Saturday, February 10, 2007

Sympathique

Ma chambre a la forme d'une cage
Le soleil passe son bras par la fenêtre
Les chasseurs à ma porte
Comme les p'tits soldats
Qui veulent me prendre

Je ne veux pas travailler
Je ne veux pas déjeuner
Je veux seulement l'oublier
Et puis je fume

Déjà j'ai connu le parfum de l'amour
Un million de roses n'embaumerait pas autant
Maintenant une seule fleur dans mes entourages
Me rend malade

Je ne veux pas travailler
Je ne veux pas déjeuner
Je veux seulement l'oublier
Et puis je fume

Je ne suis pas fière de ça
Vie qui veut me tuer
C'est magnifique être sympathique
Mais je ne le connais jamais

Je ne veux pas travailler
Non
Je ne veux pas déjeuner
Je veux seulement l'oublier
Et puis je fume

Je ne suis pas fière de ça
Vie qui veut me tuer
C'est magnifique être sympathique
Mais je ne le connais jamais

Je ne veux pas travailler
Non
Je ne veux pas déjeuner
Je veux seulement l'oublier
Et puis je fume


Pink Martini's song titled Sympathique Lovely song. It's in French (Yay French!:P) For the translation click here. Now I shall go practice singing in French! *rolls tongue*

Friday, February 09, 2007

T.G.I.F?

I'm so tired. Today was one busy day. Okla...not that busy..but it was filled with activities! The day started with me goin for my 8am class (Cheow came for class! ahahaha), and then havin breakfast with Sarah (we planned to eat nasi lemak since last night :P), and then studied abit (had MOM test at 3pm) while waiting for the next class. And then guess what?

THE LECTURER DIDN'T COME! HE FREAKING DIDN'T COME! AGAIN!

Bloody hell man! He didn't come on Wednesday also! Dowanna come for class leave notice or something mah!! We already know he's lazy...BUT DON'T BE THAT BLOODY LAZY MAH!

Anyway after half an hour of waiting (which was actually time well spent reviewing for the test) I decided to go back to the apartment. Was hungry but there wasn't anything nice to eat in the apartment. Only some cookies. Ahahahah...sad sad..and then went for my test (MOM is fun!). The lecturer's (Dr. Ramesh :O) watch is set like 10 mins faster than the usual and so we had to follow his time. =_=". No wonder he's always super early for class. Sometimes starting before my watch strikes 2pm! Damn semangat! hahahaha...but his teaching is good...and he's kinda funny too...ahahah...his class is really fun. Just that recently my brain seems to be lagging somehow and I probably absorb only 60% of what is taught? Oh NO!! The test was okay I guess..questions were easy but I wasn't sure about question 1 (why student's fail to answer? because they get stuck at statics! - Dr. Ramesh)Damn. It's not like I totally screwed statics, but I'm just not that sure on the topic. Hahaha. But so far MOM is okay. I love being a part of the ME department! We're so cool!! =P

After the test went for makan at COE food court. Did I mention that I was shivering a little during the test? Yaloh..hungry samo that classroom so cold wan everytime! And then I was wearing my most newest T-shirt (that would be 2 months + old!!) that says "If eating was a sport I would be undefEATed". So HOW ON EARTH COULD I BE HUNGRY??!! :( The funny part is, everytime people see me wearing the T-shirt they wanna read the words. No matter how many times they've read it before. I wonder if the t-shirt was see thru would anyone even see the words at all?? =P OKok before this post becomes gross I shall change the topic!

So after makaning we were supposed to go watch Gary play football (his team is called Sao Paolo), but it started raining super heavily suddenly, and we thought the game might be cancelled, but luckily it was not, and off we went to the field at ILSAS! At first there were not many people, but after a while people started coming! The game was good, it was fast-paced, and Sao Paolo had really good goal opportunities, but somehow they all missed! :( But they never gave up! The highlight of the game would be when there was a player change on the opposing team and then this idiot player showed the finger at us! BLOODY HELL WHO TAUGHT YOU TO DO THAT!! Gah! We booed him! Luckily the linesman (our side of the field) saw that and told the referee and BAM! The referee gave him a YELLOW CARD!! Padan muka hang, I daresay! Hahahaha..anyway Gary's team lost 1-0 with additional time. Stupid opposing team had so many injuries. A whole load of dung, I say! "Wanna act go to Hollywood la! That's if they want you lah!" (quoting one of sao Paolo's supporters :P) Hahahaha...desperados!

After the match, I walked over to kacauvisit Wei Zhan at her kedai at ILMU Fest. Ahahahhaha...tak disangka rakan kita telah menjadi AJK Blok! Boleh tahan! hahaaha. Anyway this fella and her fellow members sold fried stuff. I bought RM2 worth of stuff. Now I have RM5 left in my wallet. sad sad. Then I walked back to Murni. My legs were so tired from all the walking done the whole day! Lemme see.. from 8am:

Murni-Admin-BM-Murni-BM-COE; ILSAS-ILMU-Murni

Wahlaueh! Cross uni trekking! hahahaha..

On another note,

This year is gonna be themed as "Go for as many MPO events as possible!" =P It's really exciting when I go with a bunch of people who also like classical music (although I wonder if they space out halfway or fall asleep or stuff like that :P) The fun part is always the photography session, but what I love the most is watching a live orchestra. To see how they can all work together to produce the wonderful music that was written years ago! And to see all the violinists and violaists play in unision, when they all have their bows up and down at the same time...such...uniformity...such...preciseness...and then there's the conductors and the featured musicians. The only way to truly enjoy the performances is by knowing the background of the composers, the program and the story behind the music, the musicians and maybe heard the music before! It's like doing research. But it's fun research! Because when you know why a song was written, you can understand it better. Maybe you think i'm psycho or extreme or pathetic, but being prepared always works! Which is why I've been downloading a whole bunch of classical music (thru tunelling in uni :P)! But listening to classical music while studying is also good. It really helps! After that elaborate explanation, here I am recruiting more kaki to join me for another performance on the 3rd of March, and also on the 17th of March. Details can be found on the MPO website. I am SO ADDICTED TO MPO!! Many thanks to Dr. Chua who's a fan of MPO also and its because of him that we get tix for such a low price!! If only I knew much earlier about this! Nobody ajak me go MPO before...:( I always wanted to go for a performance...like...years ago when they started out! Almost went last year around my birthday but somehow tak jadi because not many kaki and also not quite sure about MPO...regret not going, but at least by starting out this year I believe this year will be a good year!! I'm telling you..you never waste a cent going for events like these! But only for those who love classical music like I do! I mean...no point going if you don't like classical music and then waste your time and money by sleeping there rite?? It happened before!(so a friend told me) Wasted only!! Tsk tsk...

It's the weekend again, I'm all alone as usual, and I have a test on Tuesday. Lecturer said it's open book, but still have to review rite...hahaha...hope I won't die of boredom before that!

I miss my piano
I miss home
I wanna go home

Time to sleep?
Maybe I should dream of Mr. Gerard!
Ahahahahahah nolah nolah just joking.
Just miss his hug, that's all
Damn im not BECOMING soft, I'm ALREADY soft.
But I have a feeling that I've become numb too.

Tired!
(from the day's activities and also typing this loooooong post!)

Pink Martini...



Got this from Cheow's friend's website!

All that jazz!!

I wish I knew a place that we can go to tango or rhumba or cha cha or waltz or salsa!!

Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Time flies...

It was just Saturday that we went for MPO. In a blink of an eye it's already Wednesday night.

It felt like yesterday that I was happily enjoying music at MPO
It felt like yesterday that I was taking loads of pictures after MPO
It felt like yesterday that I had my dynamics paper
It felt like yesterday that I felt smart
It felt like yesterday that I ate pizza

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Actually I did eat pizza yesterday! It was our CG activity...kinda sad tho but as long as we had food it was okay!

Can't stop looping Sarah McLachlan's Adia on my iTunes. Ahahaha...lovely song...makes me miss my piano at home even more :'(

Just finished watching Gol & Gincu. No its not because I like the tv series that I must watch the movie but I was running outta space on my PC and instead of deleting it just like that might as well watch right! Since im bored anyway...ahahaha...so lazy to study..speaking about that,whenever I feel lazy to study and don't want to feel like a waste, I start to clean!Or iron my clothes! :P Hahahaha...cleaning's good! Everytime I clean my room I move stuff around so that it won't look so boring! =)

I have my MOM paper on Friday but here I am, blogging away and editing HTML for my webserver in uni. Yes! Im finally starting one! ahahaha...not that great tho, but good enough...so far only one person leeching downloading from me..too scared to promote to ppl...nanti PC kong...hahaha :P

Ok...I have decided that I shall not study anymore today! Nighttime should be for hanging out! So I'm gonna be studying during all the breaks I have tomoro..:S

I wanna go home...

Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Adia

Adia - Sarah McLachlan

Adia I do believe I failed you
Adia I know I let you down
Don’t you know I tried so hard
To love you in my way
It’s easy let it go...
Adia I’m empty since you left me
Trying to find a way to carry on
I search myself and everyone
To see where we went wrong
’cause there’s no one left to finger
There’s no one here to blame
There’s no one left to talk to, honey
And there ain’t no one to buy our innocence
’cause we are born innocent
Believe me adia, we are still innocent
It’s easy, we all falter
Does it matter?
Adia I thought that we could make it
But I know I can’t change the way you feel
I leave you with your misery
A friend who won’t betray
I pull you from your tower
I take away your pain
And show you all the beauty you possess
If you’d only let yourself believe that
We are born innocent
Believe me adia, we are still innocent
It’s easy, we all falter, does it matter?
Believe me adia, we are still innocent
’cause we are born innocent
Adia we are still innocent
It’s easy, we all falter ... but does it matter?

Sunday, February 04, 2007

MPO yet again!

So this time I was the organizer and I was looking for another 9 people to join me for last night's performance, and it ended up we had a total of 13 people! It was fun! The performances were awesome as usual, but I guess for the starting performance was abit...boring...wahahah...seriously...but it was nice, kinda forestry sounds all (Song of the Nightingale - Le chant du rossigol)by Igor Stravinsky, then there was the Scyhian Suite by Sergei Prokofiev. The second part titled Tshuchbog and Dance of the Monsters was very loud! So i guess that's how monsters sound when they dance! =P And then after the interval we had Gérard Caussé playing the Viola Concerto. He was enjoying himself, which is really important! And he was wearing some different looking shoes which looks like it fits your feet or something...ahahaha..but he was so damn cool!!

This was the program:

Sat 3 Feb 07, 8.30pm

ODYSSEY
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Kees Bakels conductor
Gérard Caussé viola

STRAVINSKY Le chant du rossignol
PROKOFIEV Scythian Suite (Op.20)
BARTÓK Viola Concerto
SCRIABIN Poem of Ecstasy (Op.54)

Endings and beginnings. Making a welcome return, Gérard Caussé brings us the Viola Concerto which Bartók was working on at the time of his death, while Kees Bakels steers the MPO through the exotic soundworld of Scriabin’s penultimate orchestral score. From the other end of composers’ careers, Stravinsky started his “Song of the Nightingale” two years before he rocketed to international fame, while the Scythian Suite was Prokofiev’s youthful attempt to shock the Russian musical establishment.

Pre-Concert Events: Sat 7.30pm, Sun 2.00pm

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I missed the pre-concert event because we didn't plan to go for it, but I did almost go tho...ahahaha..ah well, there's always next time...so anyway after the performance we did some alot of camwhoring took alot of pictures, and then after a while I saw the viola dude walk past and then I was like "should I ask him? should I???" He was talking to somebody when I went to him (I ran across the..uh...place :P) And then I went to him and said:

Me: Excuse me sir, you're the viola...guy right!
Viola dude (smiling cutely): Yes (or wassit yeah? I dunno!!)
Me: Can I take a picture with you?
Viola dude (still smiling cutely): Of course! (Or wassit yes, sure, no problem I can't remember arrghh!!)
Me (smiling like a dumbass): Yay! (okok so maybe I said that to myself)

And then he took off his trench coat (he is afterall, French!) and then another group of old dudes wanted to talk to him then I just waited and then he said to them "Excuse me while I take a picture with this young lady here." YOUNG LADY HE SAID YOUNG LADY!!! ahahahah...now I sound like a deranged fan :P Anyway we took a picture, and he squeezed me the whole time we took the pic (which I don't think was that long anyway) but it was so exciting!! He's so niceeee!! And then after I took with him another girl wanted to take a pic with him and then Sarah took a pic with him..So sorry Sarah your pic was blur, it looked ok on the LCD screen after I took the pic!! My hands are getting more unsteady, or it could be that I was hungry and so my hands shook....hahaha

Anyway it was really fun, going with this bunch of people, and also because I was the organizer! :P So here are some pics, and as always my fave pic is of me and the viola dude!

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Me, Raphael, Sarah

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All the guys

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All da girls

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Me n Raph

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Me n Cheow (our transport for the night!)
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Me n Gary

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My fave pic of all! Me and Mr. Gérard Caussé (awww he squeezed huggable me!)


That's all! Quite a lengthy post, and I loved every minute of the event! Next outing would be 3rd Mar =)

Awww...huggable me and Mr. Gérard Caussé....*bahagia* =P

Friday, February 02, 2007

Interesting....

It has been an eventful week, disastrous weekend, and sweaty evenings. Wahahaha. I went jogging mar that's why sweaty! =P

I think Im getting soft. We're all getting soft. Seriously. Nowadays almost everything sad i wanna cry. Usually I just feel numb or something. But nowadays, emo seems to be the way to go.Don't care bout stuff, ppl say I mean, then when care also dunno wat to say. How leh? Ppl always wanna make things complicated...susah...susah...

Anyway excited wanna go MPO tomoro! wahahahahah

MPOMPOMPOMPOMPOMPOMPOMPOMPOMPOMPOMPMOPOMPOMPOMPOMPOMPOMPOMPOMPOMPOMPOMPO

Dirty Little Secret

"Dirty Little Secret"

If I had the chance, love
I would not hesitate
To tell you all the things I never said before
Don't tell me it's too late

[Chorus:]
Cause I've relied on my illusions
To keep me warm at night
But I denied in my capacity to love
I am willing, to give up this fight

I've been up all night drinking
To drown my sorrow down
Nothing seems to help me since you went away
I'm so tired of this town
Where every tongue is wagging
When every back is turned
Their telling secrets that should never be revealed
There's nothing to be gained from this
But disaster..
Here's a good one..
Did you hear about my friend
He's embarrassed to be seen now
because we all know his sins

If I had the chance love
You know, I would not hesitate
To tell you all the things I never said before
Don't tell me it's too late

[Chorus:]
Cause I've relied on my illusions
To keep me warm at night
But I denied in my capacity to love
I am willing, to give up this fight
Oh, I am willing to give up this fight..

Thursday, February 01, 2007

Excited!!

Going again to MPO this Sat! =) This time i managed to recruit another 12 people man!! wahahahahha! Gonna be meriah man! So now its listening to classical music until this Sat i guess...=P

Wheeeeeeeee!!

Saturday, January 27, 2007

Susah

Say also susah, don't say also susah.

Words of wisdom:
Don't bother explaining to people who won't listen.

Don't bother being nice when others are being mean to you.

Ignorance IS bliss.

That's all I can think of now. Gotta go study!

Monday, January 22, 2007

=)

Smile


Smile though your heart is aching
Smile even though it's breaking
When there are clouds in the sky, you'll get by
If you smile through through your fear and sorrow
Smile and maybe tomorrow
You'll see the sun come shining through
For you

Light up your face with gladness
Hide every trace of sadness
Although a tear may be ever so near
That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what's the use of crying?
You'll find that life is still worthwhile
If you'll just smile

When there are clouds in the sky, you'll get by
If you smile

And maybe tomorrow
You'll see the sun come shining through
For you

Light up your face with gladness
Hide every trace of sadness
Although a tear may be ever so near
That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what's the use of crying?
You'll find that life is still worthwhile
If you'll just smile


Originally sung by Nat King Cole, also sung by Josh Groban and Westlife.

Friday, January 19, 2007

Check this out =P

Countdown

To what?





iPhone!!!


=)

Sunday, January 14, 2007

Can't get enough!!

New Year's Concert @ MPO

Photobucket - Video and Image HostingJohn Georgiadis at 55 years (so cute!!)
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Quoted from MPO website:
We welcome back the English violinist/conductor John Georgiadis to lead us in the now-traditional New Year celebration of music from the Viennese Waltz King, Johann Strauss II, and others. Join in the festivities with such all-time-favourites as the Blue Danube, the Emperor Waltz and the Radetzky March, while among the rarities, Romanian composer Iosif Ivanovici provides some distinctly oriental colour.

Fri 5 Jan 07 • 8.30pm | Sat 6 Jan 07 • 8.30pm
Sun 7 Jan 07 • 3.00pm
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
John Georgiadis conductor

New Year’s Concert
J STRAUSS II Gipsy Baron Overture
J STRAUSS II Bitte Schön Polka (Op.372)
J STRAUSS II Furioso Polka (Op.260)
J STRAUSS II Roses from the South Waltz (Op.388)
E STRAUSS Carmen Quadrille (Op.134)
J STRAUSS II Emperor Waltz (Op.437)
J STRAUSS II Im Krapfenwaldl (Cuckoo) Polka (Op.336)
J STRAUSS I Radetzky March (Op.228)
J STRAUSS II Champagne Polka (Op.211)
IVANOVICI Vision de l’Orient Waltz (Op.147)
J STRAUSS II Perpetuum Mobile (Op.257)
ZIEHRER Der Zauber der Montur March (Op.493)
J STRAUSS II Csárdás from ‘Ritter Pásmán’
J STRAUSS II Ligourianer-Seufzer Scherz-Polka (Op.57)
Josef STRAUSS Ohne Sorgen Polka (Op.271)
J STRAUSS II Blue Danube Waltz (Op.314)

History of New Year's Concert @ Wikipedia

It was sooooo cool!If im not mistaken there were 2 or 3 pieces for the encore! And we kept clapping and clapping. Hahaha..Currently hunting for all the music played at the concert, and hopefully if I find any of the CD recordings he did as a conductor I'm so gonna buy 'em. A lot tho as i found out online...hahaha...Once in a lifetime experience I guess...=)

Sunday, January 07, 2007

Things that make you wish that...

...you finished up to Grade 8 piano
...took up your dad's offer to be sent for violin classes
...you had a group of classical music crazy friends

Went to MPO @ KLCC yesterday night. It was really awesome...the conductor was so sporting n cool! First time goin to MPO and it was really awesome! I have a feeling I'm gonna be a MPO addict! :P

On another note, I might consider giving up blogging. Although I enjoy blogging, somehow Im not sure I wanna continue. Been considering this a long time. Maybe I'll just blog on special events or something. See how it goes..

Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Influence

Santa Shapes The WorldTuesday, 17th October 2006, 14:11

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LIFE STYLE EXTRA (UK) - Santa Claus, Barbie and Mickey Mouse have been named as some of the most influential "imaginary people" of all time.

Buffy The Vampire Slayer, fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and superhero Batman also made the 101-strong list, comprised by Americans Allan Lazar, Dan Karlan and Jeremy Slater in their book 'The 101 Most Influential People Who Never Lived'.

Only characters that have managed to "shape society, change our behaviour, and set the course of history" made the cut.

The authors got the idea for their book - which lists The Marlboro Man, the cowboy used to advertise Marlboro cigarettes, Big Brother, of George Orwell's totalitarian novel '1984', and King Arthur as its top three - while reading a tome which listed the most influential people in history.

Lazar, a retired physician, said: "The point of the book is to entertain."

Each entry in the list is accompanied by a short description, explaining the significance of the character - be it good or bad.

Secret agent James Bond, who comes in at 51, is praised for his "intrigue, sex appeal and British suavity with the highest technologies of modern age".

Much-loved children's character Cinderella, who claimed the number 26 spot, was blasted for "degrading stepmothers and encouraging people to rely on magic, not themselves".

101 Most Influential People Who Never Lived:

1. The Marlboro Man
2. Big Brother
3. King Arthur
4. Santa Claus (St. Nick)
5. Hamlet
6. Dr. Frankenstein's Monster
7. Siegfried
8. Sherlock Holmes
9. Romeo and Juliet
10. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
11. Uncle Tom
12. Robin Hood
13. Jim Crow
14. Oedipus
15. Lady Chatterly<
16. Ebenezer Scrooge
17. Don Quixote
18. Mickey Mouse
19. The American Cowboy
20. Prince Charming
21. Smokey Bear
22. Robinson Crusoe
23. Apollo and Dionysus
24. Odysseus
25. Nora Helmer
26. Cinderella
27. Shylock
28. Rosie the Riveter
29. Midas
30. Hester Prynne
31. The Little Engine That Could
32. Archie Bunker
33. Dracula
34. Alice in Wonderland
35. Citizen Kane
36. Faust
37. Figaro
38. Godzilla
39. Mary Richards
40. Don Juan
41. Bambi
42. William Tell
43. Barbie
44. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
45. Venus and Cupid
46. Prometheus
47. Pandora
48. G.I. Joe
49. Tarzan
50. Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock
51. James Bond
52. Hansel and Gretel
53. Captain Ahab
54. Richard Blaine
55. The Ugly Duckling
56. Loch Ness Monster (Nessie)
57. Atticus Finch
58. Saint Valentine
59. Helen of Troy
60. Batman
61. Uncle Sam
62. Nancy Drew
63. J.R. Ewing
64. Superman
65. Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
66. HAL 9000
67. Kermit the Frog
68. Sam Spade
69. The Pied Piper
70. Peter Pan
71. Hiawatha
72. Othello
73. The Little Tramp
74. King Kong
75. Norman Bates
76. Hercules (Herakles)
77. Dick Tracy
78. Joe Camel
79. The Cat in the Hat
80. Icarus
81. Mammy
82. Sindbad
83. Amos 'n' Andy
84. Buck Rogers
85. Luke Skywalker
86. Perry Mason
87. Dr. Strangelove
88. Pygmalion
89. Madame Butterfly
90. Hans Beckert
91. Dorothy Gale
92. The Wandering Jew
93. The Great Gatsby
94. Buck (Jack London, The Call of the Wild)
95. Willy Loman
96. Betty Boop
97. Ivanhoe
98. Elmer Gantry
99. Lilith
100. John Doe
101. Paul Bunyan

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Cool eh! But I only know about a handful of them. Never thought that Dr. Frankenstein's Monster would be so influential! hahaha