VCEgags - The Quiet American - 'Phuong'

Hello to my fellow jellyfish,

It has been a while. 

Don't mind me. I'm just casually.. updating every 3 months 6 months. (n˘v˘•)¬

As you all know, I am currently in my last year of high school. 

YES, I am slugging through this hell called the 'VCE'. It's the Victorian state(a lovely state in Australia for those of you who are geographically challenged, don't worry, me too) equivalent of SATs (slash whatever final high school testing they do in your part of the globe). 

So, onto my main point.

As a part of my English course, I am studying 'The Quiet American' written by the erudite Graham Greene.

Being the typical ass I am, I like to laugh at people to myself every time I hear the name 'Phuong' pronounced. It's my favourite pastime. Nah, I kid, I kid. 

No, seriously. 

I'm sitting there in class and I just watch as the teacher struggles to pronounce her name, stuttering every time she has to mention it. 

"FU-ONG... fu-wong...fuUUU-ONG...ah let's just call her Vietnam seeing as she's a symbol of the country" says my teacher.

"Well.. fu-ong doesn't seem like she has a personality" - student #06

"ARGH. FU-WONG IS SO ANNOYING" - student #17

The list goes on.

I guess the proper pronunciation is along the lines of 'feeeeerng'. DRAG OUT THAT ER SOUND ~(˘▾˘~)

Here's a demo I found:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJ0ELQA3q7g

Hope you guys learnt something today. Remember the 'er' ( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ

Accidental Meeting and Father's Day present hunting

Haha! I met my lil' cousin at the zoo. It was really odd because I couldn't recognise him. I was sitting down with my friends eating lunch and I saw a bunch of Year 7's and one of them caught my attention. . and it just so happened that he was my cousin's friend. I approached my cousin after realising it was him. Wow, puberty hits some kids real hard. He's grown so much now. I rarely see him so it was a great chance to talk to him however it was slightly annoying how his friends kept jumping into my family reunion talk. After a while we said our goodbyes with the addition of his friends saying bye as well. . . hah. . what a bunch of weird kids.

After going to the zoo, I headed back with my biology class to the station and we were dismissed. Together with a friend, we went Father's Day present hunting around the city. Hehe, I'm glad I was able to spend time with this particular friend of mine. She's always so helpful and funny in an odd way.  I bought an 'I love dad' cup from typo and a kitchen scale to measure my ingredients properly for baking etc. 

I guess you could say it was a really nice day I had. No school, hanging out with animals, going on an African wild adventure with Jen Fu, meeting my lil' cousin and bought a Father's Day present （-＾〇＾-）

Zoo-ing with the Bio Kids

To the ZOO      (ʘ‿ʘ)

Tomorrow I'm heading out with my biology class to the zoo. 

I can't help but feel depressed about the time I have to get up so I can get to the meeting place at the right time ಥ‿ಥ