Im Just Another Hippie!

Walking to Science where i was about to be given the same exam paper that i took on Tuesday, i was approached by a boy in my year who i dont even know. He asked me "is it true that you're a hippy . I then looked across the corridor to see a bunch of his mates laughing at me. I then asked him why it was that he asked me that question, he doesn't even know me. "everyone says you're a tree hugger" I just don't understand why people say that to me, i mean i probably am the closest person to a hippy in my school only because my school is full of "gangstas" and im not one of them. Its funny because i don't dress like a hippy, i dont smoke drugs like a hippy, im just me. Im Just Another Hippie. The funny thing is i told this boy that im not a hippy but im a hippie (spellings are different and maybe the meanings are too) he just looked at me and called me a ******* freak! i said thanks for that. He aint approached me since.

Peace, Colourful, Intergrated, Love.......Welcome to my world!
I've been working on the market for years now. At the moment im working every saturday and i help a woman set up and pack away her stall, a bit more money for me. Before i leave in the morning to come home i usually go to Percy Ingles and get my bosses breakfast. Whenever i go into Percy Ingles the staff are always really polite, they always ask me how my week has been and the majority of the time the food is great. When i got back to the stall with everyones food the woman on the stall next door to ours pulled her bacon sandwich out of the bag only to see that it was not maked to good enough standards, especially for the prices Percy Ingles charge. My boss and the woman on the stall next to ours started slagging of the people who work in the bakers and my boss took the sandwich back and ordered them to make her a new one. When my boss returned to the stall, still slagging of the staff in Percy's, i couldn't help but speak my mind. I reminded my boss that everyone makes mistakes and that the staff in Percy Ingles always treat me with great respect so she had no right slagging them off. Dont get me wrong my boss is a very nice person and the sandwich was pretty muffed, but it gets on my nerves when people are happy to point out the bad things that people do but no one ever points out the good things. When i finished work i made sure i went into Percy's just to remind the staff that i think they are great and under the circumstances they work in, i think there service is brilliant. When i went back to work in the evening the lady on the stall next door came up to me and said that she loves the fact that i always see the good in people but i need to step into the real world, which is full of negativity. I then replied to her that maybe she needs to be brought out of the real world and have a little faith in god. She laughed at me.

A Sentence Made My Day!

I was chatting to a freind who lives in the States on msn today and we got talking about our countries education systems and i prefered hers and she prefered mine. Heres some of the conversation:

Thomas: do you get to choose what you study at school

Allie: in unversity we do. But right now i have to do what the school wants

Thomas: oh that sucks, i get to pick 3 subjects i want to do

Allie: thats good

Allie: right now i'm just part of the cult.

Thomas: lol thats wikked

Aliie: Whats wikked

Thomas: What you just said. The cult thing

Thomas: i need to paste that and keep it saved thats made my day

Allie: yay... i made someones day.

It might sound odd but the way she came out with the cult thing made me laugh and realise that shes telling the truth. Im apart of the cult in my school. I cant wait till i can start doing my own thing in life.

The picture says it all!

I cant wait till next summer. Smoking ban is finaly in. It will be against the law to smoke in pubs and the best thing is that teachers cant smoke on school sites, aint it great. I personally cant wait for the ban to come in because loads of teachers will go on strike and less school for me. So if you smoke i advise you give up now because life is being made harder and harder for you.

POVERTY! PESSIMISM! PEACE!
I had a mock exam for sociology today and one of the questions was based on poverty. Although i didnt awnser what the question was asking me to i used the opportunity to express my opinions on the issue. I had to ask for an extra 2 sheets of paper as i had deep feelings towards the subject. Whilst there is poverty on earth there will never be peace. When people are living in terrible conditons and dont even have access to clean water they do drastic things, especially people with children. In places like Africa where countries like Sudan and Chad are fighting eachother over small peices of land which contain water because they live in such poor conditions. But there is places here in the south east where a so called drought is taking place but whenever i walk down the road i cant help but see people washing there ford focus's.

It drives me crazy when people tell me that poverty is not our problem, it flippin well is. Those people are pessimists. Poverty is not one countries problem but mankinds problem. Global warming aint one countries problem its mankinds. If we are ever going to have peace on earth then we need to need to tackle the issues that cause hatred and anger towards certain groups of people. A child dies every 3 seconds, not because of an illness, not because of being knocked down by a car. But because of poverty. We need to unite against the rich
bureaucratic minority and overcome the enormous rich and poor divide in our society. MAKE POVERTY HISTORY! MAKE PEACE EVERLASTING!

Da Vinci code! All aload of hoax!

Its been 4 days since i finished reading the da vinci code. After finishing it i aranged with Gordon, Roz and Keeley to go see the film. We all went last night. I must say, eventhough the film was meant to be interestingly educational, me, Roz and Gordon all found it rather amuzing. If Keeley had read the book before hand she would have too but im sure she was amuzed with the rest of us. Lots of the film was made up and we couldnt help but laugh when Robert Langdon fell down the well and really missed his dog. Was that in the book, i dont think so. I still enjoyed the film and it was fun going out with Roz, Gordon and Keeley. I personally think the da vinci code is aload of (a word which i dare say). The fact that christianity was diplicted on by a group of pragmatists. It is so false. Well im off to Blackpool tonight for a christening, in which i will meet family members i have no idea who they are but somehow they seem to know me. The da vinci code is a good film i guess but its not a "must see".

It Might Not Look Like A Bible But It Is
A youth Bible to be precise. Thanks John for the bible, it seems really good and i will try and read it alot more than i usually read from the bible. I know its still several weeks until you, Ali and the kids are off to Crewe but it has been great getting to know you and becoming freinds. Good luck in everything.

I was wondering last night why so many people are racist. do people not know that without certain communities in our society we would be even more ignorant about the world. Without certain communities in our society our economy would collapse. So dont laugh at me when i say i dont understand what the BNP are talking about when they say migrants bring nothing to this country because if it wasnt for these "migrants", radical extremists like the BNP would not have the freedom to speak out against the multicultrul society we live in. It got me thinking about the Saturday when me, Keeley, Josh, Roz and Sue went to trafalgar square to the LOVE MUSIC HATE RACISM festival to join the campaign to unite against the nazi BNP and show our support to end racism. The day was great as lots of bands were playing, one in particular Boy Kill Boy were wikked and i often see them on MTV, which is great because i can now say i saw them live and for FREE!

ENGLAND 1 PARAGUAY 0

Im really happy that England beat Paraguay today. I love seeing all the flags around the houses, it makes you feel patriotic. The sad thing is that nearly 3000 people turned out at Canary Wharf to see the game and happened to be either a part or in the middle of a riot. My brother James said that racist tempers triggered the riots. Now because of these silly people it is most likely that they will not show any more games on big screens at Canary Wharf . Didn't these ignorrant people stop to think that parents had children present. Didn't they stop to think that innocent people were about to get trampelled on by riot police.

My dad who is Scotish allowed me to fly the flag today. He is not supporting England this world cup. I wont even tell you who he is supporting. It was also my mus birthday today so happy birthday to her, We had a BBQ to celebrate and family and freinds came round to join us in celebrating her 40th ( shhhhhhhhhhhhh don't tell any one that ). It was a great day even though i didnt get to see the whole game as i had to go to work during the second half ( im doing my bit to help the british economy...... just like the queen is by doing an amazing job in representing our country....you here that keeley) Anyway the weather is great and im not getting my coursework done. I believe that god is giving me a sign ( the beautiful weather) telling me not do bother with GCSE's and enjoy the sun.

ILL HAVE THE CHICKEN

I like to go Nandos with my mates as the food is great and teenages like us living on a small incomes from our saturday jobs and as our parents like to say poncing money of them. Whenever we go Nandos (which is like every Saturday) we always get the same waitress who we always remember but funnily enough she never remembers us as she always asks us

"have you been here before"

I always order the same thing 1/2 medium chicken and chips. The hardest thing is the fact that i normally buy bottomless drinks even though the drink that seems to come with the deal is always a coca cola product. It has been nearly a year since i started to boycott coca cola products and ive not bought any cans or bottles since. The downside to that is i get the bottomless drinks in Nandos. I am now boycotting many company's such as coca cola, nestle, mac donalds, burger king and KFC. If anyone has anymore products or company's that i need to know about please post me a comment.

MAKE SURE YOU GET OUT THIS HALF-TERM

I must say that this half-term has gone to quick, i need at least another week. The funny thing is that i told myself on Monday that i would leave all my coursework until the weekend before i go back to school as i wanted to enjoy the weather. I went to Southend on Thursday with my two mates Natalie and Kelly and met my cousin Jo there. We made sure we brought our towels so we can chill out on the beach. It rained half the time we was there. But we didnt let the rain get in our way, we went on a couple of rides including the water log and relaxed on the beach, with our umbrellas up.

Yesterday we took the 15 bus down to trafalgar square and we walked down Whitehall to see the protestors in Parliment Square. We saw Brian Haw on he's nearly 5 year protest outside Parliment. We got talking to a few other protesters and i spoke to this 70 year old man who turns up every morning to protest and goes home to his wife every evening even though she disagrees with him protesting and what he is protesting against ( The Iraq War). I managed to say hello to Brian but he was busy talking to journalists so we didnt get into a conversation.

So i spent most of my half-term out and about with freinds and the weather wasn't as good as we hoped. It is now the weekend and i promised myself that i would do my coursework even though it is now blazing sunshine and 25 degrees outside. I probably wont keep to my promise.

SHOW THEM YOUR BIBLE!

We often talk about ageism issues up club, generally on Tuesdays nights. We have spoken about boycotting Woolworths as too many young people were being followed around like criminals by security gaurds. We have also talked about filming young people walking into stores at the same time as adults and find out who will get followed (finally something good to talk about on watchdog).

Just the other week i was on my way to the afternoon service at my church when i realised that i needed to go into Somerfields as it would have been closed by the time church finished. Rushing into the supermarket quickly, as i was late for church, i had my bible in a recycled Somerfields bag and i looked around for some gel. When i could not find the gel i made my way out of the shop passing the store guard as i walked out. As i got outside it was pouring down with rain so i decided to run. A few moments later i realised there was a big built man chasing after me, shouting "stop". I then stopped to face the man and i realised it was the security gaurd and he wanted to check my bag incase i had "stolen something". I then gave him my bag and he pulled out a bible and looked up at me in question, i mearly told him

"its my bible and im going to church"

he replied " oh, sorry boss"

He then turned his head to see two mothers passing by giving him evil looks as he just stopped a young boy on his way to church. I found it rather amuzing. He then gave me back my bible and made his way back to his post, i began to walk to church as there was no need to run, i was already soaked. So next time you get pulled up, show them your bible and you should be fine.