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GILES’ GUIDE TO FRIENDSHIP 2

GILES’ GUIDE TO FRIENDSHIP 

Top 5 ways to get a friend

  1. Be yourself and be honest/sincere
  2. Don’t be yourself – pretend to be something you’re not if 1 doesn’t work
  3. Lie and cheat your way to friends if 1 and 2 don’t work
  4. Pay someone to be your friend
  5. Get a cardboard friend

So how did I make friends? cont…

I next made friends with Jet – she was cool from the start. She thought I was cool because I was “weird”. Jet is into weird things. Her sense of humour is hillarious and she can definitely make me laugh.

Ultimately I finally became friends with Octavia but this was more due to mutual deep down genuine affection and love between us – even if we didn’t recognise it at first.

Sophie was the first person to introduce her self to me. We became friends but only after a period of time when we both finally understood each other. Sophie accepted that I didn’t want to go out with her and respected me for it eventually. I respected Sophie for who she was – a sweet natured psycho with psychic powers and a fluffy rabbit.

There were always going to be people that I wasn’t going to be friends with. Josh Montana was one of them. With us both after Octavia’s affections it was inevitable that we were going to be rivals.

Sabrina is not the sort of person I would want as a friend – she’d turn her back on you if it meant she gained something from it. I suppose we never really saw eye to eye after the pink fluffy g-string incident and the School Editor election.

Top 5 ways to lose friends

  1. Insulting your friends
  2. Stealing your friends boyfriend or girlfriend
  3. Never return things you borrow from a friend
  4. Never return a phonecall or continually stand your friends up
  5. Ignore your friend and pretend they don’t exist

So in the end friends are important. They teach you, comfort you, entertain you and help you to be who you are.

 

GILES’ GUIDE TO FRIENDSHIP 1

GILES’ GUIDE TO FRIENDSHIP

Hi it’s Giles here. I was a newcomer to Sunset Cove and there’s always the problem of finding new friends. I have some great friends now so here is my guide to friendship.

 


What is a friend? A friend is someone you like to spend time with. Often you like spending time with them because you have shared interests or you both share the same humour. You might be going though similar times. Friends are there to support each other. If one of you has a problem then a friend is always there to help you get through it.

Plus spending time with friends is so much fun! Going to a move, sharing pizza or a coffee. Trying something you’ve never tried before!

Friends don’t have to be exactly the same. Friends have similarities but they also have their differences. Friends can introduce you to new things you’ve never even thought of.

Sometimes people claim to be your friend but it may be that they are only interested in something else. It pays to pick your friends wisely because sometimes they can take advantage of you.

Sabrina likes money so she was happy to be friends with Josh Montana because he had lots of money. She will also want to be your friend if it suits her like when she helped Giles dish dirt on Octavia.


So how did I make friends?

I was the outsider when I moved to Sunset Cove – I was considered a “weirdo” just because I wasn’t like everyone else. Basically I was the normal one – everyone else was nuts!! Sure I didn’t have a great tan, a rich family, or great looks but I have other qualities.

When you decide whether or not you like someone it shouldn’t be based on what you can see from the outside. Many people have great hearts, humour, brains and none of that you can see. You need to talk to people and judge for yourself.

Famous Friendships

  1. Laurel and Hardy
  2. Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
  3. Salt and Pepper
  4. Salad and Salad Cream
  5. George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg
  6. Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum

I first made friends with Beanie – it was easy to be friends with Beanie – he was an outsider too, having big ears and being an alien certainly isn’t normal. Our common interest was that we were both outsiders and we understood how each other felt – we also both liked checking out the school’s groovy chicks, like Octavia!

 

THE INNER CHILD’S GUIDE TO THE INNER CHILD. 2

THE INNER CHILD’S GUIDE TO THE INNER CHILD.

Ten things you can do to make your Inner Child feel accepted:-

1. Play hopscotch at every given opportunity.
2. Demand that your veggies are puréed at restaurants.
3. Flick custard at the neighbours (cold, lumpy custard works best)
4. Throw a huge tantrum at least once a month.
5. Make some mud pies.
6. be rebellious – don’t wash behind your ears for 7 days.
7. Cuddle your favourite snuggly and suck your thumb.
8. Paint with your fingers.
9. Tell your Mom you love her.
10. Tell your Mom you hate her.

If you embrace your Inner Child you will have a more rewarding life and will remember how much fun it can be to mix your ice cream with lemon curd and put ribbons in your dog’s fur.

Embrace your Inner Child as Sophie clearly has!

Listen to the advice of your Inner Child, they have been there, done that and know every trick in the book. They can really help you out of a sticky situation if you ask them for their advice. But remember to be nice to them and they’ll be glad to help. They might actually ask you to play a quick game of patty cake before they help you but they will help you!

THE INNER CHILD’S GUIDE TO THE INNER CHILD. 1

HE INNER CHILD’S GUIDE TO THE INNER CHILD.

I am the Inner Child. You all have one, you just choose to ignore yours most of the time.Well here I am to stand up for the rights of the Inner Child! Read on.

 

So one minute you’re a baby, dribbling and pooping your pants. And the next you can walk, you can talk and you’re yelling at your Mom.

Did you ever stop to think what happened to that cute little bundle of babey wabeyness that used to be you? Why you went on to throw aside your chewy toys and your postperson pamela books? And why you sometimes, just sometimes can hear that little voice in your head telling you to throw custard at the neighbours or jump on the bed and pretend to be the Silver Lining?

Well let me tell you this. In your rush to get older and be independent you left your Inner Child behind. Yeah, I know it’s harsh. Believe me, I know. To be trapped inside yourself and to be ignored. It’s just not rude!

Okay, so here’s the deal, what do you think you’d be without your Inner Child? Well I’ll tell you. You’d be an old fuddy duddy fogey with your knitting needles and your blankie over your knees. You’d be hobbling down to the Bingo Hall every afternoon (after your nap) to catch up with all your other fogey friends.

Violet’s Inner Child is intact, why else would she dress like this?!

Your Inner Child is the one that reminds you to have fun! Reminds you to let your hair down every now and again. And reminds you to enjoy life to the max.

So here’s to all those Inner Children out there, ignored and unloved.I say listen to your Inner Child! Embrace your Inner Child! Have an ice cream for your Inner Child!

We will we will not be moved, we will we will not be moved…

GILES’ GUIDE TO MOVING 2

GILES’ GUIDE TO MOVING
MOVING IN

When you finally arrive at your new house you have to unpack. This can be quite fun. Deciding where in your room your bed should go. Where you should hide your most secretive stuff and to search the house for little cubby holes that no one else knows about.

Don’t forget to search the back yard for it could be a jungle out there.

Then of course you meet the neighbours. Sometimes they’re good sometimes they’re bad. You find yourself spying on them. There’s something fascinating about neighbours. You get a close up look at someone else life but from a distance. But be careful, they could be aliens and they could be spying on you as well.

EXPLORING TOWN

A new town is great to explore. Finding out where all the shops are and marking out your favourites. But for me Sunset Cove was out of this world. As Grampa said as we drove into town “This place is weird!!”

He couldnn’t have been more right and I wasn’t sure what must have been going through my mother’s mind when she decided to turn our lives upside down and move here!

Mum fitted in right away. She bought us surf boards, changed her clothes and suddenly thought she was a sex symbol and just another “babe” from Sunset Cove.

Mum has always been a little whacky and she was definitely in her element. There were people dancing in the street, kids with huge ears, secret service men sneaking about and lots of people with bright coloured hair and weird ideas. Not to mention that everyone was good looking and had great tans as well!

STARTING SCHOOL

Starting at a new school is totally nerve racking for any kid. You want to fit in, you want to make friends, you want to do well.

You start off being shy and taking everything in. Who are the bad crowd and who are the goody goods? There’s got to be someone in this school that is your type of person. It can take a while…

In Sunset Cove you’re lucky if you find someone that’s even slightly normal. My first day was as whacky as they come. I was introduced to a girl called Sophie. We were just talking and going to our next class when flowerpots started falling and circling me! She later told me she had a poltergeist. Geesh! Anyway we did end up being pretty good friends and she even wanted to marry me!

Beanie was someone else I met on my first day. He didn’t freak me out nearly as much as he should have. He’s quite a harmless guy who’s just a little confused. Which is understandable seeing as he’s an alien and basically has no idea where he comes from.

Some friendly advice – discourage your mother from working at your school! There’s nothing more embarassing than having your parents at school everyday.

SETTLING IN

It can take weeks to settle in to a new town. But after a few weeks you’ll have made some great new friends and be living a whole new life.

Just keep an eye on those neighbours though – you never know who they really are…

 

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