Yeah, I think you're just complaining about WordPress because you've just got an issue with not really knowing much about it.
Here is a query to grab the latest five posts. There are a bunch of other parameters that you can use with it as well.
Code:
<?php query_posts('showposts=5'); ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
<?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
<?php endwhile; ?>
http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_...ce/query_posts
Refer to the codex for anything you don't know about. Or just PM me and I can help you out with finding what you would need to use.