I am glad Professor Slughorn is better, as it means I'm finally going to get some more time to dedicate to my other NEWTs. And eat. Still, this was good preparation for what will await me after Hogwarts, and I'm sure anyone who got sick will say they'd rather be in my place even if being in my place involved cleaning up after Goyle and getting ( Read more... )

Argh. Who was the bloody idiot who threw dungbombs at the entrance to the hospital wing?!

Oh dear. When I agreed on helping out at the hospital wing for extra credits, I never expected something like this to happen. Well, I doubt anyone expected it, but that's beside the point. Making the particular potions we need for this is actually rather fun (or at least it was four hours ago), but some of the patients are a bit difficult. Cad, for ( Read more... )

Memory potions keep on vanishing from the Hospital Wing supplies. Very odd... I know it's you, Lockhart. Stop it.

( Private to Gregory. )

I'm not saying this with the intention of being mean, but I am rather amused with some of the pairings for the seventh-year Defense Against the Dark Arts project. It almost makes me sorry I am no longer taking that class, as I love a good challenge and there's nothing more challenging than working with the most unlikely of partners ( Read more... )

( Private to Parvati, Lavender and all 7th year Ravenclaw girls. )

Personally, I think boys look quite fetching in pink. Well, I've just seen Ron Weasley and... bloody hell. There are some exceptions. So, no complaints from me ( Read more... )

Spending the holidays in Hong Kong was a good idea, as I was able to feel safe in a way that I found myself unable to during the few days I spent home. However, my thoughts kept coming back to England and to everybody over here, wondering if everything was alright, and if nothing bad was happening while I was having fun. And now that I'm back, I'm ( Read more... )

Contrary to general opinion, I did not die or elope with Professor Slughorn (and about that second rumour, I have only one thing to say: EW ( Read more... )

So, I've tried one of the lollies during one of our experiments, and asked Colin Creevey to take a photo of the results:


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