Start of an Adventure

Dream: I had a dream that I was at a lecture and I met this random girl who did something oddly significant. I couldn't recognise this person at all. Though apparently your brain keeps a mental picture of every person you've seen/met. It would be funny if I met her in real life. Could be some strange sign.


Woke up and got to the city at around 1-2ish. I went to visit the T-2 place in World Square. It was really cool there.They had a lot of containers and pots and stuff. They also had the tea I wanted. It was pricey and I didn't have room in my bag so I decided to buy it another time.

Had lunch with Huy at a Japanese place in the alley way with Crazy Wings. It was alright. The bento box was filling. Huy only got a pancake which left me eating most of the time. When we were done we headed to Crossover.

Jaye wasn't there yet so we waited till he arrived. I decided to practice the dance break of Warrior and then Tina randomly showed up with chocolates and then immediately left. Okay. Jaye arrived and we started setting up for stuff... We got most of it done before class. Class was awesome yet hard to remember. Oh well I can always go back to it in videos. It wasn't that hard anyway. Partnering with Ellyn was fun.

Afterwards meetings were had. I finally decided to eat the chocolate Tina gave me earlier. It was nice, despite people saying that chocolate was too sweet. No such thing as TOO sweet. Dan and I got cast for the roles of Jong Up and Zelo for the headshot part. Multiculturalism? Anyways after that Kelvin and I finished off our parts for the thing despite people constantly watching. In the end we couldn't get the group shot so we decided to save it till Sunday. I should start editing soon.

Dinner was had and I got to eat my favourite ramen at Gumshara. Surprisingly Whitney was eating again after saying she wanted to faint. More surprising is that she was eating more than David. Talks were had though I barely remember most of what was said. Monkey dentists?

The way to the station was ugh. You know who you are. On the train ride home I just listened to Warrior on repeat while reading the paper. I could've started playing DS but I forgot.

When I got home I got asked to drive my brother home from school again. So I did that. Awkward mistakes were made. I dislike driving at night.

I finally started my Pokemon adventure in Johto. Rebecca (Mt. Man) is my rival who continues to be ahead of me. I'll catch up soon enough. I just don't want to run into more night pokemon...

My left finger is swollen. It annoys me.

Comformity

Society is a funny bunch. They make you think that it's necessary to be in a relationship. From TV ads to what friends tell you and a a certain "holiday" that celebrates relationships. What it does is leave single individuals feeling left out and lonely, then they complain about it in some way or form which in turn adds to the discourse. They never tell you that being single has it's own perks. Sure dying alone doesn't sound pleasant, but if you're too busy having fun with life who cares? I for one will never feel loneliness. I have family and friends who I trust and be happy with. Get over it society.

Today I woke up at 4PM. FOUR IN THE AFTERNOON. What the heck. Having nothing to do I decided to head to the shops to look for some of that red material which I called red harness belts. I also wanted to get more fruit juice because I really like fruit juice. It's like my second favourite beverage at home other than tea and juice is much faster to make a cup of. Also we were out of milk.

I got there and I visited Lincraft and after searching I had no luck. I did however find the material but in black and pink only. (so guys...) But I did manage to find that it was called strapping not "harness belts" which made looking it up on the internet so much easier. I went to the supermarket and bought apple and mango juice as well as milk. I also bought moth traps for those annoying little moths in my pantry. It was about time I start destroying them. Also the method of these traps is quite teehee. Do I dare quote? Nah.

When I got home I spent the time trying to learn the stomping part of Warrior. The beat is really fun.

Nothing else was done I suppose. Guess I should aim for an early night and try finish off the dance break.

Unbreakable

The task for today was to collaborate with Ellyn and Elena on finding suitable costumes for the audition/performance. Unfortunately I ended up sleeping at around 4:30AM because for some reason at the last minute I decided to finish off Terra's story in Kingdom Hearts. I woke up slightly late but Ellyn said that she was going to be late so that was less pressure for me. I made it to the designated area of meeting at just a few minutes past twelve. Soon after the three of us were ready to start searching.

Our first place of searching took place in Kmart because I think Elena wanted to find a leather jacket. Also it was a good place to find cheap shirts and pants. I was still voting on camouflage style cargo pants. The girls found their black denims while I found my beloved cargo pants. While looking at the shirts we found a really good skull design t-shirt that had the words 'unbreakable' under the skull. I was really excited because 'unbreakable' was also a song that B.A.P has in their album. This was the shirt. The three of us went to try out the clothes. I was to wear the cargos while the others wore their black pants. The result for mine was this.

It works. Because the other two were wearing the same shirt and black pants they were really dark but the cargo pants definitely makes a difference. Even Ellyn who was initially against the camo pants agreed that the combination was good. To complete the image we just needed red straps and accessories. But we got the idea.

Once we were satisfied we decided to go look around in other shops for good alternatives. In the end we couldn't find anything as good as the option in Kmart. Our only measure left was to check other Kmarts for the same clothes perhaps in other sizes. People were craving food from the city so we decided to head over there. 

After a while of searching we decided on eating at On Ramen. I tried out the ramen. I really liked the egg, though I think I get what Jibbie said when he said that it was like instant noodles. The noodles itself were really soft. Different than other places. Maybe cause they weren't using buckwheat noodles? No idea. 

Afterwards we headed over to Crossover. It wasn't open so we tried calling Jaye. I tried yelling from the elevator. After moments of stupidity Jaye showed up from the street. We rested a bit and then me and Elena decided to check out the Kmart in Broadway to find copies of the costume. Ellyn had to stay and do staff work.

We got there and found that they did in fact sell the same clothes. Which was good so we didn't have to worry about not having enough. Though they didn't have small cargo pants for the smaller people. Perhaps Ellyn can find some in her area. If not alterations can be easily done.

We got back to Crossover and told Ellyn what we found. After that we just sat around the couches. Ellyn took class and after seeing a post that the Lovey Dovey Plus MV was out I proceeded to tell the current receptionist to look for it on youtube and then watched it with Elena and Jaye. Epileptic seizure attack! Was the editor partially blind when they edited this? Perhaps the other version will be less harmful to human eyes.

Then it was home time, and now it's time to relax.

We Gonna Rock This

The arranged meeting time for everyone to meet at the studio was at 1:30PM. I decided to get there earlier so I could practice the beginning myself. I arrived at 12PM and Jaye was about to teach the basic Kpop class. I also overheard something very teehee. Anyways after a bit of practice I remembered that others were having lunch at 12:30PM. Knowing that I'd need as much energy as possible I went and joined Dan and David.

Huy and Whitney also showed up though Whitney didn't eat anything. I had my favourite food at Naruto again. The lady who I usually see was in today. She invited me to her other restaurant which I said that I would visit that night. However I couldn't cause the store wasn't open on Sundays. At least for now I think. She said she'd give me a deal so we should definitely go!

When we got back, other people were already there. We started to go through the routine. We worked pretty hard, then the studio was taken and we had to wait till Jaye finished his class. I went into studio 4 to do even more practice along with David, Jibbie, Elena and Ellyn who occasionally joined in. Eventually Jaye finished his class and we spent about an hour-ish practicing.

Then came Jaye's shuffling flashmob class which I chose not to do cause I was low on energy. Though I was then convinced to take it. Took me a while to get the first part which I missed but during the break Jaye taught me properly which I then got it down. Shuffling was a bit difficult, mainly because I hardly practice it. I think I apply too much force on my feet resulting in friction, making it harder to do. I should try working on that. When the class was over Jaye wanted to film an instructional video. It seemed like it was going to turn out well until his camera's memory was full. He then had to call off the video. It was too bad cause everyone was there and we were going well.

Afterwards we started discussing on the matter of costumes. I'm still a bit sketchy on the fine details but I'm sure they'll be resolved by this week. I still think we should work on the flour effect(click for video). Also the costumes they were wearing that performance weren't half bad. Maybe we should consider it.

We ended up not leaving until 9PM and we haven't even had dinner yet. Dinner was at Eating World and to my dismay Gumshira Ramen was closed. I ended up getting karaage (garage) don at the real Japanese place. Feeling extra hungry I decided to get refills for the first time. I certainly got my money's worth. I should do it more often. Then again I still like eating ramen more.

While waiting for the trains we found interesting new facts about celery. Hmm. A certain someone should test it out.

Got home and now I'm relaxing after a tiring day.

Lightish red

Didn't blog last night because I was mindlessly playing Kingdom Hearts till 1AM.


Today I got up at 7:45AM because I was going to help Huy out with moving houses. I was about to get ready to take the train to Cabramatta when my dad said that I could take the car. It was very awkward but doesn't matter. I now had an efficient way to get to and from Huy's. This was also my first time driving long distance on my own. No pressure at all.


I arrived at Huy's old house in one piece and unexpectedly Huy wasn't there. I helped out by carrying heavy furniture into the truck. While doing so one of the edges of wood dug into my arm and left a small cut that bled a bit. What is with me and bleeding?! How lame. After filling the truck we travelled to Huy's new house to unload. David showed up and helped out. While we were unpacking the stuff into the new house, we noticed something of great significance, but I'll get to that later. 


After unpacking we went for a second round back to the old house and packed some more. Coming back to the new house Huy was there. We then proceeded to unpack even more and etc etc. We were surprised on the amount of stuff Huy had. Eventually we finished and it turns out that was only about 1PM. That's crazy cause it felt like forever! 


Huy was going to treat me and David to pub steak at ______. Saving fuel, we played rock paper scissors to see who was designated driver. Of all people, I was the one to do it. Thanks to Huy's back seat driving we arrived at the pub. And it turns out that I've been to this place many times, yet I never remember the name. Also the weather was really bipolar. First it's raining, then it's sunny and hot, then it rains again.

Driving mission results

Collisions: 0

Fatalities: 0

Success!

Bonus parking stage

time taken: forever.

Reverse parking was so much easier when I was in Ls. That doesn't even make sense. The food was really good. Afterwards I drove back to Huy's and dropped him off and dropped David to his car. I then proceeded to go home in time for dinner. Once I got home I found my brother playing Resident Evil. I then went on my bed and fell asleep until we had to go for dinner. 

Dinner was at Star City. I had steak again. Surprisingly I was able to eat the whole thing. My appetite must be improving. After that we walked around the place and then went back home.

Practice on tomorrow. Time to work hard. Apparently we only have this Sunday to the next for us to finish our audition tape. Going to go through the routine again thoroughly before I head to bed.

HUY'S ROOM IS PINK. PINK! IT'S LITERALLY THE ONLY ROOM IN THE ENTIRE HOUSE THAT'S PINK AND IT BELONGS TO HUY. DID I MENTION HIS ROOM WHERE HE SLEEPS IS THE COLOUR PINK?

Flaming garbage. What could possibly go wrong?

Dreams. People say dreams represent your innermost thoughts. Based on last night's dream, I certainly hope not.

Today was another one of those days where I stay home and do whatever. I decided to start the day doing exercise. By the end I made my back go sore, still not sure how that happened. Oh well, it'll probably go away by tomorrow.

When my mother came home after picking up my brother, she asked me to get some milk from the corner shop. I asked if I could drive and she said that I could. So exciting, I get to drive my mother's car which is the first time I get to drive a 4WD. Oh how technology has evolved. The handbrake is a switch! Also note to self, get magnetic plates. Reason so is that you don't end up covering one of the crash sensors with your plate. Every time I drove slowly the car would beep and warn me that I'm going to hit the area that my plate was placed. Anyways I got the milk and returned home.

Results

Number of crashes: 0

Number of deaths: 0

Mission Success!

I played more KH at home. I managed to finish 3 worlds in one play through. Now I'm about to go to Never Land.

Holy crap two new episodes of Naruto Shippuden today. I know what I'll be doing tonight. Speaking of nights. Nights are quite interesting. Looking up old TV show opening themes and such. It was agreed that Digimon Frontier had a good theme song. A rarity in english dubs.

I also looked up my favourite live action TV show, Power Rangers. Their early theme songs were incredibly laughable. Power Rangers In Space was by far the most ridiculous.

We get it. They're in SPACE.

Lightspeed Rescue was actually one of the first themes that I liked from the franchise.

Power Rangers Time Force was the most trippy one. The theme song was really trippy. Also everyone on that show felt really out of place. Reminds me of those old movies that are so bad that it's funny.

WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE?

The rest of the series was meh until Dino Thunder. I actually liked it cause it reminds me of the first Power Ranger series.

Theme song is nice too.

Woah wait. Dr Tommy Oliver? Tommy as in the green/white ranger in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers ends up getting a PhD in Palaeontology? Not bad for someone who had to fight monsters all the time while studying. Not only is he a doctor in the show...

awesome moment when your childhood comes back

That's enough for today. Time to watch Naruto.

What's your A?

We look to the past, as we head for the future to reclaim the digital world. With faith in ourselves and trust in each other, we live by the lessons we've learned.

Today was a good day. Woke up to find messages from Kelvin on my phone. Clearly bored at the museum (haha). Today we were supposed to do a photo-shoot mainly for profile purposes. So I had to pack my camera into my bag. I also wanted to put the Warrior mp3 into my phone so I could listen on the way to city.

I got to city just in time for lunch with Huy, Elena, Jibbie (then later) Angeline at Cya Cafe. Hot metal pots were hot and I managed to spill some of my green tea on the table. Silly me. After food was had Huy and I wanted to check out the new Japanese and Korean restaurant next to the cafe. When we got there we saw Shock being played on the TV. I like this place already. There was an upstairs and we decided to check it out. Surprisingly I found a lady that I knew from the Market City Japanese place in the food court. I used to go there all the time in my UTS days. Apparently she now opened up this place and I'm guessing is going to work there from now on. She's really kind, like a typical Korean mother (haha). She told me that I can book the table at the top floor whenever I wanted, which was nice. Should totally go there one of these days.

So afterwards we headed to the studio where we started setting up for our photo-shoot. The only place we could find that was decorative and decently lighted was the graffiti wall in studio 3. Since our performance is gangsta related, it was a justified choice. The whole thing went smoothly. Now we need two more people and a group shot. But now that we got most of the individuals down already, there's less stress down the line.

The Warrior class was awesome. Luckily I had the mp3 on me cause Jaye didn't have it. By the end I was sweating a lot and out of breath but it was so worth it. It was fun working out the fight choreography with Huy.

Meeting was had afterwards. That's about it. Nothing too important was talked about.

Dinner Time. We decided to go to Eating World. On the way some wanted to get Chatime. While I was there I decided to go get a copy of B.A.P's first single. Mainly because I like the song and I wanted to support the rookie group and their hard work. A guy had their arm on fire. I can't help NOT buying their album. Then I got Chatime as well because the drink I normally buy at Eating World is never enough to satisfy my thirst after a hearty meal. However when we got there it was packed so we opted to go to Sussex Centre. I however really wanted the ramen at Gumshara so I got take away. Good thing too. I found out that the Japanese place at Sussex was closed, and perhaps closed for good. I was sad. Lucky I got ramen from Eating World because I would have literally no idea what to eat at Sussex. Talks about performance were had. Apparently I have a 'solo' where I do a handstand. That's not much of a solo though.

After dinner we headed home. On the way we saw a clothes store that totally fit the bill for our costumes. We had a look around. Then the guy at the counter started playing B.A.P's Warrior MV on the TV. We were like "woah such a coincidence". The bigger surprise is when he said that he was the brother of one of the members of B.A.P. That was really cool. I showed him the copy of Warrior that I bought earlier and he was impressed, given that the band is fairly recent. We talked about how we were going to be doing his brother's dance. We should probably plan to get something from that store. I'm already thinking about masks and maybe a jacket.

Everyone went home except me because I went to Jibbies place first so I could give him the photos. Good luck with them Jibbie! After that I went home.

Walking home, I got a phone call from my mother asking me to pick up my brother from school. My first time driving as a P plater! At night! On a road I'm not that familiar with! Naturally I asked my dad to accompany me this time so he could give me advice. I'm not used to driving with a purpose but I think I'll get the hang of it. They key is to remember the roads and where everything is.

Listening to the Warrior album. It's good though too bad that there's only four songs. My iTunes doesn't show the album cause it's too short

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