Thread:Raised By Wolves/@comment-24152851-20161024120219/@comment-24152851-20161027152358

Raised By Wolves wrote: Good to know, I'll refresh before replying then. I just did it now actually, since I replied to a few other threads before this one.

I'm not kidding about this btw, the Pakistani customs officers are very corrupt. I couldn't take everything in a backpack with me or in a suitcase, since my family has a lot of clothes and such, which meant my Wii, XBox and several other things went into a box. The custom officers use the excuse of a threat in the boxes (you know what I mean by threat hopefully), and then they rip apart the boxes, inspect what is inside and then take whatever they want. And we couldn't stop them, since we were in Dubai. The only way to stop them is my bribing them, and even then there is no guarantee that they'll leave your stuff alone. By the time we got the boxes back, they were all ripped apart and many of my valuables were gone. Thankfully, I had important keepsakes and some other stuff (like my laptop) with me in my backpack, and my parents kept their valuables (gold and all) with them, too, so there was no serious loss. But yeah it was frustrating that we couldn't do anything and it makes me glad that we're out of Pakistan now. You should totally buy a 3DS, there's lots of good games to play. Right now I'm waiting for Pokemon Sun and Moon to come out. You could always get a 2DS, which is cheaper, but I would personally get the 3DS. It's extra cash but worth it imo. Oh haha, it's actually the opposite for me when it comes to cousins. My oldest cousin is 14 years older than me, and my youngest (so far, the cousins just keep on coming) is 14 years younger than me. Most of them are kids, but that's okay because I get to use them as an excuse to do kids stuff (taking them trick-or-treating, btw). I would love for you to show me around :D that would be amazing.

Hmm, well I guess if you keep on searching (and like you said, improve your resume), then you can get a job well suited for you. I'm only 16 so I don't know that much about finding jobs, so I can't offer much advice there. Good luck, I suppose.

Oh wow, that's cool. Being here has improved my social skills too, in all honesty. Actually, when I joined this wiki I wasn't even in school so this was a great way to keep interacting with people, especially those with similar interests. I ended up making a lot of friends and I love my time here now. It's good that it improved your life so much too! I've never been shy about oral presentations, since I've always loved attention lol. I don't think I've ever backed away from a chance to speak in front of a large group of people, especially when they have to focus on what I'm saying. I'm a naturally dramatic person, too, which seems to give a good impression to people when I publicly speak. Peer reviews are really fun, since it's much easier to impress fellow students than a tough teacher (which I have for English).

Oh okay, I see. It's different in Pakistan too (we go by the British system). Too bad you couldn't take excelled Biology (is that the right terminology?), it's one of my favorite subjects. Christ. And I thought Australian quarantine was tough. That's nothing compared to Pakistan. Really. bribing? Oh my god, that's unbelievably corrupt. I really feel bad you had to go through that. Smart to save some of your valuables like that.

After the amount of hype I've been through over that game, I can't see myself not buying it. Yeah, I'll see if I have enough money for it when the time comes. I was always the "kid" among my cousins, they were still treating me like I was 5 when I was 13 yrs old, which was really annoying. It probably didn't help it was just before I hit puberty, so I was short and had a squeaky voice.

Haha, don't worry about it. I've had plenty of advice, and a bit more knowing on where to and where not to look.

When I was younger I didn't like attention too much, and would shy away from publicity. Stuttered a lot whenever I had to give orals. That changed in my senior years, where I got more confident with having attention on me, and learned the correct method to do oral presentations. Today, I would have no problem doing that sort of thing, and can let it come naturally. Aside from that, being on the wiki (especially after I became a staff), I've really developed skills in resolving conflicts and counselling.

Oh so you didn't go to school in Pakistan? Fair enough. Internet is a great way to meet people and make friends, especially in finding those with common interests.

Well actually, I need to further clarify. Different year levels gave it different names. In Grade 9 and 10, they called it "advanced". I forgot to mention, I was actually in the advanced math class for those years. In grade 11 they called it "enhanced" for math and "advanced" for languages. I could have done the enhanced math in grade 11, but I ended up not going for it due to a complication. And in grade 12 they're just called "university" subjects, which was only offered for chemistry, biology, and physics.