Turtle @ Just-ribbit

I deleted the previous post because it was too long. What a bore. Rowan tagged me with the twenty random fact meme. I do think twenty facts are a lot, though.

1. I love old songs, like the Three Degrees’ When Will I See You Again. I’ve never been a fan of the newfangled, insipid songs of today with meaningless lyrics. I loathe R&B. I’m also a fan of love songs, and my current obsession is You Raise Me Up by Secret Garden/Westlife. Feel free to mock my taste in music if you feel insulted.

2. I’m obsessed with being 5′10″ / 5′11″ tall. No longer will I have to strain to see above the heads of people.

3. I don’t like it when people exaggerate their stories. I’m not bothered by people who slip in a white lie every once in a while to impress their audience, but doing it every story is annoying, i.e. “I have this 12-year-old friend who memorized the ENTIRE Oxford 1578-page dictionary for light reading, twice!”

4. I have this compulsive habit of correcting broken English. Yes, it’s annoying. In fact, I wouldn’t blame you if you added this to the list of habits you despise about other people.

5. I don’t think it’s cute when girls scream all the time(sparingly is acceptable). I can’t really stand girls who scream everytime people poke them, at the sight of blood(it’s okay if you just feel squeamish) or something. I don’t think it makes girls unique, either.

6. I weigh 53 kilos. After one of my mega eating sprees, it’s 56.

7. I always yawn with my mouth shut, unless I’m alone.

8. I overuse the words ‘Please’, ‘Thank you’, and ‘Sorry’.

9. I always sing in class. Okay, not so loudly in the sense that everyone can hear me.

10. People are always telling me how much I am of a tomboy. Maybe this has something to do with the fact that I actually do the chest bump. I just like acting like a guy. Girly is not me. No way.

11. My normal walk is pretty much a trot.

12. I love my dreams. Erm…the ones you get at night? They’re temporary but wonderful one-way tickets to fantasy island. I dreamt that I could fly! …by blowing bubble gum out of my ears. :b

13. I have a bit of a British accent. A bit.

14. I like jiggling my feet. Especially in boring classes.

15. I admire people with excellent standards of English. (And by excellent, I mean one-in-a-thousand excellent).

16. I use proverbs a lot. Early to bed, early to rise. ‘Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. I like that.

17. I laugh more than most other people. I see something funny, laugh, and after the laughter subsides, I tend to burst out in peals of laughter again after a minute.

18. I laugh a high-pitched hyena laugh.

19. Everyone has learnt not to argue with me on topics like littering and animal abuse.

20. I look like a hamster.

Er…Consider anyone interested in getting tagged tagged. :)

I think the reason I’m not getting any comments is because of my moving the site. Either that, or I’m really that great at putting people to sleep.

I got a haircut. And had my hair washed in the saloon, which I personally regret doing. The hair-washer-slash-head-masseuse had nails that could rival that of a tiger’s. Before/after pic:

Why does the ‘after’ shot look like my hair is longer than in the ‘before’ shot? ’s just an optical illusion, peeps.

I have a science inter-school quiz lined up next week. I don’t know what’s more embarrassing - the fact that a twit like me actually joined the quiz(and not with the intention of being a joke), or that I’ve forgotten everything, textbook-wise.

This is going to be a very boring and short list(so if you’re not interested, this is not-so-technically the last sentence of the blog. Adios!) about the top three grammatical errors a particular teacher makes that are really quite irritating, when being said in excess. Not the ‘hate’ kind of annoying, but the ‘itchy’ kind of annoying.

The bolded words signify that they cannot co-exist in the same sentence. Words in strike out to show that they ‘gotta’ go.

1. When ’so’ is used in every sentence, in all the wrong places.
Example: When this number is a negative, so we must also change the signs.

2. When teachers use the same word too often(you know, words that make them look smart that they usually don’t know how to use) Okay, so there’s really no grammatical error in this, but…it’s annoying.
Example: So, basically, you have a remedial class. Basically, you are in my class, so you have no right to lalalalala. So, basically, you cannot apply your immature ways of thinking to this equation.

3. When the teacher doesn’t know how to use “use it”.
Example: This is a formula you should know how to use it.

4.  I can’t think of anything. I warned you about reading this list.

I LOVE READING ARTEMIS FOWL.
Random.
I don’t know why, but I’m unusually happy today.(strange thing to say, considering I just wrote a list of annoying grammatical mistakes) Life is awesome. Have a great day! (Okay, now I sound high)