Produced by Jacobus Lemmer, Head Boy and Chontelle Wharton Publications Committee Staff Liason Miss Fensom Š Thornlie Christian College 2012
Years 8, 10 & 12 Student Councillors 2012
nyssa mccarrol 8c Favourite food? Ice Cream #1 song on iPod? A Thousand Years by Christina Perri If you knew the world was going to end in 2012, what would you do differently? Tell Everyone I Love, that I Love them If you could change your first name, what would you change it to? Isadora If you could meet anyone living or dead who would it be? Selena Gomez If you won the lottery what is the first thing you would do? Give money to my best friend If you could be any cartoon character, who would you be? Smurfette Last movie to make you cry? Romeo and Juliet If you had to evacuate your house what would be the one thing you would take with you? My Box of “SPECIAL” things. If you had 3 wishes what would you wish for? Shelter for the poor, for everyone to love, to always have my friends If you could speak any language, what would it be? Italian, because I am part Italian If you had to choose to be blind or deaf what would you choose? Deaf, so then I can still see things If you could travel to space where would you go? Mars Silliest prank you have ever pulled on someone? Making someone think they had something on their head If you only had 24 hours to live what would you do? Tell the person I love, that I love you
James olsen 8c
Favourite food? Mi Goreng Noodles #1 song on iPod? Paradise, Cold Play If you knew the world was going to end in 2012, what would you do differently? I would be dead If you could change your first name, what would you change it to? I wouldn’t like to change my name If you could meet anyone living or dead who would it be? Jesus If you won the lottery what is the first thing you would do? I would give some money to my parents to look after me and my family If you could be any cartoon character, who would you be? Professor Layton Last movie to make you cry? No movies have made me cry (I’m a tough cookie) Worst gift you have ever been given? I got a book that I already had If you had to evacuate your house what would be the one thing you would take with you? The rest of my family If you had 3 wishes what would you wish for? No sin in the world, that everyone has an equal quality of living and any technical stuff for the rest of my life that I want If you could speak any language, what would it be? Gallifraen, because then I could read that writing If you had to choose to be blind or deaf what would you choose? I would be deaf because then I can still see where I’m going If you could travel to space where would you go? Galilifraen Silliest prank you have ever pulled on someone? I put a whoopee cushion on my mums chair If you only had 24 hours to live what would you do? I would go to England as fast as possible with my family and see all my other family
damon allender 8s Favourite food? Lasagne #1 song on iPod? I’ll Always Love You- Bon Jovi If you knew the world was going to end in 2012, what would you do differently? I would try to stop bullying If you could change your first name, what would you change it to? Elvis If you could meet anyone living or dead who would it be? Bon Jovi If you won the lottery what is the first thing you would do? Give some money to the poor If you could be any cartoon character, who would you be? Ben Ten Worst gift you have ever been given? Clothes all the time at Christmas If you had to evacuate your house what would be the one thing you would take with you? Family If you had 3 wishes what would you wish for? To be Prime Minister If you could speak any language, what would it be? Spanish because it’s interesting or maybe Indonesian If you had to choose to be blind or deaf what would you choose? Deaf, you can see where you are going. If you could travel to space where would you go? The Moon Silliest prank you have pulled on someone? Whoopee cushion on my cousins seat If you only had 24 hours to live what would you do? Speak to family, spend time with them, tell the world not to go crazy, remember you
Brittany prosser 8s Favourite food? Chinese Noodles #1 song on iPod? Big Jet Plane - Angus and Julius Stone If you knew the world was going to end in 2012, what would you do differently? I would dedicate my year to teaching people about God so their lives are different too If you could change your first name, what would you change it to? Hayley If you could meet anyone living or dead who would it be? Jessie J and get her story If you won the lottery what is the first thing you would do? Buy my family houses and food If you could be any cartoon character, who would you be? Yoshi (the dinosaur) Last movie to make you cry? Titanic Worst gift you have ever been given? A sock that was already mine If you had to evacuate your house what would be the one thing you would take with you? My Dog (Sarsha) If you had 3 wishes what would you wish for? To be able to tell the truth in people, to change peoples mind and to have clear skin forever If you could speak any language, what would it be? French, so I could know the most romantic language If you had to choose to be blind or deaf what would you choose? Deaf because I could do more things if I could see and I could always learn sign language and lip read If you could travel to space where would you go? The Milky Way Silliest prank you have ever pulled on someone? Put glue on someone else’s chair, they had white marks on them for the whole day If you only had 24 hours to live what would you do? Tell my family that I love them and then tell my crush that I like them
Thomas Koh 8g Favourite food? Orkra/Lady Singers (Chinese vegetables) #1 song on iPod? K-Pop song, Girls Generation, The Boys If you knew the world was going to end in 2012, what would you do differently? Pray to God that I have a good after life, meaning I go to heaven If you could change your first name, what would you change it to? Nathan, Sonic, Casper If you could meet anyone living or dead who would it be? Jesus If you won the lottery what is the first thing you would do? Give a quarter to charity and the remainder in my bank If you could be any cartoon character, who would you be? Sonic the hedgehog Last movie to make you cry? None Worst gift you have ever been given? McDonalds crayons If you had to evacuate your house what would be the one thing you would take with you? My Nintendo 30s If you had 3 wishes what would you wish for? Everyone praise the Lord, make the poor have money, 100 more wishes If you could speak any language, what would it be? Korean, because I like Korean songs and it would be good to understand them If you had to choose to be blind or deaf what would you choose? No-one in the world would like to be either blind or deaf If you could travel to space where would you go? The planet Mars If you only had 24 hours to live what would you do? Go to Church first then go to the hospital
Skye watson 8g Favourite food? Spaghetti Bolognese #1 song on iPod? Call me maybe - Carley Rae Jepsen If you knew the world was going to end in 2012, what would you do differently? Go skydiving and bungee-jumping If you could change your first name, what would you change it to? Sophie If you could meet anyone living or dead who would it be? Mi If you won the lottery what is the first thing you would do? Buy a mansion If you could be any cartoon character, who would you be? Minnie Mouse If you had to evacuate your house what would be the one thing you would take with you? All my clothes If you had 3 wishes what would you wish for? To be rich, famous and to have everlasting wishes If you could speak any language, what would it be? French so I could go on a romantic holiday If you had to choose to be blind or deaf what would you choose? Deaf because I’d learn sign language and read lips If you could travel to space where would you go? To Mars to find martians Silliest prank you have ever pulled on someone? I put corn flakes in my parents bed, but my brother told on me, so I had to clean it up If you only had 24 hours to live what would you do? Tell the person I love that I love them and say goodbye to my family and friends, then organise a funeral
Adela widjanarko 10F Favourite food? Italian #1 song on iPod? The Crowd If you knew the world was going to end in 2012, what would you do differently? Nothing If you could change your first name, what would you change it to? Christy If you could meet anyone living or dead who would it be? Moses If you won the lottery what is the first thing you would do? Pay off the mortgage If you could be any cartoon character, who would you be? Bugs Bunny Last movie to make you cry? I can’t remember Worst gift you have ever been given? Never been given a bad gift If you had to evacuate your house what would be the one thing you would take with you? Mobile If you had 3 wishes what would you wish for? Peace, the end of poverty and a cure for each sickness If you could speak any language, what would it be? Chinese If you had to choose to be blind or deaf what would you choose? Deaf If you could travel to space where would you go? The moon Silliest prank you have ever pulled on someone? Texting a friend strange messages with my new number If you only had 24 hours to live what would you do? Make the most of being with friends and family
chris jordaan 10F Favourite food? Melkkoes #1 song on iPod? Skillex Bangarang If you knew the world was going to end in 2012, what would you do differently? Everything I ever wanted If you could change your first name, what would you change it to? Percy If you could meet anyone living or dead who would it be? My Grandad If you won the lottery what is the first thing you would do? Change someones life around If you could be any cartoon character, who would you be? Spiderman Last movie to make you cry? Eight Below in 2008 Worst gift you have ever been given? A box of tictacs If you had to evacuate your house what would be the one thing you would take with you? Photos of me and my brother when we were younger If you had 3 wishes what would you wish for? Make the poor wealthy, I could fly and have a great and exciting everyday life If you could speak any language, what would it be? Japanese If you had to choose to be blind or deaf what would you choose? Blind If you could travel to space where would you go? Best place Silliest prank you have ever pulled on someone? Chucked egg and flour on someone If you only had 24 hours to live what would you do? Find the nicest bright blue beach with a lot of wind and watch the sunset
kiante felix 10SO Favourite food? Hot chips and gravy #1 song on iPod? I’ve got a lot. e.g. Final Episode By Asking Alexandria/ Diary of Jane, Firefly, I Will Not Bow by Breaking Benjamin...and more If you knew the world was going to end in 2012, what would you do differently? Differently? Nothing really If you could change your first name, what would you change it to? Codia If you could meet anyone living or dead who would it be? Either Vin Diesel, The Rock or Chris Rock If you won the lottery what is the first thing you would do? Go on a world trip with the closest people to me and buy an Xbox 360 of course If you could be any cartoon character, who would you be? Ichigo Kurasaki Last movie to make you cry? Pursuit of Happiness Worst gift you have ever been given? A slither of a ripped $20 note If you had to evacuate your house what would be the one thing you would take with you? My iPod and Skullcandy HESH headphones If you had 3 wishes what would you wish for? 1 billion dollars, a successful job I enjoy doing and go on a world trip If you could speak any language, what would it be? Afrikaans, my whole family can speak it except my brother and I If you had to choose to be blind or deaf what would you choose? I’d be deaf, I’m good at lip reading If you could travel to space where would you go? I’d go all over the universe Silliest prank you have ever pulled on someone? Fake snake in my Mum’s bed If you only had 24 hours to live what would you do? Go to the beach with friends and go jet skiing and Go Karting
Kaitlan Barnes 10SO Favourite food? Pizza #1 song on iPod? Call me maybe If you could change your first name, what would you change it to? My middle name If you could meet anyone living or dead who would it be? Elvis Presley If you won the lottery what is the first thing you would do? Buy a car If you could be any cartoon character, who would you be? Daffy Duck Last movie to make you cry? Dear John Worst gift you have ever been given? A toothbrush If you had to evacuate your house what would be the one thing you would take with you? My family If you could speak any language, what would it be? Spanish ‘cos it sounds awesome If you had to choose to be blind or deaf what would you choose? Blind If you could travel to space where would you go? Mercury If you only had 24 hours to live what would you do? Spend time with friends and family
daniel fleay 12j Favourite food? Pizza #1 song on iPod? The Girl - City and Colour If you knew the world was going to end in 2012, what would you do differently? I’d leave school and travel the world If you could change your first name, what would you change it to? Lincoln If you could meet anyone living or dead who would it be? Jesus If you won the lottery what is the first thing you would do? Cash in my lottery ticket If you could be any cartoon character, who would you be? Peter Rabbit - The way he dealt with the conflict between himself and the fly upon his nose inspires and astounds me Last movie to make you cry? Titanic Worst gift you have ever been given? A deodorant/shower gel pack If you had to evacuate your house what would be the one thing you would take with you? My external hard drive If you had 3 wishes what would you wish for? The answer to life, a theory to prove the way we came into existence and an end to world poverty and prevention of the possibility that it might once again become a problem later If you could speak any language, what would it be? Italian, this way I could converse with my extended family in Italy If you had to choose to be blind or deaf what would you choose? Deaf If you could travel to space where would you go? I’d go to Pluto to see how he’s taking the whole ‘removal from our solar system’ deal If you only had 24 hours to live what would you do? Tell the people I hold close to me how much they mean to me and how much they mean to the “Big Guy” up there
jennifer waddell 12j Favourite food? Chocolate/ice-cream or both If you knew the world was going to end in 2012, what would you do differently? I would do no homework and go out every afternoon instead of spending every afternoon doing homework If you could meet anyone living or dead who would it be? Robert Plant If you won the lottery what is the first thing you would do? Holiday in Europe Last movie to make you cry? Dolphin Tale Worst gift you have ever been given? A photo frame with a haunting picture of a geisha on it. It creeped me out so much I threw it away If you had to evacuate your house what would be the one thing you would take with you? Not including family or pets I would probably take my Art journal (so I don’t have to do all of that work again) If you had 3 wishes what would you wish for? A long happy life with the people I love, a farm in the English countryside and be rich so I could travel as much as I want If you could speak any language, what would it be? Japanese, because I was enjoying learning it in Year 8 and 9 and I’d like to go there. Or German If you had to choose to be blind or deaf what would you choose? That’s a really hard question...I don’t know. probably deaf If you could travel to space where would you go? To the nearest life-sustaining planet Silliest prank you have ever pulled on someone? Introduced myself as somebody else If you only had 24 hours to live what would you do? Swim with dolphins, ride horses, have dinner in Italy, breakfast in France and lunch in England
bryan kwok 12p Favourite food? Teriyaki Chicken #1 song on iPod? Alligator Sky-Owl City If you knew the world was going to end in 2012, what would you do differently? Convince many people to become Christians If you could change your first name, what would you change it to? I like my name the way it is If you could meet anyone living or dead who would it be? My Grandfather If you won the lottery what is the first thing you would do? Invest into stocks or house If you could be any cartoon character, who would you be? Lord Shen (Kung Fu Panda) Last movie to make you cry? Kung Fu Panda 2 Worst gift you have ever been given? Can’t think of one If you had to evacuate your house what would be the one thing you would take with you? My iPod If you had 3 wishes what would you wish for? More money, a PC built 20 years from now and for my body to have built in adamantium and claws If you could speak any language, what would it be? Every Chinese language so that I could talk to many of my friends and family If you had to choose to be blind or deaf what would you choose? Deaf If you could travel to space where would you go? Best place If you only had 24 hours to live what would you do? Use my money on food and holidays as I will not be able to bring money to Heaven
Gurpreet Mohar 12P Favourite food? Escargot If you could change your first name, what would you change it to? Tinky Winky ;) If you won the lottery what is the first thing you would do? Pay off my mortgage If you could be any cartoon character, who would you be? Moto Moto (Madagascar) Last movie to make you cry? Madagascar Worst gift you have ever been given? Photo Frame If you had 3 wishes what would you wish for? Money, Money, Money If you could speak any language, what would it be? French, sounds interesting If you could travel to space where would you go? Saturn If you only had 24 hours to live what would you do? Be with people I Love Eg, Parvan
Miss britza - art teacher Favourite food? ICECREAM!!!!!!!! – ultimately a ‘Macca’s Mcflurry’ with m&m’s and extra chunky oreo’s mixed in! ..HEAVENLY! #1 song on iPod? hmmm.. I know that if I mentioned anything from ‘One Direction’ I’d make my Yr 9 Health girls proud ;) but truthfully, right at this moment, it’s ‘With Shivering Hearts We Wait’ by BLINDSiDE. Their lyrics have this humbling effect to continuously penetrate my heart in ways that have changed and even saved my life. Best advice someone gave you? No one can ruin your day ..without YOUR permission! If you could change your first name, what would you change it to? Samantha If you could meet anyone living or dead who would it be? Christian Lindskog – Lead singer and songwriter of Blindside If you won the lottery what is the first thing you would do? Buy a Mcflurry and ask for DOUBLE of everything! If you could be any cartoon character, who would you be? WALL•E...So my best friend would be an indestructible cockroach and I’d get to collect little ‘treasures’ from people’s thrown out JUNK.. while I lived on a planet all to myself making mini trash-squashed-squares for building and sitting on. What’s your favourite genre of movie? I love a brilliantly filmed action flick. With HOT choreography and a clever script. I love seeing a girl who can tough it out with the best of them. (Should you so desire to see my attempt of being a SUPERHERO in a Short Stop-motion Uni Film I edited and added some lame effects to – we only had ONE day to film and edit this!! ..then you may check it out at the link below) https://vimeo.com/26508361 ‘THE EXTREMAS’ What’s the best quote you’ve ever heard? “Everyone seems normal.. until you get to know them”. What do you think your students are thinking when you’re talking? Umm ..I would like to think that they are thinking about how smart I am ! ..? But the likelihood is probably more closer to.. “Please Miss B, keep talking. I always yawn when I am interested” If you had 3 wishes what would you wish for? World peace, saving the whales and being able to dance in High-heels (Ok that was my ‘Beauty Contestant’ answer) But in reality I’d firstly…Wish for an infinity of wishes, then spread the love from there.. coz who really needs that many wishes all to themselves and world peace of course If you could travel to space where would you go? As in does space now offer holidaying destinations?? I thought when you went to Space.. that was it.. you went to.. Space!? Umm I guess I could hang out in the Milky Way for a bit and get full. My favourite are the strawberry-fluffy-centred Milkyways! What’s your best joke? Q: Why did the beetroot blush? (ANSWER is at the bottom of the page) Silliest prank you have ever pulled on someone? Umm I don’t wanna give away any brilliant ideas to my students.. being the respectable role model that I am ;) But.. as a prank to get even with my sister one time for eating MY whole packet of Oreo biscuits. I bought another packet and scraped out the cream of the first few biscuits and filled them with toothpaste instead. Then left the open packet in my bedroom to wait to see if I could catch her out. Let’s just say she didn’t need to brush her teeth later that night. What would be your best advice to give the graduating Year 12’s? You have the capacity to learn from your mistakes. So be happy to know you will be learning EVERY DAY! ! Have fun! If you only had 24 hours to live what would you do? Watch one whole season of ‘24’ – so it totally felt like I was watching it in real time.. ? That’s pretty lame though.. I don’t even like that show! … maybe someone could kindly offer me a better suggestion? (Just in case my last 24 hours are revealed to me soon – I’m going to be sooo bored!) Answer: A: Because it saw the salad dressing ...(awkward)
Mr chan- science teacher Favourite food? Salad #1 song on iPod? National Anthem If you knew the world was going to end in 2012, what would you do differently? Sleep less If you could change your first name, what would you change it to? Boris If you could meet anyone living or dead who would it be? Jesus Christ If you won the lottery what is the first thing you would do? Collect the money If you could be any cartoon character, who would you be? Spiderman Last movie to make you cry? The Vow Worst gift you have ever been given? Influenza If you had to evacuate your house what would be the one thing you would take with you? My wife If you had 3 wishes what would you wish for? More wishes, super powers, infinite wealth If you could speak any language, what would it be? Cling-on. Incase of an invasion. (Could be mediator) If you could travel to space where would you go? Cybertron If you only had 24 hours to live what would you do? Make a clone of myself
Anonymous Blog As I sat there on my big comfy chair in my cosy lounge room on a typical Saturday night, I began to think about what I might write for this edition of ‘The Journey of Radical Minds’. After a few hours I still hadn’t written anything, and the battery on my laptop was starting to die. It was in that moment that an intense debate fueled by laziness quickly erupted in my mind. Was it really worth getting out of my chair, losing my comfy spot and having to walk all the way to my room to get my laptop charger? And in that moment I knew exactly what to write about – ‘First World Problems.’ I’m assuming most of you hip young teens would know of the ‘First world Problems’ hash tag which has recently taken over many social networking sites such as Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook. Take for example a ‘tweet’ I saw yesterday morning from a friend of mine “I’m so hungry and there’s no food in this house – but I don’t want to trek it to the shops in this heat!” accompanied by the hash tag #firstworldproblems. As I read this, I came to a sudden realisation that so many people of the first world take so much for granted. There he was ‘tweeting’ from his computer in his big air conditioned house, complaining about what he doesn’t have – when really he only has to walk five minutes down the road to the store to get what he wants! I guess I shouldn’t point fingers – we’ve all done it at some point or another. But this doesn’t mean we shouldn’t appreciate what we have. Instead of always complaining about what we don’t have, maybe it is time that we were thankful for what we do have. In a rich and prosperous country like Australia where so many people have everything they need, don’t you think we should be the last ones to complain? There are millions of men, women and children starving in third world countries within Africa and other parts of the world every day – many of them go to sleep wondering if they’ll eat or drink at all the next day in order to live. The harsh reality is that many of them don’t ever live to see the next day – and still we sit here complaining about petty ‘problems’ that aren’t really problems at all! So next time you find yourself complaining about what you don’t have, take a step back and think about everything you do have.
Anon
Mr Kingsford’s jokes "The other day I emailed ten puns to my friends in the hope that at least one of the puns would make them laugh? Unfortunately, no pun in-ten-did." "What do you call a laptop that sings? ... Adele"
Students “I was wondering why the cricket ball was getting bigger...and then it hit me!” (Morgan might appreciate this joke - once again I (Jake) am sorry!)
Caitlyn Smith, Year 8 “Green Green I Pink up the Phone and Say Yellow” Amberlie Evans, Year 12
Submit your jokes to Jake Lemmer or Chontelle Wharton then keep a look out to see if yours gets published! jacobus.lemmer@student.tcc.wa.edu.au chontelle.wharton@student.tcc.wa.edu.au
Criss  Cross
Across 3. Event where greatest glory for swimming is attained 6. Swimming governing body 7. Breathing pattern is determined by the rules in this stroke 9. Solution in which swimming takes place 10. Combination of all 4 strokes 12. Australian male swimming legend 13. Team swim 14. Colour of 4th placed ribbon at TCC swimming carnival of 2012 16. Worn by swimmers, often as identity markers(in inter-house competitions) 17. Used by swimmers for sun protection and may reduce drag in water 18. A false start deems Down 1. Invented due to loophole exploited during breaststroke 2. First stroke of relay 4. In freestyle swimmer allowed to be... for 15 meters 5. Often used to prevent soreness of particular organ 6. Also a type of dancing 8. Key person for competition(generally position is taken by Mr Peek) 9. TCC's longest running novelty event 11. Often used for scuba diving 15. Winning House of secondary school swimming carnival of TCC 2012
Math Square Try to fill in the missing numbers. Use the numbers equations.
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Definition: Puzzles which are a hostile
Answer: Since the word HEAD is over the word HEELS, the answer to the puzzle would be HEAD OVER HEELS!
Each puzzle box below portrays a common word or phrase. Can you guess what it is?
Your task? Think of a quote or description that would best fit the following photos. The best one will be published in the next TJORM...watch this space as you could be the winner or the next photo could be of you!
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First 2 correct answers for the Math square, Criss Cross or Rebus Rencounters from each Form class wins a prize! Submit your named entries to The Journey of Radical Minds box found in the Green Room - D2. Remember to submit your Picture Perfect quotes. The best quotes will be published in the next issue of TJORM.