Holy crap there's blue sky today!!! It's about time!
There's something called kpop world festival on tv. Pretty much people from other countries coming to Korea to perform covers live (dance or vocally) and they're pretty good. Well obviously since they got to go.
Went to a nice sushi place for dinner. Turns out that fish here are significantly more expensive. Makes me appreciate Australia more.
It's almost the new year which means more resolutions! I don't feel like sharing some of them, but if you really want to know then ask me (no guarantees).
Fun fact - if it wasn't for some of my 2011 resolutions I would have probably never gone to CO and be where I am today.
Tomorrow I leave for Vietnam. So this may be my last post till I get back. That's IF I get back. Chance I might not make it back alive. Anyways have a happy new year!
Friday, 30 December 2011
Thursday, 29 December 2011
Vacation part 3
Went to the art science museum today. I got to see 2 exhibits, the Cartier time art and the Titanic artifact exhibition. The first one was about watches and clocks, the Titanic one was obviously about the Titanic. They had artifacts and recreations of rooms of the shop. The Titanic gallery was much bigger than the Cartier time gallery but I kind found the time gallery more interesting mainly due to the technology and precision in the making of the watches. Looking at the absurdly tiny pieces was really cool.
Afterwards we went to a fancy tea place for lunch. Though the way I ate my sandwich was anything but fancy. Naturally I ordered the green tea. The sencha meicha and the emperor sencha to be precise. It was nice. And fancy. I feel like doing a Japanese tea ceremony one day.
Also for those interested, my access to the net comes from the hotel wifi but for some reason my phone bypasses the page where you have to pay to access it. Mwhahaha
Afterwards we went to a fancy tea place for lunch. Though the way I ate my sandwich was anything but fancy. Naturally I ordered the green tea. The sencha meicha and the emperor sencha to be precise. It was nice. And fancy. I feel like doing a Japanese tea ceremony one day.
Also for those interested, my access to the net comes from the hotel wifi but for some reason my phone bypasses the page where you have to pay to access it. Mwhahaha
Monday, 26 December 2011
Vacation part 2
There's a scale model of the titanic in the middle of the mall. My brother and I thought it would be funny to attract tourists to it by taking heaps of photos and acting really interested. It worked and we got people to take pictures of it themselves.
I like how MTV does kpop mvs. If only they did it back in Australia too.
We're eating dinner at a seafood place at the beach. Too bad I won't be able to eat most of the food. Across the restaurant is another place and it has an animatronic Tyrannosaurus Rex. I see I've made the wrong choice here.
I like how MTV does kpop mvs. If only they did it back in Australia too.
We're eating dinner at a seafood place at the beach. Too bad I won't be able to eat most of the food. Across the restaurant is another place and it has an animatronic Tyrannosaurus Rex. I see I've made the wrong choice here.
Sunday, 25 December 2011
Vacation time
I figured I should blog while I'm on holidays as it would make it easier to remember than to do it all when I get home. At least this would be an easy way to stay connected with the guys at home. I managed to download the blogger app which is how I'm writing these. I could've brought my laptop but I'm pretty sure I'd be glued to it the whole time. Anyways right now I'm just waiting for my dad so I've got plenty of time to write.
Thursday
On the plane I wasted no time and tried to watch as many movies possible. I watched Green Lantern, Cowboys and Aliens, and Rise of the Planet of the Apes. I didn't get to finish Cars 2 though which was sad. After arriving at Singapore airport we taxied it to our hotel which had its own amusement park. Universal Studios to be precise.
Friday
Naturally we went to Universal Studios. The area was split into themes based on popular movies/shows, there was a Madagascar area, Shrek, the Mummy, my favourite was the Jurassic park area solely because it played their theme music. Ride-wise it had to be the Battlestar Galactica area, only that one had a real rollercoaster. The best part was the waiting line was at most 5 minutes. Sadly the Mummy one we waited heaps for, we waited ages and once we entered the next room it was filled with more lines! The ride was okay but not worth waiting in line again. Unfortunateness struck as it started raining. Being the adventurers we were, we continued to go on rides. Biggest mistake. Not only were we wet, going at extreme speeds made the rain feel like being stabbed constantly. At the end of the ride I proceeded to spaz in my seat repeating "why?!" and break down dramatically.
Saturday
Not much happened. Though the rain effectively made my shoes unusable I had to go around the city in sandals. Went to see if I could buy replacement shoes but none of the stores had anything worth buying. At the hotel room I got to watch music bank for the first time in its entirety. It was pretty good, watching kpop bands doing their latest songs live as well as Christmas collabs. The best part was at the end with a performance from the the Wonder Boys doing Be My Baby. Yes the Wonder Boys. Shin Dong was in it. Enough said.
Sunday
Today we're moving hotels because my parents didn't like the previous one, and we've already done their attractions. Also my shoes are back to normal! I'm with my brother and mother at a cafe waiting for my dad with the hotel room. We waited for ages, enough time for me to write this whole post.
Some of you may have seen a picture of me ice skating in the middle of a food court. Well I've returned. However things change. The ice skating rink in the middle of the the food court is now Narnia the exhibition.
That's all for now, I've got a Christmas to spend. Merry Christmas to everyone back at home! Hope you guys are doing well.
Thursday
On the plane I wasted no time and tried to watch as many movies possible. I watched Green Lantern, Cowboys and Aliens, and Rise of the Planet of the Apes. I didn't get to finish Cars 2 though which was sad. After arriving at Singapore airport we taxied it to our hotel which had its own amusement park. Universal Studios to be precise.
Friday
Naturally we went to Universal Studios. The area was split into themes based on popular movies/shows, there was a Madagascar area, Shrek, the Mummy, my favourite was the Jurassic park area solely because it played their theme music. Ride-wise it had to be the Battlestar Galactica area, only that one had a real rollercoaster. The best part was the waiting line was at most 5 minutes. Sadly the Mummy one we waited heaps for, we waited ages and once we entered the next room it was filled with more lines! The ride was okay but not worth waiting in line again. Unfortunateness struck as it started raining. Being the adventurers we were, we continued to go on rides. Biggest mistake. Not only were we wet, going at extreme speeds made the rain feel like being stabbed constantly. At the end of the ride I proceeded to spaz in my seat repeating "why?!" and break down dramatically.
Saturday
Not much happened. Though the rain effectively made my shoes unusable I had to go around the city in sandals. Went to see if I could buy replacement shoes but none of the stores had anything worth buying. At the hotel room I got to watch music bank for the first time in its entirety. It was pretty good, watching kpop bands doing their latest songs live as well as Christmas collabs. The best part was at the end with a performance from the the Wonder Boys doing Be My Baby. Yes the Wonder Boys. Shin Dong was in it. Enough said.
Sunday
Today we're moving hotels because my parents didn't like the previous one, and we've already done their attractions. Also my shoes are back to normal! I'm with my brother and mother at a cafe waiting for my dad with the hotel room. We waited for ages, enough time for me to write this whole post.
Some of you may have seen a picture of me ice skating in the middle of a food court. Well I've returned. However things change. The ice skating rink in the middle of the the food court is now Narnia the exhibition.
That's all for now, I've got a Christmas to spend. Merry Christmas to everyone back at home! Hope you guys are doing well.
Monday, 19 December 2011
it's been a while
Something in a thirty-acre thermal thicket of thorns and thistles thumped and thundered threatening the three-D thoughts of Matthew the thug - although, theatrically, it was only the thirteen-thousand thistles and thorns through the underneath of his thigh that the thirty year old thug thought of that morning.
So it's been ages since I last blogged. The video turned out well. I'm satisfied given the time I put in. I just wish youtube wasn't so punishing. So the next project is Troublemaker... by Troublemaker. My feelings about this one are mixed. Honestly I don't think it will be as good as the Cry Cry project. And I believe LOEN ent. is going to ban all videos with the song unless we change it. So the music might put people off. Though I can see it getting views solely on it's popularity. My verdict is a "meh" let's just do it anyway.
Today was mostly a day at home. I finally finished Skyward Sword. The moments up to the end were really emotional. I give kudos to games that can do that. Then I decided to do some sit up training! I couldn't go through one whole song with out taking a break. Man I suck. I'm pretty sure I do better at Crossover. Maybe it was the floor or something that made it harder. Abi kept distracting me as I did my sit ups. I should train more often, it was really satisfying to improve on something.
We went out for dinner at a Japanese place in Star City. Personally I don't really like it because it feels like they're making Jap food seem too fancy. That's about it folks. Blog finished.
Oh and thanks Whitney for the hospitality on Saturday. It was really nice!
Tuesday, 6 December 2011
Being a nerd
So back in January when I was in Japan, I picked up one of those Robot model kits, called Gundam. I didn't touch it for months and when I actually started building it, I took ages. Now it's December, and at 3 AM at night I've finally finished the whole body.
| Finished building the crotch |
| Legs |
| Cool looking torso |
| Looking sharp |
| Now combine all the pieces and we get this! |
and I've still yet to build the weapons...
Saturday, 3 December 2011
popping time
haven't posted anything in a while... my bad.
So far I have taken 2 popping classes. Though it's mainly because there was no kpop today and last week's song wasn't interesting for me. I feel like I'm learning how to dance for the first time. It's a totally different experience to kpop. I'm guessing because kpop's just about the routine, of course making it look good depends on how much effort and skill you put in, in the other class there is no routine (except small demo routines), only the style itself. I have to make my own routines/freestyle it. Which kinda sucks for me. Oh well hopefully I'll get used to it. Anyways the whole point of this was to learn some new fundamentals. I picked up a few but I think this one was the best.
So far I have taken 2 popping classes. Though it's mainly because there was no kpop today and last week's song wasn't interesting for me. I feel like I'm learning how to dance for the first time. It's a totally different experience to kpop. I'm guessing because kpop's just about the routine, of course making it look good depends on how much effort and skill you put in, in the other class there is no routine (except small demo routines), only the style itself. I have to make my own routines/freestyle it. Which kinda sucks for me. Oh well hopefully I'll get used to it. Anyways the whole point of this was to learn some new fundamentals. I picked up a few but I think this one was the best.
Work hard and step out of your comfort zone.
If you only keep at the level you are comfortable with, you won't really improve.
So push harder to the point higher than what you're used to even if it looks messy, then comes practice to make that level clean. Then repeat. I think as a practical start, the whole crew should push to do all the push ups in Jaye's warm up.
We've been hanging in the playground near Darling Harbour a lot now. I remember when we used to stick around World Square before. I understand why we go to the playground seeing as its so much more pretty and fun.
Still playing Skyward Sword. I don't know what more I can say. It's really good. The music, art style and everything.
Also this made me laugh.
Thursday, 24 November 2011
Outings + Emergency Dance Time
Yesterday was fun.
We learned the beginning of Maximum which was kinda hard, but alright. Then we all went to eat dinner at a Korean restaurant. Still couldn't believe Kelvin's table were playing silent library, in a restaurant. Well actually that's not really that surprising. Afterwards we debated where to go next. Someone suggested to go to the Secret Room and though I've been once before, it was only to check it out. We got the sauna looking room which was actually big enough to hold all of us. To our luck they had a dancing game on the Wii. It was guys vs girls in a series of dance offs. The guys dominated. Afterwards some of us had to leave early and such.
The rest of us went to go to Meet Fresh and get some dessert. I got the taro balls. Once we got our food, some of us had to go home. The rest of us went to the playground near Darling Harbour. There was a giant slide there, and instead of doing the normal thing which would be going down the slide, we tried to see who could climb up the slide. It wasn't easy especially at the start. People did run ups only to fall straight away. Eventually me and Huy were the first to do it. Then I think everyone else did, but we relied mostly on our hands to climb. Jaye and I succeeded in climbing up the slide with no hands. Afterwards Ellyn saw no one was playing on the giant web thing that went really high. So we raced to the top. Ellyn who cheated with her experience in rock climbing was first. I made it up as well. Everyone else stayed at the middle of the web. I just remembered, earlier that day after finishing a phone call, I accidentally dropped my phone hard on the floor. Luckily it survived, it had the silicone case from SBS PopAsia, even though it was a face down collision. So imagine my surprise again, when I take out my phone while hanging on the top of the web, and drop it AGAIN. Cue epic yelling in despair. Luckily it survived without a scratch, well any noticeable ones at least.
Then there was the circle swing. It was a swing that swung in any direction and spin. It was incredibly dizzy going on that thing. I felt sick. Then more fun as we played on the flying fox. It was getting real late so I decided to leave. And as soon as I left it started to rain. Fortunately I had an umbrella.
Today was eventful.
Last night Jaye asked for people who were available to do an emergency performance for someone named Candy Lo's press conference. It sounded important so I agreed to go in the afternoon. I was also supposed to meet up with Tina and her friends for lunch. So I had to meet them up in formal attire, because since the other guys were going to the formal we might as well wear suits. But more excitingly,
We learned the beginning of Maximum which was kinda hard, but alright. Then we all went to eat dinner at a Korean restaurant. Still couldn't believe Kelvin's table were playing silent library, in a restaurant. Well actually that's not really that surprising. Afterwards we debated where to go next. Someone suggested to go to the Secret Room and though I've been once before, it was only to check it out. We got the sauna looking room which was actually big enough to hold all of us. To our luck they had a dancing game on the Wii. It was guys vs girls in a series of dance offs. The guys dominated. Afterwards some of us had to leave early and such.
The rest of us went to go to Meet Fresh and get some dessert. I got the taro balls. Once we got our food, some of us had to go home. The rest of us went to the playground near Darling Harbour. There was a giant slide there, and instead of doing the normal thing which would be going down the slide, we tried to see who could climb up the slide. It wasn't easy especially at the start. People did run ups only to fall straight away. Eventually me and Huy were the first to do it. Then I think everyone else did, but we relied mostly on our hands to climb. Jaye and I succeeded in climbing up the slide with no hands. Afterwards Ellyn saw no one was playing on the giant web thing that went really high. So we raced to the top. Ellyn who cheated with her experience in rock climbing was first. I made it up as well. Everyone else stayed at the middle of the web. I just remembered, earlier that day after finishing a phone call, I accidentally dropped my phone hard on the floor. Luckily it survived, it had the silicone case from SBS PopAsia, even though it was a face down collision. So imagine my surprise again, when I take out my phone while hanging on the top of the web, and drop it AGAIN. Cue epic yelling in despair. Luckily it survived without a scratch, well any noticeable ones at least.
Then there was the circle swing. It was a swing that swung in any direction and spin. It was incredibly dizzy going on that thing. I felt sick. Then more fun as we played on the flying fox. It was getting real late so I decided to leave. And as soon as I left it started to rain. Fortunately I had an umbrella.
Today was eventful.
Last night Jaye asked for people who were available to do an emergency performance for someone named Candy Lo's press conference. It sounded important so I agreed to go in the afternoon. I was also supposed to meet up with Tina and her friends for lunch. So I had to meet them up in formal attire, because since the other guys were going to the formal we might as well wear suits. But more excitingly,
SKYWARD SWORD IS FINALLY OUT
I picked it up from the store and couldn't wait to start playing. However emergency performance had to be put first so I then took the train to the City. Jaye was looking for Chinese or English covers of Kpop songs that we've done since Candy Lo was not Korean. And to our dismay pretty much every cover was terrible. I also saw a poster of this Candy Lo. Apparently she's Hong Kong's #1 pop artist and songwriter. Pressure much? Also I thought the girls were coming, but apparently they couldn't cause of the formal. So that left me, Jibbie, David and Kelvin. Just FOUR of us. We decided to go with Maximum and Before U Go. However less than an hour was not enough time to get Maximum performance worthy. So we just went with Before U Go.
Unfortunateness struck when we arrived. The people there were still getting ready and everyone going to the formal was going to be late. We tried rushing them or we wouldn't dance at all. It kinda worked... Then Kelvin remembered that he was supposed to pick up flowers which he totally forgot so he had to leave pronto. So we cancelled on those guys. And I went all the way to the city for nothing. On the way home it was also peak hour, so the train was crazy packed. And when I got off my station, more unfortunateness struck. I left my keys at CO. Luckily I asked Jibbie and Jaye to find them for me so I wouldn't be so worried. The only problem now was if my mother notices that it's gone.
However, none of that unfortunateness mattered. I got to play Skyward Sword and so far it's awesome. It came with a soundtrack done by a symphony orchestra and it's also awesome.
Too much writing, tomorrow I have a driving lesson at seven-freaking-thirty. Goodnight people.
Monday, 21 November 2011
Driving Time
Been a while since I last blogged even though there were some blogworthy stuff, which I now forgot most of. Let's see if I can remember.
Picked up a copy of MW3 last week. Before you start criticising my gaming taste, I got it by trading in one selected game at JB Hi Fi, in this case it was Batman Arkham City which I just finished and purchased for $70. Now the retail price for MW3 was $80 so I just made $10 PROFIT! It seemed like an awesome idea at the time. I've already finished the campaign. It was alright, not as bad as I thought. Multiplayer however... I'm an alright player, I'm very competent in supporting the team and such. However I am not the best so don't expect me to be able to summon any helicopters. Gladly it's there whenever I'm bored or want to play with friends. That is, until...
SKYWARD SWORD COMES OUT IN 3 DAYS!
stoked.
Sunday was fun, met up with fellow IJGK'd people, skipped out on lunch, took a last minute class of Infinite's Be Mine, went out to get ice cream, instead of a proper lunch, checked out the Heart2Heart workshop only to watch various videos of Rebecca Black and other viral videos instead. Also earlier Whitney didn't know what the word apocalypse meant. We all found it amusing hehe. Also Bec was being an alcoholic all day. Afterwards me and Huy went searching for suitable places to have dinner Wednesday night. I'd say it was a success. We also found various karaoke places. One place looked really cool. It had various posters of recent kpop idols and a poster advertising classes on kpop dance and singing. WHUT. Didn't look at the fine details, mainly cause they were in korean, but I feel like checking it out again.
Today was random. Yesterday I agreed to go help out at work with my parents. Then in the morning I'm told I have a driving lesson in the afternoon. Okay. So it's been a very long time since I've been behind a wheel. I kept messing up the hand over hand steering technique. Not only that the instructor physically forced my hands to do it right, while I was driving. It was very disorienting. My mum said that this person guarantees his students pass their exams, so guess I'll just stick with it till it happens. Least I'm making progress to my P's after all this time.
Speaking of Rebecca Black and the Apocalypse...
Picked up a copy of MW3 last week. Before you start criticising my gaming taste, I got it by trading in one selected game at JB Hi Fi, in this case it was Batman Arkham City which I just finished and purchased for $70. Now the retail price for MW3 was $80 so I just made $10 PROFIT! It seemed like an awesome idea at the time. I've already finished the campaign. It was alright, not as bad as I thought. Multiplayer however... I'm an alright player, I'm very competent in supporting the team and such. However I am not the best so don't expect me to be able to summon any helicopters. Gladly it's there whenever I'm bored or want to play with friends. That is, until...
SKYWARD SWORD COMES OUT IN 3 DAYS!
stoked.
Sunday was fun, met up with fellow IJGK'd people, skipped out on lunch, took a last minute class of Infinite's Be Mine, went out to get ice cream, instead of a proper lunch, checked out the Heart2Heart workshop only to watch various videos of Rebecca Black and other viral videos instead. Also earlier Whitney didn't know what the word apocalypse meant. We all found it amusing hehe. Also Bec was being an alcoholic all day. Afterwards me and Huy went searching for suitable places to have dinner Wednesday night. I'd say it was a success. We also found various karaoke places. One place looked really cool. It had various posters of recent kpop idols and a poster advertising classes on kpop dance and singing. WHUT. Didn't look at the fine details, mainly cause they were in korean, but I feel like checking it out again.
Today was random. Yesterday I agreed to go help out at work with my parents. Then in the morning I'm told I have a driving lesson in the afternoon. Okay. So it's been a very long time since I've been behind a wheel. I kept messing up the hand over hand steering technique. Not only that the instructor physically forced my hands to do it right, while I was driving. It was very disorienting. My mum said that this person guarantees his students pass their exams, so guess I'll just stick with it till it happens. Least I'm making progress to my P's after all this time.
Speaking of Rebecca Black and the Apocalypse...
Sunday, 13 November 2011
Kpop Time
So yesterday was one of the most eventful days of the year. At the start the weather was okay until the sun came out. It was so hot that day, not extremely bad but wearing dark jeans didn't help at all. I do agree with what Dan said about our performances feeling like a chore. Perhaps doing so many performances this year has taken its toll on us. There was definitely more excitement in some events such as the SM Town and the Crossover events than the others. Or maybe it had to do with the standard. For SM Town Gathering, we worked very hard cause we assumed that the other performers would be just as good. Yeah... and for the Crossover we knew that the audience would be comparing us to non kpop groups who were obviously good. Guess what I'm trying to say is we were up against young teens who weren't really that serious about entertaining people. No wonder it felt like a chore. Makes me wonder how we'll deal with the next event. It wouldn't be so bad if they made a dance contest out of it. At least then everyone would try step up their game and things won't be so dull.
Anyways enough rambling, performances were performed and we had some downtime before the concert. Or so I thought. We had a "special" visit from John Luc aka mychonny. I admit his videos are entertaining even if he acts stupidly annoying. But he's just doing what he enjoys which is making people laugh which I respect. If there's anyone to hate, it's the ridiculous hordes of fans who were beating each other up just to meet and take pictures of him. I found that really annoying and selfish to go that far to take a picture with him just to show off to their friends. I honestly don't think he does what he does for that kind of attention. I remember he even made a video about such fandom. To me he's an okay person, better than a certain dance coverer at least.
Later it was concert time and it was so awesome, there weren't really any dull moments. Well there were but they were completely overshadowed by the awesome ones. I was happy that TVXQ was last. Felt so much meaningful when Keep Your Head Down was the finale haha. Also B2ST was awesome like always, especially their intro dance. We should do something like that too one day.
Even though it ended pretty much on time, there was so much people we ended up waiting longer for it to die down. Overall the day was a great one. Looking forward to more adventures!
Anyways enough rambling, performances were performed and we had some downtime before the concert. Or so I thought. We had a "special" visit from John Luc aka mychonny. I admit his videos are entertaining even if he acts stupidly annoying. But he's just doing what he enjoys which is making people laugh which I respect. If there's anyone to hate, it's the ridiculous hordes of fans who were beating each other up just to meet and take pictures of him. I found that really annoying and selfish to go that far to take a picture with him just to show off to their friends. I honestly don't think he does what he does for that kind of attention. I remember he even made a video about such fandom. To me he's an okay person, better than a certain dance coverer at least.
Later it was concert time and it was so awesome, there weren't really any dull moments. Well there were but they were completely overshadowed by the awesome ones. I was happy that TVXQ was last. Felt so much meaningful when Keep Your Head Down was the finale haha. Also B2ST was awesome like always, especially their intro dance. We should do something like that too one day.
Even though it ended pretty much on time, there was so much people we ended up waiting longer for it to die down. Overall the day was a great one. Looking forward to more adventures!
thanks Gracie for fancamming :)
Thursday, 10 November 2011
I am vengeance. I am the night.
Finally finished the main story of Batman Arkham City. I must say how awesome it was especially up to the end. I didn't see that coming. Anyway now that that's done I'm pretty sure I won't be playing any more of it. Side quests are so lame.
Not sure if I should get Battlefield 3 or MW3, both seem like blockbuster movies and nothing more. I definitely want to play the latest Assassin's Creed game and see how the series ends. Above all else is probably Zelda: Skyward Sword. Adventure awaits in that game.
I know I said before Kingdom Hearts 2 was my most favourite game but the game that almost ties with it was Zelda: Twilight Princess. That game was the most epic thing I have ever played in my life. Not only did it look realistic, one of the bosses was a freaking dragon, which you fought in the sky. Enough said.
Almost finished watching all of season 2 of Adventure Time. I'm going to feel sad when I catch up to the latest episode. Speaking of catching up to latest episodes, the latest Naruto Shippuden episode is online in a few minutes. Yay more time to waste!
I watched some video on youtube called asdfmovie4, and the humour was awesome. After looking at more of the creators work, I found these. I'm adding him to the list of my favourite youtubers.
Not sure if I should get Battlefield 3 or MW3, both seem like blockbuster movies and nothing more. I definitely want to play the latest Assassin's Creed game and see how the series ends. Above all else is probably Zelda: Skyward Sword. Adventure awaits in that game.
I know I said before Kingdom Hearts 2 was my most favourite game but the game that almost ties with it was Zelda: Twilight Princess. That game was the most epic thing I have ever played in my life. Not only did it look realistic, one of the bosses was a freaking dragon, which you fought in the sky. Enough said.
Almost finished watching all of season 2 of Adventure Time. I'm going to feel sad when I catch up to the latest episode. Speaking of catching up to latest episodes, the latest Naruto Shippuden episode is online in a few minutes. Yay more time to waste!
I watched some video on youtube called asdfmovie4, and the humour was awesome. After looking at more of the creators work, I found these. I'm adding him to the list of my favourite youtubers.
I want to go to this university now.
Wednesday, 9 November 2011
Rehearsal Time
So rehearsal was supposedly on at 3 today. I got to the city a bit before that so I could get something to eat and stuff. Apparently today was going to rain so I thought I'd get myself a new umbrella to replace my old one. Because it broke.
Then by chance I ran into some of the crew and we had a look at that shop that sells Asian media especially Kpop. And the name of the store always escapes me. Though today they were selling heaps of Kpop related stuff. Probably due to the concert coming up. But yeah there was so much stuff on display, like bags and light thing (though those were almost all gone) and other bootleg stuff. That B2ST slap band looked pretty cool. And to my thrill they also had legit merchandise though it wasn't awesome enough for me to want.
Went to CO, we practiced during class, getting most of the formations down. Blah blah. No spoilers thank you very much. Afterwards we went for food. I got ramen from the Japanese place we always go to. I sometimes wonder why they give a huge serving of bean sprouts. Do they expect me to eat it all? Last time I did I felt like I OD'd on some chemical. It didn't rain at all today, so I was disappointed that I didn't use my umbrella.
Anyways...
| "I am going to rescue the babies from the fire. ONLY THE BABIES." |
| "I have pants! Spun by spiderwebs... by pixies." |
Now to watch more Adventure Time.
Sunday, 6 November 2011
Facebook Workshop Time
Trackworks again. I really don't like the huge inconvenience but then again who does? To those who say they do I am sending you to the closest mental asylum. Was late to practice today but it wasn't too bad. Jaye, after watching our attempt at doing Shock, immediately changed the kpop class to do Shock. Yep. Anyway I was sad that we didn't get to do Soom but that's okay, this was more important. I'd say progress was made.
Next was the Facebook Official workshop. I went and took it to make sure I wasn't missing out on something awesome. Don't be hating unless you try it. Surprisingly the routine was fairly difficult even if the whole thing is hilarious. I don't think I want to do it anymore, I just want to be the one making the MV as close to the original as possible. I find that much more fun. That includes close ups of them singing haha.
After that was a little bit more practice and we all went home. Due to mentioned trackworks I guess everyone was more inclined to head home early.
As you probably know, my new favourite show is Adventure Time. It reminds me of Spongebob Squarepants but much more random and exciting. And on a related note, I want a sword. But those are dangerous and illegal in public so I want a foam sword. Not those flimsy pirate swords, but one of these
Next was the Facebook Official workshop. I went and took it to make sure I wasn't missing out on something awesome. Don't be hating unless you try it. Surprisingly the routine was fairly difficult even if the whole thing is hilarious. I don't think I want to do it anymore, I just want to be the one making the MV as close to the original as possible. I find that much more fun. That includes close ups of them singing haha.
After that was a little bit more practice and we all went home. Due to mentioned trackworks I guess everyone was more inclined to head home early.
As you probably know, my new favourite show is Adventure Time. It reminds me of Spongebob Squarepants but much more random and exciting. And on a related note, I want a sword. But those are dangerous and illegal in public so I want a foam sword. Not those flimsy pirate swords, but one of these
It's hard and heavy like the real thing but doesn't have the ability to stab people. Unfortunately I have yet to come across these in a store in Australia but I did see Hobbyco selling a smaller version. So at least I know they're not totally banned here. All I can do is wait. Adventures are waiting. Adventures with monsters with vulnerability to foam weaponry.
The latest live action trailer of Modern Warfare 3 has Sam Worthington in it. As a fan of Sam Worthington and his awesomeness, I automatically like this.
Friday, 4 November 2011
Tuesday, 25 October 2011
Day 25 - Part 4/4
"When building a structure and there happens to be a fault, it's best not to keep building or else the building falls. Instead it is better to tear everything down, plan and start again."Okay so it's really hard to recount my day without getting too personal but I'll try anyway.
I woke up, brushed my teeth, and got something to eat. My grandmother already prepared me a plate of rice, egg, meat and chicken. A different meal from eggs and toast. Today's weather was very unexpected and very sad, just like recent events. Anyways me being, well me I went out with an umbrella, but with just a t-shirt on. Of course I was wearing pants, that goes without saying. Maybe not. Whether the cold was bad or not it was kind of a nice change from all the hot days and nights recently.
Got back home, no symptoms of illness are present. That's good. Ate dinner, more rice. Abi (my parrot) climbed onto my shoulder and just stayed there the whole time while I was watching TV. In fact right now he just walked into my room and climbed onto my chair as I am typing. And was THIS close to biting off the buttons on my keyboard. That actually happened to my brother's laptop. And I have the same computer. Well I got him out of the room and he bit me. And now I'm bleeding. Great.
Tomorrow I got to go to some health check up thing. I don't know what thats about but it was free. Just got to keep alert in case they try to scam me. Also tomorrow is the continuation of Don't Touch My Girl, really excited for that. I actually find it so good that I might go and buy their album. It's been a while since I bought another album. I'll sample the other songs before I decide.
Game/anime rant
Been playing Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 (such a mouthful to say) and so far I'm enjoying it. They managed to get all the pivotal and best scenes of the anime really well in the game but somehow it feels like they made the boring parts even more boring. I'm almost at the end and what I can tell this is just a summarised version of the original. It does a good job at it but is no substitute for the original. Also I have people telling me and complain about the slow parts of the show and the fillers. Well I agree it kinda sucks but if there was a major fight with main villains every episode it wouldn't really be that special anymore. It needs that balance to make us believe that the world being portrayed is real and has real problems such as political stuff and friendships. And then there's the occasional battle with ninja battles. This isn't Dragon Ball Z people!
Don't think much will happen later tonight so might as well end it here. Also I called it part 4/4 because tomorrow I supposedly get my broadband speed back. So this will be the last instalment of my blogs and I'll be going back to vlogs. Hooray! Though I might go back to blogging after Vlogtober finishes. So much easier and convenient.
So... Halloween is coming up. I'm know Australians aren't as enthusiastic compared to Americans but there are people who still do it. I wonder if CO is going to do something. Anyways...
related.
Monday, 24 October 2011
Part 3
Today's post has a bit of gloomy parts so I italicised the gloomy parts. I apologise in advance.
Despite sleeping relatively early, I wasn't able to sleep. Probably cause of the heat or the minor hay fever, or that I had a lot of things on my mind last night. So many mixed feelings left me really confused. The fact that I had conflicting emotions meant that there is something definitely wrong with me. Anyway the whole ordeal made me feel very unmanly which really sucked and I just wanted to sleep on it and deal with it today.
So I woke up at 8 but my bird was doing his morning squawking which is always loud and it made me close my door and try block out the noise by sleeping in. So I officially got up at 2pm. So food was had and seeing as I had nothing to do, I decided to get rid of all my old textbooks which were still around the house. And by "decided" meant that I was told to do so but I chose today to do it.
I've been reflecting and thinking a lot today. More than I have in a long time. Because honestly, I don't really like being so deep in thought and emotional. But we all have to do it sometime, that's a part of growing up. And I feel like I've got a long way ahead of me in the growing up department! So many things I have yet to do, and I want to do it right.
The primary emotion I'm feeling right now: guilt
Sure, it seems okay to just let things go the way they are. But the longer things go on, the more I feel eaten up inside, and the more damage it can do in the long run. Like a spirit bomb. It's time to man up and make the hard choices for the better. I hope I choose the right decisions.
Anyways no more downer stuff. I just remembered last night Kelvin quoted me something from his msn convo with Dan, which was very teehee. Feels like it was taken WAY out of context but teehee none the less. A lot of the crew seem to be really busy with uni stuff. High schoolers obviously are having exams. Though it makes me wonder if the crew can do the next performance despite our loss in manpower. Don't think it can be as good as our last performance but only time will tell.
On a side note, I wanted to say something about people obsessing over their name on coke cans/bottles. Yes I know how cool it is to find a coke with your name on it and it can be a pleasant surprise. But people who go as far as to line up just to have their own name printed at certain malls is a little bit sad. Did you forget that the point was to share that coke with the person with that name? So you're going to share a coke with yourself? Forever alone much? That's why if I do bother to do it I'd print the names of people I'd want to give to as gifts. Wouldn't that be much more nice?
Still have a lot of books to get rid of. I'll probably finish it by tonight. So that's pretty much the day. To end on a high note, here's something that made me laugh a lot. If you never played the game Maple Story then you probably won't find it as funny as I do.
Despite sleeping relatively early, I wasn't able to sleep. Probably cause of the heat or the minor hay fever, or that I had a lot of things on my mind last night. So many mixed feelings left me really confused. The fact that I had conflicting emotions meant that there is something definitely wrong with me. Anyway the whole ordeal made me feel very unmanly which really sucked and I just wanted to sleep on it and deal with it today.
So I woke up at 8 but my bird was doing his morning squawking which is always loud and it made me close my door and try block out the noise by sleeping in. So I officially got up at 2pm. So food was had and seeing as I had nothing to do, I decided to get rid of all my old textbooks which were still around the house. And by "decided" meant that I was told to do so but I chose today to do it.
I've been reflecting and thinking a lot today. More than I have in a long time. Because honestly, I don't really like being so deep in thought and emotional. But we all have to do it sometime, that's a part of growing up. And I feel like I've got a long way ahead of me in the growing up department! So many things I have yet to do, and I want to do it right.
The primary emotion I'm feeling right now: guilt
Sure, it seems okay to just let things go the way they are. But the longer things go on, the more I feel eaten up inside, and the more damage it can do in the long run. Like a spirit bomb. It's time to man up and make the hard choices for the better. I hope I choose the right decisions.
Anyways no more downer stuff. I just remembered last night Kelvin quoted me something from his msn convo with Dan, which was very teehee. Feels like it was taken WAY out of context but teehee none the less. A lot of the crew seem to be really busy with uni stuff. High schoolers obviously are having exams. Though it makes me wonder if the crew can do the next performance despite our loss in manpower. Don't think it can be as good as our last performance but only time will tell.
On a side note, I wanted to say something about people obsessing over their name on coke cans/bottles. Yes I know how cool it is to find a coke with your name on it and it can be a pleasant surprise. But people who go as far as to line up just to have their own name printed at certain malls is a little bit sad. Did you forget that the point was to share that coke with the person with that name? So you're going to share a coke with yourself? Forever alone much? That's why if I do bother to do it I'd print the names of people I'd want to give to as gifts. Wouldn't that be much more nice?
Still have a lot of books to get rid of. I'll probably finish it by tonight. So that's pretty much the day. To end on a high note, here's something that made me laugh a lot. If you never played the game Maple Story then you probably won't find it as funny as I do.
Sunday, 23 October 2011
Blogtober Part 2 (Vlogtober Day 23)
Alright time for the second instalment of Vlogtober - Written Edition
Parents woke us up telling us to get ready for lunch at the city. Guess today was family outing day. And I also realised that I didn't charge my phone last night, and that it was completely flat. How was that even possible? Luckily I managed to charge about 40% of the battery while we were getting ready to leave. All I had to do was not use any apps on my phone. We parked at Star City and ate at the new food court after what feels like years of construction work. The food was alright, I preferred the food I usually have in the city though. Afterwards my parents went to Westfield while me and my brother went around the city.
There was going to be a Tekken arcade tournament at Galaxy World today, something my brother would definitely be interested in. $60 first prize too. But it was going to start at 6pm which we both couldn't be bothered to since we'd rather eat dinner. Also went to the JB Hi Fi in World Square. I saw they had a copy of the 1966 Batman: The Movie for around $13 (Kelvin, we know what to do...)
Dinner was at a sushi bar on Liverpool Street. Realised we go there a lot now. Must be really good since the place closes and opens at 5:30 for dinner while people are already waiting in line. I was happy since I got to practice my Japanese sushi eating etiquette. I'll list some of it here:
Parents woke us up telling us to get ready for lunch at the city. Guess today was family outing day. And I also realised that I didn't charge my phone last night, and that it was completely flat. How was that even possible? Luckily I managed to charge about 40% of the battery while we were getting ready to leave. All I had to do was not use any apps on my phone. We parked at Star City and ate at the new food court after what feels like years of construction work. The food was alright, I preferred the food I usually have in the city though. Afterwards my parents went to Westfield while me and my brother went around the city.
There was going to be a Tekken arcade tournament at Galaxy World today, something my brother would definitely be interested in. $60 first prize too. But it was going to start at 6pm which we both couldn't be bothered to since we'd rather eat dinner. Also went to the JB Hi Fi in World Square. I saw they had a copy of the 1966 Batman: The Movie for around $13 (Kelvin, we know what to do...)
Dinner was at a sushi bar on Liverpool Street. Realised we go there a lot now. Must be really good since the place closes and opens at 5:30 for dinner while people are already waiting in line. I was happy since I got to practice my Japanese sushi eating etiquette. I'll list some of it here:
- Don't rub chopsticks together - it insinuates that the establishment has crap quality chopsticks (which this place definitely didn't)
- Don't pour too much soy sauce in your dish, say over 50% of the dish. It's to do with wastefulness which is understandable.
- For nigiri (the ones with fish on a lump of rice) you can grab and eat it in your hand. Also when dipping in soy sauce only the fish is to touch the sauce not the rice. Apparently it's gross to have stray rice pieces in the sauce dish. Also apparently adding soy sauce to rice is like adding ketchup to white bread in Japan. Yeah...
I could write more but they have more to do with how to enjoy sushi more than actual table manners. I really hope I haven't pissed any Japanese people off before I knew all this.
On the way home I got to listen to some of the recent western music on the radio. Made me realise how badly in touch I was. Also most of the music sounded like garbage. I did like the song Tonight Tonight by Hot Chelle Rae. However the first time I actually heard the song was months ago from a cover on youtube by Jimmy Wong
I kinda prefer this version than the original, well music video wise that is.
Saturday, 22 October 2011
Blogtober Part 1 (Vlogtober Day 22)
Well since my internet is capped making uploading videos a nightmare, I might as well blog instead. I made this blog a while ago which is convenient cause I can now fall back on it.
So here's Vlogtober Day 22 - Written Edition.
Today I woke up to a text from Rebecca saying how much she's loving U-KISS' latest album. She was also trying out the new iMessage from iOS 5 which lets you text anyone over 3G for free (I highly recommend for people who has an iPhone) She wanted to hang out and since I needed to eat lunch anyway I might as well.
So we met up in Westfield. I heard that the Dick Smith at Parramatta was selling a particular item I was interested in seeing and they did! A fog machine! And it costed $80. If the crew each chipped in like less than $10, I Just Got K'd would have their very own fog machine! Why would we need a fog machine? Beats me, but it would be so cool!
Afterwards I got a bite to eat and we just chatted for a while. Bec needed to go to Strathfield and I was supposed to have dinner with family so we parted ways.
So parents decided we'd have dinner at Beverly Hills. Then I remembered that Kelvin had a restaurant there, and he works there too... hmm. Though I highly doubt I would see him since we've been to this particular restaurant (can't remember name) so many times now. But the fact that I go to Beverly Hills occasionally for dinner leaves plenty of stalking opportunities...
So after much consideration, I think I might take up popping style. Wikipedia says that hip hop dance is made up of 3 main styles: breaking, locking and popping. I've tried breaking before but I find it way too hard to master. Honestly I never really fancied the actual popping move but there are other moves such as tutting and moves involving freezes which I totally find appealing. And learning to be more precise would definitely come in handy on making my overall moves cleaner when I go back to doing the best style of all: Kpop ;)
So here's Vlogtober Day 22 - Written Edition.
Today I woke up to a text from Rebecca saying how much she's loving U-KISS' latest album. She was also trying out the new iMessage from iOS 5 which lets you text anyone over 3G for free (I highly recommend for people who has an iPhone) She wanted to hang out and since I needed to eat lunch anyway I might as well.
So we met up in Westfield. I heard that the Dick Smith at Parramatta was selling a particular item I was interested in seeing and they did! A fog machine! And it costed $80. If the crew each chipped in like less than $10, I Just Got K'd would have their very own fog machine! Why would we need a fog machine? Beats me, but it would be so cool!
Afterwards I got a bite to eat and we just chatted for a while. Bec needed to go to Strathfield and I was supposed to have dinner with family so we parted ways.
So parents decided we'd have dinner at Beverly Hills. Then I remembered that Kelvin had a restaurant there, and he works there too... hmm. Though I highly doubt I would see him since we've been to this particular restaurant (can't remember name) so many times now. But the fact that I go to Beverly Hills occasionally for dinner leaves plenty of stalking opportunities...
So after much consideration, I think I might take up popping style. Wikipedia says that hip hop dance is made up of 3 main styles: breaking, locking and popping. I've tried breaking before but I find it way too hard to master. Honestly I never really fancied the actual popping move but there are other moves such as tutting and moves involving freezes which I totally find appealing. And learning to be more precise would definitely come in handy on making my overall moves cleaner when I go back to doing the best style of all: Kpop ;)
I definitely wouldn't mind doing this kind of stuff
and just because Naruto is awesome
Thursday, 13 October 2011
Starting up a blog
Following the trend of my crew mates I have decided to make a blog. This is something I have contemplated making as it allows me to write about anything no matter how small and insignificant.
I don't think I'll announce this until I get the hang around the layout. If you do manage to find this then your stalking skills are quite formidable.
Anyway that's all and hope I can make this blog interesting to those who wish to take a look into my inner thoughts.
I don't think I'll announce this until I get the hang around the layout. If you do manage to find this then your stalking skills are quite formidable.
Anyway that's all and hope I can make this blog interesting to those who wish to take a look into my inner thoughts.
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