this is tim reporting from los angeles airport at terminal ttwo.

will in a cuple ofshours board a fkight onto calgary and yes tom you were right i have to go through customs there.
all safe andsound and have alrady been to starbarks.

out of time

cya

tim

The trip to Canada

Well hello blogees, glad to see that you are interested in the trip that I will be taking overseas, and that you wish to find out more by reading this blog.

By clicking the link it will take you to the website of the course that I am undertaking. It will tell you what the course is about, why it is being done, and what it hopes to acheive. It doesn't actually tell you what I will be doing on the course. So what follows is some the speech I gave at my fundraiser. It goes into detail about everything that will be happening on the course. Please don't be discouraged about the length.


When is it?
I shall be getting on a plane for Regina, Saskatchewan on the 19th of January. I will be picked up from the airport by the guys running the course and shall be driven to where we are staying in Herbert – a town north east of Regina in central Canada.

So what is happening in Canada?
Canada is where myself, and the other six guys undertaking this course will be trained and equipped for work in Kenya. We will be sharing a house together and living there for the following three months. There will be work in various ministries and disciplines so I will come away trained and equipped. This includes daily sessions and adventure trips.
The Daily sessions include immersing ourselves in the Bible which we must read in the following five months. We will focus on the inward, outward and corporate disciplines.

The inward are:
§ Meditation
§ Prayer
§ Fasting
§ Study

The outward are:
§ Simplicity
§ Solitude
§ Submission
§ Service

The corporate are:
§ Confession
§ Worship
§ Guidance
§ Celebration

As we work through those things we will be going through topics covered in various books including things on leadership, how to go about reading the Bible in order to get the most out of it, the Holy Spirit, and the Kingdom of God.
Reading the Bible in five months is going to change and grow my self-discipline. I will grow vastly in knowledge and wisdom as well as falling more in love with God as he reveals so much to me through His Word.
This in conjunction with the books that will be read my head knowledge will be ever greatly expanded. This of course is no use unless this is also matched with heart growth and action. These things will be addressed through the general challenge of adapting to a very new environment where I will be sharing a room with a couple other guys and sharing a house with nine guys all of which are between the age of 17 and 21. You can feel the testosterone already!!! That of course is a minor challenge in comparison to what this course is also offering – I will get to these other aspects of the course in a moment. The Daily sessions also include much prayer time among the group and many bible studies. These things will create unity among the group where we will learn to support each other in the challenges we face, as well as learning to become attuned to the needs of other people. The group will also spend time with the father of the two men running the course who is the pastor of their local church. This time will be spent to help guide the group during our training time and focus us in what we are trying to achieve and get out of the course and the time we are spending there.
What I have just outlined is the day-to-day activities of the group. This will become our routine, and what each day will generally involve.

The next thing to address is the adventure aspect of the course.
The Weekly Adventures will include but are not limited to:
- Snowboarding
- Paintball
- Hiking Trips
- Day Hikes/Camping
- Boldering
- Ice Fishing
- Sledding
- Bow hunting
- Night hunting
- Night Hikes
- Survival camping
- Night Hawk training adventures (that is surprise training sessions)

We will also go on Adventure trips. There will be three of those. These will be:
- Snow Boarding In the Rocky Mountains
- Hiking In the Rocky Mountains
- Snow Camping in Northern Saskatchewan

There will be two main adventure trips. These trips include traveling somewhere a distance from the base for a more extensive adventure. One of these will be a trip to Banff which is located in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta Canada. This trip will take place in mid January as a break from the intensive training as a team building time. The group will be staying in a family Cabin located in Banff. Most of the time there will be spent snowboarding and hiking.
The other main adventure trip will be a trip to Northern Saskatchewan for a snow camping expedition. The group will be outfitted with gear from Steve Maier who is a certified wilderness and mountain guide. We will be staying in wall tents with wood stoves. The group will be camping up in the bush of the rugged country of Northern Sask. This trip will take place in February; and even if it is cold it is still on…. That is; cold for a Canadian winter; ie around -30 degrees Celsius.
The weekly adventures aim to provide opportunity for team building and to experience new things in the outdoors as well as having fun. Some of the weekly adventures will include trips to places a few hours drive away where others will take place closer to the base.

In Canada there will also be times of ministry to various communities in Canada. There will be a ministry trip to Northern Saskatchewan to minister to the indigenous people in Pelican Narrows. This trip will take place later on in the course in the month of February. This will be a long week end trip, as it is an eight hour drive up to this part of Sask. The ministry will involve outreach to the First Nations young people in the area. Outreach will be done on a real practical level building relationship with the local youth, Drama, and music.

We will be ministering to these people due to this area suffering from alcohol abuse and high suicide rates, and many abusive homes and dysfunctional families. There is a lot of opportunity to bring the Kingdom of God into their lives, and the guys really believe that the Lord is moving among the First Nations people. The trip to minister on a reserve will be a completely different experience and life changing time.

There will also be ministry opportunity to inner-city Regina a city that is a two hour drive from Herbert. One of the opportunities in Regina is to serve on the Love lives here Bus, which is a bus that goes out at night to serve the homeless and Prostitutes in the inner-city. There will also be opportunity to do street evangelisms, which I am really looking forward to due the simple matter of having such a great opportunity to bring the love and grace of God into their lives.

We also hope to do some prison ministry, which would involve speaking to the prison inmates and doing music, drama and building relationship. Many prisons are set up for Christian organizations to come in and be able to speak with the inmates. This would be a great opportunity to reach out to the lost and provide opportunity to minister and be changed.

So what is happening in Kenya?

The trip to Kenya will begin in London when we board the plane to Nairobi Kenya. The Soul Edge team will travel together. We will arrive in Nairobi where we will meet up with the arranged transport. The main contact in Kenya is Daniel and Marlies Hoogteyling who are running an orphanage outside of Nairobi. Daniel and Marlies formerly led Soul Survivor Holland and have been in Kenya for a few years now.

Much of the work and the things we will be involved with will coincide with the needs of Daniel and Marlies; serving them in any way that we can. As they have been working in Kenya and know the local people our contacts will come primarily through them.

Projects will include, local ministry to the community we are staying in; clean up projects, music and drama. There will also most likely be some building projects and possible renovations and painting. Much of the details of the projects have yet to be planned as we are working with Missionaries. More details will follow as we work that out with the Hoogteylings.

My UAI

This is my UAI. This is good. I quite like this. I really didn't think I would get in the 90's with my marks, but I guess they scaled me. Good luck to everyone, and I hope your HSC was also a success.

My HSC marks

These are my HSC results for those that are interested. Hope everyone got the results they wanted, and got what they needed to acheive.

U2

Today I found an interesting article on the nine msn site about Bono and U2, concerning Bono's involvment in Make Poverty History. Apparently Bono has caused a stir in the band with his work in this area. But things are never easy when you are doing God's work. Satan will attack and will do his best to bring you down. And sometimes he will attack what means most to you. And for Bono that has been pressure placed on him by his band members.

The thing about the article though is that no dates are listed. The comment that Bono said he thought he was going to be forced out of the band does not carry a date on when he said that, and when he thought that might happen. So this whole thing may have happened a very long time ago.

Another interesting thing that I saw on TV was a small snippet of Andrew G's interview with U2. Bono was talking about the voice he has recently acquired. Since the passing of his Father he has become increasingly aware of the improvement in his voice, and how recently his voice has dramatically improved, and that now he is able to hit notes that he ahs never been able to before. What he put this down to was God.
'When you look after God's stuff he looks after yours. Can't be sure but that's what it feels like.'
That's not an exact quote but it's pretty close.
As obvious as it is, I'll still say it. Because of the fan base that U2 has, Bono has gone and worked for the poor on a very large scale. He has answered the calling that God has on his life, and it would appear that God has rewarded that to an extent. He has blessed Bono with a gift of his voice.

I think that's pretty cool.

Personality

Now apparently I'm a Cocker Spaniel...


Cocker SpanielNo bones about it, you're a perky, loving Cocker Spaniel. (Think Lady from Lady and the Tramp.) Playful and energetic, you're a real people person — er, dog. People can't help but fall hook, line, and sinker for your friendly, well-rounded personality and natural charm. It's a subtle thing, though — being outgoing and flirtatious, not showy, is the name of your game. Friends, co-workers, and potential dates can't help liking you. How could they not? Your winning-yet-humble ways make you popular, admired, and a joy to be around. Woof!

Cake

I have cake in my desk, been there for a while now, dunno how long, haven't kept track. Oh well, guess I'll eat it sometime. Seems to keep pretty well, so you know, oh and its yummy too.

Mmmm...

Yr 12

Right, well here's the update.

I recently did a physics assignment on scientists that contributed to the exploration of space. It was 18 pages long. *jaw drops here*. Yes it was silly, and it was ok, none of it was completely irrelevant, it was all on topic, and if I crack the 90% range with it, it will all be worth it. Plus now I know heaps about these really cool scientists.

Did you know that the father of rocketry Robert H. Goddard invented the bazooka?

Now I have a modern history, chemistry, and 2 maths tests. So you know, got a bit of work ahead of me.

Yr 12 jersey's came in. WOOHOO!!! We are the first year 12's to get their jersey's in the 4th term of yr 12, the earliest any pervious year has gotton jersey's. We're special.

Well, God Bless, WWJD, and have a good week.

Tim

U2

Well it is official, and has been confirmed on their website; U2 are coming to Sydney on the 31st March and will be playing at Telstra Stadium. This will be the first time they will have played in Australia in eight years.

This is a very exciting time, for the have also released a DVD of "Live in Chicago" which would be a lovely christmas present for any of you friends.

Oh and the tickets go on general sale on December 5th.

Well on the study day I went to the other day concerning the western front in WW1 had some interesting information on howitzers and the other gun that i can't remember the name of*. Well the gun you see is a howitzer. It fires long range shells over the horizon and gives off an explosion. They are technological wonders; pity about their destructive purposes. They are awesome machines though.

Modern History Study Day

Today I went to the city to learn about the Western Front in WW1. It was really good and interesting because the speaker knew so much and was really good at communicating what he wanted us to learn and get out of the day.

Shrapnel shells, howitserzs, trench warfare, tactics and all the generals in command of their forces.

First time the Aussies and U.S fought together in battle, they were under the command 0f Monash the Aussie commander.

And Curry the Canadian general - made a stand against the British General Haig. - After the offensive that was launched by Canadian and Aussie force Haig said to press the attack when the forces were starting to meet some resistance. Curry said to Haig 'No. We will not press the attack, men will be killed and little gained.' Haig told him again to press the attack; but Curry remained steady and said no, and he said that if you continue to order me to attack I will talk to my government and tell them to pull my troops out. This is because while Haig was in charge and in a real powerful position Curry was in control of his troops. So Haig went 'oh ok no need to get so upset' and so the troops were pulled out and attacked another position. and through this the secret to winning the first world war was discovered.
I thought that was cool. Canadians rock!

music is good. i like music. bass is fun, thouroughly enjoyed it on Sunday night in band. But apparently I shouldn't sit down, people didn't like that.

Oh and I would really like to see more people reading my blog, really would, cos currently no one does. Oh well, what are you gonna do?

Teachers go on strike tomorrow as well as a lot of other public servants. Someone called what people are doing tomorrow as illegal, and they shouldn't go off the job unless their bosses are ok with it. But the way I figure it is that the employees bosses that let them go off the job in the morning have nothing to fear from those bosses, the ones that don't let them go off work are the ones that will reduce wages and sack people under unfair grounds.

Australia has a lot of interesting things going on in the government at the moment, some policies are really not immpressive; on the grounds that many people seem to have a very big problem with them. John Howard and many people with a lot of influence in the area of these laws have a lot to think about and a lot to consider. I just wonder what their motives are for the laws they are trying to push through.


But none the less Paul had some wise words:
"Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good, to slander no one, to be peaceful and considerate and to show true humility toward all men."

Titus 3:1-2

Yr 12 is a lot of work. I got so much, it's all I got time for at the moment. And yes that is a hyperbole.
God's cool, does a lot of nice things for you.
My rooms good, very convenient. And I'm getting a couch.
Here's a photo.

Room

Well it has finally happened!!!
I have my own room.
I can now turn out the light when I wish. Read before I go to bed, listen to my music alarm and continue to once it has gone off. I can construct my room as I wish. There is currently photos and posters all over the room, with more to be added over time.
I have more room, so my guitar stuff can come out of the closet. I have my own chest of draws, so I can place my shoes in the bottom two draws. A draw for my sox, and another for my boxers. So much closet space. Got no idea what to do with all of it.

Well have a nice day
Cya

Well long time since I last blogged. Went on holidays and got out of the routine.
So I dunno, guess my blogs will be kinda sporatic* from now on.

Fran is ok for the moment. She has kushings disease, which means she has a tumour on the petuitary gland. So for the time being she is ok, but it is going to shorten he life span. She is on medication, so its just life as usual for the time being. So she still gets in trouble for barking at the ironing man.

I have had two driving lessons now, and I have got my hours up past 50. So I am on track to get my P's by the end of the year.

Year 12 is going well so far. We are getting into some really good stuff in all my subjects.
Physics - Universal gravitational law and projectile motion.
Chemistry - Nuclear Chemsitry, and carbon chemistry
Maths - applications of calculas
Modern History - WW1 ie. Battle of the Somme, Haig, Trench Warfare, and the Stalemate
And since dropping Hospitality i got a bit more time on my hands, which is good, and my study and the amount of work I am doing is improving.

Also I am going to the Roseville girls formal. Should be good fun.

Mind you not everything can be good.

My standards of what is right and what is wrong are coming under great scrutiny at the moment.
I didnt wag classes on the last day of school last term, and that is being questioned.
I stay completely away from alcohol. This is because I am under age and it is illegal for me to drink because of this.
God asks us to submit to authority and this is what I am doing. But some of my christians friends do not seem to understand this concept, and decide to get drunk, one plastered. I have put up these standards, because I believe in them, I stand by them because I see that they are things that must be done, that they are things that God asks us to do. But appently some of my christians friends choose to ignore them and do their own thing when God's standards for us become an inconvenience!!! Is this what God wants for us, is this how he wants us to look upon the standards he sets for us?! Please could someone inform me that I am doing the right thing! and tell me that some of my friends are not, cos I care about them and don't want to be the only person that sees their actions as wrong. I do not want to stand alone in this place, cos it is awful lonely.

Its just that there are things that God asks of us and I am doing my best to do that. I have motive for my actions, and that motive is God and his standards. So when other people, that are my age, that are christians - when they start to choose a different path, and decide that my actions are too literal, and that I am taking the word of the bible too seriously, and that when they said "submit to authority", they didnt realy mean it. So when they decide to act in a way that suits them at the time. They mock and insult my motives, they insult my knowledge of God, and therefore; from where I see it, they mock God.

Time will reveal all things

Well some interesting days ahead.

Year 12 will start
Fran my dog is sick (very)

only two things, but they will create some interesting days.
Year 12 is year 12 and the days ahead are predictable.
My dog Fran though; well when you find out your dog is sick initially, it's the knowledge that something is seriously wrong, serious tests must be done to find the problem, and you just pray that it is something relatively minor and can be sorted out with some medication and will go away in a month or two. The other way it can go though is that by the time you find the problem your pet has been suffering and that the best thing for them is to put them down. The in between is that you find the problem, do the medication and treatment thing in the hope that it will solve the problem. What you get is an extention to the life of your dog but the treatment does not work and your pet is put down after any where between a week to 3 months. I believe though the treatment can work if the life of your pet is extended without suffering for a year. I that case the treatment has been successful.

We'll see what happens. Thing is though; Fran could have liver cancer. But that is with the emphasis on could. It is just a possibility; but also a possible reality.

Prayers would be appreciated.

My Dog Zac

He started howling again last night; this time I ignored him.

And Today in grand final day, where Sydney and West Coast will go hammer 'n' tong to fight for the glory in the biggest game of the year. Sydney are sentimental favorites and now the favorites to win the game and are set to take home the flag for the first time in 72 years. West Coast have been the best team all year round beating Sydney as well in the forst game of the finals; ubt this has been disputable with some pretty crucial umpiring decisions towards the end of the game with Sydney less than 2 goals behind.

Everyone but a few are trying to predict the outcome of the game; but I see it as anyones, where it can go either way.

Last night Ben Cousins was awarded the Most Valuble Player of the Year, while Glen Archer took home Most Courageous Player for the 5th time, and Brent Deledio took home best first year player.

Well its anyones guess to what is going to happen today, Sydney vs West Coast, guess we'll know who wins when it happens.

My Dog Zac

Last night was so incredibly weird. I went to bed around 10:30 and was looking forward to a nice night of sleep without dreaming of exams when My Dog Zac started barking. He has never done this before and this behaviour seemed incredibly odd. So I went down stairs to hopefully find the cause to his barking. So I saw him in the kitchen and and he saw me, and he walked right to the back door completely intent on going outside. But this again seemed very strange because dad always puts the dogs out every night for their chance to go to the bathroom; and our dogs are very indoor dogs. So out of sheer curiosity and desire to know what was going on I let him outside. So he walks out onto the patio and doesn't go any further. So he clearly does not need to go to the bathroom and his wasn't about to be sick. All of a sudden I hear a faint bark from another dog somewhere in the area and this is followed up by Zac barking and howling as loud as he can. He stopped pretty quickly and went to do it again, but I called him to stop him. He was about to wake up the entire neighbourhood.

So I had to go up into the backyard in nothing but my boxers and get him. Brought him back in, and headed off to bed only to smell something absolutely rancid. So I checked my foot and it smelt like poo!!!!!! oh man, just my luck I ended up treading in poo. So I put my foot in the sink and washed it and finally got to go to bed.

Night...
I am that tired and its 11:40 in the morning.

Yay for rain and friends

Today had many emotions attached to it.
I got up this morning and stayed in bed. I was really tired cos I stayed up doing Modern Hisotry study till 10.30. I finished and went to bed and still hadn't studied concepts. But I went to bed anyway. So when I got up I stayed in bed and I think I ended up going back to sleep with my eyes open. But then my back-up alarm went off and I got up. I got up and watched T.V while eating my standard 5 weet-bix with honey, this breakfast was a bit radical. This time at the adivice of the teacher I had a hearty breakfast to help with my exam; so I also had some orange juice and a cuppa tea. I then studied my concepts, basically memorising them word for word. And then before I knew it it was 8am, with my exam at 8.15. So I quickly brushed my teeth and put my shoes on and off I went. I got to school with two minuted to spare and before I knew it I was in the middle of a 3 hour exam.

So the first part of the exam was concepts. How disciplined I was to study. I got the concepts down without any worries, matching up the terms with their correct definitions and giving the definitions of Industrialisation, Imperialism and Capitalism. I was kinda helpful memorising them 30 min before the exam started.

Well then the exam finished and I went away feeling a bit bad about it. I am not very confident about my result, which is unfortunate because I would realy like a really good result. I mean there is a lot of really smart people in the class, and it would be really nice to do as well as them. I would really prove a lot to myself and it would be a really nice result.

Well I headed home with a nice walk with Jimmy-Jo-Jo and we talked about the World Wars. Stalin, Hitler, and the tactics they used. It was really quite an interesting conversation. Well after I arrived home I had some lunch (5 weet-bix with honey) and I watched a bit of T.V to relax after a hectic exam. I then went and had a shower listening to John Butler Trio, which I thouroughly enjoyed.

I then went and had a very nice long walk up to church, and lay down the park with the grass under my hands and rain falling into my face. It was some really nice down time after a really hectic week of exams and study. I have never in my life done so much study and work. But it was all very good for me and I'm glad I had this week as a learning experience.

Kids Klub then happened where I learned of my costume for the Yr 11 formal, which you will find out about in due time. I'll surprise you with a photo. So today was a lot of fun, and also pain; I mean the writers cramp that I got in my hand from the test today was something chronic. I started to struggle to hold onto my pen.

But all in all today was nice.
Have a nice day all and I'll cya soon.
Tim...

exams

Well I am in the middle of my exams at the moment. It's Wednesday afternoon and I had an English exam today where I had to talk about Sylvia Plath and Othello and Proof. They went ok, i thought I went alright. Seeing as I wrote 4 pages for Sylvia and 5 and a half for Othello and Proof, where as others wrote a lot less, I guess I didn't do too badly. Yesterday I had a Chemistry practical exam where I didn't do well, but I did get two assignments back that were 40/40 and 37/40 which I was happy with. I had a hospitality exam too, where because I studied a bit, meant that there were a few questions where I knew a bit more to talk about. Also on Monday I had the first of my 2 Enbglsih exams, in which i went ok, thought I didn't dot oo badly, and there was a Physics practical exam which went bad. But oh well, can't do much about it now. Gonna just have to do a bit more thourough study next time round.

Tests which are yet to come are
Modern History
2 unit maths
3 unit maths
Chemistry theory
Physics theory

Oh and friday week is slave day, so I will stock up on shaving cream and other things and have a good day.

You might even get photos

oh and may I bring to your attention some very wise words from Tom French back in December of last year.

"May I encourage U2 buying. U2 are the Bomb."

I so whole heartedly agree...
they really are.

sigh, trying to do a physics assignment all afternoon, and i have done what could have been done in an hour. it makes me feel ill when i think how much time i have wasted. I havw got so much study to do, and i just cannot focus. sigh


well get this next bit done, and maths study/homework

be up to about 11 i'd say.

way past my bedtime.

anyways, cu guys l8a...

tim

I have really missed people's company recently, quite a few people have gone away, and I miss them. Can't wait till I see them next.

oh and i have lots of exams.

oh and this is about all that has been running through my head recently.

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so life has been a bit stressed recently, and i am not coping as well as i would have liked.

cya

Inspired by Luke

ok well Luke has given me an idea that I think would be great to start up.
Luke well done for being so self-disciplined to at least give what your doing a go.

We could start a fundraising thing... week by week, or a fortnight maybe. People give up luxuries they think they couldn't live without. In the process we raise money for example; the RSPCA, or Youth Alpha's trip to Japan

ideas that i have thought of would be:
Beth going two weeks without coffee.
Gemma giving up sleep ins. ie: not sleeping past 8am on any given day for several weekends
Myself giving up listening to music for a week or two.
Monty giving up visits to Glenrose for a couple of weeks.

Well i think its a good idea, it'd be kinda funny too.

Ciao

LOVE IS (all around us)

wow... i cannot express how privilidged I feel to be apart of St. Stephens. I am so proud of all my friends that were involved in the production of 'Love is'. Guys you were all incredibly awesome. The choreography of the dancers was amazing, grabbed everyone's attention and had everyone's respect from the moment Jodie walked on stage for the first dance of the night. It set the atmosphere for the rest of the night. Everyone was completely consumed by the performances of everyone involved.

I was a big fan of Pip Rasmussen's one line in the production. Delivery was great, and everyone laughed. Big congrats to Tom on that line.

One thing that i really thought was top notch out of the film was the camera work. It was really good. It conveyed the atmosphere of the scene, it showed emotion and feeling. It kept you involved and it was a film, not a theatre production. The changing of views, the audience saw everything, the expressions on everyone's faces. How nothing was lost, everything that needed to be visible was, and anything that didn't need to be there wasn't, there were no distractions in the scenes. What was meant to be scene was, and that was where the attention was put. Top work guys.

Dancing... what can I say. Not a lot unfortunately seeing as I'm not a dancer. But i did get to see it all from an audience's view. If there were mistakes, I didn't see them. Be encouraged girls you were brilliant, and you should be very proud of yourselves. Sally, Helen and anyone else I have missed. The choreography was exceptional, you were wonderful. Conveyed messages and atmosphere through great techniques and such graceful movement.

Then when it was all over... there was Tom.
This was inspired. There was the Holy spirit written all over this sermon. God has gifted Tom immensly and was with him every step of the way tonight. Guiding him with tone of voice and choice of words. It was clear people's prayers were with him tonight. I was sitting next to an elderly lady tonight who was absolutely rapped in Tom's sermon. She sat there the entire way through nodding, saying "mmm... hmm" as well as a couple of "yes" and a "definately" as well. Tom did magnifcently and if i could get an 'Amen' it would be appreciated.

To everyone involved in the production of 'love is' you have done exceptionally well and all the hard work and effort you have put in has come off to no end. Prayers were answered in full tonight, and as a church we should be praising God for the wonderfully gifted people that we have working with us, that we are friends with, for God has guided and gifted them to no end and they have given those gifts back to God, they have served us and blessed us in the production that was performed tonight....

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lets see here

I am so tired. despite the prayers of friends and some organic sleeping assistants, I still do not sleep deep enough at night. I just don't get it. Do i have little faith, is it my own fault that prayers are not being answered? I know I could go on forever about how tired I am. But I think an event that occured this afternoon will suffice.

After school finished I walked home. I got to the door, opened it, went inside. Said hello to my two dogs. Put my two bags down, lay down on the floor right there and then and fell asleep. I woke up 30 mins later and decided to let the dogs out, and put my bags away.

I am that tired, it has been going on for too long, i fear i am about to burn out. I need your prayers guys, please.

I will lie down and sleep in peace for you alone O God make me dwell in safety - Psalms

cya later guys
tim

injury
Well to the few people that read my blog, here is the news you need to know. I have successfully cut my finger off in hospitality... no not really, my apologies for those that I freaked out. But i did deeply cut some skin clean off my knuckle on my left index finger of my left hand.

i did it in hospitality class todaywhen i was sharpening my knife. slipped and took a lot of skin off. it bled a lot and the people in my class were very supportive. Will and Jasmine were currently studying first aid in PD, so i was in good hands. It was apparent that it was quite deep, so once i was a little bandaged up, the lovely Mrs Ferguson (not the science one teacher) took me down to the office so they could check me. They called mum and dad (as you do) and put another dressing on. This one was a lot better.

So dad arrived and took me to the doc accross from forestway shopping centre. The lovely Chris Lee looked after me. He took me into their little surgery and undid the dressing. Again. well he said he would do a little exploring first of all to see what i had done. Then he said that i would have to go down to the hospital if i had damaged my tendon in my knuckle. Because then he just wouldn't be able to stich me up. So he got this antiseptic that was the colour of poo and he cleaned away all the blood and then applied the poo. He then went exploring. he didnt touch or cut or doing anything to my finger. he just asked me to bend and strighten my finger while he looked at it under a magnifying glass. A big proffesional one that had lights around it, and was mounted on the wall. He then told me that i hadnt damaged the tendon, cos he could see it, and could see that it wasnt damaged. He told me that bone was visible.

So i think that I did well to cut the skin off my knuckle, right down to the bone without damaging anything apart from a minor amount of flesh being removed. PRAISE GOD!!!

So i had an eventful day, and in the end im alright. Mind you... i think i will sharpen knives a bit more carefully from now on...

cya's all l8a

and so you know, i have a new email as well.

timothymccloud@gmail.com

Making Poverty History

Well to the few people that read my blog, here is something that everyone can do to help make poverty history. We can send the Prime Minister an email!!! It's ok, the make poverty history team has made it easy for us, and they have email content outlined for us. just copy and paste, change it if you want; but be polite... and then head to this website to send John Howard an email. http://www.pm.gov.au/email.cfm?sssdmh=dm16.151591

Now the email to send if you wish is as follows:

Dear Prime Minister,

As a supporter of the Make Poverty History campaign in Australia, I ask you to attend the UN Millennium Summit in September. I have been encouraged at the recent commitments of extra aid and debt cancellation by the EU and G8 countries. Australia can and should match them, with a timetabled commitment to increase our own aid giving and a plan to target this increase towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals.

In light of our generous response to the Asian Tsunami, I wish to see Australia in the forefront of countries responding generously to the ongoing tragedy of poverty. At this time of economic prosperity and budget surpluses, we have never been better positioned to increase our aid budget and enhance its focus on the poverty-reduction targets of the Millennium Development Goals.

Please also continue to support and fund debt cancellation mechanisms for the world's poorest countries and speak out in favour of reform of unfair international trade rules - including ending farm subsidies among rich countries and letting developing countries decide the pace and extent of trade liberalisation of their agricultural markets to protect the food security, livelihoods and environment of the world's poorest people.

Being Christ-like

Well I am in the middle of my Modern History Assignment and I couldn't help but take a moment to show something i found while I was doing some research.
As you may know I am doing my assignment on Nelson Mandela and as i was going through some interviews conducted about him I came across one interviewee by the name Desmond Tutu... no wait, it's Archbishop Desmond Tutu. He also is a recipient of a Nobel Peace Prize. Great man and a great christian. Now as he was being interviewed one question was asked of him; naturally of course concerning Nelson Mandela, and here it is:

Do you see him as a, forgive the heresy, Christ-like figure?

and this is what Desmond Tutu said in response:

No, I don't think it would be a heresy. There is no harm in saying, because our Lord wanted us to be Christ-like. Christ-like doesn't mean not having faults. It means that you do actually have a capacity to draw out the good that is in others. You make people slightly better than they would have been without your influence. It is helping people to move away from what would have been the normal reactions and responses that are destructive and move them in a direction where those forces are transmuted, and they become forces for good. So I wouldn't be appalled that you say he is Christlike ...

I really learbed something today... Christ-like isn't about being perfect, or even near perfect; it's about being a good influence on others, helping others better themselves in Christ, and build them up in their walk with God. And that is what being brothers and sisters in christ is all about, it is why we go to church.

kool...

well if you wanna check out anymore of that interview here's the website:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/mandela/interviews/tutu.html

love

Interesting concept... I mean love is the most basic of human emotions and the most central... yet such a basic concept. everyone feels love, loves others, loves themselves, and sometimes is in love with someone... sometimes themselves... But what is it about love that sometimes makes life hard?
(Just a warning... it's gonna get really fast paced in a second so try and keep up) There's when someone you love is hurt; and it is because of that, which makes you hurt aswell; because you care, and this makes life harder. But it is not because of love that makes life harder for you it is the reason that the person you love is hurt, that has made life harder for you. So... how did that come to pass? why is this person that you love hurting?
Chances are it is because of something that someone has done. So does love make life hard? Is love a complicated concept? Or is it just us that makes life hard, that make love a complicated concept? I believe through our sin we have taken something so primitive, so simple, and construed it and made it something that it isn't - complicated.

Just the other day I found out that Bob Geldolf had been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. I was very happy. It's was for the work he has done and is doing for Make Poverty History. Organising the concerts and the 'click' advertisements. I really do hope that he gets the award, he really does deserve it, but then again I'm not on the panel that decides these things. So my apologies for being cliche but i do hope the best man wins.

Hillsong

On thursday night, I went to hillsong conference evening with Hannah and Matt Stanton, we went up to the Superdome out at Homebush and met up with Dave, Steve, Jamie, Ben and Beth.

The conference caused massive traffic jam all the way up to Homebush. I was pretty hectic. Then we parked and headed down to the stadium. We got lost but thanx to helpful volunteers they directed us to a bus, and we got to the superdome. The amount of people there was quite ridiculous; this of course being a massive surprise to me because I haven't been to a hillsong conference before.

Well we were some of the last to get on to the end of the cue and we were about to be taken up to the very top of the stadium where you can't see the stage, but all of a sudden we were directed away from the escalators and taken straight into the Superdome. We had killer seats and were able to watch a great show.

It was really interesting to watch though. There were people leading everyone in worship but these people were also providing a bit of a disrtaction at the same time. All these guitar solos and such were great to listen to but I found myself listening to a concert rather than worshipping God. There was so much hype, I kinda wish they would have toned it down a bit. all in all though it was a great time, and Micheal W. Smith was awesome, although some would disagree. I liked him though.

It was also this night that we found out that London had been the victim of a terrorist attack. You could feel the shock of it fill the stadium.

Well they kept going, and all of us along with a lot of other people left on a high. It was a great night, we all had a good time. Can't wait for the next one.

the queue...

lots of people

this here is fatso the wombat, the infamous unofficial mascot of the 2000 sydney olympics... someone thought it would be funny to put some underwear on him. it was

I'm a Heffalump!!!

today was a lot of fun. me and jared, and cathy and megan and peter and anika and sarah went to the mall and saw pooh's heffalump movie. IT WAS AWESOME!!! i recommend that everyone go see it, and ask anyone else, and they'll tell you the same thing. lumpy was great, so cute and roo was cool, jumping everywhere he went... hee hee. oh and tigger was great... hes my favorite.

also i got a haircut, you can see the awful photo below where you can hardly see my hair...

well have a good day

and school holidays still have a little longer to go!!!

well at 7am today something very interesting happened. my sister is off to do another youth alpha seminar, and my mother broke her leg... went out to the post, get the mail. and slip, landing on her leg. spiritual attack? mmm, i would say so. this was a bit hectic, 2 ambulances!!! hmm, well mums in hospital, and she'll be ok, but this was all a bit daunting.

over and out

tim

tigger

it is my sad duty to announce that the original voice of tigger, from winnie the poo died. yeah, i know, its so sad. i really liked tigger, and now...?

well he will be sadly missed, goodbye tigger.

BEING SICK

hmm... i predict in the next week i will fall ill.
how do i know this? my sister is recovering from a stomach bug and it looks llike my brother (which i remind you all i share a room with) has the flu...

yippee!

bring it on!

oh and i am posting thus blog on the day in which there is a half day teacher strike. yay. see how i am using this time so wisely? hopefully there will be many more to come...
but hopefully the teachers will get what they need, cos they are underpaid. but by striking they are doing a good thing for themselves and the students.

ooh i feel so happy.... i started some holiday h/w last night. how disciplend is that? especially for me!

tim

Good book... Good man

School and miscilaneous

wow, lots of work, ye 11 is pretty full on, and the holidays are so close and i have got a stack of work to do. their not holidays anymore. sad, very sad. and guess what, i have sed to myself that i wish to get it all done in the first week of the holidays. yeah right. but we'll see and hopefully i will.

stuff, lets see.
God is good, very good, having little 'chats' more often these days which is good. of course on top of the usual quiet times.

school prayer group started up, well into these days, but it would be nice to see more people there, so it would be appreciated if you guys could be praying for that.

year 11 jindabyne camp is coming up, should be fun, apart from the fact that i have never been skiing bfore in my life, so i dunno, could come home with a broken bone or two... hehe that would be fun.

well chances are that you have already heard from me about this next topic...
FOO FIGHTERS!!! WOOOOOOOO!!! got their albumn, it is sick.
had a funny comment from someone the other day... foo fighters obsessive compulsive, yeah you could put it that way if you wish... oh and i got a mad badge. got their albumn pic on it. its great
but U2 still rock.

new hobby at recess and lunch at school at the moment... this is a great one.
punching each other. you stand their face on with your friend, and you take turns to whack the stuffing out of each other. of course not in the face, front of the shoulder, or the side of the chest depending on what you hit. still hurts like anything. if you get lucky you might get to see a mighty bruise from me.
yes i am sorry i did participate for one with a friend, and it was a mistake. i'm as soft as an avacado at the moment. you could poke me and i would yelp.

cafe church coming up... should be good, seeing as davo has got a prayer group going at the moment, cant wait to see who comes.

coldplay... think i will be getting two of their albumns. not sure which ones though.

wow this is a long blog...

modern history assignment due tomorow, think i will get started now...

wow... my first blog after my announcement of returning... this is going to be fun.

cya... tim

lead singer from jet and bass player as well as the drummer and guitarist from spiderbait...

xmas eve

well, xmas eve, the church service today was great, i was actually quite impressed with the drama performances, top quality acting. seriously.

and may i just say that U2 absolutely rock, and i will make it my buisness to start collecting lots and lots of their stuff, cos it is top quality.

and yes the bar of chocolate will be awarded to beth, even thogh she cheated by using the internet, but seeing as i did not specify to not use the internet, it will be accepted.

oh and i will run more competitions with good prizes.

just have to think of some...

this would be Takizawa... mad ey?

where in the bible is this passage found?

the eleventh to Eliashib
the twelfth to Jakim
the thirteenth to Huppah
the fourteenth to Jeshebeab


oh alright i figure.... lets see.... a prize, that'd b fun
hmm...


big bar of cadbury chocolate....
first one to comment on my blog with the correct answer, gets a big bar of cadbury milk chocolate.

oh make sure you got the whole correct answer.

U2

ok today music max has got a day entirely devoted to U2. oh my gosh. they have a DVD "live at Boston" and they are freaks, my gosh. brilliant performers. then they showed antoher concert or a couple of songs at Slate Castle in Europe. they performed Elevation and Beautiful Day. there was at least 100 000 people there. and they were all jumping up and down, twas an incerdible sight to see. i mean, wow.

anyhoo, last night was also really really good. Ernie's Xmas party. lots of fun. lots and lots of fun. food, farewelling ernie for the year. tsall good mate.

i took that photo.
it's over the road from my place.
i like photography, tis good fun.

why dont ppl like sarsparella?
it is KING!
why dont ppl like it?
*humph*
its depressing to think, these ppl dont know what they are missing out on.
man... why?

ok so today i organised sumthing to do again cos no one else will. thus pete h, monty, and beth came around and we watched movies and ate pizza.

then we made a dire mistake... left my dog fran downstairs with the pizza. now you may have read a specific log on my sistas blog, and if you have, you would know what happened next, she ate it. not all of it, fortunatley i realised what we had done, and got down there bfor she ate it all.

well here is one photo from the formal. only one though, otherwise it would take forever for my site to load.

sigh

there are a lot of cd's that i need to get. see i still have lots of bday money so thats needs to be spent and xmas is coming up. the cds that i want at this point in time are

• U2- how to dismantle and atomic bomb
• U2 - all that you cant leave behind
• black eyed peas - elephunk
• powderfinger - vulture street
• Green Day - American Idiot
• Switchfoot
• three days grace? maybe

please, more suggestions would be appreciated

Welcome to Tokyo

Life

man i tell you, sometimes you can be cruising with God, no problem, then all of a sudden you find yourself in a routine, and i tell you now that is one of the worst places to be with God, you cant ever let it happen, man i found it so incredibly hard to get out of it. cos i mean if you are in a routine all of a sudden God doesnt mean as much as he should. so all of a sudden your falling into pits with problems that you never thought you would do or go back to...

but

then you find yourself again. it all comes flooding back to you, everything, the wonder the beauty, everything that God meant to you before, but you find even more, discover even more about God, before you never read the bible, then all of a sudden you discover something you never knew before. and you cant put it down, your reading all sorts of books out of the bible, philipians, psalm, even Jesus' sermon that he gave in the desert... or was it on a boat... maybe it was those and many more, might have to go back and read it again... think i will... I'd like that.

and then

you wonder what pulled you out of this rut...
you realise you had been trying for so long to get out of it, and then....
it just hits you
you find that it was when it was one of the very rare occasions you sat in your sister's room, on her bed with her and listened to a CD. on that CD was a guy named Brit. from America. now the topic that he had been talking on was dating, but the thing that he talked about in his sermon was being content with God. what he said was that people want a relationship with a girl or a guy. thing is though is that God is not going to place someone in your life when you are not first content with him. why? because if he did put someone in your life that you were to fall in love with the relationship with that person would become more imprtaqnt thatn God. it would be idolitry. and that just pulls you away from God. now i dont think that God puts specific people in your life when the chances are very high that you would break up with them anyway, but i do think that God when the time is right for you does open up your eyes to a relationship. now feel free to correct me on that one. but if you are serious about God then i do believe that he does protect you from just falling for some random. and i do believe he did that for me. i had wanted a relationship with girl for so long. but from the wise words of a great friend. its just how we are structured. its nothing special. but i firmly belive God protected me and i got through that stage and i am better for it.

and now...

i am so content with God, i am really loving my life at the moment. and just in time for the holidays.

hehe...

now onto work experience...
luved it
every moment of it!!! Tom Helen Belinda Steve Rachel K and especially Barb were all marvelous.
i ran part of a prayer meeting, designed a flyer, did a little talk at the 8am and 10am services last sunday, scripture services at mimosa and belrose, went to various meetings, bible study groups, ate lunch, and the big one...


PHOTOCOPIED, CUT, AND ORGANISED OVER 4100 FLYERS FOR BACK TO BETHLEHEM!!! and that was on my second day. now of course i had a heap of help from Belinda, and together we got the huge job done. cootoes to us.

well i think thats all...

tim

well the reason for the fact that there are no formal photos on my blog is bcos the file sizes are really big. thus they are not there.

but... there are cd's that are floating round that have all the photos on them. so if you want a copy, there are various people that you may ask to see if they can give you a copy, including me. they are, beth, luke, ashley bennet, ross spicer. i think thats it. anywho

blogging off
tim

Formal

man aint this exiting its the day of the big formal and i have spent $20 on a white tie and about to spend another $30 on a haircut. why? cos my hair is terrible at the moment. absolutely everywhere
now lets see, what am i wearing?
black suit
blue tshirt
white tie
polished black shoes with wire spaghetti shoelaces

man i am going to be so sexy!!! hehehe... chill out im just joking.
well you will all get photos v. soon
for those that didnt know i am taking mel amon, luke is obviously taking beth, ross is taking pip w. and monty is taking ash bennet.

now is there anything else that i have missed? oh yeah no school today or tomorow, unfortunately no after parties for me, shame that, the guys wanted to see me get pissed.

well thats all for now, shall give you updates about what happened l8a, oh as well as photos.
cya
tim

man i am so evil. i went ahead and picked on mel and told her i really liked her
hehehehe.... she bought it too!!!
sorry mel, i was just looking for a laugh, thought it'd be pretty funny... and well... it was

IM BACK

well in case you didnt notice i am back to blogging!!! YAY!!!
more photos from japan will be coming your way

they got funny cars in japan... ever heard of a Nissan Cube...? didnt think so.

another masterpiece from brendon... i personally think its his best yet... oh yeah, and to put your mind at ease, thats ocha ... green tea.

yeah.... i know what your thinking.... what the..?

see those little dots at the bottom of the temple... if you havent figured it out yet.... those are people. yeah.... its big

it is a well known fact for all of those that have eaten Mr. Donuts... you dont know donuts until you have tried to Mr. Donuts... trust me.......... 30 times better than K.K's will ever be, and i am not exaggerating...

more fish than people... if you were lost there... or even there... you would find that hard to believe... wait... if you were there, you'd know how many bloodyh fish there were, so in actual fact you wouldnt find it hard to believe... ahh bugger it, there were lots of fish as well as people, ok? good.

the streets of japan...

wow... says it all dont it? (this is in japan right? yeah it is.)

...................yeah... we were all a little shocked too....

1 of the many poses (funny ones might i add) that we got from brendon.

well what can i say? i'm an idiot... gotta luv it!

fireworks are good fun. now thats ashley coward on the left and nat buckley behind her, then vanessa (chick from school) to the right.

man people talk about going to canberra for fireworks... (or at leadt they used to). think you can get anything like this in canberra? even with a license? hehehe...

streets of tokyo, our first night in japan. we had gone to so many different places in the one day, we didnt even get time to rest after a (well must have been something like) 10 hour flight, it was on the train to ryokan, where our japanese hotel was, meaning traditional style japanese living. (if you want a photo of that let me know and i shall put those photos up). err... now lets see. what else?... we went to the oldest temple in tokyo. got plenty of photos of that too... and well after everything we needed dinner so the teachers sed that we would go walkies and get an obento dinner, it turned into a massive hike which was a couple of km. massive trek. with all of our luggage too... nah just kidding. but it turned out to be a really nice dinner and on the way bac we saw some really kool bands busking or something, they were really kool. of course all the singing was in japanese but that doesnt matter, we could understand them (insert coughing and spluttering here, and if there is any food in your mouth bring that up too.) but it was really nice we ended up having dinner there.well many more photos to come

on the plane, coming into japan, the sunrise out the window.

randoms

Things happen, lost of things happen. what do you do? not that there's anything wrong at the moment but there is lots of tings happening at the moment. and i just find myself quite busy at the moment. japan, this time next week i am going to be in tokyo. will have gotton off the plane about 7 hours ago. and i'm sick. really sick. this cold just wont go away. and the lung infection. i think combined they equal a serious pain in the ass.

the carrols are going away. how sad. i'm really going to miss them all. well they'll have fun in N.Z. its a very kool place.

next... what next... umm...there is currently a rainbow lorrikeet sitting in our bird feeder. it has been for the last 5 to 10 mins. doing nothing. just brooding.

2 nights ago our dog got its first possum. brought it to the back door as a present.

err... next item on the agenda... home work and lots of it... japanese and english... damn; oh well such is life.

well dinners for life went well, our schools year 10 formal is coming up... the formal should be good fun, we're going to darling harbour for that... i still need a date for that too... gotta hurry up its like on the 16th nov. if i'm not quick all the girls are gonna be taken... whatever will i do!? lol.

oo the lorikeet just start moving. spreaded its wings and chirped a bit.
now its flown off, oh it was so beautiful too.

well i'm gonna do the same... cya

japan

oh gosh... man the last time i blogged was more than a week ago.
well i am going to japan on the 18th sep. dont know what the hell i am going to do. but as long as i dont miss a plane or train or bus i shall be bac here on the first saturday of october. and it will be bac to the usual routine... and with everything finally out of the way i can get my drivers license.
well we're getting to japan by qantas getting to the airport by 7:15. dont worry, thats in the evening. arrive in japan in 6 in the morning.
we get to go around in a bullet train to other parts of japan after being in tokyo. so tokyo, and more importantly tokyo disneyland!!!
wonderland sydney was good while it was around, but it never had a huge long steel rollercoaster. but when i get to tokyo disneyland i am going to go on all of them!!! i will have gone on some of the biggest rollercoasters in the world. WOOHOO!!! yeah! nice. very nice.

think i am excited? you got no idea! well in the next week and a bit its preparation. got to get some things together. oh well, it'll only make the trip better.

man i haven't blogged for more than a week. thats shocking. oh well...
lets see... hmm. kids klub kamp was great, so was canberra; but i am not going into any detail. cos there are other ppl to blog about that, and well i will say sumthing about one thing, and that will lead to another, and i will be here for too long. so... well... yeah.

but i tell ya, somethings can just really get you angry frustrated and genuainly pissed off. its been happening to me a lot lately; not that it has anything to do with anyone (cos it dont) but stuff i find can get you really going.

but god is good, and i can easily get through the day evenb when crap stuff happens. because that is what god has given us in joy, feeling hope and peace within yourself in the midst of trials.

also looking forward to ernie camp, should be good, pity its right next to school certificate trials... oh well.

well thats it for now, hopefully catch you all in the real world.

tim

Stuff

Well i got the idea from hannah w's blog. this is just the first thing that pops into my head when i th ink of these things. so dont read too much intol it.

• Red -everything
• Blue- sky
• Green- grass
• Black- balloon
• Yellow -banana
• Pink- face
• Purple -gay
• Silver- car
• White- light
• Orange -orange
• Pizza -yummy
• Chicken- "
• Chocolate- "
• French Fries -fatty
• Hot dog -fattier
• Hamburger- fattiest
• Seafood- Doyles
• Vanilla- Ice-cream
• Turkey- thanksgiving
• Ham- Homer
• Linkin -Park great
• Briteney Spears- yuk
• Blink -182 kool
• Ja Rule- ???
• Less than Jake- "
• New Found Glory- God
• Jessica Simpson -hot
• Incubus -mad
• Backstreet Boys- crap (for lack of a better word)
• Lil Bow Wow- Woof woof
• Love -beautiful thing
• Funny -hahaha
• Shy- dont really know anyoen who's like that....
• Loud- everyone i know is like that
• Short- everyone but westy
• Tall- no one except westy
• Sweet -huh?
• Mean -worldy things
• Hate -satan
• Trust- friends
• BMW -car
• Beetle- bug, kool
• Eclipse- moon and sun
• Mustang- heard good things about it
• F-150- grand prix
• Toyota -not as good as mitsubishi
• SUV- dont know what that is
• PT Cruiser -supposedly good
• Saturn -planet
• Lumina- stars
• Dodge -get out of the way!
• Hot/Cold -cold, (that might be bcos for the last hour it has been pouring
• Rap/Rock- rock all the way baby
• Telephone/Computer- computer
• Run/Walk- run
• Cat/Dog- cat, unless its a big dog like mine.
• Football/Basketball- football (AFL)
• Slow Dance/Freak Dance- Freak dance
• Love/be Loved- Love
• Talk/Listen -Listen
• Radio/CD -CD
• TV/VCR -TV
• Colour -Black
• Car Mitsubishi -Lancer
• Song- "Get me outta here" by Jet
• Actor -Russel Crowe
• Actress -Cameron Diaz
• Animal- wolf
• Band- Matchbox 20
• TV Show- Blue Heelers
• Movie- Last Castle
• Funniest -Pete
• Shyest- Monty
• Loudest- me
• Shortest- everyone but luke and westy. (luke isnt that short)
• Tallest -me (bar westy)
• Trustworthy -friends
• Honest- Luke
• Craziest -Monty
• Bravest -Westy

well those are my thoughts.

Cafe Church

OH MAN!!! lets just say cafe church was interesting. actually lets go into some detail of what happened.
first. cafe churhc was a blast!!! heaps of fun. Tom's talk was great, funny, very interesting and very cleverly raised some issues about God and what he has done for us. good stuff tom. but of course he was led by God at cafe church to say what he said. God is good.

second. all of you are soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo gullable. hehehe, well it cost me $5 but it was worth it. even if it was just to see the look on Nats face the 5 times that i had to tell her to get it through her head that me and gemma were never actually going out. fun fun fun. even you anika, yeah you might be thinking that your not gullable, but for you to work it out, pete hayes had to tell you, and he was in on the whole thing.... k.

LET IT RAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MAN THIS HURT! i never thought that they would initiate me to begin with. but when i think about it, and how it happened, i am not really that surprised. like i mentioned in a previous blog, i shuved a cracker down Jamie's pants, so he gave me a right ol' slap. deserved it, hehehe, well at least i can admit it.
the only problem with all of this though, is that scott then followed up with one that brought the whole house down. he was right next to me and he just cracked me. this was so bad, i almost bloody well PASSED OUT!!! but scott got what was coming to him. the guys said that i now got a free shot, but i didnt want to take it. dave lovel and jamie pinned scott. the really interesting hting that jamie did though was that he grabbed scott by the knee and made him spread his legs. but since i didnt want to take the free shot, jeremy did it for me...

from behind... uppercut with the arm. hit him so hard that scott rose with the shot. ouch.

well this is the intersting story behind cafe church... cu all soon.
bye.
oh and beth... i that pinch i gave you... you had it coming. the only reason i did it was because gemma didnt.

Bass

bass guitar rocks... love it so much. it really is such good fun. im listening to a song and ill just air guitar to the bass line. and hopefully, if i am lucky i shall be able to join the church band, seeing as they need bass players. hopefully.

The Booky

A Mafia Godfather finds out that his bookkeeper has screwed him for ten million bucks. The bookkeeper is deaf. It was considered an occupational benefit and the reason he got the job in the first place.
It was assumed that since a deaf bookkeeper would not be able to hear anything he'd never have to testify in court. When the Godfather goes to shake down the bookkeeper about his missing $10 million bucks, he brings along his attorney, who knows sign language.
The Godfather asks the bookkeeper:
"Where is the 10 million bucks you embezzled from me?"
The attorney, using sign language, asks the bookkeeper where the 10 million dollars is hidden.
The bookkeeper signs back:
"I don't know what you're talking about."
The attorney tells the Godfather:
"He says he doesn't know what you're talking about."
That's when the Godfather pulls out a 9 mm pistol, puts it to the bookkeeper's temple, cocks it, and says:
"Ask him again!"
The attorney signs to the underling:
"He'll kill you for sure if you don't tell him!"
The bookkeeper signs back:
"OK! You win! The money is in a brown briefcase, buried behind the shed in my cousin Endo's backyard in Queens!"
The Godfather asks the attorney:
"Well, what's he say?"
The attorney replies:
"He says you don't have the balls to pull the trigger."

MSPA

Well this was an interesting experience. beth and hannah were really good. i was really impressed.
then there was sum ppl dancing along to that song on shrek, and then 1 of the mice fell over, completly stacking it. hit the ground so hard. it was great. but she got bac up and she was ok. she kept dancing.
it was pretty good.
then there was the interval... got to meet sum of gemma, beths, and mels friends. that was interesting. mind you i dont really know who was more scared of the other. me scared of them, or them scared of me... mind you the only ones that didnt look worried, were gemma, beth and mel, they know i am like that all of the time. hehehe. luke plees comment.
the best bit about beths and hannah's dance was the fist shaky thing with the side step. THAT WAS THE BEST cos they showed me at the winter sleepout, and i can do it too.
there were lots of singers and they were all good too, and there were lots of other good acts too.
but then there was the 2 chicks at the end of the whole thing.
OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THESE GIRLS WERE... OH MY GOSH. like unless you were there you got no idea how good these girls are... gees.
gift from god, its all there is to it. they are in year nine and one of the girls is 2 levels of professional.
well all inall it was a good night.

Joy

Joy is good. GOD is good. man this is so exciting. i am so at peace with myself, there is just two things in my life at the moment that satan is just trying so hard to attack. trying to bring me down. but bcos of joy, i am ok with it. well not ok with it but i dont really care. the feeling that i constantly have inside of me, is just excitment. so excited about who god is and what he is about. the fact that god is with me every step of the way. i am excited about who he is. i am rejoicing in God.
things are tough, but bcos of joy i get through it with ease. blessed are those that are persecuted. i got that with me, so i know that despite what i cop God is there with me the entire time, watching me.

My thoughts

I am going to Japan soon, like at the end of the month, or not, im not sure. but in september till october. thats right 2 weeks and it ends on the 3rd of october. you do the math, cos i cant be bothered.

i have a book i have to read for english. to kill a mockingbird. got i good saying from that book that i really like. its 'buying cotton'. its a polite term for doing nothing. hehehe. how kool. so i am reading that as much as i can. i dont like english, i really dont like english... mind you the book is good.

i found sumthing that i am really good at. modern history. i really like it too. just got bac a test about edward gough whitlam. 27/30. thats pretty impressive. im realy happy with that. cos i really enjoyed that topic and its good tol know that i did well in it too.

science project... going well. mind you i still have to write it all up. i am 1 week into it and i still havent written anything up yet about it... how lazy! mind you it is going well.

GOD IS GOOD!!!
man god is doing so much in my life, and not just me specifically. so much happening around me that i am taking in. other ppls lives... its all very exciting.

i feel ova the last while god has really built me up as a person. not much happended spiritually for a long while. but ova that space of time god was making me a much better person. so much more patient, and tolorant. and now he is really moving in me spiritually. the church service on sunday night about a passion for god, that was really encouraging. and now i am reading a book called addicted to god that looks like it will really change me as a person. the first thing it said. that being day 1, was to be thankful in all circumstances. not being thankful for the circumstance but being thankful in it. like the passage, "i complained that i had no shoes until i met a man that had no feet". how about that, pretty kool hey.

oh and a special thank you for megan for the book. great b'day pressy!

Winter Sleepout

this is my longest post yet, feel proud. hows this for just a junior blogger aswell.
Man this i will never forget!!!
it was good fun but for some of it i had a pounding headache. for bit sit got better and i was able to be social but it always came back in really painful throbs. it had to be a migrane. then jamie hit me in the head with a really tough block of foam. well i did deserve it, that night i must have hit jemma so many times with various things. i feel so sorry for her. again jemma i am really sorry bout that.

on another note i played a really good practical joke on jamie. finally i got him bac for so much. hehehe, i am so proud of myself. well this is what happened. we are chucking crackers across the room, if you werent there dont ask, long story. but one landed on me and i saw that jamie was leaning forward and well my eye caught the fact that his boxers were showing clearly above his pants, so i jammed the cracker down his pants. he jumped out of his skin wondering what the hell just happened. so he pulled the cracker out and shoved it in my face. but i got him so good i didnt mind. the best part was that somehow cracker had gotton down his pants, he had to go get it out. like gone down his boxers. keeping in mind that i put the cracker between his pants and bloxers, and if jamie tells you different hes lying. ewan thought it was pretty good aswell.

beth and luke... well the only complaint i got between these two ppl are the appauling amount of sms messages they send each other. look i dont care who sends more cos the both of them say different things. luke 94 messages in a month, and beth easily more than 50 in a week and a half. either way its amazing how they manage it.

the things that jamie and his friends get up to is incredible. i so want to get involved. looks like great fun. personally i love practical jokes but never are able to do it, without getting someone angry. oh well, i got my fair share of them out in the winter sleepout last night and this morning. lsat weekend mike got initiated into the guys club, so ben the initiator got the crap kicked out of him. tom f was the last to be initiated. jeremy was the initiator in that case. tom got it pretty bad, uppercut to the equipment. feel the pain guys. on the same weekend jamie got his gooch vacuumed by dave lovel, man i am so proud of him. and the best thing about all of these things is that we at the winter sleepout got video footage of it all.

winter sleepout was great, good stuff guys, cant wait till next time..

get that camera out of my face!!!

do i have to say anything?

If you have ever been scared of cats, and too embarrased to tell anyone, don't be, cos i think we will all have a fear of cats now...

Jokes

People i need answers. please comment on the jokes, so i know if you think they are any good or not, so i know if i can keep posting them with out it being a waste of time.

Science

I disected a sheeps brain today. well i didnt
luke and tyson did.
i was far too squirmish to even toush it, even though we had gloves on.
man oh man, it was sooooooo grose, i went around the class room, people had turned their brain into mush, that was so nasty. then tyson got sheep brain on my arm, lucky me!!!

cya

tim signing off

Feeling fine

I beat my brothers long standing record for time trial on moo moo farm on Mario cart 64, as well as the record lap. This is a good day for me, I feel very proud of my achievement
this is all I have to say on the matter, good day to you all.

Red vs Blue

This is just a snippet from the world wide famous red vs blue. if you like what you see here you can download the rest of www.redvsblue.com
have fun watching this clip, but if you have something against foul language. I advise that you dont.

(Note: if you wish to view the clip, right click on the title, and 'save target as')

HSC people

Guys I don;t know how streesful it is, but I wish you all the greatest amounts of good luck. Hope you get what you want/need and congrats to those who have gotton passed their recent trials.

People from the South

PEOPLE FROM THE SOUTH WILL UNDERSTAND THIS..
There was this fellow from Eastern Kentucky who had a flat tire. He pulled off on the side of the road, jumped out of his car, walked down the hillside and picked a bunch of wildflowers, and proceeded to put one bouquet of the flowers in front of the car and one behind it. Then he got back in the car to wait
A passerby studied the scene as he drove by and was so curious he turned around and went back. He asked the fellow what the problem was.
The man replied,
"I have a flat tarr."
In response the passerby asked,
"But what's with the flowers?"
The man responded,
"When you break down they tell you to put flares in the front and flares in the back! I never did understand it neither."

Hmm

What to do...
Well I am quite disappointed in all of you.
not really, but i couldnt think of anything else for sum reason.
oh well, catch you l8a.

FOOTBALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

People lend me your eyes. I have important news...

The Essendon football club played Port Adelaide on Saturday night.

Essendon having lost the last 5 of its past 6 matches... yeah damn.
Personally I thought, and a lot of other ppl in football land, didnt give Essendon a hope to get into the finals let alone win it. We had been playing horrible football. loss after loss.
But things have changed since then. Port Adelaide are one of the top teams in the competition at the moment, and really are in form. Going into this match every one would have been tipping Port to win this match. Not just because that they are a top team, but also backed up by the fact that Essendon are without so many of their star players. Their captain, Centre half forward, a defender, possibly our best one. Yet we won by 40 points. That is a huge victory!

Because of this i now have huge bragging rights to Lehamn(... how do you spell that?)
and yes tonight at church you will see me in my Essendon guernsey.

Cu tonight

Tim

Vandals

Because of the way that Beth and Hermi have treated the privilege of being a part time contributer to this wonderrful blog (insert your cough here) the sultana bran song post has been removed... if you wish to see the sultana bran song post you may go to the above link.

My most sincerest apologies go out to anyone who this causes inconveniance to, and I hope you will still visit this blog in the future.

Yours sincerely

TIM

BEING SICK

Well is getting better, my left ear isnt so blocked anymore... but the whole nose thing... bloody hell.

School

Well today I went out to Bonds Nursery. Pity you don't work there anymore there Pete... hehehe
I got some tomatoes, some phosphorus, some tomato duster to protect them from bugs and some fertilizer.

This is for Science. I have to do a SRP which is a student research project. It is my own experiment in which I am going to determine the affect of phosphorus in plants, and the necessity of it in fertilizers. Specifically the affect on tomatoes.
fun fun fun... seriously, I looooooooooooooooooooove science, just ask Luke, he'll tell you; with conviction.