From a general point of view, we've all got things that irk us and things that please us. And it's best when we figure those things out for ourselves to save us the hassle of being irritated by those tiresome matters. So I have (cleverly, I think) come up with a *I LIKE - I DON'T LIKE* list
I LIKE
1. Lolly's and gummy bears. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
2. Money. And Enrique Iglesias.
3. Weekends. Oooo weekends.
4. DBSK. They're such pretty people.
5. Being capable. As in, doing well for myself.
6. Papa's cooking. You gotta try it!
7. Oreo's. With Milk.
8. Falling asleep in the middle of a bad movie.
9. Brad Pitt. He can act. He's good looking. His bank account is overloaded. What more do you want?
10. H&M?
I DON'T LIKE
1. Bicycles. I wouldn't go near a bicycle (with the expectation of riding it) with a 10-foot pole.
2. Salami. Papa once told me the meat comes from donkeys. I believed him then and I still do.
3. The smell of nail polish. It's like stuffing wasabi up your nose.
4. Justin Bieber before he changed his image. Now, I just don't have an opinion on him. What achievement! P/S Did you guys know he broke up with the kid, Selena?
5. Being short on cash. ... I feel cold ...6. Cold wind. There are two parts to this situation. It's cold. And it's wind.
7. Waking up at an ungodly hour. In case yall are speed-reading and didn't quite catch that, here it is again. UNGODLY.
8. Falling asleep in the middle of a good movie.
9. School on certain days. I mean, I would gladly go to school on a Saturday. Just that, you know, school's closed.
10. Having writer's block. Like, right now?
And as I mentioned in my last post, I recently sat for the German B1 language exam. And muahahahahahahahaha. I got 1. About that, the German education system has their exams graded with numbers. 1 is the best you can get and 6 is every parent's nightmare. You fail if you get either 5 or 6. And that would mean anything above 4 is a pass. I (muahahaha) not only got a 1 (muahahaha) but also, (muahahaha) 100%. Yippedidoodah! So now, I'm doing B2. It's hard. Like rock hard. Talking about it already gives me the heebie-jeebies. Let's hope I do well in the exam. Fingers and toes crossed!
Now for the funny story. On Monday, the 5th of November, a friend of mine told me that there would be an Arts Olympiad taking place in our school. I was actually aware of this fact, as well as the fact that the teacher had already chosen two students from my Arts class. But she said that it didn't really matter and I could just come along and participate. I wasn't really sure at first. I mean, who would be? Especially if the only thing one could draw properly is Mickey Mouse. She then started telling me stories of the previous Olympiads. She made it seem like fun and she mentioned that we could all just sit together and chat as we draw. But what really sold it was that the teacher would prepare cakes and drinks for the participants. And that's when I went, 'Dudes, I'm SO in on this!' Nothing like free food to make a day perfect, eh? And I also had an English assignment lined up for the day but I wasn't wholely prepared. Okay, I wasn't prepared at all. So, in the end, I was pretty pumped up for this Olympiad thing. The next day was Tuesday, the day of the Arts Olympiad. I got to school and chose a spot in the room. My host brother, Jonas was on the seat next to mine. We gathered a couple of minutes before 8 in the morning and received the theme of this year's Olympiad. It was Dance, Happiness, Games/Play and Festivals. As we returned to our seats, Jonas began working on his piece in a minute. Now let me tell yall something bout this kid. He's like this German-Art prodigy in the school. He mentioned once that he didn't think that much of his talent, only that he owed his thanks to his ideas. So now, I've got him on my side scurrying away in this blurrying-artist-genius-type focus and I'm sitting there going, 'What should I draw?' After my fruitful brainstorming session, I decided to part my art block into 4 parts, each part to describe each word of the theme. For the first square, I drew kids in a playground and in the square below it, I drew two people dancing and a couple more in the background. At that time, my host cousin, came to visit Jonas to see how he was doing and he was all 'Ahhhhhh.. So cool' And poured him sky high praises. Then I showed him my drawing of the dance section and he said 'Elil, if you win with your piece, I'll gives you 2 Euros' We laughed about it and I went 'Yeah, yeah..' I still had two more parts two draw but we were running out of time, so I did the only thing I could think of. I drew Mickey Mouse. And that's how I sent it in. So I had people dancing, kids in the playground and Mickey Mouse. Guess what people? I WON. And now I'm 2 Euros richer. Being severely bamboozled, I asked one of the Art teachers why I won. And she actually credited my Mickey Mouse because he's a cartoon character and that went perfectly with two parts of the theme, happiness and play/games. She found it so awesome that I did such deep thinking to come up with Mickey Mouse. She described it as 'epic'. As she said that, a thought ran through my head; I should really thank my parents for allowing me to watch all the Mickey cartoons when I was a kid. So this is a shout out to Pa and Ma, THANKS!
How bout that!
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| These are two of my really good friends XD |
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| This is me being silly (as usual) in Art class, |
