Unfortunately Valentine’s Day has turned into a day dominated by flowers, chocolates and romantic dinners. Basically it’s been commercialised too much. And considering that in some situations so many people feel left out, why not widen the scope of Valentine’s Day? First, let me introduce a bit of history. The feast of Saint Valentine, is [...]
Archive for the 'I Wonder' Category
December 9 2009
An Illusionary Speech Night
Apologies for the lack of posts recently. Last night was Barker’s speech night, and my last speech night. Speech night has become known for the exhaustive prize list, Year 12 antics during the prize giving, and of course the Headmaster’s (herein referred to as K) speech. What we have come to love about K’s speech [...]
November 19 2009
This Christmas
In the lead-up to this Christmas, I am bringing back the act of writing Christmas cards, and sending them through the post. I have about 20 or so cards that I need to write, and I thought I’d tell you about one of the recipients of a card. Christmas is a time where everyone can [...]
July 6 2009
I have a vision…
I think most people have a short term aspiration or a goal. It might be something small or something that is bold and daring. Nevertheless, we find sometimes that our own goals are fun to work towards, and rewarding in the end. I’ve had this plan inside for months, and I’d like to share it [...]
June 16 2009
Marketing an Extreme Sport
Extreme sports need extreme forms of marketing. Take extreme ironing for example. If you ever see an ad about it, you normally see some enthusiastic person overdoing the ironing action. The “extreme sport” of debating has had its fair share of clever marketing campaigns over the years. This year at school, our 1st Debating team [...]
May 10 2009
Weeks 1 and 2
Well, the first two weeks of term 2 have passed. I have to say, that it hasn’t been as pressured as last term. Finally I have some free time on the weekend (at least that’s why I’m writing tonight). I’m glad that this time has been sufficient to plan how this term will unfold. You [...]
October 1 2008
Wanted
Is there anyone who is capable of decoding dreams? I have a couple of weird ones that still remain unsolved…
September 12 2008
Observations of the Creative Scale
This year, I have encountered the ‘other side’ of what I call the ‘Creative Scale’. One side is music, the other side is drama and somewhere in the middle is design. At Barker, people usually are associated with one side of the scale. Some are good music, others drama. But some do both. Today, I [...]
January 11 2008
The meaning of XO(XO)
Today, I got another reply to my “Who’s in Sydney???” email. I sent this email out to all the people I know have email addresses to. I mentioned it in my last post! Anyway, this particular person (sorry, no names!) ended the email with ” x x x”. It got me thinking, what does it [...]
