29 February, 2008
Fine, so in the end I realised that I didn't have many pictures of the competition.
Batch photo. Hopefully we'll see the same faces next year as well.
Another batch photo.
Club photo! I think everyone who is supposed to be in it is in it. Haha. But it was kind of late already, maybe some people have left before it was taken. There are definitely more people in the club than this.
Oh, and here's one of me on the shooting line. It's cool because I just released my arrow:
Been training with my new 30 pound bow (although I'm pulling only 27...) and have been going home aching every day. Very few people training during recess week, which is kind of a good thing because I take so long to shoot people have to wait for me before they go collect their arrows. Haha...
Sigh. Time passes so damn fast and it's already the end of the week. I've done some things, but it's not nearly enough. And it doesn't help that I'm addicted to Heroes.
Haha, small pleasures, I guess. They lie in funny conversations and unexpected favours. They hide in smiles and bright eyes. They make things worthwhile, I guess.
Batch photo. Hopefully we'll see the same faces next year as well.
Another batch photo.
Club photo! I think everyone who is supposed to be in it is in it. Haha. But it was kind of late already, maybe some people have left before it was taken. There are definitely more people in the club than this.
Oh, and here's one of me on the shooting line. It's cool because I just released my arrow:
Been training with my new 30 pound bow (although I'm pulling only 27...) and have been going home aching every day. Very few people training during recess week, which is kind of a good thing because I take so long to shoot people have to wait for me before they go collect their arrows. Haha...
Sigh. Time passes so damn fast and it's already the end of the week. I've done some things, but it's not nearly enough. And it doesn't help that I'm addicted to Heroes.
Haha, small pleasures, I guess. They lie in funny conversations and unexpected favours. They hide in smiles and bright eyes. They make things worthwhile, I guess.
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Often, when I am training, songs run through my head. Usually they're the last songs I heard on my MP3 on the way to school, a standard case of having a song stuck in my head. But today Kings of Convenience's The Weight of My Words ran through my mind repeatedly, unbidden, especially these lyrics:
There are very many things
I would like to say to you
But I've lost my way
And I've lost my words
There are very many places
I would like to go but I
Can't find the key
To open my door
In an introspective mood. Writing stuff down helps free it from the clutter and confusion of my mind. That helps a little.
I would like to say to you
But I've lost my way
And I've lost my words
There are very many places
I would like to go but I
Can't find the key
To open my door
In an introspective mood. Writing stuff down helps free it from the clutter and confusion of my mind. That helps a little.
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I hate how I've begun to notice that people walk away when they have to take their calls. It didn't use to matter, but privacy does to adults, and it seems that we've all grown up now.
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22 February, 2008
I really should post the photos I have of the competition last weekend. Haha. I am a huge procrastinator though. Maybe in the next post. :P
Anyway I've been busy roleplaying! The beginning is always so exciting, and I don't want to give this up halfway again. I'm notorious for picking things up and putting them down again. I probably said this about my other characters (like Flann, for example), but I don't want to get tired of Säde and throw her away after a while. She's coming along quite nicely, although the development of her character hasn't gone exactly the way I planned, but that isn't a bad thing.
And yesterday, I stayed up till 3am joining a new RP, Utopian Stigma, on whim because the characters looked interesting. I like the avatar I made for my new character there:
Yes yes, I know, another character with a funny character in his name. I like making life difficult for myself, don't I? xD
Anyway, if any of you actually look at my last.fm profile, my new song obsession is Breaking Benjamin's Who Wants To Live Forever. I know it's a Queen cover, and I like the original, but I don't have it, so I'm listening to Breaking Benjamin. I think they did a really good job of covering it though. :)
Oh yeah, I was watching the episode "Company Man" from Heroes (S01E17, if I'm not wrong) in school today and I was fighting back tears. T_T Shouldn't have watched it in public, haha. I would have bawled my eyes out if I were at home.
Mmmmrff. RECESS WEEK!!! NO SCHOOL!!! LOTS OF PROJECTS TO DO!!! Sigh. But this also means RP TIME!!! Oh no. That's bad. :P
Anyway I've been busy roleplaying! The beginning is always so exciting, and I don't want to give this up halfway again. I'm notorious for picking things up and putting them down again. I probably said this about my other characters (like Flann, for example), but I don't want to get tired of Säde and throw her away after a while. She's coming along quite nicely, although the development of her character hasn't gone exactly the way I planned, but that isn't a bad thing.
And yesterday, I stayed up till 3am joining a new RP, Utopian Stigma, on whim because the characters looked interesting. I like the avatar I made for my new character there:
Yes yes, I know, another character with a funny character in his name. I like making life difficult for myself, don't I? xD
Anyway, if any of you actually look at my last.fm profile, my new song obsession is Breaking Benjamin's Who Wants To Live Forever. I know it's a Queen cover, and I like the original, but I don't have it, so I'm listening to Breaking Benjamin. I think they did a really good job of covering it though. :)
Oh yeah, I was watching the episode "Company Man" from Heroes (S01E17, if I'm not wrong) in school today and I was fighting back tears. T_T Shouldn't have watched it in public, haha. I would have bawled my eyes out if I were at home.
Mmmmrff. RECESS WEEK!!! NO SCHOOL!!! LOTS OF PROJECTS TO DO!!! Sigh. But this also means RP TIME!!! Oh no. That's bad. :P
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14 February, 2008
Was just reading an article on how to build a Hackintosh and it's seriously very very tempting. It'll cost about $1150, without shipping and without the Leopard OS (which you can bum off BitTorrent). That's a few hundred bucks less.
But of course I won't do it. I don't need another computer; it's just cool. Really really cool. Haha. And I want to try my hand building a computer once.
Oh and I rejoined WWS. With my new character Säde. Let's see where this goes.
And on another sidenote, I have to confess that lately I've been addicted to episodes of Heroes. Haha. Never thought that I'd actually watch it, with it being so popular and all. But it's actually pretty good. I like Hiro and the cheerleader girl.
But of course I won't do it. I don't need another computer; it's just cool. Really really cool. Haha. And I want to try my hand building a computer once.
Oh and I rejoined WWS. With my new character Säde. Let's see where this goes.
And on another sidenote, I have to confess that lately I've been addicted to episodes of Heroes. Haha. Never thought that I'd actually watch it, with it being so popular and all. But it's actually pretty good. I like Hiro and the cheerleader girl.
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13 February, 2008
Yaaaay. Thought I couldn't finish my speech tonight but I did! Completed my interview for 208 as well, just need to transcribe it now. *cringe* I hate hearing my voice.
Hope I'm 神 enough to present it tomorrow. Haha. Looking at my notecards make me feel happy because they're PRINTED!! I love printed notecards because they're so neat. Reminds me of the KOTC presentation back in Sec 3 (or was it Sec 4?) when we printed the cards as well. I still have them somewhere in my room. I think that was one of my best presentations ever, in terms of satisfaction gained.
Don't feel like sleeping all of a sudden. Feel like I deserve some kind of reward for putting in all that concentrated brainpower for the past 5 hours (yeah, I'm a slow worker, it's the bane of my life). Have quite a bit of stuff more to do, like transcribing the 208 interview, studying for my 202 quiz on Thursday, working on my 814 term paper, rehearse my speech... BUT BAHHHH. I can either relak now or go to sleep. The prudent decision would be to go to sleep, of course, but as I said, it's so tempting to just stay up and... I don't know, watch Honey & Clover. Or blog. Which I'm doing now.
I can't wait for this week to be over. I can't wait for the competition to be over. I'm having so many feelings about archery right now. Mum wants me to quit and has been pressuring me ever since I started. I caved in and said yes, I will take a break after this competition. But I haven't told Andrew yet. I've told a few of the girls, but I didn't confirm anything. Sigh. I hate telling people these things. I don't want to stop shooting. It will seem as if I've given up halfway, but I haven't!! My friend even lent me a 30lbs. bow that I wanted to train on. I guess I'll have to return it or something.
Ah well, one step at a time.
Hope I'm 神 enough to present it tomorrow. Haha. Looking at my notecards make me feel happy because they're PRINTED!! I love printed notecards because they're so neat. Reminds me of the KOTC presentation back in Sec 3 (or was it Sec 4?) when we printed the cards as well. I still have them somewhere in my room. I think that was one of my best presentations ever, in terms of satisfaction gained.
Don't feel like sleeping all of a sudden. Feel like I deserve some kind of reward for putting in all that concentrated brainpower for the past 5 hours (yeah, I'm a slow worker, it's the bane of my life). Have quite a bit of stuff more to do, like transcribing the 208 interview, studying for my 202 quiz on Thursday, working on my 814 term paper, rehearse my speech... BUT BAHHHH. I can either relak now or go to sleep. The prudent decision would be to go to sleep, of course, but as I said, it's so tempting to just stay up and... I don't know, watch Honey & Clover. Or blog. Which I'm doing now.
I can't wait for this week to be over. I can't wait for the competition to be over. I'm having so many feelings about archery right now. Mum wants me to quit and has been pressuring me ever since I started. I caved in and said yes, I will take a break after this competition. But I haven't told Andrew yet. I've told a few of the girls, but I didn't confirm anything. Sigh. I hate telling people these things. I don't want to stop shooting. It will seem as if I've given up halfway, but I haven't!! My friend even lent me a 30lbs. bow that I wanted to train on. I guess I'll have to return it or something.
Ah well, one step at a time.
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11 February, 2008
Falling in love with paper aeroplanes again.
Found out that it's written by 黄韵仁 (the Eric Ng in the previous post) and 小寒, further cementing my belief that they are geniuses. I've been listening to 林忆莲's 纸飞机 the whole day today and it's been so calming and nostalgic and melancholic.
I'm so addicted to my music I simply can't stand the thought of not being able to listen to it when I'm by myself. I realise that as long as what I'm doing does not involve intense concentration or other people, I listen to music.
I'm glad my MP3 player runs on triple A batteries, because that means that even if they run out on the go, I can replace it without any fuss. I usually carry spares with me, but in the event that I forget, I'll actively look for a shop that sells batteries and buy it, no matter what the cost, just so that I can listen to my music.
Is it because of the music, or is it because I don't want to feel so alone?
Anyway I better go sleep. 8.30 lecture tomorrow. The lecturer put up the lecture slides AFTER I went downstairs to print my notes. GRRRR. I think I'll go print them now. Sigh. SO TROUBLESOME. Okay. This is me being a spoilt brat. I bet the lecturer (Marko, this time) had no time to put it up or some other valid reason. I shouldn't complain. I should be glad that he puts up slides at all. Bleh.
Oh yar, going to the dentist tomorrow as well. I think my wisdom teeth are growing (more like forcing their way through my poor gums) and on Thursday and Friday night they were killing me. Panadol was my friend. It's the bottom left one that's giving me trouble, and today my bottom right started swelling a little but it doesn't hurt. Yet. Oh well. I hope I don't have to get them extracted. I've always had perfectly in-line teeth, and I don't like Novocaine.
Found out that it's written by 黄韵仁 (the Eric Ng in the previous post) and 小寒, further cementing my belief that they are geniuses. I've been listening to 林忆莲's 纸飞机 the whole day today and it's been so calming and nostalgic and melancholic.
I'm so addicted to my music I simply can't stand the thought of not being able to listen to it when I'm by myself. I realise that as long as what I'm doing does not involve intense concentration or other people, I listen to music.
I'm glad my MP3 player runs on triple A batteries, because that means that even if they run out on the go, I can replace it without any fuss. I usually carry spares with me, but in the event that I forget, I'll actively look for a shop that sells batteries and buy it, no matter what the cost, just so that I can listen to my music.
Is it because of the music, or is it because I don't want to feel so alone?
Anyway I better go sleep. 8.30 lecture tomorrow. The lecturer put up the lecture slides AFTER I went downstairs to print my notes. GRRRR. I think I'll go print them now. Sigh. SO TROUBLESOME. Okay. This is me being a spoilt brat. I bet the lecturer (Marko, this time) had no time to put it up or some other valid reason. I shouldn't complain. I should be glad that he puts up slides at all. Bleh.
Oh yar, going to the dentist tomorrow as well. I think my wisdom teeth are growing (more like forcing their way through my poor gums) and on Thursday and Friday night they were killing me. Panadol was my friend. It's the bottom left one that's giving me trouble, and today my bottom right started swelling a little but it doesn't hurt. Yet. Oh well. I hope I don't have to get them extracted. I've always had perfectly in-line teeth, and I don't like Novocaine.
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09 February, 2008
Training today was crappy. I don't even want to think about it because next week is competition already. And mother doesn't want me to continue shooting, and I've promised her time and again that I'll stop after this competition. I can't say no. I just can't.
Anyway, the most exciting thing of the year (so far) was going to the 伍家辉 + Eric Ng + Ngak concert at the Esplanade Recital Studio today. It was a very small affair, and there were about say 100+ people. I went for the 7.30pm show although the 10.30pm one would have been much nicer, but I didn't want to come home too late.
But it doesn't matter, because it was a 2 hour auralfest, and I enjoyed every note that they played. In case you guys don't know, 伍家辉 is the guy who sang 一人一半 for Royston Tan's 881.
Those guys are seriously damn talented. I like how intimate the whole "concert" was. I don't really know what to call it. They used the word "showcase", so I guess I shall follow suit. Eric Ng did most of the talking, and he spoke in English most of the time, despite it being part of the HuaYi festival and him and Ngak being the spokespeople for the 华语 Cool campaign, LOL.
Saw a few celebrities. I'm sure there are more, it's just that I didn't see them/don't recognise them. Lots of 圈内人 and people in the music scene in the audience I think. Saw in particular Chong Qing (that 933 DJ) and Chew Chor Meng's family. His two daughters are SOOOOO cute! :D
Sigh. I'm so in the holiday mood still. I can't believe tomorrow is Sunday already and then I have to go to school on Monday. Let's not go there. I have so much work to do, I don't know why I didn't keep my Sunday free so that I can get down to it. Sadly, I'll be out the whole day. Sometimes I wish that I can just hole myself up at home without having a social stigma being attached to it. So I'm a closet anti-social. Is that an oxymoron?
Anyway, the most exciting thing of the year (so far) was going to the 伍家辉 + Eric Ng + Ngak concert at the Esplanade Recital Studio today. It was a very small affair, and there were about say 100+ people. I went for the 7.30pm show although the 10.30pm one would have been much nicer, but I didn't want to come home too late.
But it doesn't matter, because it was a 2 hour auralfest, and I enjoyed every note that they played. In case you guys don't know, 伍家辉 is the guy who sang 一人一半 for Royston Tan's 881.
Those guys are seriously damn talented. I like how intimate the whole "concert" was. I don't really know what to call it. They used the word "showcase", so I guess I shall follow suit. Eric Ng did most of the talking, and he spoke in English most of the time, despite it being part of the HuaYi festival and him and Ngak being the spokespeople for the 华语 Cool campaign, LOL.
Saw a few celebrities. I'm sure there are more, it's just that I didn't see them/don't recognise them. Lots of 圈内人 and people in the music scene in the audience I think. Saw in particular Chong Qing (that 933 DJ) and Chew Chor Meng's family. His two daughters are SOOOOO cute! :D
Sigh. I'm so in the holiday mood still. I can't believe tomorrow is Sunday already and then I have to go to school on Monday. Let's not go there. I have so much work to do, I don't know why I didn't keep my Sunday free so that I can get down to it. Sadly, I'll be out the whole day. Sometimes I wish that I can just hole myself up at home without having a social stigma being attached to it. So I'm a closet anti-social. Is that an oxymoron?
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04 February, 2008
I have really great bosses. Got a hongbao from them today and some homemade oatmeal cookies as well. Thought the hongbao was given only nominally, but to my surprise (my mum is a busybody and opened it the moment I came home) it contained $60. WOWOWOWOW. It might not actually be a lot of money or anything, but I thought they'd give something like $10 so that's like, SIX TIMES what I was expecting. OMG I love my bosses.
So this is why I always say I want to quit but never quite do. Haha. My pay isn't that great, but the kids are cute and the people are nice so I stay on. Besides, I've been at the tuition centre since Dec 2006 so it feels kinda sad to leave them.
Oh and I was really lucky today. Was napping before I had to go for tuition and kind of overslept, plus I missed the bus, so I was going to be late. Was doing my best to brisk walk to take 243, when I heard someone calling me so I turned around, and it turned out that one of my students was on her way to tuition too and her mum was driving her. What luck!! So I wasn't late in the end. HAHA.
Sigh, getting into the holiday CNY mood already, but I have so much work to do. Plus have to conduct a real interview that has to be recorded and transcribed. PLUS I have a quiz on Wednesday morning. And I have a term paper and a speech to work on as well. T_T Feel like mugging throughout the hols, but kind of impossible because I have to be everywhere but where I want to be, which is at home, in my room, mugging.
Ah but who am I kidding? You probably won't find me mugging if I'm given the chance, since I'll be watching Honey & Clover, 斗牛要不要 and Six Feet Under, or reading my recently acquired manga. Sigh the thing I'm best at is wasting time, which I am doing now. Supposed to be formulating interview questions which I have to email to my tutor for approval before I conduct the interview. Sigh.
So this is why I always say I want to quit but never quite do. Haha. My pay isn't that great, but the kids are cute and the people are nice so I stay on. Besides, I've been at the tuition centre since Dec 2006 so it feels kinda sad to leave them.
Oh and I was really lucky today. Was napping before I had to go for tuition and kind of overslept, plus I missed the bus, so I was going to be late. Was doing my best to brisk walk to take 243, when I heard someone calling me so I turned around, and it turned out that one of my students was on her way to tuition too and her mum was driving her. What luck!! So I wasn't late in the end. HAHA.
Sigh, getting into the holiday CNY mood already, but I have so much work to do. Plus have to conduct a real interview that has to be recorded and transcribed. PLUS I have a quiz on Wednesday morning. And I have a term paper and a speech to work on as well. T_T Feel like mugging throughout the hols, but kind of impossible because I have to be everywhere but where I want to be, which is at home, in my room, mugging.
Ah but who am I kidding? You probably won't find me mugging if I'm given the chance, since I'll be watching Honey & Clover, 斗牛要不要 and Six Feet Under, or reading my recently acquired manga. Sigh the thing I'm best at is wasting time, which I am doing now. Supposed to be formulating interview questions which I have to email to my tutor for approval before I conduct the interview. Sigh.
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03 February, 2008
Tracy: Why do people have to die?
Nate: To make life important.
- Six Feet Under, S01E13
Nate: To make life important.
- Six Feet Under, S01E13
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