Things are different now but maybe someday we will meet again

To my not so many readers,

I think of my blog as my little online diary, open for anybody to read.

I write here so on days that im bored, sad, happy or just simply in need of a memory to shake a bad vibe I can look back at the words I’ve written and remind all the fun times I’ve had. Nobody is stopping anybody reading this and if you want to read my blogs that I do because i need to save memories somewhere other then on paper, I’d also really appreciate it!

Well its summer and as always the Irish weather is taking a tole onto the teenager’s everyday life.

For me this summer is very different to previous years, for as long as i can remember I’ve spent my summers in Wexford in my family mobile home beside the sea side. Kilmuckridge was like my second home. I had friends there and it was always my way to escape for the summer. But times are different now. VERY different. Last summer was my last summer that I could just get up, walk about 20 steps and be on a beach. I wandered the beach in kilmuckridge hours on end. it was my way to kill time and my place to get a tan easily instead of sitting bored on the deck in the hot summer’s sun. Last summer my family came to the decision to sell the van and spend our summers back in celbridge. Right now i just want to go for a long walk on the beach or go for a swim in the rain in the freezing cold Irish Sea.(swimming in the rain is just so much better in my opinion)

School starts back in a month and it still doesn't even feel like summer. We have that horrible Irish weather keeping us stuck indoors. So far summer hasn't been terrible but i haven't done anything. I've gone to two concerts (both amazing) and I’ve gone out with my friends. Like many teenagers i lack what is needed most, and that is money and motivation. I spend majority of my time in bed, on Netflix, reading a book or just lying around my house in my pyjamas until four in the day doing nothing with my day. Im not hard pushed to make the most of my summer  because that really means go spend the money i don’t have and im not wasting my summer sitting indoors, id rather sit at home relaxing because come on we all know once school starts back we will never get a spare minute.

If I could do anything for the last month of my summer it would be escape to Wexford but unfortunately that won’t happen. The thing i miss most about the place is probably one of the weirdest things, you don’t even have to be in Wexford do this but it was by far one of my favourite things. I miss being woken at 9 on a Sunday and putting on respectable clothes (anything other than a tracksuit or jeans) and going to mass. Going to mass meant going into centra after to pick up the newspaper and of course some ice-cream and I can’t forget to mention the duck for Rita (extra nanny). From centra we went to visit our extra nanny and granddad, which also had a mobile home there but in a different site. It became a usual thing! Everyday sunday at 10.30 we would arrive. The adults would chit chat and my sisters and I would just sit around until it was time to get serious and play cards. The routine was always the same every weekend the only thing that changed was the winner of cards. If the game wasn’t finished wed go home for lunch and arrive back an hour later. There were several Sundays i spent the whole day playing cards and I wouldn’t have changed it for the world. I miss Wexford and I hope sometime soon I can return and eat ice cream in the rain, walk on the beach for hours, go for midnight swims with my friends at 8pm and play cards non-stop.

This blog was set up to record my TY memories. But now Ty is over and some part of me wants to keep this blog page alive. I'm one who finds comfort in writing. I want to continue posting here as much as I can. Ty gave me things to write about but i will find something every now and again. Yes i wont post as often as I did because my time will be a bit limited with homework and things but I’ll make time to sit down and type like there’s no tomorrow.

Until next time 

Im just a teenage girl who hates the 

thought of growing up but im doing it 

with a smile on my face And a positive 

atittued. Hope you enjoyed reading - 

Miss.Galligan x

Real Fans Save Bands

To kick off summer Aoibhin, Sophie and I set off into town for the day to look around and have something to eat before heading off to see 5 seconds of summer perform in the 3 arena. It was a lot better of a day than we expected.

To start the day off on a good foot me and sophie laughed about how overly protective both our mams were being and then went to call for aoibhin and then walked about 2 miles an hour to the bus. Once we got off the bus we wondered up and down town trying to find somewhere to eat. We settled with nandos just so sophie could snapchat "cheeky nandos with calum" (5sos fandom joke) We had a problem finding nandos though ... Aoibhin claimed she knew were she was going but  the looks on her face told a different story. We finally found it in the end and thank god because we were all starving. 

After nandos we just aimlessly walked around town wasting time so we didn't have to wait in line before the concert. While walking around Aoibhin fall down a step on a bridge, i walked into a pole and we lost Sophie several times but we survived. We decided to go to ginos to get something before heading for the luas and to our surprise in front of us in the line was dayl and josh from hometown so after our cheeky nandos with calum we then got to have creps with hometown. We then went for the luas to head to the 3 arena. 

Once we reached the venue we ran up stairs trying to find our sets. We stood around waiting a few minutes deciding weather or not we wanted drinks or to go to the bathroom while standing around we bumped into a few familiar faces. We talked to orla and aislingx2 for a few minutes and then went to our seats were we waited not so patiently in our seats in the back for 5 seconds of summer to come onto the stage. As soon as they came on everyone screamed and the atmosphere for the whole night was unreal. Its safe to say we loved every minute of the night and it was horrible having to leave because none of us wanted to call it a night.

Thursday the 28th of may was one of the best nights out and i look forward to returning to the 3 arena for Taylor Swift next month but lucky next time we wont be in the back we will be standing with our hands in the air in the front at the barrier after queuing for hours.


Im just a teenage girl who hates the thought of growing up but im doing it with a smile on my face and a positive attitude. I hope you liked reading about my day out with Aoibhin and Sophie - Miss.Galligan! x

All of a Sudden It was Time for those Goodbye

Monday 25^th of May marked the end of transition year for 86 young girls in St. Wolstans. All excited for our summer holidays we left the hall at about half 9 with so many memories thinking how could one year go so quickly. I wont lie and say the whole year was an amazing and full of opportunity and joy because I hated it at times and that's the cold hard truth. Most things were so pointless it drove me insane. But don't get me wrong i did love it at the same time. The trips were fun and the way we did things was so different. I think im trying to say sometimes i felt it wasn't for me. TY definitely had its ups and downs. I don't think i would of been ready for 5th year last and i still don't think i am ready yet but i feel a bit more confident now after a year away from solid work. All the work in 5th year is going to be hard but if ty thought me anything it was i don't like no routine. It showed me how quick a year can go, how i can’t cut in a straight line and how much i really despise doing work that i don’t benefit from and has no real purpose . 

Monday night was TY night. Ty night is held in the school hall and all tys show off what they did this year to our families. We started the night all squeezed onto the coral risers singing wave your flag and never forget and then we took our seats and let the night begin. People from each of the three class, Ariel,Bell and Aurora, stood up and talked about trips we've gone on, the charity work we've done and what we've done in classes. Once all the speeches were done everyone who did gaisce was presented with their certs and medals. All that work finally paid off! The wasnt over yet! All that was left was the awards. Mrs. Lenoard called out each name and presented everyone with our awards (this didn't take as long as you'd think) After the awards were handed out a few girls in the year said thanks to Mrs. Lenoard on behalf of the whole year group and gave her a gift. Her reaction was priceless and it made us all smile. It all ended with a slide show done my Ellen and Eve. I don't think any of us realized how good the year was until we heard about everything and saw all the pictures.

The learning part of the year was over (I say learning very loosely) but the trips weren't quiet finished . On tuesday all TYs returned at 9.05 just wishing for summer to hurry up and to tear down all the posters and art work that covered every section of the hall for the displays for ty night. We pulled them off the walls in seconds and some were taken home but most of them got thrown into the big recycling bin. Once we could finally see the boring yellow walls of the hall all of us sat up on the coral risers for one last group photo and smiled as year group for one last time. At ten we set off down the road for our last TY outing to base. We did bowling and I have no shame in saying i lost miserably ... it really isn't my strong point. At about half 11 we got chicken nuggets, sausages and chips and then a piece of the cake that was displayed on TY Night. At half 12 it was our summer holidays and then Ariel,bell and aurora were no more.

The first thing Mrs. Lenoard said to us was that she wanted this year to be like no other and in hope that this would happen she named our classes after the princess so we could all have magical experience and have a year like no other.

To all Future Tys ill leave you with what mrs.lenoard said to us about how one can react to the year. She told us TY was a jug of water and each person is either a rock, sponge or spoon of sugar. The rock will get nothing from the water it will just sink and get or give nothing , the sponge will take as much as it can but never gives anything back and the sugar will dissolve and take to the water as much as it can and givie a sweet perfect smell and taste to the water and all around.

Im just a teenage girl who hates the thought of growing up but im doing it with a smile on my face and a positive attitude. I hope you liked reading about what i thought about TY experience, TY night and our last trip - Miss.Galligan! x

TY 2014/2015 was a year for the princess to find themselves  

Just keep swimming

Today's society has held people back from the simplest things. How you see yourself is what matters not what others think of you! I say this but when i was standing around waiting to get into the pool on Wednesday I felt VERY uncomfortable as everyone's eyes scanned one another. I am no wear near confident in my body i can gladly say my unfit self-swam half a mile with a smile! Once I was in the pool swimming all thoughts about my body were gone because body could see it.

I used to swim so much when I was younger but I stopped because it was taking up all my weekends. In 2^nd year I went back swimming to do a lifesaving course and I hated it so stopped but when I when I started swimming the other day I realized how much I missed it! It was such a good day and I really enjoyed myself.

 I was in a team with aoibhin and Alison and we each had to do 23 lengths because we knew there wasn’t a hope we could do a mile alone so we split it up. When aoibhin and I got to 23 lengths we thought we might as well keep going to half so we did. As surprising as it is I actually swam 32 lengths. Before I got in I said I would have been able to do much more than 6 maybe even 4  but when I got to 6 I was like ok get to 10 an then I was like one more and one more and before I knew it I was doing it no bother. I felt like I accomplished something!

It was all for a great cause and everybody enjoyed themselves. To future people getting the opportunity to do swim a smile with a smile but don’t like their body and don’t want to put on a swimsuit I say just go for it. YESS you will feel uncomfortable and awkward for a few minutes but before you know it you will be in the pool and nobody will see your body that im sure is perfect anyway! And if you think you aren’t fit enough to do a lot of lengths you have loads of time, nobody rushes you and you can stop whenever you want!

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Im just a teenage girl who hates the thought of growing up but im doing it with a smile on my face and a positive attitude. I hope you liked reading about my time swimming in the nation aquatic centre for swim a mile with a smile - Miss.Galligan! x

Driving!

Today my class went to Maynooth to Leinster school of driving! We were told by the other two classes that it was really good so this morning we were all looking forward to it. When we got there we divided into two groups and then one group went and done theory and the group I was in went to the cars to start driving. There were 3 or 4 in each car with an instructor, in my car there was me, Alison and Sarah.

I really enjoyed driving even If I was really really scared … Alison went first and then when it got to my turn we had to lower the wheel, move the chair forward and up because I was too small! We each had two 20 minute driving sessions.

After break we went into the building to sit a mock theory test. For this we were in teams with the others in our cars and as a team we failed miserably we got 34 out of 40 and you need 35 to pass! After 2 more attempts we got up to 38. This was so much fun and after that our group went out to play a game with the beer goggles.

Im just a teenage girl who hates the thought of growing up but im doing it with a smile on my face and a positive attitude. I hope you liked reading about my experience driving! - Miss.Galligan! x

Regrets that will be worth it

If you read this blog post you would know I am taking part in Gaisce with a few of the people in my year. To get the award It is required we do a 25k hike! Im so glad to say it’s over and I don’t think I will ever set foot on a mountain again.

It all started a few months back when we started our community service, physical activity and a new skill but it all started to feel real when at 5pm on Thursday night myself and the girls who were staying in the same house with me set foot in Tesco to try to shop “responsibly” for our one night away! With about €60 in our pockets we got a trolley and went from aisle to aisle and picked up all the essentials like bread, milk, butter and food for dinner but we are teenage girls and all we really wanted was sweets so we spent as little as we could on the basics and got so much sweets. It was so much fun and we were all in fits of laughing as we fought over wanting expensive biscuits because they are better and cheap bread because they all taste the same. We all came to the conclusion that we will be such bad adults when it comes to weekly food shops.

Once Friday came around we were all shocked with how heavy our bags were from all the food we bought and the first of many regrets started rolling in. We dropped our food and bags to the sewing room and fridge until lunch and then packed onto the bus having no clue what we signed up for.

We arrived at about 3 and all went to our houses and at half 3 we set off. I thought 15k on day one would be harder than 10k but I was wrong day 2 was 10 times worse because of the weather. One Friday as we hiked I felt like it would never end we just kept walking and walking. We sang and danced trying to stay positive but some parts felt so impossible but we all made it through day one without wanting to kill anybody. Some of us even did maths with one of the instructors and Mrs. Leonard. We found a skull and named it Barry! We got back at about 9, exhausted but sore but the night was only starting.

At 9 we attempted to make pasta for dinner but the hob would work so I had toast and jam and the girls had lasagne. Once that was done we all had hot chocolate and mammy aoibhin tried to fix the hob so we could have decent food because we were all starving. Finally we (by we I mean everybody other than me and Sadhbh) got it working and it was so good. After dinner we went over to house 5 and all sat around talking and watched a movie (well it was on but I don’t think anybody watched it). At half 11 we went back to our house and all I know is the rest of the night was full of laughter until bed.

I woke up at 6 and couldn’t fall back asleep for I went on my phone until I was scared to death by Sadhbhs alarm at half 6! We both jumped up and started setting the place for breakfast and one by one the others started waking up and coming to the table. We had cercal and waffles with Nutella. Once breakfast was done we showered and packed up the house. At 9 until about 12 we were doing actives such as the leap of faith, abseiling, rock climbing and more.

The real challenge started now! Tired but with a positive attitude some of us set off at half 12. I think this day really took all everybody had out of them. Parts of the hike I was happy others sad, I was exhausted but wrecked, I was cold never warm, I was smiling and then I was grinning my teeth together with anger, I was enjoying myself but then minutes later I wanted it all to be over! It was snowing and by the time we hit half way there had been tears and screams and a good amount wanted to give up! We made it through though and I don’t think I’ve ever been so happy to sit on a bus and to be going home.

We never would of done it without the help of all the leaders who kept us walking even when all we wanted to do was sit down and give up so a big thanks to Simon, Robert, Cain, steward (Dave), Steven. 

Well done to everybody who took part in the 25k lets hope all our regrets are worth it in may when we get our medal and certificates. 

Im just a teenage girl who hates the thought of growing up but im doing it with a smile on my face and a positive attitude. To anybody doing gaisce I say go for it but be ready to regret everything! Hope you liked reading! - Miss.Galligan! x

More trips please!

Okay I think its time for a blog post once again but there isnt not much to say so ill keep this short and sweet!

Alright I haven’t sat down and done a blog post in a while I have to admit that but I have my reasons don’t worry …. And they aren’t that I don’t have time because im a ty and all I have is spare time! It’s mainly because I don’t know what to write. I usually write about trips we’ve gone on but how can I do that when we haven’t went on a trip in so long! Well It feels like long to me. 

We had two weeks off for Easter and now we are back all I want to do is get out of this school again because two weeks off didn’t bore me out enough to want to go back to school. There’s a trip been arranged but my class got the short end of the straw and have to wait until Monday the 27^th to go! AHHHHH (THAT’S SO LONG WAY!) It would be alright if everyone had to wait until then but Ariel and Bell have already gone and we have been back how long? 2 days! They went to Maynooth to the Leinster school of driving in Maynooth and they all loved it. I look forward to going but the thought of waiting is that long is just so sad. :(

I’ll try keep my blog up to date I promise but it’s going to be hard considering I have to wait until the 25^th for my gaisce trip and then once I come back on the 27^th we will go do the driving lessons (finally when we get trips they end up together and im forced to either put one up late or put them together in one post) but once it comes to may I’ll be able to blog ever week because we will have work shops and swim a mile with a smile.

Im just a teenage girl who hates the thought of growing up but im doing it with a smile on my face and a positive attitude. hope you enjoyed reading a very pointless blog and agree with me when I say tys should get a trip every week so our blogs don’t have to be as pointless as this! - Miss.Galligan! x

Who decided to bring those walky talkies?

Every Monday night I go to a yoga class in the mill for physical activity, I crochet every Saturday morning as a new skill and every Friday I go to the slip hall some community service where I help the leaders with the mad beavers who never fail to be full of energy. Why do I do these random things and why am I telling you? Well to get my gaisce of course! Gaisce? What’s that you ask? For people who don’t know it’s the president’s award. To get a bronze medal you must do 13 hours (1 hour a week for 13 weeks) of physical activity, community service and partaking in a new skill. Then you need to continue one of the above for an extra 13 hours totaling up to 26 hours! Along with all this it is required that you do a 25k hike. It doesn’t seem like a lot of time but take it from somebody who is trying to do it …. IT IS! If I was in 5^th year now it wouldn’t have been recommended that i tried to get this award but since im in ty and all I have is time every week I go yoga, do crochet and attended beaver meetings. I’ve been doing my gaisce tasks since November and it’s only being mentioned on my blog now because I didn’t think there was much to say about it other than the fact I was doing it until last week when I went away with the beavers!

At half 9 in the morning I arrived in Slan farm hostel I was about 90% still asleep but it only took seconds for the kids to scream me awake. We sat outside the hostel waiting for everybody to arrive and before I knew it I was walking up the stairs being told to hurry up and come see the rooms because you know they were going to disappear if I didn’t run up the last 5 steps! There were 3 rooms for the kids one for the girls and 2 for the boys and the leaders got the game room, sitting room and two of the small bed rooms at the end of the hall.

At about 10.15 we went out to the garden and gave everybody a number so we didn’t need to count them Paul (leader) could just say “round off” and if somebody didn’t say their number we knew we were missing them. Once everybody had their numbers it was then time for the hike but of course we had to make sure the walky talkies would work and to make sure Sandra and Karen (leaders) decided it would be a good idea to start messing with them by talking to Paul thought it while he was asking for direction from somebody who worked on the farm so we knew what way to walk. It was the first time they had walky talkies with them and I’d be lying if I said they weren’t a help and weren’t mad fun to mess with. Acting like big kids I think all the leaders can agree the walky talkies really mad the weekend quiet funny.

We left the hostel at half 10 and returned around half 3! The hike really was something. From Dave failing at getting the kids to sing, all the leaders messing with the walky talkies, laughing as my new boots got muddy, hopping like four gates, very badly kicking thrones back, Dave not letting Sandra tie her laces, tying muddy and wet shoe laces, saying 5 more minutes every 20 minutes when somebody asked how much longer, appreciating the trees lining up, running ahead with Sandra so we could get to the old church and college first and telling the kids that the farmers was letting the bull into the field soon to make them walk faster! When we finally reached we took a break and the kids ran around exploring the place.

Once we left the top we were back to the hostel in what felt like 10 minutes. When we got back the “are we there yet” changed to “im cold” and “when’s dinner, im hungry”. Back at the hostel there was a place for the boys to play football, swings  ,see-saw, a donkey, a goat and some hens so we let them have “free time” while dinner was being made. After while they started getting bored so we did some compass work with them and then let them play again. It got really cold though and one of the boys got bit by the donkey so thought it would be a good idea to take them inside to rest, warm up and play games inside before dinner. Dinner took longer than expected so we got the kids to do little plays for each other. They couldn’t come up with what they wanted to do so Karen told them a leader and as a group they had to imitate the leader they got. To say it was hilarious to watch would have been an underestimate because the kid’s impresses of the leaders had all the leaders in tears.

Finally at about half 7 the kids got dinner and it was gone in seconds! I had to keep refilling the bowl with chicken nuggets and sausages because it wouldn’t stay full. After they had their dinner we sent them to their rooms for a bit while we did clean up and then we put a movie on for them. Needing food the leaders thought it would be a good idea to order chipper because we didn’t want to wait any longer for something to cook in the small, slow oven. The kids were supposed to get smores but while they were having their dinner since the leaders and I were so hungry we kind of demolished the packet of digestives. It was good we ate them though because they really didn’t need sugar they had enough energy again.

What goes up must go down and before 12 they were all fast asleep nit a sound from them. With all the clean-up done and all the kids asleep the leaders thought it would be smart to set up our rooms. It was rocket science to figure out how a sofa folds out to a bed but when you are tired and hyper at the same time apparently it’s impossible. After the girls failed miserably at making their bed they left I to Paul and Dave and we cheered them on from the side lines.

Not remembering we were going to have to wake up super early the next morning myself, Karen and Sandra stayed up talking and on our phones until about half 2. I was asleep about five minutes and woken up again by Sandra thinking I was dead! Finally we all fell asleep and got up at half 6 the next day.

I was on breakfast with Dave and the master chiefs that we are we made French toast. It was more like French roast at the start. We burnt a few slices but in the end it was perfect and the kids got rid of it in minutes.

Theres so much more i could say about the trip but this is getting long so ill end it now and tell youu before I knew it I was in the car going home at half 10. It was a great night and I was so glad I went! I didn’t think I was going to have so much fun because I was told I was mad wanting to go spend a night with beavers because they wouldn’t sleep but they were all very well behaved and everybody had a great time. 

Pictures from the trip

The cottages at the side of the hostel

slan farm hostel

our final destination after the hike

the view from the top (taken from a bad camera)

The first piece of french toast Dave and me mad (trust me they got better)

Jake the cute donkey until he bit somebody 

 noname the goat

hens who i didn't know where there until 10minutes before i left!

Im just a teenage girl who hates the thought of growing up but im doing it with a smile on my face and a positive attitude. Id like to say a big thanks to the beavers and the leaders for making me feel so welcome on our trip to slan, I had a great weekend! Hope you liked reading! - Miss.Galligan! x

Blogging!

*Before you read this I  would like to say I wrote this about two weeks ago and its only being posting now because I wrote it for the spider awards and the entry lines are now closed*

Blogging is something I've become very found over the past few months and before I start telling you all about my blog i would first like to thank somebody for telling the class about the spider awards. Without the kind and enthusiastic help of this person I would of sent off 300 boring words (may add maturity of them were most likely I, it, we, happy, good and etc…) about my blog. She helped immensely and I would to thank her for making my boring thoughts somewhat relatable.

So without future Aude this blog is to Mrs. Ward to thank her for all shes done to help me put my best foot forward in the competition!

I started my blog on the 1st of September 2015 in my first double IT class as a TY student in St.Wolstans C.S. It was compulsory for all the transition year students to start a blog and try keep up to date with most of the blog challenges set by the IT team. Every month a list of tasks are given and we are asked to post a blog on what we enjoy doing. The range of topics is deliberately wide and inclusive so that all budding bloggers would access and focus on an area which is interesting to them and suitable to their writing register and style. 

On my blog I’ve posted about where I want to go when I leave school, mental health issues, my work experience, the school fashion show, a drama competition, the Oscars and much more! Some people took to the task of blogging with a positive attitude and others fell behind on challenges which left them struggling to grapple with new topics coming down the line.  From the outset I found that I enjoyed this aspect of my TY experience and approached the on-going challenge of this format with some enthusiasm.  I enjoy blogging very much to my surprise! It amazes me that this medium is so accessible and natural to me.

I am struck by the ease with which I express my thoughts and insights and I would recommend this writing genre to others who want to improve their writing confidence and ability.  When I post I don’t fear the misspellings being noticed because I know I’m nowhere near being a professional writer  - to me the personal nature of blogging allows me latitude to write without reservation or awareness of the heavy hand of red-penned correction.  I think blogging for me now is about learning how to do new things and get my opinion out there. I remember in September I took a mental note of everything that was happening just so I could post it all up on my blog. Even though my blog was set up because my school said we had to I love finding time to just sit down myself and the keyboard. Overall I enjoy blogging and I am very glad I started because if it wasn’t for me doing ty and my school asking us to set it up I would of never known how much fun it was.

Im just a teenage girl who hates the thought of growing up but im doing it with a smile on my face and a positive attitude. Once again I’d like to thank Mrs. Ward for everything she has done and I hope you enjoyed reading! – Miss.Galligan! x

Famous or not?

Im writing this not for me to spread my veiws more so to get you thinking so after you read this i hope you question what im talking about!

I say most Taylor Swift fans can say they’ve watched this video and if you don’t practically love Taylor Swift or haven’t watched it yet I urge you to click play and give it a listen because you never know you could like it!

**CLICK WATCH**

**CONTINUE READING BECAUSE YOU LISTENED!!!!**

QUESTION: Do I consider these two singers in this video famous?

ANSWER: No .... but I do think they are really talented and starting on YouTube is a great way to get them somewhere in the music industry.

QUESTION: Do I think they think they are famous?

ANSWER: maybe!

So where am i going with this you ask? This answer “maybe!”  leds me into why im writing this post. I want to know how many views on YouTube it takes to consider yourself famous. Think about it …. 100 million makes 1 million look like nothing but at the same time 100 can make 1 million look like so much.

The two people in this video and their friends and family could consider them famous because they have almost 19million views but then 19million is small compared to the whole world but it’s still such an achievement!

Well did it work? Are you wondering now who considers who famous and why ....

Im just a teenage girl who hates the thought of growing up but im doing it with a smile on my face and a positive attitude. I hope you listened to the song and enjoyed it as much as I did! – Miss.Galligan! x

Face For Radio!

Lollipop day – Friday the 27^th 2015, the day that the Oesophageal Cancer Fund (OCF) aim to raise awareness of the symptoms related to oesophageal cancer and to provide funding for research into the disease. Read more Here

Back in December all TY students stood along Grafton street freezing cold to raise money with the holly day collection so when we heard we had to do it again for lollipop day we weren't so much jumping with excitement for the cause more so the thought of missing a day of school. But to my surprise it was probably one of the best days out I’ve had in a good while!

The day started with fights of giggles about a stupid dress nobody knew the colour of. We all got so annoyed to what colour it was and defended the colour we say like it was a million euro in our back pocket. After we all got fed up at looking we headed to the loud and hot stuffy bus full of music and teenage girls with too much energy for 9 in the morning.

The dropped us outside Abercrombie and we walked down to the meet up area to get our lollipops and collection boxes. One the way we say so many people helping the cause and noticed they had balloons! Yes maturity of us acted like 6 year olds hoping we’d get a balloon as well. The building we had to meet at as raja but it was “oh so Tumblr like” with the wedding dresses around the place, a little cute café and a shop full of random pretty little household goods.

A ceiling full of balloons, boxes full of hates, tubes of lollipops and stakes of t-shirts was what cover the area! The colours pink, white and black were all over the place. We all ran to grip a string so we could take a balloon from the roof and it was most defiantly first on there get it because they were gone in seconds! Once the balloons where taken we all found ourselves being handed tops and hats. All kitted out we then got a collection box between two and went out to do our task set. This was when the real adventure started!

Who would have thought something so basic like a balloon and wind could put two people in such good moods? I think the day was so good because Alison and I started walking to the spot we wanted to sell at with our balloons getting stuck around poles, hitting each other and flying out of control. We couldn’t stop laughing at how stupid we must have looked with them tided to our bags. Alison did the honours of getting us started by asking the first person she saw “would you like to buy a balloon for oesophageal cancer? Yessss I meant to type balloon! The woman stopped and bought a lollypop as we weren’t selling balloons as Alison had to awkwardly point out after she made the mistake. To our surprise we didn’t struggle to sell the lollypops. Ok there were a few people that gave us looks or kept walking but people who stopped where so lovely and kind to us. We were even asked by a woman would we not of moved because we were a corner and the wind would make us cold! We took her advice because after an hour or so we were numb but we were still laughing at everything that happened.

At about half 11 we started to feel a bit hungry and standing out Butler’s chocolate and across from ginos ice-cream really didn’t help so we decided to break at 12 for a quick snack to warm ourselves up. We practically ran down to McDonnell’s because we were so cold and for the first time of many we saw the guy from FM104. he smiled at us as we laughed about how we were going into McDonnell’s with our balloons and then on the way back up to sell after our tea and cookies we say him again and this time he stopped us and asked us what was our most embarrassing moment and me and Alison thought long and hard on if we really wanted to answer but in the end we did and he said if we listen to the radio over the next few days we could hear ourselves. We then went back to freeze and sell and once again it was very successful. At 1 we thought it might be a good idea if we had an actual meal so we went back to McDonnell’s and this time when we say the man from FM104 we gave him a sticker for lollypop day and after McDonnell’s we got pictures with him for our blog. He probably thought we were the biggest stalkers ever but don’t worry when we were leaving we had to pass him again and we said sorry for stalking him.

The day was over before we knew it and it was time to head back to the place we started to return the money. the day of raising money was over but the adventure didn’t end for Alison and I because next thing we knew we were deep in conversation about everything and anything and were as happy as can be and then to add to happy we were we given free a sample of free ice-cream from murphy’s ice-cream shop and let me add I so would of went back for more if we had time. It was amazing. Just as we thought it was over two men asked us what lollipop day was because they were from Germany and they didn’t understand so we explained and they donated to the cause and off we went to bring the money and spare lollipops back.

When we arrived to the “oh so Tumblr place” I returned the t-shirt as we were told we couldn’t keep them but we could keep the hats and balloons so my balloon stayed tied to my bag and my hat stayed firm to my head. I didn’t expect the day to be even as half as good as it was. It was a day well spent with a friend and time well needed for a charity.

Pictures

What I looked like walking around

Lollipops

Balloon and hat

Our FM104 friend! (didnt find out his name)

Im just a teenage girl who hates the thought of growing up but im doing it with a smile on my face and a positive attitude. I hope you liked reading about my fabulous day out! Miss.Galligan! x

*P.S the lollipops tasted so good!8

Stampit blogit

At 9.05 this morning on the 26th of February 2015 it hit me it’s all finally over. Weeks and weeks of work and within minutes it was all finished. Today was the first time we went into mini company class and sat there not organising meetings for stamping, making posters, finishing the report book or talking about what we would say for the presentation. I can’t tell you how content I am to say I don’t have to talk about the same thing every week anymore because on the Thursday before midterm (12^th of February) the school competing was on to determine who would be going through the next round.

I was part of team Stampit and our final product was Christmas cards! Alright not the most original idea out there but we personalized them our self and in fairness it was a last resort because we were running low on time because our other ideas wouldn’t work. We personalized the cards by stamping each people’s names on them on the front of them. It sounds stress-free and relaxing but you’d be amazed how much time it actually took to do a few cards.

Our product was one thing we put A LOT of time and energy into but alongside with it we put just as much effort into our report book that was need for the competition. This book contained information about our experience and we all did our bit to get it complete on time. To finish the experience on a high note won best report book and we were all so astonished and very satisfied because we put a considerably amount of effort into it.

I speak on behalf on team stampit when I say it was a fantastic experience and we are all happy to depart from the project. Well done to everyone who competed and big congratulations to the two teams who got through to the next stage!

Pictures from our experience

Our Logo (its suppose to say stamp it on it

                                                      Our Product!

Our stand for selling at the fashion show

The team on the day of the competition

Im just a teenage girl who hates the thought of growing up but im doing it with a smile on my face and a positive attitude. I hope you liked reading about my mini experience of having a company! Miss.Galligan! x

I was told its not all about winning

Is everyone really a winner?

It’s not all about winning, what counts is taking part and having fun! We've all heard that at some stage of our life. I wonder is it different when you are older and put 10 times more work into winning what do you think? For example the 2015 Oscars are on tonight the 22nd of February and this evening there will be happy and sad faces but at the end of the day everyone is a winner ... i think not! Imagine putting sweat blood and tears into something and being told "not good enough" that's clearly discouraging right? I'm not saying getting to the Oscars and not winning isn't amazing it really is a great achievement but being so close to winning first place in a race and setting a new record but being one second off betting the record. Yes you achieved something (1st place) but failed at the same time. That is what i think it’s like being nominated for an Oscar. Ok i know losing isn't the end of the world but in such a big competition it would be a shame.

At 11.30 on sky movies and sky live the Oscars will be playing and every person watching will be supporting either an actor or an actress something else like a movie or singer but fandoms (is that a real word? well it is in our generation so ill use it!) all across the world will be disappointed and overwhelmed.

There are several movies for an Oscar under the category "best picture" they are American Sniper, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Boyhood, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game, Selma, The Theory of Everything and whiplash. Tonight one will be named the best picture of 2015 and everybody who took part in the other movies will snobbishly congratulate the cast and team.

Want me say who i want to win? Well i cant because I’ve only seen whiplash and yes i loved the story line and thought it was an amazing movie but I’ve heard some great things about all the movies up for the award so i believe it’s an even playing field.

Whiplash is about a first year music student, Andrew Neiman (Miles teller) who wins a seat on a jazz band. He sits behind the drums seeking respect from the teacher, Fletcher (J.K. Simmons) that teaches the band using fear and intimidation to push them to be pure perfection. The story line kicks off when Fletcher is shown to be abusive toward his students, mocking and insulting them! It all begins when he hurls a chair at Andrew for not keeping his tempo, and humiliates him in front of the class.

Movie details:

Director -  Damien Chazelle, Producers -  Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook, Michel Litvak and David Lancaster, Writer - Damien Chazelle , Starring - Miles Teller, J. K. Simmons, Paul Reiser and Melissa Benoist,  Editor - Tom Cross, Release dates - January 16, 2014 (Sundance) and October 10, 2014 (United States), Running time - 106 minutes, Budget - $3.3 million and Box office - $11.4 million

Im just a teenage girl who hates the thought of growing up but im doing it with a smile on my face and a positive attitude. I hope you liked reading about my thoughts on the Oscars!– Miss.Galligan! x

Did Somebody Say Drama?

After weeks of writing and classes of practice on 29th of January all TYs from st.wolstans and 3 anxious English teacher got on buses filled with random props and traveled to Mullingar to take part in the briery gap drama competition in the Muillingar Art Centre.

The day started with MS. Ward, Alison and myself dragging the high table and chair from room 33 down to the bus. To be honest it was a lot easier than expected but we sure did get some weird looks as the three of us pushed it into the lift and then just abandoned it in reception. After that we went to the hall and the role was called …. Surprise surprise I think we had full attendance for once!!! I guess I spoke to soon when I said “everything is going to go smoothly” when I said this everything was ok, the whole team was in, we had the table and chair, all the makeup and costume were on the bus but at this moment in time table wasn’t on the bus and when we had to put it on we failed miserably! First we almost put it on the wrong bus and then we could lift it to get it so the bus driver had to do it. DEAR READER, DON’T WORRY IT GOT ONTO THE BUS AND ARRIVED TO THE RIGHT PLACE! Next thing we knew we were all sitting in the changing rooms doing our makeup and getting ready to perform (we didn’t go into the wrong rooms because we didn’t know where we were going if that’s what you are thinking)

Our school brought all they had to the stage, we had everything and anything. We showed the judge a mad girl snapping her "so called" best friends neck and thought him about the true harsh reality of child abuse also aimed for tears as a girl died in her mother’s arms from cancer and went back in time to the era of William Shakespeare.

Within seconds lights were up and it all started with “*bang, bang, bang* SILENCE IN THE COURT ROOM, Ruth Gilbert you are on trial for the murder of Kate Whitmore” It was over before we knew it and second later we were off the stage getting feedback and then running to McDonnells for some well deserved food! It all went well but sadly our drama experience is over as we didn’t get through to the next stage.

stage we performed on

Im just a teenage girl who hates the thought of growing up but im doing it with a smile on my face and a positive attitude. I hope you liked reading about my day full of drama! – Miss.Galligan! x

After school i'll go to ...

Is it possible to want to be out of school already but at the same time never want to leave? Well it must be because that’s how I feel 24/7. I haven’t any idea about what I want to do when I leave school so I want to stay until I know but at the same time I think if I just get out already maybe everything will just fall into place and I’ll know. I just hate constantly have to worry about the future all I know is when im done school im going to get on a plane and live the life I want. Im going to New York, I don’t know if it will be 10 days after I finish or 10 years but I want to go someday!
You might want to know while you read this that I’ve always wanted one of them fake, perfect, movielike life’s so while you read this bear in mind I know something’s that I say I want do are in movie and are so stage it will be impossible but sure what’s life without a crazy dream that is so far from reality.
When I leave school im going the place that is always busy, I will visit the all shops that people should call their second homes because they are always there, I even want to have perfect white fairy tale Christmas that I dreamed of when I was ten (reality check! so not going to happen) . It may sound mad but on the packed streets I want to run a block or two just for a taxi and then miss it so I have to rush to a meeting, I want it to be so like in the movies when people run for a meeting with some coffee in one hand and their phone in the other while they laugh at the thought of being late for a super important meeting and then arrive late but still get the job and have an amazing lifestyle that anybody would kill for!
I want to go to the tourist attractions day after day and never fail at being confused looking at the lights in times square at night, be stressed by the amount of people in times square during the day, be amazed by the height of the empire state building, feel smart because I know why the statue of liberty is green and not brown anymore and most of all I want to be stunned by the beauty of central park every day!

Times square (Night)

Time square (Day)

Empire State Building

 

Statue of Liberty

 Central Park

 Im just a teenage girl who hates the thought of growing up but im doing it with a smile on my face and a positive attitude. I hope you liked reading about how I when I leave school someday I want to visit New York! – Miss.Galligan! x