Hi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

International Student Hank from Vietnam

Hi everybody, I’m Hank. My friend Nick always calls me Tom Hank because it is easier to remember my name (^^). I’m really happy to become a member of this wonderful blog. Nice to meet all of u!!!!!!!!!!

I’m from Vietnam, a small beautiful in the south east of Asia. My country is so hot with many shining beaches and friendly people (like me > <). Believe me! Vietnam is really really great place to travel. Hope that u could have chance to visit my country. I’m sure to be a free tour-guide for u!

About me! I’m 17. I’m studying Media in the Foundation course. Oh I think this course is so interesting and this year I will make a short film. I certainly show this film in our blog when it is completed. I PROMISE! Uhm…

I’m funny and good at cooking and I hope to have more and more friends from all over the world!!!!!!!!!!!

About Sussex!!!!! I’ve just been here for 2 months, 7 days, 18 hours and 36 minutes. Everything is not easy for me. But I’m satisfied with my new life. And I just want to say: I LOVE SUSSEX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello I am the forementioned BF. I have no idea about blogging but I will give it a try. Maybe this will keep all of our friends up to date with our lives. Hell maybe even help them in case they go thru the same situations that we do.

With that said I am not sure who will ever read any of this but we will do our best to offend shock and awe everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! jkjk enjoy.

Top Marquees is a well-established company that supplies mini marquees and accessories for use in the promotion of businesses in many different sectors.

We are a small company that is ambitious and wants to grow as large as we can, but still retain the customer service and quality of product that we have built our reputation on.

Top Marquees are also new to the world of blogging and social media and we are tentatively trying our proverbial toes in the water to see if we can connect with our customers and people who may be interested in what we do in a more up to date way!

So guys this is my first post. I’m not sure what will happen with this blog or if I’ll even keep it up, but I do have quite a lot to say. While I figure things out in my world, I thought I’d share it with the rest of the world. I guess I’m artsy & literature-y like that.

I will start my blogging with a super fun Pre-New Year’s New Year’s Resolution. Today I decided I am going to END my unhealthy obsession over this certain guy in my life who shall remain nameless. That is my goal that is to be accomplished no later than New Year’s Eve. I will overcome this problem and I will move on to much more healthy, and inevitably more boring relationships. So now, I will list the top 5 reasons why:

1. His lying, cheating self never deserved me.

2. I am far too intelligent to be persuaded by his sweet talk & ever-so-charming self (or I’ll tell myself that).

3. I’ve got far more important, fulfilling things to worry about (AKA school & work?).

4. His big brown eyes are definitely not enough to win me over.

5. I should learn to be not-so-affected by that dreamy confidence.

sighhhh… Do I really want to give this up?

& I started off so well.

Anybody else have a Pre-New Year’s New Year’s Resolution? I’m starting a trend, PNYNYR’s start on December 1st and should be accomplished by midnight on New Year’s Eve. My Theory is that a short term goal is much more easily accomplished and of course far more chic. Keep me up to date on your PNYNYR.

- Adi

BILAL MOHAMED ALSALIB

Hello There

My name is Bilal Mohamed Alsalib , My Friends Call Me “Billy” so feel free to call me whatever you like.  I am 22 years old from Saudi Arabia (Jeddah) born in Germany, Studying Computer engineering, in my foundation Year Now and everything going great till now.

I’ve been studying in Malaysia before coming to the UK, been asked by my country ministry of high education to change my previous University and they gave me the opportunity to change the country too, so I chose the UK, for the high quality of education the Universities there  provides for their students .

Huddersfield University was my choice for several reasons, first was the area its build on. Quiet and nice place away from the noisiness of big cities, the people around here kind and friendly, and let’s not forget about the quality of education that the university provides.

More about me and my hobbies xD

I’m a person who loves meeting new people, making new friends, going out having fun, smiling almost all the time, i play football, i go to the gym, love reading, enjoy classical music, hmmm and a lot more when you get to know me. I’m always around, in the ISC or in John’s office. Feel free to talk to me and i hope i can be a good company for you.

Take care.

BASSEY OKODI

My name is Bassey Okodi. I was born in Nigeria, more especially the southern part. I am 18 years old. I am from a family of five, I have one brother and one sister. I am currently studying on the science foundation course at the University of Huddersfield international study centre. I would like to have a degree in pharmacy after my foundation programme.

I got to know about Huddersfield university just after I finished secondary school in Nigeria. I have always wanted to school in UK, my uncle advised me to come to Huddersfield because it is a quiet and peaceful town.

My hobbies are football, travelling, and surfing the net. Before I came to England I was in my country’s u-18 team. I am a huge fan of English football, I support Chelsea football club. I like travelling because I like seeing different places on aeroplanes and buses. My dislike include liars, thieves, etc. I always like having fun with my friends am a friendly person I like making friends.

I would like to pursue a career in the medical field, because I like taking care of people and treating them. I am studying pharmacy because I have been curious about the ways drugs are made. And I have also met great pharmacist.

Hi There Internet land! Vallancey here from Ireland. The original Vallancey was always regarded as a bit of an eegit, but he was one of the first people in the 17th century to suggest that the ancestors of the Irish of his time built the amazing megaliths like Newgrange and Lough Crew etc. He used a wild imagination to infer connections between native American languages, Phonecian, and Irish. Most of the time Monsieur Vallancey was wrong, but in the process of being wrong he kicked off lots of the theories of modern linguistics. So – in the spirit of Vallancey, here goes. The topics in here will vary widely. Hope I can find time to keep up regular contributions. Comments, input, debate always welcome. This is my first attempt at a blog, so I am sure I am doing lots of things wrong. I don’t have a category, for instance. But hopefully I’ll sort this out as I go. Any advice, suggestions are welcome, too!

Just started my new blog! So exciting! Even if still don’t know what a heck I’m doing… I think it’s gonna be a lot of fun!

So I’m here, in the computer lab, once again, continuing my explorations in the world of blogging. I was going to post on the “about” page, but I just don’t know what to put there yet, or that I even want one, so I decided not to, that I would just do a “free post.” I hope that after about a week or so, I’ll be a “pro-blogger”, and really understand all this stuff inside and out..Sometimes, I really feel like I’m website inclined, cause there’s alot I get, and alot I just don’t get..But this site don’t look too complicated, and shit, if I’m already managing 3 other “profiles”, what’s one more, right?..

So today I wrote up my new project proposal for the class that I’m starting this for..I think it’s going to be ok, and that Paul will like it..I was so afraid that he won’t, that I went and had it looked at in the Learning Center. When I first went over and asked the student who was on duty to check it out, and he replied, I immediately thought to myself “wow, your breathe smells like coffee”..But we looked it over together, and he approved, just a few minor changes..We’ll see how it all goes tomorrow.

Tonight, I’m going to have a late dinner, probably grilled cheese from the Buttery cause that seems to be my new thing, and watching HOUSE at 8 (only the best show, EVER), and probably going to go paint. My new, portable speakers came in last week, and I have yet to test them out in the art building yet..It’s pretty creepy being in there alone, so an ipod is key.

I’m really excited to get pictures up and start my new photography project, and connect with the world through blogging..I did some searches last night, and found some really interesting, talented, insightful people, and once I feel like my blog is full enough to actually contact people, I’m going to do that. But until now, it’s just me..talking to me..

I have a little time to kill, so I’m going to explore how to seperate the “art” stuff from the “personal” stuff..

Wishing myself luck,

Hey guys! My name’s Matt Hill and I’m going to be joining the bloggers here at Teens aWake.  This is my first time writing a blog, and I am very excited to get started.

Before I reveal what it is I will be writing about (oh the suspense), here’s a little background information about myself.  I recently graduated high school a year early so that I could follow my dream of traveling and taking in the different cultures of the world, especially that of my ancestors in Asia.  After months of preparing, I’m finally ready to embark. So I’m leaving November 18.

Anyways, without further ado, what I will be blogging about.  I’ll be blogging on my experiences traveling abroad in foreign countries.  This is a rare experience, and I want to share it with everyone here at home in North Carolina so you guys can get a feel for other cultures and see what it’s like in other parts of the world.

So be expecting pictures, videos, and more in the coming !

Matt Hill

Today, I feel and know, is a new day. I finally made the plan and implamented it, to start a blog.

I have a good since of accomplisment for just geeting started.

This I know, is the start of the second half of my life. The first half was just a dry run for something much, much better.

I look forward to having fun and hopefully being the biggest cheer leader for others with big dreams and aspirations.

Thanks ahead of time for all who have given me inspiration and hope to be the best that I can be.

So why WordPress when Blogspot seemed to be working for me? Probably because there’s a BlackBerry app for WordPress, lol. I’m not much of a blogger, so I really don’t have much to contribute in terms of opinions, but sometimes, I just need to put my thoughts down somewhere.

Anyone here wanna show me how this thing works? haha. There’s definitely a lot more things involved with making this blog “mine” compared to the other blog I have…. then again, I’m not much of a blogger anyway, so what do I know?

Anyway, check out this video of a really proud cup stacker. I found it amusing.

A new name emerged in the blogosphere last week, and she’s hit the keyboard typing. Mary, aka “poopser” put her first entry down on digital paper, and already the comments are rolling in.

Her blog, Crohn’s Disease: The Combat Within, talks about the life and struggle of a woman growing up with IBD. Mary describes herself as a Residential Nurse who loves her job but is unable to work right now because of complications from Crohn’s. She is currently 51 years old and was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease when she was just eight.

I enjoy hanging with my family and friends and consider myself to be blessed, and a positive, optimistic person despite years of battling Crohn’s. I also like to quilt, read (I loved The Lord of the Rings Series and the Twilight Series, and even Harry Potter books) and I think that Robert Pattenson is “hot” despite the fact that he is just a baby compared to me.

Though she’s new to blogging, I’m sure we’ll see a lot of great content from this bold and straight-forward lady.

Everyone is encouraged to read Mary’s blog and give her feedback and suggestions on what to write about next. She is a very positive thinker, and very generous too (Mary donated to my Crohns TeamChallenger campaign to raise money for children with Crohn’s Disease). She deserves all the support she can get! Help Mary feel at home in the Crohn’s community and among bloggers. Over time I’m sure Poopser will grow to something amazing.

Once more, you can find her blog by clicking here, or clicking the Crohn’s Disease: The Combat Within on my blogroll.

Approximately a year ago, Josh, the one person I dibbed as my best friend was having hard times with his family. He didn’t want to deal with it. I felt for him, it’s tough to live under the same roof as your family. Seeing my friend in obvious frustration over the situation that had been created by him needing to move back in with his mother, and seeing that he lost his job because it was through his dad, that being the other half of his problems, I felt I could aid in lessening his stress load by telling him to come stay with myself and my girlfriend.

“It’s no big deal. It sort of sucks that it’s only a one bedroom, but, you can crash on the couch for awhile if you’d like.” I can recall telling him.

“Yeah, that would be cool for now. Until I get a job at least.” Josh responded with that dumb tone of voice he has and a slight grin of relief.

I felt good about this! My best friend and the love of my life under the same roof! How could this get any more perfect? At the time I was employed by Walmart as an overnight grocery stocker. I hated this job. I’d much rather stay at home, chill with my buddies, and have my girl clinging to my hand with some good music thumping in the background,. Instead I was out working nine hours a night, five nights out of the week. Looking into a case of ketchup, instead of the eyes of my friends.

Hanging out with my two favorite people before work made it a little more bearable. It was a good form of social relief seeing as I was alone in a grocery aisle with Christmas music repeating itself over the PA system the rest of the night. Things were good. Other then this dreaded job, I was happy and content with my life.

“If I asked you to marry me, would you say yes?” I said to Ashley, who was sitting on the floor in front of the coffee table as I was playing with her hair.

“Yes, I would.” she replied with the most beautiful smile. I could see the love in her eyes and feel the warmth of being adored by a woman as amazing as she was.

Hearing her say yes, though it wasn’t a real proposal, made me so excited and happy. For little did she know, I had picked out a ring as perfect as she was. My plans where to wait until the nasty Wisconsin winter coldness slipped into a more comfortable temperature, and take her to the gazebo in the garden. Which is where her and I secretly expressed our feelings for each other for the first time. I can remember that night so clearly. We had walked there after having supper with my grandma. Ashley wrapped up in my red plaid blanket that I kept in my Le Baron, occasionally whining she was still cold. Both of us growing up around the town of Abbotsford had no idea this gazebo we came to even existed. We sat on the bench, her clinging to the blanket, me with my arm around her, and a hand on hers. Soon there came tears as we spoke of her being with another man. I tried so hard to comfort her, telling her things will work out in her favor, and that I’ll be there to make sure of it.

“What do you want me to do Ashley? Tell me to stop and I will.” I said after kissing her with my arms around her.

“I don’t want you to stop, but I should tell you to stop.” she said with tears streaming down her face.

I kissed her again, hard, and squeezing her knowing I wasn’t going to let her go that easy.

The entire time I had that ring in my nightstand, I had to keep reminding myself not to show her. I didn’t really care how she would become my wife, but I knew she’d appreciate it greatly if I made the proposal something special. Every morning Josh would normally wake to my coming home from work. We’d sit around, drink some coffee, or depending on if I had to work that night we’d go out and do something. Life WAS exciting!… other than work. The ring in my nightstand that I couldn’t tell my girlfriend about ate at me until finally I told Josh I had a ring for her. Josh was such a great guy; I knew he wouldn’t slip up and spoil the surprise.

Ashley wore my clothes, and I loved it! I found it adorable. But, one day I decided to look for a shirt of mine that I noticed missing for some time. I was digging through where she kept her T-shirts in the closet when sometime fell and nailed me directly in the eye. When I glanced at my feet to see what dare strike my eye I seen a sex toy. Foreign to me, what the hell?! I’ve never seen this thing before in my life, why was it being hidden? Was she not aware that I was well aware of what there was plenty of in her top drawer? The search no longer was for a T-shirt. The item that feel gave me an instant terrible feeling. I went onto the account on the website I knew she ordered her toys from and found access to her account. Come to find there were many items I’ve never seen before ordered and received by her. I went back to the closet and dug and dug until I uncovered it all. Toys, outfits, and etc. I had no idea she had any of it. F-ed up I thought. When I had questioned her on it, there were tears, and little explanation. We had not been having much sex since Josh moved in, no matter if we were alone or how hard I tried, and she claimed to not even be masturbating. Call me a creep but I found that really strange, so I had sort of booby trapped her drawer to see if it was even being opened, and it wasn’t.

Eventually Josh’s welcome in my eyes expired. For I was getting suspicious of the two being alone all the time. I noticed he no longer came and hung out with me before I went to work. He would only come over after I’d left. At first I thought nothing of this, but it going on for week after week pissed me off. I’d come home in the morning just to see him parked in MY spot. I’d have to park at the very end of the driveway and walk through snow to get into MY apartment where he was on MY couch sound asleep. I also noticed things like the one time, he was sitting on the end of the couch closest to me, while I was sitting in my recliner. She was laying on the other portion of the couch with her feet under his leg. I was sitting forward on edge from this alone… then she went to sit up and she reached for his hand, he held his out and she grabbed it, pulled her feet out, put them on the floor, and the few seconds hesitation to drop his hand made me flip out.

“You just HAD to touch him?!” I snapped. “What are you crippled that you couldn’t put your own feet on

the floor without holding his hand?!”

I had had a conversation with Ashley on how it was very odd he didn’t come hang out with me anymore. She must have said something to him because that same night he came a whole whooping ten minutes before I had to leave. WOOOOO that’s better, right?! Her and I hugged and kissed before I left. I shut the door behind me and walked to my truck, started it, and walked back to the apartment window. When I left he had been laying in front of the TV, her in the recliner, no one saying a word. Now, her in the recliner, him sitting right next to her, and they were laughing.

“Are you cheating on me with Josh?” I questioned her in private before she left for work.

“No, I would never do that. I love you.” she commented looking at herself in the mirror.

“Look at me when you say that.”

“I love you. Now I have to get ready for work, or I’ll be late.” she said as she pushed me out of the room.

I sat quietly in the living room with Josh who was still sleeping. The front door had closed and I had watched her pull away out of view. Ashley has cheated on her boyfriend before. I was proof. I watched her lie to him flat out to his face on multiple occasions. I figured if anybody would be honest, it would be the guy on my couch.

“Josh, wake up. I need to talk to you.”

“What?’

“Wake up first, coffee?”

“No, what’s going on?”

“If you were doing things with Ash, you’d tell me right?”

“Yeah.”

“So are you?”

“No.”

“You WOULD tell me right?” I asked not satisfied with the answer.

“Yeah, I would. I promise.”

“If you fucking even think about touching her…”

“Yeah I know.”

One morning I came home from work and they were both sitting up on the couch. I was exhausted, I was having a hard time sleeping because I kept replaying everything I’ve heard and seen going on between the two. I dropped my jacket on the back of a chair and laid on the floor, not saying much.

“Why don’t you go to bed?” Ashley asked.

“Because, I’m hanging with my buddies!” I replied back, flinging my arms about in a frustrated manor.

I couldn’t lay there anymore. No one was saying anything and I was tired. I went in the bedroom and left the door cracked. Shortly after I had finally laid down I heard the door go shut. Instantly I could hear their voices. Quiet conversation, quiet giggles, and the television volume increasing. I came out of the bedroom and asked they turned it down, it was keeping me awake. I laid back down, heard the front door, and the exchange of goodbyes.

My hand found the drawer on my nightstand. Out I pulled a ring. Out came the tears.

To be continued after I stop feeling pissed.

Wow I never thought I would ever have my own blog but here I am.  I’m a very private person and due to that characteristic, which i totally am proud to have (I’m not complaining), I find myself not saying much… then there are moments when you want to put things on paper, in hopes that it will help you sort things out.  Then I think, well isn’t that like keeping a diary?  Frankly, I feel childish doing so.  So now I thought, “well…I can tell the world by blogging”.  You still achieve the feeling that you have expressed your feelings, your thoughts, your goals, your dreams to someone because it’s out there, but for some reason still very distant from speaking to people. 

I’m a 23 years old, California girl, born and raised.  I have big dreams, high hopes,  a big heart and i think I want to open it up to the world.

This would be my first blog ever; lets give this a shot.

So in this photo would be me, taken as I am currently.  Tired, lonely, and sitting in the dark. I do find it a little inappropriate that I am up this time of day seeing it is 2:16am, and I have things to accomplish tomorrow, but I have a terrible time getting myself to sleep. For, as soon as I put my head on a pillow my mind becomes very active, pondering everything from “why can’t I sleep?” “I wonder what ‘My Waitress’ is up to” “Why do we exist?” “I’m hungry” to “what was it that my kindergarten  teacher once said to me while I was coloring that picture of a dinosaur?”So you see, I’d rather sit up doing pretty much nothing on a computer, than lay awake with my eyes peeled wide open starring off into nothing.

Yes ladies, I am a handsome kid… and yes ladies, I am single and generally intelligent.
“What?! Why?!” you ask me?
The answer is uncertain, but a theory would be that I am way too picky when it comes to who I’d like to see myself with. But don’t I have the right to be picky? I’ve gone through some terrible things when it comes to “love” relationships and I still haven’t fully recovered from this last round. I’ll be certain to catch you all up on that tomorrow, or maybe the day after for I don’t really know where I’ll be tomorrow. I know not even five minutes ago I was ranting that I’d rather sit up doing nothing then lay in bed awake for hours, but, I feel really tired so maybe I’ll fall asleep for once, or maybe you’ll be hearing from me again WAAAY too soon.

I hope you’re all prepared for a large number of rants on various topics starting next time I sign on.

Goodnight Kids,
Ashton

This is my first post on my blog. I am a rookie at this, but thought it might be fun.
It’s a rainy day/night as the remains of Hurricane Ida pushes moisture north toward NC.
I have been a licensed ham radio operator since 1966. I have mostly operated on VHF until I got a new HF radio this past August. Well it was new to me anyway. I found a TenTec OMNI VI+ radio & power supply and sent it over to TenTec for a complete checkout. Got it back and hooked it up to the new Carolina Windom wire antenna that I built. Works great. Have been trying out some digital modes, PSK31, & Olivia. Worked Germany, France, and Italy in the first few weeks, so it’s a success.

I’m collecting parts and plans to build a foundation for my Ezway 85′ crankup tower. Took down an oak tree that was in the area where the tower is going. Cut the tree into rounds, now need to get them split. Maybe next weekend.

Yours truly

Hello? Is anyone out there?

Ooooh, boy. I’m so new to this blogging thing and very bad with computers, it seems. I forgot for a moment this morning that I’m not good at, well, doing things.

 My brain is about to explode all over the keyboard and, trust, I recognize it’s not as hard as I’m making it out to be. What did I get myself into?

I swear, this will NOT be one of those things I start & don’t finish, but-

I’m a pen and paper gal…yeesh…..

After deliberating for last few days, I finally have a blog. I may put in my favourite recipes, or lash out at a casual dismissal of Indian cricketer or I dont know what else.

I set up this blog about a year ago and to be honest, I just couldn’t figure out how to do anything.

So I’m back to give it another shot and hopefully, this time with great success.

I promised myself once I started a blog I would keep it up and learn everything there is to learn about blogging, however I have the type of personality that takes on many new projects and completes only a few. They all look good at the time….as one speaker once said “Spontaneous Persona’s can easily be distracted by bright shiny objects”, that would describe me.

However I have always aspired to be a Methodical Thinker and task oriented, totally defying my true persona, but being rewarded for my efforts.  I am sitting here today because of my promise to myself, a goal that I set and have now achieved (3 blogs in week 1), yay….I can cross that one off my list and feel like I accomplished something. I love that!

No matter what persona type you are (check out your persona at the link in the Tag at the top of the page. Meyers-Briggs are the specialists in Persona testing, but this will give you a quick assessment of the type of personality you are. Take a look at mine at the top of the page.  Have fun and enjoy the process, or just take the test and bemome more aware of how you fit in with others and the work you are doing.

So, whatever it is that you want to do, no matter what persona you fit into, just start by taking action (1 small goal at a time). Then celebrate your success!

I know you can do it, and I look forward to hearing about your success.

Cheers! dk

Now Everyone's on the Air

This is the first blog post from a long-time “old media” guy who is making the transition into New Media. Actually, my goal is to find new and better ways to bring the two worlds together … and to understand New Media well enough to share what I’ve learned with others.

This fall (2010) at Northland Community & Technical College in Thief River Falls, MN, we’ll be welcoming the first class of students into our Center for New Media.

In the nine months or so before those students walk through the doors of our shiny new Mac lab, I’ll be using this blog to reflect on what I’m learning about blogs, podcasts, twitter, Facebook, and whatever new social media platforms are yet to emerge from the digital veins of the web.

I was enamored with mass media from an early age, starting with the signals emanating from my small town radio station. Eventually I ended up on the air at that radio station. One of the most satisfying experiences of being a radio DJ was the connection with the listeners who would call to request a song … or tell me about their bowling score … or report a lost dog … or to reassure themselves that there was someone else out there in the middle of the night.

Social media is like that, too. And more.   

In the months ahead, I’ll share some thoughts about what we’ll be learning together next fall at Northland. I’ll post pictures and videos as we build our New Media classrooms and labs, and invite you to post your thoughts about how students can use New Media to become better communicators, more valued employees, and entrepreneurs.