Thursday, 26 June 2014

A Holiday in Hastings!

Hi guys!
So the Easter holidays have finished and I'm having a hard time...*sniff* We're back at school and it seems to them that the perfect 'welcome back' present is a bunch of assessments which you did not know about, had 2 minutes to plan for and a single lesson to do. I'm talking about my English assessment! We had a mere 50 minutes to write 12 humungo-saurus-t-rex paragraphs. And don't forget that we STILL had to plan the essay. And tomorrow, I have two science tests, ON THE SAME DAY!
Anyways...
I'm eating mango. >.<
Oh yeah! Did I tell you about my holiday in Hastings?
Well it all started on Monday the 14th of April...5 pm on a boring day...My Mum goes to Morrisons...Comes back and tells my brother to look for hotel...at this moment we're confused, befuddled, discombobulated...We turn to Mum and she announces, WE'RE GOING FOR A HOLIDAY IN HASTINGS WITH OUR WHOLE FAMILY! I cannot tell you the amount of excitement that overcame me. It was unreal. We were so excited and packed our suitcases and everything and began the journey to Brighton.
Now, this journey was supposed to take only a couple of hours but instead it took us five hours! Let me picture it for you. So you're sitting in the back of a small and stuffy rented out car thingamabob because our normal car decides to not work the day we're supposed to go on holiday. Yeah, so you're sitting in the back, your annoying little brother on one side and your cousin on the other. You feel ABSOLUTELY BILIOUS because you've just gone and wisely stuffed your face with starbursts and celebrations. You need air so bad, all the windows are down but your little brother finds the 25°C weather too cold so the windows are open a mere crack. You find out that you're actually 3 hours away from your hotel and its hot. You're stuffy. You're annoyed and irritated and you drive on a motorway for 3 hours. Straight.
So you kinda' see why the journey there wasn't too great but OH when we got there, with our hotel right outside the pebble beach, it was all worth it. Your hotel is cool (by this I mean cold. Well not cold because that wouldn't be any better but you get me, right?!) and you share it with your cousin and her little brother. You have a cup of coffee and take pictures of your hotel. It was perfect.
Next we went to the beach and OH MY HOLY DOUGHNUTS, I actually went I the water! For me this is huge because I do not like the water! But I managed to go SO far in and it was freezing and I may have swallowed a bit too much salt but it was the best fun I had ever had in my life. And the fact that I had the best family in the world to share it with made it 1000x better! We spent ages there, taking photos of the sea and the family. It was amazing!
Next we spent around 20 minutes trying to find a good restaurant when we finally found my best buddy, McDonalds where we ate our heart out. After that we went back to the hotel and hung out as a family.
The next day we go to the safari. Now. Can we please take a moment to appreciate the fun-ness of a safari park? It was awesome! We got to see the tigers, lions, leopards, meerkats, gorillas and we went on one of those truck-thingies as well. Everyone loved it to bits!
The best part was the maze! We played for ages in a huge maze at the end of the safari and thanks to my little cousin, we stayed even longer!
The next day, we stayed in the lobby and talked for ages and then we set back to Harrow but how can you not complete a holiday without a much wanted visit to my favourite Asian restaurant, Giftos?
When we got home, I felt so lonely and instantly missed the holiday and my family. I had the time of my life there!
I hope we get to go again sometime!
Bye xx
 
The annoying journey there....

 
Some pretty flowers I found...

 
Tigers!

 
Lioness...

 
Place near the maze...

 
The beach... (MEMORIES!)

 
Some animal...(I forgot)
 

Scary Invigilators and Maleficent

Hello everyone! I am actually in the hungriest state I have ever been in right now! I am starving and that nutella sandwich didn't go down so well...
Anyways, this week has been non-stop tests. Maths, English and Science with the scariest 'invigilators' (people who stand over your shoulder during a test a) breathing down your neck and b) making you feel so uncomfortable) of life! I didn't know looks could get so evil!
I also went to watch Maleficent with my Mum and IT WAS SO TOTALLY AMAZINGLY AWESOME! It was such a good twist on Sleeping Beauty and I cried LOADS. I loved everything about it! The storyline was just incredible and YOU HAVE TO WATCH IT!
All week, I've basically been squished against the wall in my tiny 'studying' area revising and revising and revising and revising and revising and revising. Especially for science because let's just say science isn't a strong point...These tests determine the rest of my high school life. Whether I get into foundation or higher, whether I get to do triple science next year, whether I get to do any of my GCSE options... OK, so you get the idea, this tests are really important! 
I can't wait for activities week though! At the end of every academic year (don't worry I'm not that posh!) we spend a week just doing activities. Last year we did ice-skating and bowling and there was this really cool science workshop that I thought was going to be rubbish but it turned out to be really fun. We also did African drumming ALL while my brother had to do Zumba! HAHAHAHAHA!
The only thing I didn't like was sports day. And here it comes once again this year on the 15th of July. The day of many tears- especially for me because I'm going to be fasting! With no water or no food for 18 hours in the boiling sun getting sunburnt. Last year I looked terrible- my face just went a bit tanned but then you looked at my nose. I mixture of bright red and burnt skin. It was NOT a nice sight. At least this year we have the option of doing tug of war and then not having to do anything for the actual sports day so I volunteered COMPLETELY OBLIVIOUS TO THE FACT THAT I WAS UP AGAINST THE STRONGEST GIRLS IN THE CLASS! I don't think I got any votes!
Anyways, that's it from me now and until next time, bye!x
(god what do I sound like?!)
 
THE BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR!