After my saxophone lesson, I went to the adjoining music store to tinker on the keyboards and the electone on display.
Why? Refer to my previous post.
After the emotional letdown from the exam, I wanted to get some confidence back. The way to do that, as I found out, was to improvise freely or to play songs that I was comfortable playing with, like an icebreaker.
When I turned on the large musical machine and struck a note, to hear a rich sound of strings as the default preset sound, I
I didn't do much today, except to counsel 2 young boys on how to get into my course. My lecturer stole the rest of the 'customers'.
No flowers, chocolates, hearts, nadda. But it fine.
I'm more hyped about Chinese New Year! I even got my blog ready for it!
I wonder if any of the members here can send me red packets online... heh, nevermind.
On another note, don't ask me how inspiration came, but a few nights ago I contemplated on the Toa Nuva. For some odd reason, Tahu Nuva was my
Greetings from the land that boasts that it's 'Truly Asia'!
Time check, 12:42pm. Listening to: Anywhere Is- Enya.
Well, waking at the deathly hour of four, or about fifteen-past-three to be exact, was something I was prepared for. What I did not expect was my grandmother having prepared my breakfast (pork floss sandwiches, two slices and a mug of Milo) and made me a bottle of honey water. Dad had popped into the bedroom to ensure that I had risen (He needn't worry.) and I went to Mum's
No, it's no spoof of the Sister's Act.
It's, quite literally, the relationship between my sisters and me.
There were times I wondered how it was like to be a single child, and thinking of it as something better than my current situation.
Now I hardly think of that anymore.
Reason being?
Right now my little sister is 'whining' and screaming, whining as the class realised that she was ticklish and she was ticklish because my twin sister and I are guilty of tickling her every n
When I read ToM’s blog post ‘Calamari’, it jump-started my brain at eight in the morning. (But, to be honest, it still feels dead)
I note that many of you, mostly those who live inland in your countries like America or Europe, either have some small part of seafood in your diet or none at all.
What if you had it on a daily basis?
I am one fortunate soul to have a form of seafood every dinner. There’s fish most of the time, but occasionally squid (or calamari if you prefer) comes to th
It was after the Video Game Orchestra at the Berklee Performance Centre that I stepped out into it. Nothing had prepared me for it. If you could believe it, not even the weather forecast foretold the coming of the chilly phenomenon that stirred outside.
Snow! More specifically, falling snow! And torrents of falling snow, with the ground already icing over from the falling precipitation. There were people around me cursing and swearing at the new wet obstacle they faced, some people were going
Pictures speak a thousand words. I found a particular picture that carried two.
A good hint: This was found in the hospital.
The answer?
Fall precaution.
The snapping that was going on in my mouth was far from comforting. I didn't like it.
But it had to be done.
I was waiting for more than a year for this day to come.
I'd never thought it'd be this tedious.
The orthodontist patiently worked.
Suddenly, there was a lack of tension in my mouth, tension that I had grown accustomed to for a year.
And a rather putrid stench wafted.
The orthodontist told me that I had to brush my teeth before she could continue.
I closed my
Epic Contest #6 has just popped up, one since 3 years, according to some. I encourage many epic writers to take part.
As for me? No thank you.
In fact, after looking at my newest fictions - which aren't Bionicle - and the reviews and the style, I did a rethink.
It seemed that my self had split into two separate writers, and that did not suit me so well. I saw one side gaining a better deal of experience than the other half, because one side was dormant and the other way too active.
Since I'm not married, here're a pair of virtual hongbaos! What's inside - well, chocolate gold coins are what I can offer.
Gong Xi Fa Cai! It's the year of the Rat, the start of the whole Zodiac Calendar, and let me wish you all:
Ping An Ru Shi: Safety through the year and the situations they bring.
Nian Nian You Yu: Surpluses and excessive bounty in every year.
Xin/Meng Xiang Shi Chen: The realization of your heart's/mind's wishes.
Sheng Ti Jian Kang: A healthy and strong body.
The test is over, and I am glad to say that I over-burned my brain studying but held my head and brain upon my shoulders to do the paper.
However, due to the test, the following classes for that subject were cancelled for the week to let the lecturer mark the papers.
That subject would have taken up most of our time for today's lessons.
It was a void of at least seven hours now.
It was more than I could ask for. I needed it to complete the big REMT and MIDI assignments. Cubase, th
Lookit me, Ma! Look what I did!
Thisssss
Oh, delicious.
I did that in a moment of intense stress, if you'd like to believe that.
I am now bogged under three assignments: One's an argumentative review on an article I found, another's a MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) assignment to create a music piece out of FM (frequency modulation)-synthesized sounds, and the last is the only one I've completed so far: Make a 'song' out of at least four MIDI instruments, and one live rec
Here we go at story number two!
And here is a term to remember:
kampung - village
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There are many remote islands that make up Indonesia, what is approximated to be nine hundred little islets or larger pieces of land surrounded by sea.
Most of them are not open to the world, but I knew a classmate who came from there.
He had a story to tell me.
He lived on a large island, one thick with rainforest, flora and fauna. His kampung lived a nice a
...big book by big book.
Y'see, after my friend treated me for lunch as a birthday treat, I headed over to our country's arts-dedicated library for one sole reason.
*Pretend you didn't read the above first phrase*
The second 'Y'see' I have to tell you is that even though I'm in holidays for two weeks, there is no rest for the student laden with assignments.
And when one assignment requires you to research on a composer of choice - a classical composer of choice - and it was too diffi
Nasty facts about dental surgery:
1) I now face a 2% risk of permanent (possibly partial) numbness to the right side of my lip and jaw if I go through this.
2) I also face a 0.1% risk of permanent (most likely partial) numbness to the right side of my tongue if I go through this.
3) The dental surgeon realized that I'm one of those kids who hasn't done any major dental surgery before. He suggests sedation.
4) And I don't mind the idea. It's 1 needle on my hand versus 4 needles in my mouth
Very soon, 2006 would have come to an end. I'm making this post early as I want to start thinking a little clearly and study a little more before school starts.... which would be January the 8th.
However, with cousins from overseas here to accompany us till Chinese New Year has passed and studying and assignments that have yet to be done (and were not touched during Christmastide), I'm very sure the transition from 31 December 2006 to 1 January 2007 would go unnoticed by me, unless I'm at the
The piano players here can attest: There are some really nutty piano teachers out there. You get them, or you don't. It's a matter of luck for some.
And let me tell you that I was, and am, a very lucky piano student.
My first horror teacher was when my mother decided to drop her twins off in piano class. I can't remember for the life of me when did I turn to my mum, with the sweet innocent 4 year old face I had then, and say something that went 'Mummy, piano! Piano!' or 'I piano!' or anyth
Electone exam's coming in: 4, more accurately 3, days.
Link to older image
Next up on the board: My little sister.
By the glance, you could tell that she's pretty. You bet she is. She's the one with the looks among us three sisters. Slim too.
But, she’s the most bubbly of us lot. If I were to think of our group of sisters as a juxtaposition of the Powerpuff Girls (but we all would cringe at the thought), my twin would have been Blossom and this one would have been Bubbles. That wo
To continue the funny business between my sisters and me. (Thanks to BCii who pointed out the grammar errors.)
Well...
When did this madness start?
Ever since I called my elder sister 'jie jie' (as you should know, means elder sister in Chinese. Reminds you of The Letter, eh?) and my little sister called my elder sister and me 'jie' and 'jie jie' respectively. We both took a while to solve this code, and Lil Sis had to blurt it out at our blank faces to get it across.
I don't even know
This is a reality ranting. You have been warned.
This morning, I reached the polytechnic earlier than my tutee. She turned out to be fifteen minutes late, for her cat was not ready to let go of her servant so early in the morning.
We sat at the canteen, where she showed me her assignment and together we pieced up her report that pleased her quite well.
At that point in time, our lecturer for that particular subject I was helping Serene with appeared. He waved to us and Serene and I
I was stressed.
The lack of sleep two nights ago, no thanks to a sudden urge to do a search-spree on DeviantArt for Transformers fan-art pictures (and becoming scarred and scared by some of them since I can't draw) had contributed to the nasty mood, but that did not spark it.
It was the adults around me who sparked it.
Snapping at this I like puppy dogs and trying her patience does not bode well with her.
Despite my rather light username and the often frisky and light attitude does
Why haven't I been updating epics? Why haven't I been blogging?
I got a bad bad reason for it.
I was watching a video on repeat.
Direct yourselves to the website (no linking, as the rules go. I think you know where to look.) and search for a video called 'I Got a Jar of Dirt remix'.
That good enough a hint to my sudden disappearance?
:rofl:
What a strange situation to be in.
In front of me was a blank piece of paper. In my hand was a pen.
I was told to write on that piece of paper something to be submitted.
For at least ten years, I've been doing that without fail, in the form of essays and compositions for English.
And it was during the last four years of that ten that I started to love what I was doing. Prior to my major exam at the tenth year, I was writing freely written essays to let my teacher check on my progre
Ironically, I'm not referring to the little clownfish that everyone adores, but the song by goth-metal band Nightwish (And, for those in the know, before they changed their lead singer). I can also be referring to the fish.
The holidays are coming to an end. I look forward to school and, ironically, work. I want a nice load of assignments to busy myself with, instead of lying on my bed and letting my RPG game run on autopilot. I don't even touch the game anymore.
And to think that this wa
