Location: New laptop, upstairs
Mood: Stomach-ache-y
Just did: Downloaded from emusic.com
YEAHH! I think this year is gonna be loads better than last year. I mean, YME ROX! All we have to do is write Chinese pop songs, 2 per pair. The only hard part will be the lyrics, but I think it's possible to do it, even with my ultra-low proficiency...
We're having lessons at Lee Wei Song School of Music; went there yesterday. Know what? My mother was thinking of getting me to join it last year. But turns out I had to anyway :D And I'm happy. These people are the top CPop composers in Singapore, man!
It's just too bad I have so little background, compared to the other four. I hardly listen to CPop, but I hope I can manage. First lesson was like a simplified MEP lesson, but with more generic terms that don't take expertise in theory to understand.
YAY I've already got a few ideas for songs! I think I'll go write them down, and set English lyrics to one or two, maybe :D I can't wait for next week's lesson!
Today was Good Friday. The service in church was 2 hours long...hard to pay attention during the super-long prayer. But I got through it, heh. It was quite interesting; met some of the more interesting personalities in the church...
Oh yes, I just created the 100 question meme! AF and HT did it, and I LOVED their responses :D They really have a way of making everything so FUNNY!! And best thing is, it's one hundred questions long :)
In fact, it looked so fun that I started doing it myself! I'm at question 75 right now. Oof, Shakespeare had to eat Mona Lisa (the painting) somewhere in there...
I think I will be going now. Got more music to download :D
...
10.4.09
6.4.09
MAKEOVER!
Location: Laptop at home
Mood: Happy
Just did: Gave the main character of "Lapis Lazuli" a name
Yup, you might have noticed the new design of my blog. I'm gonna make it nicer when I find the time. Looking to change the font next. Look forward to it!
Mood: Happy
Just did: Gave the main character of "Lapis Lazuli" a name
Yup, you might have noticed the new design of my blog. I'm gonna make it nicer when I find the time. Looking to change the font next. Look forward to it!
1.4.09
Tagged from CrapPishh/Nic :D
Location: 310 classroom computer
Just did: MEP lesson!
Mood: Ache-y
Haha, for those I haven't told, Nic (actually Nicole) is a friend I made *gasp* online, on FanFiction.net! We're like the only two female writers there. Met her thrice, so (for those of you who are super paranoid) she can be trusted. Of course, there's always those paranoid people around you who would discourage this sort of stuff...but I don't care la.
Yup, anyway, I got this wonderful personality quiz from her!
http://www.quizbox.com/personality/test82.aspx
It's interestingly accurate...so this is what it says:
Your view on yourself:
You are intelligent, honest and sweet. You are friendly to everybody and don't like conflict. Because you're so cheerful and fun people are naturally attracted to you and like to talk to you.
Comment: Well...sweet, I dunno. But I guess I am cheerful, as long as I've had enough sleep the day before.
The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:
You are not looking merely for a girl/boyfriend - you are looking for your life partner. Perhaps you should be more open-minded about who you spend time with. The person you are looking for might hide their charm under their exterior.
Comment: Uh...LOL? I don't know. Will keep this in mind, though, if ever necessary...
Your readiness to commit to a relationship:
You are ready to commit as soon as you meet the right person. And you believe you will pretty much know as soon as you might that person.
Comments: Well. Really? Okay, that makes things easy...LOL...
The seriousness of your love:
You are very serious about relationships and aren't interested in wasting time with people you don't really like. If you meet the right person, you will fall deeply and beautifully in love.
Comments: Haha. Hahaha. Mirrors what the previous one said...
Your views on education:
Education is very important in life. You want to study hard and learn as much as you can.
Comments: No! Weird...I don't really care much about education...
The right job for you:
You have plenty of dream jobs but have little chance of doing any of them if you don't focus on something in particular. You need to choose something and go for it to be happy and achieve success.
Comments: True, true. Many dream jobs.
How do you view success:
You are confident that you will be successful in your chosen career and nothing will stop you from trying.
Comments: Yeah...I guess so. But yet again, I'm not really that confident...
What are you most afraid of:
You are afraid of things that you cannot control. Sometimes you show your anger to cover up how you feel.
Comments: Very true. How'd they know?!
Who is your true self:
You are full of energy and confidence. You are unpredictable, with moods changing as quickly as an ocean. You might occasionally be calm and still, but never for long.
Comments: I think this is true! Very, very interesting xD
LOL! It's pretty accurate! But man, I don't know anything about whether the love stuff is accurate, though, so...LOL.
Anyway you know, don't you find it irritating when they play nice music on the radio, and don't tell you the title? It happens a lot on Symphony 92.4FM. Well, I once heard a very nice piece of music on the radio, and I recorded it with my handphone. Trouble is, the sound quality is horrible, and I won't ever know anything about the piece other than the music itself...
yeah. It's happened about 3 other times, with three other pieces of music. HEARTBREAK
(I love music that much)
And so one day I was looking through emusic's collection--my father's birthday present was 50 downloads :D I was vewy happy and went to search all my fave composers (Debussy, Ravel, Turina, Piazzolla etc.), and began downloading their music like (almost) crazy.
And I actually found MY PIECE OF MUSIC! The one I handphone-recorded from the radio. It was purely coincidental; I didn't even intend to find it.I actually downloaded it without knowing how it sounded. BUT I FOUND IT AT LAST, AND I WAS SO HAPPYYYY!!!
It is Danzas Fantasticas: Orgia by Joaquin Turina. happiness again :D:D
*impromptu celebration*
Well, yeah. I AM SOO HAPPY, I repeat. Now I've gotta find "nice violin, cello and piano trio" and "chinese-like classical music". Those are the names we gave. Sooo original, don't you think?
Yeah, okay. I think I should be going now; mother coming to fetch me in 15 minutes. bye!
Just did: MEP lesson!
Mood: Ache-y
Haha, for those I haven't told, Nic (actually Nicole) is a friend I made *gasp* online, on FanFiction.net! We're like the only two female writers there. Met her thrice, so (for those of you who are super paranoid) she can be trusted. Of course, there's always those paranoid people around you who would discourage this sort of stuff...but I don't care la.
Yup, anyway, I got this wonderful personality quiz from her!
http://www.quizbox.com/personality/test82.aspx
It's interestingly accurate...so this is what it says:
Your view on yourself:
You are intelligent, honest and sweet. You are friendly to everybody and don't like conflict. Because you're so cheerful and fun people are naturally attracted to you and like to talk to you.
Comment: Well...sweet, I dunno. But I guess I am cheerful, as long as I've had enough sleep the day before.
The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:
You are not looking merely for a girl/boyfriend - you are looking for your life partner. Perhaps you should be more open-minded about who you spend time with. The person you are looking for might hide their charm under their exterior.
Comment: Uh...LOL? I don't know. Will keep this in mind, though, if ever necessary...
Your readiness to commit to a relationship:
You are ready to commit as soon as you meet the right person. And you believe you will pretty much know as soon as you might that person.
Comments: Well. Really? Okay, that makes things easy...LOL...
The seriousness of your love:
You are very serious about relationships and aren't interested in wasting time with people you don't really like. If you meet the right person, you will fall deeply and beautifully in love.
Comments: Haha. Hahaha. Mirrors what the previous one said...
Your views on education:
Education is very important in life. You want to study hard and learn as much as you can.
Comments: No! Weird...I don't really care much about education...
The right job for you:
You have plenty of dream jobs but have little chance of doing any of them if you don't focus on something in particular. You need to choose something and go for it to be happy and achieve success.
Comments: True, true. Many dream jobs.
How do you view success:
You are confident that you will be successful in your chosen career and nothing will stop you from trying.
Comments: Yeah...I guess so. But yet again, I'm not really that confident...
What are you most afraid of:
You are afraid of things that you cannot control. Sometimes you show your anger to cover up how you feel.
Comments: Very true. How'd they know?!
Who is your true self:
You are full of energy and confidence. You are unpredictable, with moods changing as quickly as an ocean. You might occasionally be calm and still, but never for long.
Comments: I think this is true! Very, very interesting xD
LOL! It's pretty accurate! But man, I don't know anything about whether the love stuff is accurate, though, so...LOL.
Anyway you know, don't you find it irritating when they play nice music on the radio, and don't tell you the title? It happens a lot on Symphony 92.4FM. Well, I once heard a very nice piece of music on the radio, and I recorded it with my handphone. Trouble is, the sound quality is horrible, and I won't ever know anything about the piece other than the music itself...
yeah. It's happened about 3 other times, with three other pieces of music. HEARTBREAK
(I love music that much)
And so one day I was looking through emusic's collection--my father's birthday present was 50 downloads :D I was vewy happy and went to search all my fave composers (Debussy, Ravel, Turina, Piazzolla etc.), and began downloading their music like (almost) crazy.
And I actually found MY PIECE OF MUSIC! The one I handphone-recorded from the radio. It was purely coincidental; I didn't even intend to find it.I actually downloaded it without knowing how it sounded. BUT I FOUND IT AT LAST, AND I WAS SO HAPPYYYY!!!
It is Danzas Fantasticas: Orgia by Joaquin Turina. happiness again :D:D
*impromptu celebration*
Well, yeah. I AM SOO HAPPY, I repeat. Now I've gotta find "nice violin, cello and piano trio" and "chinese-like classical music". Those are the names we gave. Sooo original, don't you think?
Yeah, okay. I think I should be going now; mother coming to fetch me in 15 minutes. bye!
31.3.09
Location: Library computer
Mood: Sleepy
Hm...is this legal? You can't post-book, right? Prefects, don't book me if this is illegal (blogging in school) because you didn't catch me red-handed, hehheh :D
Heh, Of the Dragon, of the Stars is now 111 pages long :D:D Going well! It's less than half done.
It's RS now. I'm supposed to be in YME, so there's practically nothing to do right now. Hm, I shall take this time to type Of the Dragon, of the Stars. WAAIIT then why am I blogging?
Okay, I will be going now. BB!
Mood: Sleepy
Hm...is this legal? You can't post-book, right? Prefects, don't book me if this is illegal (blogging in school) because you didn't catch me red-handed, hehheh :D
Heh, Of the Dragon, of the Stars is now 111 pages long :D:D Going well! It's less than half done.
It's RS now. I'm supposed to be in YME, so there's practically nothing to do right now. Hm, I shall take this time to type Of the Dragon, of the Stars. WAAIIT then why am I blogging?
Okay, I will be going now. BB!
29.3.09
JOAQUIN TURINA IS TEH BEST COMPOZER IN TEH WURLDD!!!
Location: Old laptop, at home
Mood: Nothing :P
Okay, I rank him behind Debussy and Ravel. But his music is AMAZING!!!
It really depends on taste, though. His style is distinctively Spanish, and I LOVE IT :D:D
Listen ^^^ This is Sinfonia Sevillana, movt. 3.
Yeah, that was what the whole post was about :D
Mood: Nothing :P
Okay, I rank him behind Debussy and Ravel. But his music is AMAZING!!!
It really depends on taste, though. His style is distinctively Spanish, and I LOVE IT :D:D
Listen ^^^ This is Sinfonia Sevillana, movt. 3.
Yeah, that was what the whole post was about :D
18.3.09
LEVEL 38
Location: The usual desktop
Mood: HAPPYYYY
That is the reason. I am LEVEL THIRTY-EIGHT!!!! *happiness*
And I LOVE MAGATIAAAAA
It's a new place in MapleStory, the Town of Alchemy, where two feuding families reside. I'm not going to tell a super long story here, but let's just say that one family uses alchemy to create life (in test tubes, beakers and flasks), while the other uses it to give life to robots. A spooky place with an extremely chilling (and COOL) storyline.
And if the idea of feuding families sounds familiar, wait till you hear that there IS a pair of lovers named Romeo and Juliet in there, one from each family. It's all part of the Party Quest.
Yeah, MapleStory has a habit of including characters from well-known tales in the game. So don't scream "copyrighted!" right away when you hear me say some familiar names from Maple.
I don't have much else to say. Bye!
Mood: HAPPYYYY
That is the reason. I am LEVEL THIRTY-EIGHT!!!! *happiness*
And I LOVE MAGATIAAAAA
It's a new place in MapleStory, the Town of Alchemy, where two feuding families reside. I'm not going to tell a super long story here, but let's just say that one family uses alchemy to create life (in test tubes, beakers and flasks), while the other uses it to give life to robots. A spooky place with an extremely chilling (and COOL) storyline.
And if the idea of feuding families sounds familiar, wait till you hear that there IS a pair of lovers named Romeo and Juliet in there, one from each family. It's all part of the Party Quest.
Yeah, MapleStory has a habit of including characters from well-known tales in the game. So don't scream "copyrighted!" right away when you hear me say some familiar names from Maple.
I don't have much else to say. Bye!
7.3.09
FOUNDERS' DAYYY
Location: Desktop
Mood: Worried
Delia's gonna get me off the computer any moment now. So I'm gonna type like a bullet train.
Founders' Day: the coolest day in the RGS calendar. This year, it was special. It was at night!! Yesterday.
After school, I went with HT to Bishan Library and FINALLY found my wonderful Deltora Shadowlands! Read book 2: The Isle of Illusion. It's still as cool as ever :D:D:D
Well, yup. Then it was piano lesson, in Toa Payoh. It was good. No scolding. I hate Bach's Fugues. Argh.
And then, dinner at Mac's, sponsored by my mother, then back to school again! This year's show was dazzling. What else do you expect of a night show? There were lasers, strobe lights, glowing outfits and masks (coughcough strings ensemble coughcough), glittery glitzy costumes, and all sorts of dances :D
One complaint I do have is for the skit. The storyline was just plain cliched. Our school's proud history. Why couldn't they give it some spice? I mean...they did, but what I mean is to the telling of the story itself. Maybe from a modern-day RGS pupil's point of view, instead of from a Victorian woman's. That'd be way cooler.
Otherwise, wonderful show, my friends! I think all the rehearsing paid off. Great job, performers, I salute thee.
Funniest moment: when the whole school forgot the words of "Pass it On" verse 2, and all sang "nananananana" together...WONDERFUL effect.
OR when we started the Birthday Song too late and ended up having to rush (and also holding the "S" in "RGS" and going out of sync with the music...that was LOLZ)
And what better way to end a school event than with cheers (which always ends with "Unite", which we always end up cheering at twice the speed we started with)?
Eventful day. Went home at ten-something, and got to type Epic Thing.
Ah, our Learning Journeys week is next week. I DUN WANNA GO TO YOG LEARNING CENTRE...
Starting to feel real guilty for staying on the computer so long. Will get off...NOW!!!
Mood: Worried
Delia's gonna get me off the computer any moment now. So I'm gonna type like a bullet train.
Founders' Day: the coolest day in the RGS calendar. This year, it was special. It was at night!! Yesterday.
After school, I went with HT to Bishan Library and FINALLY found my wonderful Deltora Shadowlands! Read book 2: The Isle of Illusion. It's still as cool as ever :D:D:D
Well, yup. Then it was piano lesson, in Toa Payoh. It was good. No scolding. I hate Bach's Fugues. Argh.
And then, dinner at Mac's, sponsored by my mother, then back to school again! This year's show was dazzling. What else do you expect of a night show? There were lasers, strobe lights, glowing outfits and masks (coughcough strings ensemble coughcough), glittery glitzy costumes, and all sorts of dances :D
One complaint I do have is for the skit. The storyline was just plain cliched. Our school's proud history. Why couldn't they give it some spice? I mean...they did, but what I mean is to the telling of the story itself. Maybe from a modern-day RGS pupil's point of view, instead of from a Victorian woman's. That'd be way cooler.
Otherwise, wonderful show, my friends! I think all the rehearsing paid off. Great job, performers, I salute thee.
Funniest moment: when the whole school forgot the words of "Pass it On" verse 2, and all sang "nananananana" together...WONDERFUL effect.
OR when we started the Birthday Song too late and ended up having to rush (and also holding the "S" in "RGS" and going out of sync with the music...that was LOLZ)
And what better way to end a school event than with cheers (which always ends with "Unite", which we always end up cheering at twice the speed we started with)?
Eventful day. Went home at ten-something, and got to type Epic Thing.
Ah, our Learning Journeys week is next week. I DUN WANNA GO TO YOG LEARNING CENTRE...
Starting to feel real guilty for staying on the computer so long. Will get off...NOW!!!
6.3.09
Tagged from Dark Blaziken :D
Got this off Dark Blaziken, better known as AF. A really fun meme!
Hi, my name is: Tessa Low Yun
But you can call me: T, Wil, Wil of Caelin, Sword Dance, Sceptile Rayquaza, Absol Master, Absolfanatic, Circinus, Wind Arrow, Absolute Zero
Never in my life have I: cooked instant noodles properly.
The one person who can drive me nuts is: the first person to invent a nut with a steering wheel.
My high school is: RGS. Raffles Girls' School, a fine school indeed!
The last song I listened to was: Orbis (from MapleStory, on my MP3 player)
If I were to get married right now it would be to: someone male, please.
My hair is: black.
When I was 4: I vomited on the bus because I was taking part in a drinking race
Last Christmas: I got a CD with Debussy's greatest piano works :D:D:D
I should be: better at Math.
The happiest recent moment was: when I finally found Deltora Shadowlands books 2 and 3!
If I were a character on ‘Friends’: I'd be the "i" in"Friends"
I have a hard time understanding: French. Because I DON'T understand it!
There are these girls: in my class who are always chatting about actors.
If I won an award, the first person I would tell would be: my best friends :D
I want to buy: Copic markers.
Where do you plan to go during Chinese New Year: Malaysia, probably
If you spent the night at my house: you'd get free supper!
The world could do better without: baked beans and mosquitoes
Most recent thing I’ve bought myself: is dinner at mac's
Most recent thing someone else bought me: is the RGS 130 T-shirt, which our school bought for us :D
My middle name is: huhh?
In the morning: I wake up twenty minutes after the first effort to wake me up.
Last night: I slept with my clipboard at my side.
There’s this guy I know: who likes to bake, sing and watch ballet
If I were an animal I’d be: a...dolphin?
A better name for me would be: Wil!
I am: a fan of Oban Star-Racers.
Tonight I am: hungry and thirsty.
My birthday is: just a yardstick for how many years have been lobbed off my life.
Hi, my name is: Tessa Low Yun
But you can call me: T, Wil, Wil of Caelin, Sword Dance, Sceptile Rayquaza, Absol Master, Absolfanatic, Circinus, Wind Arrow, Absolute Zero
Never in my life have I: cooked instant noodles properly.
The one person who can drive me nuts is: the first person to invent a nut with a steering wheel.
My high school is: RGS. Raffles Girls' School, a fine school indeed!
The last song I listened to was: Orbis (from MapleStory, on my MP3 player)
If I were to get married right now it would be to: someone male, please.
My hair is: black.
When I was 4: I vomited on the bus because I was taking part in a drinking race
Last Christmas: I got a CD with Debussy's greatest piano works :D:D:D
I should be: better at Math.
The happiest recent moment was: when I finally found Deltora Shadowlands books 2 and 3!
If I were a character on ‘Friends’: I'd be the "i" in"Friends"
I have a hard time understanding: French. Because I DON'T understand it!
There are these girls: in my class who are always chatting about actors.
If I won an award, the first person I would tell would be: my best friends :D
I want to buy: Copic markers.
Where do you plan to go during Chinese New Year: Malaysia, probably
If you spent the night at my house: you'd get free supper!
The world could do better without: baked beans and mosquitoes
Most recent thing I’ve bought myself: is dinner at mac's
Most recent thing someone else bought me: is the RGS 130 T-shirt, which our school bought for us :D
My middle name is: huhh?
In the morning: I wake up twenty minutes after the first effort to wake me up.
Last night: I slept with my clipboard at my side.
There’s this guy I know: who likes to bake, sing and watch ballet
If I were an animal I’d be: a...dolphin?
A better name for me would be: Wil!
I am: a fan of Oban Star-Racers.
Tonight I am: hungry and thirsty.
My birthday is: just a yardstick for how many years have been lobbed off my life.
28.2.09
I had a disturbing dream last night.
Location: Desktop at home
Mood: "Ahhh" sort of mood
Yup. I still feel completely freaked out. I was in this dark city that I often go to in my dreams. Looked like a part of Malaysia. Then I met my friends there, and it was after getting our Chinese results, I think. We were sitting down, and one of my friends was crying about failing her paper. Then...stuff happened. Non-violence. I really really don't want to recount in full. And I'm not naming people.
Urgh...with that off my mind, I shall now ramble! Whee, I think Bakugan Battle Brawlers is actually quite nice! And so's Storm Hawks. Have I mentioned this before? It's gonna show in half an hour's time.
Anyway, I'm writing another story right now. Typing, actually. So bye for now.
Mood: "Ahhh" sort of mood
Yup. I still feel completely freaked out. I was in this dark city that I often go to in my dreams. Looked like a part of Malaysia. Then I met my friends there, and it was after getting our Chinese results, I think. We were sitting down, and one of my friends was crying about failing her paper. Then...stuff happened. Non-violence. I really really don't want to recount in full. And I'm not naming people.
Urgh...with that off my mind, I shall now ramble! Whee, I think Bakugan Battle Brawlers is actually quite nice! And so's Storm Hawks. Have I mentioned this before? It's gonna show in half an hour's time.
Anyway, I'm writing another story right now. Typing, actually. So bye for now.
24.2.09
BIG sigh.
Yay. I just ranked third for a fanfic contest. I feel so disappointed in myself. Couldn't sleep, couldn't concentrate, couldn't stop feeling completely horrible and fed-up with myself.
Really, I was so hoping that I could at least rank second, or score over 90/100. Know what? I scored 89, and I ranked third. BIG SIGH.
Anyway, let us all just ignore my disappointment and all, okay?
Hmhm, a few things. First, I just started reading Fullmetal Alchemist, as recommended by a whole load of people. Guess what? It's really really REALLY good! I can't wait to borrow book 3 from my god-god-mortal!!
Yup, and I also started watching D. Grayman, which i was already catching bits of before this. But I decided to start watching it seriously, since Avatar just ended (waaaah), and I decided that it was good. Now a regular watcher.
Oh and Avatar was great. GREAT. Seriously. I can't describe it in words, which is about all I can say about it.
Hm, gotta go already. Sorry for the short post.
Really, I was so hoping that I could at least rank second, or score over 90/100. Know what? I scored 89, and I ranked third. BIG SIGH.
Anyway, let us all just ignore my disappointment and all, okay?
Hmhm, a few things. First, I just started reading Fullmetal Alchemist, as recommended by a whole load of people. Guess what? It's really really REALLY good! I can't wait to borrow book 3 from my god-god-mortal!!
Yup, and I also started watching D. Grayman, which i was already catching bits of before this. But I decided to start watching it seriously, since Avatar just ended (waaaah), and I decided that it was good. Now a regular watcher.
Oh and Avatar was great. GREAT. Seriously. I can't describe it in words, which is about all I can say about it.
Hm, gotta go already. Sorry for the short post.
24.12.08
Back from Malaysia!
Location: Desktop computer at home
Mood: Excited
Yay, I'm headed for Leafre in MapleStory right now!! At level 36!
Anyway, yeah. I've just come back from Malaysia, and BOY, was it tiring. We actually went to Chiang Mai before that, but it wasn't too interesting. Just a lot of shopping and buying and stuff like that.
*Checks on Maple window* STILL on the blue bird...
Like I was saying, let me summarise my holiday in 1 phrase: Pruning bamboo shoots. Yeah. We planted two bamboo trees in our backyard a year ago. When we came today, they were both 2 storeys tall, and had the proportions of cotton candy (cotton=leaves and paper stick=trunk). It was SOOO bushy it hung over into our neighbours' gardens, and WE HAD TO DO SOMETHING!
*Checks on Maple window again* Ohmygoodness I'm in LEAFREEEE!!!! It's SO NICE!!
I just walked around a bit in Leafre, which happens to be a level 90 area. SCARY. But it's got nice background music, and great scenery!
Back to my holiday. Well, we did something about it. My father chopped down most of the shoots, then I demolished the canopy with a pair of pruning scissors. I worked for 3 hours and got it down to half size!
Sidenote: Of course I'm only at Leafre to do a quest. I'm leaving right now!
Main story cont'd: My hand hurts.
Last 2 things:
1. I am officially Guzheng Diploma! Most of you people would probably know this by now. But I only got 71/100, so it...wasn't so good. But still!
2. I'm thinking of taking part in the ABRSM composition competition with Starry Journey (title pending still). It's about Grade 8 standard, with a whole load of modulations and sections. Working on it.
Hope you people are having a nice holiday! Mine wasn't too eventful...
10.12.08
Anyone out there watches Avatar?!
Location: Laptop at home
Mood: Relaxed
Really relaxed.
Anyway, I now watch Avatar: The Legend of Aang!! It's a super COOL show. I simply can't summarise it here, but let's just say it's the coolest thing I've watched since Oban Star-Racers. WHOO!! Great shows!! If anyone who reads this actually watches, PLEASE TELL ME!!!!
You may have noticed that the number of affiliates has grown. Oh, I also tidied it up.
Doing a poem about Salamence right now...Shall go and surf my friends' blogs.
Mood: Relaxed
Really relaxed.
Anyway, I now watch Avatar: The Legend of Aang!! It's a super COOL show. I simply can't summarise it here, but let's just say it's the coolest thing I've watched since Oban Star-Racers. WHOO!! Great shows!! If anyone who reads this actually watches, PLEASE TELL ME!!!!
You may have noticed that the number of affiliates has grown. Oh, I also tidied it up.
Doing a poem about Salamence right now...Shall go and surf my friends' blogs.
12.11.08
A week into the holidays!
Location: Laptop
Mood: Dunno?
Whoo!! Day before yesterday was FUN. I went to Science Centre with HT and Flo, and there was a whole load of super cool defence stuff, like missile launchers and spy planes that allow the watching of enemies without detection. Oh MANNN. It was cool!!! And we got to try carrying a rifle used by soldiers in this shootout game. Heh, that was the MOST fun.
We went into Science Centre after that, and we found the library! It's been there this whole time, and we haven't realised?!?!? Oh, and I read a really great book on the human mind and creativity. Too bad it's a reference library; couldn't borrow anything to read at home.
Then at night, I met Nicole at Singapore Conference Hall for the Vocal Mania concert! For those who don't know, I met her on FanFiction.net. At the concert, we got to watch Benjamin, another person we met on FanFiction.net, sing. But we actually didn't know which was him, and we had to guess. An Nic guessed right! We met him after the concert.
Got home at almost 11 pm.
Alright, I know I've been asking you people to read my writing for a while. Maybe I should post one story here for you people to read. I wrote this about three months ago. It really is fan fiction, but you probably can't tell. It applies to real life too.
It’s not much, really.
Every time I wake up, it’s the same—the car engines my alarm clock, and the oceans of gas and smoke the very air that I breathe. Right from dawn, it’s ugly, a horrible, disgusting land that no one from outside, I’m sure, would want to live in for all their lives.
The sunrises are marred by smoke and dirt, which flies up from factory chimneys. The only scenery that we have, the towering structures of skyscrapers and antennae, which make the skyline jagged, the clouds look like pincushions.
The sounds…where there might be the awe-inspiring calls of wild animals, there is only the raucous shriek of horns and railways, of machinery and of the grey and brown that is a part of everyone’s lives.
Including mine. How long, …how long since I last saw true nature, true wild greenery, I am not sure. My eyes are now accustomed to the greyscale of the city, now readily taking in the smoke and colourless sunsets that take hold of every evening. How much I must be missing, I am sure. It’s ugly here.
Everything needs cleansing, all the polluted streets and skies and waters. But even a century of scrubbing would never reverse the dirt and damage that has been inflicted, like wounds, upon the monuments of old, and on the “trees”, those old, gnarled figures, like decrepit old men, reaching helplessly for some true light, not streetlight, if “trees” they can even be called.
Unbearable, you think…so unbearable, no bird flies; no animal even roams the streets, unless it is chained to a man’s hand. The only sounds you hear are those produced by things not living, the voices of the few surviving leaves drowned out by the dreary voices of men.
Pure insult to nature. This is the land in which I have lived for years.
Sunset draws steadily on into night. Now, my real life begins. I am a thief, and thieves have to work at night, only at night. Life is ugly for us; we hide, steal, and throw our consciences against the wall when it pricks us. We ignore the teachings of good and true, turning to crime and dishonesty to sustain our meager lives.
Worth it?
Waiting atop the peak of a skyscraper for daylight.
I have stolen what I need for the day. The skies, brown in smoke and in the city lights, cloud over my head like an endless blanket.
Home…home? Is this what I can call home? Is this life what I can call…life? Truly?
I’m as good as dead. It’s only a matter of when. Is this even worth living for?
Waiting on the roof, for the break of daylight.
Before me, the rooftops are lit, half the windows still glowing with the light of those who will not stop working till they have earned what they need. Every streetlamp still a bright beacon for the travelers who use the roads, every street a row of orderly starlight.
A painting, a painting…The streets make a pattern. A pattern like a spiderweb, a huge web in which thousands, millions of humans are trapped. Me included.
But can I rightfully turn away from this land, my world, and say that it is not my home? It is ugly, horrible, smelly, dirty, hellish. But is has brought me up, watched me, held me every step of the way, as I grew up. Is that not a sign that it can give life?
Dawn has broken. It lights up every street of the city, the windows, paints bright life over the windows and spires, fills the skies with sunshine. Simultaneously, the lights flicker to darkness, bowing down to a greater brightness overhead.
Everyone has a home, isn’t that right? Home is where the heart is. For you, it might be a top-class condominium, or a hut on stilts, or a warm nest where your mother brought you up; a true place, rich or poor, which you can call your home, no matter what it looks like.
For all the smiles and tears I have shed, for all whom I have met and passed, for the place that brought me up, the lights, the life, the excitement, this is where my heart lies.
It’s not much, really. But it’s my home. I don’t care what others think of it; appearances mask reality.
I think it’s beautiful.
Mood: Dunno?
Whoo!! Day before yesterday was FUN. I went to Science Centre with HT and Flo, and there was a whole load of super cool defence stuff, like missile launchers and spy planes that allow the watching of enemies without detection. Oh MANNN. It was cool!!! And we got to try carrying a rifle used by soldiers in this shootout game. Heh, that was the MOST fun.
We went into Science Centre after that, and we found the library! It's been there this whole time, and we haven't realised?!?!? Oh, and I read a really great book on the human mind and creativity. Too bad it's a reference library; couldn't borrow anything to read at home.
Then at night, I met Nicole at Singapore Conference Hall for the Vocal Mania concert! For those who don't know, I met her on FanFiction.net. At the concert, we got to watch Benjamin, another person we met on FanFiction.net, sing. But we actually didn't know which was him, and we had to guess. An Nic guessed right! We met him after the concert.
Got home at almost 11 pm.
Alright, I know I've been asking you people to read my writing for a while. Maybe I should post one story here for you people to read. I wrote this about three months ago. It really is fan fiction, but you probably can't tell. It applies to real life too.
† daylight breaking †
It’s not much, really.
Every time I wake up, it’s the same—the car engines my alarm clock, and the oceans of gas and smoke the very air that I breathe. Right from dawn, it’s ugly, a horrible, disgusting land that no one from outside, I’m sure, would want to live in for all their lives.
The sunrises are marred by smoke and dirt, which flies up from factory chimneys. The only scenery that we have, the towering structures of skyscrapers and antennae, which make the skyline jagged, the clouds look like pincushions.
The sounds…where there might be the awe-inspiring calls of wild animals, there is only the raucous shriek of horns and railways, of machinery and of the grey and brown that is a part of everyone’s lives.
Including mine. How long, …how long since I last saw true nature, true wild greenery, I am not sure. My eyes are now accustomed to the greyscale of the city, now readily taking in the smoke and colourless sunsets that take hold of every evening. How much I must be missing, I am sure. It’s ugly here.
Everything needs cleansing, all the polluted streets and skies and waters. But even a century of scrubbing would never reverse the dirt and damage that has been inflicted, like wounds, upon the monuments of old, and on the “trees”, those old, gnarled figures, like decrepit old men, reaching helplessly for some true light, not streetlight, if “trees” they can even be called.
Unbearable, you think…so unbearable, no bird flies; no animal even roams the streets, unless it is chained to a man’s hand. The only sounds you hear are those produced by things not living, the voices of the few surviving leaves drowned out by the dreary voices of men.
Pure insult to nature. This is the land in which I have lived for years.
Sunset draws steadily on into night. Now, my real life begins. I am a thief, and thieves have to work at night, only at night. Life is ugly for us; we hide, steal, and throw our consciences against the wall when it pricks us. We ignore the teachings of good and true, turning to crime and dishonesty to sustain our meager lives.
Worth it?
Waiting atop the peak of a skyscraper for daylight.
I have stolen what I need for the day. The skies, brown in smoke and in the city lights, cloud over my head like an endless blanket.
Home…home? Is this what I can call home? Is this life what I can call…life? Truly?
I’m as good as dead. It’s only a matter of when. Is this even worth living for?
Waiting on the roof, for the break of daylight.
Before me, the rooftops are lit, half the windows still glowing with the light of those who will not stop working till they have earned what they need. Every streetlamp still a bright beacon for the travelers who use the roads, every street a row of orderly starlight.
A painting, a painting…The streets make a pattern. A pattern like a spiderweb, a huge web in which thousands, millions of humans are trapped. Me included.
But can I rightfully turn away from this land, my world, and say that it is not my home? It is ugly, horrible, smelly, dirty, hellish. But is has brought me up, watched me, held me every step of the way, as I grew up. Is that not a sign that it can give life?
Dawn has broken. It lights up every street of the city, the windows, paints bright life over the windows and spires, fills the skies with sunshine. Simultaneously, the lights flicker to darkness, bowing down to a greater brightness overhead.
Everyone has a home, isn’t that right? Home is where the heart is. For you, it might be a top-class condominium, or a hut on stilts, or a warm nest where your mother brought you up; a true place, rich or poor, which you can call your home, no matter what it looks like.
For all the smiles and tears I have shed, for all whom I have met and passed, for the place that brought me up, the lights, the life, the excitement, this is where my heart lies.
It’s not much, really. But it’s my home. I don’t care what others think of it; appearances mask reality.
I think it’s beautiful.
Reviews here, please. Thanks. If you have any comments to make, make them here, not on my tagboard.
Well, will be going to type "In my Life" now, another fanfic (albeit a Fire Emblem one this time). AF, HT and Flo should recognise it.
8.11.08
Half a week into the holidays...
Location: Laptop
Mood: Not much
Another of those times when you don't actually feel any particular feeling, just contentment. And all you're thinking about is what to type next on your blog.
Well, my time is limited. I'm using illegally, and it'll be doubly bad if my parents find out, for
1) Knowing the password and not telling my parents
2) Using the com without permission
Well, I really really hope I don't get caught.
Am working on a Fire Emblem fanfic right now. I have slowed down a little, because Epic Thing is taking a lot of my effort (it's quite complicated). I spend a lot of my time pondering over what to write for the next scene of Epic Thing nowadays.
Whew! I thought I just heard my parents' car... Anyway, I hope to be posting this fic some time next week, provided I get to use the computer.
Guzheng diploma is on 27th November! That's 19 days away...and I'm completely screwing 临冲夜奔. But I think 幻想曲 is pretty good. That piece ROCKS! It involves hitting the guzheng, hitting the strings with my palm, playing the strings across the bridge (the untuned ones), harmonics, strumming of the lowest notes...you get the idea, right?
Oh well, I have to stop now, in case I get caught. Bye!
Mood: Not much
Another of those times when you don't actually feel any particular feeling, just contentment. And all you're thinking about is what to type next on your blog.
Well, my time is limited. I'm using illegally, and it'll be doubly bad if my parents find out, for
1) Knowing the password and not telling my parents
2) Using the com without permission
Well, I really really hope I don't get caught.
Am working on a Fire Emblem fanfic right now. I have slowed down a little, because Epic Thing is taking a lot of my effort (it's quite complicated). I spend a lot of my time pondering over what to write for the next scene of Epic Thing nowadays.
Whew! I thought I just heard my parents' car... Anyway, I hope to be posting this fic some time next week, provided I get to use the computer.
Guzheng diploma is on 27th November! That's 19 days away...and I'm completely screwing 临冲夜奔. But I think 幻想曲 is pretty good. That piece ROCKS! It involves hitting the guzheng, hitting the strings with my palm, playing the strings across the bridge (the untuned ones), harmonics, strumming of the lowest notes...you get the idea, right?
Oh well, I have to stop now, in case I get caught. Bye!
4.11.08
Lala Last day of school
Location: Desktop in 210'08 classroom
Mood: Sweaty
Whee. Today is officially the last day of school at RGS! I'm currently in school, waiting for my mother to come at 4.30 pm. Currently listening to La Mer: Jeux de Vagues by Claude Debussy, the greatest composing genius in the history of mankind (that I know of).
This is the greatest orchestral piece I have ever heard before. First heard it at the LA Philharmonic with Sarah Chang concert. Hearing it in a concert hall is very different from hearing it on a lousy computer speaker, but the piece is just as amazing. Debussy FTW! (Now that sounded funny. And weird.)
Can you believe it? Last day of school!!! That means:
a) I can play MapleStory
b) No morefor two whole months
c) I can catch almost all the episodes of Avatar with no problems
d) All of the above
The answer is d), silly!
Hm. Now I wonder how my subject combination will work out. Will I have familiar classmates? I'm doing Physics+Chemistry+History+Literature. Anyone else doing that? Oh well.
Now about my results. Once again, I got only one GPA 4, and that is MEP. I got 76% for the first semester and 88% for the second semester, which brought my score to 84% overall. Remember the MEP practical I was complaining about some time ago? I SCORED 48/50. That's 96%, if you still don't get the picture. I'M SO HAPPY! Debussy just got higher on my favourite composers list. And he's not supposed to, because he's already number 1.
As for the rest:
English: 71% (CURSE THOSE COMPRES and the lack of Compos)
Chinese: 60% (WHOOOOO No fail!!!)
Mathematics: 62% (40% for Semester 1 and 75% for Semester 2; saved myself!)
Geography: 75% (Improvement!)
History: 76% (Improvement too!)
Literature: 69% (Oops, missed GPA 3.6 by 1%)
Science: 73% (Integrated science is screwed, and we had a lousy teacher)
MEP: 84% (Haven't I said this already?)
Japanese: 74% (Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah)
(To all you non-RGS people reading this, just for your info, RGS papers are killers. So before you gloat about your high 90% in Math to me, note that these papers are extremely hard. Also note that you probably slept less than I did in class, which is because I stay up very late at night very often to draw, while you probably don't. As a result, you absorbed more than I did during your lessons this year.)
Anyway...I am going for a concert on 10th November! It's by the choirs of a few schools (excluding RGS) and one of my FanFiction.net friends is performing there. That's how I got to know about it, anyway.
La Mer: Dialogue du Vent et de la Mer now. Really. I don't even know if it's possible to compose like that. Well, but it is, seeing that it has been done. La Mer is pure genius.
You know my story, Of the Dragon, of the Stars? It's currently 91 Microsoft Word pages/50k words long. And it's still at the fourth chapter. That's the thing about fan fiction. Each chapter is ultra-long.
Ah well, I've run out of things to say. Bye.
Mood: Sweaty
Whee. Today is officially the last day of school at RGS! I'm currently in school, waiting for my mother to come at 4.30 pm. Currently listening to La Mer: Jeux de Vagues by Claude Debussy, the greatest composing genius in the history of mankind (that I know of).
This is the greatest orchestral piece I have ever heard before. First heard it at the LA Philharmonic with Sarah Chang concert. Hearing it in a concert hall is very different from hearing it on a lousy computer speaker, but the piece is just as amazing. Debussy FTW! (Now that sounded funny. And weird.)
Can you believe it? Last day of school!!! That means:
a) I can play MapleStory
b) No more
c) I can catch almost all the episodes of Avatar with no problems
d) All of the above
The answer is d), silly!
Hm. Now I wonder how my subject combination will work out. Will I have familiar classmates? I'm doing Physics+Chemistry+History+Literature. Anyone else doing that? Oh well.
Now about my results. Once again, I got only one GPA 4, and that is MEP. I got 76% for the first semester and 88% for the second semester, which brought my score to 84% overall. Remember the MEP practical I was complaining about some time ago? I SCORED 48/50. That's 96%, if you still don't get the picture. I'M SO HAPPY! Debussy just got higher on my favourite composers list. And he's not supposed to, because he's already number 1.
As for the rest:
English: 71% (CURSE THOSE COMPRES and the lack of Compos)
Chinese: 60% (WHOOOOO No fail!!!)
Mathematics: 62% (40% for Semester 1 and 75% for Semester 2; saved myself!)
Geography: 75% (Improvement!)
History: 76% (Improvement too!)
Literature: 69% (Oops, missed GPA 3.6 by 1%)
Science: 73% (Integrated science is screwed, and we had a lousy teacher)
MEP: 84% (Haven't I said this already?)
Japanese: 74% (Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah)
(To all you non-RGS people reading this, just for your info, RGS papers are killers. So before you gloat about your high 90% in Math to me, note that these papers are extremely hard. Also note that you probably slept less than I did in class, which is because I stay up very late at night very often to draw, while you probably don't. As a result, you absorbed more than I did during your lessons this year.)
Anyway...I am going for a concert on 10th November! It's by the choirs of a few schools (excluding RGS) and one of my FanFiction.net friends is performing there. That's how I got to know about it, anyway.
La Mer: Dialogue du Vent et de la Mer now. Really. I don't even know if it's possible to compose like that. Well, but it is, seeing that it has been done. La Mer is pure genius.
You know my story, Of the Dragon, of the Stars? It's currently 91 Microsoft Word pages/50k words long. And it's still at the fourth chapter. That's the thing about fan fiction. Each chapter is ultra-long.
Ah well, I've run out of things to say. Bye.
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