bored in school

here i am sitting in school feeling bored and not wanting to study. so, i'll just blog a bit.

last night i watched "the arena". it's this new debating programme on 5. well...it's not as formal debating as formal debate. more informal. there's only 3 speakers anyway. it's like a reality tv show, debate style. anyway, i watched it last night. the topic was: Are youths these days motivated by self-centeredness alone. IJ St Nicholas vs MGS. i'm not going to comment on the arguments. cos it's not my place to comment on that. i've just got one thing to say. yesterday, the debate was kind of illogical to me because IJ was operating and arguing on a almost completely different definition of 'self-centeredness' compared to MGS. so, think about what happens. IJ starts arguing in favour of their own definition and MGS argues in their own little universe. and when 2 so different universes clash, there's not much that can be gleamed from it. weird. anyway, yesterday, i was seeing them based on the strength of their speaking. MGS was stronger. the IJ speakers are not. which is strange seeing as IJ is academically stronger. but then...MGS is stronger in terms of elocution.

i like NM2216. so far. it's fun. the other day in lecture, kevin mcgee was taking the class. we were seeing stuff like computer games (Zork) and music. we found out that kevin mcgee hates ABBA but loves those techno, ethnic rock sounds. he played bhangra music. then, the assignments are quite cool too. i mean, which other class asks you to document the steps involved in playing your handphone ringtone. and the latest assignment, he asked us to play with a paint programme and think about how we can make word-processing software user interactive enough to let users play with more of the features. fun. :D

been listening to some other music. i find that barbra streisand is quite cool. in terms of singing. her acting in "meet the fockers" is SO cute!! anyway, she's got a great voice. first heard her when i discovered "sunset boulevard", the "as if we never said goodbye". then in "hello dolly". she's one of those old time diva queens. they don't make singers like her anymore. it's an era thing, like film stars. go listen!! haha!




mood: sleepy
listening to: the music that makes me dance - barbra streisand