie buttons. If you're confused, they were just massive chocolate buttons. Later, we imagined the sort of people, or giants, who would work at the production factory...
It also occurred to us, this week, that ArwaChihuahua's clothes always have a stain of some sort on them. It truly baffles us how it happens. It's almost as if she was cursed after the yogurt incident.
One of the biggest things that happened this week, at the Academy, was the issue of our own name tags, or as Wadz prefers to call them 'Swag Tags'. The lanyards are of a sunshine yellow shade of colour, there's no hiding if you're wearing one of them.
Meanwhile, our photos on them came in varying degrees of humiliation. We were able to put them in order from most happy-looking to least. It seems to be accepted by everyone that Master looks most unimpressed and angry in her photo. People just took one look at it and burst into laughter.
ConscienceSarah and Master also discovered that there's more than one way to wear it. By wearing it across the body, it also serves as what ConscienceSarah likes to call a 'samurai sash'.
For enrichment this week, we decided to mix it up a little by switching from badminton to tennis. this was mainly because there wasn't enough room on the badminton courts, and also ANT decided that it was time to brush up on our tennis skills.
With next week being Interhouse week, I'm sure we'll have more to tell... ;p
Also, look out for a new spam-related segment coming soon to this blog. Plus, your Wednesday's will be just that tad brighter with all new Wadz's Poetry Wednesday over on the Book Blog :)
Until next week, have a good one ;)
At the beginning of the week, we were talking about the Mr Men and Little Miss collection. Along with that, there was much talk about Wick and ArwaChihuahua's previous experiences of getting free comic books on the day of a certain comic book festival!
What surprised me the most at lunchtime were Ruby's Yorkie buttons. If you're confused, they were just massive chocolate buttons. Later, we imagined the sort of people, or giants, who would work at the production factory...
It also occurred to us, this week, that ArwaChihuahua's clothes always have a stain of some sort on them. It truly baffles us how it happens. It's almost as if she was cursed after the yogurt incident.
One of the biggest things that happened this week, at the Academy, was the issue of our own name tags, or as Wadz prefers to call them 'Swag Tags'. The lanyards are of a sunshine yellow shade of colour, there's no hiding if you're wearing one of them.
Meanwhile, our photos on them came in varying degrees of humiliation. We were able to put them in order from most happy-looking to least. It seems to be accepted by everyone that Master looks most unimpressed and angry in her photo. People just took one look at it and burst into laughter.
ConscienceSarah and Master also discovered that there's more than one way to wear it. By wearing it across the body, it also serves as what ConscienceSarah likes to call a 'samurai sash'.
For enrichment this week, we decided to mix it up a little by switching from badminton to tennis. this was mainly because there wasn't enough room on the badminton courts, and also ANT decided that it was time to brush up on our tennis skills.
With next week being Interhouse week, I'm sure we'll have more to tell... ;p
Also, look out for a new spam-related segment coming soon to this blog. Plus, your Wednesday's will be just that tad brighter with all new Wadz's Poetry Wednesday over on the Book Blog :)
Until next week, have a good one ;)
Wednesday, 9 October 2013
What's App-ening Wednesday? #4: Pocket Warwick
This week's guest reviewer is the wonderful Wicks! Here's what she had to say about the app 'Pocket Warwick':
Being a big Warwick Davis fan (you mean you aren't?!), I eagerly downloaded this free app and set to work coaching my little Warwick to stardom. Caring for him, completing missions and feeding him multiple roast dinners. Unfortunately, to complete said missions and feed your Warwick, you need to spend money. Money which takes quite a few missions to earn. This meant that before too long, Warwick was living in poverty.
My enthusiasm waned and I left him to his own devices for a day. When I returned, I found Warwick saddened and dressed in a grimy dressing gown. All bars at zero and I was only gone for a day?! *sigh* So needy.
Spending more money to get him back into shape, then forgetting about him, repeat, repeat, repeat,- and I was skint. Sorry Warwick - A-list? Unlikely!
4/12 stars
- Fun at first, but any neglect and woe betide you!
Note: The views and opinions presented in this post are purely our own. This segment is only meant to be for fun and was not intended to promote particular products.
Being a big Warwick Davis fan (you mean you aren't?!), I eagerly downloaded this free app and set to work coaching my little Warwick to stardom. Caring for him, completing missions and feeding him multiple roast dinners. Unfortunately, to complete said missions and feed your Warwick, you need to spend money. Money which takes quite a few missions to earn. This meant that before too long, Warwick was living in poverty.
My enthusiasm waned and I left him to his own devices for a day. When I returned, I found Warwick saddened and dressed in a grimy dressing gown. All bars at zero and I was only gone for a day?! *sigh* So needy.
Spending more money to get him back into shape, then forgetting about him, repeat, repeat, repeat,- and I was skint. Sorry Warwick - A-list? Unlikely!
4/12 stars
- Fun at first, but any neglect and woe betide you!
Note: The views and opinions presented in this post are purely our own. This segment is only meant to be for fun and was not intended to promote particular products.
Sunday, 6 October 2013
Quote Week: October - Day 7
"It's like a messed up version of Jenga."
- A.T.
Story behind quote:
ANT shares her thoughts on the game of the moment, Handy Crush.
To find out about the origins of the game, check out Weekly News Round-Up #35: 29/09/2013
- A.T.
Story behind quote:
ANT shares her thoughts on the game of the moment, Handy Crush.
To find out about the origins of the game, check out Weekly News Round-Up #35: 29/09/2013
Weekly News Round-Up #35: 29/09/2013
How's it going, peeps? This has been a week of reading, camouflage and Googling. Let's get started...
Monday morning saw Wicks coming into school and having a litle rant about X-men. To avoid SPOILERS, skip to the next bold word. It is a mystery to us all how Magneto manages to lose when there are people on the opposing team who are partly made of metal. We think he's definitely a candidate for Villain Academy. Overall, it got a 2/12 from Wicks.
After lunch, BaffledHarrison, Alexis, Wicks and Master all had a free lesson. They decided it would be nice for BaffledHarrison to read them an extract from 'A Game of Thrones', since he has such an audio-book-reader voice. The whole experience was enhanced further by the occasional ad-lib ;p
In the middle of the week, they had enrichment in the form of badminton, where a rather extraordinary number of people turned up.
Firstly, Master looked pretty ridiculous as the only person in the room standing in full PE kit. ANT unintentionally made matters worse by saying that she 'felt over-dressed' when she was swaggering about in normal gear.
During the session, the group managed to lose their court to another group. Consequently, they were squeezed onto a smaller court, playing 3 against 2. Wicks remarked that we should play like you'd play table football, where you can only move sideways. Overall, we had a good time :)
Thursday was the Academy's All-round Fun-day!
Wicks, ArwaChihuahua, ConscienceSarah and Master were involved in activities inspired by the Hunger Games. Sensibly, most people went for the green and black colour palette, outfit-wise. It also happened that there was plenty of face/body paint, which was meant for camouflage. Everyone, apart from Wicks, went all out on the paint. Wicks, The Wolf, decided to transform Master into The Eagle by painting a yellow beak on her forehead. It was all happy days until the end of the day when Master tried to wash it all off. That was the tricky part.
Meanwhile, Ruby and ANT were involved in Interhouse events with the 2nd years. To our surprise, ANT apparently had a good day being a team coordinator and working with the younger kids. Although she did have one kid who decided to be the downer of the group and insisted on not doing anything. There was also a kid who insisted on being called 'Samuel' instead of 'Sam'. He was apparently the real star of the group.
Until next week, have a good one ;)
Monday morning saw Wicks coming into school and having a litle rant about X-men. To avoid SPOILERS, skip to the next bold word. It is a mystery to us all how Magneto manages to lose when there are people on the opposing team who are partly made of metal. We think he's definitely a candidate for Villain Academy. Overall, it got a 2/12 from Wicks.
After lunch, BaffledHarrison, Alexis, Wicks and Master all had a free lesson. They decided it would be nice for BaffledHarrison to read them an extract from 'A Game of Thrones', since he has such an audio-book-reader voice. The whole experience was enhanced further by the occasional ad-lib ;p
In the middle of the week, they had enrichment in the form of badminton, where a rather extraordinary number of people turned up.
Firstly, Master looked pretty ridiculous as the only person in the room standing in full PE kit. ANT unintentionally made matters worse by saying that she 'felt over-dressed' when she was swaggering about in normal gear.
During the session, the group managed to lose their court to another group. Consequently, they were squeezed onto a smaller court, playing 3 against 2. Wicks remarked that we should play like you'd play table football, where you can only move sideways. Overall, we had a good time :)
Thursday was the Academy's All-round Fun-day!
Wicks, ArwaChihuahua, ConscienceSarah and Master were involved in activities inspired by the Hunger Games. Sensibly, most people went for the green and black colour palette, outfit-wise. It also happened that there was plenty of face/body paint, which was meant for camouflage. Everyone, apart from Wicks, went all out on the paint. Wicks, The Wolf, decided to transform Master into The Eagle by painting a yellow beak on her forehead. It was all happy days until the end of the day when Master tried to wash it all off. That was the tricky part.
Meanwhile, Ruby and ANT were involved in Interhouse events with the 2nd years. To our surprise, ANT apparently had a good day being a team coordinator and working with the younger kids. Although she did have one kid who decided to be the downer of the group and insisted on not doing anything. There was also a kid who insisted on being called 'Samuel' instead of 'Sam'. He was apparently the real star of the group.
On Friday, most of us had a good go on the Google piñata
game. Also, ANT and Ruby experimented with different Google tricks,
such as typing in 'Google sphere' or 'Google gravity' and then hitting
the 'I'm feeling lucky' button. Master was oh so impressed with this
new-found Google knowledge.
There
was also much discussion at lunchtime about the pet versions of certain
games. They contemplated 'Candy Crush Pets' (which Wicks imagined to be
a rather terrible game where pets got crushed by candy), 'Cut the Rope
Pets' and 'Top Girl Pets'.
However,
the game of the moment has got to be 'Handy Crush' (Name credits go to ConscienceSarah). Yes, you heard
right, it's that pointless game where you and a bunch of friends sit
around a table and piles your hands on top of one another's.
And
to end a most eventful week, we had a lil' tribal moment, where we used
the tables as drums, Wadz did a solo, and ConscienceSarah half-expected
someone to burst into a tribal tune and perform a ceremony of sorts.
Until next week, have a good one ;)
Saturday, 5 October 2013
Quote Week: October - Day 6
"I hate small phones. And I hate Smule."
- A.W.
Story behind quote:
After an intense game of Magic Piano on Ruby's iPod, this is what Wadz had to say.
- A.W.
Story behind quote:
After an intense game of Magic Piano on Ruby's iPod, this is what Wadz had to say.
Friday, 4 October 2013
Quote Week: October - Day 5
Wicks: "It's not fish that gives you salmonella."
Master: "Just salmon!"
- H.W. J.C.
Story behind quote:
Master attempts to crack a joke. Oh, the perks of having an extreme sense of humour ;p
Master: "Just salmon!"
- H.W. J.C.
Story behind quote:
Master attempts to crack a joke. Oh, the perks of having an extreme sense of humour ;p
Thursday, 3 October 2013
Quote Week: October - Day 4
"I hate wasps. Kill them all. I don't care how dark that sounds."
- A.T.
Story behind quote:
ANT isn't too keen on wasps.
[Note: In reality, she really does have a heart of gold.]
- A.T.
Story behind quote:
ANT isn't too keen on wasps.
[Note: In reality, she really does have a heart of gold.]
Wednesday, 2 October 2013
What's App-ening Wednesday? #3: Magic Piano
Today's hilarious review comes from Wadz! Take a look:
Smule. Many thoughts come to mind if the faintly German-sounding company is ever mentioned to me. Accomplishment, determination and pride. However words such as annoyance, confusion and table-flip also spring into mind. Today’s review will be about none other than the app Magic Piano. From Britney’s “Stronger” to Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata”, people all around the world take up the hobby of climbing through these ranks of ebony and ivory. And for what? Grade eight on piano? I think not. But in all seriousness, this app helps you with one thing, the art of time killing. And honestly, this game is mind-blowingly addictive. Which really confuses me because Apple doesn't seem to register that you are supposed to use 4 fingers at once at some points and closes the game, just for you. Making you start all over again after your “masterpiece”. Thanks Steve. That and the fact if you play on an iPhone and not an iPad, your thumbs may as well belong to an alpha male Silverback. Nevertheless, 4/5.
Note: The views and opinions presented in this post are purely our own. This segment is only meant to be for fun and was not intended to promote particular products.
Smule. Many thoughts come to mind if the faintly German-sounding company is ever mentioned to me. Accomplishment, determination and pride. However words such as annoyance, confusion and table-flip also spring into mind. Today’s review will be about none other than the app Magic Piano. From Britney’s “Stronger” to Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata”, people all around the world take up the hobby of climbing through these ranks of ebony and ivory. And for what? Grade eight on piano? I think not. But in all seriousness, this app helps you with one thing, the art of time killing. And honestly, this game is mind-blowingly addictive. Which really confuses me because Apple doesn't seem to register that you are supposed to use 4 fingers at once at some points and closes the game, just for you. Making you start all over again after your “masterpiece”. Thanks Steve. That and the fact if you play on an iPhone and not an iPad, your thumbs may as well belong to an alpha male Silverback. Nevertheless, 4/5.
Note: The views and opinions presented in this post are purely our own. This segment is only meant to be for fun and was not intended to promote particular products.
Quote Week: October - Day 3
"I'll be back in 5 seconds...no probably one minute."
- B.C. (we'd like to think)
Story behind quote:
B-Cox is always ever so precise.
- B.C. (we'd like to think)
Story behind quote:
B-Cox is always ever so precise.
Tuesday, 1 October 2013
Quote Week: October - Day 2
"Same thing as last time, John."
- H.W.
Story behind quote:
We contemplated if the people on the Great British Bake-Off were allowed to bake the same thing every week. Wicks imagined what it'd be like to ask for the ingredients...
This sorta reminded Master of 'Pinky and the Brain':
Pinky: "So, what dya wanna do tonight then, Brain?"
Brain: "The same thing that we do every night, Pinky. Try to take over the world!"
Whatta show.
- H.W.
Story behind quote:
We contemplated if the people on the Great British Bake-Off were allowed to bake the same thing every week. Wicks imagined what it'd be like to ask for the ingredients...
This sorta reminded Master of 'Pinky and the Brain':
Pinky: "So, what dya wanna do tonight then, Brain?"
Brain: "The same thing that we do every night, Pinky. Try to take over the world!"
Whatta show.
Monday, 30 September 2013
Wadz's blog has been renamed!
Hey peeps!
As many of you will know, Wadz has a blog where she writes reviews of films, but now it has a new URL. Here it is:
http://welliguessreviews.blogspot.co.uk/
I strongly recommend you go and check it out. If you want blunt and to-the-point opinions on things, Wadz's blog is the place for you.
As many of you will know, Wadz has a blog where she writes reviews of films, but now it has a new URL. Here it is:
http://welliguessreviews.blogspot.co.uk/
I strongly recommend you go and check it out. If you want blunt and to-the-point opinions on things, Wadz's blog is the place for you.
Quote Week: October - Day 1
"How come uniform is no longer uniform...?"
- H.W.
Story behind quote:
With not 1, not 2, but 3 different acceptable uniforms at the Academy these days, Wicks picks up on the fact that uniform just isn't what it says it is on the tin anymore.
- H.W.
Story behind quote:
With not 1, not 2, but 3 different acceptable uniforms at the Academy these days, Wicks picks up on the fact that uniform just isn't what it says it is on the tin anymore.
Sunday, 29 September 2013
Weekly News Round-Up #34: 22/09/2013
Hello! How's it going? I hope you've all had a delightful week, I
must admit that I've had a relatively quiet one, but let's crack on...
The beginning of the week was rather chilly, in my opinion, but Wicks insisted on staying outside at break time. Lunchtime proved to be too much as everyone voted 'inside'.
Lunch was a quiet affair until a wasp decided to pop in through an open window (there's probably more news about wasps this week than there is about people).
But, putting that aside, ANT became the Salad Oracle. Amazingly, she was able to predict what time it was just be looking at the box of salad! However, she denies possessing such powers (I'm sure she'll come to terms with it sooner or later).
Also, Ruby told a great story concerning yogurt. It happened that she had a pot of yogurt with a spoon in it, however, when she lifted her iPod from the table, the magnet from the iPod case attached itself to the spoon. This caused an extraordinary chain of events, where the spoon was flung out of the pot and, consequently, yogurt was spilt.
And, to top off our lunch break, ANT decided that Master needed more app homework in the form of getting to level 10 on Candy Crush.
Speaking of apps, I hope you're all enjoying What's App-ening Wednesday! We've got a great review from ANT this week, so look forward to that :)
Time skip to Wednesday afternoon, we had a wonderfully hot and stuffy enrichment fair. There were some lovely clubs, such as fake flower-making, debate club, a range of sports, and even one for blogging. In the end, we went for badminton. Tune in next week when there's bound to be badminton drama of some sort ;p
After the fair, we had a bunch of spare time on our hands, which we spent on playing more Candy Crush. There's was even time near the end of the day for a flash game of Squares, where we had DisneyLoverMolly vs. ConscienceSarah and ANT vs. Master. For the latter duo, it was as if Christmas had come early ;p They started off on the standard 10x10 grid, but quickly realised there wasn't enough time, so they had two matches, one on a 3x3, where ANT won, and the other on a 4x4, where Master won. As always, ANT is correct when she says 'it's all fun and games until the final few lines'. Still as competitive as ever, bring on badminton...
On Friday, we found out what we'd be doing for the Academy's All-round Fun-day, which will be taking place on Thursday. Most of us got what we applied for, however that wasn't the case for ANT, who will be a team coordinator for the year 8's. Now, if you know ANT, you'll know that she isn't particularly keen on leadership or year 8's. We'll see how she gets on...
Seriously, there's so much to look forward to this week!
We've had so much trouble with wasps this week I thought it would only be fair that we dedicate a paragraph to the lil' buggers. These wasps have been hanging around us so much that we've made games out of them. Here are a few: Dodge the Wasp (self-explanatory), Capture the Wasp (mainly played by ArwaChihuahua, where she attempts to trap the wasp in a polystyrene lunch box) and Wasp Statues (where we substitute the music, in Musical Statues, for wasps).
After that wonderful week, Wadz, ArwaChihuahua, ANT and Master were walking home when a new idea was born. Wadz predicted that ANT will become the founder of an extremely successful bath mat company named Stumble Co. Ltd. It seems that they have already set up this company as I was pleasantly surprised on Friday night when a complimentary card and lemon thing came through the letter box. Here's the photo evidence:
How lovely!
Until next week, have a good one ;)
The beginning of the week was rather chilly, in my opinion, but Wicks insisted on staying outside at break time. Lunchtime proved to be too much as everyone voted 'inside'.
Lunch was a quiet affair until a wasp decided to pop in through an open window (there's probably more news about wasps this week than there is about people).
But, putting that aside, ANT became the Salad Oracle. Amazingly, she was able to predict what time it was just be looking at the box of salad! However, she denies possessing such powers (I'm sure she'll come to terms with it sooner or later).
Also, Ruby told a great story concerning yogurt. It happened that she had a pot of yogurt with a spoon in it, however, when she lifted her iPod from the table, the magnet from the iPod case attached itself to the spoon. This caused an extraordinary chain of events, where the spoon was flung out of the pot and, consequently, yogurt was spilt.
And, to top off our lunch break, ANT decided that Master needed more app homework in the form of getting to level 10 on Candy Crush.
Speaking of apps, I hope you're all enjoying What's App-ening Wednesday! We've got a great review from ANT this week, so look forward to that :)
Time skip to Wednesday afternoon, we had a wonderfully hot and stuffy enrichment fair. There were some lovely clubs, such as fake flower-making, debate club, a range of sports, and even one for blogging. In the end, we went for badminton. Tune in next week when there's bound to be badminton drama of some sort ;p
After the fair, we had a bunch of spare time on our hands, which we spent on playing more Candy Crush. There's was even time near the end of the day for a flash game of Squares, where we had DisneyLoverMolly vs. ConscienceSarah and ANT vs. Master. For the latter duo, it was as if Christmas had come early ;p They started off on the standard 10x10 grid, but quickly realised there wasn't enough time, so they had two matches, one on a 3x3, where ANT won, and the other on a 4x4, where Master won. As always, ANT is correct when she says 'it's all fun and games until the final few lines'. Still as competitive as ever, bring on badminton...
On Friday, we found out what we'd be doing for the Academy's All-round Fun-day, which will be taking place on Thursday. Most of us got what we applied for, however that wasn't the case for ANT, who will be a team coordinator for the year 8's. Now, if you know ANT, you'll know that she isn't particularly keen on leadership or year 8's. We'll see how she gets on...
Seriously, there's so much to look forward to this week!
We've had so much trouble with wasps this week I thought it would only be fair that we dedicate a paragraph to the lil' buggers. These wasps have been hanging around us so much that we've made games out of them. Here are a few: Dodge the Wasp (self-explanatory), Capture the Wasp (mainly played by ArwaChihuahua, where she attempts to trap the wasp in a polystyrene lunch box) and Wasp Statues (where we substitute the music, in Musical Statues, for wasps).
After that wonderful week, Wadz, ArwaChihuahua, ANT and Master were walking home when a new idea was born. Wadz predicted that ANT will become the founder of an extremely successful bath mat company named Stumble Co. Ltd. It seems that they have already set up this company as I was pleasantly surprised on Friday night when a complimentary card and lemon thing came through the letter box. Here's the photo evidence:
Until next week, have a good one ;)
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