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26 July 2009

Yeah I know I haven’t been blogging lately. Been really busy with school and stuff.

Anyway, had a blast yesterday. 12 of us (namely me, jane, huey, sherilyn, quek, mx, yeti, dung, ttw, kc, ken & chugy) went to watch Harry potter and the ~~High Blood Pressure~~ woops. I meant Half Blood Prince. I have to agree with Belinda on the seriousness of Malfoy’s face being shaped like a Vascular Bundle. And out of all the 6 movies, I actually pitied him. I didn’t pity him that much in the book but the movie was different. Tom Felton could expressed all Malfoy’s feelings so well, even though he had very very little lines (what? about 10?). It was a not bad movie, but couldn’t be compared to the first few, though I’d really agree that it was a billion times better than Order of the Phoenix (which sucked really bad).

And then, we went to hog the playground (not all 12 of us luckily, only 7) and played colour game / blind mice. It was damn funny and I’m actually proud of myself for my stealth. I could be standing next to the blindmice and yet he/she could walk on and not realise I was there. Well except for once, where I couldn’t hold my breath any longer and I breathed and Chugy heard me and I was busted. Someday, we should migrate to a bigger playground (lol) where there are more opportunities.

TOP THREE HARRY POTTER ACTORS

1. Draco Malfoy – As explained above, he did it excellently, all the intense moments and what not. It was really good, despite the lack of lines.

2. Luna Lovegood – True, she didn’t have an important role (unlike in Order of the Phoenix) but she pulled it off rather well. Luna’s soul was totally in her, with all the dreamy-ness and all the weird-ness and the “Luna – speak” that is always so calm, so light, and rather sleep – inducing at once.

3. Bellatrix Lestrange – No competition, this one. From the Unbreakable Vow to killing Dumbledore, and her constant chanting / singing / howling of “I KILLED SIRIUS BLACK” you could tell that Helena Bonham Carter is a rather excellent Bellatrix. All the insanity is just adequate and it just brings out more of the dark side of the movie. And believe me, It’s not just the hair.

22 July 2009

Found this somewhere!! SO CUTE HAHA.

JULIEN IS LOVE ;D

13 July 2009

So… how long has it been since I last posted?

a week…

Wow many things have happened lately, like the incident of Yiing Huey’s flying chopsticks (xD) at Yoshinoya and something about our um… chay-kane friend (whose name we have discovered! MWAHAHA) yeah. On Friday, Huey, Jane & I came my house to watch PUSH and it was really nice ;) Old times… old times… hahaha. This morning’s kind of stupid. I kind of WALKED into a spiderweb and my ankles were all sticky D8< Math test and Chinese was okay. So here’s something before I go MIA to mug.

MUSIC TOP 10!

10. Back Home – Westlife

Yeah. Sure they have nice voices (feehily!! :D) but then to me, these songs get boring after awhile. The songs that I really liked were “Home”, “Us Against The World”, “Something Right” and “The Easy Way”. Let’s say the other 8 songs weren’t that good. I feel that they were rather repetitive in terms of style. So, number 10 for you.

9. Never Gone – Backstreet Boys

Now.. this is slightly better than the previous album, reason being that all the songs here have their own styles and are rather catchy. You’ll actually feel the beat and want to dance to them. My only complain would be “Siberia” as being too draggy. Akin to Westlife, though These songs are better, you can’t listen too much to them as they too, get boring after awhile.

8. High School Musical 3 Soundtrack

I would say that this soundtrack is DEFINITELY 100000 times better than the previous ones. The songs are more heart – pounding and forward driving. Based on its style, I would say that the chord progressions are unique and still, pleasant to the ear. My complain would be Vanessa Anne Hudgen’s vocals in the various songs she has with Zac Efron (whom I don’t really fancy either). However, there are nice songs such as “A night to Remember”, “I want it all” and “Senior Year Spring Musical” to compensate for the shril voice.

7. いま、会いにゆきます by 松谷卓

Now. This one’s a particularly queer soundtrack. The theme is repeated a couple of times but I like the use of instruments in this one. More specifically, how percussion was made use of. It’s a very heartwarming Soundtrack from a Japanese movie that you will like to listen to. A word of caution though, it gets boring after awhile.

6. Les Choristes Soundtrack

A really good soundtrack consisting of 21 awesome tracks. It is understandable that most soundtracks base their tracks on a particular theme, however this has it based on 4 themes, namely “Voir Sur Ton Chemin”, “In Memoriam”, “Carresse sur L’ocean” and “Cerf – Volant” I really love how the various themes were varied in so many different ways. Mainly, instrumentation was kept simple with conventional instruments such as the Oboe, Clarinet and Flute. It was a really great effort, and this track is definitely worth it.

5. November Rain Single – Guns N’ Roses

I agree that this is a really old album. But I love how the music is arranged in “November Rain” The great use of instruments and especially the last few minutes where there is an abrupt change in tempo to grab the people’s attention, sounding much like a march. And then, the various tonicisations from Major to Minor in the Electric Guitar solo. “Sweet Child O’ Mine” is another Song you would like to listen out for in this single. It starts with a catchy Guitar Solo, and yeah, basically the melody’s catchy… but it gets boring after awhile, unlike “November Rain”. As for “Patience”… it’s a slower Song and not really my type I guess.

4. Eragon Soundtrack

Need I explain more? This soundtrack is one of the best I’ve ever heard. Something you will never get bored of. Patrick Doyle is a genius really. “The Battle of Varden” totally describes the epic movie scene really well. How Eragon battles Durza… How Saphira soars in her battle armour and how they put up a fight against all the gruesome urgles. “The Battle of Varden” might be a whole 10 minutes long, but it really consists of various different sections that link together very coherently. The use of Hemiola is very prominent, and very appropriate to create a forward drive in battle. Plus it features “Once in Every Lifetime” by Jem and “Keep Holding On” by Avril Lavigne. Definitely a twist to the orchestral pieces.

3. X&Y by Coldplay

I probably should advance to stuff like “Viva La Vida” or “LeftRightLeftRightLeft” but I guess X&Y made a great impact on me. I love the singer’s voice, basically and how it all sounds old school and stuff. It reminds me roughly of “Take on Me” by Aha from the 80s. The songs are great basically… however I don’t really fancy tracks such as “Fix you” and “What If”. Sure, “Fix You” makes use of the organ, which is kinda cool, but both songs are rather draggy for my taste. My Favourites equate to “Talk”, “Low”, “White Shadows” and “Speed Of Sound”. “Til Kingdom Come” is rather unplugged and different compared to the other tracks and the chords are relatively simple, with the whole verse sustained with a Chord I and all the chords used are mostly I, IV, VI, V. This is a great contrast to all the other rather electro and Alt rock. tracks. great work.

2. August Rush Soundtrack

Another wonderful soundtrack where it features many singers. I especially love the mix of classical with rock in “Bach / Break” and “Elgar / Something” Inside. And who knew Jonathan Rhys Meyers could sing so well? “This Time” was a really great song sung by him. Plus there are many cool guitar tracks featuring Kaki King and even an orchestral work featuring many interesting instruments such as Sirens and Cowbells… “August’s Rhapsody” by Mark Mancina. Like I said, many Singers were Featured, for example in “Raise It up”, “Someday” by John Legend, and “La Bamba” by Leon Thomas III. An Album you would never get bored listening to.

1. Dark Passion Play – Nightwish

My attention to this album has already been captured by the first track “The Poet and the Pendulum”. It was a perfect blend of Orchestral and Metal influences and what is referred to as Symphonic Gothic Rock. Then, came “Bye Bye Beautiful”. It ain’t that great when I first heard it but as I listened to this album a couple more times I figured that it gets better and better and I begin to appreciate more. Anette’s voice is wonderful when doubling Marco in “The Islander”. There are various tracks you will love in this album, some being “The Poet and the Pendulum”, “Bye Bye Beautiful”, “Amaranth”, “Eva”, “The Islander”,“Last of the Wilds” and “Meadows Of Heaven”. “Master of Passion Greed” I found was too heavy for me but maybe Heavy metal lovers out there will appreciate it. The other songs I find were kind of draggy, especially “Sahara” and “Seven days to the wolves”. While “Sahara” started off rather well, the abrupt change in tempo was too much and it starts to bore me. “Last of the Wilds” is an awesome instrumental track that features fiddles, pipes and many other cool stuff. Have fun listening!

05 July 2009

I feel obliged to post this.

(“you” refers to me, Stranger refers to the dood)

CLAM WARFARE!

You: good evening

Stranger: ohai

You: May I enquire your current global positioning?

Stranger: Well sir, I am currently located in the pacific ocean.

Stranger: Living at the bottom of the ocean.

You: Queer, I'd say.

Stranger: Not at all.

You: It's nice meeting you, Poseidon.

Stranger: Ah.

Stranger: You see.

Stranger: I am a clam.

Stranger: Much mightier

Stranger: and majestic

Stranger: than poseidon

You: I like eating clams.

Stranger: You know

You: They go well with chilli sauce.

Stranger: One day clams will rise up

Stranger: And take over the world.

Stranger: beginning with florida

You: I take it that you are extremely closely located to Florida.

Stranger: Your guess is right.

You: Of course.

Stranger: I am poised for the final countdown.

Stranger: ready to strike whenever the mothership sends out the signal.

You: Let me join forces with your clam clan.

Stranger: The clan regime is quite sellective.

You: State me your criteria.

Stranger: You must complete a rigorous test to see if your deemed fit for clam warfare.

Stranger: 1. Must be pure
2. Must be able to make pearls
3. Must smell of fish
4. Must have gills

Stranger: or

Stranger: some sort of way to breathe

You: You see,

You: I'm an oyster.

Stranger: Also, do you mind if your DNA were to be manipulated.

Stranger: To make you into a clam-man

You: I have a protective shell and I can play defence rather well

Stranger: for water to ground warfare.

Stranger: Ic.

Stranger: Are you the oyster leader?

You: Certainly.

Stranger: ....I knew it...

You: Consider yourself lucky to have met me (:

Stranger: The oysters and clams will no longer see each other as enemies but rather allies

Stranger: DOWN WITH MAN

Stranger: UP WITH CLAM

You: UP WITH OYSTERS

Stranger: HUZZAH

Your conversational partner has disconnected.

THE COUPLE THING.

Stranger: darling, do you like this new dress?

You: which dress

Stranger: the one i'm wearing

You: I'm blind. remember

You: describe it to me

Stranger: well it's a black dress, since i didn't have any before

Stranger: the skirt falls a bit above my knees

You: hmm.

You: What's the material like

Stranger: something synthetic, i guess

You: IS IT PVC

Stranger: no

You: okay.

You: Hmm do you know that synthetic materials make you smell

You: Resarches have shown and proven it valid.

You: Just a warning.

Stranger: i'm not a particularly smelly person to begin with

Stranger: i'm not worried

You: But I know you love this dress so you might as well just keep it and not waste my hard earned money!

Stranger: right, it seems like a good one

You: Your darling always gives you excellent advice.

You: If only I had eyes to savour your beauty D:

You: Damn that drummer who poked my eye out with his stupid stick. AND IT WAS BOTH EYES.

Stranger: oh dear..

Stranger: you still know my scent, and the sound of my voice

Stranger: and the texture of my skin

You: You know we should fly to Milan now.

Stranger: milan would be lovely

You: Yeah

You: And I'll buy you tickets to all the fashion shows

You: MILAN FASHION WEEK HERE WE COME!

Stranger: hahaha

You: *boards the plane*

You: correctiong

You: *boards the PRIVATE JET*

Stranger: excellent

You: *lands in Milan in 3 seconds cause we travelled at warp speed (star trek ref!!)*

Stranger: win

You: Ok so what show would you like to go to first, darling?

Stranger: i'm not even sure where to start

You: How about Yves Saint Laurent? Or Christian Lacroix (oh wait he's bankrupt)? um... Marc by Marc Jacobs?

Stranger: ysl would be a good beginning

You: YEAH YSL

You: *handphone rings*

You: "Hello? Oh. oh okay."

Stranger: what is it?

You: um

You: I'VE GOT AN INVITATION

Stranger: oh?

You: To conduct the Milan Philharmonic

Stranger: how marvelous!

You: Yeah then we can like fly to Paris after this for vacation

You: after I get BIG BUCKS

You: Cause I'm the only blind man who can conduct without looking at the score!

You: mwahaha

Stranger: you know the music like none other, dear

You: YEAH BABY.

Stranger: we can go to that parisian hotel you've always enjoyed

You: Yay!

You: *disappears down the river on a Gondola with a Tenor singing "Santa Lucia"*

Stranger: sigh

Your conversational partner has disconnected.

04 July 2009

Yeah. probably too much time to spare that I have to do this.

ALL OVER.

If you don’t trust in my judgement then don’t ask for my help.

Go get someone else to do it.

I’m not only angry.

I’m too, annoyed and irritated.

Just go get someone better than me to do it.

I wish you luck.

03 July 2009

I think our new class mascot is DAVID ARCHULETA.

Kindly ignore Serene’s smudged face.

That’s him there, next to all the math stuff. Mrs Yeo is sure to go ballistic

Somehow this photo is rather interesting. Though I look fat and ugly.

BYE