This weeks conundrum...

Hot days can be the cause of a “CONUNDRUM”!
 
What does that word even mean? A conundrum is another word for challenge or problem and oh boy did we cause one today! We asked our team to use this unfamiliar word in their blogs and do their best to understand the meaning. Be sure to look out for the word CONUNDRUM in all of our blogs today…
 
Also, the day these pieces of writing took place the temperature in Melbourne was forecasted to hit 38 degrees. If you can’t remember what that day was like…It was HOT! Sweaty uncomfortable sticky heat and for our team, it was a day we decided to write whatever we were feeling! It was our “Choose your own adventure” day!
 
Personally, I think this team did incredibly well just to show up and get busy. Those super-hot and uncomfortable days sometimes challenge us in many ways including our mindset so a shout out to the “JUST WRITE” blogging team who as always, got busy and delivered these impressive pieces of writing… with a conundrum thrown in for good measure!
 
 
 
Welcome to our blog this week, it’s another “choose your own adventure” week.

Taylor Swift is a singer who is currently touring Australia, on her Era’s Tour and she performs many of the songs from her albums.  She has written most of her songs. They are the best, especially her original songs.  They are very well known. 

Getting ready for the big day was a lot of fun.  I got ready at my friend's house I curled my hair and I looked a bit like Taylor Swift, it was really cool.  I’d been making friendship bracelets to swap with others at the concert, since July 2023! I met a couple of little girls at the Mexican place we had for dinner, and I gave a bracelet to them, they were very happy.  

Sabrina Carpenter was Taylor’s support act, she was really good.  She performed a song I knew from Grease the Movie.

I was so excited when the countdown clock for Taylor started, everyone in the crowd counted out loud.  It was magical. Melbourne has been her biggest concert in the Eras Tour so far.  The effects were amazing, I sang all the songs and danced to most of them.  I had no voice the next day as it was one of the best concerts I’ve ever been to.

Some of my favourite rite Taylor Swift songs are Cruel Summer, Love Story, Welcome to New York, You Belong with Me, Shake it Off, Style, and Blank Space.  There are too many great songs to list.   

We had a conundrum on our special day, there were many crowds and I thought we might get lost.  My friend and I stayed as close to each other as we could, so we didn’t get lost.  We had Maccas on the way home as we were starving after our dancing and singing with Taylor.  

This week's joke is, you guessed it, about Taylor Swift! 
What do you say if you were ever to fire someone who is a Taylor Swift Fan?
I knew you were trouble, trouble, trouble! – Scarlett
 
 
 
Hello readers, I get to blog about anything today, it’s a choose your own adventure.  It’s about myself, I love playing Xbox but I like to play scary game it’s called Amnesia the Bunker.
 
I can’t do it anymore because my little brother will say ahhhhh and he will have a bad dream. One more thing I love my job and all my beautiful friends. Whatever they do I will always care about them. This is how I make good friends.
 
Today Cindy has given us a challenge she wants us to use a new word, “conundrum” and my conundrum is I don’t know how to use it; there I used the word Cindy does it make you happy. LOL

Thank you m8 (mate) from TJ.
 
 
This week we chose our own topic and honestly today is very hard thinking of what to write about. I would like you guys in the comments to give us ideas about what to write because it has been getting harder and harder to write new things.

It is such a conundrum- wait now I remember, Cindy gave us a challenge about using the word conundrum, anyway with that out of the way I shall talk about the other times I have traveled overseas. Let’s get started!

The next leg of my many trips going overseas took place 4 years later when I went to Singapore with my cousin and my yaya and with her friend and her two grandchildren.

Yaya chose to go to Singapore with me and my cousin because that’s what my brother and sister did when they were 12 as well, it helped me be independent and learn how to plan and learn about different cultures, did you know in Singapore it has the most lighting strikes than anywhere in the world! Crazy right? And it is illegal to chew gum in Singapore too. Singapore is especially very clean and very humid. 

We stayed on an island called Sentosa island in a resort called Shangri-La Rasa. I chose an activity on the first day and I chose to go to the Merlion and the dragon trail nearby.- Holly
 
 
Hello to my amazing readers! How are you all?  To be honest this week's topic is a bit of a conundrum to me because I couldn't think of what to write. So that is my conundrum right there.  
 
​Oh! I know what to tell you all about, my amazing trip to the city last weekend, with my awesome family.  
 
 We took the train to the city, the train was partially full but not too full, luckily.    
My family and I went to Melbourne Central. Melbourne Central is so big and its filled with brilliant stores inside.  I look forward to going to Melbourne Central every time.

On the train, we saw some Swifties and some of what they were wearing was absolutely incredible. There were feathers, there were sequins, there was so much colour and everyone was so happy. I had a great day with my family and look forward to the next day out together.
 
Thanks readers, I look forward to next weeks blog with you! Angelina
 
 
 What are you afraid of ?

Welcome back my dear readers, today we are blogging about our own adventures or topics.  Today I’m writing about what you are afraid of. 

The Quote Of The Day
“Choose the great adventure of being brave and afraid at the exact same time”

Just a heads up, a little warning about my blog. It is about losing someone.  Sorry if anyone has lost family member and loved ones.

So what are you afraid of? Well, I’m telling you guys what I'm afraid of. I’ve been through my fear already. Unfortunately I lost my Nana in March last year.  I found it very hard but I’ve accepted things now and I'm feeling okay.  It was a conundrum for me to start, as I didn’t know how I could live without my Nana. It was really hard.  Every year I will think of her especially around my birthday, it will become a happy memory and eventually not sad.    

We are all the pieces of what we remember. We hold in ourselves the hopes and fears of those who love us. As long as there is love and memory. There is no true loss.

Thank you for reading my blog. Signing out my readers – Kathryn
 
 
 
We were given a word called conundrum for today’s blog
 
I am going away to Corowa to see my grandma for the weekend with my mum and dad, we will be driving there tomorrow afternoon. My conundrum is the car ride is going to be a four hours in the car and my bottom gets sore when sitting for that long. 
 
I will be away from Friday until Sunday. Myself, mum and dad will be staying for 2 nights and 3 days. The next conundrum is I hope I don’t wake up early on Saturday and Sunday because I like to sleep in.
 
For those who would like to know where Corowa it is a country town in NSW and it a beautiful place to visit they have Lakes and parks that you can go on walks with your family. Its on the bank of Murray river . My favourite things to do when I am there is to go the chocolate factory they make big chocolate freckles. I am excited about going to Corowa to spend  quality time with my grandma. – Alannah
 
 
 
Conundrum.  “If you run into a problem which does not have a clear solution”- Cindy 
Hello Friends,  
 
So today we were given the challenge to use the word Conundrum in our blogs. I think I'm winning today as I've used conundrum 3 times now. I could just end the blog here and call it a day, but where's the fun in that?  
 
You know what isn’t a conundrum? Writing the rest of this of this blog. After being offered the challenge of using “conundrum” in our blogs we decided to do a choose your own adventure. So where are we going with this blog? Did you know Taylor Swift has cats? If you didn't you do now.  
 
I’m a bigger fan of Taylors cats than I am of Taylor, and they didn't have to do anything at all for me to love them! They are the cutest cats ever; they have the cutest faces and they're so fluffy. Honestly, they didn't even have to be cute, I just love cats (and dogs). Let's get into their names, breeds and who they were named after.  
 
Taylor Swift has three cats; Olivia Benson, Meredith Grey and Benjamin Button. Olivia is a Scottish Fold (cat breed) named after the character from Law & Order: SVU. Meredith is also a Scottish Fold and is named after the character from Greys Anatomy. Benjamin is a Ragdoll and is named after the character from the movie “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.” 
 
Obviously, these cats have well and truly landed on their paws (see what I did there?) If I was a cat, I'd want to be Taylor Swifts cat. These cats live a life of Absolute luxury, they get featured in Taylors social media, they've met famous people, and they also appear on a t-shirt dead pool wear in Deadpool 2.  
 
Benjamin stared in the song ME! He was given to Taylor to hold, and she fell in love with him. He was adopted by Taylor after she was told he was available for adoption. So, if you're a cat that wants to be adopted by Taylor Swift that's the way to do it! 

When time magazine told Taylor she would be person of the year she immediately asked if she could bring her cat. Benjamin is on the time magazine person of the year cover with her.  
 
There you go my lovely friends, we started at conundrum and ended with Taylor swift's cats. We could not get anymore authentically Shan than that. I mean we could but not today we don't have the space for that.  
 
Go have a wonderful day and I hope you don't run into any conundrums (that's 7).  
Love you all  - Shan  
 
 
 
Hello welcome back fan club, today’s topic is to use the word, “Conundrum”. What the heavens does the word mean and how do I use it? 
 
I wanted to talk about another topic today but now I have this conundrum to use the word in my topic I hear you ask” what is my topic? 
 
IVF Babies and some of the steps involved. The reason why is someone close to my heart has been through the process.
 
We sat down and had a talk about what they went through, and the many steps involved. Some of the process was to use a sperm donor, egg collection, egg fertalisation and transfer of embryos and there is plenty of medication, tests and time involved along the journey.
 
They were lucky to be successful with the egg collection and transfer, sadly not all participants are. The eggs not used are put into a freezer and are frozen for a number of years or until they want to try again. They were fortunate to have Twiblings.
 
The IVF Journey involves lots of science, lots of love and support, plenty of patience as there is a lot of waiting and plenty of emotions, plus it costs many many dollars.
 
After learning  of the IVF journey I am amazed and admire anyone who goes through it. Do you know anyone who has been through this journey and what a “conundrum“ it is for them.
 
From Conundrum Jess lol 
 
 
 
Good morning sunflowers today’s topic is a choose your own adventure or topic.
 
Today I learnt a new word, one I had never used before and that word is “conundrum”. I have had a conundrum to deal with in the past but first I want to tell you about friendship.
 
For the people who don’t know what friendship is or what it means, is that you have people who are true friends are that extra bit more special to you, and you are extra special to them. I know it’s hard but you need people who are kind, sweet, supportive and caring and know what you have been through. You don’t want a friend who is not a true friend. They are bullies to other people and are not nice and may do bad things to hurt you. Don’t have those type of friends.
 
Conundrum is that big word I need to use in my blog, but how you may ask? If you have a hard problem that you can’t handle and feel there are no solutions, that is a conundrum. I’ve had an experience with bullying in the past, but I have grown past it and I feel so much better now. I want everyone to know that you don’t need to go through bullying on your own. It is important to tell a trusted person that will help you.
 
They are true friends as well as your family and that was my conundrum you will have bullies around from time to time but stand up for yourself and know that you are not alone. Thank you for reading my blog – Beth
 
 
 
Last week's topic was choose your own topic or adventure and what I chose is the changing seasons. Let me start by talking about the four seasons in Australia.
 
This year we started with summer and most of us will say it is the hottest and for me most nights are so hot that you can’t sleep but I am lucky to have the air conditioning and can turn on the fan when I need it.
 
Some ways for me to cool down in summer time are to go into our spa, the beach, eat ice cream, have icy cold soft drinks, cold showers and as summer ends we slowly move into Autumn which means it gets colder and leaves on the trees start to fall off.
 
How do I feel about Autumn? I like Autumn because it’s getting colder. However, some days do get a little warm and sunny. It’s a good time for me to look after myself by doing self-care and going for a walk as Autumn ends Winter starts and my conundrum is I don't like winter but the only thing I like about winter is my birthday also drinking hot drinks and eating hot comforting foods, having hot showers, my warm comfy bed, my warm clothes like my pyjamas.
 
As winter ends we start spring. It's time for flowers to bloom, bees are buzzing, the sun is shining, it’s nice and warm.
What is our favourite season?
Written by Charlotte
 
 

Song writing for me can be very challenging and seems like a conundrum at times because I really need to think about the song title first.  The structure of the songs, the lines of the song and how my song will grow. I find it important when I think of a word or a few words, I can write them down straight away so I don’t forget what my thought was.  I can then put my thoughts into lines, which then form the verses of my song.
 
I will also think of tunes and hum them vocally and I will practice these tunes and hums.  With practise I will be able to sing my song vocally and record my song. I really prefer to write my own songs because that is very important to me and I am doing song writing lessons.  I really love writing my songs and I have just finished my first song. Now I have to start voicing my song so I can record it.
 
Next week I will be starting to write my second song which is very exciting, it will get easier and easier. But the best part of writing my own song is singing it and then recording it. I have been singing since I was a little girl and all I ever wanted was to be a pop singer.  This year my aim is to work on my most important ambitions and dreams, and this has made me a happier person and how I feel in myself. 
 
Don’t let any one stand in your way. If you have a dream, go for it.
 
I really love Taylor Swift, she is a mega star and she really inspires me.   She is my biggest inspiration and if had an opportunity to meet Taylor Swift I would. She inspires me and I love her positivity and how well she sings and beautiful her voice. Her performances are fantastic. She is incredible.
 
I hope you all love reading my blog because I loved writing it. - Gypsy.