Today was Orientation Day + Another Award

{When I started this post, it was Monday and I had just got home from Orientation... Now it's Wednesday :| }

Next year I'm off to high school.And I'm scared. But today was the orientation day.

We got to the school and went into the auditorium where we were told some pretty much useless stuff, before being sorted into groups to go around the school in.

{I'll now pick up where I left off after Monday}.

I met these girls which I sorta made friends with. There was this girl who I think I could relate quite a bit too, a girl from a country town about 2.5 hours away who is in on the swim program, and these two girls who seemed really friendly but I didn't really get to know.

My group got all the boring classes. We did science {which was very scary; we blew stuff up like balloons filled with hydrogen and magnesium in some sort of acid}, computers {we just learnt how to navigate the school website which I already new *ugh*}, English {we cut out pictures, glues them to a piece of paper and had to write a story using the pictures. The English teacher made me laugh so hard. She reminded me of a call center person - can I help you?}, maths {I learned that my year 5 teacher taught me about "BIMDAS" wrong} and art {where we drew pictures and watched the art teacher get angry because some people didn't put enough detail in}. My friend's groups all got classes like cooking, photography and PE {better than English anyday}.

That's basically all I remember for now though, so on to the next part of this post.

The lovely Blaize (Random Rawr has awarded me again, but with a different award. Thanks so much Blaize! x

I now pass it on to {hmmm...} Cassidy and also Rose,{even if she already has it} because I well, love your blogs!

When Blaize said my name, she called me "Frangipani the Fish", which brings me to my next topic.

Olivia once said...

"So now whenever I publish a post and see 'by Olive Tree' at the bottom, I cringe. I feel that I am hiding behind a screen name instead of really being myself. I also feel that this name, while interesting, no longer describes me"

I think that what Oliva said sums up how I feel perfectly. So I'm changing my name back to Lily. I think Frangipani the Fish felt sort of babyish I guess.

I'll change my signature next time I'm on the "gimp computer", if I remember how to use gimp :P

Bye for now, Lily xo

P.S. I'm thinking of changing the design of this blog soon. It just doesn't feel like "me".

A New Era of My Life + An Award.

Yesterday marked a new era in my life. I'm 13. I'm a teenager. It's great, because I don't feel as young in the blogosphere anymore :P

Anyway, because it's my last year in primary school I just had to have a party. And not to brag or anything, but my party organising skills are quite good! (have I ever mentioned my Harry Potter party when I turned 11? But that's another story...) After school, I went down to the park and started setting up for my party, because our house is a bit of a mess at the moment. It was really windy.

I invited 1 friend from out of school, 6 girls from my class and 4 boys. I don't really feel like typing right now, so this is gonna be short. Anyway,my sister and my dad headed down about 10 minutes before us to hide everything for the treasure hunt, and by the time Mum and I got there, my best friend was there already :P

We were gonna have a water fight, but it got too cold. We played tug-a-war and pass the parcel. Pass the parcel was by far the best game of the night. It was a bit sad though, because I couldn't play my favourite Starkid songs because they are considered, well, not cool, and no one likes them (those friends that don't have no taste... :P). It was wrapped in newspaper, but with the occasional coloured layer which you could throw instead of pass. One of the boys got all of the Smiggle pig rubbers I put in though. It was funny.

I know most of you don't want to here about what I got, but some of you might, so I got an iTunes voucher, some money, some more Smiggle stuff (including a pig rubber...!) some notebooks and pens, a lava lamp, this really pretty black and white polka dot top, Dymocks vouchers, some Diva bangles and earrings (which just gives me an excuse to get my ears pierced) and this really pretty rose ring.

I really enjoyed my party. Thanks Mum! (I might add pictures soon)

I got back from the party, checked my email, and found a new comment from the lovely Rose @ people tell me saying that she's awarded me on her blog :D Thanks Rose!

She says that she thinks that themain idea of the award is to pass it onto other bloggers, so I pass it onto
Random Rawr (even if she already has it)
Jessica Nicole
Hayhay
beacuse you all have a lovely blog, and your comments are what keep me going. But that doesn't mean that just these guysare the only ones who deserve it. If you follow, you deserve it too, so I award you too! So I'm basically rewarding all of my followers!



P.S. Just thought I'd mention that my profile pic is at Bondi Beach; not just any old beach!

As You come To Read What this Post Says...

As you come too see what this post says, after seeing a notice on your Blogger Dashboard, you'll see that there's a new header and background that look quite good (hopefully).

I would like to thank the lovely Olive Tree @ Robin Blogs for this free makeover that I won in Hayhay's 100 followers giveaway. Thanks Guys!



P.S. I have a blog button up!