23 May, 2008
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21 May, 2008
I've been playing Maple lately. YES, you read it right. After what, a 2 year hiatus? Anyway to celebrate my laptop's return, I went to Ludibrium for the first time. So many thing's changed and I'm such a n00b. Tried my hand at the Ludi PQ and was utterly bewildered. I mean I did read a guide before I actually set off, but I was confused half the time. Also tried the Monster Carnival event which was fun but very very frustrating because my archer doesn't do well in mobs. Close range = phail.
I realise my archer is super super poor. Haha. Considering all the equipment I need. And also that compared to the other classes, my archer is とても強くない(very weak)。
Well at least I finally hit level 40, and I got to wear all my nice level 40 clothes and use my level 40 Vaulter 2000, which I now recognise to be a compound bow. But I may be wrong.
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18 May, 2008
Anyway, my laptop's AC adaptor died on me. So I am laptop-less until Tuesday, because I can't charge my battery. ARGH! It's so annoying because Monday is a public holiday and I can't go down to the service centre because it's not going to be open. SIGH. at least I still have a computer I can use, although my mother has monopolised most of it, most of the time.
So how is life? It's okay right now, but I think it will only get worse. But let's not talk about that.
Went back for archery on Friday just to see my ex-teammates and to shoot indoors for fun. I miss them. T_T And I know it's not like it's been long, but I feel heartened that they remember me and treat me like I'm still one of them. I think a person only exists insofar as they are remembered. And so it follows that if you are forgotten, you have ceased to exist.
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14 May, 2008
Life can be unfair. I know that. But right now it is so positively shitty I think it can't get any worse. I know I can't think like that. I have to be optimistic. I don't have to think this way. I've got to grit my teeth and be brave because we can work through this together.
But damn it, I am so weak.
But damn it, I am so weak.
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13 May, 2008
Just a quick post after getting back from the James Blunt concert! Pictures on Wen Lin's blog. My ugly face is there so if you're curious go and see but don't come crying to me after that.
It was really really good, albeit too short. Music is meant to be blasted through mega speakers. :D But I couldn't get enough of him. I didn't want to believe the concert had ended so quickly. It started at 8+ and ended at 10 on the dot. T_T NOT ENOUGH!
And I was disappointed he didn't sing my two favourite songs: Tears and Rain and I Can't Hear The Music. :( But those that he did were majorlyawesome you know? I love his voice.
But my favourite part was when he sang You're Beautiful:
She caught my eye as I walked on by
She could see from my face that I was [---]
And I don't think that I would see her again
But we shared a moment that will last to the end
And he left out the bit I typed [---]. The actual bit goes "fucking high", but I think because of censorship issues or whatever, he couldn't actually say it. The audience was more than glad to fill it in for him! *smirk* Actually there were a lot of opportunities for the audience to contribute to the songs by singing along and that was damn fun! I sang along to all the songs I knew the words to.
Oh of course there was this bit where he climbed on top the the piano and "surfed" on top. Haha! That bit was fun.
I also liked the lighting effects... I think the lighting team did an awesome job. At first I was a little disappointed by how simple and understated the effects was, but it works. And there were some pretty nifty and creative stuff being done with lights and shadows.
Truth be told this concert cannot compare on the awesomeness scale with the David Tao concert I went to back in 2005, but it was great anyway.
And to end off this post, I will fill in this survey thing that I got tagged by Wen Lin to do because it seems pretty interesting and made me think.
It was really really good, albeit too short. Music is meant to be blasted through mega speakers. :D But I couldn't get enough of him. I didn't want to believe the concert had ended so quickly. It started at 8+ and ended at 10 on the dot. T_T NOT ENOUGH!
And I was disappointed he didn't sing my two favourite songs: Tears and Rain and I Can't Hear The Music. :( But those that he did were majorlyawesome you know? I love his voice.
But my favourite part was when he sang You're Beautiful:
She caught my eye as I walked on by
She could see from my face that I was [---]
And I don't think that I would see her again
But we shared a moment that will last to the end
And he left out the bit I typed [---]. The actual bit goes "fucking high", but I think because of censorship issues or whatever, he couldn't actually say it. The audience was more than glad to fill it in for him! *smirk* Actually there were a lot of opportunities for the audience to contribute to the songs by singing along and that was damn fun! I sang along to all the songs I knew the words to.
Oh of course there was this bit where he climbed on top the the piano and "surfed" on top. Haha! That bit was fun.
I also liked the lighting effects... I think the lighting team did an awesome job. At first I was a little disappointed by how simple and understated the effects was, but it works. And there were some pretty nifty and creative stuff being done with lights and shadows.
Truth be told this concert cannot compare on the awesomeness scale with the David Tao concert I went to back in 2005, but it was great anyway.
And to end off this post, I will fill in this survey thing that I got tagged by Wen Lin to do because it seems pretty interesting and made me think.
Instructions
Remove 1 question from below, and add in your personal question, make it a total of 20 questions, then tag 8 people in your list, list them out at the end of this post. Notify them in their chat box that he/she has been tagged. —hmm, I don't have anyone to tag, or at least no one whom I know who reads my blog and blogs actively? maybe I'm just lazy lol...
1. What disappoints you the most?
I had a pretty difficult time trying to think of an answer to this question because I guess I'm not disappointed by most things. I mean, I'm a pretty pessimistic person, and since I don't expect much in the first place, most things happen to fall above my expectations. So I guess I'm a pretty difficult person to disappoint.
2. Where will you go if someone sponsors your tour ticket?
I've been wanting to go to Japan, just for the heck of it, but to be honest I don't want to go until I can actually understand Japanese. Then again, if someone is paying for my trip, why the hell not? :D I'd love to go to Hokkaido during summer to see the fields of flowers, and Tokyo in the spring to see the cherry blossoms. And I want to go back to Kyoto, just to see if I remember the places I visited from when I went there in 1998. Oh, and I want to ride on the ferris wheel in Osaka again.
Either that, or go on a roadtrip in Europe with 5TORM! That's after I get my license of course. I want to go to Holland and see the windmills. And I want to go back to Germany, even though I don't remember anything about the place. Just nostalgia, I guess. I did live there for a year when I was 3.
3. What comes to your mind the first thing you look at a ribbon?
Um, nothing really. The anti-drug campaign ribbon? I remember how in primary school we always pinned them to our pinafores (above the nametag) or on our bags or other possessions. Free stuff is always fun.
4. Do you think money can buy happiness?
For some people, maybe, but for me, no, because: See question 11.
5. If you can have one dream to come true, what would it be?
Well, I'd give anything to see Daddy again. Anything and everything.
6. Do you believe you can survive without money?
Money makes the world go round, dear. Honestly.
7. What's the most regretful thing that you've done before?
Does regretting something you didn't do count? If so, then not spending enough time with Daddy. It is something I deeply regret, and the yearning to undo it all is so acute it almost physically hurts.
8. If you win $1 million, what would you do?
Invest. Turn that $1 million into $2 million. Buy a Lamborghini convertible. Ensure that my family will have nothing to worry about on the money front. Donate the rest.
9. What is the most embarrassing thing that happened to you recently?
I can't remember. I don't think I do embarrassing things? Or maybe my mind edits them out of my memory so that I can be spared the torture that comes with recalling such moments.
10. List out 3 good points of the person who tagged you.
Wen Lin is always tries to maintain a cheerful demeanour, has a fun personality, and is very hardworking. :D
11. What makes you happy?
Little things. Small concessions. Listening to my favourite music. The sky. Learning Japanese. Friends.
12. What type of person do you hate the most?
The kind of person who hides behind a friendly mask but harbours ill intentions and cruel remarks, simply because they wish to maintain their plastic façade of being a good person when actually they are poisoned inside.
13. Where do you see yourself 10 years down the road?
Hopefully with an established career and a family of my own. Seems pretty out of reach though.
14. If you could have a superpower, what would it be?
To bend space-time, like Hiro Nakamura in the TV series Heroes.
15. What do you think is the most important thing in your life?
My health. Although it's like, damn auntie to say so. Haha.
16. What do you do when you're alone?
Read. Listen to music. Surf the 'net. I dunno. Whatever I do when I'm at home.
17. If you have a chance, which part of your character would you like to change?
My temper.
18. One word to describe yourself.
Not-good-enough. Is that 3 words? Damn.
19. What is the one band/singer/etc. that you would like to see perform live? (my question!)
Haha I asked this because I wanted to answer it. :P I would do ANYTHING to see Kings Of Convenience live. I think I will melt right there and there when I hear them sing. Secondhand Serenade comes pretty close too. Thing is, I dont think either of these bands will ever ever come to Singapore. Actually wait, Kings of Convenience performed in Singapore once, if my memory serves me right, but that was before I even heard of them, so that isn't counted. They have to come AGAIN so I can hear them.
20. What is your ultimate addiction?
The computer/Internet. I've been addicted since I was 11. So help me.
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12 May, 2008
Why do Happy Things come during Unhappy Times?
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11 May, 2008
Click to see my two new books in full shiny plastic-wrapped glory. :D:D:D I can't bear to tear the plastic off, but I will do it soon because I always write the date I bought the book inside.
Oh and I'm almost done with The God of Small Things. It's a day overdue though. Argh. It's really good, actually, and now I see why it won the Booker Prize. At first I couldn't get into it at all, but the more I read the more I came to like it. Absolutely first-rate despair. If you want your insides twisted with sorrow and injustice and a black curtain draped over your senses, this is the book to read. It's quite depressing. That said, I haven't actually finished it (am about 2 chapters away), so I don't know if there is anything to redeem the tone. However I'm satisfied with the way it is. I don't need everything I read to have happy endings.
Sad to say, the happy edges of Buying A New Thing have been sandpapered by this recent development. I'm disappointed, having looked forward to Buying It for so long. But ah well. Life is like that, hmm?
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I don’t know why I let you go
You said you’d wait I said I’d hope you would
We talked ‘til late until we walked away
What’s meant to be will be the same
And I feel like stone
Yes I feel ice cold
I pick myself up from the ground
Sick to death of lying down
And now I have to find you once again
You’re in my soul
You’re in my mind
But I don’t know where you are now
You’re in my soul
You’re in my mind
But I don’t know where you are now
Driving round and round until its dawn
To look for you in rooms we used to go
I held you back, I had to set you free
But now I know what’s meant to be
And I feel like stone
Yes I feel ice cold
I pick myself up from the ground
Sick to death of lying down
And now I have to find you once again
You’re in my soul
You’re in my mind
But I don’t know where you are now
You’re in my soul
You’re in my mind
But I don’t know where you are now
You’re in my soul
You’re in my mind
But I don’t know where you are now
You’re in my soul
You’re in my mind
But I don’t know where you are now
Sorry about the lyricspam. So yeah, as you can tell, I finally gave the latest Stereophonics album a listen. I must say that not all the songs appeal to me, especially Soldiers Make Good Targets, Pass the Buck and Bank Holiday Monday. It kind of starts picking up at Daisy Lane, although after that there are still one or two tracks that are forgettable. I thought Stereophonics was going to be another Radiohead (they're supposedly really good but I don't hear it) for me, but I was surprised to find Stone really good. Truthfully, the lyrics aren't particularly moving or anything, but I like the harmony and the guitar, and the overall minor-ish key the song is in. Mmm, a melancholic song in minor. Eh wait, I'm not actually sure if the song is in minor-key or not, okay? I only have a grade 2 in theory. I'm just saying it sounds like it.
So there you have it, my latest song obsession. I think I'm gonna try Stereophonic's older albums and see if there are a few nuggets in them.
Why am I posting this? Because I don't want to sleep and I still Miss You. And because there is a teetering possibility that my world is going to crumble down on me, which probably means that I have to Grow Up Very Quickly. But wait, aren't I supposed to be Grown Up already? And hasn't my world already crumbled once before? All around me is old rubble and sepia-tinged memories.
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08 May, 2008
As much as I like The Wasp Factory (it was my 2nd general fiction Banks book after The Crow Road), it's not for the faint hearted. It's an acquired taste that you'll either hate or love. It's been quite some time since I last read it (in JC?), and this makes me feel like taking it out again. BUT I have so many other books to finish, and I'm reluctant to renew them AGAIN (really bad habit), so I guess that will go on the back burner for a while.
That said, I haven't actually listened to Stereophonics before. Maybe I should start.
Talking about Banks, his new book hasn't arrived at the library yet. I've been checking the catalogue every time I remember, which is actually every day. (silence) OKAY, I know that it's been just over a week, not to mention EIGHT weeks. So I've got a long wait ahead of me. I'm trying to check if Kinokuniya carries the new book (since if the book is available locally I won't actually have to wait EIGHT weeks), but the website seems to be down at the mo'. *grumble*
Oh well! There's James Blunt's concert to look forward to next week (squeeee), and meeting up with Weiqi & Meow tomorrow means I'll be getting my Threadless shirts. WOOHOO.
Anyway I've gone for 3 Astronomy lectures so far and I'm feeling pretty ambivalent about it. I mean I'm interested because I enjoy the subject matter, but I don't really like the lecturer. I mean, I'm not going to go around pointing fingers or anything because it really isn't that big an issue, but I just feel that the lectures could be so much better.
That aside, the astro lectures have made me get round to reading the Encyclopaedia of the Solar System. YES, I'm reading an encyclopaedia, a ~1000 page tome which I don't think I'll ever get through. So take out your geek guns and shoot me. And I'm seriously thinking of dusting off my ancient telescope manual (if I can find it) to try and figure out how to work it, although truthfully I don't think I'll be successful.
Oh and I just wanted to say that I WANT TO WATCH ACCURACY OF DEATH. I can't wait to hear Takeshi Kaneshiro speak Japanese again.
Meh okay, so that's it for my once-in-a-while update of my boring life. We shall go back to our regular programming of white noise now... *fzzt*
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03 May, 2008
Stumbled onto Kongregate the other day, through a feature in Digital Life. It's a website where people can upload their own games and the quality is surprisingly good. I like the community aspect as well, and the opportunity to earn badges and level up is a huge incentive to play the games.
Anyway I've been playing Super Crazy Guitar Maniac Deluxe 2 for the past 3 days and I don't even want to count the hours I've wasted on this. This game is one of those DDR/Guitar Maniac games where you push buttons in time with the music. I've been chronically addicted to it because of I've been trying to get a Perfect on ALL 14 of the songs so I can get the "impossible" badge. Haha. I have 8 more to go, which I think will take me a few more days to get, seeing that the ones I have left are all the Pro songs and the first time I played them I couldn't even tell which keys to press. HAHA.
So if you wanna play SCGMD2, go click on that picture and sign up for an account, because I get referral points and because you're bored and you're my friend. :D But you can play without registering as well, if you're really lazy. :P
There are other interesting games on the site, so I think it's worth a sign-up. Another of my favourites is Sonny which is like a strategy fighting RPG with a Bourne Identity twist. The voice acting is surprisingly good. But I kinda lost interest after I got stuck at a stage where they kept on hurling 700 dmg at me. >0<
Of course there are other games but I haven't had time to explore. Well I'm gonna go back to rhythmically abusing my laptop now, so if you will excuse me...
Anyway I've been playing Super Crazy Guitar Maniac Deluxe 2 for the past 3 days and I don't even want to count the hours I've wasted on this. This game is one of those DDR/Guitar Maniac games where you push buttons in time with the music. I've been chronically addicted to it because of I've been trying to get a Perfect on ALL 14 of the songs so I can get the "impossible" badge. Haha. I have 8 more to go, which I think will take me a few more days to get, seeing that the ones I have left are all the Pro songs and the first time I played them I couldn't even tell which keys to press. HAHA.
So if you wanna play SCGMD2, go click on that picture and sign up for an account, because I get referral points and because you're bored and you're my friend. :D But you can play without registering as well, if you're really lazy. :P
There are other interesting games on the site, so I think it's worth a sign-up. Another of my favourites is Sonny which is like a strategy fighting RPG with a Bourne Identity twist. The voice acting is surprisingly good. But I kinda lost interest after I got stuck at a stage where they kept on hurling 700 dmg at me. >0<
Of course there are other games but I haven't had time to explore. Well I'm gonna go back to rhythmically abusing my laptop now, so if you will excuse me...
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