• 14Dec 09

  Blog 21

  so here is blog 21, kinda sounds like the new bond film coming out like i dunno soon? lol as per always ill break down my happenings over the past few weeks into chunks to make it lighter on you to read

  Home

  as mentioned in my last blog, some of you may remember my father having multiple myeloma which is a cancer in the blood. few weeks ago his health went really bad as he had sugar hypos and weak legs during my first week of holidays so i was stuck at home all of that week till he was supposed to be admitted into hospital to start his bone marrow transplant which was last week. since then im home alone during the day which is a nice change in a way, as im more free to do what i want without being hassled all the time. His transplant hasnt started yet as he has the final and largest dose of chemo left to go, which they had to hold off as he's had blood sugar and blood pressure problems since hes been in hospital, and his heart strength is at 38% capacity which is 2% under recommendation. today he went in to get tests done to see if hes ready to go through with the chemo, and the doctors decide whether they belive he should go home for christmas to rest and get better and do the transplant in the new year. everyone is hoping he'll be home for christmas but he wants it over and done with.

  in unrelated news, i got my L permit 2 weeks ago, so ill be driving soon hopefully i dont start thinking its burnout

  School

  school finished for me a few weeks ago (yay) and i also got my reports today, to everyone else they might think of it as being great, but letter grades arent of concern to me anymore, exam marks are where its all at, and heres what i got;

  2B Biology: 57% 52% +5%
  2B English: 64% 59% +7%
  2B History:80% 69% +11%
  2B Science: 68% 69% -1%
  2B Maths: 74% 90% -16%
  2B philosophy and ethics: 70% 72% -2%

  (highlighted numbers denote last semester)

  so overall i got 4 A's, a B and a C. only thing im bummed out is english as no matter what i cant get an A, and the teachers always generalise you have to do x to do better, but they dont say how and they dont help, which doesnt help me at all

  Gaming

  2 trophies from LittleBigPlanet plat, which one i need 4 players and the other is easy and nearly done with MW2 which i hope i will finish both by december 31st. not sure what happens after i finished them though as i dont have any more games i would like to play and im flat out broke for a long while, so maybe time for me to get a job and money?

  Everything else

  well 2009 is about to wrap up soon, and i have a feeling next year will be even bigger than this year as everything gets hectic as i finish up school, make plans for uni, schoolies, yaer 12 formal, a job, all these new releases coming out, turning 17......its making me anxious and nervous and scared at the same time, but im hoping it all works in my favour.

  oh and also just out of curiosity for those still in school, what do you hope to be when you finish high school?

  well that wraps up blog 21, and my final blog for the year will be on the last week of december with pick ups of my year, my lists for next year and goals. Until then Monkey out

  • Posted Dec 14, 2009 8:03 am GMT
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• 20Oct 09

  Long over due update

  howdy y'all

  i was intending to post up a blog sunday to mark 4 months since last blog but school work needed attending too and i stayed up till 1:30am the past 2 nights, not such a good thing when you have 4 assignments over the next 3 days

  anyway whats happeend in the past four months?

  Home Life

  well some of you may remember as i tweeted this ages ago, but anyway, my dad found out he has multiple myeloma, which is a sort of rare blood cancer (i think it was 1 in 100,000 or something?). He found it in the early stages thankfully so treatment was an option and he's been through chemo the past few months, unforunately he'll be in hospital for anywhere up to a month while he has bone marrow transplant, which they have planned to start end november/early december which will mean;
  a)i'm home alone for 2 weeks till sister finishes school term
  b)he may not be home for christmas, making it much difficult to get food and stuff
  c)going to have to find ways to get out and about while mums at work during the summer holidays

  Hopefully he'll come out ok, as i don't really want to take so much responsibility over my family so young. oh and the most remarkable thing is that he only found out because his shoulder has been playing up. a few years ago he just lost mobility in his arm and physio and treatments didnt work and surgery was the only option but he declined and wanted to wait it out. Blood tests and scans on his shoulder revealed the abnormal protein levels and they found the cancer at really early stages, so one problem help found a bigger problem.

  School Life

  getting more on my nerves now, teachers are getting picky on marks and just throwing assignments at us, which leaves me little time to RnR. still need to work on writing though as exams are about 4 weeks away and i need to be able to copy what i did last time as i managed to write 13 pages in 3 hours (personal record) and im having writers block at the moment with introductions and conclusions. it seems like everyone is also growing tired of school as 70% of people havent even started assignments when they are due in, and one of my mates who was sorta smart decided to take a few weeks off for no reason, and this is all in the TEE c.lass out of a year size of about 60, 20 are at TEE level and out of those 20, about 5-6 i would expect be capable enough to move onto uni. still kinda scary thinking that this time next year school life is pretty much at its end and we go our seperate ways, which is good and bad in a way.

  Gaming Life

  since last update i think ive plated 3? games fallout 3, burnout paradise and trine, currently working on littlebigplanet plat, which is getting harder to do as not many people on the online community are that nice and willing to help, but ill get that plat eventually. Modern Warfare 2 next month and hoping to get it on release, but only standard edition (dont have the money to get prestige or hardened). this will be my first ps3 game i payed for thats been more than $40
  after that im thinking ill be getting 2 or 3 more games for the year but not sure what to get yet, but it needs to be able to keep me occupied for at least 3 months, so im thinking of getting fifa 10 and maybe tekken 6? or maybe even GoW pack.

  Everything else that doesn't fit in

  Social life is really going good as im getting out more, but relying on cheap places and not buying much to survive but one of the major issues im currently facing is the need of getting a job. Friends want me to get a job, parents want me to get a job and i need money but dont want a job. its really hard to decide as im slack and dont know if ill be able to cope with school and work. im more of a do it over time and at own pace and not rush everything kinda guy, and if i had a job it would be no rest work work work, chores, homework then games. but the benefit is i have money to spend. plus on top of that my friend wanted us to go to melbourne and go on a cruise to tassie for schoolies which is a great idea as i dont like the idea of going to packed areas, where you'll find nothing but idiots, drunk idiots, drugs and.....yeah you get the point, bad thing is though might need anywhere up to $2000 for the 1-2 weeks which ill only be able to get if i have a job

  But yeah its something i'm going to need to sort out soon. question to anyone reading this, is it beneficial to get a job for year 12 or wait out another year before getting one to focus more on school work and whats the base pay average for a 17 year old?

  Next update might be around end of exams so next month

  Oh and i just remembered, at monday 12am i start gaming hiatus which goes though till november 27th to give time for study and exams. also i may/may not post as frequent but may be just lurking, but i'll go on the ps3 occasionally to monitor my levels on LBP to make sure they get all the hearts i need for the trophy

  • Posted Oct 20, 2009 6:24 am GMT
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• 18Jun 09

  A week of revelation and triumph

  lets see where do i start, oh i got my exam results back

  2A maths 90%
  2A english 59%
  2A science 69%
  2A biology 52%
  1A philosophy and ethics 72%
  2A modern History 69%

  all of them i did second best by a small margin except 1A philosophy and ethics. Kinda disapointed but oh weel it was our first one and all i can do is push forward and push hard

  Game Wise:

  finished bioshock on survivor which got me my second platinum (yay), got lazy towards the end and didnt kill like 6 big daddies . now to work through fallout 3, im thinking of aiming to completeing 2 quests a day at least so i should have nearly got the plat in 2 weeks which is the beginning of holidays in time to start next game. i might go for an easy game like burnout or uncharted as ive decided from next term o limit game time to friday nights, saturday and sunday and put more time into homework and its probably best for me to hit the cyclist machine thingy each day instead of games so i can really bring out the claws for next exam and next year

  ummm.... what else, finally hit lv 23 and chronicles of riddick AD should be here tomorrow or early next week (hopefully)

  thats enough of my rave and rant, so how have we all been this week?

  • Posted Jun 18, 2009 3:41 am GMT
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