The break in the bend, the closest of calls

• i just realized that blogger has bullet form LOL 
• my second assignment for baybeats is due friday and i haven't started :( would be fine if i just had to write it but apparently we have to get quotes from people and stuff. gg. 
• got my results for sem 4 this morning. super duper average grades. 2B+, 2B and 1B-. no As and no Cs. lel. but it's kay cos i expected worse for some of my mods. my B- was IO, which was expected. why did i take that modddddd. also gonna use my first s/u since sem1, on german 4. 
• gigging at zouk on the 28th of june for cac camp finale night! i love our setlist. hope it'll be fun! first jam is on wednesday and i haven't started practicing at all. hehe. 
• in a flash, it's the second last day of may. i have a bunch of things on my summer to-do list that i haven't started on at all. so sad. can't believe 1/3 of summer break is over. noooooo. 
• on a completely random note, i really love my new macbook pro. doing work on it is such a joy :) 
• oh and my first assignment is up on the esplanade website, under baybeats > writers programme. hehe. it's the interview profile from when i met tlv. feels awkward that everyone else's photo is so formal though. hahaha. 
• ok time for lunch. i have this craving for kimchi fried rice. 

Echoes

Was just playing anagram on miniclip with some random indian guy, and so far he'd beat me in 6 games while I beat him in 1. Didn't quit any games cos I thought that wouldn't be right, yknow, to quit just cos I was losing.

On our 8th game, I had 9 points while he had 0, and suddenly he just quit the game.

Was like -____- what a loser......

Wish I could've messaged him "screw you" but the game only allows for a few fixed messages to be sent to one another, like "great minds!" and "good one!"

So whatevs....

Fifty thousand

There must be over fifty thousand
Screaming love and more for you
And every one of fifty thousand
Would do whatever you asked them to
Keep them yelling their devotion
But add a touch of hate at Rome
You will rise to a greater power
We will win ourselves a home


I have never been religious but somehow I always come back to watch clips from this film, and sometimes it brings me to tears.

It's one of those scenes that is absolutely flawless- the choreography, Simon's unbridled passion and complete carelessness, the fact that it was probably 35 degrees out there and yet the dancers moved as if their lives depended on it.

And at the same time there is storytelling- the Romans hovering and watching ominously in the background, Jesus making eye contact with Judas, both their faces full of unspoken expression.

Let them burn

So Saturday was my very first ever band interview with Tell Lie Vision.

I wasn't particularly nervous until a few of us from the budding writers team sneaked into the Esplanade office's conference room to see the budding bands for the first time, receiving their own briefing on how to answer interview questions.

Then a friend next to me turned and whispered, "Wow, I wasn't nervous just now, but now I am, seeing this." And that was when I realized that I was nervous too.

Fortunately, TLV was really friendly. Not for the first time in my life, I was struck by how socially adept poly kids can be.

The interview went really well- the band gave serious answers but still managed to pepper the interview with jokes, and I now have more than enough material to write my assignment.

(went to write my assignment and now I'm back yay)

Anyways, point is, what really stuck with me was when the lead singer said, "To be honest, I hate small talk. This is the most that you will ever see me talk, because I really don't like it." And he said this with an expression that showed that he really meant it.

I can relate to that because I don't like small talk either. But I thought what was inspiring was that despite that, he still goes out of his comfort zone to talk, because he knows interviews are important, and if he really wants this, he has to do it.

Was overall really inspired by the level of determination and drive that not just he, but everyone else in the band has.

Wishing the best of luck to this band and all their future endeavours

Oh Tennessee, what did you write?

hello!

blogging for the first time with my new macbook pro. the screen is so clear, im dyin. came with a keyboard protector and palm shield too, which was nice. it's super fast, and the touch pad is awesome, and so is the keyboard. and itz so prettyyyyyy. -wipes tears-

life the past few days has been super, save for the crazy weather. the potato life is so amazing. had lunch downstairs the other day, then came up and watched some tv and fell asleep on the sofa. what a life.

in the clubroom now waiting for meeting to start. oh ya happy friday the 13th!

and omg, found out yesterday that mayday parade is coming to singapore again!! omg omg. i am so going. tickets are pretty cheap too, plus they've been playing the classics and not the stuff from black lines which i'm not very into. hehe so excitessssss

and last info nugget about my life- going to be interviewing post-hardcore band tell lie vision tmr! im nervous yet excited. hope all goes well :)

Like scarecrows that fuel this flame we're burning

hello!

had my first workshop for baybeats today and it was very inspiring. met really nice mentors who are extremely passionate about their work, and listened to a presentation from a straits times music correspondent about the history of local alternative music. tbh it felt like a really hipster NUS gem module. more hipster than gek2049 pirates, oceans and the maritime world.

one of the things that really stuck with me was when he casually remarked that he did an interview with robert plant a few years back. was like :O holy crap, this guy is so cool. hahaha.

really stoked to interview my selected baybeats band next week. and really thankful that i decided to apply for this, even though i didn't think i'd get it. just makes my summer that much more exciting.

in other news, my laptop is dyinggggg. i restart it on an average of three times a day because it lags sooo bad. can't wait to get a new one.

also, tmr is the day i officially move out of hostel! planning to go super early, at like 9am, so i can check out quickly and avoid the crowd. glad to finally be moving out. maybe i wasn't doing something right, but i didn't like hostel life one bit. it was super duper uncomfortable and i dreaded the nights i had to stay in hostel especially towards the end when mosquitoes suddenly took over and a wasp's nest appeared in my room.

(lel, laptop just hanged again.)

anyways, it's that time of the year again... the time where everybody complains (more frequently) about the weather. glad i chopped off my hair the day after my finals ended.

Twenty-nine different attributes

down to one final on tuesday and then it's summer! and it's industrial organization, a mod which i really regret taking, at least maybe this sem. past year papers look so easy omg. really bummed that i took this mod in the sem with a lecturer who thinks that everything is so intuitive and easy when it's not. plus i recognize some of the people in this mod, and they happen to be the super smart born-to-major-in-econs kids from my batch. im ded.

but i am grateful that i met a couple of friends in IO who helped me out along the way, so.. small blessing in big disguise?

pretty stoked for the summer ahead- can't wait to see all my fwens again (hi lum and sj idk if you all still read my blog but i forgot how you look like already), and finally get to laze around, 100% guilt-free. also it's gonna be significantly more busy than last summer, cos i signed up for fasstrack 2016 so i can have a slightly more relaxed SEP, and plus, i got into the baybeats budding writers programme!!

when i first read about this programme, i must admit the name put me off a bit. it sounds so kiddy. hahaha. but i read more and it does sound pretty legit, so i applied. got the call to go down for an interview, and i thought i screwed it up.

was asked twice if i have ever conducted any interviews. first time i said no and subsequently i just said well no (again) but i have conducted auditions for amplified, my cca in nus blah blah. when they asked about my tastes in local bands i just kinda blanked and all i could talk about was deon toh, which was the last local band that i saw live, but fortunately i know my stuff about them. interview was super short, felt like less than 10min, and i walked out feeling like i just flunked a test.

waited until wednesday and i didn't get any e-mails, which made me really depressed but then on thursday, after i got over it, i got the e-mail!!

really psyched for this cos it's music and journalism, two of my favourite things.

honestly the initial sadness was more of a ego thing though. LOL.

but ya, eggcited for summer break!! if only my IO final wasn't at 5pm -__- such timing. very wow.