New term in school means new activities on a Thursday afternoon in school! :D
Instead of photography, pilates and 1920's dancing we now have...
-Massage and Relaxation
-ZUMBA
-"Make our own Band" and Songwriting
I'm just going to put out there that the new activities are amazing!
We learned how to give a head massage and our we also received one from our partners. I have no shame in saying it was heavenly...
Moving onto Zumba - well what can I say? Best. Thing. In. The. World. Its like a style of Southern America dancing but it is a work out and a half!! (Pitbull chewns blaring throughout)
To finish the day we have "Make our own Band" and Songwriting. It was so much better than I thought it would be... we basically spent the class belting out golden oldie songs - U2, Sting, Billy Joel, Whitney etc etc
I love Thursdays
^ cute r wha?
Tuesday, 17 January 2012
Back to school at last...
Ok, its been a week already but like I said - I have a lot of catching up to do with my blog!
Seeing as its TY I was actually excited to go back to good oul Wolstans! I was "buzzin" to see all my fellow TY heads once again after over 2 weeks of separation.
:)
Seeing as its TY I was actually excited to go back to good oul Wolstans! I was "buzzin" to see all my fellow TY heads once again after over 2 weeks of separation.
:)
Monday, 16 January 2012
Countdown to the Apocolypse begins...
DUN DUN DUUUN!
It's 2012 and even seeing it written down looks crazy o.O
I am just going to put it out there that I do not believe a word of this "End of the World" shhtuff! Its a whole load of baloney - so proud I didn't use another word :')
So I guess I'll be polite and say Happy New Year to everyone and personally, I'm praying that 2012 treats me well :)
It's 2012 and even seeing it written down looks crazy o.O
I am just going to put it out there that I do not believe a word of this "End of the World" shhtuff! Its a whole load of baloney - so proud I didn't use another word :')
So I guess I'll be polite and say Happy New Year to everyone and personally, I'm praying that 2012 treats me well :)
And the bells were ringin' out for Christmas Day
December 25th, 2011: Obviously, it was CHRISTMAAAAAS :D And if I do say so myself, Christmas '11 was sooo amazing! "Santa" brought me a trip to London, makeup and clothes so I am super happy and grateful :) As usual I had a mouth watering Christmas dinner *drool*
I am a bit late but I hope everyone had a good Christmas and that everyone got what they wanted!
♥
(apologise for the shortness of this post)
I am a bit late but I hope everyone had a good Christmas and that everyone got what they wanted!
♥
(apologise for the shortness of this post)
ONE HOP THIS TIME!
December 21st, 2011: After a week of umm..."exams", all of TY had a wild parshee! Well, if you consider kris kindle and the Cha Cha Slide wild, that is. (awh yeah) It was my class, Fódla's job to be the hostesses. We got hot chocolate and baked food and organised music - epic choooons lawdz - and to give the party the all important Christmasy feel, we put loads of decorations up in the Library :) The other classes, Banba and Eriu, we're "ushered" (as I like to say) into the Library for the party of the century... sort of.
*Cue eating/singing (badly)/getting jiggy with it*
SLIDE TO THE LEFT, SLIDE TO THE RIGHT, TAKE IT BACK NOW Y'ALL...
And then it was time to hop on the bus and off to go bowling UNCE. We went to K-Bowl which is about 20 minutes away and there we got into groups of 8. It was soooo good. Honestly, I think that we've gotten to that point where everyone in TY gets along and trust me when I say, witty banter occured.
I came 5th in bowling... I think :/ Which is not surprising seeing as in all my years of bowling I've only ever gotten 1 strike. ONE! Scarleh or wha? It was still good, even though I was a complete embarrassment. Fail whale.
It was the perfect way to say goodbye to everyone for the Christmas holidays and by the way, TYs got an extra day of holidays! sweeeeeeeet
Awh I'm so cute :')
lol jk
LEAVE MY BLOG NOW.
k?
:3
*Cue eating/singing (badly)/getting jiggy with it*
SLIDE TO THE LEFT, SLIDE TO THE RIGHT, TAKE IT BACK NOW Y'ALL...
And then it was time to hop on the bus and off to go bowling UNCE. We went to K-Bowl which is about 20 minutes away and there we got into groups of 8. It was soooo good. Honestly, I think that we've gotten to that point where everyone in TY gets along and trust me when I say, witty banter occured.
I came 5th in bowling... I think :/ Which is not surprising seeing as in all my years of bowling I've only ever gotten 1 strike. ONE! Scarleh or wha? It was still good, even though I was a complete embarrassment. Fail whale.
It was the perfect way to say goodbye to everyone for the Christmas holidays and by the way, TYs got an extra day of holidays! sweeeeeeeet
Awh I'm so cute :')
lol jk
LEAVE MY BLOG NOW.
k?
:3
Tuesday, 10 January 2012
Waris Dirie - Desert Flower
In religion we studied the story of Somalian model, Waris Dirie. We had been studying Millenium Development Goals and her story relates to Goal 3: Promote Gender Equality. Growing up in the 3rd World, she faced a lot of hardships (especially because she was a girl) but the most poignant being the practise of FGM (google it you own risk :/) on young girls.
When she was older, she moved to the UK where she was discovered by a famous photographer. He believed Waris had potential to be a stellar model and she featured on the well known Pirelli Calender. Her model career soared afterward.
But Waris didn't liked to be known as the "Desert girl to top model", and after seeing that in the Western World, the horrific practise of FGM was completely incomprehensible she wanted to make a change in Somalia.
Following a world changing interview with 'Marie Claire' magazine, Waris stood before the UN and made a speech on why FGM should be made illegal globally. The whole world listened and changes were made for the better. People everywhere were now more than aware on FGM and became vigilant for it. Although, unfortunately FGM is still practised but nonetheless, Waris (now an UN ambassador for the problem) continues to work on stopping it.
When she was older, she moved to the UK where she was discovered by a famous photographer. He believed Waris had potential to be a stellar model and she featured on the well known Pirelli Calender. Her model career soared afterward.
But Waris didn't liked to be known as the "Desert girl to top model", and after seeing that in the Western World, the horrific practise of FGM was completely incomprehensible she wanted to make a change in Somalia.
Following a world changing interview with 'Marie Claire' magazine, Waris stood before the UN and made a speech on why FGM should be made illegal globally. The whole world listened and changes were made for the better. People everywhere were now more than aware on FGM and became vigilant for it. Although, unfortunately FGM is still practised but nonetheless, Waris (now an UN ambassador for the problem) continues to work on stopping it.
We watched a film about her story named after her autobiography "Desert Flower". I found her story to be very inspirational and moving and I would definitely recommend for everyone to watch it! It opened my eyes to the hardships that some people in this world have to face. Waris' work has truly changed the world for the better :)
Me and my partner Aoife, then had to make a comic strip on what we thought were the most important scenes in the film:
Monday, 9 January 2012
"Not something big, just something lavish"
December 5th-8th, 2011, our school production of Rogers & Hammerstein II's The Sound of Music, was on! :) Basically the entire school was involved some way or another which made it so fun :D
Preparations began in September and there was so much excitement around the school leading up to the big night! So much of mes copines were actually starring in it; Aoife was Liesl, Eve was the Baroness (thats her line above), Isabelle was a maid, Georgia was a party guest ;), Niamh was a nun and Leah was playing Maria :) They were all brilliant!
I was working backstage but although I was supposed to be doing make up I did so many other random jobs - including doctor ;) - that I felt so... needed hehehehe
It was hectic but such an unforgettable experience that absolutely nobody wanted it to end :(
We better do another musical before I leave the school!
Auf wiedersehen
Preparations began in September and there was so much excitement around the school leading up to the big night! So much of mes copines were actually starring in it; Aoife was Liesl, Eve was the Baroness (thats her line above), Isabelle was a maid, Georgia was a party guest ;), Niamh was a nun and Leah was playing Maria :) They were all brilliant!
I was working backstage but although I was supposed to be doing make up I did so many other random jobs - including doctor ;) - that I felt so... needed hehehehe
It was hectic but such an unforgettable experience that absolutely nobody wanted it to end :(
We better do another musical before I leave the school!
Auf wiedersehen
Laura est une superbe danseuse
December 2, 2011 (that all of a sudden sounds weird!) all of TY, along with Mrs. L went to the theatre in Belvedere College in Dublin City. OMG BELVO GOYS, LIOKE.
We went there to see the Irish National Youth Ballet's production of the Nutcracker Suite and the Snow Queen :) I absolutely love ballet and I've already seen the Snow Queen but what made the day so much better was that 'me bleedin besto' Laura, was dancing in the show!!
As usual, the ride on the bus was fun and Laura danced amazingly in the show :D what a star ♥
It was one of the best TY days out so far :) And getting my usual (fries, twisty fries, double cheeseburger, chicken nugget, sundae and drink - DON'T JUDGE ME) at Mc Donalds was the cheery on top!
TOTES HAD LIOKE, A MAJOOOR BAWNT AT BELVO, LIOKE.
We went there to see the Irish National Youth Ballet's production of the Nutcracker Suite and the Snow Queen :) I absolutely love ballet and I've already seen the Snow Queen but what made the day so much better was that 'me bleedin besto' Laura, was dancing in the show!!
As usual, the ride on the bus was fun and Laura danced amazingly in the show :D what a star ♥
It was one of the best TY days out so far :) And getting my usual (fries, twisty fries, double cheeseburger, chicken nugget, sundae and drink - DON'T JUDGE ME) at Mc Donalds was the cheery on top!
TOTES HAD LIOKE, A MAJOOOR BAWNT AT BELVO, LIOKE.
My Sincerest of Apologies...
Its been almost a month since I blogged and I'M SORRY! I was just super, super busy in the time leading up to Christmas :/
I am about to do a whole load of blogs to compensate for my absence so be prepared!
Until my next post (about 10 minutes), goodbyyyyyyyyyye :)
I am about to do a whole load of blogs to compensate for my absence so be prepared!
Until my next post (about 10 minutes), goodbyyyyyyyyyye :)
Tuesday, 13 December 2011
Eircom Junior Spider Awards!
The "mothership" of all the Transition Year blogs - http://stwolstansty.blogspot.com/ - has been shortlisted for an Eircom Junior Spider Award!!
Seeing as I am a contributor on the blog, myself, Leah and Sarah D have gone to DCU in Dublin for the awards along with Mrs L :). We had to make a poster describing what are blog is all about (briefly).
Wish us luck! :)
Seeing as I am a contributor on the blog, myself, Leah and Sarah D have gone to DCU in Dublin for the awards along with Mrs L :). We had to make a poster describing what are blog is all about (briefly).
Wish us luck! :)
Thursday, 1 December 2011
Sunday, 27 November 2011
50th Post :)
I should really go to bed but as I was about to log off I noticed that...
THIS IS MY 50TH BLOG POST!!
I actually cannot believe that I've managed to keep blogging for the last 4 months, I've honestly become almost addicted.
I didn't really want to blog in the beginning but now I'm so happy that I've reached 50 posts... I won't be stopping anytime soon. :)
(my first soppy sign off) Love, Sarah Smarties x
THIS IS MY 50TH BLOG POST!!
I actually cannot believe that I've managed to keep blogging for the last 4 months, I've honestly become almost addicted.
I didn't really want to blog in the beginning but now I'm so happy that I've reached 50 posts... I won't be stopping anytime soon. :)
(my first soppy sign off) Love, Sarah Smarties x
SCHOOL BUZZ
Yes, you read my title correctly. I, Sarah Smarties, am excited for school tomorrow :D :D waaaaaheeeeeey!!
I've been gone for 2 weeks so I'm really looking forward to once again buzz with all the other (totes cool) TYs :)
Another good thing about tomorrow is that I'm going to help paint the backdrop for our school's production of The Sound of Music unce unce unce.
So yes, I'm super de duper buzzing to return to my educational institution.
This is a ground breaking moment.
BOI GOYS.
I've been gone for 2 weeks so I'm really looking forward to once again buzz with all the other (totes cool) TYs :)
Another good thing about tomorrow is that I'm going to help paint the backdrop for our school's production of The Sound of Music unce unce unce.
So yes, I'm super de duper buzzing to return to my educational institution.
This is a ground breaking moment.
BOI GOYS.
Saturday, 26 November 2011
Work Experience the Final Day :(
I'm about to cry. Work Experience is well and truly over :'( The week been so amazing and unforgettable and I got to meet so many new people (I don't care that this is turning into a soppy sob story! I have feelings, ok?)
On our last day we headed into Dublin City to Garda Headquarters, Harcourt Sq. First thing we did was see where all the emergency calls are taken and how the system works. Then we were shown into a dark room that had a zillion TVs that had surveillance on them. It was so freaking cool! ^_^. The can access so much (like where callers are from and camera footage) by just typing in a few things.
Down the stairs to Community Relations/Community Policing (sure, whatever floats your boat). This is basically the contact that members of an Garda Síochána have with the public. For example; neighbourhood watch, juvenile liaison officers, road safety awareness etc. A group of Gardaí broke a world record and raised over 30, 000 euro by wake boarding over to Fishguard, UK from Ireland. For the craic, after the presentation we watched a video they had made during their training and it was hilarious. (Only the Gardaí would attempt to play hurling whilst wake boarding).
Then the BEST part... Criminal Assets Bureau (C.A.B). This is the unit that seizes criminal's possessions. There was a presentation showing some of the goods they had seized and you would not believe how much money that some criminals were making. The they put 8 watches out on the table and we had to guess it they were real or fake. I got 6 right which was better than most people !! I was the only person who said that the gold, diamond encrusted Rolex was real and of course I was right. By the way, it was worth 80, 000 euro. Now that is the most valuable thing I've ever held in my hands.
At the end we were presented with certificates for completing the placement at Blanchardstown Garda Station and we got some Garda pens and CAB pencils it was pretty gooooood. :)
Again, I want to thank absolutely everyone at the station for giving me an unforgettable week and I will be forever grateful for what I have learned from my Work Experience. :)
And I have some new friends too. Gosh, I'm so like totes popular.
On our last day we headed into Dublin City to Garda Headquarters, Harcourt Sq. First thing we did was see where all the emergency calls are taken and how the system works. Then we were shown into a dark room that had a zillion TVs that had surveillance on them. It was so freaking cool! ^_^. The can access so much (like where callers are from and camera footage) by just typing in a few things.
Down the stairs to Community Relations/Community Policing (sure, whatever floats your boat). This is basically the contact that members of an Garda Síochána have with the public. For example; neighbourhood watch, juvenile liaison officers, road safety awareness etc. A group of Gardaí broke a world record and raised over 30, 000 euro by wake boarding over to Fishguard, UK from Ireland. For the craic, after the presentation we watched a video they had made during their training and it was hilarious. (Only the Gardaí would attempt to play hurling whilst wake boarding).
Then the BEST part... Criminal Assets Bureau (C.A.B). This is the unit that seizes criminal's possessions. There was a presentation showing some of the goods they had seized and you would not believe how much money that some criminals were making. The they put 8 watches out on the table and we had to guess it they were real or fake. I got 6 right which was better than most people !! I was the only person who said that the gold, diamond encrusted Rolex was real and of course I was right. By the way, it was worth 80, 000 euro. Now that is the most valuable thing I've ever held in my hands.
At the end we were presented with certificates for completing the placement at Blanchardstown Garda Station and we got some Garda pens and CAB pencils it was pretty gooooood. :)
Again, I want to thank absolutely everyone at the station for giving me an unforgettable week and I will be forever grateful for what I have learned from my Work Experience. :)
And I have some new friends too. Gosh, I'm so like totes popular.
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