NELSON

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our dark that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people don't feel insecure around you.We are all meant to shine as children do. Its not just in some of us; its in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsiously give other people to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."

Says Nelson Mandela anyways :P

I love that quote :)

Heres the man himself...



Nelson, I'd like to welcome you to my blog. Feel free to have a look around and read here or there. I hope you'll enjoy being my new mascot :)

Thats right Nelson, you are my new mascot :)

Best PHotograph Ever

The title of this post is in no way expressing fact or personal opinion. Im just going to tell you the story.

I was bored earlier today so i decided to search on google "best photograph ever"

The picture that follows was the 1st result:




i dont understand why it would be considered the best photo ever - but hey, google is an american created site so i guess its an excuse to blame them.

haha

ciao

Wow

I know people have been eagerly waiting for my next post (sarcastic) so here it is...

I thought i was going to be going to singapore but then i couldnt afford it and i hate to say but i was slightly glad after that when i found out that amber wasnt going because it means she wont be going away from me and it means also then that i can spend alot of my summer with her inbetween driving lessons and working.

Yeah, thats right, everything above is one sentence.

But, the main purpose of my posting today is to tell people that currently it is 4.54 am and for the past 5 hours i have been doing nothing but attempting to sleep. Then suddenly i decided, while it takes me a while to get to sleep i may as well make the most out of the time it takes instead of wasting it.

I think the lack of sleep is demolishing my logic :P

Ill try again here

goodnight - or goodmorning i suppose

Questions and a picture

Heya all

Heres my quiz

Rules:

1. The rules of the game get posted at the beginning.
2. Each player answers the questions about themselves.
3. At the end of the post the player then tags 5 people and posts their names,
then goes to their blogs and leaves a comment, letting them know they got tagged and to ask them to play and read your blog.

Starting time:10.36am (NI time)
Name:Ryan Rodwell
Sisters: 1
Brothers:1
Shoe size: 9 and a half UK size
Height: no idea
Where do you live? somewere were you'll never have heard of and could never find on a map

Favourite drinks? Oasis, coca cola, shloer
Favourite breakfast? Noodles
Have you ever been on a plane? Yepz yepz. My ears get sore though :(
Swam in the ocean? yes, its cold
Fallen asleep at school? in mr parks english class this one time
Sat by the phone all night waiting for someone to call? yea...they didnt
Saved e-mails? funny ones, or memorable ones
What is your room like? compact but fun!
What’s right beside you? My beside table, and a shelf with my safe on it
What is the last thing you ate? Weetabix and a handfull of popcorn
Ever had ...Chicken pox? Yeah, not long ago - maybe 2 or 3 years ago.
Sore throat? Yea, this morning and on sunday at work
Stitches? No, a staple in my head though
Broken nose? No, ive broken bones before but none of them were mine
Do you believe in love at first sight? Sometimes.
Like picnics? I love picnics :D
Who was/were the last person/people you danced with? With Amber - in her kitchen but only for a few seconds
Last made you smile? My driving instructor - made me laugh
You last yelled at? Thin air - exhaling excessive mounts of stress
Today you did? Woke up, had my first driving lesson which went great and came home and now on the laptop :D
Have you ever ... ..Kissed anyone? Yea :)
Get sick? Yea - dont like it
Miss someone? Yeah, too much aswell
Eat? Yeah. Just over an hour and a half ago
Do you sleep with stuffed animals? No, but one teddy bear called Tibearius :)
What’s under your bed? empty bags, shoe boxes, and a spider colony that i have yet to find.
Who do you really hate? Jane from Eastenders.
What time is it now? 10.45

Random.
Is there a person who is on your mind now? Yeah, im talking 2 her
Do you have any siblings? a brother and a sister (wasnt this at the very start?)
Do you want children? Yes of course :)
Do you smile often? I try to
Do you like your hand-writing? Not really
Are your toe nails painted? Erm...nope
Whose bed other than yours would you rather sleep in? Ambers because her duvet is so soft. I slept there while she was away some were just to spite her *maniacal laughter*
What color shirt are you wearing? Grey
What were you doing at 7:00 p.m. yesterday? Sleeping - i was sooo tired
When did you cry last? Cant remember exactly
Are you a friendly person? I hope so
Do you have any pets? a dog :D and...a rabbit! :D
Where is the person you have feelings for right now? Amber, shes in her computer room on msn
Did the last person you held hands with mean anything to you now? Of course
Do you sleep with the TV on? If i find im falling asleep ill turn it off. Like yesterday - i missed the end of independence day because my eyes were drooping
What are you doing right now? Doing this quiz and trying to chat Amber.
Have you ever crawled through a window? Yeah - its a long story though
Can you handle the truth? If the truth isnt a lie
Are you too forgiving? Ye :/
Are you closer to your mother or father? My Mommy.
Who was the last person you cried in front of? Amber
How many people can you say you’ve really loved? Depends on the type of love. Many though
Do you eat healthy? Sometimes :/
Have you ever cried because of something someone said to you? Yea
If you're having a bad day, who are you most likely go to? Amber, emma, or in some cases God
Are you loud or quiet most of the time? Ask amber :P
Are you confident? I try to be

5 things I was doing 10 years ago:
1)Primary School
2)Moving house i think
3)arguing with my brother
4) playing with toy guns
5) Preparing for p4

5 things on my to-do list today:
1) Sleep earlier
2) Tidy living room
3) Keep kitchen tidy
4) Chat 2 amber
5) Talk to people about my driving lesson :p

5 snacks I enjoy:
1) Reeces Peanut butter cups
2) Toffee cheesecake
3) Rolo Yogurts
4) Popcorn
5) Vienese whirls with amber

5 things I would do if I were a billionaire:
1) Give a lrge amount to the NCDL or Dogs Trust or whatever its called now
2) Work my way onto the stock market
3) Hire some big tough guys to do dirty work for me
4)Write a will probably
5) Put the money in a bank account and live happily of the interest.

5 of my bad habits:
1)Picking my nails
2)Biting my nails.
3)I often talk too much without knowing and people dont listen
4) Over reacting
5) getting annoyed

5 places I have lived in:
1) House in ballygowan
2) House in killinchy.
3) Another house in Ballygowan
4) Raffrey
5) Ambers house

5 jobs I’ve had:
1) Paper round
2) Working in a chip shop
3) Workin with my dad
4) workin in a shop at the moment
the end

I tag...nobody...because nobody tags me! HMPH! lol :P

Picture for today?

Here it is.....


Yea, its a bird coming in to land :D

C y'all later

New Pics

My sis taught me some new tricks on photoshop involving bringing colour through a black and white image. My best version of this is shown below...



Tag me and let me know what you think of it :D

Also, yesterday i went to see my gorgeous new nephew in Dublin. His name is Oliver and he was born on the 5th of June weighing in at 8.1 pounds. He shares the same birthday as Charlie Clements, the actor that plays the part of Bradley in Eastenders and also the birthday of outstandingly talented and very skilled showbiz celeb Jade Goody (sarcasm btw). Some pics of him are shown below:


Here he is crying...awwww :)


And his little hands *eyes water*

c y later ppl, tag me!

Good days...

Last few days have been really really great...all will be explained below:

On monday I went to Amber's house to help study but found myself watching a movie and then sitting at the sea side instead *cheeky grin* then Amber's auntie made us the most delectable steak for dinner. The movie was great although amber didn't enjoy it. The beach was lovely though - all quiet except for the noise of the crashing waves. Then I eventually went home on the 21.05 bus and got home very tired but didn't sleep until perhaps 1 am the next morning.

Tuesday - woke up, showered, dressed, bus to Downpatrick, another bus to newcastle, got off in newcastle, arrived at amber's, ate some lovely noodles with mushrooms and ham or something in them ^_^ then we set about to doing some more english revision. We went down for lunch and got KFC (which I paid for) and it was there Amber said the words that made me giggle for the rest of the day. The were, "I don't like having friends who are really really REALLY skinny because I'm always afraid I might break them". We then headed back to the house for more studies. After we revised for a short while we watched a movie called 'Assembly', directed by Xiaogang Feng, that is about a soldier who fights to gain recognition for all of his lost comrades who died during a battle of the Chinese Civil War. It was definitely very good.
After the film we headed down town to do some english revision at the library - but we popped into Painted Earth for a few minutes first. Painted Earth is the kind of shop were you buy canvass, paintings, postcards, photographs etc etc. Amber bought a postcard to send back home and I bought a fancy picture of daisies and raindrop and stuff. I was asking the woman who owns the shop about some photographs that were on the wall behind her and she explained that they were taken by local photographers. I explained to her that I myself was a keen photographer - we got talking for a few minutes and now she is interested in seeing some of my photographs and she says she may consider selling some of them *ryan is happy*
Then we went to the sea side were I took some pics in a sudden burst of inspiration. Two of the best of these are shown below (I also thought they looked very nice in black and white so...):





Then we went to the library and studied for a while. Then, after that, we went to Mauds were we had hot chocolate but continued to study. We were sitting there cuddled up drinking hot chocolate and reading through notes when it occured to me that Amber had been staring at the same sheet for quite a while. I looked down at her and she flinched a bit then opened her eyes and looked up. The little dear had fallen asleep, teehee.
We studied for as long as we could until the alarm went for me to head up to the bus. When we got there, we waited a short while before i got on the bus and went home.
Wednesday was great too. I went into school to do my english exams which went very well themselves. Im expecting a B in my results if its anything better than a C. Then for the last few hours of school I went up to the ICT suite to simply mess about on the computers since the common room had been closed because of a broken window. While i was up there Mr Williamson came in and handed me a copy of the school's magazine. For those who don't know, I was on the magazine committee this year as its official photographer. There was in interesting and pleasing section about me in the magazine's editorials:


You might need to click on it to enlarge it before you are able to read it - point is, it made me very happy ^_^ and the magazine also used up to eight of my pictures ^_^
Then when school was 20 minutes from over i met with amber after her Mechanics exam and we sat at the front of school and ate our lunch (subway sandwiches) which were very nice.
Then I got home later to find that my provisional license had finally arrived so. . .now im going to start getting driving lessons and hopefully learn to drive by the start of August.

Oh oh, i also nearly forgot, i got a job just over a week ago - they pay minimum wage but its still something lol.

Well, i hope whoever has had the patience to read all this has enjoyed doing so

Cheerio for now

*waves*

last picture - flowwwweeeeeeeeerrrzzz! Yayyyyyzzz ^_^

taadaaaaaa

In a valiant attempt at keeping this blog active - I have decided to post yet again :D

I had a fairly enjoyable day today. On one of my days off it is always enjoyable to wake up at 6.45am and go to school for the hell of it (okok, that was sarcastic) but it was definitely worth it as when I got to school I encountered an Amber that was very cheerful but couldn't bring herself to look it. PMT i think (HAHA i mean Pre-Module Tension - not the other thing) she was doing one of her modules in computing. Meanwhile, i got to sit about in common room watching The Sopranos until amber's exam finished. She came back afterwards looking very relieved and we sorta chatted for maybe an hour :p then we watched the rest of Knocked Up which we started watching a long time ago and have now finally finished. Luckily, she remained awake during it teehee.
Spent the rest of the day traveling home along my normal route which took seemingly longer than normal. Must be the heat.
Anyways, now I sit here typing this new post on my blog and amber is on the phone to me asking the difference between moaning and groaning. Better go and get dictionary to see if there is actualy a difference...

ohoh, picture:

This is a picture i took on work experience. It shows forensic detective people about to enter a house on the subsequent morning of a brutal murder; in which men with hatchets stormed in and butchered the man in his bed in front of his heavily pregnant wife, who fell into labour only 2 hours after his death. In this picture, the forensic detective can be seen with a police 'crimestoppers' van in the foreground.

ciao