follow the white rabbit.

extension two; fate;

something that unavoidably befalls a person.

chance;

the absence of any cause of events that can be predicted,understood, or controlled.

''Morpheus: I imagine that right now, you're feeling a bit like Alice. Hmm? Tumbling down the rabbit hole?

Neo: You could say that.
Morpheus: I see it in your eyes. You have the look of a man who accepts what he sees because he is expecting to wake up. Ironically, that's not far from the truth. Do you believe in fate, Neo?
Neo: No.
Morpheus: Why not?
Neo: Because I don't like the idea that I'm not in control of my life.''

let me tell you why you're here.

you're here because you know something.

what you know, you can't explain, but you feel it. you felt it your entire life.

that there is something wrong with the world.

you don't know what it is. but it's there.

like a splinter in your mind.

driving you mad.

it is this feeling that has brought you to me. it is all around us. even now in this very room. you can see it when you look out your window. or when you turn on your television. you can feel it when you go to work, when you go to church, when you pay your taxes.

it is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth.

the truth, that you are a slave.

like everyone else you were born into bondage. into a prison that you cannot taste or see or touch.

a prison for your mind.

i carry your heart with me.

i carry your heart with me (i carry it in
my heart) i am never without it (anywhere
i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing, my darling)
i fear
no fate (for you are my fate,my sweet)

i want no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant,
and whatever a sun will always sing is you.

here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart..

i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)

- Edward Estlin Cummings.

captain of my soul.

Mr. Turner to Extension 2, 2011

Hi there. In response to a question from Phoebe about what exactly I want you to do in class on Tuesday, here's an answer.

I'd like you to have thought long and hard about what exactly it is you want to pursue for your Major Work. If you have an author/director/etc as focus for a critical study you could talk about how much you liked a book of his/hers that you've read. If you don't have an author/composer/etc as focus but you've got an idea/concept you'd like to pursue, then talk to us about that and where/why you want to pursue this idea. If you're writing a short story the same rules apply: which authors/texts have you read that have inspired you to write? Was it the subject matter, the way they wrote, the structure, the characters etc? You could talk to us about ideas you have for plot/character/structure. It will only be a short informal talk - I will encourage other class members to ask you questions and/or I will ask some questions.

The intention is to get you thinking and focussing your ideas: start big and then refine and refine. You could talk about the areas of research you're going to do but have not yet engaged with, books you really want to read because you think they're interesting/important/etc and you believe will help you define and refine your ideas. And it's also to put you on the spot a bit.

It's designed to be a co-operative, sharing, thought-provoking and (perhaps even) inspirational environment.


Mr Turner

this was posted on the website for the extension two english students in our class.

start big start big start big.

i know i want my focus to be about poverty.. but i don't know what EXACTLY i want to incorporate. i really want to do it.. but i'm scared.. i'm not sure whether i should continue with it or not.

the following quotes i'm recording, for sparks of inspiration..

these quotes have been on one of my favourite tvshows, and their aim has always been to motivate. to inspire.

this is the only thing on my mind.

there is no privacy if it cannot be penetrated.. no secret can be kept in a civilised world.

society is a masquerade ball, where everyone hides their real character and reveals it by hiding.

- ralph waldo emerson

you can not run away from a weakness.. you must fight it out or perish.

and if that be so, why not now?

- robert louis stevenson

do not look back and grieve over the past, for it is gone. and do not be troubled about the future, because it is yet to come. live in the present.. and make it so beautiful that it will be worth remembering.

- ida scott taylor

There is a tide in the affairs of men.
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
On such a full sea are we now afloat,
And we must take the current when it serves,
Or lose the ventures before us.

- william shakespeare

Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle.

The world you desire can be won. It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours.
-Ayn Rand

most of our life is a series of images.. they pass us by like towns on a highway but sometimes a moment stuns us as it happens. and we know that this instance is more than a fleeting image. we know that this moment- every part of it will live forever.

Henry James- 'Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.'"

John Steinbeck- 'Change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy perfume of wildflowers hidden in the grass.

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.

- William Ernest Henley

J.S

you meet people.

gain them. hurt them. lose them.

you're at a stage where you realise having friends doesn't necessarily translate to dependence, rather a source of inspiration and motivation..

however, there are those people that you have the fortune to come across.. who completely knock you over- not necessarily in a bad way.

and i've had that opportunity.

11 years ago.

it's as though you're fighting the longest battle.. it's hard. it's raining. it's muddy. the trenches are deep, the loss of blood is swarming the surroundings.

and you crave for that life support. a source of inspiration. a lightbulb. first aid. home. belonging... a friend.

this girl, she's been that light-bulb.

''you're a figher, jennifer sarker. you're there when everything has forsaken me.. don't feel stupid for losing the 'pure innocent' person you were.. because you right now, are one of the greatest people i have ever met.

and i don't want that to change''.

sure, people change.. you will, i will.

and i want us to change together because to be quite honest, i don't know what i'd do without you. and i don't want to know.

so don't let any pathetic excuse for a person let you down and determine your future. ''you're the master of your fate, you're the captain of your soul''

- by some famous poet guy.

it's our last year.. don't wast time on those who aren't worth it.

right now, YOU are the only person who is worth anything.

we'll do this together.

because you can't rise without a fall.

it's time to rise.

i love you.

normal.

i don't normally do this.

talking about annoyance and disappointment. 

sometimes though, i can really feel it growing. i despise the feeling.

when you've grown up, lacking self-esteem at times, it's hard to gain it back.

you lose friends, you gain friends, but it all comes at a cost.

you just don't know what's real or fake anymore when it comes to friendship.

most of my friends are wonderful, and i'm happy where i am with them.

my family- we have our ups and downs.

some people, i honestly don't know what their problem is.. actually  i do, their problem is me.

i admit, i haven't been the best person throughout the years.

but i have never intentionally hurt others.

even the road to hell can be paved with good intentions.

it's upsetting that we're surrounded by really selfish characters. and they paint ugly lines on values and thoughts held dear.

and i don't want anything to do with these people.

i don't want fake friends. i'd rather real enemies. atleast they're decent enough to be honest.

knowing that people talk about you negatively, it does sting sometimes.

especially when pretense of genuinity is the only thing which holds them together.

and one normal action is turned into something worse with their words..

i'm not new to the art.

i just don't want to have to always be exposed to the hate.

manipulation; it's the worst.

and anyone who uses others for their own selfish gain, are people who deserve sympathy.

they're dead on the inside.

this world is definitely not perfect.

and i'll never let their games affect me.

i don't suck up to others and never plan to.

i want to be a better person, and i wish i had that push from my bestfriend.

or from anyone.

i'm not dependent on others, and definitely don't want to be dependent on her.

i don't want to go to others and expect them to make me feel better, because the pressure is intense and no one accomplishes it effortlessly.

don't want to ever worry about the way the world sees me.

because it's they way that i see the world which matters.

even though it's ugly at times- it does give opportunity. 

and you have to work hard to earn it.

and not take advantage of anything, whether it be circumstance or friendships, the way some do.

i don't want, i don't need.

i believe in opportunity. i'm reaching for something more.