Today, Sunday was a hot day!
So I went to Wendy’s, the ice cream shop.
I was thinking of what to have, and I decided for a change i’d have a small Chocolate Dip Ice Cream Cone.
It’s just vanilla ice cream covered with hardened chocolate. (Incase you didn’t know)

When I sat down at this cafe my parents wanted to go to, I took a bite in the centre and guess what happened?
It fell on my skirt.
No just kidding…ha ha ha!!!
The vanilla ice cream started running all down the ice cream cone, and I was trying to lick it up before it went onto the table.
I put napkins down on the table so it wouldn’t make a big mess on the table.
I felt like a little kid!!!
And it was embarrassing because the other people at the cafe probably thought that I was a messy eater or something. (Which i’m not!!!)

That was just a small one, imagine how big the large one would’ve been!!!

Anyhow, once I had eaten all the choclate pieces off the ice cream, it became a lot easier to eat, thank goodness cause I was afraid that all of the ice cream would’ve melted before I got up to that stage.

Once I had finished I went down the exculator to go to the toilet to wash my hands.
But guess what!!!
There were no toilets.
No just kidding…again!!!
But you were very close. The toilets were being renovated!!!
It was ok though, cause after I left the cafe with my parents, I washed my hands in some other toilet. (Meaning the actual basin, not the toilet bowl, i’m not that stupid!)

That was pretty much the only exciting thing that happened on the weekend.
Except I saw this really cute guy at the supermarket!!!
But I also say that beauty is on the inside as well as the outside!!!

Hope u had a nice weekend
Musicmonkey

A man is in his lounge room, staring at a photograph hanging on the wall.
He says, ‘Brothers and sisters have I none
But that man’s father is my father’s son.’

Who is he staring at?

Please leave you answer under my comments file!

*If you get this right, you are a genius!!!

*I can’t be his nephew because he doesn’t have any brothers or sisters.
But great guess anyway!!!
Have another try!

Well today our class started our debates.
Each group had a different topic to work on.
Mine was, ‘Should students have to do sport?’
There was the affirmative team, and the negative team.
The affirmative team were arguing that ‘Students should have to do sport,’ while the negative team, which is the team that I was on, were arguing that ‘Students shouldn’t have to do sport.’

I like getting up and talking infront of the class because it’s a great experience that you may need in later life.
My English teacher, Miss Pryor said that most people fear public speaking more than they do death!!!
I’d fear death more!!!

But when I was up the front listening to my team and my opposite team, my legs were shaking cause I was quite nervous, and I was the third and last speaker for my team!!!
When I got up there I remembered what one of my cool classmates, Bryan had said. (thanx Bryan!!!)
He told me to involve eye contact and speak slowly.
It was good to have some advice like that seeing as I was so nervous.
I started doing all the things Bryan had told me, and I found that pretty easy cause I had practised infront of the mirror at home.
But I was finding it very hard to not laugh, because some of the things I said sounded pretty funny.
Like when I said that playing an instrument excercises parts of your body.

When my classmates laughed, I laughed, and whenever I thought of something funny later on in the script, that made me crack up as well!!!
But I know that it is hard to speak infront of your own peers, cause you know them, and sometimes just don’t want to let them down!!!

I got a good score though.

Here’s the script:

As third speaker of my team, for students shouldn’t have to do sport, it is my job to end my team’s argument for this debate.

Doing sport is supposed to help us keep fit and fight obesity, but it is really up to the individual to make that decision.
Plus it can be really hard and tiring work for that person, depending on what exactly they are doing in those sport classes.

I know that sometimes people’s lives are too busy for fitting in a basic walk, but think about it…
If they really wanted to keep fit, they’d create time and do it!

A lot of people suffer from medical conditions such as anorexia, asthma, cystic fibrosis, epilepsy, fainting etc, which can all have different symptoms.
Also, it could be really embarrassing for that person if they had to take medication before, during, or after the sport class and people might make fun of them, and make them feel sad.

There is a range of products to take from Pharmacies, but some parents aren’t fond of giving their child drugs.
And it’s not worth wasting the medication just because you wore yourself out in sport!
Also some medication is quite expensive to purchase.
I can relate to that because I have mild asthma.
Whenever I have to do the block run at school, I usually just walk and take it easy because if I run, I’ll have to slow down not long after and I’ll get a tiny bit wheezy and start to cough.

One day last year I had to do the beep test, which is where you run up and down the court for as long as possible, according to beeps which gradually increase their speed.
I did it for as long as I could, until I could taste blood at the back of my throat, and I felt weak.
The P.E teacher didn’t seem to know what was going on.

It is said that if you don’t do enough exercise, you won’t be healthy and fit, so that’s why students are forced to participate, but you don’t see all the teachers in the school doing fitness, because they are old enough to make their own decisions.
But aren’t teenagers old enough?
According to an article on a site called; http://www.slimtree.com/what_are_the_risks_if_you_dont_exercise.asp
they said;

‘A University of Hong Kong and Department of Health study revealed that 20 percent of all deaths of people 35 and older were attributed to a lack of physical activity. In addition, a lack of physical activity increased the risk of dying of cancer 45 percent for men and 28 percent for women, and the risk of dying from respiratory ailments 92 percent for men and 75 percent for women.’

You are probably thinking that this piece of evidence is useful for the affirmative team, but what I am trying to say about this article is that all those people who died died because of their own cause.
They chose to live the way they did.
And I believe that everyone should be allowed to live the way they want.
It only affects their body, and no one else’s, unless it is genetic.
We should all be proud of our life and enjoy it the way we want to.

That’s why I think students should be allowed to make that decision for themselves whether or not they want to do sport.
Because students aren’t forced to learn a school instrument, are they.
And yes, I know you may not think that music keeps you fit, but it does actually exercise parts of your body.
For example if you played an instrument where you blew into it, you‘d be exercising your mouth and lungs.
If you played the guitar you’d be exercising your hands and arms.
And if you played the drums, you’d be exercising your arms, feet and legs.
And just remember all that lifting of equipment that needs to be done to move on and off the stage!
Ha ha ha!!!

In the music industry there are more opportunities for jobs than there are for sport.
In sport you could be a teacher, a coach, a sport’s sale assistant, or a player.
Whereas in music you could be a famous artist of some sort, write music and lyrics for bands, be in an orchestra, be a music teacher, a music sales assistant or a Busker.

Life is too short to waste time doing things that aren’t going to get you anywhere.

So I say that it’s more important to focus on the things that you want to do in life, and the things that will get you a job.

Those are my arguments why I think that students shouldn’t have to do sport.

The decision should be in their hands!

On Friday night I went to Safeway to buy some soft drink.
I wanted to get those mineral water glass bottles that have all these cool flavours in them.
I came across these Schwepps bottles with all these different names.
One was this tropical flavour, and there were I think some other flavours.
They came in a brown cask carboard holder (I think that’s what they’re called), like the ones you see in the Liquor stores.
I came across some Schwepps bottles called, ‘Lemon & Lime Bitters.’
A lady grabbed a bottle, so I thought I’d try one as well.

I felt really happy as I was carrying them, you may think that’s weird but it was because they looked like alcoholic drinks, I don’t want to drink alcohol of course because I believe that it’s wrong to at my age and it can cause health problems.

Then on Saturday night I had one while watching Rockwiz and the Disney channel.
It tasted sooooooooooooooooo GOOD!!!!!!!!
And it only costed three dollars!!!!!!! AMAZING HUH!!!!!!!

So if you ever get a chance, buy one and quench your thirst!!!!!

Well last weekend I went up to Jamieson, which is half an hour away from Mansfield.
I found that it took all the stress away from me because there wasn’t many cars, I experienced nice clean air, and it was peaceful, unlike the city where there are cars everywhere you look, it’s noisy, and everything is so quick and fast.
I think that people should cut down on their use of cars because it is causing too much pollution.
They should get public transport, walk or even ride a bike.

When my family and I were driving to Jamieson, we used a lot less petrol that what we normally use in the city.
Wierd huh!!!
But think about it…
In the country you can drive at a greater speed, there’s not that much cars, and there are no traffic lights.
Traffic lights cause a waste of petrol, because while your car is stationery, it is still producing lots of petrol, which is being wasted.
But in the city we do need traffic lights, otherwise there would be a lot of accidents.
Another thing is that us city people are wasting water due to having showers everyday, watering our gardens with sprinklers, and washing our car with the hose.

Friends of my family’s in Jamieson have a shower once every three days, because they use tank water.
They’ll only break those rules when they go to Church every Sunday, and when they go other places, like into town.
But the only thing that’s bad about that is hygeine!!!
If only they had had a bath, they could have just filled it up with a little bit of water, and wash themselves that way.
So country people are more Enviromental.

Us people in the city don’t really realize just how lucky we really are.
Some poor people who are living in poverty, have to use the same water, (if they can find water) to wash themselves and their clothes, go to the toilet in, and drink!!!!
No wonder they become so sick!!!
Sad isn’t it!!!
One day i’d love to live in the country, for a nicer lifestyle.

Thanx for the comments u sent me!!!
I love getting positive comments from people.
Yeah my parents are kinda in a band, cause they play together!!!
They love doing gigs- that’s playing at functions like weddings and restaurants!!!

I would’ve replied on your blog, which looks GREAT, but I have to give my school e-mail address and I may not be allowed!!!!

It’s great to know that you love music.
I love music as well!!!
I don’t think I could live without it!!!

So you come from Canada
I love their accent!!
Well i’m from Australia!!!

I’m not actually sure if Rockwiz would be on in your country, cause it’s filmed in Australia, and might only be for Australians!!!
Sorry!!!

I write songs basically about my life, and if there’s nothing going on with my life, then I just make up stuff!!!
I would put my lyrics up on this site, but i’m afraid that some people may steal them.

Thanx again
Musicmonkey

Are your Saturday nights fast asleep?
Are they bored and wanting to die?
If only there was something to wake them up…
If only that was possible…
If only…
If only…
Well stop dreaming because it’s finally here!!!
What you’ve been waiting for!!!
ROCKWIZ!!!!!!!!
Yes…ROCKWIZ!!!

It’s on every Saturday night on SBS at around 9:15 or like 9:20pm
It is garanteed to fill your Saturday nights with energy
Your Saturday nights will never be the same

Simply join the hostess of the show, ‘Julia Zemiro,’ the band and the of course, the guests as they transform your lounge room into a stage!!!!

To find out more about the show:
go to www20.sbs.com.au/rockwiz/index.php?action=rockwiz

Well, this weekend is a busy one for my family cause my parents are practicing for their gig next weekend, that’s going to be held at the Town Hall in Jamieson!
It was a very old town hall that has been repainted and fixed up!!!
So a party is being held there for the opening!!!

It’s going to be like a help-yourself sort of party, where everyone just brings their own food along.

So my parents are going to be running through their songs.
My mum singing, and my dad on electric guitar.

I’ll also be practicing my three own songs, which I have written, and two of Shakira’s dance numbers.

I’m looking forward to that party, and will probably take my digital camera, so I can take small video’s and heaps of photos, if I can be bothered!!!

From
Musicmonkey

When I was in grade five, there was a boy who I was absolutley crazy about!
I gave him love letters, tried to learn his foreign language, and chased him around the school, but always failed to catch him because he would always hide in the boy’s toilets.

Well one day we were in a computer room, learning how to us Powerpoint.
We had to create a series of slides on a topic of our choice.

So I thought i’d make it about him, and include Shakira in it, because they both knew how to speak Spanish.

The basic storyline, I think from what I can remember was something along the lines of my crush going to Shakira’s concert and then speaking to her backstage in Spanish.
he had asked, ‘Do you speak English?’
And she had replied, ‘Yes!’
It was something like that and then the bit that was funny was that I had a photo on there of a boy and a girl drinking wine, outside near a swimming pool!!!!
That was supposed to have been Shakira and my crush!!!

We had to show it to the class, and not only that but it was projected onto a large board, so EVERYONE COULD SEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was so embarrased, and so was he.

I have one more story about him that i’d like to share with you!
One day, when I was in grade six we were doing silent reading in class, and I was reading this horror book by R.L Stine (I still luv those books).
When we were to pack up, because it was at the end of the day, he started tickling me (cause he knew I was tickelish) so he could get the book.
I let him win in the end, cause I liked him and wanted to have some fun.

Well the next day he didn’t give it back, and because I had borrowed it from the school library, it needed to be returned soon!
Because I was worried, I spoke to my class teacher, and she told him to bring the book back.

Well it came to the day when he had needed to bring it back, and he still hadn’t cause his mum had hidden it somewhere!!!
So for punishment, he was given a lunchtime detention.

I was on the floor doing reading groups, when I noticed that these tears were slowly running down his face.
Before I knew it he was bawling his eyes out!!!

When I was outside I’d realized that i’d hurt my crush’s feelings, and I started to cry as well!!!!
My class teacher called me into her office, and told me not to cry about it, or something like that!!!

Once he was let out of the dentention, everything was fine!

*It was amazing how I acted back then.
I still think about it sometimes, and wonder if I ever saw him again, what the situation would be like.
I’ve gotten over him now (of course!!!!), though it took a long time, cause he left at the end of first term in grade six!!!
I’ve just learnt my lesson to never go to that extreme over a guy that isn’t even interested in you! (in that crush way, I mean!)

Well I went to Jamieson, which is half an hour away from Mansfield, on the first Friday of my holidays.

We visited two country towns on the way there.

They were Yea and Mansfield.

At Yea there was this nice bakery.

When I got there I had a pastie and a hot chocolate!!!! YUM!!!!!

On the Saturday I went to Mansfield and had lunch at this nice Cafe.

And on the Sunday my parents did this ‘gig’ at the Jamieson Pub, meaning they played songs.

I sang three of my own songs that I had written, and I had fun considering that there was hardly anyone there.

They only people that were there were the people that knew us, and their friends.

We decided to go up to Jamieson because we know people up there called Rick and Rose.

Rick used to play the keyboard with my parents, before I even existed!

I’ve mentioned it in one of my other blog posts, from like April this year.

So on that Sunday Rick played with my parents as well.

My mum sang and my dad played the guitar.

He has this nice blue electric guitar, that’s sparkly.

It’s like a metallic colour.

The event was actually filmed, so I got to watch myself singing!!!

My voice sounded basically good, except for the occasion where I sang the wrong note.

It was good that I did my own songs cause then it gave the audience (at least the people that showed up) a range of different music, cause my parents did all the flashback music from around the 60’s 70’s and 80’s, and then I brought in the pop stuff.

I still had two dance numbers that I could’ve done, but there wasn’t enough time.

I was glad to come home to see my beautiful black and white cat, who missed us!!!

I also wrote a song near on the weekend, and then I wrote some chords to go with it!

I only know about six chords, so I worked around them.

I tried videoing myself with my little Cybershot camera, playing my guitar and singing the words, but when I put it on my computer and played it back it was too dark, and you could just see the side of my face.

I tried again to film it in better light, but I screwed up with either playing the wrong chord or singing a sentence in which didn’t make sense.

I named the song ‘Black Clouds,’ because like me and everyone else, we sometimes get them hovering over our heads and making us feel blue or angry or whatever, so I wrote the song about a guy who makes those black clouds disappear.

That was some of the things I did on my holidays!

I hope you have a nice holiday as well

Love

Musicmonkey