EARTH HOUR '08

Right. So I'm pretty sure most of you have heard about this. Earth Hour.

My question is: did you take part? Did you sacrifice that little bit of your time to say 'Hey, I'm gonna do my part and take care of this Earth.'? Well, despite the 'inconvenience' it may cause, it is important to take part in events like this.

Earth Hour is something that takes place all over the world. From 8.00pm to 9.00 pm local time. It's very simple. All you have to do is turn of all electrical devices and lights so conserve some of the energy that we usually use unnecessarily. One simple act. But it goes a long way.

The reason that Earth Hour has a set time and such, is because the idea is to make the biggest impact possible. If EVERYONE took part, and it was at the same time, there would be a HUGE drop in the energy consumption for that hour. It's a our little way of giving back to the world.

So if you didn't take part in Earth Hour this year, I challenge you to do it next year. It IS important.

My brother filmed the whole hour that he and I were in the dark. My maid made a few appearances too. :) If you have THAT much (crazy) time on your hands, you can watch the whole thing and find out what we were up to here:

http://backwalnut.blogspot.com

Comments on the side as usual. :) Thanks for reading.

How Long More?!?

Yes, I have been absent recently. Thanks to all those who pointed it out. It must have been difficult to figure out. :)

I have no other excuse but pure laziness. Plus, mocks have been priority for a while.

But I'm back with a new entry:


The icon says it all really. It can't get any clearer than that. I know some of you reading may think the complete opposite, but quite honestly, I've had enough. I'm tired of school. I don't know why I am, but I am. Not that I think I'm too good for it, I'm just bored and therefore don't enjoy it anymore.

There will be more work, more decisions and ultimately, more obstacles that'll come up when we leave school. More things to do, but I'd rather have that than be stuck here any longer. I'm happy I get to graduate and am going to work (I KNOW right? Haha.) extra hard so that when it comes to the real thing, and the results come back...I won't be restricted by anything.

I find that some people can't move on. They want to stick to what they know, stay in their comfort zone. They choose where they're gonna go BASED on which of their friends are attending. I don't think that that is a very good idea. Shouldn't you pick your college based on what you wanna do?

In contrast to the example above, my first instinct would be to go where NOBODY else was. A breath of fresh air if you will. But after thinking about that a bit, I realise it is impractical to go looking for a place without people I know. So my final decision is to go somewhere where I can learn more about what I like. If there are people I know there, fine. But otherwise, better.

It's not that I want to sever ties with all the people I know now. In fact, wanna keep in contact with majority of them. I'm just tired of the scenery and want something new. I think this is something that is just a part of my personality that has not been that evident until now. Before KL, I was in a whole load of new places where I went to school and made friends. It kept changing. Now, nothing is changing (environmentally) and I'm getting restless.

I'll end the entry here. I know it's a WHOLE LOT shorter than most of my other posts. But I've talked so much about this already. Most of you have heard what I have to say, and because this isn't general and does not apply to a lot of you, I don't think it needs to be any longer.

Opinions are welcomed. Just type them in the tagbox and I'll read them. :)