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Hello!

I've been procrastinating on blogging, but I guess I have to cos idw to look back and be like what the heck happened in January 2017

So hi, future me! Life has been... quite the same since December. One highlight is that I currently don't have much to do at all for my internship. That's aside from working from home. I love my internship.

So technically I have a lot of free time. I feel like I should be doing something productive like brushing up on my bass or picking up a new skill, but the other part of me is like, you'll never get to enjoy such a nice long break once you start working!

Highlights of the month include buying a new bass bag and selling my old fender one. I also got my bass set up with this guitar tech guy that is so low profile he doesn't have a Facebook page but someone set one up with details on how to contact him. LOL. He's rated 5 stars on the page, and reviews say he's the best guitar tech in Singapore.

Went down to his shop in penin, and it's like a super tiny workspace about half of the usual shop unit area. But he was super friendly and got my bass done in 40 mins for less than the market rate. Totally 5 stars material.

Another highlight is me buying an mp3 player to use in Germany, for all the long hours of travelling. It's a sansa clip sport!! They don't sell it in Singapore anymore but I found someone on carousell who imports them from the US hehe.

Chinese new year is this weekend! It's super early this year. I rmb as a teenager I used to hate chinese new year. It's definitely evidenced in my 2008-2010 February posts.

I'm just looking forward to all the good food. Hehe.

Oh and the video above is a song I really like from Basement. I don't think it's my favourite, but I LOVE the vibe. Need more songs like that in my life. Also googled gigs in europe 2017 and Basement is playing in the UK but on like 1 March omg whyyyy. I really wanna see them live ugh

Okay back to surfing youtube

Without feeling indigo

hello finally back

can't believe it's dec 30 alr!!

i usually do a recap thingy at the end of the year, but i'm feeling so lazy to do so. in short, i think 2016 overall has been one of the more ups-and-downs years of my life?

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this is when i tried to blog and i got lazy and started watching youtube instead HAHA

it's in fact 7 jan 2017 already.... omg

december was mostly just a pretty awesome month. spent most of it jamming pop punk with ampd friends for the next gig, fretting over my visa application stuff, watching tv with my parents, rediscovering good music and drinking lots of tea.

i've been super into Basement's album I Wish I Could Stay Here, and random songs from Neck Deep, and my current favourite song is Nerve by The Story So Far. it's.... FEELS.

soooo my first post of the new year!

like i mentioned, 2016 was a super happz year. school, gigs, preparation for sep, my first internship... as you can probably already tell, i'm very lazy to go into details. please refer to posts of 2016 for more info.

but speaking of sep, i still can't believe that i'm leaving for germany in 7 weeks. all the endless preparing for this moment, and it's finally almost here.

i remember the day i received my NUS acceptance package, and looking through the brochures and stuff, and seeing the LPP one. then i applied for LPP, took four sems of german, and spent a good amount of time applying for SEP. and then i received the email that i was accepted for SEP, but it still wasn't over yet... i had to apply to konstanz, get the acceptance letter and apply for my schengen visa, amongst a bunch of other things.

had so many admin things to do that i was stressed and couldn't sleep for some nights cos i was worried that i wouldn't get my visa in time for my flight. but fortunately it's almost all over and soon i'll be flying off.

i have so many mixed feelings about SEP. i've always been super homely, totally not the adventurous type, so this is definitely gonna be a huge leap out of my comfort zone. on one hand i actually feel kinda sian that i won't be going back to school next week with all my friends. it feels super weird. i also feel quite guilty about my parents funding my trip... it's expensive to exchange in europe and i'm scared i won't make the trip 'worth it.'

but on the other hand this is really a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and i've worked too hard since the start of uni to pass this up. so... here's to a great five months of exchange!! i hope. i'm so NERVOUS. and super excited at the same time.

pictures beloww

LOL accurate

Can't remember if I mentioned it,
but I got 2 free tickets from youth.sg to catch Cirque Adrenaline
and write a short review for them afterwards. Lianne came with me!
It was super worth it?? The tickets were second row seats
and we googled; they were worth $135 each omg.
And the circus was awesome! 

Had dinner at the marina bay mall food court and bought my favourite tea!!
But Lianne didn't like it cos hers was too sweet/milky :(

When will my lover return from the war?

She looks so disgusted HAHA damn funny

The theatre looked atas

While waiting for show to start

Show started!!

I must say that I was personally ogling the circus performers' bodies the whole time...
Their physique is incredible omg.
Also developed a newfound respect for circus performers.
It's such a hectic and demanding lifestyle.
And they have to be dancers, actors, comedians, gymnasts and acrobats all at the same time.
Respekt

Sphere of Death: the most heart-pounding act for me.
I feel like this was dangerous on a whole new level compared to the other acts,
cos if one guy drives just a tinge out of beat (they were going at insane speeds around the wheel),
then everybody is doomed.
I would upload the video I took but idk why Blogger doesn't let me.

Block 85 dinner with shijia & weiqiang one random night.
Feel like eating oyster omelette now

We also walked all the way to Fat Cat for dessert after that.
I rmb it just rained so the weather was nice and cool.
This is really my favourite kind of hanging out-
eating good food with good friends and then walking, talking and laughing about lame stuff

tl;dr Chilling is my favourite hobby

Christmas cookie from a family friend. So cute!!
Tasted equally cute

Okay bye HAHA