Preps and Cricket

So, here is my second post.


Students at Reed's have to follow certain rules. These rules differ from the rules at the Rijnlands. A business attire is mandatory. There come some special rules with hair too. Hair may not come over one's ears, and that was quiet a problem with me. The next two pictures will explain. (I learned how to edit pictures!!)

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This is me before I went to the barber.      

This is me after I had been to the barber...
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I now feel much more aerodynamic, and I lost about 3 kilograms of hair. I do not know whether I should donate it to companies that clean up oilspills (it does work), or to a company that makes wigs.

Anyway, I had a lot more to do. I had to scan in almost all of my school books, which took me about 5 minutes per page. Considering that I have about 24 pages per subject, and I follow a lot of subjects, that would mean 5 x 24 x a lot infinity. (You do the maths)
Also, my shoe laces broke today. This will be the fourth time I have to replace them, which is really annoying.

Then there is the problem that I always encounter, my mother. She always accomplishes the impossible by putting so much unnecessary things in my suitcase, that I will exceed the max. weight by 5 kilograms. This time's unnecessary stuff includes: 8 different things to put in my hair, when wet, when dry, etc. A pillow, which would be provided at Reed's, and than there was the problem with the hockeystick. Our largest suitcase was too small for my stick, and that caused some trouble. After some research, I found out that taking the stick as an extra piece of baggage would cost almost as much as buying a new stick. Luckily, after mailing my mentor at Reed's, Mr Sandison-Smith, we found out that they had some spare hockeysticks, so that I do not have to bring my own.

I have played some cricket - not croquet - untill the second grade in the Netherlands. My helmet luckily still fitted, but I had to buy  a new toque. I am really excited to play again, eventhough I was not the best of my team, so to say. By the way, to clarify, This is croquet, which I did not play:

 

and this is cricket:

 

When you throw the ball at the batsman, you are the bowler (do not confuse with the sport bowling) You try to hit the stumps (the three things behind the batsman) or the wicket. The man behind the wicket is the wicketkeeper, who catches the balls that the batsman misses. When the wicket is hit, the batsman is out, which means he has to leave the field. When he hits the ball, he has to run to the other side of the pitch (the brown area). His partner batter has to run to his side. When they both make it before someone throws a ball in the wicket, they scored a run (a point). If not, he is out. When someone catches the ball before it hits the ground, the batsman is out too. You can score six runs by hitting the ball so good that it goes out of the field without touching the ground. When it goes out and has touched the ground, you score four points. In the field around the pitch is the fielding team. They try to catch the ball, and to throw the ball in the wicket of the batsman. Professional matches can take up to three days before they are finished.

 

If you did not understand it, that is completely your fault. I am just trying to explain to everyone that when I say I have played cricket, they don't think that I was hitting balls with hammers like the old people in picture 3.

 

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