What is your most memorable Christmas memory?

December 17, 2007
  1. Aeternus
    Most of my more recent Christmases haven’t been that exciting, but one from my childhood stands out.

    My aunts like to have us (me and my cousins) “entertain” them by singing and dancing and stuff (they can’t do it so much anymore now that we’re old enough to say “No” and do our own things XD) and when we were younger, they’d tell us stuff like, “You have to sing really loudly so that Santa will hear you! If you don’t sing loud enough, he’ll miss our house and he won’t bring you lots of presents!” And being naive, innocent little children, we believed them.

    Anyway, they had us singing Christmas carols for who-knows-how-long. Well…to tell you the truth, it was more like screaming Christmas carols since our aunts were telling us to sing louder o_O; In any case, eventually, Santa strolled right into the house! Oh, we were so excited!! He sat down in a chair and gave out the presents. Meanwhile, my cousins and I began to suspect something.

    Cousin 1: Hey, where’s Dad?
    Aunt: He went out to get food.
    Cousin 2: Hey, Santa is really Dad!!
    Aunt: What? What are you talking about? This is the real Santa!
    Cousin 1: No, it’s really Dad! *pulls back Santa’s sleeve* Look! The armhair is the same as Dad’s!!

    No joke. That last line is the most vivid part of this memory XD

    We never could “convince” my aunts that this Santa was a fake. But strangely enough, after Santa left, my uncle came back…Coincidence? You decide!

  2. Renji_06
    When the clock struck twelve, my uncle burst into the dining room wearing this huge Santa clause outfit! We just stared at him for a few seconds when he suddenly blurted out: “Er….Happy new year?” his fiance than appeared behind him and whispered that he got the greeting wrong and we all started laughing.

    It didn’t seem so bad anymore after that.

  3. Anemone-
    Last year i broke my leg and i woke up christmas mornign ( in the morning) i had to go pee really bad and it took me two hours to get down stairs and about 10 minutes to get to the bathroom, by then i was about to pee my pants i was lucky no one was in there XD
  4. Kaize Yumezo
    Every Christmas my family and I, along with our relatives from my mom’s side of the family, get together for Christmas. This one time, out of the greatest coincidences, that majority of us cousins (all 14 of us) were wearing the color scheme of Black and Red. XD
  5. neko_kyo92
    This one year everyone was at my house for christmas. the parents were gambling and i decided to join. i think i was 6, but anyways, i joined. It was fun becuz i was small i always got the good hand some reason. all the money they had put onto the cloth, i took them all and hid them under the cloth. my uncle and me strted fighting becuz i got all reds and diamonds. my uncle was like. “but i have a full house.” i started crying so they gave me the win. i continued to put money under the cloth but then the game was over. they all showed all their treasures. i didnt know how much i had, but then wen we lifted up the cloth, a huge pile of loose change was revealed. i was very happy i won that much :]
  6. Koneko-chan
    My little cousin one year got really mad and knocked over the Christmas tree. x3;; It blew the fuse.
  7. emochild
    well i live in ottawa, ontario, so in 1998 we had a really bad ice storm, our house had a tree fall on it, so my parents and i, we had a trailer with propane in the backtyard, so we moved into that, and we moved the tree inside the trailer, and we had christmas with lights and electricity and heat, so it went from an awful christmas to a good one, the only thing that sucked was that power was out for like 1 month or so!
  8. Atsu-chan
    Another year, when i was 4, I got Chicken Pox. I couldn’t go to my grandma’s house in Arkansas for Christmas. So, i stayed home and ended up opening tons of presents..get-well presents AND Christmas presents!
  9. ouranfan101
    Well…..once when I was in Iowa for a family Christmas, I was opening my presents. And I wasn’t the only one named Katie, so I was confuesd which ones were for me and for the older Katie. And I opened a present, and it was perfume. It turned out it was for the other Katie. XDD
  10. malice94
    One year there was a huge ice storm and the electicity went out so we soent christmas morning in a hotel XD

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What is the most unexpected thing that happened to you?

December 9, 2007
  1. tohsaki7
    Okay. We were at a resturant in a gigantic mall with family friends.
    Order of positioning at table.

    Dad Mom Friend Me Sister
    \————————/
    l_____________________l
    Aunt Dad Mom Grandpa Sis

    So my friend needed to get out to go to the bathroom and crawled under the table. I felt something brush against my leg and did the first thing any sensible person would have done.
    I screamed bloody murder.
    Reaaaaaaaly loud. THe whole resturant turned to look at me. God it was really embarassing and unexpected. i THOUGHt she was a DOG or something.
  2. Aeternus
    I have one that’s both highly awkward and unexpected…
    It was in my first year of university (last year) and I lived in residence, sharing a room with one of my high school friends. I came back from my classes an hour or two early one day, only to open the door and find my roommate and her naked boyfriend in the room. Luckily, I only saw his backside and nothing more, otherwise I would have been severely traumatized. Anyway, I stood there in shock, just staring at my friend’s naked boyfriend and wondering what the most polite thing to say/do would be. Then my friend was like, “I…uh…think you should leave for a bit.” And then I said, “Yeah…I think so, too.” And I slowly closed the door and didn’t return for about half an hour…
  3. Koneko-chan
    In the middle of my band concert, I decided to stop playing (I couldn’t play anyway. x3) and talk to my friend beside me. The song ended and I finished my sentence with “and all these idiots here.” It echoed across the entire room so everyone heard it…
  4. emochild
    well, i had on these cat ears, they were like a head band, and i wore them to a bus station, and well this old lady asked if she could pet my head, i said okay… i was a little sketched out by her, but oh well she’s an old lady, she’s harmless right? SHE TRIED TO STEAL MY EARS!!!! she had a walker, did she think that she would outrun me? I asked her politly for them back, and she said, what ears, this is my cat, and then she kissed the ears, and petted them…. in the end i let her keep them, but it was so wierd…
  5. AnimeDudess
    I was perved by on of my male classmates when designing something… was whacked on the butt… O.o|l’
  6. Renji_06
    I was with my brother in his school when suddenly this guy, an underclassman, went to him and suddenly sang the song “If you were gay” at the top of his lungs.
    I think everybody at the hallway stared at us until the song finished.
  7. Ichigo Neko
    Last year… well.. this year, in New years. xD Me and my cousins were playing by the sidewalk at night. (11am!) because there was this party with all teh cousins and all and yah, then all of a sudden these guys shouted outta their car, “WOOOOOO! HAPPY NEW YEARS, BABY!!!!” And then they played ‘We wish you a merry Chritsmas’ REALLY loud on their stereo. xDD
  8. Ichigo Neko
    I was poked by some guy in the shopping center. He scared me. :\ I was so freaked out, I nearly kicked him where the sun never shines. Who the crack was he?! O.o;;;
  9. Atsu-chan
    When Dustin, a boy who has been harassing me for monthes, suddenly came up to me in P.E. and leaned over, kissing my cheek. It happened out of nowhere..we’re friends now, but that kiss…
  10. neko_kyo92
    me too! except my frend chris, a junior now, did that. ok anyways, for me..the unexpected thing that happened to me was when my frend joey kissed me on the lips at my homecoming dance.

What is the most unexpected thing that happened to you?

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What is the funniest thing you ever heard?

December 9, 2007
  • ouranfan101
    the song Real Sugar Baby! XDD Here’s a video of it.

  • Aeternus
    One of my other friends becomes really, uh, dumb when she’s drunk. One time, she told us she was hungry and wanted macaroni and cheese, so while we prepared it, she was complaining about how our “restaurant” (o_O) had bad service and was really slow. And then, out of nowhere, she complained, “This restaurant is so racist!! They only serve pasta to the Italians!!” Or another time, she was crying and we asked her why. She yelled at us, “I’M NOT CRYING! I JUST HAVE TEARS COMING OUT OF MY EYES!!!” Or yet another time…she was hungry again but she was incapable of feeding herself so instead, I had to feed her little bits of pasta on a fork at a time. She then described me as her magic robot that fed her every time she opened her mouth o.O; And, yes, as you might have guessed, she gets drunk very easily….
  • Ichigo Neko
    These!~
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3fZ0TnGbho <=== Sounds like someone saying a swearword, but isn't/ :]
  • Aeternus
    My friend trying to remember when she last went to the bubble tea restaurant on campus.
    “I came here yesterday. Or wait, was it the day before yesterday? No…It was yesterday. Or…Aw, damnit, I can’t remember! Or, no, wait! I came here tomorrow!”
  • neko_kyo92
    In 5th grade, my teacher called me up and told me I had to pick up my sister. I didn’t know he meant afterschool, so I went straight to the door. He looked up and asked where was I going, I said “Pick up my sister.” Then in front of everyone he said “No,no,no…After SCHOOL~ Jennifer. Now sit back down.”I was embarrassed and sat down, everyone laughing x3
  • Aeternus
    One of my profs is a hilarious man. If you know you’re anatomy, this will make sense to you: “And here is the urethra, which is normally one length for females and, uh, varying lengths in males” or “This is the Fallopian tube, also known as the tunnel of looovvee!” or “They’re like two drunks that fell into each other in a ditch!” (when explaining how the anterior and posterior pituitary glands are two separate structures). Or even, “The big question here is what causes action potentials? Well…everyone knows the answer is elves.” (and here, he changes the slide to a picture of Dobby the house elf from Harry Potter)
  • Atsu-chan
    Chris Crocker’s ‘LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE’ video. Oh gawd.. xD
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDDEhLw1PVI
  • Kaize Yumezo
    Tanya and I are clubmates, and we were waiting for our trainer to arrive. I texted him and I got a reply saying, ‘omw’. I showed it to her after she asks where he is and she suddenly laughs and says, ‘Oh my Whad?’” Of course, I laugh and correct her, stating that it means ‘On my way’. Then we both laugh.
  • AnimeDudess
    This song-line is driving me crazy… XD
    I will not always never not let you kind of fall up sometimes~
  • megame_chan9
    A phone convo (with michan) catwin posted in one y!m confe XD. (er, take it with a grain of salt : D and I edited one part of the convo to shield the eyes of our forum babies:3)
    “Emo Farm”
    Cat: Mr. Cow, I might commit suicide. Will you miss meeee?
    Mirai: Mooooooo.
    Cat: Well, SCREW YOU MR. COW! You’re all the same! *dies in corner*
    Mirai: LOL
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    If you were born in another time, what would you like to be?

    November 26, 2007
    1. Michru Kanzaga
      Ancient Ireland…back in the time of the druids and waring clan chieftains…it would be amazing to meet some of the people I grew up hero worshiping…to take part in the rite’s of passage’s, walk in the scared groves and celebrate the birth of the season’s in true pagan fashion
    2. little_kitty
      I am secretly in love with frilly dresses like any natural Lolita would XD; So 18th Century Versailles would be ideal<3 Of course without the corsets thanks X_X;; I can live without those.
    3. twistafate
      If not, I’d like to be born in the Tang Dynasty of China as one of the people of the higher classes. The golden age of art and literature in one of the oldest civilizations in the world! I can imagine the art overload.
    4. Mirai^
      I also want to be born in the 1200′s in the Philippines. Coz.. you know, I heard they allowed gay marriages back then before the whole Spanish Colonization times. WOULDN’T YOU WANNA SEE THAT?! I SURE AS HECK WOULD~!<3
    5. Aeternus
      I would love to born around the early 1900′s so I could live through the 1920′s…that way, I could be a Flapper (minus the smoking…smoking’s bad for you~)! What I consider conservative during these times would be SO risqu? then. I would shock everyone by wearing knee-length skirts! Mwahahahah
    6. maniackiller
      Definitely a ronin in Feudal Japan, preferably a member of the Shinsengumi (local police force). Living the samurai code ‘Bushido’, carrying a katana and slashing opponents! *is too influenced by Peacemaker Kurogane*

      I’d walk through the market place, sit down at a corner alley and just watch the world go by. And perhaps when I’m feeling hungry, head to the nearest teahouse and have an onigiri. Munch it slowly, return to the shinsengumi headquarters and continue to fight!

    7. Mirai^
      Lastly I want to be born in the 30′s! Jazz! The beginnings of rock and roll! The mafia! Those funky bead sequin dresses and the swimcap-type hats! XD Dazzling lights and dances every night in the midst of Chicago. Oh yes, I would love to cut a rug, Mister! (I would also want to meet with George Gershwin~~<333333 and.. *cough* END THE SEGREGATION!!!!! >O )
    8. megame_chan9
      I want to be a child of the 90′s again. I’ve always thought the music back then was better than the songs they’re churning out now.
    9. Renji_06
      I’d want to be born in the Philippines, around the time of the Japanese invasion in WW II. I’d always wanted to be a soldier out to protect the country from those who wish to corrupt her.
    10. Kouji
      Feudal Era Japan…Some heir to a clan that had a part of the country… If not Id like to be Tokugawa Ieyasu…

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    What is the most childish thing you ever did?

    November 13, 2007
    1. Atsu-chan
      I threw a temper tantrum on purpose in order to get a 40$ set of anime plushies.
    2. ouranfan101
      I have to agree with Ichi, everything I do is childish!! XDDD And I’m a pre-teen. So I’ll think……*thinks*

      When I found out that Sprite makes me hyper. I was literally bouncing of the walls XDDDD I drank Sprite yesterday, I was typing 100,000,000 mph. XDDD

    3. Ichigo Neko
      Ooh~ *3* Awesome topic!

      Umm.. Since I am still a child, I can’t really answer this, so… er.. yeah. I can’t answer this. O.o;; Because everything I do IS childish…

      But.. I guess, as a baby, I used to run around the house… nekkid. O.o;;

    4. AnimeDudess
      I left childhood not too long ago so…

      Hm… when I was little, I loved my Elmo toy so much I took it with me to a wedding. xD

    5. Koneko-chan
      When I was at the mall today, I called my aunt and in front of all of my friends, I accidentally called her Auntie-kins…
    6. Aeternus
      The most childish thing I have ever done was believe that I was mature.

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    What was the most awkward moment in your life?

    November 8, 2007
    1. Koneko-chan
      This happened yesterday at the school dance. x3 I was sort of late so I walk in through the doors and the second I walked in, it was the end of the song so it went dead silent. Also, that spotlight thingy was set to go directly towards the door when the song was finished… so I was standing there with about 600 pairs of eyes staring at me, with silence and a spotlight on me. x3 I just whispered, “Hey, everybody?” and about five minutes later they all forgot about it. OwO, well, yeah.
    2. Rhea
      bump into my ex-boyfriend while having a romantic dinner with my new boyfriend in a restaurant..

      *my ex-boyfriend happen to work there & i didn’t even know it…

    3. AnimeDudess
      When my group was filming things as if it was the news this year, and I was reporting a “murder” (as -coughAliciaWongcough-) and one of the boys in my class was filming me. When we were done and looked at it in the camera, we saw a bit of it, and then he had zoomed in on me. The only thing was, he zoomed in on my -coughchestcough- and that was all you could see for a few seconds.

      Speaking of the news thing, when we were filming that part at that time, I was supposed to say that we weren’t sure if the murder victim was either killed or committed suicide. But instead I said, “Investigators are not sure if the victim either killed himself or committed suicide.” We were silent for a few seconds then I laughed.

    4. ouranfan101
      When I was 9, my older sister wa babysitting me and my little sister, I was getting ready to take a shower. My sister had just bought some new shampoo as well as other items. Carmen accidently put the squeeze jelly in the shower for me. When I got done with the shower, I dried my hair and it was bright purple and sticky!! And worse, I couldn’t wash it out!! I went to school for 3 months with PURPLE HAIR!!!
    5. silverwoulfe
      When I was 12, my friends asked me who I was crushing on, and I said his name aloud (not knowing he was walking by behind my back at that exact moment).

      *looks at the years gone by*feels old*

    6. Ichigo Neko
      That reminds me. 8D Yesterday, me and my friends were doing a “nature documentary” on this kid from another class that we hated and when he found us… documenting him, he told the principal.

      So when we got to her office she’s all like, “What were you doing to Rudy?” (That’s the kid’s name) and then we stayed silent and then she’s like, “WHAT DID YOU DO?!” D:< So we said that we were documenting him for the fun of it. Then there was an awkward silence and we had detention. =_=

    7. malice94
      Another school bus insident: I would also sleep or I’d be half asleep almost the whole ride because 5:00 am was too early for me(which is when I had to wake up xD)! The kid who sat behind me would get board and stick his head into the aile and intho my seat. It scared me to death and I kicked him in the face! Not really hard but hard enough he never did that again!
    8. AnimeDudess
      Oh yeah… my class was practicing on one-minute debates, and my teacher chose topics and the debaters form a hat. He chose football verses soccer. I was chosen for football and this friend of mine was soccer. The thing was, as much as I prefer football to soccer, I really don’t see how football is better than soccer. So when I had my turn, I said about 20 seconds of confident debating, 10 seconds of random things, then 30 more seconds of hesitating and silence. Then it was over, and, well, yeah.
    9. silverwoulfe
      This happened years ago.

      We went to the province on short notice, so my sister and I had to ride a bus to go there. I just had a long day from school, I was so tired so I fell asleep. The thing is, it wasn’t my sister who was beside me but a total stranger, a fuzzy bearded man in his mid-40s (who looked like someone from a scary movie). I was nodding off and falling asleep. Actually, I fell asleep with my head on his shoulder. I was rocking my head back and forth (while asleep) until finally I willed myself to stay awake. That’s when the guy turned to me, used his hand to put my head on his shoulder, and said: (translation) “It’s okay, little miss. Just continue sleeping.”

      I was fully awake after that. And I never rode on public buses (while sleepy) since then.

    10. LondonTiptonFa
      My friend chipped her tooth, so we were trying to calm her down. Me and my friend Jordana hugged her, while my other friends Grace and Juliana hugged eachother(they were sitting across the table). Jordana was all like “join us” so instead we formed a circle around her, joined hands, and started singing cumbaya(i know, it’s probably spelled wrong) and rocking back and forth. I was running into the table in an akward position. they just stared at me and i was all like “…shut up…” it was so embarassing.

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    15 Strange Phobias

    November 7, 2007

    Love that adrenaline rush after fear? See if you’re afraid of these things!

    1. Amathophobia- Fear of dust.

    2. Chaetophobia- Fear of hair.

    3. Graphophobia- Fear of writing or handwriting.

    4. Kathisophobia- Fear of sitting down.

    5. Nomatophobia- Fear of names.

    6. Ophthalmophobia- Fear of being stared at.

    7. Scolionophobia- Fear of school.

    8. Cacophobia- Fear of ugliness.

    9. Chronomentrophobia- Fear of clocks.

    10. Ereuthrophobia- Fear of blushing.

    11. Geniophobia- Fear of chins.

    12. Ichthyophobia- Fear of fish.

    13. Macrophobia- Fear of long waits.

    14. Pantophobia- Fear of everything.

    15. Pentheraphobia- Fear of mother-in-law.

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    When was the time you were in the most serious trouble, and what did you do?

    October 30, 2007
    1. Nuri
      This is kind of a funny memory now that I’m an adult…

      1st grade! I got suspended for biting this boy’s hand when he tried to take my HELLO KITTY eraser. OH HELLS NO! NOT THE SANRIO MERCHANDISE!!! >;O

      He was such a baby, started crying and I didn’t even break the skin.

      Pansy.

    2. Koneko-chan
      I tend to get physically violent for some reason. *sniff* So anyway, this guy who had been stalking admiring me for a year got the courage to ask me out on a date. (I really hate him. >w<) So I smile at him, say no, punch him in the face, and run. My aunt found out and laughed. x3
    3. Liana
      When i was about 6 years old, i found some monopoly money… and i though, wow i’m rich.. i am going to go to the depaneur (corner store) and buy alot of candy! I forgot to tell my parents that i was leaving… mind you i was 6… and i walked out of the back yard and onto the side walk…

      So i went to the store, and grabbed as much candy bars as i could and tried to pay the guy with my monopoly money… well he got pissed off at me and called the cops, and at that moment my parents ran into the store and yelled at me for running away, and stealing chocolate bars…then about 5 minutes later the cops showed up.. they all laughed at me, and i cried… i was grounded for the first time, when i was 6 cause of the “Monopoly Incident”

    4. maniackiller
      Well… I haven’t gotten into much trouble in my current life. But there was this somewhat grim moment:

      A couple of years back, I went to buy the newly released Volume 30 of Naruto. Went into the CROWDED shop and there were none on the shelves. Thus, I asked the guy behind the counter for one. He handed me a copy. It was then I realized I had no money in my wallet. So I handed it back to him and told him to keep it for me while I borrowed some money from my mother. ( We were out shopping and she was waiting for me at a nearby cafe)

      The guy grunted, and I saw him place it on the shelf beside him before I left. When I came back with the money minutes later, I asked for the comic. Instead of taking it from the shelf, he kept insisting he saw me take it home- WITHOUT PAYING.

      The trouble was at it’s peak when he picked up his cellphone and wanted to call the police. The guy kept on saying I was a shoplifter, even when I insisted I did not take it. I think I got hysterical by the fifth ‘I returned it to you’. xD Everyone was staring.

      Just when I was about to burst into tears ( or call my lawyer), I remembered the comic was on the shelf. And pointed it out in the loudest tone possible. Everyone turned to the said comic. Then the guy muttered that he remembered now: I did hand it back to him, he had forgotten about it.

      I could finally leave the shop, then- without any suspicion.

      Well… there you go! Was that too long?

    5. twistafate
      When I was younger, there was a room in our house that had jalousies that my brother and I can reach the top of by standing on top of a box-like object. Whenever we played something like “Fortress”, where the room would be the fortress, and when someone would walk by, we would try and prevent that person from getting into the room. The window was the best look-out point the room had, and the best way to use it was to get up and look from the top most part of it. Our nanny always told us to stop climbing on top of the box-like object because we could fall. But since that never happened to us yet, we kept on climbing on top of it.

      Until, of course the day that I was on top of it and I fell. That wouldn’t have been too bad, except for the fact that when I fell, I accidentally took about two of the glass slats with me. So they became shattered and I cut my head. My brother called our nanny, who called my parents, who then rushed me to the hospital to have my head stitched up. My parents sort of reprimanded me because of my carelessness and also because I didn’t listen to my nanny. But I guess they think that my 6 cm. long scar at the back of my head is punishment enough.

    6. Haru Naojii
      Hmmm.. I don’t get in trouble often, but my mom was pretty hysterical after I did this:

      My family had been invited over to a party at one of my brother’s friend’s house. He had been told to wear a bathing suit because they were going to swim in the pool out back. After they splashed around for an hour or so they were starting to wrap up the party. My parents handed my brother a towel to dry off with; he wrapped himself tightly in the towel and stood there listening to conversation near the pool. Being devious at that point, I took my lead and shoved him backwards into the pool. With tears in his eyes, he thrashed to stay afloat(he was seven and in 5 ft water). My mother screamed at me and scolded, making a huge scene. Although I regret it to this day, it was rather funny to see my parents fish the crying boy from deep end. *innocent smile*

    7. AnimeDudess
      In grade one, my friend was sleeping for some reason in class, so I poked her… and then she needed to throw up.
    8. lola
      I went to a boat cruise held by my workplace, with my friend and co-workers.
      The problem was I wasn’t supposed to.
      I went straight from work.
      So it was getting late, and my parents were worrying. For some reason, I wasn’t getting any reception on my cell phone.
      So it was like wayy past midnight, and I was still out downtown, at the harbour.
      I called to get a ride, and got yelled at for not telling them where I was, or for not picking up the phone.
      My response was very calm, and it was “You didn’t give me a clear answer, so I thought it was up to me, and I decided to come. So now, I’m going to go where the other people are going, so I’m not going to be alone at the harbour waiting for a ride. Pick me up at the station.”

      I was like totally freaking out inside. But somehow I made it sound like I’m responsible, and that they weren’t clear.

    9. MidoriAislinn
      There is this one time that I got in trouble along with several of my friends and will never forget for a long time to come. It happened just this summer. Six of my friends and I were on a trip to our cabins with our parents. Our parents are great, completely liberal; so it’s alright for us to go off, fool around and have what fun we will (there are limits, though). Anyways, on one night, my friends and I were attending a bonfire with a bunch of other young people. However, as much fun all the smoke and drunk people were, we got bored after a while and snuck off.

      Where to? The dock of course. More specifically, the dock with boats tied to it. We came across this particularily pretty swan boat and next thing I knew we were all aboard and off. Now, seven people on one swan boat…do not ask how that happened and I won’t try to explain it.

      It was pretty dark and we were paddling in a random direction when two of my male friends decided it would be a clever idea to climb on top of the swan’s head. Now, this might have worked if they went one at a time but no, they had to go at the same time. What should happen next but the snapping of the swan head, followed by the flipping over of the boat itself and all seven of us in the cold, cold water.

      We swam back to shore, with the broken boat in tow. Soaked, cold, peeved and having to explain how we managed to break a boat, we were not a happy group. Oho, but our unhappiness was nothing compared to our parents’. Let’s just say, some of us are still facing the reprecussion of their unhappiness.

    10. commanderjay
      In my 4th year of High School (2 years ago). The factions in the class where ready to basically kill each other. So they brought out their weapons mostly beer bottles and umbrellas and was ready to give chase with their cars.

      I stood in the middle of the road and shouted that if they wanted to kill each other, they would have to kill me X_X …then after a few heated minutes they left for home. so the two factions left the party and I slightly collapsed and said “well, at least no one got hurt” ….

      We continued the party XD

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    When was YOUR moment of glory!

    October 30, 2007
    1. Ichigo Neko
      Another! At lunch time(YESTERDAY), I shouted, “EVERYONE IN MY CLASS, I’LL TELL YOU WHO I LIKE!!” Everyone came and I said, “….I like…. cheese.”

      Good times~

    2. Ichigo Neko
      Hmm… I remeber… a few years ago.. at someone’s birthday(It was a really big one!) .. I went over to the microphone on stae and began to sing the Egg Song with my.. ‘cute’ voice. No-one was expecting it and I just sang it outta nowhere/it wasn’t on the part schedule… When I finished, everyone was clapping and going “Awwww…!!!” I felt so happy for some reason! When I got off stage, people where surrounding me and saying “Where did you learn that?” Blah blah blah blah. ^^ Here’s the egg song; http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/eggsong

      My voice sounded almost exactly the same!!

    3. AnimeDudess
      it was my 13th party, and we were eating, and, well, considering all my friends are younger than me, they’re… well, anyway, they were like talking really loud and laughing and all that. One of my friends was a bit annoyed and told me to try and keep them quiet. So I signal them to be quiet coz I have a “speech”.

      So they’re all quiet, and I say, “I’ll like to thank everyone, but I’m afraid I can only thank one person and one person only – ME!!”

      …yeah… I have more, but I’ll say later… xD

    4. Ichigo Neko
      I once lead a conga line consisting of 66 people!
    5. wiccachick5
      My moment of glory? Easy! When I was about 9 years old and I won the district violin concerto competition… hahaha I was really happy at the time because I had practically given up my social life to practise but I won it.. $100 prize for my age group.. However, ironically I gave up classical music and changed to electric violin soon after and started playing jazz and blues violin!!!
    6. Mirai^
      And another was swimming the 5km triathlon path in the ocean with my brother’s ex before the official game started. We wanted to see how it was like since we weren’t prepared enough to participate (my brother did and he won first place in his division~^o^) and I was fascinated with how deep the route was (the reefs were HUGE and there were lotsa fishies).
    7. twistafate
      I think I have a number of “moments of glory”… But i think the most memorable would’ve been around 2-3 years ago.

      I was chosen and asked by the school to participate in the news writing section in a journalism contest, the Quintin Yuyitung Awards. So, we had to attend this seminar thing about news writing, before the contest proper, and I didn’t even take notes at that seminar while all the other contestants were scribbling their notes away. Even when the speaker started talking about Faye San Juan, I just sat there and listened. When the time for the contest proper came, the topic that we were supposed to write a news article about was none other than Faye San Juan. I sort of panicked right then and there( something along the lines of this guy: or maybe this one: ), while the other people were writing and referring back to their notes. But I did get myself together and wrote up an article from what I could recall from what the speaker said.

      I got an Honorable Mention in News Writing (English) for that, and up to this day, I still wonder why I got that award. More of a lucky moment of glory thing, though…

    8. Michru Kanzaga
      Hmmm…I think the moment of glor that I remember most was when I was still in school. I would have been about 13 and my teacher hated me..with a passion but she had a reason I guess. I was a really troublesome student who was always getting into trouble and never handing in homework. Anyway during a “talk” she had lost her temper and snapped at me saying I would never pass my junior cert…(big exam in Ireland that say’s exactly what you can study for the last two years of your secondary education).

      So on the day of the results when I had passed all my exams and gotten the results I wanted, I walked over to her and showed her the results.

      There was nothing better right then proving to someone that no matter what they thought of me, they would never actully know me.

    9. twistafate
      My mom keeps telling me this whenever she’s complaining that I don’t read as much as I used to.

      When I was around three years old, my mom came home from work and found me “reading” a book. She thought I was just playing with it and looking at the pictures instead. So she went and asked me to read whatever word she pointed to in the page I was looking at, thinking I wouldn’t be able to read it. And I was able to read it all by myself. I showed her!

    10. silverwoulfe
      My moment of glory was more like a quiet victory. There’s this girl in school who’s constantly competing against me. She always, as in ALWAYS, compares what I do to the supposedly “better” things she does.

      Well, when we had our thesis proposal, her group (3 members) re-proposed (meaning, they had a second proposal), and got a grade of 1.5 (which has the highest that time). She asked me what my thesis was about, and had the gall to call it boring! >O I just let it pass, though.

      When I proposed my thesis (I did not have to re-propose it again, and yes, I’m alone in my thesis), I did not proclaim my grade, but then she came to me and asked anyway. I told her my grade was 1.3. Her face was like *shocked* then something like an “O~kaaay…” smile. It was interesting to see her reaction on how my “boring” thesis got a higher grade than hers.

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    The things my parents told me… and i believed them

    October 26, 2007

    Being told so many little white lies and the most outrages things so many times….just makes you even more gullible.

    I posted a comment in the What’s the weirdest thing you used to believe in when you were younger? page about this but im gonna tell you anyways. my parents would tell me these “little white lies” to stop me from doing something, like whose parents dont tell lies to their kids? anyway one of those lies were, i quote: Honey, you better be careful because if someone kidnaps you, they’ll turn you into a hamburger and eat you!(end) …. omigush who would tell their kids that?! well my mom did and i was only 3 or 4 and, of course, i believed her. i went through my childhood avoiding anyone who looked like they would turn me into a hamburger… but stangely i still ate hamburgers then even from the fear of being turned into one. now older and smarter i only use that to make fun of my cuz. my sister and his brother and i would make fun him saying that if he gets kidnapped, he’d be the Ultimate Hamburger! which was funny cause he was kinda chubby ^^;

    Where do the lies end?! not here because parents just love teasing little preschoolers till their eyes widen with fear and awe. another thing my parents told me was, quote: Oh, no! You shouldn’t swallow your gum or your belly button would swirl and disappear! So spit it out over there(end)… what a shock i had from that. after my parents told me that i ran to the bathroom to see if the gum i just swallowed made my belly button swirl, luckily it didn’t. i was so aware of what i was eating since then and made sure that i spat out my gum. i think there was even a time where i was so afraid, i had avoid gum chewing and chewers for some time. once i had told my chubby cuz about this and he went wide eyed…with laughter so i kicked his fat butt and he fell flat on his face, ah good times ^^.

    While still on the topic of dangerous artifacts that should avoid being swallowed my, of course, parents made up another joke to tease me about while i was enjoying a very sweet and juicy watermelon, quote: Oh, hey. be careful not to swallow those seeds if you don’t want a watermelon to grow in your stomach(end)… as they said that i was picturing my self with a watermelon in my stomach and then exploding. so when ever we had watermelon i made sure every single seed, even the harmless white ones, were gone. it took forever to get every seed off so while i was still picking seeds off, other family members around me were already on their third piece. once i was so angry that other people were eating more than me that i just stuffed giant pieces of watermelon in my mouth making sure to avoid at least the bitter black seeds. i ate the most but i also had a horrible stomach ache. during the stomach ache i was praying to god to not let me explode, a 4 or 5 year old kid praying for her life! thats not normal. of course, after the pain i figured out that the seeds wont make you explode…or grow a giant fruit in your stomach. so now i live on with the pleasure of eating watermelons… slowly.

    it was a very strange childhood for me. ^^ so did your parents ever tell outrages things to you? or was it just my crazy and scary-humored parents?

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    If you were given super powers, what would be the first thing you do with them?

    October 15, 2007
    1. Seph
      If I was given the power to see through things (assuming I’ll get to choose the degree I want to see through), the first thing I’d do is to treat myself to a ticket of a girls soccer game. It wouldn’t be bad or anything, maybe just a few glimpses of underwear here and there. I mean… can you imagine watching a game of soccer where all the players are in their undies? *wide grin*
    2. Gluttony
      If I had the power to survive underwater and speak to sea creatures, I’d marry Aquaman.
    3. Simply_Syra
      *Goes Hiro on everyone*

      I would like to have the ability to travel in time. There are so many things that I am curious about from the past that I would like to see. Who wouldn’t want to follow Confucius or Aristotle around and ask them questions? (Language barriers aside…) What about see what color a T-rex really was? What if I could go see if there really was a Trojan horse?

      And I’ve been reading a lot of world history lately, and I’m always saddened by the amount of people who get caught up in the currents of change and end up being tossed aside and dying alone in jail cells or ditches. I wouldn’t want to change the past, but maybe I could just sit with them so they wouldn’t have to die alone….

      On a lighter note, maybe I’d go back in time so that I could see Miyavi at his last indies live at Nihon Budakan. ^_^; The possibilities are endless…

    4. Seph
      We’re allowed to have any super power we want, ne? Well, I’ve been using those scalpels in the forum often enough, but it’d be pretty neat to really be able to form weapons from my blood. Besides the fact I’ll be a walking arsenal, I also won’t have to be afraid of any mugging event that happens to come my way.

      The first thing I’ll do is go to an anime convention cosplayed as someone with a huge heavy weapon. They have rules against people bringing in metal weapons… but what about those of blood? Of course… I’m hoping this power includes the amplification of a drop of blood… because otherwise, I’d die from blood loss just making my weapon.

    5. Liana
      If I were given the power of being able to stop time by holding my breath (I once saw a Dragon Ball Z episode where one of the villians did that!) then I would definately use it in my sport- Fencing! (yes everyone- I’m a epee fencer of 7 years experience)

      I would like to hold my breath in the midle of my opponent’s attack and then have every around me freeze in time and I could see what he/she is doing, thus having time to think about how I was going to parry or avoid the attack!

      NEAT!!! I would try not to do it too often- (its more fun when you are losing sometimes- it makes you try harder lol!) but it would be soooo useful when it comes to competitions!!!!!!

      I wish I had those powers!

    6. smart82
      I would like to see things in a slow motion and move in super speed! Imagine how I can be the fastest and first of everything. I don’t have to go through all the hassle by taking bus to work! So definitely I’ll try to run from my house to the office…hehe..I guess I even can burn more fat with it!
    7. mzcho
      i would have the power to get into people’s mind and make my science teacher go insane.
      but he already is insane…the thing is only i know it (and you guys, now) and i think it’s my duty to show the world his insanity.

      so, yeah. i would like to be a voice in his head. yup, that’s a crazy cool power.

    8. commanderjay
      If I had the power of the wind and extreme dexterity…..I would ….

      Always train at night outside near a cemetery, by cutting twigs in half and trying to kill mosquitoes in the DARK !!!!

    9. Seph
      Frankly, I simply wish for a power that actually exists in real life- that of a photographic memory. Well, I suppose I wouldn’t mind if it was a super developed memory (and hence it’s a super power) since then I wouldn’t have to worry so much about tests and learning certain things.

      Sadly, the first thing I’d do after getting such a power would be just to remember the birthdays of my family members! That’s how bad my memory is. Ugh, names and numbers….

    10. Gluttony
      If I had the power to control water, I’d create a beach in the desert.

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    What’s the biggest prank that happened in your school?

    October 10, 2007
    1. Satoki
      Where to begin … XD;

      Um, on our sports carnival week, some policeman’s son tipped jelly into the pool. Tons of it. The jelly half-set, ’cause it wasn’t enough, but even so, no-one knew. The first race is the blindfolded novelty games, which are awesome. Anyhow, we couldn’t tell that there was jelly in the pool – it blended in, incognito – and the kids leapt. Now, picture six contestants half-submerged in this wobbling, badly-set jelly, legs flailing.

      Bliss xDD.

      To make matters worse, one of the kid who set up the prank’s mates actually chewed his way through it. But that’s not the end … definitely not. When they got out, it turned out that he had mixed some fast-acting gel agent to make the jel as hard as rocks and unable to come off. Now, picture six, faintly glowing, smelly, wobbling jelly-covered people … in their swimming-suits.

      Bliss, bliss xDD.

      And that’s not even the end yet! The policeman’s son then called his dad (he was in y.12, getting out next year, so it didn’t matter) and panickedly informed his dad that his school was housing glowing aliens, and the SWAT team needed to get down here A.S.AP. Finally, picture this; a panicked dad hauling six glowing ‘aliens’ away and an annoyed principal who was trying to protect her students.

      B-l-i-s-s.

      Ah, that was so funny. The y.12 policeman’s son didn’t get off lightly for calling the police – I believe his car was sold, he was put on detention for the rest of his school days and grounded for hell knows how long, but still, it was funny. Mind you, it might’ve been okay to just stick to emptying jelly into the pool…

    2. Seph
      Freshmen too…. they dipped the engineers into purple dye and we basically got purple people walking around for a week. It stains their skin purple, head to toe. I kinda pitied them, but hey, they’re they ones who allowed themselves to go into the purple dye pools. Still, I wish I had a picture of our purple people walking around.
    3. Liana
      Well, other than the old, give laxative-filled chocolate muffins* to the maths department prank which happened two years ago- with quite humourous results, the year 12s last year decided torun around the site locking all the individual buildings together with bicycle chains- it took the groundskeeper like an hour to get them all off- and us- we had to wait before actually having the chance to escape our classrooms!

      *The chocolate laxative muffins made my maths teacher need to go really bad near 3 o’clock- and by the time she got back the class had already left!

    4. ouranfan101
      Okay once we were holding a Spelling Bee at my school. And I was apart of it. Well three or four kids from my class wanted to pour green paint, foam, and whipped cream on us all. When they dropped the stuff, it got EVERYONE in the Gymnaisym(sp?) but me. I was the only one who didn’t get a speck on me. Everyone thought I did it because everyone was covered in it. But later they found out who did it and those kids got suspended but two of them got expelled!!
    5. Ichigo Neko
      I actually started a prank that went through the whole school… ^^;; There were police officers that came to my school and I had(and still don’t) no idea why. When A friend of mine, she was like.. in grade 3(This happened this year!) asked me what they were there for, I played around and said. “They found a human tongue in the tuckshop.” So she spread the word that eventually got through the school. ^^;; And it said in the newsletter thingy that the Tuckshop was… not selling anything much.

      But it’s over now.

    6. Koneko-chan
      Well, in my town, there is this fancy restaurant about four blocks from our high school. The mascot there is a giant person so they a fifteen-foot statue standing outside of the restaurant. Anyway, some kids got their big truck and somehow took the statue and put it in the back of the truck and put it on the school’s roof without anyone noticing! They closed the school the next day and they even made the front page! The funny part is that no one saw them and they still don’t know who did it.
    7. Akari
      Okay, I finally get a chance to do this, so….^^;;

      In our high school, the teachers were really strict and our class was really naughty, so naturally there was disaster whenever someone tried a prank.

      This one, one that happened during a Quran class (holy book for Muslims) led to four suspensions and a teacher in tears. I almost got in the thick of it which is why I never forgot it.

      Okay, so…we were all reading, when halfway through the class our teacher went outside. All of a sudden, noise broke out and people started to pass something around the class. I was at the front and paid it no mind as it was quite normal for that to happen when any teacher walked out and this one was very strict about talking…

      But I noticed something weird going on with the two girls behind me. Thinking they were talkinga bout me and choosing to ignore (I got teased a lot in High School) I turned bakc to the front til the teacher came back.

      Soon as we all got quiet again, a loud ‘fart’ ruptured the air. The teacher shot out of her chair and created a giant uproar as to who did it; she could tell it wasn’t a natural passing of gas, pretty sharp woman.

      Anyways, the girl she suspected was the one behind me and she denied it, saying it was her stomach. Then the teacher searched her bags and found a ‘whoopie cushion’.

      It turned out, while she was gone, they had been planning it out, and passing it around. Four girls got suspended, the headteacher was brought to the class and we were all repriminded on where we were and what we were doing (in the religious sense).

      I was one of the people they were going to pass it too, it turned out and I was so shocked to hear that. (I was a real goody-goody and the thought of being in so much trouble scared me to death!!) But they decided not to risk it with me as they thought I would ‘grass’ on them. XD;;

      Needless to say, those girls never dared cross that teacher again. ^^;;;

    8. Seph
      Ohh, another one… throwing the froshmen into the swimming pool. Or, rather, they devised a ‘game’ that includes a point system, and you get the froshmen to voluntarily jump into the swimming pool, clothes and all. Something about an obstical course and a race. Poor lifeguards though, it’s their job to watch the pool, yet they couldn’t stop these crazy kids from leaping into the pool in their clothes.
    9. wiccachick5
      well.. me and the seniors, filled up plastic cups with water, and placed them all around the school… i am friends with the janitor who works in the school, so he was in on it… so at like 2:00 am in the morning we all entered the school, and put cups of water back to back on the floor of the school… the next day when the student entered the school, all the cups spilled.. liek a domino effect… and flooded the school.. lol… about 59 student were suspended, but they dropped the charges.. luckily our principal likes us!!! … lol… i miss high school!
    10. smart82
      Aaa..I remember that once my classmate bought a “smelly bomb” in a form of a very small white tube. And we agreed to try it in our physics class..;P (since our physic teacher is very expresionless so we are really curious on how he will handle that!) Goshhh the smell is horrid!! Yet this teacher just realized it after we all complained about it! Amazing!… But it is really worth to see how his expression change at the end.. He keep suggesting that there are some students who (sorry..’fart’) It is bad jokes..but funny…Sorrryyyy sir…!! Luckily the smell didn’t stick!

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    If you could bring one of your inanimate posessions to life….

    October 4, 2007
    • silverwoulfe
      Hmm, I’d like to bring this little guy to life:

      image

      His name’s Pchan, coz he’s a black widdle piggy like P-chan on the
      banner there XDDD

    • commanderjay
      I want my laptop be alive and stop making it make me carry it XD
    • Renge Houshakuji
      I would bring my house to life like Howl’s moving castle.
    • Seph
      I would bring… let’s see. Does it coun’t if we give a reason why we want something but at the same time why it wouldn’t be wise? I want to say I’d bring a dragon figurine to life because who wouldn’t want to say they have a pet dragon? But I have a feeling that even a small dragon would be high maintenance and it’ll be troublesome if it ever grows Big. Not to mention, an accidental sneeze might set things on fire. Sooo, not a dragon though it WOULD be fun.
    • Liana
      Well, quite frankly, my dream is to have my paint brushes to come to life and paint under my instruction- it would be amazing to spend time actually concentrating on the image in your head rather than to worry about mixing the right colours, applying the right brush stroke or
      getting the shading right. It would be soo blissful if my paint brushes came to life!
    • Simply_Syra
      I would like to bring my guitar to life.

      People are always playing their own songs on it, but I have to wonder if it might have a song of its own that it would like to share. I wonder if guitars might be like people–each with their own voice and beliefs. Except guitars would speak in songs.

      And if I was feeling down I might ask it to play something nice for me. ^_^

    • Licorne
      I would like to bring my pillow to life.. that way, instead of me hugging it, it will hug me.. XDDD ah.. blessed sleep…
    • Smoochy
      If I could bring one of my possessions to life, it’d be my notebook.

      My notebook has my *everything* in it. I have letters from friends, my own drawings, and my stories, too. I would love to see all of those things real and dramatic before me. It would make my world wonderful.

    • Satoki
      I would bring my pencilcase to life. Imagine; a companion to share the long school-days ahead with. Someone who could tell you what stationery needed replacing, and whether you’d forgotten to pack your calculator. Someone to watch over you while you worked and helped you out with those annoying sums.

      Awesome, right? =D

    • Ichigo Neko
      I would bring alive 2 things because I can’t decide… >.> And they are my toy fox, Ranger and my Mokona Plushie. Why Ranger? I would bring Ranger to life because he’s been with me since I was three years old. Is that the only reason? No. Even though I just bought him from an ordinary store, he’s been there for me when I cry, i’m angry, when i’m happy and playing with my friends… Let’s just say… Ever since I bought him and he means soooo much to me. I’m 11 now, and I still love him ^^

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    What’s the most creative excuse you’ve ever given?

    September 26, 2007
    • Mirai^ – ~On coming to uni rather late~
      Friend: Where the hell have you been?
      Mirai^: My pillow and blanket tag-teamed in seducing me in bed.
    • Satoki – My mum asked how come the pages of her Women’s Journal were apparently glued together … and why they smelt like ROTTEN SANDWICHES. Just remembering that I had squashed my super sticky sandwich there a while ago and conveniently neglected to clean it up, I made up the following excuse…

      ‘In Science, we were asked to use cat/dog food to make paper mache statues. U-um, it’s to test the properties of processed food especially for animals…’

      And she believed me, yay, due to the fact my science teacher at the time was a little eccentric and VERY animal friendly. Kind of ^^;. However, I can’t use that excuse again, because opportunities like are rare and few.

    • Atsu-chan – I told my teacher, “Mrs.Roe! I would never do that!….Only when I’m
      feeling evil.”

      I was lying though…She thought i slapped another student..and because I’m SO good..she didn’t believe the other kid! and i AM evil!

    • Darkisc – So, a few years back, ok maybe 5 years back I had gotten into this
      little phase where I was obsessed with eating walnuts. I don’t know why, but I was. I’d buy whole bags of the walnuts still in the shell, and I’d crack them open with my hands.

      So, there was this one day in late November, where I’d gone to a friend’s house to hang out. and when I got there, he looked at my pocket and asked “Dude, what the heck do you have in your pocket?! It’s all lumpy, and looks freaking gross!”

      I simply responded. “Ah yes, you must be referring to my lovely collection of squid tentacles I keep in my specially vacuum sealed bag, that way when bear approach I can whiff a good rancid ploom of rancid tentacles at the bear who quickly runs away with disgust. Knowing that the smell is too much like tendonitus (even though it had nothing to do with smell). The bear will fear for it’s life as I enjoy my safety another day.”

      My friend was of course responding. “Dude, you have issues.”

      Of course, when I left my friend’s house late that night, I had showed him what was really in my pocket, which he thought made more, yet no sense at all as to why I carried walnuts in my pocket. when I got home, the bulge had only gotten larger in my pocket because I bought
      more at the store.

      When I walked past my dad, he was quick to spot me, as he went, “Son, come here.” As I got to him, he went, “Show me what you have in your pocket.” He thought I was trying to sneak something into my room, he used to be a cop, so it’s natural to him. Though, when I pulled out a
      large zip-lock back filled with tons of walnuts, my father looked at me and went “Son, why in the world are you carrying a sack of walnuts in your pocket?”
      I had to think quickly, so my response came out something like this. “Because, if you think about it, the squirrels around here have been getting really aggressive. So when I carry the walnuts around, I have a two birds with one stone weapon. The squirrels here really don’t like me too much, so they try to hurt me with acorns and almonds. Or the try to chew on my head. So, if I open my bag of nuts, and start throwing, I can knock one guy out, as the others quickly get
      distracted by the fact there’s an even bigger nut in the area. So, I’m saving mankind in the town of Antelope by keeping the squirrels happy and pre-occupied so they will no longer gain thoughts of taking over the world so they can force us to harvest their nuts. The quirrels
      shall pay.”

      My father only shook his head and walked off “You’re weird, that was just out there son.”

      I thought it was fun.

    • Kiruhari – Once I didn’t get an assignment done and the teacher asked me why and I said “Well, i set my stuff inside the house and went out to get the mail. Forgetting I locked the door, so I was stuck outside from 3:34-11 pm.” I couldn’t believe he believed me.

      It’s pretty much true but the time is a little different, i got locked out my house from 3:34-5:30 and didn’t want to do my homework. It works to ’cause my peoples work to 11pm sometimes.

      The same day i made another excuse to get out of both 5th and 6th periods. I told the nurse I had a very bad headache and everytime i heard a semi-loud noise it really really hurt. I was acting really good too, I was all crying and stuff….They sent me home after that….

    • wiccachick5 – Actually, this one didn’t work, cause my mom is dead, but i think it’s still is plausible for other ppl…

      i had to do my homework last night, but i forgot, so this is what i told my teacher…

      “I had to go bail my mom out of jail again, so i couldn’t do my homework”

      She looked at me strangly and laughed at me, and said i was off the hook, cause i made her laugh.

    • maniackiller – I didn’t give this excuse, but a classmate of mine did. I just had to
      share it xDD

      The whole class didn’t do the trigonometry homework, so our furious teacher ordered everyone to give a reason for not doing it. My classmate’s excuse?

      “Sorry, miss- but I decided that watching Spiderman 3 was a higher priority than trig homework.’

      The best part… she got away with it xD

    • Liana – Well- as a child, i always liked looking at my mum’s jewelery because
      she had so many lovely pearls and jeweled brooches etc. Anyways- When I was about 7 or 8, I ‘borrowed’ my mums gold owl brooch to wear without her knowing (mainly just to show off to my friends at school) but i lost it at lunch time and started freaking out, knowing mum would ground me forever if she had found out I had lost it at school. When she asked me about it a few days later I ‘confessed’: I said that I took it out of her box and was playing with it outside on the veranda. I then told her than a huge crow swooped down, grabbed it in its beak and flew off with it. I then burst out crying and told her how scary the crow was and mum comforted me- telling me now to worry and how brave i was facing the bird.

      I still cannot believe i got away with that…

    • neko_kyo92 – this was when i was 6. i was over at my cousin’s house playing with my oldest cousin. me and him always play video games. this on time, we played football and i kept my player going in circles all the way to the touchdown. however, my cousin finally tackled me. anyways, my aunt came to pick me up and i told her i didn’t want to go. she said. “you
      have to, your mom wants u home now.” i just looked up at her and said.

      “i don’t want to go home. i want to stay here and play. beside to, i have to stay because he’s controlling my mind right now. he’s telling me to stay. so if i stay i’m free. if i don’t, i’ll be a slave
      forever.”

      eventually i got to stay but then got yelled at by my mom xDD

    • Ichigo Neko – I farted in class once and then all my friends looked at me so I pointed at my teacher and pretended to laugh at her because I was sitting up front and they believed me that the teacher was the one to fart! xDD

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    What’s the weirdest thing you used to believe in when you were younger?

    September 4, 2007

    What’s the weirdest thing you used to believe in when you were younger?

    1. AnimeDudess – Not that I remember saying this, but one of my friends said we were at a party when little and she said that I said Chinese people are bornfrom their bottoms!!
    2. megame_chan99 – I used to believed that head lice came from the sun. Seriously! I'd imagine them riding the sun's waves until they reached the top of my head
    3. Simply_Syra – The weirdest thing I believed was that boys could make you pregnant if you breathed in their breath. I always thought that kissing had to do with exchanging breath and I knew that kissing was involved with, uh….babies. XD

      So I used to hold my breath around boys.

    4. ConCon – I used to believe that when I step on somebody's shadow I would cause damage to them. So, I try to avoid on stepping on anybody's shadow.
    5. Ichigo Neko – I used to think bubbles were alive so whenever I blew them, I prayed for their freedom! xD
    6. Ichigo Neko – I dunno how he did this but.. my uncle squeezed this coin in his hand and you could see like a shape of a coing going up his skin and down the other arm and into the other handd!! So I thought he was related to God.
    7. Alaena – Well… first I'd have to explain. When I was little, we lived in a trailer, and we put dirty clothes in the tub, since we didn't have running water (don't look at me like I'm old! I'm 17. ^___^) Well, I always believed that there was an evil monster hiding under the clothes in the tub, and if I didn't walk really quiet, it would grab me and drag me under the clothes, and keep me there forever. There were also monsters in the toilet and behind doors, but even though I kept telling myself that monsters weren't for real, I still walked
      really quietly…
    8. Ichigo Neko – I used to think babies came from belly buttons. xDD And I also thought thought that pokemons and stuf like that were real.
    9. LondonTiptonFan – There is a door in my closet and I was told that skeletons were in there and they'd eat me if I stayed up past my bedtime. I immediately fell asleep, but I was so scared that I had nightmares. i also thought that there were snakes under my bed and that if I didn't fall asleep right away they'd eat me.
    10. wiccachick5 – When my parents decided I was old enough to give up my pacifier (my binky!) they told me I had to leave it in my Easter basket the night before Easter, so the Easter Bunny could take it and give it to children who needed a binky. I believed them, and the Easter bunny left me extra candy that year since I was such a generous child.

    Categories: Top 10s.

    The craziest thing I’ve secretly wanted to do is _________

    August 28, 2007
    1. Michru Kanzaga – Okay I have a new crazy thing…during sll the prep work for the ridding I seriously considered getting a sex change….lol being a girl is so troublesome lol
    2. Koneko-chan – The craziest thing I’ve secretly wanted to do is to eat myself live. Skin is salty and blood tastes good… ^w^ I’ve wanted to do this ever since I was a little kid.
    3. Norika Hiwatari – The craziest thing I’ve secretly wanted to do is to hunt a vampire and hope that vampire bites me… blame my Twilight addiction for that. XD
    4. silverwoulfe – The craziest thing I’ve secretly wanted to do iiiiiiiiiiii~s… *drum roll* not take a bath for a month, not brush my teeth for two weeks, and WALK AROUND THE STREETS STARK NEKID (naked)!!!
    5. megame_chan99 – The craziest thing I’ve secretly wanted to do is run out to the rain wearing only a bikini.
    6. megame_chan99 – The craziest thing I’ve secretly wanted to do is to be a hermit… What? It’s my dream life! No school, no responsibilities, no hygiene (okay, that part is a little gross X_X) I’ll have to live off the land though XD. Squirrel anyone? 8D
    7. Mirai^ – The craziest thing I’ve secretly wanted to do is to be normal.
    8. little_kitty – The craziest thing I’ve secretly wanted to do was wonder what it would be liked to be killed by a 50ft giant squid. This I blame to Tanemura-sensei.
    9. hikari – the craziest thing i secretly wanted to do was kill the little demon shigure
    10. ouranfan101 – The craziest thing I’ve secretly wanted to do is go through my WHOLE life as my favorite anime character, Hunny from OHSHC. And by that I would dress like him, act like him, and sound like him. And I can already sound like him!!!

    Categories: Top 10s.

    Consolations for the Fustrated

    August 27, 2007

    Travelling to Cagayan De Oro, I brought a book with me called “The Consolations of Philosophy by Alain de Button”, reading it on the plane rides and during idle time so common when travelling. And I read the part called the Consolations of the Fustrated …. after experiencing a death of a batchmate and the constant irritants of everyday life, it was indeed enlightening and well made me think more. I would like to share to you some of tid bits of what I read quoting from the book time to time.

    Fortune / Unexpected Events

    “There is Nothing which Fortune does not dare”

    This line is very powerful, since Fortune can shift virtually everything, and change things into what we cannot expect. Fortune can make a moment into an event, disasterous or not.

    After I read the chapter, I don’t believe in the wheel of fortune anymore, but to the ball of fortune that rolls and spins everwhere, there is no top, no bottom nor is there a cycle of top to bottom.

    Injustice

    ” I do not allow [Fortune] to pass sentence upon myself” – Seneca

    We tend to blame ourselves when bad things happen even when we are not or had no power  over. Deaths of friends, odd cicumstances leading to destroying or damaging relationships and many things more.

    We should always remind ourselves that we are not given our destiny by our moral worth. Bad things happen to good people and good things happen to bad people. Fortune will not give you good fortune, she will give you anything she wishes. Not everything that happens to us occurs with reference to something about us.

    Anxiety

    ” I will despise whatever lies in the domain of Fortune, but if a choice is offered, I will choose the better half ” – Seneca

    Sometimes we think too optimistically where we wish for the impossible but usually we think about everything and anything that could go wrong. When planning for your party, you think what if….what if…..OMG what if…or when you plan for an event and something goes wrong you go OMG ..OMG…OMG…or when suddenly your Girl/Boyfriend stopped replying to your texts and calls after you sent a message that requires immediate reply and you go…OMG REPLY !!! REPLY …..it is okay…he/she must be busy….OMG what if…oh no …what if he/she wants to break with me. …….Noooooo !!!

    Unfortunately for you..the worst may happen and most probably what you planned it to be would be totally different. But try asking yourself what do really fear ? is it sound ? can I endure it ?. Can you endure the worst ? the answer is only yes and with that watch all your anxeity be radically reduced. What if in your party the waiter trips and wets you ? is that a reason to freak out or an opportunity to spice up the evening ? What if a typhoon hits ? is the event over or is it an oppurtunity to plan an even better event ? What if your Boy/Girlfriend wants to get out of the relationship ? Is it a reason to kill yourself or is it an oppurtunity to show your love to that special person ?

    And as seneca says : A The wise man will not despise himself even if he has the structure of a dwarf, but he nevertheless wishes to be tall (I love this line) and The wise man can losing nothing. He has everything invested in himself.

    Bad things will happen but not often, and when something Bad does happen, what can it do to you anyway ?

    When Seneca’s power, reputation and wealth was taken away from him when we has exiled under unfair terms by Emperor Nero he wrote a letter to his mother : ” I have kept a wide gap (between he and his wealth, power and reputation) and so she (Fortune) has merely taken them, not torn them from me. ”

    And and in order to ….

    “The wise men do not put a wrong construction upon everything”

    How many times have we got home, tried from a day from school, and wanting to go online and surf the net and then found out to discover that your internet won’t connect (I am fustrated when this happens, oftenly). You try to look for the connection, reset the connectins, reset the computer and after an hour of  trying to fix it, you just don’t. You mumble and slam the door in fustration and then lie on your bed fustrated and you say : The internet is broken in order to annoy me, (insert numerous reasons why you deserve the connection). This often happens to people too i.e. idiotic cashiers and drivers

    Unfortunately, there is no solution to this event. You cannot change the past or your destiny/fortune but you can change your attitude to this event. Remember A wise man/woman do not put wrong construction upon everything. Instead of saying : The internet is broken in order to annoy me….say instead : The internet is broken and I am Annoyed. There is a big difference between the two, first it makes you calmer and makes you look at the world at a lighter way not in a way as if the world is out to fustrate you. In the end you are still in an unpleasant situation but you don’t have to be furious. Not being furious can mean the difference between doing you accounting homework and not doing it, I can attest to that hahaha

    Final words

    We are like a dog being pulled by a cart, wherever it goes we are pulled by it. Decide to fight it we get choked and then forced to follow or just follow where the jerking is where ever it wants it to go. Unlike a dog, we humans have an ability to think logically and predict where the cart is going (Sciences) and yet sometimes it would go somewhere we totally didn’t predict like Pag-asa. When this happens do we fight it or go with the flow ?

    However, Seneca doesn’t say that we should always go with the flow and stop predicting or creating or else if we keep on following there would be no progress.

    “It is no less unreasonable to accept something necessary when it isn’t as to rebel against something when it is. We can as easily go astray by accepting the unnecessary and denying the possible, as by denying the necessary and wishing the impossible. It is for reason to make the distinction”

    Basically, do not fight the unnecessary and do not deny the possiblities.

    What need is there to weep over parts of life ?
    The whole of it calls for tears – Secena

    I hope this small article help all those who are fustrated or at least equipped you with something next time, someone cuts you or when your SmartBro connection disappears.Take care

    The Consolations of Philosophy by Alain de Botton can be bought from the Different Book Store it has branches in Eastwood, Serendra, Podium and Virramall. If you want one, I can buy for you ( i get 12% discount)  :D I’ll ask how much lang XD I forgot hahaha

    Categories: Articles.

    What was the weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten?

    August 21, 2007
    1. Renge Houshakuji – I ate a tooth on accident before. my sister had a loose tooth and she was eating an apple. it was the last one so i persuaded her to give me a bite. turns out her loose tooth got stuck on the apple… back then i always did wonder why that apple tasted weird.
    2. Atsu-chan – I didn’t exactly eat it..but the stuff inside those glowstick necklaces.. I accidentally broke it and the stuff got in my mouth.It was hot and burned my tongue..apparently, that stuff is toxic.Luckily, i spit it out!
    3. ouranfan101 – I have eaten a whole bowl full of bugs for a dare. I ate about twenty LIVE worms, 10 DEAD flies, 6 LIVE spiders, and a lot more bugs, but I can’t remember what the others are. But, that was the weirdest thing I’ve EVER eaten.
    4. silverwoulfe – Frog’s legs… I mean, frog’s muscles… raw muscles~ 8D That was when we studied the anatomy of the frog… and I got hungry T_T … turns out, it tastes like chicken after all~ XDDD
    5. megame_chan99 – I almost swallowed gel pen ink D:. I was writing something in my notebook when my pen refused to write, so I removed the bottom cap and started to blow on that ink thingy (sorry XD; I have no idea what it’s called) but I inhaled by mistake and I tasted the ink @_@. Good thing I had tissue with me and I spat it out there.
    6. Ichigo Neko – When I was a baby,(toddler) I ate my own poo.
    7. Norika Hiwatari – I chewed on the plastic balloon. XD;; I found it tasty before. XD;;;
    8. Ichigo Neko – Oh yeah! When I was six, my little sister was a baby and she vomited and my brother dared me to lick it and… I did…
    9. Mirai^ – I ate a mosquito by accident. It was summer and I went bicycling to the mountains with my brother and his friends and we sometimes have conversations while coasting. Someone happened to crack a joke and I laughed… something went in and I thought it was my hair (I had bits flying about) so I tried to stick my tongue out to push it back out but it MOVED on my tongue. So I swallowed it. It wasn’t particularly unpleasant. It was tasteless.
    10. commanderjay – I constantly drink Dihydrogen Oxide !!! very poisonous and dangerous can turn boulders into mush (Admin: This will be a consolation prize CJ.. just for the nerve of saying you drink weird water.. XD)

    Categories: Top 10s.

    20 Interesting Facts

    August 10, 2007

    1. A zebra is white with black stripes.

    2. All the planets in our solar system rotate anticlockwise, except Venus. It is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

    3. Hummingbirds are the only animal that can also fly backwards.

    4. Insects do not make noises with their voices. The noise of bees, mosquitoes and other buzzing insects is caused by rapidly moving their wings.

    5. The cockroach is the fastest animal on 6 legs covering a meter a second.

    6. The word “listen” contains the same letters as the word “silent”.

    7. The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning it’s head are the rabbit and the parrot.

    8. A ‘jiffy’ is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

    9. India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.

    10. The whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound.

    11. A hippopotamus can run faster than a man.

    12. India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history.

    13. ‘Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia’ is the fear of long words.

    14. Didaskaleinophobia is the fear of going to school.

    15. A snail can sleep for 3 years.

    16. The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start.

    17. In 1883 the explosion of the volcano Krakatau put so much dust into the earth’s atmosphere that sunsets appeared green and the moon appeared blue around the world for almost two years.

    18. “Almost” is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.

    19. Twenty-Four-Karat Gold is not pure gold since there is a small amount of copper in it. Absolutely pure gold is so soft that it can be molded with the hands.

    20. Electricity doesn’t move through a wire but through a field around the wire.

    Categories: Articles, Knowledge Corner.

    Funny One Liners… again!

    July 25, 2007
    1. 100,000 sperm and you were the fastest?
    2. A bartender is just a pharmacist with a limited inventory.
    3. A clean desk is a sign of a cluttered desk drawer.
    4. A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
    5. A closed mouth gathers no foot.
    6. A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.
    7. A diplomat is someone who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you will look forward to the trip.
    8. A flashlight is a case for holding dead batteries.
    9. All generalizations are false, including this one.
    10. All men are idiots, and I married their King.
    11. Always remember you’re unique, just like everyone else.
    12. Always try to be modest and be proud of it!
    13. Anything worth taking seriously is worth making fun of.
    14. Artificial Intelligence usually beats real stupidity.
    15. Assassins do it from behind.
    16. Atheism is a non-prophet organization.
    17. Auntie Em, Hate you, hate Kansas, taking the dog. Dorothy.
    18. Be nice to your kids. They’ll choose your nursing home.
    19. Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.
    20. Beer: It’s not just for breakfast anymore.
    21. Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you’re a mile away and you have their shoes.
    22. Better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot.
    23. Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of checks.
    24. Borrow money from a pessimist, they don’t expect it back.

    Categories: Articles, Fun / Games.

    One liners

    July 16, 2007

    Some questions that could make your boggle your brains or make you groan in dismay. ^^

    1. Don’t sweat the petty things and don’t pet the sweaty things.
    2. One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor…..
    3. Atheism is a non-prophet organization.
    4. If man evolved from monkeys and apes, why do we still have monkeys and apes?
    5. The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live.
    6. I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman,”Where’s the self-help section?” She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.
    7. What if there were no hypothetical questions?
    8. If a deaf person swears, does his mother wash his hands with soap?
    9. If someone with multiple personalities threatens to kill himself, is it considered a hostage situation?
    10. Is there another word for synonym?
    11. Where do forest rangers go to “get away from it all?”
    12. What do you do when you see an endangered animal eating an endangered plant?
    13. If a parsley farmer is sued, can they garnish his wages?
    14. Would a fly without wings be called a walk?
    15. Why do they lock gas station bathrooms? Are they afraid someone will clean them?
    16. If a turtle doesn’t have a shell, is he homeless or naked?
    17. Can vegetarians eat animal crackers?
    18. If the police arrest a mime, do they tell him he has the right to remain silent?
    19. Why do they put Braille on the drive-through bank machines? (Somebody please explain THIS ONE to me) (I know there’s a logical explanation, but it escapes me)
    20. How do they get deer to cross the road only at those yellow road signs?
    21. What was the best thing before sliced bread?
    22. One nice thing about egotists: they don’t talk about other people.
    23. Does the Little Mermaid wear an algebra? (needed to think about that one)
    24. Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery?
    25. How is it possible to have a civil war? @#&%$!!!# ?
    26. If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do the rest drown, too?
    27. If you ate both pasta and antipasto, would you still be hungry?
    28. If you try to fail, and you succeed, which have you done?
    29. Whose cruel idea was it for the word “Lisp” to have “S” in it?
    30. Why are hemorrhoids called “hemorrhoids” instead of “assteroids”?
    31. Why is it called tourist season if we can’t shoot at them?
    32. Why is there an expiration date on sour cream?
    33. If you spin an oriental man in a circle three times does he become disoriented?

    Categories: Articles, Humor Post.

    Wisdom (loosely defined) of Larry, the Cable guy

    July 3, 2007

    * The ff was a shared document by an officemate. Really made our day. ^0^

    1. A day without sunshine is like night.
    2. On the other hand, you have different fingers.
    3. 42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.
    4. 99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name.
    5. Remember, half the people you know are below average.
    6. He who laughs last, thinks slowest.
    7. Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.
    8. The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese in the trap.
    9. Support bacteria. They’re the only culture some people have.
    10. A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
    11. Change is inevitable, except from vending machines.
    12. If you think nobody cares, try missing a few payments.
    13. How many of you believe in psycho-kinesis? Raise my hand.
    14. OK, so what’s the speed of dark?
    15. When everything is coming your way, you’re in the wrong lane.
    16. Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now.
    17. How much deeper would the ocean be without sponges?
    18. Eagles may soar, but weasels don’t get sucked into jet engines.
    19. What happens if you get scared half to death, twice?
    20. Why do psychics have to ask you for your name?
    21. Inside every older perrson is a younger person wondering, “What the hell happened?”
    22. Just remember-if the world didn’t suck, we would all fall off.
    23. Light travels faster than sound. That’s why some people appear bright until you hear them speak
    24. Life isn’t like a box of chocolates. It’s more like a jar of jalapenos. What you do today, might burn you butt tomorrow.
    25. One Out of Four People in This Country is Mentally Unbalanced. Think of your three closes friends… If they seem okay, then You’re the ONE.
      NOTE: Not sure to which country this is referring to, but it’s funny anyway. ^_^

    Categories: Articles, Humor Post.

    Napoleon Bonaparte

    June 19, 2007

    Napoleon Bonaparte is one my Idols and Heroes. He was such a great man, in fact our modern military structure was thanks to him. the Corps structure was created by him, which was the demon he unleased to Europe that crushed virtually all his enemies. Yes, he failed to conquer Russia, and yes he was defeated at Waterloo. But he was the most successful General/Commander of all time. He has won more decisive battles than Alexander, Julius Cesar and Hannibal combined.

    Even today I can feel his electric personality as I read his stories.

    In April 1796 the twenty-six year old Napoleon Bonaparte was named commander of the French Forces fighting the Austrains in Italy. For many officers his appointment was something of a joke : they saw thier new leader as too short, too young, too inexperienced, and even too badly groomed to play the part of “general”. His soldiers, too, were underpaid, underfed, and increasingly disillusioned with the cause they are fighting for, the French revolution. In the first few weeks of the campaign, Napoleon did what he could to make them fight harder, but they were largely resistant to him.

    On May 10, Napoleon and his weary forces came to the Bridge of Lodi, over the river Adda. Despite his uphill struggle with his troops, he had the Austrians in retreat, but the bridge was a natural place to take a stand, and they had manned it with soldiers on either side and with well-placed artillery. Taking the bridge would be too costly– suddenly the French soldiers saw Napoleon riding up in front of them, in a position of extreme personal risk, directing the attack. He delivered a stirirng speech, then launched his grenadiers at the Austrian lines to cries of “Vive la Republique!!” Caught up in the spirit, his senior officers led the charge.

    The French took the bridge, and now, after this relative minor operation, Napoleon’s troops now suddenly saw him as a different man. In fond recognition of his courage, they gave him the nickname : “Le Petit Caporal”.

    Napoleon’s soldiers did not see him often, but when they did, it was as if an electrical charge passed through them. It was not just his presence ; he knew exactly to show up.

    If a squad were about to lead a charge or seemed in trouble, he would ride over and yell, ” Thirty-eighth : I know you ! Take me that village — at the charge! His soldiers felt they weren’t just obeying orders, they were living out a great drama.

    Napoleon rarely showed anger, but when he did, his men felt worse than just guilty or upset. Late in the first Italian campaign, Austrian troops forced some of his troops into a humiliating retreat in which there was no excuse. Napoleon visited thier camp personally. “Soldiers, I am not satisfied with you,”"You have shown neither bravery, discipline, nor preserverance. . . You have allowed yourselves to be driven from positions where a handful of men could have stopped an army. Soldiers from the Thirty-ninth and Eighty-Fifth, You Are Not French Soldiers. General, chief-of-staff, let it be inscribed on thier colors : ‘They no loner form part of the Army of Italy!’ “ he told them, his very large grey eyes seemingly on fire. . The soldiers were astounded. Some cried; others begged for another chance. They repented their weakness and turned completely around: the Thirty-ninth and Eighty-Fifth would go on to distinguish themselves for strenghts they have never shown before.

    Categories: Articles.

    Lakbayan Grade

    June 18, 2007

    I am quite surprised I got a C+ considering the size of the Philippines. I plan to get an A+ before I die :D hahaha


    My Lakbayan grade is C+!

    How much of the Philippines have you visited? Find out at Lakbayan!

    Created by Eugene Villar.

    Categories: Articles.

    The Reed and The Olive

    June 17, 2007

    The reed and the Olive tree were arguing over their steadfastness, strength and ease.

    The olive taunted the reed for his powerlessness and pliancy in the face of all the winds.

    The Reed kept quiet and didn’t say a word.

    Then, not long after this, the wind blew violently. The reed, shaken and bent, escaped easily from it, but the olive tree resisting the wind, was snapped by its force.

     > The story shows that people who yield to circumstances and to superior power have advantages over their stronger rivals

    From Fables, Aesop, 6th Century

    Categories: Articles.

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