Quick trip

So the other day I went to Melbourne for Christmas. I pretty much flew in Tuesday morning then left for Sydney on Wednesday night. Went by pretty quickly.

This was also the first time I used an electronic on the plane. You know how you're allowed to use if after take off. The trip was quite boring so I just listened to my mp3 the whole trip. I got to Melbourne and once we got to the hotel we decided to take a look around. Unfortunately we forgot it was Christmas day and that a lot of places were closed. So we just wandered around anyways. We found that a lot of things changed since the last time we were here. A lot of stores have been replaced with other stores, etc. We went back to our rooms. Turns out they had Cartoon Network which showed nothing but Adventure Time, Regular Show and occasionally other shows such as Chowder and The Amazing World Of Gumball. We had dinner at this Japanese place. I recognised this as the place we had teppanyaki but we didn't have teppanyaki, we had regular food instead.

The next day we went to a Chinese place for lunch. We had yumcha foods without the random waiters serving with food trolleys. Also the tea tasted weird, not sure what tea it was but it had like an almond taste to it. Afterwards my brother and I went to the city to look around. There were a lot of nice buildings and bridges there. In the city there was a camera store that also had a museum of old cameras. It was so awesome to see all the old film cameras especially Leica up close. Too bad they weren't for sale. I would have seriously considered buying something lol. Afterwards we just wandered elsewhere, went to JB HiFi which was like separated into 3 stores for some reason. We saw the Wii U and played it for a while. Too bad it only had like 2 demos. We played Super Mario in co-op mode and the one with the tablet was no help at all. All you do is make platforms out of nowhere.

We went back to the hotel and my mother decided she would buy me pants, cause apparently I need more pants. We had dinner at the Chinese place again. Then we were on our way back to Sydney. Didn't listen to music but slept instead.

Unwinding

Today was a slow day, which for me was quite relaxing. Slept in late, played some games, watch youtube, etc. My brother wanted to eat, so we ended up going outside for lunch. We ate at the new Tenkomori Ramen House which has become my favourite ramen place. Though I miss Mappen, I'll go next time it's hot, perfect for some cold soba. I tried the spicy pork ramen, the pork tasted nice but the soup turned spicy which wasn't my cup of tea.

Afterwards I felt like dealing with B1A4's song in my head from yesterday, by buying their album... lol

Came with a photo card of Jinyoung, I preferred glasses guy but he's cool too.

The other songs are good too, so the album wasn't a waste lol. So far my favourites are 

1. In The Wind (despite it being an opening song, it's quite surreal and I like it), 

2. 걸어 본다/Try To Walk (Jinyoung wrote this song. That's awesome.)

3. IF... 

7. In The Air

Haven't really listened to the album properly yet though. Makes me wish I bring headphones with me when I go out.

Quite the night

Ultimately, I have no excuses. But in my mind, willpower is a quantifiable thing. If I could point out the main contributor to what was forcing me to use a lot of it, it would be the fact that you made her angry and sad. I don't care what you call me, but next time I see you I will hurt you in front of everyone.

Sigh, it's that kind of thought that I have to fight. Part of me wants to just let loose and do whatever I want. But the other has to remind the whole about the consequences of such actions, to forget and not let the other person win by being unhappy. I will live my own life, unaffected by people like you.

Anyways, by then I hope people understand why I felt down over something small. But it was just big enough to impact me, and I just didn't have enough willpower. I just "wanted" to feel sad as if I wanted to stop running, if that made sense. I'm sorry to the people who I worried. Next time I will make better use of my energy and not get brought down by such things.

On an unrelated note, I can't get this song out of my head now.

mazes

I'll be okay, I just have to remember that hatred puts me at a disadvantage, it will never get me anything. It's been a few hours and I've totally stopped thinking about it.

I feel conflicted about a certain subject. Been reading about it, trying to get perspective, etc. Hmm, I don't know what the right course of action is. The reason it's important is that I see it in me too sometimes. And I consider it a weakness and a curse. Maybe a fresh mind in the morning can help.

Anyways I should sleep now, if my sweet heart decides to study or exercise tomorrow, I want to be up and ready and not sleep in like usual. Goodnight.

Back again

So I haven't blogged in like forever, due to a lot of things, mostly laziness. Anyways I felt like writing up another post, out of my own free will *cough*.

Last Saturday was The Crossover 2 (or was it II?) which was real good, apart from finishing late, but that was no surprise. I actually wonder how early it would have been if it weren't for that certain someone lol. Showcases were good, I was in 3. Paradise and It's You was fun. Ages ago I wanted IJGK'd to do It's You mainly because it was a good song and we had the right numbers. I guess this was a good compromise. I had so many solos in that song and I was actually making stuff up during them. I haven't seen the video, and I don't feel like doing so anyway haha. The crew performance was good, despite sashes flying everywhere and it being our shortest routine, but hey we followed the rules! Popping routine (aka Beach Boogie) was full of fun, excitement and inspiration.

After we finished last minute practice Lay and Patrick shared their story of combining showcase because they weren't getting much students and didn't expect any to do showcase. If that actually happened they were going to finish showcases and teaching for good. They were surprised at how many people turned up for their showcase. The main point of their showcase was to teach us something, anything really. "Keeping the dance alive" is what they said, and that we should continue and one day teach the next generation. That really made me want to pick up my game and slack off anymore. I don't consider myself a popper, mainly because I can't do good enough hits or don't do enough practice for foundations. But that's going to change. I'm going to work on this style a lot, hopefully by the end of the year I will have improved somewhat.

Also on the way to Wesley with food, I bumped into Patrick and found out he actually knows about IJK'd and how cool it was that it was made by a bunch of people just from class.

Interesting additions to the show were added such as the video intros. It was like, beginning of the show then all of a sudden Jaye shows up with a laptop and wants this extra thing to be done, then we had to get the IT guy to enable switching the screen back and forth from the camera to the laptop. It was a bit messy (having to have the audience watch Windows 7 in action) and honestly it kinda got boring after a bit. Hopefully next time it'll be more streamlined.

Ever since youtube updated, it always glitches when I use my regular Safari, same problem when running google hangouts. Maybe it runs html6 or something. Anyways since it's all google I might just switch over completely to Chrome which I only use for uploading and using IJGK'd's youtube stuff.

By the way, google+ is awesome, chatting is so much better in hangouts. I really like the games and watching youtube together.

Time to talk about games and videos. Kinda late now so I'll just combine them haha. Far Cry 3 seems to be getting a lot of attention. It's pretty much "Skyrim with guns". I don't really feel like playing it but I do admit the characters are quite interesting. The villain in the game, Vaas, is one of those villains like The Joker from The Dark Knight. The voice actor for Vaas also plays him in the live action series they did in the lead up to the game's release.

Feeling handicapped

My phone is the only source of Internet when I'm at home. Too bad this lame app can't let me read posts. I'm probably behind a lot. Today I still don't have Internet and I have a BIOT assignment due Tuesday. Anyways I hope people appreciate the things they have and not take it for granted.

Coming home everyday and finding out my Internet is still not fixed has left me disappointed and sad. Today I found out I won't get my internet back by at least monday which sucks a lot. I'm just in a whole heap of unhappiness right now, and hopefully it goes away.

While I'm feeling unhappy I might as well let out some negative feelings, like who the hell are you? I think my main problem against you is how you just assume you can just do whatever you want around us. You don't strike me as a social person at all, more like a stray puppy. But whatever, if I'm the only person who feels this way then I'll get over it. But right now, in the midst of all my unfortunate happenings, you piss me off.

My new favourite song

Where has this been all my life?

Double lab tomorrow, goodnight all.

The best thing since itself

I heard the new iPhone came out so I went to use the uni computers with Elena to check it out. It looked alright, they finally got rid of the glass back which I found stupid to begin with (glass made it look nice but drop it and it cracks and it scratches easy too. So people end up protecting it with a cover which defeated the purpose). Is it revolutionary? Definitely not. There aren't any real breakthroughs with this one. I think iPhone 4 was the best one to really change the smartphone industry standards.

I watched the video of it on the Apple website. My favourite thing about these videos is that they always use inspiring music and video effects that make it seem cool. Sadly it wasn't as awesome as when I watched the iPhone 4 and iMac, maybe I'm used to it? Bottom line, I don't think I want to buy an iPhone anymore.

Speaking of consumerism, I've been keeping my eye on this movie which is both creepy and fascinating. It kinda has a eye opening message kind of thing. The movie is called Branded and it's a conspiracy type movie about major companies secretly brainwashing us to buy their stuff and become dependent and passive. Did I mention it was creepy? Hint: don't watch it if you don't want to get creeped out.

LOL at the thumbnail. Also I find it stupid how they start the context with "what if..."


Wasn't gonna tell anyone but I was planning to do the Jay Park cover contest thing before the deadline changed. I was going to learn it tomorrow/Saturday and send it just before the deadline, just for fun. I don't want to take it seriously though, it'll probably stress me out or something. I saw one of the entries and it looked good, too bad it went over two minutes, not sure how strict Jaye will actually be. Kinda biased on wanting Carmen or at least someone I know to make it next round with that song.




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These past couple of days were horrible. Day in and out I have done nothing but work on my literature review. I could worked on my BABS pracbook which sorely needs fixing up and catching up, or started revising for stats. Now it's Sunday and I feel like my head is going to explode. I wish this was over soon. Nine in the morning start tomorrow. I honestly don't think I can physically wake up in time. Almost finished. Too bad this last article is hard to understand and I have to go back and cut a lot of words since accidentally set the bar too high. I hope nothing like this happens again this semester.

Springtime

It's now spring and the first day of the midsem break. Well it's not much of a break, more like "hey you've got tons of assignments and stuff to do so we'll stop classes so you can catch up". Normally it doesn't turn out that way.

Today I taught Fiction and five people turned up which was good. We did the stagger properly (I was the one who walks past them haha) and they did the chorus pretty well too. A lot of new people, some did other CO classes but not Saturday. I remember one of them saying they went to last week's class, which would have been David's. The person was also female. Coincidence?

Afterwards Huy and Jibbie came to the studio and Huy tried helping me to do a back handspring. It needs a lot of work. Context - one of the things I wanted to do by the end of the break was to be able to do a back handspring. He suggested parkour classes which I may actually have time for.

Went to Strathfield to get my hair cut. A new person cut my hair. Note to self, be as specific as you can. Comparing to my previous haircut, this is so much worse. I should remember to always ask to keep my fringe intact or use a reference photo which I did for my last hair cut. I'll be really impressed to whoever can guess which person I used.

Went home feeling gross with my new hair and tried fixing it up with product. It looked alright but I couldn't get it to look good.

Anyways, went to eat Thai food in Parramatta since my brother was going to school to watch a drama presentation. It was almost 7 and my brother had to go so he and my dad left me and my mother at the restaurant. In the end I ate a lot of food feeling very bloated.

I listened to that Owl City and Carly Rae Jepson song properly now. It's alright. I like Owl City and how he's a proud introvert. I remember when people complained about Fireflies while I thought it was good.

Tomorrow is Father's day. Not sure what we're doing but guess I'll find out tomorrow.

LOL I fail at transforming bacteria

I wasn't planning on plugging this for reasons, but seeing that I'm being credited now, I suppose I could. My friend wanted me to help do a quick video for their promotion of Jay Park. It's on their channel now. I'd rather not show it on facebook cause it wasn't really my best work since I was rushed, literally. But here it is. Also youtube does a great job at making all my videos look like crap when it isn't at least 720p.

Had my BABS2202 mid semester exam on Monday. It was a lot of multiple choice and one short answer. It felt like just short than an actual exam from first semester. I wouldn't know how well I did. After the exam I heard people talking to Louise about the phenol red question. At least I got that right. That's a good sign. But yeah I had no idea about the last short answer question.

Friday was quite a day. Woke up at 4:30 to be driven by Huy to 6:30 practice. In my rush I totally forgot that I had placed my crew and yellow shirt in a separate bag and I forgot to bring it. Practice was done and we went to Circular Quay for our performance for SBS PopAsia. Turns out we didn't need to do it since Nu'est was there. Thing was we were supposed to be the opening or something for PopAsia but they didn't know that Nu'est would be coming before they asked us to. So performance wasn't performed, which I was kinda disappointed since we woke up really early for it and I wanted to dance too. Oh well, I actually don't feel up for that Jurassic Lounge thing. It sounds weird. Well it is during the break so maybe I'll feel up for it by then. I'll definitely learn the new dances since we'll need it for Animania. Animania isn't the best con of the year, mainly because it's Japanese culture only, but it's alright. Last year I didn't get anything. This year I totally want to get at least one item from there.

Pancakes were had, and awkward topics were talked about hahaha. Not really. Also yeah I haven't updated my youtube ever. I mean, what could I possibly do that I can't do either here or on facebook? For example my vlog where I talked about SM Town performance. I could have just made a post on facebook. I wish I could have time for something. Making stuff by myself gets tedious. I wish I had friends who were crazy about making videos. That probably won't ever happen. Sigh.

Went to uni afterwards. It felt like we were going to uni in the afternoon. Which reminds me. I have to catch up on stats. Chemistry was had and I fell asleep. Also Norman was getting ready for the Kpop cover contest in the afternoon.

(I stopped writing due to lack of time and it's now Tuesday.)

Umm where was I? Kpop cover contest right? Too bad they didn't win. I would definitely like to call bias but I don't want to seem sore about it. No big deal. I can see this boosting their egos though. Not a good thing.

Sunday was Bec's birthday. Lots of fun in the sun was had and it was one of those days by the end you just want to collapse and sleep like crazy. Reminds me of the time I held a LAN party at my place. Though it wasn't the gaming that was stressful it was running the whole day plus having so much happen in a short amount of time. I should remember to hold one again in the holidays.

I've been starting to listen to my music again. I forgot how good B.A.P's Warrior was. We've been dancing it for ages now and most likely left a bad taste in our mouths. But why should it? Just listening to the song was like rediscovering how awesome it was in the first place. Particularly the unique vocals that you don't usually hear anywhere else. I think this song is their best one. Watching the music video again and I can't believe I forgot how much I enjoyed it.

mid exams already?

So apparently some of my courses are already holding midsem examinations before the break. So much for having time to study. Earliest one is next Monday. I should prepare for that one soon. As a result I have to start working on days which I normally give to relaxing/Crossover. Kinda bummed out but it's only temporary. Hope I don't miss out on much.

This week's Adventure Time... not as awesome as I had hoped. But it was alright. They didn't have every character in it. But they sure made a whole lot of references. Also confused on when the episode takes place in the timeline.

Finally a new communitychannel video. I think she's the only Australian youtuber who I support. The thought of Mychonny being the very few youtube celebrities of our country really sucks.

DmC looks awesome. I like their art style. It's very modern, like BBC's Sherlock. I don't know why a large amount of people are hating on it.

Can't wait to play it, though I know my brother already wants it. So guess I'll play after he does. Also KH3D came out a while ago. I really want to play it, but yeah I don't have that much free money to spend. Also David if you're reading this I need to return your PSP heh... I finished the game but the secret bosses are too hard to beat without grinding first. So guess I'm done. It was a good game, especially by the time I figured out the combat systems.

Haven't had one of these days in a while

So much sleep was had today. Usually I'd have to go to the city for practice or whatnot. But after performance at the Opera House, we could finally take a day off. Felt like a holiday despite having an assignment and uni the next day.

Not much to write about. I'm pretty excited for this week's Adventure Time, almost as much as I was for Burning Low. Apparently this episode will show every character that's been on the show. The preview showed a character from one my favourite episodes. My favourite because it left a creepy feeling by the end which was great compared to the less interesting episodes. It also reminds me of secret murder mystery.

LSP and Cinnamon Bun are hilarious

It finally happened to me. I never thought I see the day. I now have timeline and have no idea what to do with it. I have by the 16th then it automatically makes it public.

Warning, passive aggressive post.

I put a lot of effort into that. And it's not like I have all the time to spare. But I still did it as soon as I could. So when you point out to me that it's already been a week and you wanted it tonight then the least you could have done was give me an exact due date, instead of telling me to do it as soon as I could. I expected a bit more professionalism on your end. I would have done mine if you just asked. I hold nothing against you, I'm just a bit annoyed. But if you ask me again, either give me a solid schedule or I just won't do it.

Oh and then there's you. The moment I saw you I knew you were a slacker. You don't do any work and get by only by taking the easy way out. I still remember overhearing that conversation about how you copied an innocent person's answers in the mid-semester test. Why are you in this program? You do not deserve this degree or to be involved in science. Who the heck wears sunglasses indoors? Blind people and douche bags that's who. I want nothing to do with you. The worst part is because of our surnames we have to work next to each other. I don't ever want to be partners with you.

I really think that facebook group are a bunch of jerks. You people do realise the reason for the mask is that he was sick right? And the mask is to avoid spreading germs to anyone. I for one respect his enthusiasm to learn. Even if he asks stupid questions, or constantly asks the lecturer stuff at least he's trying really hard. He didn't let you copy his work? Looks like someone isn't trying at all. Maybe if you were friends, instead of just a class mate you can use for your own gain, he'd let you. But he's not perfect either. Yes you do have a point, filming in a lecture theatre may be unethical. But I don't know, I do know that as long as you can physically see someone there's no law against filming/photography. You actually have to express your desire not to be filmed if you want your rights too. But if someone bothers to find the exact law about uni lecture halls (I suppose it's a private building as apposed to a public area) then yeah go tell him to stop. 

Enough ranting. Just felt like letting some thoughts out. Hopefully I don't have to do it again anytime soon.

Burning Low

This reminds me of the time when we talked about quach bases.

This episode was quite good. I really like how Finn does not hesitate at all when trying to save ____ even when it's seems like suicide. Also tiny plot twist at the end, I like those.

I had the pork rice at Gumshira. It was nice, at first. Then yeah the meat was really salty. Maybe it was lack of appetite due to lower than normal blood levels but yeah. I should probably stick to ramen.

Another day for science

My Tuesday classes are made entirely of labs, one for biotechnology and other for molecules cells and genes. It's kinda weird but I'll get used to it. Biotech seems more easy to do. Today I had to isolate a single colony with a loop and agar plate for the first time. I had no idea how much pressure I had to put on the surface. Guess the results next week I'll find out. Then it was diluting E. Coli and spreading those onto plates. Using pipettes was super easy. My partner used the plastic pipette tip on the bunsen to sterilise. I was like "okay.." apparently he did micro so I'd assume he knew what he was doing right? Finally gram staining. Lots of steps involving a lot of crazy solutions. Luckily I was wearing gloves, that stuff went everywhere. But in the end I made a good slide of stained Bacillus.

Finished early and got to leave, I should remind myself to take a look at what GMO topic I want to do for my assignment. I then went to the library to finish the pre-lab for BABS. The lab consisted of doing one thing which was placing human cancer cells of different concentrations in medium which contains all the good stuff it needs to grow. Unfortunately the rest of the lab we needed to answer questions. I told my demonstrator that my knowledge of PCR came from song, which she's never heard of. She probably thinks I'm weird now. Turns out the song didn't have all the facts. Who knew? 

After lab I went to Town Hall and donated blood. It was a weird feeling. While I was being drained I actually had no idea how much blood was coming out. What I was looking at was the other small bag used for testing which wasn't filling with blood. To my surprise they told me I was finished, and I saw the actual bag which was huge. I didn't even notice it! I got home alive. I remember one friday when I had a bandaid on my arm and Carmen thought I donated blood. Having now officially donating blood I don't really see how she could mistake that tiny bandaid with this.

365

Obligatory birthday retrospective post time!

I still remember what happened on my last birthday. It was during the time of SM Town gathering and I was relatively new in the crew. During one of our practices we were having break and then the lights went out to find that there was a cake for me. It was such a nice gesture and it really made me feel happy.

On my actual birthday I decided to go to Carmen's dessert thing instead of staying at home and study. Despite trackwork I managed to get to the place on time. Shortly Yuki, Huy, Carmen and Elena showed up and we went to Glebe for some churros. They were really good. Afterwards we went shopping in the city and then crashed at Crossover. I was feeling sleepy so I ended up crashing on the couch while the others were jamming.

Haha I started writing this a week ago and now I've put it off till now.

Sunday was interesting. Not everyday you get to do something like that. I enjoyed it. I want to see someone else play the exact games and see how they go. Had cake at the studio where I was presented with a really unique jumper/jersey thing! I should really wear it sometime but I have no idea what occasion would suit it. During a performance? haha.

Went to watch The Dark Knight Rises with my brother and father at IMAX. My thoughts would be that you would need to have watched the other two since the third draws a lot of elements and back story from them. It wasn't as awesome as The Dark Knight and I knew that would happen. Expectations were raised a little too high if you ask me.


I feel like as I have aged, everything around me has aged also. Things weren't the same as they used to be. Where things are going I don't feel like it's going to be good. But I don't know, maybe I'm just imagining the worst but by extrapolating facts it's hard not to. Sometimes I think I'm being biased, while the other times I think I'm the only person who feels nobody is willing to do the right thing.

On another note I don't feel like myself anymore, if that makes sense. Guess I'll have to find it again.

This year has brought me good times and happiness. And I'm grateful for that.

I don't know what to put here

Thursday I crossed another thing off my list which was to visit my old high school. During the year I've had a lot of people tell me that my old headmaster wanted to see me. So I visited him and we talked about last year and this year, my reasons for leaving UTS after first semester and reasons for choosing Medicinal Chemistry. He thought it was good that I decided to stop my old course after one semester and not longer than it could have been. He seemed to support my education in the medicine field, which I then found out that he did med at USYD back in the day. Not sure how far he went with that but yeah. He had to go from Castle Hill to uni for his first class in the early morning and then go to Westmead in the afternoon. And then go back to Castle Hill via multiple transports. Took hours from his day but he said he learned to study while travelling which was productive. All I do on the train is sleep.

Afterwards I went to the bus stop which I used to take to go to Parramatta. Luckily back then I didn't have to worry about which bus to take since all buses terminated at the terminal at Parra. And it still applied now. I took the next bus and got to Parra. Since I'm going to do some photo work soon, I decided to buy a new lens for my camera. I needed something for low light situations so I got the 50mm f/1.8 lens. The thing can't zoom in or out but that also means it can take generally nicer photos than zooms since they don't have all that extra parts. Also another thing is it's really wide aperture which is definitely good to catch more light in dark places like a theatre. It was also cheap, like the cheapest lens you could possibly buy. Not sure if that's a good thing actually. Now I need to do some practice shots, I suppose Friday will be good for doing that.

Walked home in the light rain, and pretty much spent the day reading everything I could about using my camera and all the functions. Turns out I need a program to work with all my photos and convert them from RAW to jpegs or something similar. I could use iPhoto but I feel like the program is doing more harm than good to my photos, which I previously used to work on the RAW photos I shot at Yuki's birthday when I forgot to set it to not shoot in RAW format. So far the two programs that I could use are either Apple's Aperture or Adobe's Lightroom. Aperture is cheaper I think but everyone seems to prefer the editing power of Lightroom. Sigh and I wanted to save money for upgrading my kit lens.


Guess that's all for today's blog. I should sleep. My sleep pattern is all over the place, especially when I was sick. After I had dinner I had a nap and I had no idea how long I slept. Perception of time is lost to me.

This episode looks promising.

Cleaning up

I can now cross off one of my things to do during the break, and that is:

• Clean my computer

As in literally get rid off all the dust and dirt collected inside my computer which meant manually pulling apart all the keys and give them a good vacuum.

Yesterday was Carmen's birthday party at her house. I woke up around three due to staying up the previous night playing games. I managed to get to Cabramatta by train and carpooled with David, Dan and Huy. We ended up lost and finding ourselves in steep dark holes. That's what we get for changing the address number to sixty nine.

There were snacks and party pies and pizza. Should also mention that I hadn't eaten anything beforehand so it was a very unhealthy day for me. People were playing Monopoly, and we were going to play Cluedo but never got around to it. Trivial Pursuit was played by the majority of us and the questions were so random. Eventually we had to go, which was like past midnight. Good thing my parents were out. I got dropped off by David and went straight to sleep so at least I would have a decent wake up time.

Woke up today around midday and got around to cleaning my room and my study room. My study room is better but still needs some more work, mainly dealing with all my previous semester work. I'll have to find somewhere to store it all. Also my brother came home from camp today, don't know if he'll be studying or playing games all break haha.

I suppose I should start being more productive since David said yesterday, we actually don't have much of a break before next semester. But I'll most likely have enough time. Also I should stop being on the computer so much, especially if I'm bored. That's always a recipe for disaster.

I started listening to The Chaser by Infinite more since Dan taught it on Wednesday. I find it very catchy. I like the sound of their voices and how their vocal range is usually higher than any other group. Also their music video for the song was weird for me since I found the slow mo car flip which felt like it took up good 45% of the MV to be distracting. I'm guessing that they spent a lot of effort getting that shot and felt like they needed to use it as much as they could in the MV. But other than that it's a nice song.

Mid Year Break

Now that my final exam is complete and my last assignment is left finished, though not necessarily perfect, I finally am able to catch a break from the craziness that is the final moments of semester. Speaking of crazy, I taught Crazy today (Saturday) at the studio. Yuki and Kelvin also came to my class along with three totally new people. Kelvin and Yuki were very helpful when my pupils found it really difficult. But in the end they managed to pull through. And yes we did the screaming.

On a side note I just finished downloading Diablo III. So as soon as I finish this post I'm so playing that.

Nao's class... was actually interesting. Maybe I'll keep it up Dan, MAYBE. Yeah next Friday is Carmen's birthday, also the Friday after that is another friend of mine's birthday. Not sure if I can make dance then. But then again their party is clubbing at King's Cross, which is probably late at night. Yeah I don't know the people at all who are confirmed so maybe I'll just not go. If more friends go then maybe.

Ate lunch at Eating World with Elena, Bec, Jibbie, Kelvin and Yuki and then walked to Star City gangsta style to get gelato. The mango flavour was so much better there. Maybe I shouldn't have got lemon but it was nice, like lemonade. Teaser parodies were made and we went back to studio where Jaye finished teaching some of the KCO people. We all jammed for a bit and everyone ended up going home. My parents were eating to city so I ended up eating with them since everyone went home and I did not want to go by train with track work. That meant going to Strathfield to catch a bus where I bet there were huge amounts of screaming people due to a certain bunch of people at a certain frozen yogurt place.

Now that break is on, time to fulfil my goals for this holidays! What are they? You'll find out when I actually do them.

Every cough is like being punched in the chest and head

“Self-control is self-mastery. It is kingship over all life. At the center of your being sits yourself. Your seat ought to be a throne. If you are not in control, if there are any forces in your nature that are unruly, that do not acknowledge your sway, you are not the king you should be. Part of your kingdom is in insurrection. The strength of your life is divided. The strong man is he whose whole being is subject to him.”

I recently read this quote in an article about willpower. It made me realise how important it can be and how I can actually work towards it. Sometimes the first step is to acknowledge its presence. Now to go on from there.

I realise I haven't made a post in like, forever. I could make an excuse like too much uni work but that would be stupid since everyone else seems to have time and are doing fine. I guess it's just laziness on my end.

Uni's going okay, I suppose. I got my class test marks back for SCIF. Let's just say I didn't do awesome. That combined with huge amounts of homework and assignments is enough for anyone to hate it. However despite the random spectrum the course seems to cover, I wouldn't complain about it. I guess you could say it's a reminder of how it's not enough to just learn facts the other courses provides. If we're going to do something that isn't just done like the HSC then obviously we're going to do stuff outside our comfort zone. To the people who are bitching about this course constantly, I hope you never make it as doctors. Like hell I'd want people who get by with the minimum effort to become people who have lives in their hands for a living.

As everyone knows, I've been extremely sick lately, and it really sucks as assignments need to be done and exams are coming up so I don't really have much rest time. Sunday was audition day at Crossover for those doing Kpop summit. I got to the city at around 2pm and decided to eat lunch at Mappen. When I got to the studio, there was already a lot of people there practicing. After Jaye finished we set up studio 1 for auditions. Dan and Ellyn played judges while me and Yuki had the easiest job ever - camera operator and music player. What we didn't expect was the entire session lasting three hours. So much for our own rehearsals. After watching some of the good auditions, I wonder if our performance will be the same standards of how we expect theirs to be. I hope we can work towards it. It was also interesting watching people's body expressions. You could tell people who were nervous, attentive or just rude while the judges talked to them. Also people who want to do songs just because of how they're big fans of it without actually knowing the choreography properly shouldn't audition with it in the first place. It actually comes off as a selfish thing since you're clearly not doing it for the sake of entertaining others. It would have totally happened again for B.A.P if it wasn't already taken.

Afterwards was dinner at Eating World and then Karaoke at CEO. In hindsight I probably shouldn't have gone since I was sick and my voice was broken by the end of it. But it was a rare occasion and it was nice to do something recreational with the others.

Well I'm off to bed, hopefully I can finish my work tomorrow, since it is due Tuesday anyway.

Also it seems like literally everyone is playing Diablo III now. If it weren't for uni I would be playing it. But then again, catching up to others is going to suck. Well at least I could play with my brother. But won't be long till he also gets way ahead.

Struggles

Decided to do some exercise yesterday. Now all my limbs feel slightly sore. But it's not so bad, I felt much worse earlier this week. Guess it shows how weak I'm getting these days. And after some things, turns out my mind is also tired. I'm just tired everywhere.

Unrelated: the moon looks big and red today. Quite ominous.

Thank you Huy for telling me what options I have. Now the hard part is what to do. I honestly don't know what to do. Once again life reminds me that not everything can be so easy. Was so close too. You win this round life!

On another note, I feel uncertain about certain things. I feel like I've done something wrong. I don't know, maybe I'm wrong and it's too early to decide.

Why is it now that I feel this pain?

As you can tell I'm feeling quite down today, but hopefully things will get better soon. It usually does.

On a happier note, I finally watched The Avengers. It was quite good.

There's a lot of things I'd like to talk about, I just don't know where to start.

Now the moon is huge and yellow. Like a giant ball of cheese.

Nothing's Sober

Last weekend was pretty eventful. Let's see if I can recall it all from the start.

I woke up an hour later than I should have which meant by the time I got to the city it would already be twelve which is when I was supposed to go to Wesley theatre to do stage rehearsal with Lay's group. Sorry to everyone in IJGK!

So I got off at Town Hall and thanks to experience I was able to know exactly where to go. I bumped into Justin at the front of Wesley and we went in to find Lay with Tao, Johann and Vincent. It was then our turn to rehearse and the floor was a bit rough which made sliding difficult so we had to compensate for that. A little while later, everyone from Crossover arrived an then IJGK's practice was up. I found it funny that Jaye made our music a file that wasn't an mp3. Also funny was that we thought the old version we were using turned out to be the latest one. After that was the Kpop course rehearsal. After that I was really tired since I didn't eat all that time.

So to fix the situation I decided to go quickly to eat at Mappen. I thought about going to McDonald's but I didn't want to eat something unhealthy and possibly make me sick later on. I ordered a large udon with an ontoma bowl and some tempura sweet potato. The meal was really filling and satisfying.

When I got back nothing much happened until later on when the show was about to start. I watched a few shows until 7:15PM when I had to go out and practice with Girls Are Stupid. At intermission, we did some more last minute practice. So the order for me was supposedly, Boyfriend/History/Party, then a song or two before doing Lay's showcase, then I Just Got K'd a bit after. What could possibly go wrong?

Getting ready for the my first performance of the night, I found out that Lay's showcase was right after this one and that my costume for it is completely different. There wasn't any way around it so my plan was to minimise the time to change my clothes and hope for the best. It was pretty funny actually. If you watch Boyfriend/History/Party you can see me off stage right during Party. I got changed and luckily Jaye was able to stall a bit by teaching more of the U-Turn routine to the audience. So thanks a bunch for that. Girls Are Stupid went off without a hitch, that's because girls are in fact stupid.

Soon after it was time for I Just Got K'd's showcase. Overall it was great, the crowd liked us and all. Though mistakes were definitely made especially on my behalf. I definitely won't be doing that mistake again! Also I think Warrior was done much better than MAMA. I also think maybe it wasn't the best song to end with, mainly because it goes from the high of Warrior's dance break to the first verse and chorus of MAMA which was low in comparison. Only the screaming part seemed to reset the equilibrium back to a high. I have no idea what I just said. Also despite comical moves such as spanking, it wasn't as cheer worthy as the performance at the Crossover. You know what I'm talking about.

Afterwards we got to relax and watch the rest of the show which involved the final battles and awesome showcases. Premature streamers were streamed and Devilicious once again blows everyone away with their amazing performance. Also I disagree, watching the practice isn't the same. The mood is set differently and they were giving their all into that final performance.

So concludes Upstaged 2012. The people started going home, and the people of Crossover headed over to Seoulria for the after party. Some of us stayed behind to do some cleaning. People can be so inconsiderate, leaving food garbage around when it clearly says not to bring food in. Well what's done is done and I managed to find the following items:

- Glow sticks (all given to Kelvin)
- An uneaten stick of gum
- A block of Hershey's chocolate still in its wrapper
- A lighter
- $2.65

That's a pretty good find if I say so myself. Though Kelvin got a toy car which I will forever envy. More voluntary labour was done and we were outside waiting for people to take the equipment away. Since the car was going to drive faster than we could walk, we told the girls who were still with us to head over to the party first. When the car arrived, me, Huy and Kelvin decided to race the car, with obligatory The Amazing Race commentary. Not only did we beat the car, apparently we got there before the girls did.

The place was really packed and most of just sat wherever. Me and Huy got invited to sit at Nancy, Aveline, Samantha and Terry's table, and eat their leftovers. Speaking of leftovers, that Shandy... Next time I will out eat you. I Just Got K'd managed to get their own table and Yuki ran away when it was time to drink. Jibbie however was the opposite. And turns out he's an interesting drunk.

We then went to Crossover for the night. We commandeered studio 4 where we just chilled and stuff. A ice cream run which turned into a 7/11 run because Gelatissimo was closed. MV's on Terry's iPad were watched and then we watched the rest of our showcases on the TV. I found a unoccupied couch and decided to relax on it. I ended up falling asleep for the rest of the night, which was lame because apparently I missed out on games and chats with the rest of the crew. It's almost as bad when I missed out on the reveal of jacket ship. Apparently things went down that night, so sad I missed out. What the hell happened?!

The day after we all got up and decided to go have breakfast, in the afternoon. We went to eat a cafe near World Square. We ate outside which was really cold. Afterwards we went back to Crossover where people were getting ready to watch The Avengers which made me sad cause I wanted to watch it, but I was going to watch it with my brother instead. I'll see it eventually. Decided to go back home and rest in my own home.

It felt weird training it home while it was still daylight. Mainly because I go home at night due to either uni or hanging out with the others during dance. I got home and instead of doing the natural thing and go straight to bed, I decided to watch the pilot episode of Sherlock. It was the same yet different to the actual first episode. I'm glad that the actual series was improved so much from the pilot. The pilot was interesting and had the same plot, but the style was noticeably different. Then came dinner and afterwards I went to take a long nap.

So this whole weekend was very interesting where no school work was done. Speaking of school work, I guess the mini break is over now, and now that it's post Upstaged, there's no events to prepare for anymore. Time to work on my studies. I suppose I should get into the exam mindset now as it'll probably make things easier in the long run, instead of leaving studies to the last minute.

This video was significant to me because when I was a kid I always thought a sword made of diamond would be the best cause you know, no other material can scratch diamond.

Breather

If I could sum up my week in one word, that word would be "strenuous". Trying to catch up on work while at the same time working on three separate showcases can be so draining. In fact this week I could really feel my health deteriorating. Goes to show how I should really be more up to date with course material. I'm not complaining about doing three showcases, but I am starting to regret it. Two I can most likely handle but yes, it would have been more pleasant to have a close friend to do it with. Well what's done is done. The best course of action would be to push on and give it my all. And maybe next time don't bite more than I can chew.

As we reach the end of the week, I can say that a night of relaxing and procrastination is in order. It's always good to remove any stress.

Speaking of relaxing, Sunday was Emily's fifteenth birthday party which she held at Bicentennial Park.
I woke up at 8:15, thank you by the way, after having little sleep last night. How I was able to go to the city so early is a miracle. I met up with Elena, Jibbie and Yuki and we then took the bus to the park. Dan, David and Kelvin were the frontmen for the cooking of the food. The secret ingredient of the day was butter. Lots and lots of butter. Surprisingly not many activities were done during most of the day. It was mostly chill and everyone was pretty much being social and eating food. I took photos and also let Whitney take her famous artistic photos. Some of them were really good (wink) and some were questionable if you actually took them on purpose. Later in the day, bull rush was played. I ended up getting grass stains on my pants and a bandage on my finger. I'm so good at games.

It was time for History practice so we went back to Crossover. So much formation work was done and in the end it actually looked okay. Then it was crew practice and we worked till very late and we were all very tired and hungry. We went to Eating World were the real Japanese place was still open. Good thing because if it weren't I probably wouldn't have eaten anything. After dinner the rest of us headed off to Central and I took train with Huy as my train buddy.


I'm not much of a fan of __. Especially the __ part. I wish I could express my feelings on it in more detail but right now I just can't find the words. (I need to go to sleep)

First day back from the mid semester break and I just remembered I have a lab in the afternoon on Buffers that is to be graded. Just my luck. Break time is over.

Also, is it even possible to get past the Rock Tunnel without FLASH?

Perhaps I was wrong about things. Maybe it is best after all to follow my principles. When I think about it, I feel I was being selfish. 

I'm in a forest. Except everything is now destroyed. At the moment I disregard the cause whatever it may be. I only feel sorrow on the loss of what was once beautiful.

Careless, careless. Shoot anonymous, anonymous.

Surprising how when you realise the lyrics of songs turn out to be in English. Because you could hardly tell until you actually read it in text form. I also just watch the live performance of Teen Top's Supa Luv and the same thing happened again. Sometimes I wish I could unread that stuff. But then again now I can sing along with bad pronunciation also! Maybe I should stop assuming that every word sung is in Korean.

Last night, my brother bought a copy of the Japanese animation Summer Wars. So instead of study I watched that instead. It's a science fiction where the internet plays a vital role in everything. I wish I could say literally everything but it comes pretty close. But anyways, socially awkward Kenji somehow ends up doing a favour for a girl he likes but is a stranger to, because you know, he's a nerd. So socially awkward Kenji ends up in the most socially awkward situation. He has to spend a few days with Natsuki's huge family as they have a reunion for a birthday in their family summer house. Why? Because Natsuki's character is far from socially awkward that she's willing to get a total stranger to pose as her boyfriend. Yep you heard that right. Also those who have seen the Digimon movie would recognise the style of the internet social network in this movie.

I liked the movie, it had an decent storyline, genuine characters and a good artistic style. Too bad my brother insisted on watching it in the English dub. So maybe after a while when the movie is no longer fresh in my head I'll watch the subbed version.

I woke up this morning with nobody at home, except my pet bird who was in his cage minding his own business. So whenever I walk pass the cage I'd have a really light conversation with him. Because you know, I'm totally not lonely like that.

I made my way to the studio where we watched EXO's MAMA music video. Despite bad English it's a pretty good song and dance. Do it as showcase? Maybe, it would be more challenging than the other songs previously planned. 

Whitney was playing this iPhone game where the objective is to solve puzzles and open the door in each level. It was pretty fun and though it was really short. When I got it on my own phone I already finished it before dinner. So much for having something to keep me busy when I'm bored. It needs more levels!

History workshop time. I think we're getting better. Though I totally missed a part and now I'm screwed until I learn it myself till next class. Though apparently we're going to be focusing on the first part for showcase, so practices will be done. Should I do the showcase? I can think of reasons not to, but if IJGK people do it then I wouldn't mind.

Afterwards I had to leave to go have dinner with my brother and parents all the way in Star City so I had to walk all the way there. When we were done we drove back home and during the ride I went to sleep. When we arrived home I proceeded to take another nap because apparently I have a thing for naps. Shower was then had and now we are full circle.

Leonardo DiCaprio scene of the day:

Short day

I felt like I should blog about this. I was checking out my traffic sources for this blog. I found that my main source is still through the crew page. Something that also caught my eye was that there were keywords, specifically "Taemin so you dorito" I guess someone was looking those words up on google or something. So I tried it myself.

I'm the first search result! (excluding video pages)

That is pretty cool. Now I know how Dan feels when his blog became the source for the Cry Cry video.

Today I went to the dentist for my regular check up. I had my teeth cleaned and then covered in fluoride. So that was an awkward thirty minutes. I trained it back home from Cabramatta station and on arrival of home, I took a random nap. I woke up and found that nobody was home. Not the most pleasant feeling. But turns out my dad was out the front cleaning his car and my mother was gone to pick up my brother from tuition.

I suppose I should study. Tomorrow is Sunday which means possible rehearsals and taking History class. I'm still uncertain if I should continue the workshop. Well the convenience of it being on Sunday is there. At least it's not on any other day or I'd be really lazy to go out of my way.

Prioritise

This week I kind of felt demotivated a little. Just a little. Halfway through the week I started having thoughts such as "what's the point of doing all this?" and "will you be able to keep this up all year? In fact, how do you know what you're doing right now is enough?" Despite already experiencing university last year, I still feel uncertainty. I was never examined other than assessments. I would usually sleep through or even skip lectures, and still be fine. My result that semester was a credit average. With mid-semester exams around the corner, I'm glad it's coming. If I do good, then keep up the good work. If I do badly, then it will be a huge wake up call to work harder. Either way I'll be grateful to either outcomes. I guess what I really need is motivation, a thing to drive me constantly and never stopping. But right now, I need a few moments of rest to get me back on my feet.

Tuesday I took my first test. Sure I've done online/computer tests, but this was more serious. A fifty minute mathematics test, where we sat with IDs on our table and such, I haven't had that feeling since high school. The test was easy, I knew how to go about solving them, except the last question. I didn't see that type of question in the past tests so it took me a minute to remember what type of question it was and go about solving it. I guess now it comes down to how many mistakes I've made doing the arithmetic.

Today is the start of the break and I ended up waking up late. Eventually after a bit of reading I made my way to Crossover for popping class. Unlike normal class it was full routine. I guess I should practice some more. But first I should get the song first. Afterwards was random You and I practice. Then Yuki and Elena were really fired up to go to dinner. We ate at Takeru and luckily we had a table the instant we got there. Afterwards we went to the playground near Darling Harbour. Funny enough, we didn't go to the playground but instead went to get gelato and go all the way back to the studio. Ellyn was still there and after a bit, the others came back from their dinner. People were doing rolls and we did some jamming. On a related note, I want you guys to make a video cover with that hat. And we'll add Doritos somewhere too. I'm sure a certain two people on youtube will find it hilarious ;)

A certain someone has been trying to get me to watch Titanic. I did watch it, just that I was so young I completely disregarded it. All I remember was the obvious ship hitting an iceberg and the famous soundtrack by Celine Dion. This movie is going to be rereleased in cinemas in 3D. I'm impersonal about 3D but I decided to watch the trailer.

That was really nostalgic, not to mention intense.

Maybe I will watch it. Depends on if I have time. Also another movie coming out is The Avengers. I've seen every Marvel Universe movie and all those movies were pretty much leading to this. Speaking of superhero crossover movies this new movie from Dreamworks caught my attention.

Santa with a Russian accent? I'm sold.

Since How To Train Your Dragon Dreamworks have met the quality of Pixar's movies. Will this one continue that trend? I'll read the reviews when they come out. With Hugh Jackman as the Easter Bunny I already have high hopes.

I have a dental appointment tomorrow morning, so I should sleep as soon as this is posted. Also this popped into my head just now, I'm sure some of you will like it.

Taemin Dorito

I could write about my uni week. But that would be incredibly tedious. So highlights:


I'm now behind my pre-labs so for my next lab I'll need to fill it out them before class on Monday.


Tuesday was our last BABS lab before having a break. So sad. Going to miss all the shenanigans.


In one of the maths lectures, the first half I was so sleepy until they started talking about coding messages which I instantly had the energy to pay the upmost attention. Funny how my brain works.


In Friday's math tutorial there's a person who sits next to me most of the time. Only today did we properly introduce each other. Though I already knew her name since she lent me her calculator this one time. I'm not a stalker, cause her name was easy to remember. Her name was Carmen and she gave me an asian cookie. Such a nice gesture.


I didn't do Sherlock, mainly because of Lay's showcase. But apparently he wasn't ready yet cause he was studying. He still needed to pick an song so class was just foundation stuff of moves that we'd be likely to use in showcase. Afterwards I watched the others do Sherlock. They didn't get to first chorus. Though the beginning was pretty good actually. I think too much effort was put in the beginning which is why not much got covered.


I'm starting to like Sherlock more because of one word (refer to above image). Also I find it all the more amusing that Taemin is wearing a poncho. If I ever perform Sherlock, I'm going throw doritos at people when it's Taemin's part.


Saturday was the anticipated live audition. We walked to this place which I will now refer to as Better EC. We had final practice on grass and afterwards we went our way to the studio.


What can I say about the other auditions? Speaking objectively as I can, I don't think the singers were that good. When they sang I didn't really feel the energy or emotion. They just sang. I mean if you want to wow people, incorporate body language into your words. Though my personal favourite was David and that other guy. I really liked when the guy sang Daesung's long note. But I think they should have picked a better song. They moved around pretty well and they had an alright presence.


In the dance section, the bboy group was cool, but the bboy parts were too generic, when you do bboy, you can only compare it to other bboys, and most of them do much better. Though the Jay Park part was good, since Jay is a bboy also. Of the dance crews, I think Project 4D and the bboy group were the best of out of them all. Notice how I didn't talk about IJGKd, that's because I'd be bias about it.


Afterwards we celebrated by forcing Ruby to skip studies and have dinner with us. We had Malaysian food which was pretty good. Afterwards others went to get yogurt. In this store, you had to pay by weight. Pretty sure there's a way to get the most amount of food using matrix equations, but that would mean actually doing math in real life.


For the first time since ever, I had a train ride home with people. (I sound like such a loner). Huy was playing an RPG and we were named after the characters. Reminded me of the time Kelvin and I were looking for MMO's to play. Sad that we didn't make it far with that. Dan suggested Runescape. Realistically that's actually the best we can do, since some of us either has running issues, or bad internet.


Instead of getting a lift home, I decided to walk home. Because I could feel more awake and think clearly. I glad I did cause on the way home there was fireworks nearby and I was able to look at them.

Catapolism

Oh hey I've written enough for Monday to be it's own post. I guess I'll publish it.


Monday
Last week I forgot to take my calculator, this week I forgot to put my pencil case in my bag so I was pen-less and calculator-less for the day. I swear Monday doesn't want me doing work, even though I get to campus over an hour early because first class starts at 12:00 and I rather spend my mornings getting some work done. Luckily Elena lent me a calculator and pen. I spent the hour doing maths in the library. People sat next to me were annoying. Annoying because they wouldn't stop talking and their vocabulary was rubbish. I enjoyed how they were annoyed by another talking group. At least those guys were talking about school work.


Chemistry lecture was good. Learnt about a new atomic model known as the Valance Bond Theory. I'm still sketchy but I'll get it eventually. I'm sure the worksheets require me to use it anyway.


In BABS we talked about metabolism. In that lecture they talked about ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate) Which they happen to explain now, despite me seeing it used constantly in the previous lectures with it being defined. The lecturer wanted a volunteer to use ATP, which I volunteered for. For ten seconds I lifted up and down two Biology textbooks (which of course were massive) as fast as I could for ten seconds. Then she asked how much ATP I used up. People made guesses but I think my answer was the 'best' (hint: What does the scouter say?). The actual answer was 100 million. Feeling scammed of using my ATP she reimbursed me with chocolate.


Chem lab was good. Last week I didn't get my titration experiment marked off. Now I did and turns out I got a pretty accurate result, I was off by 0.002. Not bad I must say. The lab was on intermolecular forces. Luckily you can't really mess this up. Even the vapour pressure was done by computer simulation. It was good that I went through the lab sheet and went over the theory, which meant I got through it a whole lot faster, minimal questions asked. Also I'm starting to make friends with the people on my table. Which is good cause now we can compare results! Not the guy on my right though. I've already labelled him as a slacker and I don't really want anything to do with him.


I also should note that throughout the day, I had a cold. Like I had a runny nose non-stop through the day. I'm glad that campus has a shop for pocket tissues. During lab was the worst I could not go two minutes without having to blow my nose.


I wonder if the guys at Crossover have this much "fun"

P.S. Contains language

Vesper

It's week 4! And a slightly different layout to my blog


Monday
Got to uni and forgot to bring my calculator with me. Which was a shame cause I intended to work on maths exercises, which involves calculators the most. I ended up borrowing Carmen's but only got an hour's worth of work done.

Our chemistry lecture was alright. It was about Lewis electron dot diagrams and how we make them from scratch. Needs a bit of getting used to but other than that it was relatively easy. Also the lecturer was testing out a system where the students use Twitter and they would tweet questions and stuff. And no surprise, there were troll posts. In fact I think over half the posts were troll posts. I think the idea was dumb, unless they somehow remove the anonymity of it.

The BABS lecture was... non existent. The lecturer didn't show up.

Chem lab was both good and bad. Good as in it was easy. Bad as in I messed up a few things which in the end made me finish much later than everyone else. My demonstrator ended up postponing checking my results till next week. It was that bad haha.

Holy crap Technika 3 is out. I need to find time to play it. The reason why I'm excited is because it's the first version to have well known Kpop in it. Well just one band but it's pretty good.

Tuesday
BABS lab was full of fun with looking at microscopic beings. Too bad my knowledge of cells sucks. Also our demonstrator chatted with me and Norman about videogames. Such an awesome demonstrator. Note to self, I should definitely go over the basics of cells. I feel like biology was assumed knowledge when it isn't.

Normally I would have my favourite four hour break but it was cut down by crashing Carmen's lecture on cell integrity since it turned out there was a miscommunication on Monday's lecture stream. It was actually understandable which was rare for me. Maybe because it was just about a simple specific part of a cell and not something extremely broad like domains... Also the word of the day is permeable.

Math tutorial was last and in that time I had finally done all the exercises that was talked about during lectures so I'm set for a while in terms of maths.

Wednesday
Maths lecture was alright, nothing much to say here.

Chemistry was alright. Talking about lewis diagrams and etc. It's easy at the start, but then there's the more complex questions that require going back to quantum theory. I should probably pay more attention to what the lecturer says, cause the slides are unhelpful most times on their own.

I didn't go to dance because I had to go meet with my partner to do an interview on. In the end I ended up with more information than needed which was good cause I'd easily break that 600 word limit on my biography.

Thursday
Typical uni day. No need for boredom.

Friday
SCIF tutorials. You never know what to expect. This time we went through our homework which involved a lot of reading science articles, writing our own and editing bad ones. I learned a lot on the details which I didn't pick up on with the editing homework. We had time on the end so our tutor showed us really random journal articles including one that suggested magic was a genetic trait based on Harry Potter. The reference list even included all of the Harry Potter books. There was also one about how to effectively do a comb over for a balding head. Science.

Went to Crossover to do popping, turned out that practice for Upstaged starts next week, but Lay ended up teaching foundations that would most likely be in the choreo.

Since I missed out on Wednesday I had to start picking up the beginning of She's Back. It took me awhile and I still haven't started the first verse yet. Luckily I have a bit of time.

Saturday
Due to increasing demand (from one person) I got my hair cut. Personally I don't like having short hair, but now I've reached the age where I don't mind anymore, in fact, it's nice to not deal with hair in my face for now.

Afterwards I headed over to the city for rehearsals. Holy crap the train was so much nicer than the other one. Formations were improved as well as deciding on a second performance.

On the way home I found out that my family wasn't home yet so I had to walk from the station. Before leaving I figured I could use something to help me not be lazy studying before bed so I bought a can of Mother from the vending machine. (Note: never buy from the vending machine unless you have no other alternative). I ended up doing work while casually web surfing till 5:00.

Sunday
Oh hindsight. I ended up sleeping in for an hour so when I got up I had no time for a proper meal. luckily I shaved some time off by asking my father for a lift. I made it to Crossover and caught the class just after stretching. So when you've had minimal sleep combined with no food what do you get? Well for me it was fatigue and not being able to move my limbs properly. If I was better I would have learnt it much better, but no my body couldn't follow so that was a pain.

After class I headed straight for Mappen and got a large bowl of udon and some tea to help me up. I can say it worked well for me. Afterwards we all went to Market City for lunch/looking for accessories. While everyone was eating I decided to go to Galaxy World and play DjMax Technika 3. The game mechanics are the same and they have all the songs from the previous game as well as new songs. I ended up playing Step, Play the Future and Mister.

When everyone finished eating we looked at the dollar shop next door and had a lot of fun playing with all the stuff there. People ended up buying eyepatches, pirate hats and chains. On the way back I decided to get some gelato cause I was craving some. Ellyn suggested blood orange and lemon. I got blood orange which was really nice as well as mango cause I still think mango is an awesome gelato flavour. I'll try lemon next time.

Afterwards was heaps of training. I think our main one is getting there. It's very exciting. Reminiscent of SM Town preparations. Didn't Jaye say he wanted to wipe the floor with everyone on that event? Let's do it again this time. I missed a call from my parents saying that they were in city and asked me to eat with them. Being the lazy and cheap person I am I agreed and we had sushi at near World Square.

I slept on the drive home, then when I arrived home I went to my room and napped again for half an hour. And in that half an hour I had a vivid dream. You can tell it's one of those dreams that represent your inner thoughts. It was uncomfortable to say the least, but also enlightening. I woke up and my brother showed me a music video from an old band called 4 Non Blondes. The song was called What's Up. The reason why was because the song was used in this other video which he's obsessed with. And I can see why.

It's always time for cake.

The weekly edition

Monday was my first proper chemistry lab class. It was nice. Though it was easy to make mistakes. The task was to perform a series of reactions with the end result obtaining copper. I managed to get more yield than theoretically allowed. Woops.

Tuesday was a biology lab. It was mainly us using microscopes to look at cells. I think the demonstrator likes me and Norman. We're such great role models. We ended up taking all three hours because we're that motivated for science. Everyone else was weak I tells you.

Thursday was Huy's graduation. We got him flowers and a card which I had written the most awesome message. So after the last lecture we went over and said hi and took pictures and the standard.

Looking sharp as always.

Also I noticed that Huy got a haircut. If I wasn't concentrating, I probably wouldn't have noticed.

Okay, subtle mode off-

haha I kid, it looks good (Y)

Friday SCIF tutorial. Our activity was to group up in terms of our personality type. I was supposedly an idealist. So our task was to draw a known fictional character that shared the same traits as our personality type. So in summary, an idealist

-works to improve themselves

- social

-loving, kindhearted and authentic

-are good leaders

I could add more but you get the idea. Anyway, my group literally had no ideas. It's like they don't read or watch anything. It was really frustrating to watch them. I already had a character in mind which fit perfectly, but too bad, nobody else had even heard of it. Unbelievable.

I haven't even gotten to the worst part. My character wasn't used and I didn't mind whatever character they decided on. But what they ended up deciding on was a caterpillar, a cocoon and a butterfly. I'm sorry, but didn't I hear the tutor say we had to do a REAL FICTIONAL CHARACTER? They're reasoning was that the butterfly is a metaphor for spiritual growth. HOW DOES THAT EVEN RELATE TO A PERSONALITY TYPE?! I literally facepalmed when our group had to talk about it. Maybe you're better off doing an arts course. 

Saturday

I spent the whole day at home studying, mostly chem. I think I now understand everything I need to know, except gas related questions. I haven't had much practice on them.

Today

Practice time at Crossover. We didn't end up doing any practice till late. But in the meantime we worked out some things and some of us did our homework cause we're such good students.

Formations look pretty good. By the end I was tired. Damn you uni and your demanding hours and your amount of homework and your heart attack inducing meatboxes!

This blog is very lacking. Mainly because I'm not used to writing once a week and I've been drafting this this whole week. Maybe next time I'll be more detailed.

Tomorrow is titration experiment. Exciting.