Sunday, July 6, 2014
#443
The first week of school ended nicely :D
First choir session and i didn't die, so that's a good thing haha.
We're going for some choral festival thingy and we don't have much time to practice so Friday cca sessions are now until 7pm :S
Well at least Monday sessions aren't extended. If they were i'd wring someone's neck seriously. Monday's timetable is terrible enough with english, PE and bio.
Sat for JLPT N2 today. Wasn't too bad, i think my grammar mugging paid off so i didn't have much trouble with the grammar section.
Already have some mistakes for vocab though ><
The paper had quite a number of vocab that i didn't know... but it didn't affect my understanding much. Hopefully? haha
Listening was yabai though orz. Don't think i'll do that well for listening... hopefully a 45/60 D:
I didn't do listening practice at all afterall.
Also sensei was one of the invigilators hahaha. He was all "how come you're taking N2??" xD
I want As for all components and at least 150/180 can i make it :/
Well, results will only be out in 3 months or so.
Gonna take a break from mugging Japanese and do the more fun stuff like ANIME www.
Also. No school tmr 'cause youth day WHOOHOO.
Friday, June 20, 2014
#442: Japan
Man... those 10 days in Japan flew past in a blink of an eye ;~;Even though it was a study trip it was really awesome! (but tiring haha, all the rushing)
Made new friends, and what's more there were 3 people with the exact same birthday!!
Me, Haoyue, and Yuko-san!!
They sprang surprise birthday cakes for all 3 of us and it was so nice aaaaa ;~;
All the people were just so warm and friendly!
Oh but the ofuro was awkward though LOL. bathed alone most of the time but sometimes someone else would enter and it'll be super awkward haha.
Seriously don't what's the deal with communal baths. Can't imagine what happens when you're on your period :S
Also the weather in Japan was pretty nice... 20-27ish though some days it was rainy all day long and other days it was super sunny.
Totally dying in Singapore's heat now ugh.
We went to quite a few high places with nice views haha. Tokyo Tower, Fuji TV, Tokyo Metropolitan City Hall...
Changed my blogskin a little, the photo is of the night view from Tokyo Metropolitan City Hall~
Probably my favourite shot this trip :D
Our group got filmed during free day haha. Was quite fun though! More people together the merrier xD
Didn't do much clothes shopping but got a lot of snacks xD
Oh there was this delicious 'drinkable' ice cream which was only 129 yen!!
And i miss Calpis already oAo
Wanted to find a nice wallet in Japan... there were nice ones in Harujuku but they were pretty expensive D:
Really happy to spend my birthday in Japan and really thankful to all the FIAA/AMMS staff for organising this trip!!
Was really shocked to find out that the FIAA office in Japan was directly opposite the Animate in Ikebukuro omg hahaha.
Sunday, June 8, 2014
#441: RADWIMPS!!
Oh my gosh RADWIMPS was SO RAD last night!!!So glad i went!
At first i wanted to go early around 5pm-ish (door opens 6.30pm), but i ended up dilly-dallying...
Got on the MRT, only to find out that i forgot my ticket orz. Luckily i realised when i just got on gosh.
Got my dad to bring my ticket and by the time i reached Orchard it was like 6pm already...
Ugh and i was getting flustered walking around orchard feeling lost and not seeing my destination. =.=
Wasn't in a good mood then, not to mention my phone was low on battery and somehow google maps and the GPS/3G wasn't working -_-
After briskwalking around for a while i finally reached the long queue, slightly before the door open time! Phew. Bet my face was totally flushed then.
Staff went down the queue scanning the QR codes and handing out paper wristbands. Got a red one because i was under 18 HAHA. (blue for over 18)
The guy noticed that my birthday was days away and wished me happy birthday yay :D
TAB Orchard is quite a small venue, so i wasn't that far away from the stage even though i didn't go early~
I was at a counter thingy right behind the mosh pit so it was pretty comfortable haha, though standing for 1.5 hours made my legs tired orz.
RADWIMPS were really awesome live!!
The bass, guitars and drums were all top-notch, and the best thing is, Yojiro's voice is /exactly/ the same as in the recorded tracks!! (or even better tbh)
Every single song was reallyyy gooooooood.
Their songs just make you want to groove/bob along~
The scene of people's hands in the air in a concert is just heartwarming. 感動した。
We also sang along during some parts \o/
My favourites from this live are probably「いいんですか」and「会心の一撃」~
会心の一撃 live ASDFSDLKGHDJGHJDKGH.
You'll know why i'm spazzing if you listen to it. THE GUITAR. LYRICS.
Sadly they didn't play my #1 favourite 透明人間18号 ;u;
Though they did play quite a few of my other favourites :D
Yojiro is a genius man. His English is really good. Like reaaally good, even has that native accent.
He has a large build and still manages to be cute!
He even danced around during the live lol. Can tell he really loves his music.
He was like the only member of the band who kept changing instruments?? A few guitars and a keyboard haha.
And omg they were grooving and just playing instrumental stuff between/in the middle of songs and it was really awesome.
The drummer and bassist spoke some Chinese too. So cute xD
Felt really blessed to understand English, Chinese and Japanese yay.
They promised to come back again, hopefully they will!!
キュン moments:
「あ、曲間違った」
「あ、また間違った」
The softly spoken 「Thank you」after certain songs ;u;
「愛してるよ」
「いいんですよ」
「はいこっち来て座り」
At the end, when they held hands and bowed...
本当に、すごく感動しちゃった。
来てくれて、ありがとう。
また来てね。
(i'm sorry WEAVER but after this live RADWIMPS has become my #1 ;u;)
On a side note, JAPAN IN JUST ONE MORE DAY WHOOHOO.
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
#440: PEAs/Fever/Results/SIMC
So for the first time PEAs were more interesting.Laser tag was fun! Though it could have been better with a better venue and obstacles haha.
Still, i have no interest in playing laser tag hahaha.
Although my first class in Grand Fantasia was a Ranger, but i'm a Healer! www
Man, all the MMORPG feels. I really miss my Grand Fantasia/Eden Eternal/Spirit Tales days ;u;
The film workshop was absolutely terrible though.
3 hours in a stress position dude. Not to mention the workshop wasn't even fun.
Ate lunch after that and went to the library to nap for a bit.
And well just my luck after i woke up i had a fever.
Went to the training for the layout artists and endured 2 hours of freezing cold aircon orz.
Should've just went home after the InDesign segment...
In the end i couldn't go for Career Day because of my fever gdi.
Even though Todai was there! ugh.
This was like the worst bout of fever i've ever had in my life man.
Kept drinking ice water, cooling tea and whatnot, putting icepacks, but my fever kept staying at ~38.5 (using my current thermometer).
Though later i found out that my current thermometer is a whooping 1 degree higher LOL.
But i didn't feel like 37.5 then???
Don't think i will solve this mystery haha.
It reached an all-time high of 39.6 at the doctors wtf.
I'm surprised my brain hasn't been fried. (or has it?)
Missed out on Japan Night at Music Matters Live because of my stupid fever arghh.
I have the best luck.
Got well enough to go to school to get my progress report...
Happy with my grades for once yay C:
Looks like it was the right choice to take chem hahaha. A precious A-!
My first ever 4.5 GPA and my CAP finally reached 4.0!!
Though i think next sem i'd have to work really hard to maintain it so i can graduate with a Distinction :S
Bio's a year-long module so it wasn't counted in this sem's grades... that's probably why my GPA is so high (...) this sem.
Need to work extra hard to pull up my B from dev bio ugh. Not to mention english sigh.
And next sem's math isn't stats so idk how well i'll do... hopefully i can still get an A.
Oh well. Shall enjoy June to the fullest before all the homework piles up again =.=
RADWIMPS live + Japan trip whoohoo!
They're so close now, that it doesn't feel real!!
I still don't feel completely recovered ugh.
My head feels like a very, very tight rubber band... :S
Getting so sick of food... If only there were ATP pills. (HAHA.)
I'm completely not Singaporean-like lolol. Seriously why do people like to eat so much =.=
SIMC Layout artists. Needs ranting, but i'll either save that for another post or skip it.
SIMC Opening ceremony.
The typical SIMC cubes, big red button and flashy video. This year they had yellow smiley inflated balls though.
Managed to say hi to Kodai!! (someone from my Nanao SEP)
Didn't know he was this good at math haha. I still remember his weird project presentation about shortest time required to walk/wait past traffic lights or something hahaha.
You should've seen his face when i said hi hahaha. SO MOEEEEE.
He wasn't in my reverse-harem photo last year though, so it'll be nice if i could get a two-shot ←oi
Me and Eunice teasing Kodai saying 気が狂ってる so many times at the airport xDD
Sigh i miss Nanao so much.
Wonder how well they'll do for SIMC. Surprisingly large number (4) of participating schools from Japan lol.
There was one guy from the Ritsumeikan Junior SEP who's participating this year too. How come all the SEP people so good at math LOL.
Okay need to worry about how i'm gonna "socialise" with the students from the universities in Tokyo.
Monday, May 12, 2014
#439: Play hard
Anime, manga, novels, MMORPGs, PSP/DS games!!!
Holidays = Play super hard orz.
It feels like i'm playing this hard because i've been really stressed during the school term e.e
Been marathoning all the animes ever since school exams were over... didn't even study much for AP Stats LOL. (it wasn't hard :p)
Went back to Eden Eternal and started from scratch! Level cap was 50 when i quit and now it's 80 hahaha.
Don't know if i'll keep playing that long to reach 80 though :p Probably not.
(once again, i hate myself for uninstalling my games and forgetting to save my screenshots T_T)
There doesn't seem to be many people playing though, idk.
Can't wait for Lime Odyssey to be out!! Hopefully i'll have time to play and won't quit really fast hahaha.
I think i might lose weight during the holidays at this rate HAHA.
My mum's now working, so only my dad's at home, and he doesn't really cook...
So i end up having really weird lunches like Meiji crackers with cream cheese or something LOL. Yeah, so i actually haven't been eating much meat when i'm at home haha.
Also started to make scrambled eggs! For lunch xD
Succeeded today!! Eggs + milk + a bit of pepper! No seasoning shakers in my house =.=
Wanted to season with salt but couldn't find hahaha. Shall add cheese next time!!
I think i'm gonna have to wear gloves when i wash dishes next time... horrible skin D:
I've been spending more on food recently orz... All the good (but expensive) food D:
I really like ramen :DD
Sushi, Hokkaido cheesecake, ICE CREAM.
I've really taken a liking to Andersons Ice Cream for some reason.
Meh i actually kind of wanted to try joining the Japanese Speech Contest, but the deadline for the script is 14th and well... i haven't got much written down.
Need to continue studying for JLPT N2!!