Sunday, May 22, 2016
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.
Monday, May 16, 2016
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
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
Friday, May 13, 2016
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 :)
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 :)
Saturday, May 7, 2016
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.
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.
Sunday, May 1, 2016
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.
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.
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Gratisfaction
You get tired when the days are too long
You get lonely when the days are gone
I really love Julian Casablancas because of how unpretentious and careless he seems. He makes for a very charming frontman when he is drunk but somehow manages to look like a sorry man and not a rebellious youth, and when he is sober and dressed in leather but yet projects wisdom and emotional sensitivity, and doesn't look like a douche or a wannabe new-to-the-scene indie pop kid.
Maybe it's the big, sad brown eyes or the generally hungover look he adorns. Either way, it's working for me.
Saturday, April 16, 2016
The modern age
andddd in a flash, the semester is over.
last day of school yesterday and it was kind of a wake-up call, realizing how fast time flies by and that after a short two weeks, i will no longer be a year 2. Saw some posts from year 4s about how depressed they felt to be leaving NUS, and was like :(( i don't wannaaaa.
but anyways, it has been a generally okay semester. not my favourite in NUS for sure. i regret staying in hostel cos i never spent much time there, but it's been a nice time listening to the strokes the whole sem, buying overpriced coffee and hanging out with my best friend more than we did last sem (hi wums)
didn't get to gig much this sem- only gig was cactus, but it's kay, hopefully there will be more next sem. (LOL just remembered i blogged before about having a one-gig-per-sem quota, and it really happened)
thanks for reading my short and pointless blog post.
and now i will rewrite it in german, cos i feel a lil sad now that german 4 is over (decided against taking german 5 cos it's 5 mcs and the workload is no fun) and idw to forget how to speak and write german entirely.
~
und jetzt ist das semester vorbei.
gestern war es der letzte schultag, und ich habe gefunden, wie schnell die zeit geht. nach zwei wochen werde ich nicht mehr eine studentin im zweiten jahr sein. ich habe gesehen, einige kommentare von den studenten, die in ihrem letzten semester sind. sie haben beschrieben, wie traurig sie fühlen, nus zu belassen.
aber trotzdem war das semester insgesamt ok, obwohl das nicht mein lieblingssemester war. ich habe gewünscht, dass ich nicht im studentenwohnheim gelebt habe, denn ich habe nicht viel zeit da verbracht. aber während das semester hatte ich eine schöne zeit, die musik der strokes zuhören, kaffee kaufen, die zu teuer war, und mich mit meinem besten freundin treffen.
ich habe in diesem semester nur eine gig gespielt, und die war cactus. aber es geht, und hoffentlich gibt es mehr in dem nächsten semester.
naja, ich würde mehr schreiben, aber jetzt muss ich für meine prüfungen lernen.
herzlichen dank für eure aufmerksamkeit. bis dann, und viel glück für eure prüfungen!
last day of school yesterday and it was kind of a wake-up call, realizing how fast time flies by and that after a short two weeks, i will no longer be a year 2. Saw some posts from year 4s about how depressed they felt to be leaving NUS, and was like :(( i don't wannaaaa.
but anyways, it has been a generally okay semester. not my favourite in NUS for sure. i regret staying in hostel cos i never spent much time there, but it's been a nice time listening to the strokes the whole sem, buying overpriced coffee and hanging out with my best friend more than we did last sem (hi wums)
didn't get to gig much this sem- only gig was cactus, but it's kay, hopefully there will be more next sem. (LOL just remembered i blogged before about having a one-gig-per-sem quota, and it really happened)
thanks for reading my short and pointless blog post.
and now i will rewrite it in german, cos i feel a lil sad now that german 4 is over (decided against taking german 5 cos it's 5 mcs and the workload is no fun) and idw to forget how to speak and write german entirely.
~
und jetzt ist das semester vorbei.
gestern war es der letzte schultag, und ich habe gefunden, wie schnell die zeit geht. nach zwei wochen werde ich nicht mehr eine studentin im zweiten jahr sein. ich habe gesehen, einige kommentare von den studenten, die in ihrem letzten semester sind. sie haben beschrieben, wie traurig sie fühlen, nus zu belassen.
aber trotzdem war das semester insgesamt ok, obwohl das nicht mein lieblingssemester war. ich habe gewünscht, dass ich nicht im studentenwohnheim gelebt habe, denn ich habe nicht viel zeit da verbracht. aber während das semester hatte ich eine schöne zeit, die musik der strokes zuhören, kaffee kaufen, die zu teuer war, und mich mit meinem besten freundin treffen.
ich habe in diesem semester nur eine gig gespielt, und die war cactus. aber es geht, und hoffentlich gibt es mehr in dem nächsten semester.
naja, ich würde mehr schreiben, aber jetzt muss ich für meine prüfungen lernen.
herzlichen dank für eure aufmerksamkeit. bis dann, und viel glück für eure prüfungen!
Sunday, April 10, 2016
A spaceman came travelling
kinda realized that for some weird reason, i have a hard time remembering what 'infinity' means. i keep seeing the words 'infinite' and 'finite' in my lecture notes and i have to think for a bit to remember which is which.
but i've figured a way. now whenever i see a question that starts with 'imagine an economy with an infinite number of time periods...' i just picture buzz lightyear declaring, "to infinity... and beyond!" (blog post title is a song and has no link to this)
and i'll be like ah ok infinite means neverending, got it.
speaking of which, time has been kind to me this sem and for some reason i feel like i've been quite free this sem? i guess excluding german which i intended to s/u right from the start, my mods this sem are all relatively light.
it is the start of week 13 tomorrow, the last week of school, and instead of being swamped with deadlines, i am here blogging after a nice spaghetti dinner with the fam and after re-watching the movie 'the proposal.' (oh my, ryan reynolds)
another 23 days to my last paper and the end of this sem, which has been quite an eventful one. i am still amazed at how fast time flies. back in secondary school and jc, the days always seemed to crawl by. maybe cos we were forced to start school so early every day? idk.
excluding my sem on exchange, i only have three semesters left in nus omg. whyyyy
kinda feels like one sem in nus goes like this:
week 1: a celebration
week 2: still a celebration
week 3: i love school
week 4: my mods look fun
week 5: oh wow that was fast
week 6: omg recess week is next week?
week 7: my mods are not fun
week 8: ugh
week 9: omg my midterm results...
week 10: i am so tired
week 11: oh yay more assignments
week 12: i think i am finally settling into the new semester
week 13: wait what
no
but i've figured a way. now whenever i see a question that starts with 'imagine an economy with an infinite number of time periods...' i just picture buzz lightyear declaring, "to infinity... and beyond!" (blog post title is a song and has no link to this)
and i'll be like ah ok infinite means neverending, got it.
speaking of which, time has been kind to me this sem and for some reason i feel like i've been quite free this sem? i guess excluding german which i intended to s/u right from the start, my mods this sem are all relatively light.
it is the start of week 13 tomorrow, the last week of school, and instead of being swamped with deadlines, i am here blogging after a nice spaghetti dinner with the fam and after re-watching the movie 'the proposal.' (oh my, ryan reynolds)
another 23 days to my last paper and the end of this sem, which has been quite an eventful one. i am still amazed at how fast time flies. back in secondary school and jc, the days always seemed to crawl by. maybe cos we were forced to start school so early every day? idk.
excluding my sem on exchange, i only have three semesters left in nus omg. whyyyy
kinda feels like one sem in nus goes like this:
week 1: a celebration
week 2: still a celebration
week 3: i love school
week 4: my mods look fun
week 5: oh wow that was fast
week 6: omg recess week is next week?
week 7: my mods are not fun
week 8: ugh
week 9: omg my midterm results...
week 10: i am so tired
week 11: oh yay more assignments
week 12: i think i am finally settling into the new semester
week 13: wait what
no
Saturday, March 19, 2016
Three cheers for five years
hi guys! back again for a short update before i have to start on my 1200-word singapore history essay which is due at 1pm on monday. and i haven't written a single word....... lel
everything shall be in point form, cos i'm too lazy to try to link up all my random thoughts.
1. kinda realized that every other person in fass is an econs major. dunno how i feel about my degree being so generic? hahaha
2. german 4 / GAP has been actually surprisingly interesting so far, and i kind of regret (a little bit) not putting in enough effort in the first few weeks of GAP. i was wondering if i should take german 5 next sem (LOL i know it's super early to be planning mods for next sem) but... prolly not cos i'm too lazy to keep studying so much for german.
3. the past week:
week 9 has been pretty eventful. had a tutorial presentation for german on wednesday and there was no given topic at all. so basically i could have talked about anything i wanted. and i chose... coffee. of course. it was pretty interesting doing research for the presentation cos i learnt so much more about coffee.
anyway, that has no link to monday. HAHA. had one tutorial on monday and that was it. i can't remember what i did on monday after class. i think i went to YIH to work on my script.
on tuesday i met lianne as usual for our 3101 lecture, and after that i had nothing on while she was going to meet her friend for dinner, so we both had time to kill. was standing there with our awkward blank faces wondering what to do, cos we weren't hungry and we didn't feel like studying (LOL life of a uni student, you only have two choices, eat or study) when:
me: "wanna go to museum?"
lianne: "eh idm leh."
so off we went. it was our first time at nus museum! (is it called natural history museum? i keep forgetting the name) and we were both so wow-ed by the exhibits. but we kept debating over whether the animals in the exhibits were real or not. hahahahaha.
we thought that the museum was small, but i later learned from my friend that the museum has two floors.... : |
wednesday was a pretty good day. tutorial presentation went rather smoothly (i hope), and i did well for my 3101 midterm. (but i flunked my two other econs midterms so...)
travelled back to the east after classes to visit my grandma, who had a fall the other day. was glad to see she looks well. hope she has a speedy recovery.
then i went home and slept 9 hours on my bed. i am quite a loser, still can't sleep well in hostel LOL and i always miss my home terribly until i come home on fridays. go germany how?
thursday morning, woke up and was all ready to head to school. was on my way to grab some breakfast first at simei when one of the straps on my old tattered backpack suddenly gave way :(
i guess it was about time. been using the same $25 backpack from bugis street for about four years now. though i wasn't planning to buy a new one till the holidays.
but bo bian. soo i went to clementi mall after class on thursday and got myself a new backpack! yayyyy. i like it very much. love when backpacks are well-designed to suit students' needs, yknow with sufficient compartments for different things and enough room to store books, a laptop, stationery and other misc. school stuff.
friday was a busy day. had 8am german lecture as usual, then i did my laundry, and then headed to utown to help out with vox gig. there were quite a few technical difficulties :( but the concert turned out great.
had an interview for an internship today, and it was so stressful. really don't like interviews. felt damn shagged on the way home, in my somewhat office-y interview wear and equally office-y jaded face, and wondered if this was what being an adult working full-time felt like.
it really doesn't feel nice. and i think i realized how older people feel whenever they say 'better cherish your uni days cos they will be the best times of your life.'
i guess they really are. and i do feel like i am in my prime now. like, life can't get any better, unless it's the uni holidays.
i enjoy what i'm studying, i have tons of freedom, unlike in jc and secondary school, and i think i have made lifelong friends in uni. perhaps we will not always be in contact, and life will separate us, one way or another, but i feel like my friends in uni are the kind of people i can ask out anytime in the future for a beer, and it won't be awkward. or maybe it's too early to say? hahaha. idk. life is unpredictable.
ah well, it's time to stop procrastinating. need to start on my essay like now. (wow a short update turned into a short essay, hope i can write as much in as short a time for my history essay too)
oh yes, three cheers for five years, acoustic version by mayday parade is... feels. so much feelssss
everything shall be in point form, cos i'm too lazy to try to link up all my random thoughts.
1. kinda realized that every other person in fass is an econs major. dunno how i feel about my degree being so generic? hahaha
2. german 4 / GAP has been actually surprisingly interesting so far, and i kind of regret (a little bit) not putting in enough effort in the first few weeks of GAP. i was wondering if i should take german 5 next sem (LOL i know it's super early to be planning mods for next sem) but... prolly not cos i'm too lazy to keep studying so much for german.
3. the past week:
week 9 has been pretty eventful. had a tutorial presentation for german on wednesday and there was no given topic at all. so basically i could have talked about anything i wanted. and i chose... coffee. of course. it was pretty interesting doing research for the presentation cos i learnt so much more about coffee.
anyway, that has no link to monday. HAHA. had one tutorial on monday and that was it. i can't remember what i did on monday after class. i think i went to YIH to work on my script.
on tuesday i met lianne as usual for our 3101 lecture, and after that i had nothing on while she was going to meet her friend for dinner, so we both had time to kill. was standing there with our awkward blank faces wondering what to do, cos we weren't hungry and we didn't feel like studying (LOL life of a uni student, you only have two choices, eat or study) when:
me: "wanna go to museum?"
lianne: "eh idm leh."
so off we went. it was our first time at nus museum! (is it called natural history museum? i keep forgetting the name) and we were both so wow-ed by the exhibits. but we kept debating over whether the animals in the exhibits were real or not. hahahahaha.
we thought that the museum was small, but i later learned from my friend that the museum has two floors.... : |
wednesday was a pretty good day. tutorial presentation went rather smoothly (i hope), and i did well for my 3101 midterm. (but i flunked my two other econs midterms so...)
travelled back to the east after classes to visit my grandma, who had a fall the other day. was glad to see she looks well. hope she has a speedy recovery.
then i went home and slept 9 hours on my bed. i am quite a loser, still can't sleep well in hostel LOL and i always miss my home terribly until i come home on fridays. go germany how?
thursday morning, woke up and was all ready to head to school. was on my way to grab some breakfast first at simei when one of the straps on my old tattered backpack suddenly gave way :(
i guess it was about time. been using the same $25 backpack from bugis street for about four years now. though i wasn't planning to buy a new one till the holidays.
but bo bian. soo i went to clementi mall after class on thursday and got myself a new backpack! yayyyy. i like it very much. love when backpacks are well-designed to suit students' needs, yknow with sufficient compartments for different things and enough room to store books, a laptop, stationery and other misc. school stuff.
friday was a busy day. had 8am german lecture as usual, then i did my laundry, and then headed to utown to help out with vox gig. there were quite a few technical difficulties :( but the concert turned out great.
had an interview for an internship today, and it was so stressful. really don't like interviews. felt damn shagged on the way home, in my somewhat office-y interview wear and equally office-y jaded face, and wondered if this was what being an adult working full-time felt like.
it really doesn't feel nice. and i think i realized how older people feel whenever they say 'better cherish your uni days cos they will be the best times of your life.'
i guess they really are. and i do feel like i am in my prime now. like, life can't get any better, unless it's the uni holidays.
i enjoy what i'm studying, i have tons of freedom, unlike in jc and secondary school, and i think i have made lifelong friends in uni. perhaps we will not always be in contact, and life will separate us, one way or another, but i feel like my friends in uni are the kind of people i can ask out anytime in the future for a beer, and it won't be awkward. or maybe it's too early to say? hahaha. idk. life is unpredictable.
ah well, it's time to stop procrastinating. need to start on my essay like now. (wow a short update turned into a short essay, hope i can write as much in as short a time for my history essay too)
oh yes, three cheers for five years, acoustic version by mayday parade is... feels. so much feelssss
Sunday, March 13, 2016
When it gets cold outside
feeling pretty jaded and tired of this sem, my disappointing mods and my somewhat badly-planned schedule.
can't wait for it to pass
week 9, here i come
Friday, March 4, 2016
You were a child
hi all!
back again with a long overdue update. the sem is flying by like nobody's business. i think that this is prolly the fastest sem i've ever had. feels like i'm just starting to settle into hostel life and the pace of school and it's already the end of week 7.
not that i mind the sem passing so fast actually. the mods i'm taking this sem aren't particularly interesting.
i finally have time to chill for a bit since midterms are finally over. had two core mod papers yesterday and was so shagged after that -sigh-
ec3322 was super shit btw... might be the most rabak paper i ever had so far. couldn't finish it and i'm pretty sure a lot of the answers i wrote were wrong cos they didn't make sense. also checked my mcqs 100 times because they were worth 7 marks each and there were 6 mcqs, and total marks was 102 so that's like a pretty crazy weightage??
i hope everybody else thinks that it was difficult like me LOL
and yay cac+us 2016 is over. tbh it was pretty fun. many alumni and juniors showed up to help out and show some love, and we all squeezed in a tiny dressing room playing card games and making a looot of noise.
anyways, wow still have about 3 hours till my SS lecture. bumped into lianne in school LOL and we're prolly gonna have lunch together
then i will buy hot milo at arts and head to my SS lecture
yay sounds like a plan
back again with a long overdue update. the sem is flying by like nobody's business. i think that this is prolly the fastest sem i've ever had. feels like i'm just starting to settle into hostel life and the pace of school and it's already the end of week 7.
not that i mind the sem passing so fast actually. the mods i'm taking this sem aren't particularly interesting.
i finally have time to chill for a bit since midterms are finally over. had two core mod papers yesterday and was so shagged after that -sigh-
ec3322 was super shit btw... might be the most rabak paper i ever had so far. couldn't finish it and i'm pretty sure a lot of the answers i wrote were wrong cos they didn't make sense. also checked my mcqs 100 times because they were worth 7 marks each and there were 6 mcqs, and total marks was 102 so that's like a pretty crazy weightage??
i hope everybody else thinks that it was difficult like me LOL
and yay cac+us 2016 is over. tbh it was pretty fun. many alumni and juniors showed up to help out and show some love, and we all squeezed in a tiny dressing room playing card games and making a looot of noise.
anyways, wow still have about 3 hours till my SS lecture. bumped into lianne in school LOL and we're prolly gonna have lunch together
then i will buy hot milo at arts and head to my SS lecture
yay sounds like a plan
Saturday, February 6, 2016
symphonie
hallo! heute möchte ich etwas unterschiedlich tun... das ist richtig- ich bin auf deutsch schreiben! ich habe seit mein erstes semester der uni das tun wollten. aber natürlich konnte ich damals nicht so gut auf deutsch schreiben. ich muss auch doch zuerst sagen, ich kann nicht so gut deutsch sprechen. mein schreiben ist viel besser als mein sprechen. auch ist mein deutsch sicher nicht perfekt. eigentlich bin ich jetzt wahrscheinlich auf dem unteren teil meiner klasse. ich schreibe auch sehr, sehr informell, weil warum nicht? das ist nicht ein gestuftes assignment. hehe.
achh, aber das ist sehr schwierig. ich bin in diesem moment sehr guten freunden mit google translate.
und jetzt ist es schon woche vier!! eigentlich ist es das ende der woche vier. so schnell!! morgen ist es der start des chinesisches neues jahr. ich bin nur ein bisschen fröhlich, weil ich viele hausaufgaben habe. aber ich freue mich auf essen.
außerdem bin ich glücklich zu hause sein. das studentenwohnheimleben ist nichts im vergleich zu hause leben. zuhause ist die beste. wann ich im studentenwohnheim leben, vermisse ich mein haus sehr. vielleicht bin ich einfach verdorben. heh. studentenwohnheimleben ist auch oft einsam. ich kann mich nicht warten, wann ich zu konstanz gehen, mit anderen leuten in einer wohnung leben. hoffentlich mache ich dann viel mehr spaß.
und... das ist alles. ich habe nicht mehr zu sagen. haha. universitätsleben ist immer noch die gleichen. aber es ist nicht schlecht. ich habe spaß.
ich hoffe, dass euch eine gute zeit mit google translate haben :)
frohes chinesisches neues jahr! 恭喜发财, 万事如意, 身体健康, 年年有余
achh, aber das ist sehr schwierig. ich bin in diesem moment sehr guten freunden mit google translate.
und jetzt ist es schon woche vier!! eigentlich ist es das ende der woche vier. so schnell!! morgen ist es der start des chinesisches neues jahr. ich bin nur ein bisschen fröhlich, weil ich viele hausaufgaben habe. aber ich freue mich auf essen.
außerdem bin ich glücklich zu hause sein. das studentenwohnheimleben ist nichts im vergleich zu hause leben. zuhause ist die beste. wann ich im studentenwohnheim leben, vermisse ich mein haus sehr. vielleicht bin ich einfach verdorben. heh. studentenwohnheimleben ist auch oft einsam. ich kann mich nicht warten, wann ich zu konstanz gehen, mit anderen leuten in einer wohnung leben. hoffentlich mache ich dann viel mehr spaß.
und... das ist alles. ich habe nicht mehr zu sagen. haha. universitätsleben ist immer noch die gleichen. aber es ist nicht schlecht. ich habe spaß.
ich hoffe, dass euch eine gute zeit mit google translate haben :)
frohes chinesisches neues jahr! 恭喜发财, 万事如意, 身体健康, 年年有余
Monday, January 11, 2016
Saturday, January 9, 2016
Another lullaby
hi!
haven't blogged in ages hahaha. just too lazy.
sooo this is my first post of 2016. honestly this year's new year didn't feel very festive. i think i'm getting all old and jaded :(
but in all honesty, i'm really looking forward to this year. it sounds like it's gunna be fun!
2015 was kind of a filler year, i think. but anyways, here's a list of stuff that i achieved in the past year, as is tradition on my blog.
oh yes, i also changed my semester of exchange. hehe. i'm going in semester 2 instead of semester 1! really glad that i was able to change it. i decided to change because i realized that it was way more convenient to go in semester 2 because i wouldn't have to request for early exams, a late return to NUS for the next semester, stuff like that. plus, semester 2 lasts from march to july, when the weather is much better than that of sem 1's- october to february. heheh.
school is starting soon and i feel totally unprepared. the break passed by way too fast :( after i came back from bangkok everything just became a blur. was mostly just flying around doing admin stuff, running errands and meeting up with friends.
i haven't even started studying german again for my toughest module yet- LAG3203, german for academic purposes. it's this intensive course for people going on SEP to germany. kinda like german 4, but heavier. i've heard that your grade falls by two grades from your average grade when you take any language for academic purposes, so i'm all prepared to su it. hahaha. i got B+ for every single one of my german mods so far, which means i'm getting a B-? lel.
okay time to pack for hostel. i'm moving in tomorrow! oh my. so eggciting.
haven't blogged in ages hahaha. just too lazy.
sooo this is my first post of 2016. honestly this year's new year didn't feel very festive. i think i'm getting all old and jaded :(
but in all honesty, i'm really looking forward to this year. it sounds like it's gunna be fun!
2015 was kind of a filler year, i think. but anyways, here's a list of stuff that i achieved in the past year, as is tradition on my blog.
1. Survived my third semester at NUS
2. Completed German 2 and German 3!
3. Worked at a cafe
4. Discovered amazing coffee at the cafe
5. Did three gigs in a year which is a personal record
6. Did live mixing for a gig for the first time
7. Accidentally ordered my meepok with chilli once, and discovered I liked it
8. Have been trying all kinds of spicy food from then on
9. Finally went on my first overseas trip with friends only
10. Got accepted to go on student exchange to Germany!!
11. Stayed overnight in school for the first time
12. Managed to pull up my CAP
13. Forgot my calculator for a final exam- thank heavens it wasn't a math module
oh yes, i also changed my semester of exchange. hehe. i'm going in semester 2 instead of semester 1! really glad that i was able to change it. i decided to change because i realized that it was way more convenient to go in semester 2 because i wouldn't have to request for early exams, a late return to NUS for the next semester, stuff like that. plus, semester 2 lasts from march to july, when the weather is much better than that of sem 1's- october to february. heheh.
school is starting soon and i feel totally unprepared. the break passed by way too fast :( after i came back from bangkok everything just became a blur. was mostly just flying around doing admin stuff, running errands and meeting up with friends.
i haven't even started studying german again for my toughest module yet- LAG3203, german for academic purposes. it's this intensive course for people going on SEP to germany. kinda like german 4, but heavier. i've heard that your grade falls by two grades from your average grade when you take any language for academic purposes, so i'm all prepared to su it. hahaha. i got B+ for every single one of my german mods so far, which means i'm getting a B-? lel.
okay time to pack for hostel. i'm moving in tomorrow! oh my. so eggciting.
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
3/4
Hi everyone!
Can't believe you're still here checking up on my super dead blog... wow. Thank you for your dedication :')
Still too lazy to upload all my pictures hehe so just gonna update yall in point form about the more major things that have happened so far in my life.
1. Nothing much has been going on after finals actually, except for my Bangkok trip with my friends from JC. It was my first time travelling alone without any parents or 'adults' tagging along (so weird to say this since I'm already 20) So yup, just 100% friends.
There were seven of us and honestly sometimes I think the group was too big, but it's all good, we did fine and all had fun :) really glad to discover that my friends make awesome travel buddies.
Just glad that the guys and girls slept in separate rooms because the boys turned theirs into a pig sty.
Will elaborate more on the trip when I upload pics. Which might be a really long time later...
2. I applied for a hostel room and managed to secure one! Hehe. No more late nights spent travelling home, yaysies. I get more free time and study time which is great cos I'm way more productive studying in school than at home. But I guess the downsides are that I have to do my own laundry, find my own food on weekdays etc. Then again, it's also a good opportunity for me to learn to be more independent, because...
3. I got into SEP!!! -throws confetti- Got my second choice which is Konstanz University. It's a beautiful place (but then again most places in Germany are probably beautiful) that overlooks Lake Constance. It's also only 4km from Switzerland. Lum (hello Lum!) has been joking that I can run there if I want to. My mum also has an ease of heart now cos it's quite a safe area, far away from all the major cities in Germany. Super excited to go on SEP :) It's a wonderful opportunity and I'm thankful for it.
4. Today is also results day. I did a lot better than last sem which was a pleasant surprise. Also managed to pull my cap up by a bit tho I'm still in the same range. My grades aren't stellar by any means, but I'm happy with them, which is what matters :)
5. Random fact: Been sitting alone in the CAC clubroom for a couple hours now just listening to music and blogging LOL. But I'm not that weird to have come all the way to school for no reason of course. Later is Jam Night yay and I'm just a little early... by four hours... ahahaha
I'm actually prepared for Jam Night for once. Learnt MIA by a7x (it's the video right above) yayy. It's a super fun song to play with a lot of interesting rhythms, and it alternates between 3/4 and 4/4, ooh my favourite. Excited to jam later :)
ok BYE
Monday, December 7, 2015
You can't stop now, it's already begun
Here's another of my current favourite songs, thought I should've used this for the previous post cos it's more of a post-finals mood kinda song, but too lazy to edit
Yay
Hear you me
The photos can't seem to load, so here's a nice song I like to listen to before I sleep.
So finally, finals are over!!!! The one or two days after my last paper I felt the familiar relief and relished finally being able to do all the things I wanted to do, and at my own leisure, with so much time to kill, but now I'm starting to be bored hahaha
Soo for lack of more meaningful things to blog about, lemme just chronicle the last few weeks, from where I left off.
Err, don't really remember what I did in week 13. Prolly just attended lectures and tutorials as usual. 2303 tutor requested to take a photo with us hahaha so cute. Never had a tutor do that- usually they just give little speeches and final exam pointers, maybe hints if you're lucky, then they attempt to say bye to us in the most dignified and least awkward way possible
German lecturer brought German cakes for us on our Friday and last lecture! They were delicious omg. One was marble cake and the other I forgot, but I remember I preferred this and it tasted lemony. Hehe yums
Also got back a bunch of graded assignments and our final exam paper. Don't remember the other grades (prolly didn't do so well hahahaha) but I scored 8% above the average for my final paper! Was so happy cos I camped in the studio and had an hour of sleep the night before the final, and felt super groggy during the paper.
Reading Week was spent travelling to school every day, to and fro, to study in the clubroom with the cca mates. I wasn't stressed at all this finals period, and I guess it's prolly partly due to that- having study buddies. Dunno if it's a good or bad thing. But I did feel stressed that I wasn't stressed.
The travelling was not so much of a big deal compared to the shitty food at YIH... :( It's so bad I kennut. Had to eat there every day of the week too because everything else was so far out. Never again.
Also, made the mistake of deciding to study for my arts gem (Pirates, Oceans and the Maritime World) only the day before the exam. I couldn't finish studying :( Pretty sure I wrote a bunch of nonsense.
All my core mod papers were admittedly doable. Which I guess is a bad thing :( Time to pray to the bell curve god.
Anyways, time to sleeppppp. So tired from watching nothing but online movies and Friends all day long. Hehe
#goodlife
Good night friends
Friday, November 6, 2015
We're burning down the highway skyline on the back of a hurricane
Nice title for a very short and mundane blog update...
It is the end of WEEK 12 (I think I needa stop starting every post with announcing what week it is)
Taught my last guitar lesson for the sem yesterday and concluded German 3 with my final this morning.
Done with all the essays, assignment and problem sets for the sem. Left with just finals now, omg. where did the sem go? Really feels like just yesterday when I was playing for student life fair, but that was 10 weeks ago. wow. I don't even.
I think what amazes me most is that I'm officially done with German 3. I don't even know how I did it. Sometimes halfway through writing my assignments I sit back and stare at the screen and marvel at the capacity of the human brain. Just last August I didn't even speak a word of german and now I'm writing all this nonsense. It's cray.
Ok bye sorry for abrupt end I'm hungry ahaha
It is the end of WEEK 12 (I think I needa stop starting every post with announcing what week it is)
Taught my last guitar lesson for the sem yesterday and concluded German 3 with my final this morning.
Done with all the essays, assignment and problem sets for the sem. Left with just finals now, omg. where did the sem go? Really feels like just yesterday when I was playing for student life fair, but that was 10 weeks ago. wow. I don't even.
I think what amazes me most is that I'm officially done with German 3. I don't even know how I did it. Sometimes halfway through writing my assignments I sit back and stare at the screen and marvel at the capacity of the human brain. Just last August I didn't even speak a word of german and now I'm writing all this nonsense. It's cray.
Ok bye sorry for abrupt end I'm hungry ahaha
Friday, October 16, 2015
Don't you worry even if things get a bit too heavy
I feel like if ever things get bad I just have to listen to this song. So much happy in this.
I'm back by popular demand!
It's the end of Week 9 of school, which is super duper mega ultra wow. How did time fly by so fast?!
I have a cute post-it in my calendar book that I pasted on right before school started, and I told myself I would change it every week cos I have too many post-its at home and I don't know what to do with them. But it's week 9 and the same post-it from week 0 is still there. LOL
I submitted my application for SEP last week! Hopefully I get into at least either my first or second choice.
Erm, don't really have much else to blog about. I'm so sorry I'm boring hahahahaha
Can't wait for the end of the sem! Then I can jam, and go to Bangkok (yup, again) with the jc kids whom I haven't seen in forever, and spend my days lazing around and doing absolutely nothing productive. Aw yisssss.
Haven't touched my bass guitars in the longest time since I started playing, and I feel kinda guilty. I sent the old one to a guy to change the nut which was worn out + change strings, and I haven't even tested it since I got it back from him. omg.
But I got a new tuner which is super amazing and accurate (I can even sing into it and it tells me what notes I'm singing and whether they're flat or sharp wow) so I can finally stop leeching off other guitarists' tuners. Ahaha.
Ok bye need to write essay hahaha
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
When you were young
Video looks shit, but best sound quality I could find.
This song smells like summer and nostalgia and I love it.
#i miss summer
#but christmas is coming
#trade-offs
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