Chills and thrills

It's absolutely LOVELY!

I mean, it's the kind of cold that seeps under your clothes and trickles up your spine and leaves you shivering uncontrollably for hours. It's been like this since yesterday, and all I can think is WINTER IS ON IT'S WAY!

x)

I am totally a Winter person! I mean, Autumn is the best, but Winter is almost as awesome...! Yesterday, Mrs K was late to French, well, the substitute teacher was, and everyone was huddling under the shade while the rain literally tore to the ground. I just stood in it and soaked it up - seriously, like a sponge. When we finally got inside the classroom, by the end of the lesson there was a puddle on the chair and I was still wet.

^^
And it hailed!! I love hail! It bashes on the roof and makes me feel like the house will come apart any second now... don't ask me why it's a good thing. It just is. And it looked like snow, too! Like... like...

  

 

BEAUTIFUL.

And I passed my math test! Did I mention it before? Well, on Tuesday we did this test, right? And I did my version of studying, and I had it all figured out. Come test day - it was awful! Mr V played a horrible game with, he... distorted the questions... and we weren't even allowed a calculator! The worst bit was he distorted the things he taught us in the last minute - that's just plain cruel. So till today, I had been dreading the results, I kid you not, I expected a SAC re-sit, and I was so afraid. But I passed! Unbelievable! 50.5/66! Not my best, but better than a fail any day.

Oh, but I made the silliest mistake... like, the first question was multiple choice, right? And I figured it out all easy-peasy... and I didn't circle an answer....

o.O

As for the bio SAC... ok, I passed that too, but not well. Still, as I said, pass is a pass, better than a fail any day.

And for GS, on Wednesday, I had to do this career profiling personality test, and... I'm a Driver Supporter. There's a lot of stuff to it, but here are the main points. I just don't know if it all fits me, though some I like to think fit me...

Driver Supporters are best where:

• There is freedom from control, supervision and details

• Challenges and rewards exist

• Tasks can be broken down into measurable components

• There is opportunity to delegate and manage

• Activity moves at a reasonable pace

• They have the ability to make decisions

• Long-standing relationships can be or are developed

• There is personal attention and recognition for tasks completed well

• There are jobs where standards and methods are established

What you value:

Achievement

Challenge

Competition

Contribution

Control

Cooperation

Friendliness

Goals

Leadership

Loyalty

Productivity

Relationships

Responsibility

Success

Trust

Work ethic

What annoys you:

Boredom

Conflict

Dependency

Discourteousness

Disharmony

Excuses

Impatience

Irresponsibility

Laziness

Over-analysing

Procrastination

Pushiness

Hmm... see, a lot of it depends on the circumstance. I procrastinate heaps, as do friends of mine, and it doesn't always annoy me. Unless it's something really important, that - as selfish as it sounds - really affects me or someone I care about. And I was going to say that the things under the valuing category weren't right, but then I re-read the value bit. Doesn't actually mean I am like that.


:) Best bit? Satisfying careers for me. I bolded the best ones:

Account Manager

Administrator

Athletics Coach

Barrister

Bookkeeper

Camera Operator

Chemist

Child Welfare

Civil Servant

Commercial Planning

Computer Engineer

Computer Operator

Computer Programmer

Conservationist

Detective

Dietician

Early Childhood Teacher

Engineer

Event Planner

Information Technology

Lawyer

Logistics

Nursing

Nutritionist

Office Management

Paralegal

Pharmaceutical Scientist

Preschool Teacher

Project Manager

Public Relations

Sales Manager

Social Worker

Solicitor

Surgeon

Surveyor

Systems Analyst

Teacher

Video Game Developer

Youth Worker

Some of them I don't even know what they are, and others are downright ridiculous (Surgeon? Video Game Developer?), but still.... detective. My faith in the test just increased after seeing that. And all the children/law related stuff. Mr F thought I'd make a good postman though.
xP
 

And today, in taekwondo, Coach said my sidekick was beautiful!!!

 
Mkay, it's getting late, I should go to bed...
 
ATM:
 
Reading: Deadly Decisions. Kathy Reichs. Haven't started it, just something I took a chance borrowing...
Writing: Saving Jasmine. I didn't have any progress till today, but I was busy, k?
Listening to: Triumf. Outlandish. Well, I was, and it's stuck in my head... o.O
Feeling: Tired. My eyes are gluing themselves together.
 
So, to finish...

Tragedy turns to triumph

Can you feel it in the air?

Peace in,
Laila