at home!

It’s late already and I have to wake at 6am!

Japanese classes are getting more tough. I fear I wouldn’t get the grade I want anymore because everyone else seems good, especially the international students. What a random thought.

It’s strange but I can’t seem to remember the happy things that happened to me! But if I can make it to UK I’ll remember that I was given the chance! Haha! Oh. Now I remember. When I was bored to death on Wednesday and tried to contact everyone xr called! Wa so damn happy can. FINALLY got someone to talk to! Then Huisian called me to join them to watch the cheer leading competition. So happy too! It gave me something to do without walking far. And Judy came too. So we managed to hang out for a while. Then at night we went to Cass’s room to play and chat till 3+. So glad to have them. Made the right choice to join TKD and to stay in it. Because without those tkd friends my university life would be like .. DULL.

Because it’s so hard to even get someone to have dinner with me nowadays! Everyone is either not eating [what's wrong with them] or is already going to eat with other friends or have already eaten. Well. It’s time to go back to packing food again! Not that bad anyway. Then I can save time and study more!!!! Need to work harder!!! And whatever happened to my study pals. It’s just darn boring to be alone in the room facing four walls all the time.  I want bx as my roomie. At least not so boring. Even though I have to do her laundry and sleep with the lights on most of the time. Haaaa. She’ll probably read this.

mouldy fish biscuit

I am so bored! I should start doing my aerodynamics homework soon. Then maybe I will be less bored. It’s like almost every single day when I am back in my room I would just start to stone. Mouth agape kind of stoning. Which reminds me. I have mobtv to watch. Maybe I should watch a bit of it. Then I’ll probably be less bored. Tomorrow will be another long day!!!

And finally there’s news from Chingay! Finally there’s going to be another training session this Saturday. I though they decided to drop the whole project already, with all the lack of updates. And they did not even apologise for the lack of it. It makes me feel like dropping out from the event. I rather pay to watch the show than be on ground.

itchy foot

I finally went to see the Chinese sensei and he wrapped my foot up on Tuesday. After taking away the bandages just now, I feel that my foot have not really recovered much. So how long will it take before it finally recovers? Today when I went for lab the Prof saw my bandaged foot and exclaimed “Hey that’s nice! How did you do it?”. Quite stunning.

Jay Chou World Tour 2008

He performed 甜甜的！I was so happy I nearly jumped!! And he did 髮如雪 for encore!! It was an amazing performance!! He came onto the stage via a movable platform from below and he performed the song using the guzheng! SO NICE!!!!!! And both of them are the songs that I really wanted to see him do!!! It was worth every cent of my $80 even though I only got to see his side profile for most of the time.

Songs that he performed (as far as I can remember):

• 黄金甲 (1st song)
• 無雙
• 雙截棍 (ENCORE)
• 開不了口
• 安靜 (PIANO!)
• 髮如雪 (ENCORE)
• 夜曲
• 夜的第七章
• 听妈妈的话
• 千里之外
• 退后 (PIANO!)
• 迷迭香
• 菊花台
• 霍元甲 (ENCORE)
• 牛仔很忙
• 彩虹
• 陽光宅男
• 甜甜的 (last song for main concert segment)
• 最長的電影 (PIANO!)
• 不能說的秘密
• 黑色幽默 (1st track on the piano)

So many songs! And that’s not even the entire tracklist because I have forgotten some of them. He did 4 encore tracks but I can’t remember the 1st one, however hard I tried. But I remember he went down and shoke hands with the audience on the front row!!!!!!!! And during 雙截棍 he threw his to the audience on his right. He created a ruckus of there for a while.

And remember the piano duel from “Secret”? He did that one too! With this other guest performer from 南拳妈妈. The guest performer came on stage playing a classic black piano from the movable platform followed by Jay with his transparent (albeit plastic-ky) looking piano. Wow that was like one of the best moments during the concert! 南拳妈妈also performed some of their songs. Those were some of their rather old songs because I have heard them before! But they were good, 2 of those songs they did was 牡丹江 and What Can I Do. Lara was so pretty!!! But Lara and Jay didn’t do 珊瑚海. She was the female voice for 夜的第七章. I never knew that. After 夜的第七章 was 夜曲. It was … sleazy. He came onto the stage via another movable platform seated on a huge pink high heal with 2 other sexy babes. And throughout the entire song the 2 girls were kind of like trying to ‘get it going’ with him. But that’s so not apt for a song that’s about someone’s girlfriend who died and a guy who can’t get over her!!! Oh well.

But during 迷迭香he invited his Granny up on stage and she danced with one of his female dancers. I thought that was pretty sweet. ^^ Overall I would say it’s a very good show. He had many costume changes. I feel it would be even better if the stage was made to look for unique. Ayu had such a grand looking stage for her concert! Weirdly, going for Jay Chou’s concert just made me want to go for Ayu’s concert even more!!!

Photos! (but not of the concert because I have a lousy handphone cam):

The ticket that was in my wallet for ages. Looks like a lousy seat but actually it’s not too bad!

The float that everyone was trying to take pictures with. Not that it’s very nice though. ><

The view of the stage from my seat. Those circles and squares are where the movable platforms are located. The 2 white squares directly in front of the band was where the 2 pianos were when the piano duel was performed. The red square in the middle was where Jay1st appeared on stage. The other circles and 2 red squares where where he appeared with props at other times. There were cages hanging on the top of the stage that will be lowered during the first part of the concert. There were also chandeliers that were lowered when he performed those cheena songs that I love!! (Fei Yu Qing didn’t come.) But when it comes to props like those I think Ayu’s concerts are much better. And I’m not being biased here!

The girls who went. There were another 2 couples but they left before us. We went to try out the other seats after the show was over to see which seats were better and also to find the hands that you see in the picture! Because our seats don’t provide them =[ Only the $100 and above seats have them. So we went around hunting for them and found 4! One for each! HAHAHA!!! It was fun! No regrets!

桜色舞うころ

Everyone should go watch this video. It is kinda sad but touching.

I finally submitted my exchange application yesterday. So I either go to Hertfordshire or Monash (under fee-paying if I don’t get Herts). I want to go to UK!! Tomorrow finally will be the Jay Chou concert. The ticket have been in my wallet since last year! Quite excited about it. But I am more anxious to know about the results for the exchange which will only be out in Feb! Since my foot haven’t been recovering very well, I have decided to go see the Chinese sensei tomorrow. Hope to get rid of the swelling and my limping problem soon. Today have been a very long day!

やっぱり日本語のクラスが一番面白いです！

Well I was quite worried about going for Japanese classes for the first time because I would know no one and I have forgotten most that I have learnt. And the worst thing was that I couldn’t find the classroom! But anyway I still found it. Lucky I left my room early! The room was relatively empty when I arrived. I sat there and stoned for a while thinking that I probably won’t have a partner for this semester T.T Hence imagine my surprise when I saw a friend! That was the beginning of the good things. Hah! Because we have a very super enthusiastic tutor and that made the class really more fun. But as we went through the revision bits [which was rather amusing] I realised I have forgotten quite a fair bit and my friend have forgotten even more. So I pretty much miss pj because she’s good at Japanese. I depend on her quite a lot I suppose! Anyway, we did the self introduction thing for quite a long time. It was also part of the revisions because we were to ask a lot of questions using the stuff we learnt last semester. But it was still very amusing and time passed quickly. I only checked my watch once and it was already 1847! Class was to end at 1900. Well, I am just glad to have taken Japanese even though the class ends late. It’s like the only lesson that wouldn’t make me go to sleep!

But my foot got more painful than usual today. More parts of my foot are starting to ache. I wonder why too! Maybe it’s cos I have been walking a lot in school.

Bored monday morning.

You are a Wolf! (your score: 27)

Characters: Marek, Alanka, Kerza in Eyes of Crow; Lance in “The Wild’s Call“

Powers: Stealth, hunting ability, enhanced senses of smell and hearing, as well as strength and stamina

“Family comes first” could be a Wolf’s motto. You form deep connections with close friends and family members, and they know you’d do anything to protect them. You’re loyal, devoted, and passionate. Your worst fear is being alone, but be careful not to drown your loved ones in too much emotion.

Best matches: Swans, Otters, Crows

Watch out for: Spiders, Owls, Foxes

Hoho! I am bx’s best match! Quiz taken from here. I koped the quiz from bx’s blog.

swollen?

Hm, I saw bx and the others today and when I said my foot was swollen no one could see where’s the swelling. And when I complained to my sis about my swollen foot she also said she couldn’t see where was swelling. She said I probably dreamed it up because I see my foot everyday and everyday I think it’s swollen. But I still think it’s swollen la..

I bought Kobukuro’s All Singles Best. Currently still listening to it. My sis says that the Japanese are suddenly into folk music now and that’s why Kobukuro is so popular nowadays. Their singles didn’t do that well if you look at all the oricon rankings over the years. But they are talented nevertheless. [Somehow I don't think their music sound folkish.]

And I hope that xr will tell Ark to make the hair saloon brighter and put up a decent signboard or else no one will notice it’s presence. Oh! When bx and me were eating we were discussing about about bx’s school assignment about personifying some dead things and making it into a video. I suggested that smelly pillow should be the lead but she didn’t want poor smelly in her assignment. Sad! But I am glad that bx decided to buy GUILTY!!! I am happy! I hope this year will continue to be a good year for ayu. Hope she comes to Singapore for her Asia Tour. I will surely go!!!

what hansui means..

You are truly an original person. You have amazing ideas, and the power to carry them out.
Success comes rather easily for you… especially in business and academia.
Some people find you to be selfish and a bit overbearing. You’re a strong person.

You are usually the best at everything … you strive for perfection.
You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive.
You have the classic “Type A” personality.

You are very intuitive and wise. You understand the world better than most people.
You also have a very active imagination. You often get carried away with your thoughts.
You are prone to a little paranoia and jealousy. You sometimes go overboard in interpreting signals.

You are the total package – suave, sexy, smart, and strong.
You have the whole world under your spell, and you can influence almost everyone you know.
You don’t always resist your urges to crush the weak. Just remember, they don’t have as much going for them as you do.

You are a very lucky person. Things just always seem to go your way.
And because you’re so lucky, you don’t really have a lot of worries. You just hope for the best in life.
You’re sometimes a little guilty of being greedy. Spread your luck around a little to people who need it.

You tend to be pretty tightly wound. It’s easy to get you excited… which can be a good or bad thing.
You have a lot of enthusiasm, but it fades rather quickly. You don’t stick with any one thing for very long.
You have the drive to accomplish a lot in a short amount of time. Your biggest problem is making sure you finish the projects you start.

http://www.blogthings.com/whatsyournameshiddenmeaningquiz/

Well, I got bored and tried this quiz out. I found it from pj’s blog. I thought 70% of hers was quite true so I decided to try my name. Turns out a few paragraphs are the same as hers. -.- And I think most of the above about me isn’t true anyway. My name (菡穗) actually means an abundance of food or something according to my mom.

I guess I have pretty much gotten over the fact that my account was hacked. I am glad to have good friends who sponsored me through this ‘adversity’. I think that I should train a bit more. Maybe to 93 by next week.

desmond is back..

..since last week but we just met up with him today for dinner at Ajitei. Actually I wasn’t very fond of the place but today I felt that it was ok. At least the service improved since my last visit. After our interrogation we confirmed that des is indeed attached!! WAHAHA! Our interrogation skills are pretty good eh.. We took pictures and walked around Bugis Street. A lot of people!! Always a lot of people! Don’t like crowded places =x At least some of my friends got something. I wonder why are skinny jeans so popular these days. Very nice meh?

Before meeting them I went to cirong’s chalet with Fiona and Felicia. We meet at Tenah Merah station but did not know how to go to the ulu chalet. Called a few people who didn’t know the proper directions. Kaicheng even said that there wasn’t shuttle service in the afternoon! Bluff us one lor.. When we checked at the bus stop at the chalet we realized that the shuttle operate throughout the day! In the end we took a taxi to the place. Actually we really shouldn’t have gone because all we could do there was to play Monopoly while cirong played mahjong with her other friends that we didn’t know. It was really kind of awkward because she didn’t really talk to us even though she tried to. But we were never close to start with. We intended to leave at 1730 ………

………..oh my god…. BX just called me and told me that my maple acc got hacked…………………………….. no mood to blog………………….