Random Haul

Bit of a Random Haul

Over the past few months I have been saving my money as I wanted to go on a little bit of a spending spree. I saved up about £200, including my GCSE reward money, and I went and bought some things that I have wanted for ages.

Vans hoodie

The hoodie that I picked up just adds to the marvel collection I have. It features hulks hands and I just love it. The lining is so soft and incredibly warm. Since I got it from Cheshire Oaks it was cheaper than it would have been, I got it for £33 instead of the retail price which was £55.

Superdry hat

I have been after another woolly hat for ages and the opportunity came when I found this in the Superdry shop in Cheshire Oaks. I was also able to save some money on this. Instead of it being £20 I was able to get it for only £11.99.

Doc Martens

Today, I was in town with one of my best mates and I was able to buy a new pair of Doc Martens. These types of shoes are so comfortable and fit my feet perfectly. Also, the fur on the inside is so warm and cosy they just hug your feet. I absolutely love them. However, the shoes were on the more expensive side of shoes as they cost me £110. But, the money that I used to pay for them I got from the reward I got for doing well in my GCSE’s.

Books

So I have been trying to cut back on the amount of books that I am buying because I think it’s getting a bit out of hand but when I saw the rest of the Gone series in Waterstones I couldn’t help myself. So I got the last three books and I believe that the three of them cost me £20. Each individual book was £8 but there was a buy one get one half price so I was still saving some money.

I also picked up another book which I am yet to read. It is the first of four books, it cost me £8 and I am so excited to start reading it. 

That's all for this post, I hope you enjoyed.

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Katie

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Catton Hall

Catton Hall

So, today I went to Catton Hall. If you don’t know what this is, it is basically a place where you can go to do various outdoor activities. Specifically shotgun shooting. They also have quad bike courses, archery and falconry. I went with my mum and dad; we took our shotguns and had a brilliant day.

This was my first proper time shooting, the first time I shot a shotgun I was younger and I didn’t aim at anything, I just put a cartridge through the gun. From what I remember it was very painful but in retrospect, it only hurt because I was ‘little’. This time around I was more than comfortable holding the gun and I really enjoyed it.

Over the time we were there, which was about an hour and a half I must have put about 50 cartridges through the gun. We were shooting clay pigeons which are small circular disks that get flung into the air at various speeds and in different directions. I managed to hit about 60% of the clays and to be honest I’m extremely proud of myself.

Overall, my experience at Catton Hall was awesome. Minus the slight bruise that is slowly developing on my shoulder due to the recoil of the gun but I did really enjoy it and I would recommend it to anyone. Also, another little bonus the hot chocolate that they serve there is absolutely delicious.

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Katie

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Jurassic World Review

Jurassic World

So I decided that I wanted to watch a film so I went to see Jurassic World in the Liverpool One Odeon. In my opinion, the film was brilliant. The film had many amazing sections that make me believe that this film is the best film I have ever seen in a cinema. Overall, I do not agree with what some of the critics said, a few of the reviews were very negative and to be honest I think that these are completely unjust.

The first thing that made me instantly enjoy watching the film was the fact that the producers used the same theme music as in the previous things. This may seem like something small and insignificant but I feel like if they had changed the music, which is something so crucial to any film, then it would not have been as good as it was. Or as dramatic.

Another aspect of the film that I found outstanding was the CGI (computer generated images). Due to the developments that have come along in the field of animation and CGI the film contained fantastic fight scenes that allowed the dinosaurs to have more screen time and therefore it made the film more interesting. The dinosaurs looked more realistic and they moved in a way that made the film more life like and really sucked the audience in. Furthermore, due to the fact that the animation was fantastic it allowed the dinosaurs to be portrayed as having emotions and this is something I haven’t seen in a film involving this topic.

The actors also played a key part in making the film enjoyable. I have and always will believe that if you do not like the actors, even its just little things that they do you will not enjoy the film. However, with Jurassic world I didn’t come into contact with this issue. All of the actors were very talented and allowed the audience to get attached to them and it’s this attachment that makes the film worth watching.

My next point may seem like I am being overly picky but I really liked the fact that there wasn’t a strong romantic feel between the characters. I don’t particularly enjoy watching romantic films; I prefer action/comedy films so when I see a film that is full of action I often get disappointed when the film becomes overpowered by a new couple emerging. Therefore, I really appreciated the fact that there was now overpowering relationship involved.

Overall, I would definitely rate this film very high in my list of movies; it was entertaining, thrilling as well as having humorous sections. It was a brilliant film that I would happily recommend to anyone.

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Katie

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Memories

Memories

Last week, since I have just finished school I decided that I would tidy my room and have a productive day. So I did. Whilst I was sorting through my things I can across some boxes that I had stashed under my bed. In these boxes I found a lot of old things that come with a lot of memories and I thought that it would be nice to share them with you.

Firstly, I found this trinket box that my dad bought for me in the Wirral U-boat story museum thing. Finding this box was amazing because of what I found inside of it. My meteorite. It’s not expensive and it’s not the nicest piece of metal ever but it was in space and that to me, is amazing.

I also found four of the medals that I won during my gymnastic competitions.

Additionally, I also found, what I consider the funniest thing I have ever written and that is a poem that I wrote in primary school. I don’t know how old I was but I think that the drawings are absolutely priceless and I couldn’t come up with more random ideas now if I tried.

Another thing that I found and I will treasure for the rest of my life and that is my leaver’s shirt from my last day in primary school. This shirt is full of memories and I love it to pieces. It also shows how small I was in Year 6.

So that was just some of the things that I found I in my memory box. Hope you enjoyed this post.

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Katie

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The perfect brownie

Ingredients:

- 185g Good quality dark chocolate

- 185g Unsalted butter

- 40g Cocoa powder

- 50g White chocolate

- 50g Milk chocolate

- 275g Caster sugar

- 85g Plain flour

- 3 Large eggs

Recipe:

      1)  First, put the butter and the dark chocolate in a bowl and melt them together. To do this I placed a glass bowl over a pan of boiling water.

      2) Whilst the chocolate and butter are melting, weigh out the flour and cocoa powder and using a sieve mix the two powders together.

      3)  At this point the butter and chocolate should be melted. Take the bowl off the heat and allow it to cool.

      4) Whilst the mix is cooling, weigh out the caster sugar and using an electric whisk mix on a high speed for about 8 minutes until its light and creamy.

      5) Next, chop the white and milk chocolate into rough cubes.

      6) When all this is prepared, carefully, using a wooden spoon mix all of the components together and pour into a tin.

7) Pour into a tin lined with tin foil.

      8) Place in the oven at 180 degrees c/ gas mark 4 for 30-35 minutes.

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Katie

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Types of people in exams

Hiya, so I have just finished my GCSE exams and because of this I have been unable to sit down and write any post so I am sorry. However, all my exams are over and I now have about 3 months free before I start college. So as my first post after my exams I thought I would discuss the different type of people during the exam period.

Types of people during exams:

The over reviser

These are the sorts of people that are constantly revising. Now, my friends may say that this is me put I promise it isn’t. The over reviser is the sort of person that is so stressed that in the last few days before the exam they spend every minute with their face in a book. I do revise a lot and I will admit that but I think that I would go crazy if I looked at the same revision book for about 12 hours a day.

The Non reviser

This is the complete opposite of the previous one. This is that one person in the year that doesn’t pick up a revision book once! Not a all, they just don’t revise and this can go one of two ways. Some of these types of people get straight A’s, they just get really good grades because they are able to blag the whole paper. However, it can go the other way, some people who don’t revise, they just fail everything and then when it comes to getting the results they go around moaning that they failed. I mean really, if you wanted to do well in school then you would revise! I mean, really…

Those who just don’t go to their exam

Now, these people tend to be very arrogant. These are the sorts of people that don’t turn up to the exam because they just can not be bothered. Their excuse is that they woke up, couldn’t be bothered so just stayed at home instead. I mean are you really jeopardising your education because you cannot be bothered leaving your bed?

Those who finish the test in ten minutes

These are the sorts of people who just walk into the exam looking like their world has just ended and they sit down in their chair and just stare at the floor. Then, when the exam starts they open the paper, answer the first few questions, throw their pen on the desk and put their head on the desk. They then precede to not touch the exam paper again until the very last minute were they quickly shuffle through the pages, scribbling down random words. These are the sorts of people that I don’t understand.

The Pen Clicker

I personally think that pens that you click should be banned from exams because you have that one person in the exam room that just sits there for the whole exam just clicking their pen constantly. It get so irritating that it gets to the point were you just want to stand up and throw a chair at them. Well, maybe not that extreme but you get the idea.

The after exam moaner

These are the sorts of people that when the leave the exam room they feel the need to tell everyone how terribly bad they have just done. These people are normally the same people that I discussed in number 4. These people annoy me because for the majority of the time they have done fine on their exam but they are seeking attention and that is the part that bugs me. If you don’t think you did well in your exam I am sorry but you don’t need to broadcast it around the school.

I hope that you can relate to some of the people and if you have just had exams good luck for your exams.

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Katie

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Last Minute Revision Tips

Revision tips:

My GCSE exams start in 13 days; I have two French exams and then two biology exams. All in one day… So after all of the stress of the exams getting closer and closer I have managed to pick up a few tips for revising and preparing for exam season.

The first tip I have is figure out what type of learner you are. There are four main types:

·         Auditory

·         Visual

·         Read write

·         kinaesthetic

If you don’t know what type of learner that you air, the chances are that you are not learning as well as you should be. Some people learn by listening to podcasts and others learn by re-writing key information. Personally, I am read write kinaesthetic. I don’t learn from podcasts or anything like that and I have realised that there is no point in wasting my time on those sorts of resources.

Another thing that you can do to learn key information is to create posters. This may not work for anyone but the majority of people that I know use this technique. Also, when you are making these posters there is no point in writing in black pen because your brain will not be able to remember all the black text. So, when you are making them be sure to use bright colours.

Additionally, another thing to do is to make sure that you don’t get overworked. You should revise for about one hour and then take a twenty minute break. Taking the break makes sure that your brain can comprehend all the information that you have just reviewed. This makes sure that you don’t get swamped with all key words, numbers and graphs.

If you follow those few steps than you will be more prepared for your exams and the stress starts to lift.

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Katie

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My Week Away

My Week Away

Over the past week I have been on holiday with my family and three dogs. I went to North Wales and took a week away from revision and things. The thing that I did the most was take pictures, I have a Fujifilm Finepix S100 FS and I absolutely love it. Here are some of the pictures that I took:

These are photos are taken at Bala lake at Sunset. Although the sunset didn’t result in beautiful colours in the sky I still think that I managed to get a couple of okay pictures that I am quite happy with.

As you can see there are a lot of lambs. This is because near the site where we stay the fields are full of sheep and since it’s around Easter there are a lot of lambs running around and they where absolutely adorable. 

Also during the week we visited Fairbourne and Barmouth. We go to Fairbourne because the beach there is dog friendly and since we had three dogs with us (one is mine, one is my nans and we were looking after my aunties dog.). We also went and looked around Barmouth but we didn’t pick up anything too special. 

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Katie

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A Friday Day Out

Last Thursday my school broke up because Friday was a bank holiday. So, to take advantage of this extra day off I went into Liverpool City Center with one of my best friends. I picked up a couple of things whilst we were out and we also went to the Liverpool World Museum. 

The first place that we went to was Lush and I picked up my usual, Granny Takes a Dip and the Butterball: 

After Lush we walked up to Waterstones. I cannot leave that store without buying a book and this time around I bought two. I already have the first book in the Gone series so I thought I would buy the next two: 

When we had spent some time wandering around Waterstones we went to the World Museum to pass some time and I found it extremely interesting.

 There are various mummies in the Ancient Egypt section and some of the Buddhist artifacts were just beautiful. 

Furthermore, although I don't necessarily agree with the way that the insects are displayed some of the butterflies and dragonflies were stunning. 

Also, there were a lot of fossils that were so well preserved that they looked fake, not a couple million years old. 

Overall, I had a really great day and I would recommend the Museum to anybody who has the slightest interest in history.

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Katie 

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