feed error October 9, 2007
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For those of you who use a feed reader for my blog you may be getting old posts being re-imported by your feed reader. This is due to some of the changes I am making which has resulted in this error. You may continue to receive old posts until everything is back up and running.
first day back October 8, 2007
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Today was the beginning of the last few weeks of school for me. Today was surprisingly productive, if not a little long. Due to classes finishing at normal time (3:45pm) I will most lost spend the majority of the week at school until about 6:00pm trying to finish things like the graduation powerpoint off. We also received our Year 12 rings today which was good. I also received my trial exams back which was pretty good, my results weren’t great but they were certainly above the class average in all my subjects which is always a good thing.
You may have noticed that I have taken down the ‘Gallery’ & ‘Profile’ pages. Don’t worry they will be back (eventually), it’s just simpler to make some rather significant changes to my blog with them down. I hope to bring you a completely new site by December, I will be abandoning my ‘less is more’ philosophy simply because the vast majority of my readers have Cable/ADSL which allows me to build greater interactivity and functionality into my little site.
halfway through October 1, 2007
Posted by Matt in Friends, Holidays, School, Sport.add a comment
I’ve finally found the time to write a post. It’s now halfway through the holidays and I’ve used it as a time to have a break, as well as do some school work. I can’t be bothered going through my previous week in detail but I had a pretty good weekend. I obviously watched the AFL grand final on Saturday at the Stamford Plaza in Melbourne, and then headed to Liam’s place for a ‘couple’ of drinks. Overall it was an enjoyable night and gave me a good chance to catch up with people that I don’t often get to at school. Then Sunday was the long awaited NRL grand final in which Melbourne Storm overcame the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles. Then today was a quiet day, however I did wash my car and gave it a much needed vacuum. I also received another article for the Year 12 magazine bringing the total to three, so for those who still owe articles (I knows that two of you read my blog on occasion) please send/start them.
applications are in September 22, 2007
Posted by Matt in Music, School, Shopping, Uni.2 comments
Today I did my University applications through VTAC (Vic) and UAC (NSW). I put University of Melbourne down as my first preference with their new generation Arts degree, and then Monash with their Arts (Global). I also applied through UAC for Australian National University in Canberra and the University of New South Wales in Sydney. So overall I think I have a very high chance of getting an offer for a course I will be happy with. I must say, UAC have got a far better system for their applications, it has far less questions and is way less confusing than VTAC’s process. UAC also let you print out the bill so you can pay via PostBill pay, rather than waiting for VTAC to send out their invoice.
Today I also went down to JB Hi-Fi and bought two CD’s that I’ve been looking forward to. I’m now the proud owner of The Cat Empire’s new album; So Many Nights, and I also got Jose Gonzalez’s new album In Our Nature. Both definitely lived up to my expectations and the artists seem to get better with each album.
fisaf nationals September 16, 2007
Posted by Matt in Aikman Hall, School.2 comments
This weekend the FISAF Nationals were held at Haileybury. This morning I had the wonderful privelage of giving up my Sunday to help marshal for this event. However during my duties I came across an abundance of what are often referred to as “Stage Mums”. These are parents who practically live through their children, and with many of these events its not unusual to see a parent highlighting the possible consequences of not winning. Some of the ones I heard today were “you’ll never get sponsored if you lose” and “we spent all this money on airfares and accommodation…”. Now I have always considered sport at a junior level to be something that the kid enjoys, be it football, aerobics or tennis, yet some of these parents seem to take it way too seriously and pretty much suck the fun right out of it. The poor kids look terrified and don’t really enjoy being up on stage performing.
Overall it was a pretty easy day, and better yet I receive compensation for my time, which I don’t often receive when I generously donate my time to Haileybury.
i’m now licenced September 11, 2007
Posted by Matt in Connex, Home, Transport.add a comment
Today I had my Probationary Licence Test which I managed to pass (Have no idea how considering I was convinced I made about 20 mistakes). So I can now drive around anywhere, anytime no matter what my parents are doing. The most exciting part of this is that I now no longer have to rely on Connex to get me anywhere, so all I can say is Au Revoir!
I then just got an email telling me one of my SAC’s is now rescheduled for Thursday which just topped my day off, so overall I had a very good day.
i’m now licenced September 11, 2007
Posted by Matt in Connex, Home, Transport.3 comments
Today I had my Probationary Licence Test which I managed to pass (Have no idea how considering I was convinced I made about 20 mistakes). So I can now drive around anywhere, anytime no matter what my parents are doing. The most exciting part of this is that I now no longer have to rely on Connex to get me anywhere, so all I can say is Au Revoir!
I then just got an email telling me one of my SAC’s is now rescheduled for Thursday which just topped my day off, so overall I had a very good day.
finally it’s spring September 1, 2007
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Well it is finally Spring which is certainly my favourite time of the year (maybe not so much this year due to those inconsiderate people at VCAA). I’ve spent the last week doing school work as I have 3 SAC’s next week (one of them is a 3 day math SAC) which has meant that I haven’t updated this blog as much as I should. Once exams are over I will be making some pretty cool changes to this blog which will overall make it a more exciting place to visit. One thing I would like to talk about is my sociology excursion on Thursday to an organisation called Urban Seed. They run a lunch program for the homeless in the hope of giving them a safe environment and someone to talk to. It was a pretty interesting excursion (not really relevant to the sociology course, but was good nonetheless) and I encourage you to have a quick look at their website and donate some money if you can.
finally it’s spring September 1, 2007
Posted by Matt in Blog, Politics, School, VCE.add a comment
Well it is finally Spring which is certainly my favourite time of the year (maybe not so much this year due to those inconsiderate people at VCAA). I’ve spent the last week doing school work as I have 3 SAC’s next week (one of them is a 3 day math SAC) which has meant that I haven’t updated this blog as much as I should. Once exams are over I will be making some pretty cool changes to this blog which will overall make it a more exciting place to visit. One thing I would like to talk about is my sociology excursion on Thursday to an organisation called Urban Seed. They run a lunch program for the homeless in the hope of giving them a safe environment and someone to talk to. It was a pretty interesting excursion (not really relevant to the sociology course, but was good nonetheless) and I encourage you to have a quick look at their website and donate some money if you can.
a night at the footy August 26, 2007
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I just got back before from Essendon Vs Richmond which was an interesting game. Despite it being Kevin Sheedy’s last game in Melbourne Essendon just couldn’t get there act together and were defeated by the mighty tigers. At the end they had a bit of a fireworks diplay and a movie about James Hird and Kevin Sheedy. I then had to brave Melbourne’s fantastic public transport system which ended up getting me home safe and sound (albeit a little late)
Now onto my past week, last Friday I had the University transistion day which was pretty much useless, as usual Connex made this day more difficult than it needed to be with trains being cancelled between Caulfield and Springvale, so I had to rely on a public bus to get me home. Friday was my second visit to the University of Melbourne in the past week with me also going there last Sunday for their Open Day. The open day was pretty good and I got some good info about the Uni and its courses.
Tomorrow will be a big day with the careers expo which is the final event of all my careers and uni orientated events. I have approximately a month to put in my application and then its just sitting and waiting for an offer.
Overall I have found the last month to be a very academic orientated one, which unfortunately wont change for the next few months at least.
