isaiah's
overly romanticised version of life

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Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Monday Come

In times like these my mind is just, blank.

Projects to be completed, gig in the afternoon, assignments in the evening. I never thought it to be possible that this blankness and mental fatigue would go out of control, but it just did.

Come next week, I'll be a happier person. Right now I don't even have the capacity for emotions anymore.

Monday, October 13, 2008

祝我生日快乐

Thanks for the well-wishes, the TFU Concept Art book! And the cake!

I really enjoyed the night out with the IT Club guys, at Mel's Birthday chalet. It's really a reunion of old friends; I feel at ease there, not like the kind of gatherings which I'd rather say I'm obliged to go for.

Here I am, 3 a.m., writing this post while waiting for my instant noodle to get done. Burned my midnight oil. Now too hungry to actually have a proper sleep, hence the noodles.

And partly also to view the After-Action-Review of the Voices practice today. I mean yesterday.

Friday, October 10, 2008

Free 个屁

It's good to put into words the tasks on hand. Baby steps away from procrastination-

that word, hurts.

  • J-studies Group work (20 Oct)
  • J-studies Individual Paper (12 Nov)
  • 2000-word essay for Chemistry Freshmen "I-love-you-Jiamian" Seminar (20 Oct)
  • Music at Church and Campus this Sunday.
  • Voices Mini Concert (24 Oct). Yes, this is an advertisement.

Thursday, October 09, 2008

Revenge of the Splurge

I regret to inform you (yeah right), that

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What with my recent purchases of

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The Force Unleashed, for PSP

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Yeah that same bag

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Audio Technica ATH-SJ1 headset

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iPod Classic, 120GB

The Splurge has begun, indeed!

Spot the Milo Truck!

I did! Albeit a bit slow, huh.

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What with everyone talking about culture, and how to build a culture in communities which are said to have no culture, I realised that culture is really made up of little things like this, something a community has in common, something that will make everyone's day, something that will...

OK I'm babbling too much. Stop.

Monday, October 06, 2008

Collide

That's called being a fan.

I never got the implication of having crossover characters in Soul Calibur 4 until I saw that gameplay video on Youtube.

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Starkiller looks like a nihonjin here...

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Angol Fear, designed by Yoshizaki sensei based on Angol Mois from Keroro

That means, the galaxies of Star Wars and Keroro, collide.

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Sleeper

Sunday night 2359. Monday morning 0000.

Thought I wasn't going to sleep until 2.

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Then the e-mail came. Irony huh.

*One red bull down*

Monday afternoon 1251,

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Sunday, October 05, 2008

Nostalgia

Back to the time when Fujiwara wasn't the first fictional Tofu shop that comes to my mind...

I guess I'm really getting nostalgic.

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Die nice nice

死,也要死得漂亮。

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Sunday, September 28, 2008

养兵千日

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Tomorrow. I will go forth. And fulfil my destiny.

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Do's and Don'ts - A Photoblog

What happens when Tagger Bags is having a storewide 50% sale?

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User Warning: Don't say Hi to your friend from PRC.

What happens when the people writing school rules just don't get it, while the advertisers do?

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Yeah, remember, don't go huh.

What happens when you attempt to awake a collective nostalgia?

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Don't forget, nostalgia is the ultimate overrate. And yeah, I got the one with the red bean paste.

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Some are more equal...

Ol' Marcus had a farm, Ea-ya-ee-ya-oh!

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Monday, September 22, 2008

Still got milk?

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牛仔 有段时间 不会太忙。

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Stardy

Prologue: It might be just me. But I feel like spreading the blame, can?

Well does this come with being too busy in school? That you sometimes have to be reminded about even the simplest things?

Probably because... you worry too much before actually sitting down and think?

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And then comes CCA. I have 2 commitments as a bassist now (暗爽), in church and CCA. I'm loving every minute of it but the problem is, while I don't really pull stunts in church, in VOICES I actually do songs like Jay's 阳光宅男 and 有话直说 by Power Station. Which means I've got to play quavers at about 140 bpm.

Trained musicians (ahem!) won't be impressed, but I've usually played at more reasonable speeds in the past so I actually felt like I've just visited the gym after a jam session! And then I realised that without proper cool-down stretching I'll have significant muscle pain along my lower arm.

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Yeah, that area.

So I did all the stretching I could today.

And since I'm bassist here & there and keyboardist nowhere, I haven't touched the keys for ages. No time for leisure playing, sigh.

And since self-pity is so addictive (did I hear someone cough up there?), I shall just list down what I've got to do for my coming reading week.

  • 2 Lab reports. Hahahahahaha.
  • Substantial research for my Japanese film module group project. And substantial discussion with my group.
  • At least watch the film on which I've got to write an individual paper, for said module.
  • CCA. VOICES practice and erm, "socialising" with J-Studies Society.
  • Mug for my 2 Chemistry modules and 1 Math module. Yes, the one with the Integration.
  • Wake up my idea and go Google for tests for Sulphur Dioxide gas. I was so humbled in the lab.
  • Wonder how my tutor actually churns out enough material for her J-Studies Master thesis on (get this) SMAP.
  • Then do the same for the movie I've finally decided on (hopefully) for abovementioned individual paper.
  • Take photos of chiral objects. Take my hand can?
  • OK I've so got to include this. "Sleep".

Think that's all?

  • PLUS! Prepare for emcee'ing the coming VOICES mini-concert.

OK I shall spare you. OK actually I'm done :D

Guy

OK. 2 news about guys making silly decisions due to... unrequited love?

So you think you're being faithful and persistent, until the bitterness builds up to the extent that it's no longer under your control?

It upsets me seeing guys losing themselves like that. Brings back unwanted memories.

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They say 戏如人生, but recent events got me to wonder whether life is really like what we see on TV. What if the people making the shows we watch and the songs we listen to are as clueless as we are?

"Persistence". "Faithfulness". All lauded as virtues on TV. Ask, beg, suck up, get down on your knees, send her creepy and awkward SMSes, stand in the rain. Get the girl. 'Cause all these make her happy.

Yeah right.

"I believe I can give her happiness."

Yeah when even the sight of you pisses her off? Gives her the creeps?

And then when your bubble bursts and nothing works out for you, you get bitter.

Real bitter. And destructive.

My recent readings on self-help made me realise how dangerous it is for guys to, in the words of one of the writers, "give the girl all the power".

Decision making power, power to shake your perception of reality, and then the power to put you down.

Especially dangerous if it's all a one-sided effort.

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Do Not Forget

The Force Unleashed launch trailer.

They're letting out a lot more of what's going to take place in the game. Not surprising, now that the novel is already out. And I'm... supposed to have gotten the novel by now, but ever since I recovered from my sickness there's only been my Chem assignment on my mind.

Which was a good thing, of course.

I've watched the gameplay marathon (precious time off my reading for my Chem assignment) and clearly, the environment in Wii and the PSP is totally chui compared to the next-gen consoles, namely the X360 and PS3.

Which kind of makes me wonder if I'll really enjoy the PSP version that much. And the DS version, aww...

Thursday, September 11, 2008

The Battery Unleashed

My laptop just made my day by showing me some super imba stats.

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And that's only 50%!

This happened right after I unlocked my laptop and apparently there was some bug in the battery life estimation routine. Otherwise I'd really be surprised!

And Juno Eclipse in the Force Unleashed turns out to be more chio than I expected. Maybe it's the way she talks.

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"You're walking into a trap!"

Tuesday, September 09, 2008

Happy Science Friends

There's this beautiful building in our Faculty of Science, called S16.

At the level where I have my maths tutorials there's this place they call Risk-management Institute.

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Upon initial visual scan it's apparent that the place carries a few risks itself.

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Risk #1: You can turn your friend into minced meat by dragging him back & forth against this wall long enough.

Sunday, September 07, 2008

我还在哭

Where did the last tiny wedge of the budget pie go?

Here.

This happens to be one of my favourite songs in the album.

Apparently many other users on Youtube expressed displeasure at this MV as well.

If there're enough voices for change on the Web, I can foresee a remake of this MV.

Please.

Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Old School

"We're gotta take you back. All the way back... Old School style!"

To the times when "So Tell Me" by Heartsdales was the latest Mass Dance song in TJC and the html source code for our TJC online Forums was not a simple UpgradingInProgress.jpg.

Dear Junqun, found this wonderful site that allowed one to have a look at how websites used to look.

Sent memories flooding back....

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Behold! The logo just as it was!

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Back when 15/04 (my class in the first 3 months) was the reigning class in the Class Forums.

The above shot was taken just after the admin team decided to stop awarding post count to posts made in class forums. 'Cause they're afraid of us :D

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CCA forums. That was the first IT Club thread.

Yes there were the 2nd and 3rd IT Club threads. Our brains were too big to be contained in just one.

Screenshots are made in IE7. On purpose :D