22 May, 2004
(0 ) 22:08 It’s been almost a week since I last blogged, and I guess I better write something here. And I DO indeed have something to say!
Weiqi and Yingwan came over today, to work on the song Weiqi wrote for some songwriting competition. I’m supposed to sing it, see. Anyway, it was rather fun practicing, haha. We even did a very horrible (in sound-quality and skill-wise) recording which resides on my computer right now, haha. It’s not done though. There’s still a violin part which Weiqi’s friend will be playing for us, and we’ll be practicing coming Monday.
ANYWAY! Went to Kinokuniya. Wasn’t actually going to go, but you see, I saw a 20% discount ad in the newspapers and positively SQUEALED. Told Mum about it, and since she was going to Kinokuniya with her friend, told her to help me buy His Dark Materials. So later in he afternoon, she called and said she couldn’t find the edition I specified and neither could the inept salespeople (no offence. I love Kinokuniya!). So after trying to describe what the book looked like and all that, and I got frustrated and told her I’d come down with my father.
Anyway, right now, I’m back. And see what I’ve bought:
• His Dark Materials (Box Set), Knopf
• Abhorsen by Garth Nix
• Scorpia by Anthony Horowitz
• Moonseed by Stephen Baxter
• Jupiter by Ben Bova
To continue on books, I bought a book, FACTORING HUMANITY by ROBERT J. SAWYER last night at a second-hand book booth at my Neighbourhood Centre. I’ve finished it just now, and I must say, it’s AWESOME. Okay, perhaps the plot isn’t particularly good or whatnot, but... it just captivated me. Many parts of the book reminded me strongly of Contact. You know, the movie and book? Contact? If you know any science fiction, that’ll definiely ring a bell.
Haha, still basking with joy over my tremendous buying spree and finishing that book. Wee.
Weiqi and Yingwan came over today, to work on the song Weiqi wrote for some songwriting competition. I’m supposed to sing it, see. Anyway, it was rather fun practicing, haha. We even did a very horrible (in sound-quality and skill-wise) recording which resides on my computer right now, haha. It’s not done though. There’s still a violin part which Weiqi’s friend will be playing for us, and we’ll be practicing coming Monday.
ANYWAY! Went to Kinokuniya. Wasn’t actually going to go, but you see, I saw a 20% discount ad in the newspapers and positively SQUEALED. Told Mum about it, and since she was going to Kinokuniya with her friend, told her to help me buy His Dark Materials. So later in he afternoon, she called and said she couldn’t find the edition I specified and neither could the inept salespeople (no offence. I love Kinokuniya!). So after trying to describe what the book looked like and all that, and I got frustrated and told her I’d come down with my father.
Anyway, right now, I’m back. And see what I’ve bought:
• His Dark Materials (Box Set), Knopf
• Abhorsen by Garth Nix
• Scorpia by Anthony Horowitz
• Moonseed by Stephen Baxter
• Jupiter by Ben Bova
To continue on books, I bought a book, FACTORING HUMANITY by ROBERT J. SAWYER last night at a second-hand book booth at my Neighbourhood Centre. I’ve finished it just now, and I must say, it’s AWESOME. Okay, perhaps the plot isn’t particularly good or whatnot, but... it just captivated me. Many parts of the book reminded me strongly of Contact. You know, the movie and book? Contact? If you know any science fiction, that’ll definiely ring a bell.
Haha, still basking with joy over my tremendous buying spree and finishing that book. Wee.