well, to my very very very very pleasant surprise, i found out that my soci essay deadline has been pushed back one week. which means that i'm now in time with what i should be doing. more or less. btw, if you are above 30 yrs old, please take my survey HERE. it's part of my research for my essay. i think i've got enough of those who are younger (of course if you still want to do, also can. the more the merrier). please ask your parents to do or something. else my results will be very skewed towards the 20s and earlier group. OR, in my desperate case, pretend to be older and answer. ;D don't tell my lecturer i asked you to do that.
other stuff coming up: EN essay. jane's okay-ed my essay plan! yay!!! can get started liao. psych having another quiz coming up. and i think i can handle that this time. i've started studying last night. haha. EL presentation. that one isn't too bad. i think it's just a formality cos in the end we still gonna hand up a written report. Holy Week's coming round. my time management with the choir is at an all time LOW! oh no!!! *bangs head on wall* i'll just have to work harder with them then. still haven't picked an offertory song for vigil. nor have i gone to talk to fk about the litany. memo to self: talk to him about it!!!!!!!
muahahaha! i think i've got manic depression. you know, the one where, one minute you're down in the dumps, the next minute you're on top of the world. aka moodswings. today mike was talking about abnormal psych. the one topic that i'm looking forward to. and he spent so long on other stuff. i was really really interested in the part about schizoprenia. but he zoomed through that section in 2 minutes cos he was running late. darn. there's always the kalat to read tho.
watched Lost last night. omg!! it's so cool!!!!! i don't feel let down by the second season like i was with desperate housewives. it's even cooler. think myst. the island is really creating more and more questions and mysteries. last night's 2 hour special must have had sky high ratings sia. and forgot to mention. i saw barry manilow on AI the other day. he's really amusing. he sang "love is a many splendor thing". and i know that song cos aunty mary tortured us with it. and guess what? his mouth barely opened larger than a slit, even for those killer high notes. what is he, a ventroliquist? it's so amusing to watch the way his mouth barely moves north-south direction. how da heck can he sing like he does and yet not open his mouth???
mood: happy
listening to: hero - enrique iglesias
Friday, March 31, 2006
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
V for Vendetta
omg! watched "V for Vendetta" today. absolutely love it. so glad that sumi brought me along to watch it. *warning spoilers*
V for Vendetta runs parallel to the guy fawkes plan to blow up the british parliment on the 5th of november. In this movie, masked terrorist V also plans to blow up parliment on the 5th of november. he wears a guy fawkes mask throughout the film. meanwhile, evie, is suspected of being part of the plot because she was with him when he first blew up the bailey building. it follows the 2 of them (or rather, mostly evie) through the year, running up to 05/11. spectacularly ending in the blowing up of parliment.
specific moments i like. i love the way V does the "conducting" and climaxes at the "crescendo" which is the huge explosion. i like the entertainment when his speech at the beginning consisted mainly of words starting with V. i absolutely love the end part, when the citizens all don the guy fawkes mask and march through london, and the military just let them through. and the final scene where people all remove the masks...that so reflects the domino effect V was doing. symbolic too.
anyway, what i like about this film is that, it could be a weak action packed film, but it's not. it has a real story line and real ideas behind it that are very relevant today. as i watched it, i kept thinking about the EN's ideology and hegemony. the film is the perfect embodiment of that. every government uses this concept to hold power. won't say too much here, cos i'm thinking of using this film for my EN essay.
but, i rate it 4.7 out of 5 stars rating. i have not seen a movie that is as thought-provoking as this. i would like to give it 5, but i think that it's ideas are very very very politically challenging. it could be dangerous in that sense because it is forcing people to rethink about how their governments are run, whether or not they are under this false impression that everything the government says is true.
right. all for now.
mood: busy
listening to: nothing.
V for Vendetta runs parallel to the guy fawkes plan to blow up the british parliment on the 5th of november. In this movie, masked terrorist V also plans to blow up parliment on the 5th of november. he wears a guy fawkes mask throughout the film. meanwhile, evie, is suspected of being part of the plot because she was with him when he first blew up the bailey building. it follows the 2 of them (or rather, mostly evie) through the year, running up to 05/11. spectacularly ending in the blowing up of parliment.
specific moments i like. i love the way V does the "conducting" and climaxes at the "crescendo" which is the huge explosion. i like the entertainment when his speech at the beginning consisted mainly of words starting with V. i absolutely love the end part, when the citizens all don the guy fawkes mask and march through london, and the military just let them through. and the final scene where people all remove the masks...that so reflects the domino effect V was doing. symbolic too.
anyway, what i like about this film is that, it could be a weak action packed film, but it's not. it has a real story line and real ideas behind it that are very relevant today. as i watched it, i kept thinking about the EN's ideology and hegemony. the film is the perfect embodiment of that. every government uses this concept to hold power. won't say too much here, cos i'm thinking of using this film for my EN essay.
but, i rate it 4.7 out of 5 stars rating. i have not seen a movie that is as thought-provoking as this. i would like to give it 5, but i think that it's ideas are very very very politically challenging. it could be dangerous in that sense because it is forcing people to rethink about how their governments are run, whether or not they are under this false impression that everything the government says is true.
right. all for now.
mood: busy
listening to: nothing.
don't know if the title is going to appear
i think i deserve to be slapped again. really hard.
fistly, last sunday was poornima's birthday. and i totally forgot till today. got to catch her on msn or sms. :p i really need to check my schedules more often - on a daily basis. my memory's getting bad to worse. guilty feeling.
then, i haven't done much work. i feel so unmotivated. sigh. i mean, i've got this barrier that's mentally preventing me from sitting down and really getting solid work done. i do bits and pieces here and there, but other than that...muahahaha! (not that it's funny)
sian of life these days. i'm on such a huge emotional roller coaster ride now. one minute i'm so happy and fine, and the next, for no good reason, i'm down in the dumps. quixotic-ness in action. gosh. i really need to get a grip.
mood: happy/guilty
listening to: When doves cry - clay aiken
fistly, last sunday was poornima's birthday. and i totally forgot till today. got to catch her on msn or sms. :p i really need to check my schedules more often - on a daily basis. my memory's getting bad to worse. guilty feeling.
then, i haven't done much work. i feel so unmotivated. sigh. i mean, i've got this barrier that's mentally preventing me from sitting down and really getting solid work done. i do bits and pieces here and there, but other than that...muahahaha! (not that it's funny)
sian of life these days. i'm on such a huge emotional roller coaster ride now. one minute i'm so happy and fine, and the next, for no good reason, i'm down in the dumps. quixotic-ness in action. gosh. i really need to get a grip.
mood: happy/guilty
listening to: When doves cry - clay aiken
Sunday, March 26, 2006
les miserables
i've rediscovered my love for "les miserables". oh my god. love it. love it!!!!
especially the performance at the 10th anniversary concert. this video from the concert totally rocks. fyi, it's the song at the close of the first act. absolutely beautiful. must listen to it. look out for Javert (Philip Quast), Enjolras (Michael Maguire), and Eponine (Lea Salonga)
some day, i'll sing like that.
mood: inspired
listening to: one day more - les mis 10th anniversary concert.
especially the performance at the 10th anniversary concert. this video from the concert totally rocks. fyi, it's the song at the close of the first act. absolutely beautiful. must listen to it. look out for Javert (Philip Quast), Enjolras (Michael Maguire), and Eponine (Lea Salonga)
some day, i'll sing like that.
mood: inspired
listening to: one day more - les mis 10th anniversary concert.
Saturday, March 25, 2006
20 june
is when clay's new cd will be released!!!!!! yay!!!!!
mood: excited
listening to: construction work outside
mood: excited
listening to: construction work outside
Friday, March 24, 2006
guilty
i've got a confession to make. today, i had a 4 hour break. instead of using it well in studying and whatnot, i spent it frivoulously. what did i do. well, i spent the first hour at lunch. then, the rest of the time, most of it was spent in an indepth discussion of il divo with thalia on the clayboard chatroom. guilty as charged.
ok, to make me happier, i did manage to think a bit about my lit essay. and basically that's it. muahahaha!
mood: amused
listening to: i believe in you (vivement dimanche) - il divo & celine dion
ok, to make me happier, i did manage to think a bit about my lit essay. and basically that's it. muahahaha!
mood: amused
listening to: i believe in you (vivement dimanche) - il divo & celine dion
Thursday, March 23, 2006
bizarre thing that happened. today, the driver of bus 61 got lost. i wasn't on it lah, i was on another bus, and happened to pass by and saw. ok, context. 61 will go along circuit road, follow through that road next to macpherson pri and then turn right towards canossa convent. but today. it took a left towards blk 125 instead, in a totally opposite direction of where it was supposed to go. *gasp* lady driver btw, looked quite young, probably new. anyway, ya, it stalled outside of blk 125. me was thinking if 61 had a re-routing or something. anyway, lucky for that driver, some helpful guy came up and directed her back to the right direction. she couldn't take a u-turn cos it was one of those huge bendy buses, no way it was going to fit that intersection to u-turn. so she had to turn into geylang east, go all the way round to paya lebar, and then go through circuit road again. poor thing.
hope the picture works. i tried the blogger pic upload like 10 times before giving up and going back to photobucket. oh ya, and thanks to google earth for the image. not 100% accurate cos the thing is too small to see clearly. legend: red is where 61's supposed to go. blue is the direction it went just now. yellow is the detour it took to get back on track.
bought andrew's donation draw tickets. for a purely selfish reason. the first prize this year is $30,000. 2nd prize is $10,000. 3rd prize is $5000. no prizes for guessing what i want that for. ;D if i get 1st prize - me and andrew are gonna split 50-50 (it's a long story). if it's $10,000 - US here i come! if it's $5000, well, better than nothing, hello UBC. of course, if it's the full $30,000 (that andrew may or may not be happy to not split) haha, forget about US sia, on to England! muahahahahaha!
yup. all for now. to end off, this lyric i heard
Today I watched in silence as people passed me by
And i strained to see if there was something hidden in their eyes
But they all looked back at me as if to say, "Life just goes on"
The old familiar story told in different ways,
"Make the most of your own journey from the cradle to the grave
Dream your dreams tomorrow because today, life must go on"
And there's more to this life than living and dying,
More than just trying to make it through the day.
More to this life, more than these eyes alone can see.
mood: tired
listening to: nothing in particular
hope the picture works. i tried the blogger pic upload like 10 times before giving up and going back to photobucket. oh ya, and thanks to google earth for the image. not 100% accurate cos the thing is too small to see clearly. legend: red is where 61's supposed to go. blue is the direction it went just now. yellow is the detour it took to get back on track.
bought andrew's donation draw tickets. for a purely selfish reason. the first prize this year is $30,000. 2nd prize is $10,000. 3rd prize is $5000. no prizes for guessing what i want that for. ;D if i get 1st prize - me and andrew are gonna split 50-50 (it's a long story). if it's $10,000 - US here i come! if it's $5000, well, better than nothing, hello UBC. of course, if it's the full $30,000 (that andrew may or may not be happy to not split) haha, forget about US sia, on to England! muahahahahaha!
yup. all for now. to end off, this lyric i heard
Today I watched in silence as people passed me by
And i strained to see if there was something hidden in their eyes
But they all looked back at me as if to say, "Life just goes on"
The old familiar story told in different ways,
"Make the most of your own journey from the cradle to the grave
Dream your dreams tomorrow because today, life must go on"
And there's more to this life than living and dying,
More than just trying to make it through the day.
More to this life, more than these eyes alone can see.
mood: tired
listening to: nothing in particular
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