And I'm currently suffering (and this is like, only the fifth week?)
Subjects taken:  English HL, French HL, Music HL, Environmental systems and societies SL, Italian ab initio SL and Maths SL. 

I think Higher French is going to be pretty much THE NIGHTMARE OF MY EXISTENCE. There are now two of us in the class (there were originally five: one left school, the other two dropped to standard), so now there's just me and another girl, who's insanely good at French. I am mediocre. Higher French is difficult (okay I lie it's not that hard yet but I am inferior) but there is way too much work. You know me. I hate work. 

So I looked in the mirror just now and I thought I was wearing those grey-browny circle lenses. Okay.

OKAY SO, actually, we've been having quite a few breaks already - this week and last week involved 2 4-day weekends (the second of which I am currently in), and teachers being away on staff training and first aid courses, and next Wednesday's swimming gala and then the week after is CAS Week (which I am so looking forward to) and then after that's half-term. 

BUT OH LORD, FRENCH. Just thinking about it is making me cringe. 

Other recent news?:

• ESS Systems and Models test on Monday, guess what I forgot to do? that's right, bring my notes home. 
• Maths test last Tuesday, I swear I failed it.
• Brother #2 is off at uni and parents are sending him off; I am rather devastated as it is me and my helper and my dog at home, and no one else. 
• Currently teaching little kids English with enoxylitol . am sucky because I cannot explain things in Canto as my language skills fail to the power of infinity.
• Have recently delved deeper and deeper into the Harry Potter series.
• Have discovered how fantastic Sean Biggerstaff is. 

ALSO, I'M GOING TO JAPAN FOR MY LAST CAS WEEK. WE GET TO STAY IN ONE OF THOSE TRADITIONAL JAPANESE INNS FOR A NIGHT. EXCITED? YESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYYESYESYEYSYESYES. VERY MUCH SO.

IF YOU HAVE A TUMBLR, FOLLOW ME AT FIFTYTWOSUNDAYS.TUMBLR.COM BECAUSE I'M ON TUMBLR MORE OFTEN THAN LIVEJOURNAL NOW (as you can probably tell; I've been inactive on LJ for ages and ages)

Drop a comment down below because I miss you all lots! What's going on with your life?

LAV YU LOTS,
Tine

P.S. My internet stopped working recently. It still connects to the wireless router thing, just not the Broadband. currently using my bro's old computer because his works. ANY HELP?

 Hey guys, how's it going, haven't been posting in a while! 

Update:

How's my summer been?

australia for three weeks after exams), lots of unnecessary packing/unpacking forced on us by mum back in hong kong, lots of maths, lots of "oh my gosh exam results and then oh shit ib-" panicking, lots of wandering around the streets of tst and kowloon tong, lots of visits to the doctor, lots of supplements and capsules and medicine and reports and blood tests, volunteering at the summer program and dealing with really sweet kids but also really bratty ones, SEEING DREAM TEAM <3,  lunching at jockey club, lord of the rings (fotr, ttt, rotk), enoxylitol 's birthday and inception, starting violin lessons again, olly delivering her late birthday present for me (BATH BOMB IT WILL EXPLODE AND KILL ME), writing!, wanting to hit my mother, fangirling, etc. etc. etc.

tl;dr version: not much has happened. 

• Right now, I'm pretty sick. My nose is bothering me like those flies at those outdoor restaurants that won't bugger the fuck off sometimes, and my head hurts and I kind of want to throw up and I look like shit and I think I've gained, I don't know, fifty pounds, over the summer. I also have to see the kids again tomorrow and I don't want to infect them or anything. 

• School starts in a couple weeks. Actually, I don't want to go back (read: I DON'T WANT TO FIND OUT MY RESULTS). To be quite honest, I'm just waiting for Oceanity to come and whisk me off my feet, because Alex and Jared and Tyler and Belinda and Callum (♥) just seem like the most epic people ever. Pity they only exist in my mind when I'm asleep.

• I need to lose weight. Desperately. Post your weightloss tips in the commentbox below, please okay thank you goodbye?

On a side note, ezyls_girl , WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE COMM, EVERYONE IS ABOUT TO GO BACK TO SLEEP IN THEIR SARCOPHAGI. 

not awkward. at all

Okay so, this starts this morning at around a bit after 5AM. Due to my brother's leaving for his grad trip, I was woken up. Recently, when I'm woken up, I can't get back to sleep easily... or at all, so I decided, bored as I was, to watch the sunrise. 

Now, my room faces west, the direction of the sunset, but I suddenly noticed the sky become a very pretty, very blue colour. Staring fascinated for a moment, I quickly padded over to my brothers' room opposite to see if I could see the actual sun. I couldn't, but the sky was a lovely blue with pinkish orangey coral coloured clouds dispersed through it. After watching the trees in the garden sway a bit, I went back to my room only to discover, with great delight, that the light of the security guard box was on (which it usually is, actually). Seeing the lights of hotels and McDonald'ses early morning/late night always excites me, for some really strange reason, but if they aren't any around, security guard boxes work just fine.

After staring at the sky for a little longer, I suddenly noticed that I could see the sides of the building a lot better. It was a bit shocking how I didn't realise how much lighter the sky had become. It was now a pretty shade of blue-grey, which, for some reason, made the light of the security guard box even more delightful.

My window view the beginning of a hiking trail, and I saw a man walking. At 5-something AM. Not unusual at all. I also saw a bird doing a suicide dive, and was a little startled, and then, a bird began singing like it was trying to wake the world up. Needless to say, no other birds woke up.

Then, a bug proceeded to crawl all across the outside of my window and I was captivated for a few minutes.

After getting over the distraction, I discovered that the sky had turned into a grey-blue tone and then I recalled the fact that we aren't actually having good weather here in Hong Kong at the moment. Boo.

Another bird did a suicide dive.

Time: 6:21AM
Sky colour: Grey
Suicidal Bird Count: 2
Presence of bug on window?: Negative
Security guard box light: On
Sunlight outside?: Affirmative. I think it's about time I got back to sleep. 

(no pictures because my brother has my camera and the other one was in my parents' room.)

should I blog for real? As in, put these cute little quotes and pictures in, and do a whole ~*in-depth "I am an individual full of thoughts"*~ thing on life?  

So I'm trying it out. For real. Which is really awkwardcakes of me because I'm not really individual full of thoughts and I don't sit cross legged on my bed wondering about the meaning of life. In fact, I lie down on my bed and read romantic comedies and horror books and epic sagas and try to imagine myself as a pirate. 

I do, however, suddenly feel inspired to write a few lines about something that I noticed a while back. 

Les mots

As a student particularly specialised in the (musical) arts and languages (anything that involves me listening, I theorise), I often find myself wondering about the origins of words in the English language. Take, for example, the word "photograph". 

The word "photograph" was coined in 1839 by Sir John Herschel and is based on the Greek φῶς (photos) "light" and γραφή (graphé) "representation by means of lines" or "drawing", together meaning "drawing with light".

The above was lifted off wikipedia. TL;DR version:  "photograph" means "drawing with light" and it comes from the Greek "photos" for light and "graphé" for drawing. 

But where did the words photos and graphe come from? 

With my trusty friend wikipedia, I looked up "history of greek" and came up with this article here. TL;DR version: Greek is a very old language, originated from a bunch of different proto-Greek dialects or something. 

So I decided to go waaaay back, using biblical history. "God said, "Let there be light" and there was light." Everyone who reads this sentence assumes that God is speaking in the language that they are reading it in. 

SO WHAT IS HE ACTUALLY SAYING, IN WORDS?

(idk that was actually a bit irrelevant, wasn't it)

It's unlikely that they had civilised languages that they could use to freely communicate way back then, so how did they communicate with each other? Did the Greek ancestors point and light and kind of make weird grunting noises that eventually developed into the word "photos"? 

Something to think about for you readers then! I doubt this question actually has an answer humans can understand, let alone a 1+1=2 straightforward one, but I personally think it's quite fun to think about. I'm not a geek. Really.

Interesting relevant note of the daypost:

I've always found the word "commit" very interesting. It can have such different implications when used in different situations. For example, you commit yourself to a marriage or a promise or work. However, the word can be used negatively: commiting crimes, sins, wrongdoings, suicide etc. 

I discovered that the use of this word in the context of committing oneself to something is most often used for positive purposes. 
On the opposing bank, negative connotations are more commonly associated to the word, or variations (commit, to commit, committing, committed, etc.) of it, by itself. 

Do please comment with your thoughts on this, if you find time! Thanks : )

 he's really cute. yeah.

include when teachers go, "[insert name here]?" during register, and the person isn't there. Their best friend proceeds to go on about how the person has gone to Mooseland to to visit her grandparents and her pet meese (which is totally the plural of moose) because her pet meese are sick from eating too much poisoned grass.

Hello.

The teacher doesn't actually want to know about someone's pet meese. just so you know.

also include when my fic has not appeared yet. I am being hypocritical. I only submitted fic 13 days after the supposed first deadline. Still! I was the first one uploaded : |

I'm only joking! I hope someone is writing fic for me right now please.

more later, i'm in tech class rn and will edit this post later.

I just want to wish dark_kana happy belated birthday! I hope you feel much better soon, (get a lot of rest and take medicine and drink warm things!) and I hope you have a great party with heaps of chocolate ;D

And also, to speadee , for tomorrow! I hope things work out for the better between you and your family, and have a great birthday! We (your f-list) will always be here for you when you need it : )