28 June, 2007
I just had to post more screenshots!
Yoo Gun pouting!
I just love his smile. :)
A pensive Yoo Gun. He's at the hospital, thinking about whether to go for the operation that makes him smarter.
"Have you seen a really hot guy walk by?"
The moment I saw that scene I wanted to say that! Haru (Yoo Gun's character) goes missing and Eun Hye is trying to look for him.
Our first glimpses of Haru after the op! AHHHH!
More heart-stopping moments. xD
I'm watching Project Makeover, a movie in which he starred in as well, and here are a few caps of Yoo Gun in it:
Can we say NERD??? But he's the cutest nerd ever!
Pouting again!
Peeking from behind a tree. This screenshot's a little random, but GAH. There's Yoo Gun in it. xD
Going ice skating tomorrow! Funfunfun. :D
Yoo Gun pouting!
I just love his smile. :)
A pensive Yoo Gun. He's at the hospital, thinking about whether to go for the operation that makes him smarter.
"Have you seen a really hot guy walk by?"
The moment I saw that scene I wanted to say that! Haru (Yoo Gun's character) goes missing and Eun Hye is trying to look for him.
Our first glimpses of Haru after the op! AHHHH!
More heart-stopping moments. xD
I'm watching Project Makeover, a movie in which he starred in as well, and here are a few caps of Yoo Gun in it:
Can we say NERD??? But he's the cutest nerd ever!
Pouting again!
Peeking from behind a tree. This screenshot's a little random, but GAH. There's Yoo Gun in it. xD
Going ice skating tomorrow! Funfunfun. :D
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26 June, 2007
Today was quite a fulfilling day! Didn't have to go to work because I could only stay for an hour or so anyway, so my boss let me off. xD So I went out earlier to shop and bought some clothes from Fox. :D Then went to Bugis and walked around a bit before going for my JAP CLASS!
Most of the people are older than me though, like twenty-somethings and thirty-somethings. There are a few younger people, but because I sat up in front I didn't get to observe the class demographics properly. I didn't want to sit in front, actually, but it's pretty okay. I met this girl at the beginning of class and felt safer sitting together with her. She said she had to sit in the front row because she felt that she might not be able to see the words on the board clearly otherwise. But the words on the whiteboard were pretty large, so maybe I can persuade her to sit in the second or third row come Thursday. ^^
The teacher went really really fast, and I'm glad I know all my hiragana already. We did all the fifty sounds today (五十音), and a bit of basic greetings and stuff. Gosh, I wonder if she's still going to go at lightning speed when we get to grammar. I'm horrible at that.
Our classroom has many old pictures hung on the walls. I wonder if Mummy is in any of them?
Oh and I watched the first episode of Hello, God and I couldn't help but go on a screenshot spam. So here are the results:
Isn't Yoo Gun cute? I love his smile. I don't think you can make out the Chinese words in the second and third pictures, but they say: “我很喜欢笑，因为我一笑大家也会跟着我笑。”
And Bad Couple ep 7 is out!! This scene just cried out to be capped:
OHMYGOD. I just about bust my gut laughing. :D He was trying to get Han Young to laugh, so he began to play with his food. Can you imagine a Hot Guy doing that to you during dinner at a high class restaurant? (Well, it was quite high class anyway.) I think I'll faint twice over.
Most of the people are older than me though, like twenty-somethings and thirty-somethings. There are a few younger people, but because I sat up in front I didn't get to observe the class demographics properly. I didn't want to sit in front, actually, but it's pretty okay. I met this girl at the beginning of class and felt safer sitting together with her. She said she had to sit in the front row because she felt that she might not be able to see the words on the board clearly otherwise. But the words on the whiteboard were pretty large, so maybe I can persuade her to sit in the second or third row come Thursday. ^^
The teacher went really really fast, and I'm glad I know all my hiragana already. We did all the fifty sounds today (五十音), and a bit of basic greetings and stuff. Gosh, I wonder if she's still going to go at lightning speed when we get to grammar. I'm horrible at that.
Our classroom has many old pictures hung on the walls. I wonder if Mummy is in any of them?
Oh and I watched the first episode of Hello, God and I couldn't help but go on a screenshot spam. So here are the results:
Isn't Yoo Gun cute? I love his smile. I don't think you can make out the Chinese words in the second and third pictures, but they say: “我很喜欢笑，因为我一笑大家也会跟着我笑。”
And Bad Couple ep 7 is out!! This scene just cried out to be capped:
OHMYGOD. I just about bust my gut laughing. :D He was trying to get Han Young to laugh, so he began to play with his food. Can you imagine a Hot Guy doing that to you during dinner at a high class restaurant? (Well, it was quite high class anyway.) I think I'll faint twice over.
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25 June, 2007
Was woken up today by a call from NUS, asking me if I'm accepting the place in USP. >.< Gosh, why can't they leave me alone? This is making me wonder if I'm making the wrong decision. Of course I said no, I mean, I've already accepted NTU and got my matric number and everything. But blah. I had a few dreams (nightmares?) where I was frantically trying to justify my decision to choose NTU. But as I said, I can't go back on my decision now, so I might as well go forward, eh?
I'm such a slacker. Am at work now and am browsing through drama threads at Soompi while trying to look like I'm doing work. :D Specifically, that of 18 vs. 19 and Hello, God. Am watching 18 vs. 19 because of Ryu Soo Young (who's one of the male leads in Bad Couple), but have spotted several hotties in it as well.
Of course, there's Choi Si Won (of Super Junior fame, it happens) who acts as the younger version of RSY's character. I can't help but squeal everytime he comes on screen. xD
Then there's Lee Sang Woo, who is the main charater's mute brother. :D
And here are some pics of Yoo Gun in Hello, God. He doesn't have a crew cut anymore in these pics. I was so excited to discover that Yoo Gun was in Hello, God because it's a drama based on the novel Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (which you all should know is one of my favourite books... :P).
He plays the role of the guy with an IQ of 65. Gosh, I can't wait to get home and watch this! I remember crying like crazy at the end of the book because it was so sad. I hope the drama isn't so heart-wrenching. But if it follows the plot of the book at all, I think it will be.
Ah, boss is here. Better not slack anymore. :D
I'm such a slacker. Am at work now and am browsing through drama threads at Soompi while trying to look like I'm doing work. :D Specifically, that of 18 vs. 19 and Hello, God. Am watching 18 vs. 19 because of Ryu Soo Young (who's one of the male leads in Bad Couple), but have spotted several hotties in it as well.
Of course, there's Choi Si Won (of Super Junior fame, it happens) who acts as the younger version of RSY's character. I can't help but squeal everytime he comes on screen. xD
Then there's Lee Sang Woo, who is the main charater's mute brother. :D
And here are some pics of Yoo Gun in Hello, God. He doesn't have a crew cut anymore in these pics. I was so excited to discover that Yoo Gun was in Hello, God because it's a drama based on the novel Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (which you all should know is one of my favourite books... :P).
He plays the role of the guy with an IQ of 65. Gosh, I can't wait to get home and watch this! I remember crying like crazy at the end of the book because it was so sad. I hope the drama isn't so heart-wrenching. But if it follows the plot of the book at all, I think it will be.
Ah, boss is here. Better not slack anymore. :D
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23 June, 2007
Haven't written for a bit. Not that I've much to write about anyway. Well, there is my latest obsession:
Well, not an obsession really, but F.T Island is a new boyband that just made their debut this June. They're surprisingly good, actually, and their music was how I discovered them in the first place. Have a listen or get the RAR.
What really takes me aback is how really YOUNG they are. They're all born between '90-'92. GOSH, that's really young. It feels so odd seeing birth years that start with the number nine. O.o; And of course there's the issue of them being really good looking. xD
Tell me he's not hot.
Young talents seem to be all the rage these days, although F.T Island is the youngest I've seen so far. There's Big Bang and XING and they're in the '88-'90 range. Gah, look at what all these people doing with their lives, and look at mine. Okay, let's not go there.
I know there's nothing new with youngsters becoming idols and whatever. We have Campus Superstar, and we have SMAP who made their debut when they were about 19, back in 1991. But still.
Anyway, I'm doing full-time only up until the end of this week, then I'll be back to part-timing at the tuition centre. Finally, I can have the days back to myself again, which actually, isn't a really good thing, because I'll just vegetate in front of the computer again (well, I do that at work too, but there's a difference). At least going to work makes me step out of the house. If I don't, I just turn into a hermit and don't leave. Yeah, fine, I admit that I HAVE NO LIFE. Whatever.
Well, on the topic of hot guys, I've discovered a new one! I've been watching Bad Couple 불량커플, and look what I found:
His name is Yoo Gun and he's a model (duhhh), actor, singer. xD He actually looks better with more hair. But anyway. In Bad Couple, he plays a model who helps a woman whose husband is cheating on her by pretending to be her boyfriend. What a predictable storyline! But it's nice anyway. It was awesome when he gave her cheating, bastard of a husband a punch. :P
Bleh, can't wait for the next episode. Have to wait for Chinese subs to be released. Sigh. That's the problem with watching dramas that are currently airing. But it's fun to discuss the drama with other people who are watching at the same pace as you are. :)
Well, not an obsession really, but F.T Island is a new boyband that just made their debut this June. They're surprisingly good, actually, and their music was how I discovered them in the first place. Have a listen or get the RAR.
What really takes me aback is how really YOUNG they are. They're all born between '90-'92. GOSH, that's really young. It feels so odd seeing birth years that start with the number nine. O.o; And of course there's the issue of them being really good looking. xD
Tell me he's not hot.
Young talents seem to be all the rage these days, although F.T Island is the youngest I've seen so far. There's Big Bang and XING and they're in the '88-'90 range. Gah, look at what all these people doing with their lives, and look at mine. Okay, let's not go there.
I know there's nothing new with youngsters becoming idols and whatever. We have Campus Superstar, and we have SMAP who made their debut when they were about 19, back in 1991. But still.
Anyway, I'm doing full-time only up until the end of this week, then I'll be back to part-timing at the tuition centre. Finally, I can have the days back to myself again, which actually, isn't a really good thing, because I'll just vegetate in front of the computer again (well, I do that at work too, but there's a difference). At least going to work makes me step out of the house. If I don't, I just turn into a hermit and don't leave. Yeah, fine, I admit that I HAVE NO LIFE. Whatever.
Well, on the topic of hot guys, I've discovered a new one! I've been watching Bad Couple 불량커플, and look what I found:
His name is Yoo Gun and he's a model (duhhh), actor, singer. xD He actually looks better with more hair. But anyway. In Bad Couple, he plays a model who helps a woman whose husband is cheating on her by pretending to be her boyfriend. What a predictable storyline! But it's nice anyway. It was awesome when he gave her cheating, bastard of a husband a punch. :P
Bleh, can't wait for the next episode. Have to wait for Chinese subs to be released. Sigh. That's the problem with watching dramas that are currently airing. But it's fun to discuss the drama with other people who are watching at the same pace as you are. :)
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15 June, 2007
I am officially an NTU student! Got my matric no. and freshman package and everything. Did my medical checkup too. Went this morning before work, and had a horrible time trying to navigate the NTU campus. In the rain. Yes, I walked from the 199 bus stop (the one at NIE/MAE) all the way to the S3 building. Worst thing was, I overshot, all the while muttering to myself that this is the wrong way, yet not believing it until I saw that it really was the wrong route with my own eyes. So I wasted time backtracking. Sigh. NTU has many hills. >.<;
Anyway I finally have a rough timing for my trip to school: 20min. 10min bus ride, 10min walk. TWENTY MINUTES. BEAT THAT. Goodbye to hour-long bus rides! xD
Oh, and I received the NTUSU envelope today too, with all the advertisements for orientation camps and whatnot. I am interested in the ODAC camp. OMG, QIAN + ODAC??? Answer is undefined right. ^^; But I really want to try something like it. There's night cycling (<3!), camping, outdoor trekking, orienteering (which sounds very intimidating...) and kayaking. I don't think I can take it. The camp is in the third week of July... if I start training now, do you think I can make it in time? How do I get rid of all my fat and flab?
This will probably just be a far-fetched notion. I probably won't go for it. Besides, everyone will be those sporty, "yang guang" type of person, and I'll be the pasty, flabby, indoor-sy member lagging behind in my group. I'll feel so out of place, and I hate that.
I have until the 25th to think about it. :/ But it's probably a no. I'll go for the union camp, probably. The others are all religious or closely-tied to a sport (which I obviously can't do). There's a cultural activities club one, but eh, it looks iffy.
I don't want to give up and resign myself to two weeks of slacking (or working, if I want to be productive) instead of going for orientation. I'm already a loser in the friend-department, so I want to use this opportunity to force myself to get out more and make some friends.
Blah. I hate all these deadlines. Have a lot of them to meet. MOE Tuition Grant, study loans, orientation forms, what-have-you...
Anyway I finally have a rough timing for my trip to school: 20min. 10min bus ride, 10min walk. TWENTY MINUTES. BEAT THAT. Goodbye to hour-long bus rides! xD
Oh, and I received the NTUSU envelope today too, with all the advertisements for orientation camps and whatnot. I am interested in the ODAC camp. OMG, QIAN + ODAC??? Answer is undefined right. ^^; But I really want to try something like it. There's night cycling (<3!), camping, outdoor trekking, orienteering (which sounds very intimidating...) and kayaking. I don't think I can take it. The camp is in the third week of July... if I start training now, do you think I can make it in time? How do I get rid of all my fat and flab?
This will probably just be a far-fetched notion. I probably won't go for it. Besides, everyone will be those sporty, "yang guang" type of person, and I'll be the pasty, flabby, indoor-sy member lagging behind in my group. I'll feel so out of place, and I hate that.
I have until the 25th to think about it. :/ But it's probably a no. I'll go for the union camp, probably. The others are all religious or closely-tied to a sport (which I obviously can't do). There's a cultural activities club one, but eh, it looks iffy.
I don't want to give up and resign myself to two weeks of slacking (or working, if I want to be productive) instead of going for orientation. I'm already a loser in the friend-department, so I want to use this opportunity to force myself to get out more and make some friends.
Blah. I hate all these deadlines. Have a lot of them to meet. MOE Tuition Grant, study loans, orientation forms, what-have-you...
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10 June, 2007
Part of my job at the tuition centre is to source for pictures to aid in the learning of science. It's usually slightly boring work that's pretty routine, and Google Images becomes your best friend. But I found a trés cool website a few days back, when I was looking for pictures of planets:
This photograph (it's not merely a picture) was taken on 11 October 2006, by the Cassini spacecraft that was launched in 1997, and entered Saturn's orbit after a seven year journey. Imagine, seven years in the bleak of space, powering onward to an uncertain destination. I know it is merely a machine, but if that isn't loneliness, I don't know what is.
What I find fascinating is how this is all happening in real-time. I've always thought space missions were a thing of the past, since Voyager 1 and 2 flew past Saturn about 10 years before I was born. But this is real. It's happening right now. There's a spacecraft, built by human hands, at least 1.2 billion km away from Earth. 1.2 billion. That's 109km. That's VERY FAR.
That's Titan, in a photograph taken today. Well, probably yesterday, but still. Nothing breath-takingly spectacular, but for some reason, I'm just endlessly fascinated with the fact that there are photos put up online every single day. Imagine, 1.2 billion kilometres away TODAY, RIGHT NOW, Titan looks just like that.
You know, if I were any good at Physics at all, I would most certainly have chosen to study Astronomy. Definitely.
This photograph (it's not merely a picture) was taken on 11 October 2006, by the Cassini spacecraft that was launched in 1997, and entered Saturn's orbit after a seven year journey. Imagine, seven years in the bleak of space, powering onward to an uncertain destination. I know it is merely a machine, but if that isn't loneliness, I don't know what is.
What I find fascinating is how this is all happening in real-time. I've always thought space missions were a thing of the past, since Voyager 1 and 2 flew past Saturn about 10 years before I was born. But this is real. It's happening right now. There's a spacecraft, built by human hands, at least 1.2 billion km away from Earth. 1.2 billion. That's 109km. That's VERY FAR.
That's Titan, in a photograph taken today. Well, probably yesterday, but still. Nothing breath-takingly spectacular, but for some reason, I'm just endlessly fascinated with the fact that there are photos put up online every single day. Imagine, 1.2 billion kilometres away TODAY, RIGHT NOW, Titan looks just like that.
You know, if I were any good at Physics at all, I would most certainly have chosen to study Astronomy. Definitely.
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06 June, 2007
There have been one too many times when I don't see the point. In everything.
Anyway. Went to the zoo yesterday! It's been SUCH a long time since I last went, I don't even remember. They refurbished the entrance, and there are a couple of new things, but essentially, the zoo's the same old, same old. We used to be Friends of the Zoo and we'd go down perhaps every other week or so. I loved the animals. I miss the yesterdays.
Will be going for a mini-golf game at Sentosa tomorrow. Argh, another tiring day shepherding kids around and smoothing out frayed nerves. Hope it'll be fun though. I've never actually golfed before.
Am at work and supposed to be proofreading some worksheets. I'm tired and I want to go home and sleep, but then I feel guilty because I think my colleague deserves to be more tired than I am. She's just recovered from a bout of chicken pox, while I've been hale and hearty all the while. I feel like such a loser because I can't take as much crap.
I've been living one day at a time, taking things as they come, but it's tiring. I'm not looking forward to anything (except maybe Jap classes) and I'm not happy. Then again, I'm not happy because I'm not satisfied with the way I am, and I'm not satisfied because, well, I never am. When you have something, you always want something more, and often there are two sides to a coin. If you get something, you'll have to be prepared to take on the consequences that come along with it. It's so easy to call it quits and forget about everything; to retreat back into my safety zone and hibernate; but that isn't the way to live life (then again, who says it isn't, anyway?). You're supposed to seize it by the shoulders and live it with thirst, vigour and enthusiasm. But I can't summon any of those feelings. When I look into the deep dark pool that is me, I only see pessimism and laziness. Sometimes I get so fed up with who I am that I want to dunk my head into that deep dark pool and let myself drown in the tears of my self-pity. (Which is so Bloody Pathetic, Really.)
Anyway. Went to the zoo yesterday! It's been SUCH a long time since I last went, I don't even remember. They refurbished the entrance, and there are a couple of new things, but essentially, the zoo's the same old, same old. We used to be Friends of the Zoo and we'd go down perhaps every other week or so. I loved the animals. I miss the yesterdays.
Will be going for a mini-golf game at Sentosa tomorrow. Argh, another tiring day shepherding kids around and smoothing out frayed nerves. Hope it'll be fun though. I've never actually golfed before.
Am at work and supposed to be proofreading some worksheets. I'm tired and I want to go home and sleep, but then I feel guilty because I think my colleague deserves to be more tired than I am. She's just recovered from a bout of chicken pox, while I've been hale and hearty all the while. I feel like such a loser because I can't take as much crap.
I've been living one day at a time, taking things as they come, but it's tiring. I'm not looking forward to anything (except maybe Jap classes) and I'm not happy. Then again, I'm not happy because I'm not satisfied with the way I am, and I'm not satisfied because, well, I never am. When you have something, you always want something more, and often there are two sides to a coin. If you get something, you'll have to be prepared to take on the consequences that come along with it. It's so easy to call it quits and forget about everything; to retreat back into my safety zone and hibernate; but that isn't the way to live life (then again, who says it isn't, anyway?). You're supposed to seize it by the shoulders and live it with thirst, vigour and enthusiasm. But I can't summon any of those feelings. When I look into the deep dark pool that is me, I only see pessimism and laziness. Sometimes I get so fed up with who I am that I want to dunk my head into that deep dark pool and let myself drown in the tears of my self-pity. (Which is so Bloody Pathetic, Really.)
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03 June, 2007
I know I should really do something about the layout and my domain in general. I've been a little busy though, and as I was saying, I don't have any artistic inspiration lately.
You know, 4 June is coming up real soon. In fact, it's tomorrow. Tomorrow is the deadline for acceptance of university offers. I guess I'll stick with NTU. So! I'll hopefully graduate with a B.CommStudies(Hons). Hope to see that on my cert 4 years later. Planning to do a minor in Linguistics, but I can't really choose. Sociology or Education seems interesting as well.
Finally got my pay this month. It is full of crap and I'm doing cheap labour, but hey, I'm a few hundred bucks richer. They didn't pay me more for relief teaching though! Raar. :(
Oh yeah, signed up for the basic intensive Japanese course at JCS. My mother had to go down and register for me because I had to work on Friday, but boy am I glad she did. I almost didn't get a place, and had to settle for a time slot of my second choice. Ehh. Class commences on the 26, I think. Oo, excitement. I'm on my way to becoming Japanese-literate!
On the subject of languages, I was wrestling with Korean and babelfish yesterday because I was trying to register at Daum.net. Because I'm a foreigner without a Resident's Registration Number, they have to verify your identity by giving you a phone call. For laughs, I entered my home number and was shocked to receive a call a few seconds after. For some reason, I decided that using my handphone would be better, so I changed the number and picked up the phone. The call is an automated service and everything was in Korean, but at least I understand Korean numbers! Took me two tries to get the security number right, but I did it. LOL, that makes me quite proud of myself. For the rest of the registration, I relied on a translator to get me through it, but it was pretty simple.
Why did I register at daum in the first place? So that I could gain access to hyuckstar! *more Jang Hyuk fangirling* I don't understand Korean, but at least I can look at the pretty pictures. xD
You know, 4 June is coming up real soon. In fact, it's tomorrow. Tomorrow is the deadline for acceptance of university offers. I guess I'll stick with NTU. So! I'll hopefully graduate with a B.CommStudies(Hons). Hope to see that on my cert 4 years later. Planning to do a minor in Linguistics, but I can't really choose. Sociology or Education seems interesting as well.
Finally got my pay this month. It is full of crap and I'm doing cheap labour, but hey, I'm a few hundred bucks richer. They didn't pay me more for relief teaching though! Raar. :(
Oh yeah, signed up for the basic intensive Japanese course at JCS. My mother had to go down and register for me because I had to work on Friday, but boy am I glad she did. I almost didn't get a place, and had to settle for a time slot of my second choice. Ehh. Class commences on the 26, I think. Oo, excitement. I'm on my way to becoming Japanese-literate!
On the subject of languages, I was wrestling with Korean and babelfish yesterday because I was trying to register at Daum.net. Because I'm a foreigner without a Resident's Registration Number, they have to verify your identity by giving you a phone call. For laughs, I entered my home number and was shocked to receive a call a few seconds after. For some reason, I decided that using my handphone would be better, so I changed the number and picked up the phone. The call is an automated service and everything was in Korean, but at least I understand Korean numbers! Took me two tries to get the security number right, but I did it. LOL, that makes me quite proud of myself. For the rest of the registration, I relied on a translator to get me through it, but it was pretty simple.
Why did I register at daum in the first place? So that I could gain access to hyuckstar! *more Jang Hyuk fangirling* I don't understand Korean, but at least I can look at the pretty pictures. xD
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