Confessions of a Star Wars groupie

Looking through my collection of action figures was such an honour. You could see from the Battle of Naboo all the way to my massive Executor super-star destroyer. Practically every bit of the Star Wars universe was inside these glass cases that became the walls of my house. Nearly every CD in my collection had the two words "Star Wars" on them. 

I was a Star Wars groupie.

 I was such a great fan that others would call me mad. I have spent enough money to buy a new car on purely just Star Wars items. I could recite to you the entire story. I have read enough Star Wars novels to create a library. I was a maniac. It might seem to you that i am just absolutely and totally addicted to Star Wars, but i have a reason. This massive franchise brought on by George Lucas ( may he never give up on Star Wars) has some sort of deep connection with me. 

Ever since i was a boy, all those years ago i wanted a more interesting world. A world with space travel, lighsabers, X-wings, TIE fighters, wookies, ewoks, gungans, jar jar binks, Darth Vader, Palpatine,tatooine raiders, fambas, genosians, jabba the hutt, all sorts of interesting larger-than-life characters and things. This world was just too boring. I needed a greater existence. So, when 1977 came along. So did Star  Wars. At first, i thought it was just another sci-fi movie. I was absolutely wrong. It brought me into the universe that i had been dreaming of for god knows how long. I was finally complete. The missing piece of my life had finally been put into place. At that moment, i knew that i would that Star Wars would forever be a part of me.

From then on, i bought every action figure, every video disk , car sticker and whatever other merchandise. My parents thought i had finally lost my marbles, but it was just that i found a peice of me, nothing else. The empty hole in my mind has been fulfilled the are void of wonders had become overflowing with Star Wars merchandise and accesories. I am a bit materialistic, judging by how i hoard my Star Wars merchandise, but whenever i walk past my glass cabinets with Luke Skywalker inside, i feel a sense of fulfilment.

Thus, i will always love, and never be bored of such a great story. ALL HAIL STAR WARS

Yours truly,

Star Wars groupie 

Earth Hour

What will you be doing on this monumental hour. Turning off your lights to show your support on "Going green"? Or will you still be using your electronic devices, not giving the smallest of a damn for this event. If you want to give your full support for this event against the abuse of the Earth. I suggest you turn off ALL electronic devices to plunge the world into darkness once more.

In the beginning, when humans did not stalk the Earth foraging for resources to fuel their industries, the Earth was moulding, shaping itself. The only source of light it had was the Sun, no electronic lamps or torchlights to give it light. But, it was still full of life and much more "greener" than today. Now, after our arrival, we have used up Mother Earth's resources, taking them for granted. We believe that we are the superior species, which indeed we are. But, as Ben in Spiderman said "With great power, comes great responsibility". We, the greatest creation of god, should take up arms, not to fight each other, like we have been doing for the past 2000 years, but to promote awareness about the harm we have brought upon this planet. Subconsciously, we have ravaged the Earth of its resources, hunted down some of its unique animals to feed our gluttony and released to much toxic substance into the ecosystem. Now, it is the time to try and reverse the process, even though some people deem it irreversible.

When there is a will, there is a way. One wise man said these words, and i hope that it would fuel us for our "Green Crusade". Even though the damage done is great and shocking, we can still change it. As long as we keep trying, we, the humans, will one day fix this mess we created. Though during the early stages of development, ignorance drove man to mine for coal indiscriminately. When the scientists warned us of the thining of the ozone layer, many great men went on many campaigns to promote awareness on the causes of such devastation to out environment. People listened, they changed. The stopped using Chloroflorocarbons (CFCs) and the damage was minimised. I am sure this can happen again.

Though many would argue that our dependency on oil would make it a near impossible to change, they didn't say that it is impossible, and as long as there is a chance, no matter how slim, we MUST try it. In order to save Gaia, the provider of our resources and giver of life, we must try every possible way to save it. No matter how crazy the idea might seem, it might actually work. So, anyway, when it is finally EARTH HOUR, i hope EVERY reader would turn off all electronic equipment, or as many as possible and cast he or she's vote. The vote to save the Earth.

Philip’s final blog! Philip writes his final entry before leaving for his new school, Washington Academy. What makes this interesting are the response

My last entry.

This isn't going easy for me.

I am now in Washington Academy, a school so lame that it does not have a track team. The only thing that i bother to fight for.

What have i done wrong?

What did i do to deserve this?

Why is my life now a nightmare?

This is so unfair. It all started with Narwin. But all the blame will now end up on me.

All i wanted was to teach her a lesson! She caused me to get such phenomenally horrendous results for my Literature, costing me my chance at track.  Good thing i have given  her a taste of her own medicine. She finally had to resign after my patriotism rocked the country and finally made her realise she was wrong.

But, now, i am in a state just as sorry as hers. Being in a school without track is like being in a pond without water. There is practically no point in going to a school that i dislike and have no love or purpose to be in. I might as well stay at home and enjoy the comfort and warmth it gives. Somebody, please, find me and excuse to get expelled from this school!

Anyway,  readers, don't you think that i am just fighting for my right to sing the national anthem? i might not know the words, but i have my heart singing it, and that is more than enough. Sometimes, it is not the words, but it is the thought that counts. I tried to hum the "Star -spangled banner" out of the love of my country. I just couldn't control my over-patriotic mouth to stop humming the anthem. 

Then, Ms Narwin, the unpatriotic one, just had to come and stop me. Haha. I guess she really asked for it. No thanks from Dr Joseph Palleni. He sided her. The WRONG side. He even wanted me to apologise! He must have been joking i would never submit to Ms Narwin. The devil in human skin. May her life continue to worsen and deteriorate. Until she realises what she has done, i hope she would NEVER get a job.

In reference to Coach Jamison, the man whose iron will would not falter, the man who just had to STICK WITH THE RULES. He is indirectly responsible for the plight that Ms Narwin is in. If he could just have been more flexible, not the blockhead he was. Then perhaps, all of this commotion could have been averted. Margaret Narwin would have her job, while i would have my track team. BUT, life isn't so easy. I guess god likes to play with his people. Twisting their lives around his fingers, and only the most righteous one will survive. I believe that guy is me. I made Ms Narwin lose her job, with only a sacrifice. To be stuck at Washington Academy. Which, i hope with all my heart that i would be able to transfer out of as soon as god permits.

Oh well, i guess that is it for today. I have to go pack my bag for tomorrow. I will be going Washington Academy tomorrow for my  first day there . I guess, life just isn't fair.

RESPONSES:

Ms Narwin: 

Philip! How could you say such things about me! I only wanted to help, to help children learn the marvels of literature. All i wanted was for you to be less like a class clown, and get down and work! But now, my dreams, aspirations and my life as a teacher has been ruined. Thanks to your selfishness. Sure Philip, i might have gave you bad results. But you asked for it. I am seriously regretting it now. I should have given you a "U" grade. That stands for ungraded. In case you haven't been brushing up your vocabulary, that just means that your work was so bad, that there is no way i can grade it.

Most people by now, would have realised that they were in the wrong and would go on their knees and repent. I guess you are really unique. So unique and so righteous that you have become a symbol of lies. You, the prince of lies,master of deception, can even lie to yourself. How impressive. I am sure the guys at Washington Academy would never find out the truth. Or will they. In this world, GOD IS FAIR. There is such thing as retribution. All of this will one day backfire, and hit you square in the head. Knocking you down from whatever good positions you are in. Mark my words Philip you will one day fully understand the word "karma".

Coach Jamison:

Before i begin, i would like to say that you have true talent in running, but with such an attitude, you will never be a sports star. I repeat. YOU WILL NEVER BE A SPORTS STAR. TO be a star, you must have the attitude of a sports star. Though i have never, and will never, be one, i have seen many. I have groomed many, and that means, i know exactly what it takes to be a sports star. Sorry to be crushing your dream, but with such a selfish attitude, you can kiss sports stardom goodbye.

With the way you are always accusing others, you will never improve. Yes, i agree with you. You have talent. BUT, talent has to be cultivated, nurtured. Not left to rot in such a self-centered body. Such talent is wasted. I pray, every night, that such talent would somehow be transplanted into a boy with a much better attitude. At least he will know what to do with such talent, not let it rot and turn to dust as time goes by. 

Philip. You dare say that your heart is singing it? You have no heart. In its place, there is only a mirror. A mirror that is the reincarnation of narcissism. LOOKING AT YOURSELF!

Allison Doresett

Wow. I am amazed. Seriously, i have never seen anyone who is so able and gullible. I cannot believe that you actually managed to lie to yourself. Where is your conscience? What has happened to that nice funny soul of yours. Gone. Eaten up by your self-centeredness. I have never met a such a con-artist in my whole life before. "Malloy Magic"? ?  I am so sorry. The only magical thing is that such a  liar like you is actually human. Maybe you should just have been born a boulder

Sigh. You make me so disappointed.

All your actions just reflect on who you are, and this blog post casts it in concrete. A broken man, a man who lives on lies, a person with no life a man without a soul. I truly hope that one day, hopefully a divine hand will reach down and change you. To make you a better man.

Mr. Malloy

Son, i cannot believe it. The information you gave me was inssuficient for me to make the right decisions. I truly thought that you were correct. Thus, i wanted you to stand up for your rights. But, sadly, you lied. Even to your own father. I never knew deception at such a level. Patriotism? No such thing. You only wanted to get Ms Narwin into trouble to fulfil your own selfish revenge. I am thoroughly disappointed to have a son like you. 

Yes, i may have been selfish to make you fulfil my dream of becoming a sports star, but i never wanted you to become a selfish, egotistic and self-centered sports star. Philip, open your eyes to the world around you. There is much more than just you. Around you, the environment, the people, each and everything has feelings. If you truly believe that you are the only living thing on planet Earth that everything else has to obey and revolve around you, go live on the Moon. This is a global world now Philip, if  you want to be loved and command a certain amount of respect, you would have to be more social. Don't be the hermit that lives in the Himalayas, be the caring, social and loved man of the 20th century.

I hope, that you will one day understand my words, and emerge from the cocoon of selfishness and become a social butterfly.

Mrs. Malloy

Philip, all we wanted was for you to not feel wronged. I guess, it was us that were wronged. Philip, have you ever heard of "There are two sides to a coin"? In every story, the two parties involved will have their own stories to tell. If both are matching, with only minute details changed, then we can know the truth. But, if it was an unfair case, only one side of the case would be heard. That means that the public only knows your story. Good job manipulating the media, you managed to get a whole tsunami of complains against Ms Narwin before she could even tell her story. Doesn't it hurt your conscience?

Reflections on a term of blogging

In my primary school, i my teacher gave me blogging as homework, so this is actually just a continuation of my past blog. But, at least the blog prompts given by the teacher have more things to write about, compared to " Interesting animals" and "Newspaper report". I feel that this has been a great leap forward, introducing more new and creative ways to write awesome blog entries. For example, the electronic bookshelf was an fantastic idea, kick starting my very dormant reading habit giving me the motivation to read books again.


Well, i personally enjoy blogging alot. Being an "IT" sort of person, it lets me enjoy myself while giving a great boost to learning how to write good essays and blogs. There are very few thing that hold you back when writing a blog on the Internet, except the usual problems of sidetracking to playing computer games, it is more or less flawless. The only problem, which doesn't really pose much of one in my opinion, is that i would have to watch what i am writing. No mentioning my my school of personal information is actually quite fine with me, as i actually like remaining anonymous, giving my readers something to wonder about as they read my blog.

But, maintaining a blog is a big problem for me. I have very little time to write or even maintain a blog. Going for CCAs 3 times a week takes up alot of slots in my timetable, giving me tremendously tiny amounts of time to maintain my blog. That explains the shortage of posts in this blog. Anyway, it is also very difficult to think of something to write, giving that my schedule is so repetetive, going over again and again, with not much new in my life. I hope that perhaps, there could be more blog prompts about the different aspects of life that i have failed to notice, giving me more things to write about.


All in all i think that blogging is a good way to improve your writing skills, as my teacher says "There is no such thing as good writing, just re-writing". So, i wholeheartedly support blogging.