Junc

a day roaming the city

2012-02-11T21:34:00.002+11:00

5/52 week project: roamings in the city of Melbourne

Hello all again!I had a doctors appointment on the last day of January at the RCH, and had a day to kill so I decided to roam the city...alone (makes me sound sad but I really wasn't =P) I went and traveled around different places in the city...here are some of the places =D

Ladies and gentleman, the new and improved Royal Children's Hospital! I've spent nearly half my life at the hospital seeing specialists and getting treatments for the various ailments I have (and getting better!) They've always helped me through this stuff that really fucked over my early social life (LOL) but now I have to move to St. Vincent's hospital (the irony xD). I wish all the best for them in the future.

The new hospital has much more of these awesome open spaces. All the kids were running around having fun in the left picture. I loved hearing them be happy and energetic. Over a bit more (I forgot to take a picture) THERE WERE MEERKATS. so awesome LOL. The right-hand picture seems like either a 1. smoker's area or 2. relaxation place. IT'S AN AWESOME PLACE OF SERENITY LOL

There's an aquarium in the lobby! All the fishies swimming around so cute :33

A place that kellen found one night. The store was filled with Swedish designed stuff! It had an array of amazing stuff, but I didn't buy anything due to lack of funds at the time. I actually loved the store!

An art gallery called Outré on Elizabeth street. THATS A WAVE MADE OF BUNNIESSSS dawww. It was a pretty awesome place! I think I have to become more cultured and appreciate art; this is sort of the start of that :)

NOVELTY ICE TRAYS. And to think and I only saw these on facebook the day before...=D

ONE THING TO DO PER WEEK. Don't think I'll necessarily do all of these things (one of them says 'Have sex' >___>)

WOO life is good-ish :P

Sherlock Holmes; an enthusiast's musings

2012-02-07T12:44:00.001+11:00

Apologies for the long post, bear with me. I'm not usually passionate for anything :P

"...when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth..." - Sherlock Holmes, The Sign of Four

As some of you may know, I am quite a Holmes fan. I don't know when it started, but I grew a deep affection for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's greatest creation; Sherlock Holmes. He was referenced in pop culture everywhere, and I guess I just wanted to know what all the fuss was about. The picture above is my copy of the complete works of Sherlock Holmes (bought long ago at Borders (sadfaec)), and I finally finished it for the second time recently.

I believe the genius of his work stems from every human being's appreciation for a sharp, intelligent mind. For those who have specific passions, it is easy to appreciate a master at work. For example, as a violinist myself, while watching Itzhak Perlman play the haunting theme from Schindler's List, or the exciting gypsy tune Zigeunerweisen, I'm able to appreciate the subtle things that he does with expression or how he plays, because I know how hard it is to do. However for an outsider, it may only be the tune itself that makes an impression.

Two things that all humans have in common is a brain and a body. It is no wonder then, that when people rise to master these two aspects of themselves, that the whole world can appreciate it. Sportsmen are revered around the world for their athletic finesse, celebrities are given much popularity by how they look, and (increasingly) scientists such as Stephen Hawking or my favourite, Neil deGrasse Tyson [twitter], who are also admired by many.

Sherlock Holmes is an example of an expert mind at work. The logical deductions he makes seem so simple when illustrated for us in the novels or short stories, but from the facts alone, we would not know what to deduce. Obviously, being a story, he's always right in his deductions (okay, there are some stories where he screws up, but still!). But this is the reason why we love Sherlock so much; we understand the logic that is required to arrive a certain conclusion, but we could never do it ourselves.

"Inspector Lestrade:In another life, Mr. Holmes, you would have made a excellent criminal. Sherlock Holmes: Yes, and you an excellent policeman." - Sherlock Holmes (2009)

The movies directed by Guy Ritchie are Sherlock Holmes with much more action. I enjoyed these movies (especially the second!) due to the fact that Sherlock was played so well by Robert Downey Jr. A curious mix of laconic and yet with bursts of energy and eccentricity that was his wont. Jude Law as Watson was also quite well done, and the way they interacted with each other was awesome. (epic bromance =D) The plots were original, and very well executed. Mycroft was beautifully enacted by Stephen Fry (another of my idols due to QI), but I think Irene Adler could have been better done (although Rachel McAdams is HOTTTT). EPIC MOVIES REGARDLESS.

"Anderson, don't talk out loud. You lower the IQ of the whole street." - Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes (BBC series)

Recently finished watching the Sherlock series by BBC; found it funny that each episode ran approximately the same length as the movies themselves LOL. The modern-day adaptation of the stories that came from the short stories was immaculate. A Study in Pink (Scarlet in the original), The Hound of Baskerville, A Scandal in Belgravia (Bohemia in the original) were all referenced quite well. The plots were well done for a modern-day adaptation, and the way technology was interspersed was amazing (texts, blogs, and the media showing off his public image with the deerhunter HAHA).

I loved how it was presented. I especially adored the way Irene Adler was treated in this series...the series made the romantic connection between her and Sherlock quite well. However, the other characters I wasn't as impressed with. Moriarty was bonkers, literally, and not the upper-class sophistication as he was in the movie and the books. Mycroft was much too energetic for the lethargic, robust man he was in the books. Watson had a darker past than I thought was necessary, and Sherlock was...not as well played as Robert Downey Jr. He was good as an eccentric being, but he had no laconic, lazy feel to himself. That being said, the plot and writing was amazing; the comedy was contrasted by the darkness of the plot, and all the subtext was hilarious.

/poshrant

THANKS IF YOU'VE READ THIS FAR, I LOVE YOU =D you don't have to agree with ANYTHING I say; I'll still love you all the same.

KT Education PD day

2012-02-03T20:28:00.002+11:00

4/52 WEEK PROJECT - TUTORING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY

Not a very interesting place to be, but a first training day for a tutoring company, KT Education (which was coincidentally at my old school MHS)! I was training for a tutoring position there, pretty good pay, very nice people. We learnt how to deal with the students, conflict management, and a bit of mingling between tutors! It was a pretty fun day, and catering was great (the most important haha).

the night sky is beautiful

2012-01-31T01:12:00.001+11:00

3/52 WEEK PROJECT - OUT LATE IN THE PARK

It seems like a non-unusual place to be. My friends had a spontaneous get-together at my place, and we decided to go for a late-night visit of the park that's behind my house. I know this isn't really a new place, but I've never been out there that late to just chat and watch the stars. It was a good night so we had some funsies and chatz.

I know this is a bit nerdy but I've always wanted to be able to name the stars and see the ones that correspond to the planets. There's an app for that on iPhone called Night Sky; it's really cool but I don't know if I'll want to use it over and over again. (sidenote: recent restore of my iPhone has caused me to rethink all the apps I download. Having too many makes the iPhone go slow :( ). I admire people who can look up at the stars and know the constellations...the only one I know is the Southern Cross. Also, the planets have their corresponding shine as well, and they appear on certain days in certain parts of the sky...but I never remember when or where =P I tried to look at Mars through one of those telescopes a while ago, but my eyelashes got in the way =="

semi-unresolution picture of the stars; it was too dark for my iphone =O

the really rich chinese restaurant (apparently)

2012-01-25T01:06:00.001+11:00

2/52 WEEK PROJECT - CHINESE RESTAURANT (in hong kong):

In my second week, the parents met up with their university friends in Hong Kong. They haven't seen each other for SO LONG that apparently the last time I saw one of the families was when I was 3. They're all Hong Kong rich now, and all sending their kids down here to Australia to study (Yes they all went to Melbourne universities).

Anyway the place was described as 'traditional Cantonese cooking for Chinese people'. So not the weird Sweet and Sour Pork, or Special Fried Rice, or Mystery Meat Dumpling that you get at one of those dodgy Chinese restaurants that look like they were forgotten in the 80's. This was the REAL DEAL.

The menu was quite expensive. My parents told me that this place was where all the rich people ate at because it served really nice food, and had arrogant waiters (I know right what even). And the food was pretty amazing. Usually at normal chinese restaurants you know what the quality of the food is going to be; some good some bad. But at this one everything was PARTICULARLY amazing. It's hard to describe, but the flavours were just...exactly right.

It's like these tastes are jigsaw pieces that fit exactly in the places on my tongue. PERFECTLY.

The prices in this menu ranged from $50AU upwards. Even for something like a chicken or something...FUAAAAAARK LOL (that's alot of money for our meals that normally costed downards of $15 for EVERYTHING)

The place has been decorated really well. Dad told me all the tables chairs and furnishings were from the 50's. THEY'VE BEEN KEPT REALLY WELL :D and damn sturdy hahaha

Malagaysia

2012-01-22T00:09:00.000+11:00

1/52 WEEK PROJECT - Malaysia:

We went on a tour of Malaysia with some other HongKongers (through one of those touring companies (because it's cheaper)) on the holidays; THE FIRST WEEK OF 2012 :D Each day had an amazing amount of food which was good. Asian food is always better, seriously. And cheaper (HK$8 = AU$1!! edit: hk food is approximately AU$4 per meal (assuming equivalent serving size)).

Anyway, it was a great experience...mostly eating but I was very relaxing. Learnt that Malaysians are..."lazy" as the tour guide called it. Everything's really chill and relaxing...she told us not to worry if they took a while to do things; it's so hot everyone just wants to have some major siestas. (apparently Spain or something is like this too!) Having the ability of just letting things run their course and not worrying too much seems like a good thing - I'm adopting that ASAP.

scumbag tour guide story: she brought us to this place where we were going to eat some spicy malaysian stuff. she told us the equivalent in Chinese of "When in Rome, do as the Romans do!"...and that all Malaysians eat with their hands and that there wouldn't be cutlery. She taught us the way to smoosh the rice up and mop up the curry and chicken and whatever. Everyone was like 'LOL okay let's try it'. When we get there, there are two small basins to wash hands; everyone lines up. We get to the tables.

There's. Cutlery. On. The. Table. No-one used their hands to eat. LOL. Damn tour guide...anyway now TO THE PHOTOS

Apologies for the poor quality of the photos; I used my iPhone for everything...the rest of my family used actual real cameras :(

IT'S A WING OF A PLANE. the clouds look pretty. PRETTY HANDSOME HURHURHUR oh wait I'm not trying to hit on my readers. anyway...

ONE MAN. ONE PHOTOGRAPH. STRADDLING THE WORLDS OF SKY AND FIELD.

(ps It's my dad being pensive. The fields have these things called 'Fire Dragon Fruit' (PRETTY COOL RIGHT) and they're really sweet, but making everything red. the colour goes EVERYWHERE (hands, lips, shirt, piss etc)

View from the 5-star hotel lobby. SO DAMN RELAXING and my sister and I splashed around in the pool being kids again just for a bit :) Also the breakfast buffet was quite nice.

PROUD THAT I CAN UNDERSTAND THIS. lol malaynglish

Cool story: The head of this village had 4 wives and had 18+ CHILDREN with them (not each of them!), at least 10 with the first one. He's allowed 4 because he's Islamic so it's okay. We all got to meet up with him and drink some sour tea. Anyway this picture depicts the house we were in. THEY MOVED THE ENTIRE BUILDING BECAUSE IT WAS DAMAGED SOMEWHERE ELSE. LIKE. THE WHOLE THING. ON BAMBOO STICKS. major ridic.

awesome cat don't need yo company

IT'S A COCONUT GET IN THE CAR

I do not like durian. My mother + aunt + grandmother do. They bought a lot and ate it all. SAH SMELLY :(

CHICKEN IN A BUN. (they wrap a chicken curry in foil inside the bun. didn't get a picture of that as I was too busy nomming everything. EVERYTHING) Seriously try this if you're going there.

new years resolutions: a few weeks late

2012-01-20T17:13:00.002+11:00

but it's not my fault because I was all overseas and stuff! so that's okay. I don't think you missed me anyhow :D

INSPIRED by this lady's efforts (KELLEN'S RESOLUTIONS ARE MUCH BETTER THAN MINE, also she's doing a 365 which I am too lazy to do), BLOG RESOLUTIONS:

52 week project: Visit a place I've never been or somewhere I haven't been for the past 5 years...52 times HURHURHUR. No it's one every week...

Learn something from a random wiki page per month: SELF-EXPLANATORY...although sometimes you click onto some really weird stuff so if I can't find anything I'm using reddit~

Read one non-fiction and one fiction book per month: SELF-EXPLANATORY. hopefully be able to read some good stuff and impart some wisdom.

Oh, and regular blogging I guess. But my life will be all studyful this year with 28 contact hours per semester (EXCITING)

here's a picture of my baby cousin just to placate you rabid readers :)

Clara C in Concert!

2011-12-03T23:44:00.001+11:00

Tonight was the much-anticipated (by me at least :P) CLARA C CONCERT on Arrow on Swanston St. I found the acts to be ridiculously wonderful...Clara is so great when performing, and because I sang (nearly) everything while she was, there was much happiness when we got to the meet and greet. My friend Eddie and I got her some gifts as well, and (hopefully) she loved them! MELBOURNE REPRESENT.

Artistic shot of Clara playing guitar :D

Clara C being hood LOL (lovin the hand poses xD)

The cork hat we got her from a tourist shop LOL. We also bought a Starbucks 'Melbourne' tumbler and wrote a nice message on a Flinders St postcard :)

CLARA C HERSELF YAYY

CLARA C WITH MAH BOY EDDIE :)

The headliner act, Charles J Tan is an amazing guy who played uke and guitar really well. I bought his self-produced album and got it signed :) he's such a nice guy, and a Melburnian too!

And last but not least, the signed copy of her album (bought a few months ago) WITH AN AWESOME MESSAGE ON IT :)

the aesthetics of buffet

2011-11-11T23:46:00.001+11:00

DISCLAIMER: I'm weird; be warned.

So I went to a buffet a few weeks back and thought about how I pick food. How do you pick food? Do you go for entrees and then mains and then dessert like a civilised person? Or, because you've starved yourself silly to gorge on the abundance of food at the buffet you just grab whatever's nearest and get back to the table to start nomming like a madman?

I decided a while ago to make sure that my plates were as aesthetically pleasing as possible, while also having an acceptable level of palatability. It's not overly hard, but it's pretty nice when you make something that looks good. Buffets don't always have the nicest foods, so making it look nicer seems better.

I haven't included ALL of my plates, because there was also hotpot (yeah, buffet and hotpot at the same place. WHO WOULD'VE THOUGHT), but here are a few choice plates:

Plate 1: This plate includes noodles, honey chicken, roast duck, pork belly and teppanyaki. Note the lack of appealing colours and the two drops of grease you can see in the top left hand corner. The neatness of the overlapping pork belly does accentuate the stark cut lines of the roast duck, which neatly contrasts the amorphous noodle bundle to the left. Tasted good, except the honey chicken.

Plate 2: Some chips, broccoli, crab stick, deep fried chicken, rice, curry, lasagne, and a bit of unidentifiable meat, which was probably beef. The colours here are obviously more bright; the late addition of the broccoli helped counteract the dull purple colour of the unidentifiable meat and the general messiness of the chips and rice. The deep-fried chicken here is trying to hide the fact that behind it is a mess of the crabstick, but oh well. Probably my favourite of the bunch. Tasted most delicious.

Plate 3: Satay skewers, curry beef with some fried rice, and an oyster (shell). If only I hadn't eaten the oyster before I had taken a picture! It would have looked much better. However, this time, the sauce of the curry is more easily seen, and helps contrast the 'wet' look of the curry to the dry satay skewers. The oyster shell gives a nice Mediterranean touch to the Asian-oriented plate. Tasted okay...the beef was ropey (can you even describe beef like this O_O)

SIDENOTE: To acquire the oysters, my mother had to pretty much fight with an 11-year-old over them. As soon as the oysters came out, in about 2 minutes, my mother and the 11-year-old had split them up between them. Later as I was walking around acquiring my wares, I overheard a lady asking the waiter 'Were there any more oysters?' to which the waiter replied 'I JUST BROUGHT THEM OUT'. His face: priceless.

Plate 4 (aka I Challenged My Sister): Calamari tendrils(?) surrounding a bed of beans. This was a purely aesthetic challenge to my sister, as the calamari was very tough. The beans were also a bit soggy, but the outcome of the dish was probably the best of the night. Father added an egg tart on top, which sort of ruined the effect. Hard to eat, but looked fantastic.

Will post more if I ever go buffet'ing again =D You should try this out too!

'Til next time my dear readers!

hahaha i didn't even do the posting thing

2011-10-24T21:57:00.003+11:00

yeah so instead i'm going to link a cute picture of a) my future child and/or b) my baby photos

this is obviously procrastination from the exam study and essay that i have to write. woo for life.
FOR ALL INTERESTED:
- doin' electrical engineering with law next year
- law is actually fun. i don't do well at it but it's still fun :D
- i wish my life was cooler
- reddit is an awesome timewaster! and a much cooler alternative to 4chan

if any of you were expecting content, you'll have to keep waiting (i know right! how infuriating). or harrass me until i write something worthwhile :P

things i have learnt in the last week or so

2011-09-18T23:21:00.000+10:00

Law is Hard with a capital H
- RAW (Research and Writing) has taught me not to plagiarise, or else I'm screwed when I want to be a lawyer
- Researching cases and legislation is TIME CONSUMING D:
- Writing even a PLAN is hard...as the word count isn't +-10%, it's +-10 WORDS. Damn lecturer...
- Mooting is ridiculously stressful but at the same time so very fun!

And now I have to re-evaluate my course...and whether I want to actually spend a much longer time doing Engineering/Law or change to something else...

PS I've decided to put a fortnightly post limit. i.e. I have to post every 2 weeks AT LEAST. WON'T EVEN TRY, WILL DO!

MOTIVATIONAL VIDEO:

freddiew!!

2011-09-06T20:37:00.000+10:00

this man is MAGICAL :D
I only stumbled across his videos recently...and found greatness!! (Yes, I like awesome special effects. I'm a guy, what of it.)

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call it an excuse

2011-08-05T22:15:00.002+10:00

but I haven't been uploading vids or writing stuff at all. I don't think anyone is particularly disappointed but still...there IS sort of a reason ^^

Many people in this world are talented. Whether it is a gift of languages or an imaginative mind, everyone has something that they believe they are good at. I believe I am good at singing. I used to also believe that I could write creatively well. Of each of these two things, I have produced some work, which is most likely considered very amateur to the rest of the world.

However when I look to great classics of books in what I read (sci-fi), or even just on YouTube watching artists sing and create music, it makes my 'talent' seem insignificant. I know I will probably never have the passion these people have in their determined area of interest because I don't feel like anything will come of it.

I love singing, and listening to people sing. The way they can control their voices, the range that they have with their voices and the sheer level of passion they have for the art makes me envious. They sing often, they sing well, and they create new material that is enjoyable. Knowing my own skills, and the fact I haven't been singing for a period of time, makes me sad that I've lost that passion, and holds me back from doing anything more (youtube-related). I know that covering a song can show your potential to sing, but I always thought that covering a song gave it a different, maybe even more personal interpretation. Changing up the beat or rhythym. Pamplemousse is ridiculously good at rehashing songs in a distinctive way, and the Rocketeer Cover by Jenny Suk is a fantastic remix. And yes, I adore YouTube singers who, even just covering a song, can give their own distinctive feel to it. But I don't know if I can. This isn't to say that I don't enjoy singing though. I frequently annoy my sister with it, and many a time have had to check myself in the shower because I'm singing too loud!

I think it's different with books though. Recently, I've been reading the novels of Arthur C. Clarke, who was a genius in science fiction and wrote magnificently. His Odyssey books were brilliant, and I highly recommend them to anyone really. They're a bit dated in terms of science but the descriptions of planets and situations are captivating nonetheless. From these books, I've realised a few key things that made him so brilliant, and one of those things is explained here (though written by Chuck Palahniuk). I think this may be a more fruitful course to take, as there are features in a tale that can be replicated near anywhere.

And that may also be another problem. With the advent of the Internet, ANYONE can spread their writings or singings around the world, for better or worse. And with this flood of talent/non-talent (read: Rebecca Black), everything becomes diluted. It seems futile...so what's the point?

/rant

cabin fever

2011-07-18T00:39:00.000+10:00

GODAMMIT I've been in this house for TOO LONG. Painters came to take the wallpaper down and repaint over everything...but I've been stuck at home looking after them, just in case they break anything (which they haven't)

- Last Friday I went to see Lawrence Leung's Jetpack live show. It was AMAZING he's quite a funny guy. He's good at delivery, but I'm not sure about improv. The start of the night was a bit awkward but it got ALOT better. I want a jetpack too! =D

- I'm learning how to play some guitar songs. I love singing, and the two best accompaniments to vocals is piano and guitar. I could play piano, but my good friend K taught me 'Hey There Delilah' ages ago, so I've kept up the guitarring. It's going pretty well :) Everything that I like has guitar, but everything I learn is pretty cheesy LOL not that anyone cares but oh well.

- My timetable is so-so. Monday/Friday are pretty much half days...Tues/Thurs I finish at 6pm (herp), and Wednesday I have a 5 hour break. I don't know what I'm going to do there....LOL hang out with people? read? who knows. I probably won't be studying XDD and I might need a better laptop...

That's all, folks!

so I didn't really update at all...

2011-07-07T23:47:00.002+10:00

The wisdom teeth didn't really become an issue...my parents bought one of those nurofen for children things, because they thought I would be in much more pain than my sister.

I had it for two days. And then it was fine.

IN OTHER NEWS I've written up a list of goals that I want to do by the end of the holidays, and if they don't work out by then, the end of semester 2. I doubt I'll be able to get through much of it, because holidays are for going out, but I'll do my best ^^ I might post some up here, but I don't want to seen to have failed :D

YOU SHOULD WATCH THIS COMEDY SERIES: Whose Line is it Anyway.
It's an improvisational comedy series that was aired AGES ago at the same primetime spot as Friends (which is also a classic sitcom :D WATCH IT) This game in particular is called 'Scenes from a Hat' which is like 'Hotspot' from Good News Week except better =D

The user '12Medbe' uploads a ton of clips...it's quite addictive so GOOD LUCK :D

my favourite present :P

2011-06-29T15:48:00.001+10:00

My two awesomest friends made me a Dianna Agron cardboard cutout. I love them muchly <3

I'll update more soon. When all my wisdom teeth are out and i'm in a world of pain :)

first online purchases!

2011-06-17T10:41:00.004+10:00

So I got a debit account like...a few months back, but I've never used it for online shopping! UNTIL NOW!

Clara C- The Art In My Heart. This album I've been wanting for a LONG TIME because as soon as I heard her on youtube she was ridiculously good :D Also I wanted to hear all of these songs...damn you Eddie! You made me want it more :P

AJ Rafael - Red Roses. It came out June 7, but it's taken me this long to buy it because of exams. ITS TIME! YAAAYYY. He is also a most talented singer and I want to support him! Awesome.

I actually thought my first purchases were going to be clothes or something but...IT SEEMS NOT yayy

Now....back to studying :D

the annoying moment when

2011-06-13T19:51:00.002+10:00

- the answers to math exams are wrong
- the answers to physics do not make sense
- law has been boiled down to 'bullshit and i'll pass'
- computing exam without computer (MINDBLOWN)
- everything is maths. EVERYTHING.
- your mind melts

I have studied too hard. =="

have you ever

2011-06-09T22:02:00.003+10:00

Have you ever thought of cloning yourself so you could talk to yourself?

Wait up, before you leave saying 'THIS GUY'S GONE CRAZY', think about it. It's not just talking to yourself in your head, it's about having a physical presence near you who knows everything about you and can completely understand what you're thinking (because they're you). People create ideas by bouncing them off other people to get a new perspective. It could happen here too! Now, okay, they're you, so they might see it the same way, but just by BEING THERE it changes how they think.

Being at home studying for exams alone is hard. Yes, it's good because I get study done, but humans always crave the social aspect of their lives, which I half-get from msn (LOL). But it never matches up to the real thing of having someone there...and yes, I hear you say, GO TO A LIBRARY. I never get study done in libraries because I just talk to people instead. Unfortunate but true.

One day cloning technology will allow this to happen and then I (WE) WILL RULE THE WORLD wooo!!

smileyface

motherquote

2011-06-06T21:37:00.002+10:00

"What's that song again? Go it alone, from the album Random, by Fleetwood Mace...?"

Good job mother :) 1000 points to whoever guesses the song correctly! (it ain't that hard :))

yes, of course...

2011-06-06T14:37:00.000+10:00

“Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise.”

— Lewis Carroll

motivation, not

2011-06-01T16:30:00.002+10:00

I can't seem to find the motivation to study. The words on the pages of legislation that I have to read for the Law Exam seem to meld together making spiky black shapes on a white background. I highlight random passages here and there, but I have to re-read it to correct what I've done.

That being said, that's only today I guess. Maths seems easier to revise because all you have to do is do exams. Physics is shit, full stop. And computing exams have questions and answers together so like...whaat! GNH it'll come to me somehow...

/rant

british music!

2011-05-29T21:53:00.003+10:00

Currently watching 'The Boat that Rocked'.

Finally, it's one of the FIRST MOVIES I'VE SEEN THAT HAS 60's-70's music that I actually KNOW. And all the characters are awesomely awesome because they're all the british actors I know!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1131729/ - check it out if ya want :)

i would not want to eat this

2011-05-28T19:40:00.005+10:00

It's hard to see...but it says "Rape oil hot pot seasoning". That would be awkward to put in your hotpot LOLOL. Yes I saw this at Box Hill while shopping with the fam for groceries :D oh asians.

And because I just ate the cake...here's another picture of kellen's cake in a jar! XD

it's got sprinkles! :):):)

the first of...some?

2011-05-27T20:29:00.007+10:00

I recently realised that, yes, obviously, I've posted like...10 posts for the first half of the year. THATS REALLY BAD. I'm going to pick up my game, so get ready for some banality and hopefully some lols :) I'm thinking of changing the theme as well because, well, its old now! :)

Anyway, today was an interesting day! As always I go to uni for ONE LECTURE (maths, oh how i love you so!) with the lecturer who is shortsighted and loves telling people off, holding up his own lecture and then blaming us for it. I'm sure you know the type of teacher/lecturer...he wasn't THAT bad because I DID learn stuff...yeah. Also DON'T BLAME ME FOR MY UNI HABITS i'm still in school mode. :)

I waited for my good friend KELLEN today (go to her blog; ITS PRETTY COOL). She's actually a pretty rad chick~ She's the one who was like MAKE YOUR BLOG BETTER its boring, so I am. Also...she knows that I haz a birthday next week, so made me something pretty cool...

Its a cake...IN A JAR. IN A JAR.

CAN YOU FATHOM THE AWESOMENESS?

empty bookstores

2011-05-24T19:34:00.002+10:00

I went up to Borders today...the one in Shoppingtown that is closing down. Everything's 70% off (although there aren't any good books there really (they have SO MANY LEFTOVER ROMANCE BOOKS LOLOLOL)). They're even selling signs and fixtures! like WHAT EVEN.

It makes me sad to see all those empty bookshelves. Alot of my childhood was spent in these book stores trying to read as much of the book as possible so I didn't have to buy it (lol asians) and it saddens me I can't do that anymore. The shelves were all empty; half the store was just shelves that they were selling! Doesn't it seem so...sad? So many books...a wealth of knowledge and entertainment that is just disappearing. Where can you go to buy books these days anyway? Angus and Robertsons got shut down, Borders is as well...I guess I'll be following one of my good friends in trawling the second-hand book stores. Online just doesn't do it for me.

/rant and obligatory 'i'll post more!' notice :)

the holidays have come around...

2011-04-23T21:11:00.002+10:00

...and this time they're more interesting!

Uni has been a great experience. I don't know about others, but even assignments and stuff haven't been too bad. Maybe its because its the first semester...this feeling will probably wear off soon =)

I don't have much to say; it's the start of holidays and nothing has been happening! Hopefully I'll have more to blog about in the futureeee. Also contemplating different ways to blog since I've never got the hang of it...

(picture unrelated)

*geekgasm*

til next time!

songs

2011-04-16T14:50:00.001+10:00

its such a nice song :33

facebook effects in the future

2011-03-26T21:57:00.004+11:00

Read this!

Apparently it'll be easy for potential employers etc to find information on you in the future. I don't doubt this, but if certain precautions are made...it shouldn't be too hard to cover (most of) your tracks? (i'm probably just going to cover facebook. laziness ftw!)

Let's assume we're looking for certain information about a certain someone on the Internet. In most cases, this will be on Facebook, where most of our online social interactions occur. There are weird pictures, probably some incriminating messages, so on so forth that spring from the immaturity of youth. Facebook has tried to address this concern by setting up 'groups' and supposedly more stringent settings to allow you to control where your content is being shown. But of course its not really working (from what I've seen) because there's just too much information on facebook to organize!

All you really have to do is delete your Facebook account. You can deactivate it, and then all messages, tags and photos won't easily be seen by someone searching on Facebook. Employers might think 'wow this guy doesn't even have an online prescence' (which might be a bad thing) but you could spin it as if you didn't NEED an online presence because you're just such an awesome guy/girl in real life. And if you were desperate enough, you could create a new email, and set up a new Facebook page.
(Granted, you would also lose contact with your friends, but heck. If you really care about them, call them! or even better send them a letter, or an e-mail. That being said, I rely on Facebook for alot of communication over the Interwebs...)

It...might work?

ramblings

2011-03-25T00:02:00.002+11:00

In a school environment, everything's easy, everything's structured and ready there for you to dissolve yourself in. You see people every day, you talk, you make friends, you laugh, you cry. And then you get to uni, where everythings a mish-mash, everything is everywhere. People flit past quickly and silently, sometimes stopping by to stay hello on their daily, nay, hourly run to class. I know I have flaws and maybe I don't always make the effort either. But, the connections are less deep, the friends less close. I miss that.

I miss being so close to someone you could tell them anything, and listen in return.

Yet I've found that going to uni has afforded a certain sense of freedom in personality. Discovering who I really am, what I'm most comfortable with, and who I'm most comfortable with. It's surprising, eye-opening, and above all joyful, because you can return (even if its not much at all) to the state you were in when the world was a simpler place.

I wish to be young again.

uni

2011-03-05T23:47:00.003+11:00

SO its been just under a month since I last posted...
how are you, my readers?! (there are probably none left by now :) except the spambots in the chatbox xD)

Uni life is actually a very awesome experience. The best part so far (its been...one week of actual uni?) was actually the LITE (Leadership In a Technological Environment) camp, because everyone was much less inhibited than in Orientation things at uni. And by less inhibited I mean they actually wanted to get to know one another! They're a great bunch of guys/girls in Engineering, and its made the transition oh-so-much better.

O-week is a bit O-verwhelming (see what I did tharr?). There's just so much going on, and so many groups, and clubs, and events...it's just too much for the mind to handle! Though now everything is settling in, its getting better =) The social life of uni is really...different. You don't necessarily meet new people in lectures, but I see so many people I know from when I was in highschool. It's a little scary LOL

Starting off uni with the naive thought that I will attend all lectures and classes (including that dastardly 11-12pm lecture on Friday...the only lecture that day!). We'll see how long it lasts? Uni's given me something to actually do with my week other than waste it. All my subjects aren't too bad so far in terms of homework...and the law subject I get this semester seems to be shaping up ok, even though I've heard its bloody hard work and can be quite boring. But at least I'll have the engineering maths to work on ^^

making a resolution to improve myself...and post more! =D it probably won't last but WHATEVS (L)

more of these people please

2011-02-07T19:22:00.002+11:00

"Sapiosexual (n.) — A person who is sexually attracted to intelligence in others"

via em-pe

a nothing update

2011-01-24T19:54:00.003+11:00

Life has been mediocre of late. Just because there hasn't been much on, not because I'm a sad poor deprived little boy...O__o

(I plan to write things when I'm not at my computer, but when I get there I just forget. Damn it. Be cool with dot points =D)

been driving more lately. I must get my P's quickly! Driving is so much more convenient, but probably adds up to the same amount of money used on public transport on petrol. if that makes sense.
I was cleaning the basement and found an awesome vintage windup mini alarm clock! It makes me happy =33 (LOOKEE BELOW. closest thing i could find to it on the net =D)
99.75: engineering/law with a scholarship. can i hear a WOO for free education?
sort of wasting away the days by screwing around at home watching series. i'm going to go get a job soon. I swear! =)
getting back into the whole reading-stuff-you-like act. its pretty good, borrowing a stack of books from the library to read =)

(L)

grammatically correct songs

2011-01-21T00:02:00.000+11:00

best. video. i have seen in so long LOL

hello world

2011-01-05T16:33:00.003+11:00

I'm back from Hong Kong and Japan!
I have no photos at the moment, but it was an amazing time~

Japan was a really scenic, beautiful place. The shrines, the temples, the scenery! The only downer was that we went to Miyajima Island on the day of stormy weather. Supposedly it was going to be the most beautiful place ever! =( Oh well~

Hong Kong was too much shopping. Did that stop me? Of course not! I love Hong Kong...the culture, the language (ONE OF MY FAMILY FRIENDS THOUGHT I WAS BORN THERE. proudest moment ever). Definitely go back there more =D Especially for my CUTE COUSINS (they are kayoooot!).

I don't have much else to say at the moment. HOLIDAYS ARE HERE TO DO STUFF IN =D

Happy New Year by the way ^^
hope 2011 will be good for you (pl.) and me!

driving at night

2010-12-04T00:16:00.004+11:00

pictures unrelated :)

so I'm on my L's at the moment, and I've been driving on main roads and stuff. (wow not) Learners are taught to never exceed the speed limit and to follow all driving rules. Technically, all drivers should be like this, and since we're LEARNING, we learn from them, right?

DRIVERS DO NOT FOLLOW RULES AT ALL.

I'm driving in a 70 zone, going at 70 km/h, and a car passees me. like ACTUALLY passes me. Thus, it must be going faster than me. WHAT THE HELL. that is some speeding right there. When actual drivers complain about L's going too slow, MAYBE THEY'RE GOING TOO FAST! :O

just a thought

VALEDICTORY dinner was bittersweet, just like the last day of school, final assembly, speech night; the lot! There are so many people I want to thank, but I'm pretty sure I'm not going to be able to write it all out.

MHS Year 12 2010

All of my orchestra kids

All of the friends outside of MHS that I've met =)

TP Crew

(THIS IS SEVERELY SUMMARIZED. sorry if you weren't mentioned xDD) Nothing's really sunk in yet. Maybe because I still see so many of them...

And thus starts a new exciting chapter of our lives! or maybe a book. novel? EPIC MASTERPIECE!

Recent days since Speech Night:

XY and Leon's 18th! Very good time, had good food and good karaoke. And awesome people there (Y)

RSA was quite ceebs, and REALLY easy. [RSA = responsible serving of alcohol. It helps with service jobs and stuff =D]

RECORDED WITH JAYMEE TODAY. very happy, but much editing to be done. release in JANUARY hopefully =)

Going to schoolies (sort of) soon, HOPEFULLY will be fun

I'll be away in Japan/Hong Kong for most of December. Don't miss me too much! (L)

Your Song

2010-12-01T13:40:00.001+11:00

LOL. I'll definitely post something before I leave. But instead, here's me again =O

the emptiness of holidays

2010-11-15T17:56:00.003+11:00

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

VCE IS OVER. FOREVER!

are you scared? ARE YA?

this is a very interesting time of my life to be in. not in high school, and not in uni. There's so much time, and so...little? to do? that's probably false, since I've been spamreading One Piece. 300 chapters in 3 days already! =OO There's alot more to do though. Writing letters, hanging out with friends, PARTYING, singing/recording (hopefully), going overseas, receiving results (=S), receiving offers (:D), finding a job (!!!) and just generally relaxing. Its been an intense two years, and I'm sure we all need a break =D

The exams weren't...OVERLY bad. I'm disappointed about my methods performance, meh about english, and happy about everything else. I really hope I get a good ATAR, or else on the 13th of December in a Hiroshima hotel, this guy will not be happy :(

I'll (hopefully) be working on an enormous list of thankyou's for all the guys and girls that have made this year and the last 4 years special. Its going to take a shitload of time, because, different to last year, I know ALOT more year 12's =D But i'll try. its the best i can do =)

how profound =D and weirdly apt, since uni life is coming!

I have more stuff lined up in the next few months, but hopefully I'll keep posting. Since school is over, you don't get to look at my life nomore =D (double negative whatevs). Maybe videos, pics and thoughts on stuff. I don't know what I'll do with this space. Have some fun with it I guess. :)

PS. I think I use the word hopefully too much. Just so I don't crush anyone's hopes of me blogging all the time.
PPS. I realised alot of people read this. So I'll try and be more interesting? Or maybe I'll just stay me. =)

insignificance (to be cont...)

2010-11-04T15:00:00.002+11:00

'Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.'

- Mahatma Gandhi

Do you ever stop to think about the universe, and how small we are in it?

[PS no moar updates til the end of exams. which is in a week! YAY. more updates to follow =)]

Smile - Nat King Cole

2010-09-30T15:44:00.001+10:00

stay strong, valiant soldiers!

2010-09-30T01:26:00.006+10:00

sorry about the incoherence. written very late at night :)

via chloe-e

We're at the end of Year 12 now (well, most of us) and its the time which I've heard called 'VCE depression', where the stress of it all gets to us. To be perfectly honest, I don't believe that's happened yet, although there are many things that COULD have led to it. I've seen some succumb, and others stay strong. Physically, we're exhausted from study. Mentally, we're tired out. And emotionally...well...some have it better than others.

Teenagers live on the brink of adulthood and childhood. Some of us are more adult than others, maybe with their maturity or mental process. Some of us are still children, holding on to the innocence of youth. But none of us can always deal with the problems we face. We're not necessarily experienced enough to use our insight as an 'adult' but we can't use our childhood experiences either. And so, most of us flounder along with the help of our friends, and we get by.

But, and this is probably the point of the post, many adults decide that teenagers aren't...smart? or capable enough to know what they want for themselves at all. They say 'oh those teenagers. they're so annoying' and yet they don't take the time to understand why. Some of us are even smarter than adults! We can have intelligent conversations with adults as well. maybe to them we are the usurping younger generation that is going to take over, and they don't want that. Maybe they still see us as young children. But we aren't. We're sort of adults, sort of children.

Teenagers.

hmm blurry

2010-09-24T11:54:00.001+10:00

水調歌頭

2010-09-22T17:42:00.003+10:00

明曰幾時有?

把酒問青天

不知天上官闕, 今夕是何年?

我欲乘風歸去,

又恐瓊樓玉宇, 高處不勝寒.

起舞弄清影, 何似在人間?

轉朱閣, 低綺户, 照無眠.

不應有恨, 何事偏向別時圓?

人有悲歡離合, 月有陰情圓缺,

此事古難全!

但願人長久, 千里共嬋娟.

This is a Chinese poem, written by..well..if you can't read above, then its probably useless to tell you, and if you can, you can Google it. Anyway, I think what my dad told me about this poem is that it was written by a guy who was very far away from his family in China. He lived as a prisoner (?) a long way away from his village, and wrote this poem. It talks about his wish to be back with them, even though he knows he never can be. And the only thing that he can do is watch the same moon as them, and know that they're doing the same thing.

Its a beautiful poem in Cantonese, and is totally applicable for Mid-Autumn Festival (which is today). I definitely miss my extended family around the world...and I hope they're missing me too.

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival everyone. Hope you have awesome mooncake eating time =)

the unfairness of being

2010-09-12T20:18:00.001+10:00

Life is unfair. You put someone first who puts you second. You study your ass off for a final only to get a B in the class when you deserved an A. You give 110% to someone in a relationship when they only give 40%. You’re there for your best friend at 3 a.m. when they need it the most & the next day they don’t pick up their phone. You give something your all & sometimes get little to nothing back. You care so much about someone who doesn’t care enough about you to say hi once in a while. You give someone your time & they give you “sorry, I’m busy”. It seems like you’re giving everyone everything & they’re just walking away with it.

-via (chloe-e)

damn tumblr you're good tonight =)

i should post more often

2010-09-11T23:12:00.003+10:00

'We are teenagers. We mess up, a lot. We do a lot of crazy things. We would rather stay up late at night just to watch TV than to study. We like our music, loud. We dress up, the way we want to. We like going to concerts. We are clumsy. We eat whatever we want to eat. We fall in love too easily, and we often break rules. But that is the way of life we choose to live. To live beyond extraordinary. We want to be forever young.'

So just leave us alone yeah? =D Let us be teenagers for a while, while we still can.

its the last stretch...less than two months til the exams which give us a 4-digit number that will soon be forgotten.

I'm gonna be recording soon! When I have time, on break from exam revision =) DON'TCHA WORRY (not that anyone is...)

I miss having fun.

2010-08-29T18:18:00.002+10:00

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)

Deep...and very meaningful XD Quite busy, so quick post

FLIC'S BIRTHDAY WAS TODAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUSO GENIUS =DD Went to Korean BBQ and had alot of fun...uni friends were still great people, although didn't really change. All behaviours were expected (sarcasm, ceebsness etc)

I got methods and spesh exam packs on tuesday...I WAS SO EXCITED. this has motivated me so much LOL I think after midyears...it was a very ceebs time hahaha...but now, EXAMS TO PLAY WITH. THEY ARE SO FUN.

exam packs will be my babies for the next few weeks <3

hug

2010-08-20T23:10:00.002+10:00

unreciprocated

2010-08-20T23:05:00.004+10:00

If you don't make an effort, why should I?

maybe its just because we're lazy, or its because we're drifting apart. I don't want that to happen.

But I don't know what to do.

mhs formal

2010-08-15T15:40:00.004+10:00

'The studious boys of selective secondary college Melbourne High School have become the envy of teens across the world this weekend after pop star Katy Perry crashed their school formal at the Grand Hyatt at around 11pm Friday night.'

-The Age, 15th August

Formal was the most amazing event I've been to in my school life. And not just because Katy Perry crashed our formal (which in itself was amazing), but because the night itself was fantastic. Even if she didn't come, I still would have had the best fun I've had for a while.

Pre's at alex's were really good...seeing us with our dates reminds me that not 4 years ago, we were just little kids in year 9, full of expectations and dreams. And now, a formal, where we're (mostly) all grown up =) Everyone turned up looking quite awesome, and my gorgeous date Mackie turned up and surprised me with a formal present! It is the best thing I've received for a while =)

Turning up to the formal and seeing all these people that are usually a. in school uniform or b. lurking in places at school that I've never been, it was very exciting. The ice sculpture was something I expected (as I did stalk all the formal photos from last year), but the whole atmosphere was amazing. A big shoutout to the SRC who really pushed the boat out for this. I reckon it was a good $115 spent. The pro photos, the whole scene, the nicely dressed up people...sometimes words can't really express the feelings you want to put across.

My date, and super friend, Mackie won best dressed...she was stressing over this formal for a few weeks, and I'm so happy and proud she was repaid in such an awesome way =)

The photos don't capture the atmosphere of it all, but I do remember having a smile plastered across my face for a lot of the night. The professional photos (hopefully) will be bloody awesome when we get to see them, and I'm sure I'm going to buy many =) Taking the 9K photo was nearly my favourite, as we could see how much we'd grown up. Such good memories from 9K...even if I was the butt of the jokes (only 9K people will get that double meaning =D). Obviously my favourite was Mackie and I's couple photo, after she'd won the 'Best Dressed Female' award. She's an amazing person, and one of my best friends.

The afterparty showed me how close-knit we were...being a little drunk and all. Support comes from unexpected quarters sometimes...and that's nice =) But I hate the emo-ness that comes from it. Fortunately, the TP crew is very close, and dnm's are always there to help. Thanks to those guys and girls. They are amazing :)

Overall it was a great night, and I'm definitely going to cherish the memory of the MHS formal 2010.

PS: I love how newspapers think because we go to MHS that we are studious

CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT

2010-08-06T21:58:00.002+10:00

So I just finished reading the Harry Potter series again, and it was as wonderful as I remember except...I noticed a few things that I never did before (people probably already know this stuff, but whatever...=( )

1. Diagon Alley sounds like DIAGONALLY! =O

2. Whenever Ron says 'Er-My-Nee' I always thought it was some sort of way to defuse and awkward situation. And then I finally realised he was trying to say 'Hermione' LOL

3. Although people say the 5th book is long and boring, I reckon its actually like that because JK Rowling wanted to show more places in the wizarding world. She shows the Ministry of Magic, St. Mungo's, 12 Grimmauld Place; so many new places and events! That's why its long...and I guess all the exposition is sort of boring, but I found it was quite nice.

4. There is alot of Deus Ex Machina.

I had some more, but they've temporarily slipped my mind...

IN OTHER NEWS: go watch Inception. =D

The music is quite epic, as is the story LOL one of the best movies I've watched ever. =D

Smile

2010-08-03T22:49:00.002+10:00

it makes the world a better place

ps I find its easier to smile when you're cheering someone up, even if you don't feel like it. Its my favourite thing to do. Give someone a smile. it only takes 22 muscles in your face.

and it'll make a world of difference.

as always, i'm quite busy

2010-08-01T16:45:00.003+10:00

last week was hell week for me. well, one of many anyway.

friday 23rd: formal! IT WAS AWESOME. a good start to hell week xD
saturday 24th: surviving the aftermath and having to go to dr. he stoned. not a good feeling LOL
sunday 25th: winter concert rehearsals (GRARGH)
monday 26th: CHEM SAC and also house debating stuff. rarara
tuesday 27th: ditched my DAV team for UMAT practice LOL won the house debate VERY narrowly...not the best performance ever, but as first time going second speaker I think it went well. =)
wednesday 28th: UMAT and some good times with friends afterwards ;)
thursday 29th: WINTERCONCERT HOMG. so like, it was my solo (which went ok btw. I was really nervous and kept bumping my bow because my heart was racing) and I'd been practicing the whole day, perfecting it and everything. It was my last one anyway, yeah? WELL, in the interval, about half an hour before we were on, RUW KNEED MY VIOLIN AND KNOCKED THE BRIDGE OUT. ensuing 15 minutes re-bridging, re-tuning, finding out the E-string was fraying and freaking out. Mr. De Korte, however, was nice enough to lend his awesome violin to play, so I used that. LOL. and now I need to get my violin seen to =S
friday 30th: SPESH SAC (ongoing) which is a shitload of modelling. *dislike*
saturday 31st: Chloe's 18th...tons of fun. Being phantom was fun, except I didn't sing as much as I should have LOL

now I can get back to ACTUAL schooling! =D

formallll

2010-07-24T22:01:00.001+10:00

best kids ever =D (not attending in this picture: all other best kids)

highlight of the formal: running in suits after a car to get to the AP. oh, and this photo xD

friends (HP)

2010-07-17T21:08:00.002+10:00

'But from that moment on, Hermione Granger became their friend. There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other, and knocking out a twelve-foot mountain troll is one of them.'

-Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone

sorry

2010-07-16T23:48:00.001+10:00

I did my best.

how nostalgic

2010-07-15T21:04:00.002+10:00

So I'm re-reading all the Harry Potter books. Started today. Came across this:

Professor McGonagall: 'He'll be famous - a legend - I wouldn't be surprised if today was known as Harry Potter day in future - there will be books written about Harry - every child in our world will know his name!'

Let me tell you, that was one epic moment when I read it. =D

monotony

2010-07-12T22:30:00.002+10:00

and here we are! back in term 3. as is customary (i'm sure all my readers (who i'm finding is increasing! yay!) know this happens), whenever school starts, updates start slowing down. in advance, i'm sorry.

however, I was just getting back into the game! so hopefully I'll remember how to post and post often! =)

stay with me yes? good.

teenagers ahoy~

2010-07-10T19:52:00.000+10:00

Being a teenager is hard, harder than some can imagine, harder than some can remember. It’s those years you’ll never forget though you sometimes wish you could wipe them away. They seem to last forever, but when you look back, they went by so fast. Being a teenager is falling in love too fast, and too hard, talking for hours on the phone to your best friends, being talked about and talking about others. It’s being guilty when you’re innocent, it’s standing out and fitting in. It’s when you have a million questions that will never be answered. Being a teenager isn’t something you can really describe, unless you’re living it at the time. It’s dealing with life when it crashes on you, and trying your hardest to live through it. Everyone has their tough times. Everyone goes through something, but being a teenager, that’s when you feel everything at once. When you’re in love, you’re really in love, when you hate someone, you despise them, when you’re lonely, you’re miserable. Being a teenager is something you always have to go through, and it’s the best and worst years of your life. Being a teenager isn’t anything-it’s everything. It isn’t a big deal-it’s a HUGE deal. And while you’re being a teenager, you ought to live it up, because this is the one chance. The one time, you’ll be young, and free, and careless, as teenagers usually are.

- little quirks

you guys know who you are!

2010-07-10T15:40:00.000+10:00

What defines a best friend? What are the requirements to be a good best friend? How many hours a week does it entail? Stupid questions that have no answers. A best friend is not defined by how many times they talk on the phone, or how many hours they hang out together. It is not defined by how many sleepovers they gossip at, or how many inside jokes they have. There are no requirements or laws that state that a good best friend must hang out with them every weekend, or tell each other every little detail. A best friend is a matter of opinion. It is the person who has been there for you through everything, not just through the fun things, or the little things. It is the person that you call when you are at your absolute worst, it is the person who saves you when you didn’t even notice that you needed saving, mostly it is the person who accepts you for who you are, and the person that you are becoming.

-Anonymous

pretty deep for a youtube comment...

2010-07-09T22:36:00.001+10:00

The darkness will always be there at the edge of even the brightest light. It's why we love the light so tremendously.

- random youtuber

new theme

2010-07-09T19:08:00.002+10:00

The old theme decided to die on me and give me all these photobucket signs.

that's cool LOL

anyway, will be experimenting with this one for now ^^

updates to come

inspiration; stay chipper!

2010-07-08T17:19:00.003+10:00

via the pursuit of happyness

life is mud

2010-07-07T23:14:00.003+10:00

Sorry guys, made another regretful decision. Time to move on, neh?

confusing mind

2010-07-07T19:27:00.004+10:00

via the pursuit of happyness

I'm really hoping this is true. Life at the moment is trundling along, but the future is really really foggy. Those interviews where they say things like 'Where do you see yourself in 10 years?'; I have no idea how to answer. Preferences for uni are in less than a month...and I'm stuck at a wall of undeciciveness (is that even a word?). I can't choose, and again, I don't want to make the wrong decision. It always comes down to two things, which can't be meshed together. Usually mutually exclusive.

I don't even know what I want. I never know. It's easier to avoid confrontation and just let things be. Do I have opinions? probably. But usually I dislike sharing them. Why? People think differently, they perceive you differently; just for saying this, or saying that. My music is a prime example. I listen to what I like, but I know there is probably nobody else in the world who has the same preferences as I do. Its too varied. Anyone who's seen my iPod would know. It kind of stresses me out, but I'm trying to get over it...

I try not to be too feelings-y on this blog...so sorry about that ^^

happy updates to follow (hopefully)

decision time

2010-07-02T22:32:00.002+10:00

decision time is coming up and I am not ready for it. I really hope I make the right decision (or choice ref picture)

I don't want to have any more regrets this year.

stay young

2010-06-29T21:25:00.001+10:00

credits: chlo-e <- a good friend who has a good tumblr :)

EOTT

2010-06-28T17:55:00.007+10:00

...ie End Of Term Two. The last term 2 ever. How special =P

FIRSTLY: THANKS TO ALL MY GOOD FRIENDS WHO GOT ME PRESENTS <3 It means alot, I realised. Even just a message on facebook =) Presents included 2 SNSD Albums (WOO), a MICROPHONE (:O probably most expensive present and I <3 all the mhs/macrob kids who got it for me =)), NUTELLA (hopefully my mum will let more into the house now XD), cookies and some cologne =PP

I love you all <3

ANYWAY back to the end of term day ^^ It was a pretty chill day. I didn't really expect any teacher to want to teach us anything, and we weren't in the mood anyway. upshot being that it was a slack day ^^

Afters, I went out with the guys and then ditched them (SORRY) to go watch TOY STORY 3 at Chadstone. And let me tell you, it is ONE GOOD MOVIE. This is the sentimental, wants-to-stay-in-touch-with-his-inner-child Vincent (as normal). Seeing all the toys again, all those scenes, just everything really, it was so sad. And the ending is so happy, but it made me cry (oh look, vince is being sensitive (Y)). And now I want those peas! XDIf you haven't seen the peas, don't worry. I'm not spoiling much :) I COULD! but I'm not.

Afterwards was KBBQ! that was very the good. I haven't been much, and it was good food with good company =) I may have made a fool of myself (as always) but it don't matter. I'm like that.

There's probably alot more to say, but I forgot. Hehehe.

Classic Movie Update: watched Donnie Darko, Zoolander...a couple of others. THEY ARE GREAT =)

Yesterday Once More - The Carpenters

2010-06-27T00:04:00.003+10:00

An old song that I rediscovered just recently...

I'll give a long-awaited text post later xD

Well howdy do~

2010-06-13T12:04:00.006+10:00

SO MY READERS

did you miss me?

I probably should have posted a lot earlier, but there's so much to post! and I CAN'T REMEMBER HALF OF IT =( LOL its ok though. I'll try my best =)

MIDYEARS of course. Psych harder than expected, Chem easier than expected. I found I didn't want to study super hard, but that was because I started earlier. Revision, that is. I really don't want to burn out and screw up in the exam period, because that would be just really shit. So instead I went youtubing!

I found a ton of awesome youtube singers and its just so surprising that there's so much talent in the world, but in olden days it wouldn't be recognized as much. THANKYOU YOUTUBE. =)

AH yes on the subject of thankyous, thanks to everybody who bothered to say happy birthday. It means alot, I've found. So I did take the time to reply to everyone because they made the effort too. Thanks guys =D

SHOUT OUT TO V.Chiang. His stories are getting better on his blog...check it out! http://infinityeva.livejournal.com/29929.html or look down below: Code Eva =D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_FfHA5whXc <- CHECK IT OUT I am so pumped for this LOL its at the end of term! Shall go watch.

when I have something more interesting to say I'll post LOL

until then, ciao~!

CLOSED FOR MAINTENANCE

2010-06-04T21:22:00.002+10:00

the blogger's brain that is. Before his mind is plunged into the deep abyss of perpetual study, he would like his readers (if there are any) to know that he will be back!

be ready! ^^ and GOOD LUCK FOR MIDYEARS!

I do not know who this chick is. whatever. read the sign.

MIDYEARS

2010-05-28T22:34:00.002+10:00

So like don't be expecting too much XD I did say I had midyears.

Kind of happy about my trial exams marks. I did about ten or so chem exams before the Chem Trial, and then watched Glee the night before, and pulled an ok score. Not to the standard of the year 12 group last year; they would rip me for getting so much wrong! But it was all cool. I know what to study more now xD

PSYCH was not too hard. Just alot of detail missing. Sad...was beaten. probably only going for Psych Prize this year ^^ Maths and Sciences are just for the freaks XD

I was really interested in this proof, but it turned out to just be a definitional thing. what a let down:

PROOF 1+1=2:

The proof starts from the Peano Postulates, which define the natural
numbers N. N is the smallest set satisfying these postulates:

P1.  1 is in N.
P2.  If x is in N, then its "successor" x' is in N.
P3.  There is no x such that x' = 1.
P4.  If x isn't 1, then there is a y in N such that y' = x.
P5.  If S is a subset of N, 1 is in S, and the implication
    (x in S => x' in S) holds, then S = N.

Then you have to define addition recursively:
Def: Let a and b be in N. If b = 1, then define a + b = a'
    (using P1 and P2). If b isn't 1, then let c' = b, with c in N
    (using P4), and define a + b = (a + c)'.

Then you have to define 2:
Def:  2 = 1'

2 is in N by P1, P2, and the definition of 2.

Theorem:  1 + 1 = 2

Proof: Use the first part of the definition of + with a = b = 1.
    Then 1 + 1 = 1' = 2  Q.E.D.

Note: There is an alternate formulation of the Peano Postulates which
replaces 1 with 0 in P1, P3, P4, and P5. Then you have to change the
definition of addition to this:
Def: Let a and b be in N. If b = 0, then define a + b = a.
    If b isn't 0, then let c' = b, with c in N, and define
    a + b = (a + c)'.

You also have to define 1 = 0', and 2 = 1'. Then the proof of the
Theorem above is a little different:

Proof: Use the second part of the definition of + first:
    1 + 1 = (1 + 0)'
    Now use the first part of the definition of + on the sum in
    parentheses:  1 + 1 = (1)' = 1' = 2  Q.E.D.

http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/51551.html

Yeah I'm kind of sad like that.

Got a bit of new music from a good friend. Going through it all now...really is opening up my mind to new types of music other than the stuff I used to listen to xD HELPING MY MUSIC EDUCATION. YAYYY ain't it good? ^^

GLEEEEEE I quite love the singing...and I only recently found this!

GOOD LUCK PEEPS~

O Captain My Captain!

2010-05-15T17:12:00.004+10:00

'I went into the woods because I wanted to live deliberately. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life! To put to rout all that was not life; and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.' - Henry David Thoreau (via Dead Poets Society)

Re-watched Dead Poets Society last night. It is an awesome movie. I really recommend it. The message is pretty clear. Its not strictly related to the current day, where imagination is encouraged, but the message still works.

Live life to the fullest. Don't regret anything. Carpe Diem, boys, seize the day!

One of my favourite parts of the movie.

[In the process of watching classic movies for my own cultural education. Will keep you posted!]

chinese aphorism (?)

2010-05-11T23:01:00.001+10:00

don't know if that's how you use the word but anyway...

好事一起享 , 壞事自己受
share the good, keep the bad

too tired to blog. I am dead.

like a kaleidoscope

2010-05-03T21:51:00.003+10:00

I'll probably re-edit this as I am a little pressed for time. But whatever. ANYWHO...

The internet is an information super-highway. We've all heard this. In particular, with regards to me especially, I find that if people spent enough time on it (in particular; blogs, fb, twitter), they could find out alot about people. And while this may sound stalkerish, there is nothing at the moment which stops randoms from doing this.

But I digress. My point for this textpost is changing perceptions. I know that I may have alot of facebook friends and maybe I don't really communicate with alot of them. Lots of good friends, or people I thought were good friends. I don't think that that's a problem. Some time in the future, maybe I'll reconnect with them; maybe I'll talk to them again and be pleasantly surprised at how they turned out. I already have been =)

(actually this led me to wonder, as we are kind of like 'inheritors' of the digital age, by the time we're 40 or so, will we have upwards of 1000+ facebook friends? I mean, I don't know many people who delete friends....so....)

But with current friends, or so-called, there's...differences. When you go online, see what they've said (and yes, this is very stalkerish. I don't deny it. It just appears!) or done, you think about them differently. There's alot of stuff that people maybe aren't supposed to know, but the interconnected nature of the internet and the rapidity with which things can spread has changed how this works. (I probably should have written the other 'friends' post I was going to, but that requires more effort than this, so you'll have to wait for that XDD) People find things out. And although I love saying in a general sense that people are stupid, there are people that aren't. They don't like it happening, and this can change certain behaviours towards them.

Its like a Chinese whisper, except in this case, you're always third in line...getting secondhand information about 'the purple elephant eating the green peanuts' (yes, I've had that in one game xD it was quite random) And then you keep that information to yourself, but see things a whole lot differently.

Let's all be kind, neh?

I'm not stupid (hopefully). I know how people treat me, and I know how I treat others. Maybe sometimes I do things I probably shouldn't do or say things I probably shouldn't say, but I change. I can change. Observing is a little habit of mine, and seeing myself from different points of view is a good one. It helps self-improve. Some people, however, can't do it. They can't pick up on body language, on different changes in emotion, in speech, that signal a grey area. Some people are oblivious to how they act towards people, or maybe they are conscious and are just being fake. I dislike that.

Then again, on a more positive note, sometimes you see things that change your perception of people in a good way. Maybe you see them in a light you wouldn't have seen them in previously. Some sort of unappreciated kindness or maybe something as simple as seeing a different side of them. It just happens. ^^

vicious circle of work and weekends

2010-05-01T17:22:00.003+10:00

in the week: 'I'll do work on the weekends~ I have so much time'

on the weekend: 'CEEEEEEEEEEEEBS'

=) not necessarily me...

DAWWW how cute~

Rediscovery

2010-04-30T22:51:00.003+10:00

Lately it has been rediscovery of old songs I use to listen to on the radio. I use to sing them in the car and stuff. It just brings back good memories ^^

SO YEAH. 'tis an awesome song actually. This is live, and so very beautiful. Not done much these days...

Lots of stuff happening at the moment. but it is SAC-ful, so no substantial blogging unfortunately. I have lots of ideas! but then I become ceebs or just feel like its not the right time.

Fun Fact: Vince is able to eat a Large Pho in 10 minutes. Good effort IMO xD

So please stay tuned! ^^

A Fall of Moondust

2010-04-16T21:42:00.002+10:00

Have you ever wondered what would happen if you and a group of strangers were the last people on Earth, or that they might be the last people you would ever see in your life?

Arthur C. Clarke tackled this well, and really got into the mindset of people in his novella 'A Fall of Moondust'. Mind you, this was written a little before we had actually got onto the moon, so his observations are pretty cool. The 'seas' of the moon are so called as they are barren plains of 'moondust'. In his story, a sort of hovertransport is going across one of these seas when suddenly they 'sink' under the dust and are lost to any transmission possible. What occurs later is the description of what happens inside that hovertransport. How people react, and what people do in response. This isn't a book review. Its a good book, but my point is different.

These days when I get on late buses by myself, and I've finished the paper or whatever I'm doing, I always observe. I don't have anything else to do. And I have a curious habit of watching people and seeing how they behave, how they speak and what they do. Sounds creepy, but its actually sort of interesting. Try it some time. You might see some pretty awesome stuff...anyway, I digress. I'm sure you would have worked out by now what I'm getting at.

If this bus was put into a life-threatening situation, how would each person react?

Now, I know this probably judging people on their appearance, and probably is quite shallow and superfluous. But what would you do? Usually there are a few types of people I identify. The leader, who naturally takes control of the situation. The calm one, who just takes it all in and just...chills. The HYSTERICALS who go crazy and try to do whatever they can to survive; the situation might actually cause them to do things they would not normally do. And then the malicious, those who want to screw up the situation even worse.

Just some thinkin' to do when bored ^^

NB I'm reading Sherlock Holmes at the moment. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a genius. LOL I must like authors named Arthur XD

A comment on the UMAT

2010-04-09T18:31:00.003+10:00

Medentry. $500 or so. What is it for? To teach you how to ace the UMAT, right?

But what is the UMAT for? I'm not going to say for definite anything, because I definitely didn't design it. But to my mind, its testing you as a person, whether you are empathetic enough, intelligent enough and logical enough to have the right characteristics to be a doctor (or whatever =D). Its your base level emotion...none of your emotional walls need to be put up...you're just you. And that's what they want to see (I think?).

Not something that has been studied for. I mean, I understand that if you study empathy, maybe you would be able to pick up signs more in real life and maybe that might help you become more empathetic. But then when you actually are in real life, can you pick up on body language? Can you really understand what someone is feeling from the tone of their voice?

Maybe the interview is how they test that. And I'm not saying that studying for the UMAT is a bad thing. But I just don't understand the need for MedEntry.

There. I have now justified my lack of study for the UMAT. Win.

Is this me? ^^

2010-04-07T14:57:00.003+10:00

Poor Zero. T__T. Sometimes I feel like that.
LOLMATHJOKES

Holidays oh holidays

2010-04-07T14:45:00.003+10:00

It has actually been not very boring. First week was full of stuff:

Monday: KARAOKE: was so fun! Sang my heart out, enough people came and I was VERY HAPPY about it. and I saw Mai again! and eddie and mai as a couple DAWW they are awesome for each other. Just thought I should say that =D. Afterwards went home and regretted leaving. Tried to learn Schnapps from Vincent...kind of failed.

Tuesday: LOL JUST A DAY AT HOME. These days are really sweet and relaxing. You so need them. Don't just go out all the time. xD

Wednesday: MUSIC SESH oh gods I love Kento and Alex. No joke. best guys ever. I have to work on singinga nd bassing at the same time though. Its so fun to have guitars backing you up while you sing. Although I was sick, so it was a bit shit. couldn't get up too high, and half screwed up my voice. BUT IT WAS FUN.

Thursday: BADDY AND ROBBO'S SURPRISE PICNIC. 'Nuff said really. badminton is really fun. I miss playing...so busy these days haven't been playing with dad like normal on Sunday. because that really goes for like...4-5 hours LOL. Christine Pho is actually really good =D but compared to Cliffdan Gan...LOL SORRY PHO. Gan rules all =) Robbo was so happy to get his DD-7 ^^ I want to hear him with it SOON~

Friday: Philip Island~ Good trip. Nice day out with the family. Need them more often xD Year 12 really takes out all your time.

Saturday: REST DAY

Sunday/Monday: TURKEY PARTY 4. Not much to say, it was PRETTY AWESOME. I love seeing that crew...its always nice =DD AWAITING TP5

anyway...back to work. alot of work has piled up. gotta do ALOT since the rest days were not as productive as I wanted them to be =)

That was a textpost. Have not done only text for ages. xD i'll make up for it later. LOL

Oh Beatles...

2010-03-29T20:28:00.002+11:00

LOL A classsic tune =))

Karaoke today makes me happy ^^

GOMENASAI

2010-03-27T11:34:00.007+11:00

There haven't been much updates...not that many care :D but anyway I have been quite epically busy
ENGLISH SAC two weeks ago...was alright, but haven't got my mark back. Hearing alot of people getting around the B-C region, which isn't too heartening, but whatever. ^^

NORTHSYDNEY CRAWFORD SHIELD COMPETITION for debating, which was fun. I hadn't third speaker'd for ages, and I got back into it chyeahhh. Now I crave for DAV LOL it will be fun =)FAMILY CONCERT was good. Being concertmaster is fun. Looking after people and doing stuff is good. The authority...oh the power...=DD

not much else. will update when I have more interesting things to say ^^

Taeyeon (L). 'nuff said xD

How do you even win?

2010-03-13T23:33:00.002+11:00

Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock:

Rock, Paper, Scissors, Gun, Dynamite, Nuke, Lightning, Devil, Dragon, Alien, Water, Bowl, Air, Moon, Sponge, Wolf, Cockroach, Tree, Man, Woman, Monkey, Snake, Axe, Fire, Sun.

That's just stupid LOL

A SONG IN MY HEART!

2010-03-07T21:20:00.002+11:00

Recently, I've found I always have songs in my head, going round and round. And I get pissed off when I love the tune but forget the lyrics LOL and I realise the songs I love most on my iPod are the ones I can sing really well. And now I want to record stuff, but I don't have the motivation to.

Its good! But the glee version is cool too =)) The Glee version is pretty high up as well...

AND I REALISED THE CHICK IN THE PRETENDERS WAS IN FRIENDS! :OO so surprising LOL she was Stephanie who took over Phoebe's role in Central Perk

Yeah I'm obsessed.

Are you expecting something from me? Tell me now! Please!

2010-02-26T23:57:00.004+11:00

Dawwwww Up is such a great movie. I gotta watch it again =))

GAH Busybusybusybusybusy

there is no time. or is there? Everything is piling up, and I just feel like there isn't enough time. there probably is, but if I let it all come rushing towards me, I won't be able to handle it. I have to have those periods of just...relaxation. And I don't get that much at all these days. Chorals take up so much time. I get one recess/lunch out of every 4, and since alot of my friends are in the House that has rehearsal (coincidentally), I don't get to see them. This makes me sad.

FRICKEN FORREST KIDS. SEE ME. =DD

Chorals actually takes alot of work:

Go the Distance: I've got about 4/5 rehearsals left. We have the last, hardest, highest part to do. And I gotta find a way to get them to remember words. The entire house. damn the song with each chorus and verse having different lyrics ==" makes it harder to learn. whatever. I suppose I brought it on myself anyway ^^"

California Dreaming: I have to write a tenor 2 part. Like....for the whole thing. LOL I should have done this so much earlier...but I only recently realised that not every tenor can go up to a G. ==" I'm smart hey?

I am indebted to Jeff Van. He's the choral leader of Waterloo..and he's doing such an awesome job at not only supervising but also conducting and encouraging. He's helped me alot...and got me through some difficult times in conducting ^^

Until next time, folks!

Don't worry, I ain't quitting. I just found it funny LOOOOOL

Sorry for not updating

2010-02-24T22:01:00.001+11:00

I'm crazily busy. no joke. This is just a quick post...

Conducting Special choir (California Dreaming) and Free Choice (Go The Distance LOL): not that its not fun (because its awesome), but its pretty stressful. I never envisaged such stress. faaaaaaaack...

The North Sydney Debacle: such hassle...==" doing debating for the school wasn't such a good idea after all LOL. OR WAS IT ^^ we'll see if I can go up soon =)

Homework: rate of homework doing is decreasing...I am not happy about that at all >_____> where did all my motivation go?! GAH.

<3 you all xDD

Hey you~

2010-02-14T17:08:00.002+11:00

Will you be my valentine? ^^

Happy Chinese New Year kiddos~

Then there was music, and wonderful roses~

2010-02-07T00:06:00.003+11:00

Yeah, I don't think anyone will be able to pick that song ;) I'm quite an oldie in that respect.

[Barney Stinson style]

So the first week of Year 12 is over. Its been a pretty studious week. I think I've done alot actually. I've never had so much study in every period, after school, at home...

Its this new rule I enforced on myself: No computer until 9pm - when I sleep every night. I was really obsessed with computer for a while. I guess I still am, but on weekdays when I really need to not be on the computer, this rule really works. Determination ftw.

[I don't think Pluto looks like this. Its supposed to be a lump of weird rock isn't it? THAT LOOKS LIKE THE MOON. Doesn't matter. The message is the same =))]

Nothing much else has been happening I guess xDD On the first day I thought I didn't have Psych, because I had double frees! 12 free periods (which are actually library periods)! I liked the emptiness of my timetable. But then I took it to the SLC and Woody said I had to take another subject. Even though Psych was full. Ensue meeting with Crockstar (Mr. Crocket) who was my form teacher in year 10~ Had to ask him to be in one of his classes. He's such a good guy...love him man. love him. Got in~! so happy.

Being Concertmaster is good I guess. I have more power but I've learnt to earn it. Being nice and mean at the same time is what Phil did. And he was the perfect concertmaster. I'm only good at talking to people. I can leave all the skill stuff with Chris. He's skilled to the max. Since I was shunned as Leader of Camerata in preference to Chris...I guess so does Berezin...==" Had to present a speech for the fresh blood's parents coming in this year. Thanks to those excellent debating skills that I picked up from the Amazing Tallon Mason-Kaine, and of course my excellent debating team (modesty intended), Speech was good. invigorating. Even to myself =)) It was really humid and...yes. sigh. oh well. xDDD

[Da Vinci in the 21st Century]

Kind of realized all the shiz I won't be able to do this year. Gaming especially. Maybe I shouldn't have good Steam games and stuff just before Year 12...but that's fine. I can totally not play them. Practically because I need to be away from things to really appreciate them.

'Abscence makes the heart grow fonder' (or something along those lines xDD)

Love you all, my readers =))

[thansk yinning for telling me to post xDD]

PS SNSD Show Show Show on MuCore is awesome. They so pretty. And Oh! has more ponytail love! XDDD

SNSD Ponytails~

2010-01-31T17:38:00.002+11:00

SNSD Oh! MBC MusicCore Comeback Stage (L) [Picture failed.]

My favourite part ;) Jessica gets molested, and then they start approaching. CHYEAHHH

PS. I'm such a fanboy T_T too bad I can't spazz during VCE

Weird Fact #1

2010-01-31T00:38:00.001+11:00

I think ponytails are awesome ;)

Too much to blog about

2010-01-28T19:52:00.003+11:00

And I have so little time. Suffice to say I was SUPER HAPPY about these holidays. Met new people. Did awesome stuff. ^^ ;)

- One Chicken Party [TY TALI AND HER TOPHAT]
- Two Turkey Parties [TY NICK AND THE TURKEYPARTY KREWW] [special mention to Dom just cos he's that awesome ^^]
- Two Movies watched: Sherlock Holmes and Avatar
- Three Karaokes~ <3 [I seriously do miss the big asian group of year 13's. They karaoke superwell~]
- A ton of holiday homework ==" at least I've done most of it.
- Saw so many friends. Gosh I love you guys. ^^ To all those going somewhere else to study...I hope we meet up again sometime. I'll miss you~
-Felt time was a little wasted. But that always happens.

And now in a few more days, my life will become stress-tastic. ITS THE LAST YEAR OF SCHOOL! I really hope I can do well and deal with stress. I've never been good. But it does all come down to this year. And I hope its a good one =))

PS. SNSD 'Oh!' Album out. *FANBOY SPAZZTASTIC* I might even write about it...but I don't think I'm that desperate xD

Lighthouse Family - High

2010-01-28T00:23:00.004+11:00

A song from my childhood I guess. Some songs you just remember...
...and then later you find out what it really means ;)

♪ One day we gonna get so high...♫

2010-01-27T20:46:00.001+11:00

Cities and Thrones and Powers
Stand in Time's eye,
Almost as long as flowers,
Which daily die:
But, as new buds put forth
To glad new men,
Out of the spent and unconsidered Earth
The Cities rise again.

-Rudyard Kipling

[taken from 'Time's Eye' by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter]

A totally irrelephant post

2010-01-17T01:24:00.000+11:00

Or is it?

>.<

Want To Have =DD

2010-01-14T16:14:00.001+11:00

Nawwwww~

Pop Mix

2010-01-10T23:21:00.000+11:00

Its actually quite good ^^

What to do what to do...

2010-01-10T00:17:00.002+11:00

Holidays have been surprisingly good. I've been very happy, although with the parents around its kind of dampened my spirits. Nagging is bad, but company is good. ^^

Studying moderately hard for Year 12. Its quite hard actually. Going slowly, but I've still got 3 weeks left. Again, year 12 hasn't quite got to me yet. Hopefully it won't. ^^ The stress has started to pile up even but minutely with the Chorals competition. I have to transcribe stuff for that and start practicing conducting etc. LOL busy is me.

I've been doing alot of stuff I won't be able to do when school starts. Got into TF2, L4D and Portal. Portal was finished just today in like...3-4 hours straight? wasn't too hard actually, was expecting more. L4D is becoming addictive. I missed the initial love of it, and I might have to get L4D2 (even if it is a cracked, pirated version ^^) TF2 is just amajjing. The best. :D no wonder its rated 92 on metascore on steam LOL

I need to play more bass. Its so fun flicking through the tabs playing stuff that I know from ages past. My music taste was flavoured initially by what parents listened to (old 50's-60's-70's music surprisingly) which have pretty nice bass lines. ^^ gotta get that band together YES KENTO? ALEX? :DDD

Was in a weird sad mood last night. Don't know why. Thanks to mah bffl, I got through it. I downloaded One Litre of Tears at last, just for next time. ^^ But I'm all better now LOL

Finished watching Big Bang Theory (up to latest). Must wait for Scrubs and HIMYM....I must have them. So but for now, Friends it is again. =DD

Hope you're having a great holiday, readers (if there actually are any)

2010

2010-01-02T14:56:00.004+11:00

yeah yeah yeah? :PP

2010 is coming. This is going to be the biggest year since I was born...I think ^o). VCE is going to be quite stressful. Although I've already done two subjects, I don't think that really adds up to the stress involved when you have 5 subjects to study for! GOSH its going to be stressful. And to see all the year 12's getting their ENTER scores and everything...ARGH! YEAR 12! The actual anxiety hasn't set in yet, but its going to..maybe 2-3 weeks before school. I'm studying, so when it gets really hard, I'll know that I'm fucked. YAYY!

Had a little NYE party...which went surprisingly well. Had lots of fun, might make it regular :DD Piano-playing by Alvin and Phung, pool, poker (which, obviously, the white boy won xD Damn Nick)...Wii (which Arnold and Kevin tank all the time) sleeping at 6am, swordfights, making DELICIOUS jelly...its all good xDD This is probably a bit too public, so all the sordid details will have to be concealed. XD If there were any ;) Glowsticks are funn~

There've been so many people I could thank here. Everyone I've met this year...all the people I spent fun times with...all the people that I've become better friends with...but RIGHT AT THIS MOMENT IN WRITING THIS, I kind of can't be stuffed. All the Year 12's have had their post :P:P I might have to write one up some time...I can't remember everyone/everything so...yeah.

I do want to thank the MHS kids for making it such a great year. I know I don't spend time much with everyone I know, because there's just too many people :P But I know that every time I've been with any group, its been great. Really really good. :) For my really good friends, Tom, Kento, Junou, Alex, Woon, thanks for staying by and keeping me sane :) The company is greatly appreciated. All those asian guys...OGC, DSG/State Crew/T21 Crew, Hungy's group (I'll always think of it like that :P), the breakers, the downball krew...thanks for teaching me how to live different types of lives. It's been amajjing. :DD

To everyone I met outside school, whether from PLC, MGHS, Scotch or just randomnly, thanks. Just thanks. I probably don't see you often, unless you're one of the Dr. He kids, but I really appreciate the fun we had. Karaoke...study, whatever it was, it was great. 2009 was good for meeting people...and I hope I get to meet more this year. It always makes me happy ^^ Spending time with friends as well...its really good to see old friends like Big Vincent...he's such a great guy. And still can put up with me, surprisingly ^^

I'll edit this later if I want. But you know what I mean. Thanks to you all for such a great year :DD Once again, have a happy holiday!

PS I don't have a resolution yet. Will post when I get one. :)

Friend thoughts =D

2009-12-29T21:56:00.000+11:00

Best Friends are very special people in your life.
They are the first people you think about when you make plans.
They are the first people you go to when you need someone to talk to.
You will phone them up just to talk about nothing, or the most important things in your life.
When you’re sad they will try their hardest to cheer you up.
They give the best hugs in the world!
They are the shoulder to cry on, because you know that they truly care about you.
In most cases they would take a bullet for you, because it would be too painful to watch you get hurt.

<3

Of Christmas

2009-12-26T18:14:00.004+11:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR...to all those anonymous people who read this blog. :):) I hope you had fun and got whatever you wanted :P

lol Friends ITS THE HOLIDAY ARMADILLO!

BOXING DAY SHOPPING TODAY! I did get two T-shirts and two jeans/pants...but I kind of learned about myself and shopping. I want to look better. I know that...LOL and people might say you should be fine with yourself, which I kind of am, but I do think about how other people perceive me, and therefore do want to make a good impression. I'm not a very fashionable person, as people who know me would know. So I do want to look better. But I don't know how. People are like 'just buy whatever looks good.' But I'm always quite indecisive about what I think looks good...sigh. I'd rather go shopping with friends, but meh. ^^

I got fobglasses! You can see the only picture I have of them on facebook :D They're good :) I got them as a spare because we could claim it on insurance ;) how asian we are...xDD And I finally got a webcam...although I don't look too good on it =PP

Christmas dinner was nice. It is always nice. The food is SUPER AMAJJING every single year. But the conversation is....=S Trying to be a good host is hard when people say things that are just very blunt. We host it every year...and well, it gets lol-er every year as I grow up. You just..notice things. ^^ must be all this education stuff they're stuffin us with. xDD

Will have to start working alot more if I want to get unit 3 of everythin' done. Maybe won't happen, but I'm optimistic :):)

Loop song! Msn'ers will know it ^^ this duet is awesome..the Glee cover is pretty good too, I must say, although the original is best :)