Homework Post 10: New Blog summaries

5. thehungergamessecrets.tumblr.com
This blog does not reveal its owners but does admit to being a collaboration between a number of people. The blog allows for readers to share their opinions about The Hunger Games series with one another by posting “secrets” to the blog managers and having them transformed into a picture quote. These quotes can be shared with one another by means of reblogging and have made their way around Tumblr like wild fire. Reading the opinions is addictive and I will continue to read them until the final Hunger Games movie is released.


4. jillybeanj.tumblr.com
This blog is run by a girl named Jill who posts her adorable doodles on Tumblr for many people to see and reblog. The doodles are mostly quoted and can be used to relate to everyday life situations. This fact makes them so enjoyable to see and almost impossible to not reblog. I love all of the doodles on her page and hope she keeps making them for many years to come.

3. bakingmakesthingsbetter.com
This blog is run by my English teacher (aka. the person who will read this) ;) and her friend Courtenay. They met one another at university and bonded over their mutual love of baking and eventually created the blog to share their delicious recipes. The blog consists of a whole range of tasty goodies including sweet treats and lunchbox snacks. I am tempted to try many of the recipes on this blog and will stay tuned for many more to come.


2. abeautifulmess.typepad.com
This blog is freaking amazing! It has some of the prettiest decor I've ever seen and I'm really tempted to make a lot of the small trinkets and do the projects Elsie does. Although the blog is a collaboration between many people, I much prefer the posts from Elsie rather than the other bloggers. The blog’s content is of a vintage style and consists of a range of things from baking, to DIY to photography.


1. chibird.tumblr.com
This blog is a drawing blog that is run by a girl named Jacqueline or "Jackie" as she prefers to be called. She fills her page with cute drawings and gifs to entertain her readers. The pictures and gifs are all really cute, and I envy her mad drawing skills. I'll be checking this blog regularly for new content and wish I could draw like her :)


The new blogs I follow :D

Homework Post 9- Part 1: Prezi Presentation

http://prezi.com/5xtk3ijlf36s/my-holidays/

Homework Post 9- Part 2: Photo Essay

8/04/2012-15/04/2012 :)
Freedom from routine...

Homework Post 8: Term 1 Reflection

Term 1 wasn’t bad, although I’m getting sick of reflections. Sure, we reiterate what we learn, but has anyone actually seen the sizes of those small boxes we’re meant to write in? One sentence reflection, fine, I’m cool with that. Two sentence reflection, I don’t mind, I’ll be able to squeeze it in. However, when the 3 or 4 part questions start coming in it just gets to the point where the writing is illegible and looking back to see what you’ve learnt becomes completely pointless. (Just thought I’d mention it)

My favourite parts of this term were probably during Drama and English… just because so far, I’ve gotten all excellences. However this year, I don’t particularly enjoy P.E, it kind of sucks. Normally I’m excited for some fresh air and exercise but seriously, when only 8 people in the class participate and it becomes a four on four game of touch, the whole thing turns into a complete shambles. That may or may not because our first teacher left and everyone decided to take advantage of the new teacher, but I can’t really say because I’m just trying to survive the year.

I find it interesting that this year we don’t have to do as many whanau based activities. I assume it’s because last year the school wanted the year 9’s to be comfortable in their classes and with the people in their tutor groups, but I definitely prefer this years’ more laid back approach. I’m not saying that I don’t enjoy the whanau stuff, but when only 2 people in your class are from your house group and all the people in your tutor are friends with one another because they have classes together, it’s really awkward when it comes to hanging out with people from your house at the same year level as you during whanau activities. This year it’s a lot better because you can get to know a larger group of people because they aren't restricted to the cliques of class friend groups.

So basically, I’ve enjoyed term 1. I can deal with the problems and there are many things that have improved. Can’t wait till term 2 :)