Memories

I cannot say I'm pleased that this is basically my last day of freedom until school starts again. =P But since my internet is still being VERY UNKIND TO ME and not loading Desperate Housewives season 3 properly (but it's SO DELICIOUS I just wanna eat it up!), I guess I will blog… my favourite memories from Grade 11/IB Year 1/2008-2009! Okay, here I go, in no particular order:

1. IB Camping Trip – At first, I thought this would be pretty lame because I hate camping (no washrooms? Ick!) and there were only about six Grade 11s going. Nevertheless, I guess it was kind of fun to bond with other IB students over the campfire, and living in the "wild" for a day, even though we could literally see PA from where we were camping. =P
   
2. Late night stressing – Even though I think I was pretty much dying from these experiences, I think the extent to which "suffering together brings you closer together" is true really shined through all the late-night periods of stress, studying and/or finishing up some piece of homework or IA. I think I'd still prefer sleeping at 10pm instead of 2am every night for a week, but I think that these experiences have truly made me realize that I am much more of an evening/night person than a morning/afternoon one. Sure, I love waking up to a summer morning (gotta do that for the next few weeks… x_X), but there's something about the night… It's like you kind of have a bit of freedom that you get from the darkness to secretly break free of your confines and just do whatever. Although personally my "whatever" was stressing about something, IB has nevertheless shown me that nighttimes are always much more fun.
   
3. French Congo animal thing – Maybe the only fun that you could ever have from an IB class. =P That French Congo animal skit was hilarious because of how random it was, and how it didn't really count for anything. XP
   
4. Biology photosynthesis lab – Can you say epic failure? Pretty sure this lab killed my "Manipulative skills" criteria for Biology Internal Assessment. =P Still gotta say though, I probably lost around 5lbs from literally laughing my arse off over how epic fail it was. Seriously, why do these things always happen to me? First, my lamps get turned off because the IB12s in the other class were watching a movie. Then, I put a test tube rack on the hotplate, and it MELTED, so I had to get a cake pan from the home ec room, fill it with water, and put the rack in THERE. Finally, once they had been heated enough, as I was moving the plants from the hotplate area to another counter, the TEST TUBE RACK BROKE, and sure enough, the uncovered test tubes (well, you can't block a photosynthesizing plant's oxygen supply!) COMPLETELY spilled everywhere. I probably killed a forest through cleaning that mess up. =P Sigh.
   
5. Dress designs – In history, chemistry and English, how could I have ever gotten by without my dress designs? Sure, they may not have been the best, but each one killed anywhere from 10-30 minutes. =P Admit it Gloria, I so got better at it near the end of the year! xP Too bad I didn't really pay attention to the class… but that's okay, I guess I got by well enough. =)
   
6. Whistler music trip – Fun fun fun, hanging out with friends, going out all the time, just relaxing and knowing that I didn't really have that much to do (aside from biology and FRENCH, which I brought along, of course). Too bad I was in a room with strangers that left me alone in my room for about 6 hours to huddle into one queen bed and gossip about their intergroup problems. Ah well, at least I got some quality studying done. =P Plus I didn't lose my tenor sax this year – awesome! The jazz band performance was amazing too – almost makes me wish I hadn't quit. xP But then again, I'll be happy that I won't have to get up at 6am anymore. Yay me.
   
7. Cuba - Who said this list had to be all about IB? Going to Cuba was AMAZING. I'm sure I'll blog about it one day… xP
   

And those are, in short, my seven favourite memories from this year. I'm sure I have more somewhere in my cerebrum, but you know, short term memory loss… =P Now, to continue having seizures from my internet. I HATE IT SO MUCH, ARGH. T_T