Hey People

Just a quick note to say that my group presentation went really well today. YAY! Well thats 20% of my final grade so im glad it went well. The profs loved our experiments and how we related it back to different ways to teach the same lesson.  At the end we talked with both profs and they had nothing bad to say about my part or Keenans just noureens so i dunno if it was her accent or if she was just too quiet but oh well . They didnt give us our exact mark yet but they said we did "Above average' YAY US!

Other then that, its been a rainy busy busy day. Everyone in classes is working their asses off to finish what we need to finish before the break. I wish i wasnt part of that group but i totally am. sad days. Oh well one more huge 40% project ot finish up for Thursday then i get a week off. :)

xoxoxo

Manda 

Hey All

Not too much happening round here. UBER hot out lately during the day but cool and rainy in the mornings.

 The weekend was good just a HUGE massive amount of schoolwork being done. I also rented Gilmore Girls season one and two. I figure if i have to be stuck in my room working then i might as well watch GG while i do lol.

So today i got home from prac to my flatmate getting out of the shower with towels wrapped around him. he then goes into the other housemates room and sits and watches tv shows in her room on her comp in his towel. Now is it just me or is this odd ?because i was very weirded out. Not cool man. Not cool at all. Put some damn pants on!

On a random note, the other day a bird dive bombed the sidewalk. weird right? well wasnt as weird as it happening TWICE with two different bird within a few mins of each other. It made me sad until they recovered and then flew off into the sunset together <3 ok so that might have been a wee lie. They both stumbled around on the sidewalk then flew into a nearby tree but im still glad they turned out to be okay.

 Hope everything is going well on the other side of the world. As for me im just trying to make the most of my last week as a 22 yr old :D YAY!

Oh and science group presentation tomorrow!! So nervous! Wish me luck!

xoxoxo

-Manda  

G'day Mates 

LOL k so id never actually say it but it doesnt mean i cant post it here right?? exactly! hee hee

Today was once again super busy. But im kicking project ass so thats good right? Still tons to do but at at least my science group project for tuesday is complete. Now to do SOSE.. 

Its 830 and im falling alseep while working. sigh ...vacation one week away...hopefully i can make it without burning out. ps I hate uni assignments

and because everyone needs to smile at least once a day:

Funny Quote of the day:

Let's Eat Grandma!

Let's Eat, Grandma!

Punctuation- it saves lives LOL

xoxoxo

Manda 

Ps: GAH fire alarm just went off. Roomate is burning pancakes. The funny part? - Hes @ school to be a chef LOL  EPIC FAIL 

Bonjourno!

SUPER productive day today. Im so proud of myself. My day went as such:

530 am wake up 

640 am catch bus to school

720 am print off materials saved that I needed for planning meeting

800 am SOSE and Arts Class 

1030 am leave class 30 mins early and go catch bus 

1130 am arrive at Prac school

12 00pm Planning meeting (Where the LOVED my ideas )

3:00 pm head home

4:00 pm organize and found tons more info /activities / resources for my unit of sustainability

800 pm Criminal Minds Break

840 pm  Work on Forum 3

950 pm write this blog to you 

Plans for the rest of tonight: chat with nate and finish group powerpoint presentation

 See!! Pretty damn productive if i do say so myself. So yeah the teachers liked myunit and my ideas for the assessment item but i still have a ton of work to do on it since i have to coordinate guest speakers excursions etc. I finally feel like a real teacher! YAY!

As for how the SOSE meeting went with the other prof: she said that she didnt see the post and before she can say anything she needs to look at it and discuss with trish.  but she explained what she thought and it was the same as us LOL . take that trish! ...unfortunatly tho she discussed with trish and changed the entire question 4 days before its due. can they even do that !?

** said in Dr Claw's voice**  grrrr ill get you next time Trish, Next Timeeee

Hey Everyone

So new drama in today. But first a little background info on the situation. One of my classes is called Trandiciplinary Arts and SOSE where we look at teaching the arts and SOSE to students and how you can use both together. Well as usual we have 2 profs, and while they both work together on making up the course they do mark thier own individual groups. I have this class every wednesday morning where we look at the SOSE side of things for 7 out of the 9 weeks. on the 3rd week and on the 7th we have a saturday class where we deal only with the arts componants to the course. This is done because Trici, the arts prof, has a conflict of schedule and is unable to teach at our wed. course time.  she does however mark one out of the 3 tutorial groups; each tutorial having 12 students. And wouldnt you know my luck, im in her tutorial group. These groups are soley for the "forum postings" -an assignment we have to do where alternating fridays we do a post or comment on others posts.

Alright now heres the issue. When my group got our feedback for the first forum from this prof she was straight and too the point. Which is funny cause they always preach to us all about proper ways to give feedback as to not discourage the students. But nope she was blunt and pointed out ur flaw in a sentance and moved on. It all ended up sounding really rude. and we couldnt go and talk o her about it since we only see her 2 saturdays of the entire semester... last friday our Forum 2 posting was due. We all went and checked this morning to find that she did not give us individual reviews like she should have. She made a new post where she said...and i quote... 

"I have read through the postings and I must say that you clearly didn't process the advice I gave at the Saturday workshop....

Hello Peoples.

Well nothing really came of the cyclone (at least in Brisbane) except for a cloudy gloomy day. what it did to to other parts of queensland --> http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/it-sounded-like-a-freight-train-airlie-beach-resident-20100321-qnsb.html But i did go out to a "meet the housemates" BBQ. Turns out theirs actually 23 people all living in this house. I actually ended up having alot of fun.  lots of ppl from France and Italy and even 2 ladies from Poland. Also one guy from the states with whom was halarious so we did the canada vs the states thing lol I wasnt origionally going to go but im glad i did. At least i was able to get out of the house for an afternoon. :)

Other then that im on disc 4 of 6 of criminal minds and man why cant the children be normal. Creepy kids freak me out :S 

 xoxox

Manda 

Ps . Baby i miss u. I found a house that i thnk we should steal and fly to canada then live there forever. :D  Its surrounded by palm trees n everything you would love it. The only problem is that its a pinkish colour so we would have to repaint it.  Love youuu mucho GRANDE!

Let the record state that i do not approve of random men being left alone in the house with me. Theres a guest policy for a reason... **grumble**grumble**

Sorry just had to vent. He just randomly started shouting for someone, took me a few mins before i realized he wanted my attn cuz my door was open, then he asked me for the location of the vaccum. at least hes a clean stranger?

-----------------------------------EDIT-----------------------------------

I have changed my opinion LOL . He complemented my "very nice" accent and made a comment about loving canada. Hes in the good books..so far lol

Feeling patriotic? check this out --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjiwBwBL4Qo&feature=related

Heylo

GAH! its HOT here today. way hotter then its been in a while. Im wishing i didnt have to share the frezzer with 4 others so that i can put some ice blocks in. mmm the green ones are delicious...**drool**. Anyhow.. as i said the weather is sunny and boiling hot it was 30 degrees at 1030 this morning. not that im complaining cuz its better then the cyclone weather thats expected. Speaking of which, the locals are even planing the wait and see what happens theory to the cyclone --> http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/cyclone-ului-fails-to-cause-a-storm-20100319-qkv2.html and while the whole province has been issued the extreme weather warning, brisbane weather forcast says:

"Saturday: Mostly fine, chance of a brief shower or two. Moderate to fresh SE to E winds.

Sunday: Mostly fine, a brief morning shower or two. Moderate to fresh SE to E winds."

Nothing extreme. But they will be closing all the beaches just to be safe i think. 

On an up side i live right near a Blockbuster so i went and checked it out today. Turns out i need more id to sign up for a blockbuster card then ive needed to get in the country LOL. But i did manage to rent all of season two of criminal minds. :) 

On a random note  i found out that New Moon doesnt get released here for another month. So im thinking that if i get it shipped from canada here then ill have it before them and can use it to bribe my yr 6/7 girls LOL. might work?

Hey Everyone

So looks like the Cyclone is heading this way after all. It changed courses yesterday but was downgraded to a catergory four. As of 229pm today its back up to a catergory 5. To see what it looks like click here --> http://www.eosnap.com/?p=14975 Its supposed to hit the sunshine coast (about an hour and a half by train away from my area). While they have said it will def hit queensland they are only telling one area - Cairns and surrounding area - to prepare themselves. As a result of the storm the Sunshine coast is expecting record setting swells - 24m - which is the highest the waves have been in ovr 10 yrs.  Everyone around brisbane city seems to not be worried so until it hits i guess theres nothing i can really do cept stay inside. As for the weather ive observed, yesterday was extremely windy and cloudy with hardly any sun. Today however is super hot -with a high uv rating- and next to no wind....calm before the storm?

Other then that the roomates are alirght they choose weird angry movies that ive never heard of to watch at 11 pm lol but once i turn my light out then they turn down the sound. 

Well i have school work to do...sigh... 

xoxoxox

Manda ~103 !

Hello Peoples.

Anyhow the Australian weather network just released this info "Cyclone Ului is expected to head south today, running parallel to the Australian coast and avoiding a potentially destructive course through Queensland. But it is expected to bring giant, seven-metre swells to the Sunshine Coast, prompting fisheries authorities to remove shark nets. The category four cyclone moved closer to the Queensland coast overnight but remains 1330 kilometres off Mackay and 1450km from Cooktown, the Bureau of Meteorology says.It is traveling at 4 kmh, less than half the 10 kmh pace at maintained much of yesterday, but is still causing winds of up to 200 kmh.

So thats good. Other then the windy weather today has been good. they called for heavy rain but its been sunny and hot all day :)

I learned something kinda cool today. You know how liquid objects can be either neutral, acidic or basic? and how you need an indicator [usually litmus paper] to determine what is an acid/base? well today i learned about different indicators. One being red cabbage juice. you boil a cut up red cabbage for a while then strain all the cabbage out. Then pour the now purple juice into the different beakers. If the substance is acidic then the water will turn red and if its a base it'll turn blue. Cool eh? Ever wonder how they get hydranges (sp?) all the different colours? well hydranges are indicators! they make them change colour by putting it in an acid/base.

Other stuff i learned:
-a wasp sting is a base so put something acidic on it to soothe the pain!
-an ant bite is acidic so put a base substance on it!

Something cute :  This is Mr. Shuffles a new arrival and the zoo in Sydney http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/environment/conservation/mr-shuffles-makes-public-debut-20100314-q5rh.html

Also got to briefly talk to mom/dad and Nate today ! miss them all so much!

xoxoxo 

Manda Panda <3 

Ps : Limerence is an involuntary and emotional state in which a person feels an intense romantic desire for another person