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As regards my name

1. Naomi (נעמי) means pleasant.
2. Naomi (נעמי) is the female version of the name Naaman (נצמן).
3. If you spell Naomi (נעמי) backwards you get I moan.
4. Naomi (נעמי) in the bible changed her name to Mara (מרא) meaning bitter.

Did you know?

We Learn . .
10% of what we read
20% of what we hear
30% of what we see
50% of what we see and hear
70% of what we discuss
80% of what we experience
95% of what we teach others.



"The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education."

Albert Einstein

Learning to write

Today at college (not to be confused a second time with collage) we learned how to write so that children could read it. It was actually really hard and slow to write in such a basic font. We also had to write in big writing like this. But at least we didn't have to stick to boring black ink.

Just for interest, you should always sit a left handed person on the end because they if you don't their arm will knock into the right handed person's next to them.

Collage

I've just finished my first day at collage for 10 years. It was somewhat daunting at first, but as soon as I was swept along with all the other people on my course it wasn't too bad. At the end of the day the principal gave his lecture on how the collage was amazing and that we must work together to achieve our potential.


PS. Do you like the new colour?

Sharing

The following conversation took place between my mum and my three year old sister Alice. I thought it was very honest.

Mum-They shared in the story didn't they? Do you share with Esther?

Alice-No, I share Esther's toys but I don't share my own.

Joke Joke

I'm back from two more week's of beach mission.
My recent beach team leader made up a Joke, So I think i'd share it with you as I can't think of anything else to post about.

Q.What's the same about a sermon and a Joke
A. There both bad if they have to be explained

I'm Back

I've just got back from two weeks of beach mission at Llandudno, they went very well.
We managed to speak to about 2000 school children in the assemblies as well as to hundreds of adults in the open air's. However about 80% of the people who listened in the open air were already Christians.

One fine day

Ladies and gentlemen, hoboes and tramps,
Cross-eyed mosquitoes and bow-legged ants,
I come before you to stand behind you,
To tell you something I know nothing about.
Next Thursday, which is Good Friday,
There will be a Mother's Day meeting for fathers only;
Admission is free, so pay at the door,
Pull up a seat and sit on the floor.
The topic to discuss...
The crime that has never been committed


One fine day in the middle of the night,
Two dead boys got up to fight,
Back to back they faced each other,
Drew their swords and shot each other,

One was blind and the other couldn't, see
So they chose a dummy for a referee.
A blind man went to see fair play,
A dumb man went to shout "hooray!"

A paralysed donkey passing by,
Kicked the blind man in the eye,
Knocked him through a nine inch wall,
Into a dry ditch and drowned them all,

A deaf policeman heard the noise,
And came to arrest the two dead boys,
If you don't believe this story’s true,
Ask the blind man he saw it too!

Exam high's

Don't you love that elated feeling you get when you've just done an exam. I do, I did two exams today and three yesterday, Now I've got two more tommorow and one the day after.
Exciting hay!!!!!!!!

You know it never ceases to amaze me how that in a room of about ten people everyone mannages to order someting different out of a choice of tea and coffee.

Sorry, a bit random today, must be those exam high's.

Today

So, what exciting things have I done today?
Hmmmm
Well I did business studies-'starting a new firm'
I had an omelet for lunch, made by me.
I took my dog for a walk
Oh and I ate Ben's future wife.
O.k you think I'm mad, but really I'm not
On Saturday Ben made a lemon cake and having tasted it said he wanted to marry it. Unfortunately now he can't because I ate the last piece.

Questions

1. Why are buildings raised to the ground? (I know I spelt it wrong)
2. Why are American Indians called American Indians when the live nowhere near India?
3. If today was Thursday(which it is) would next Monday be the Monday in 4 days time or the one in 11 days time?
4. How can private schools be public?
5. How can you 'sleep like a log' when log's don't sleep?
6. Why will I be guarenteed to think of another question when I've published this blog?

Just a random afterthought - 'You always find something in the last place you look', does this mean that, if you look in the last place you intend to look at first of all, you will find what you lost first time.

Posting

To post or not to post? That is the question
At the moment I am revising for my AS's, I started one of them late and therefore I have half the course to covor in two weeks.
So the answer to the above question may well be not to post for a while.

Laugh to live

Did you know that laughing is good for you? It loosens muscles, lowers blood pressure and lowers levels of hormones that create stress and weaken immunity. Small children laugh on average 150 times per day, but as you get older you laugh less. If you could laugh 50 times per day you would be a lot healthier.

Source texts

For my history AS level I'm studying Oliver Cromwell. When I was doing a past paper I came across a source text which was taken from a letter written by Cromwell to his brother in-law telling his that his son had died. Upon reading the letter it sounded like he didn't care and he spent half the letter boasting about his victory. However in a different book I found the complete letter, and the tone was completely different from what was put across in the source text. Cromwell gave God the glory for his victory and comforted his sister and brother in-law in the fact that their son had died well and that he was a great soldier and a man of God who they would meet again in Heaven. Cromwell also Sympathized with them as he writes of how he also had lost a son to the war a year ago and God had helped him through.

Story

There was once a young man and he lent a large sum of fifty pounds to his friend so his friend could start up in business. When the time came that the young man wanted his money back he wasn’t sure how to get it back because he didn’t have it in writing and his friends honesty was somewhat to be desired. He was sitting at home and debating within himself what to do when his father caught sight of him looking slightly glum, so the young man told him the problem. The father said” I’ll tell you what, you send him a letter asking for the hundred pound he owes you and…”
The young man interrupted “but he only owes fifty.”
“Yes,” said the father “But ask him for a hundred and he will write back and say he only owed you fifty, and then you’ll have it in writing.”

I'm Home educated

Why is it that when you say you're home educated people always ask the same questions, and you generally give the same answers. People are so unoriginal.
Here are the questions I always get asked and the answers I give to them.
1.Q. How about socialisation with other people?
A. Aren't you a person?
2.Q Don't you get bored?
A. Sometimes, don't you?
3.Q. How do you do exams?
A. I sit them as a private candidate or go to night school.
4.Q. Do you have a tutor?
A. No, I teach myself
5.Q. Won't you find it hard when you go to university or get a job?
A. Probably
6.Q Will you home educate your children
A. Yes
etc....

At the end of the conversation people either say to me,
1. I wish I was home educated
or
2. Are you saying I'm wrong

Happy Easter

I've had problems getting onto my computer lately hence my lack of posts.
Anyhow I thought I'd wish my readers Happy Easter.
So, Happy Easter

Macaroni Cheese on toast

I used to think that macaroni Cheese on toast was something everyone had rather like they would have beans on toast or cheese on toast. However, much to my utter dismay I found that it was a delicacy perculier to my family. I felt an overwhelming grief for the millions of people who have spent their life without having this incredible dish, all for the sake of a piece of toast.
I strongly recommend it.

PS. I exaggerated slightly, I not really that obsessed with food

Debate

Yesterday I went to a debate in Liverpool Cathederel. It was on the subject of 'Is Evolution compatible with the Christian faith.' It was rather one sided because there were about 1000 people there and most of them were six dayers. The evolutionest chap was a canon and spent most of the time doing his politician impression and avoiding the questions. He also kept turning his head away from the microphone so I couldn't hear him The Six day guy(John Macky) was far better, he spoke loudly in his strong austrailian accent and answered most of the questions put to him on.

How to be always pleased with you're exam results.

I always think that when you take exams you should always reconcile yourself to failure before the results come out. That way if you fail you won't be disappointed, and if you pass you'll be chuffed, regardless of the mark. Of course you also need to prepare everyone else aswell, particularly your teachers, parents, and grandparents. So if anyone asks how you did you need to say, "awful", then you go on to explain how that you didn't revise what the questions were on and how you're sure that you didn't get long enough in the exam or some other true explanation of why you might do rubbish even though it wasn't your fault. Then they will expect you to fail and wont be disappointed when you tell them you have later.

Nan's and I.T

I rather liked this poem, it's quite clever.

The computer’s swallowed Grandma
Yes honestly, it’s true
She pressed ‘Control’ and ‘Enter’
And disappeared from view.

It’s devoured her completely
The thought just makes me squirm
Maybe she’s caught a virus
Or been eaten by a worm.

I’ve searched through the Recycle Bin
And files of every kind
I’ve even used the internet
But nothing did I find.

In desperation I asked Jeeves
My searches to refine
The reply from him was negative
Not a thing was found ‘Online’.

So, if inside your ‘In box’
My Grandma you should see
Please ‘Scan’, ‘copy’ and ‘Paste’ her
In an e’mail back to me.

Valerie Waite

Do I really look twelve?

I was rather annoyed yesterday. I was at athletics and someone asked how old I was, I answered "fifteen" to which she exclaimed "Oh I thought you were about twelve or thirteen, you're really small." anyway one by one everyone else managed to hear how old I was, and I got exactly the same reaction from them all.

Man's best friend

Outside a dog, a book is a man's best friend.
Inside a dog it's too dark to read

Groucho Marx

Spies and Clarinet teachers

I was very amused the other day when I was in my clarinet lesson and someone phoned up my teacher. He picked up the phone and said "Ah Sebastian", then switched into a torrent of German. Since then I have held the belief that Clarinet teaching is just a cover and he is in fact a masterspy