How old or young in heart are you?** I am slightly old at heart at the moment, or at least older at heart than I should be due to becoming fully financially independent for the first time last year. As I’m living on my own, single and have no immediate family around and have to take care of myself and
Read moreDescribe a practical joke you’ve seen or been involved in** I don’t know if I can count this as a practical joke, but I will for this writing topic. I was involved in throwing a surprise morning tea for my friend, Alice’s, birthday during my first year of uni. My friends: Clare, Sean, Simon, Luci and I went to Alice’s
Read moreWhat is the opposite of time and why? The opposite of chocolate? The opposite of camels? The opposite of zero? Of human beings?** The opposite of time is expiration due to the fact that expiration means time has run out. The opposite of chocolate is fruit due to its healthiness and calorie content. The opposite of camels is fish due
Read moreTaking a boring sentence. Start replacing each word with one (or two) new ones** The business man caught the train to work every morning and caught the train home every night. Twelve aliens always rode a space-time travelling shuttle to the moon all day and would take a rocket to back to his home planet at night. **Reference: Marsden,
Read moreDo you usually know when you’re acting in a good way? In a bad way? How?** I think I know when I’m acting in a bad way when I act in a way that pushes people away from my life and they never come back. I think I know when I’m acting in a good way when I make everyone
Read moreFrom Writing Topic #131 until Writing Topic #149 are “based on a book”. The book I have chosen to focus on is Where Rainbows End by Cecelia Ahern. Write a defence for a ‘villain’, e.g. the wolf in The Three Little Pigs, Jack in Lord of the Flies** This writing prompt seemed out of place compared to the other writing
Read moreHow do you react (if at all) to any of these words: Collingwood Magpies/Cricket/Brisbane Broncos?** Collingwood Magpies: I think of my mother who madly supports them. Cricket: I think of boredom and the men in my life who somehow love it and watch it every summer. Brisbane Broncos: I think of how I know nothing about Rugby and the only
Read moreDo you have to love teachers to learn from them? (John Le Vert, paraphrased)** Not necessarily, although in my experience if you liked your teachers, learning from them was a lot easier and a lot more fun. In school, I never had any teachers I hated, but I didn’t enjoy having to learn from teachers I didn’t like. **Reference:
Read moreWrite about a time when you cried in public** One example that stands out to me is 23 March 2011 when I found out that a friend of mine, George Matchett had passed away. At that particular point in time, I heard the news from a friend of mine and saw several posts relating to his death but no-one had
Read moreDescribe all the triumphs of your life** -Being (wrongly) diagnosed with an intellectual disability and my parents being told that I would need to be in special classes all through school, only to end up being in mainstream classes a year later and ended up doing the HSC. -Finally getting my full Drivers Licence after three failed attempts. -Having my
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