Yar?

2012-02-08T01:56:00.001+08:00

我不知道自己想要什么。

文艺青年？

2012-02-06T00:44:00.002+08:00

上周三去看了今年华艺节的实验舞台剧——《百年之孤独-文化大革命》。简单来说，没怎么看懂。我以为看了原著就会有些概念，实际上文革的因素也不多，更多的是实验戏剧的各种尝试。我想我实在不是文艺青年吧。

今年的华艺节有很多演出，也有立体动态的《清明上河图》在国家博览中心的展览。可惜今年心有余而力不足。残念啊~~~

幸好这次临时找到人一起到MBS看Wicked。已经听过对这出音乐剧的各种称赞了，这次终于能去观看。遗憾的是我们是穷学生，票又买得晚，位子相当靠后 T_T

最近膝盖消肿了不少，已渐有起色。每天练习走路，弯曲膝盖，感觉像是风湿加肌肉酸疼的加强合体版……不知道有没有毅力和勇气，在返京之前康复。

今天心情不好 >< 纠结中……

随笔

2012-01-28T23:58:00.002+08:00

整个人感觉很消极、懒散。不想再为自己找借口。看着未完成的申请，不自主地怀疑自己申请的目的。为什么为这么缺乏动力呢？或许我已经很久没有很想要达到某种目标了，抑或已有的安全网麻木了我的危机意识。或许，我已学会知足。

但是，知足与懈怠的界线在哪？

这是大一之后，在家待得最长时间的寒假了。要不是这个腿伤，我本来可以去看客家土楼、到佛山走一趟的。可惜，人算不如天算，这次我失算了。本命年犯太岁，希望这次的意外以后不会有其它事了。无奈中感到大家的关心，非常窝心。幸好快康复了，再这么呆在家里，我怕我会沉沦在slacking中。

今天下午听说同属龙的舅妈也需要倚靠拐杖一星期……有些事就是那么邪门，不由得我们不信。宁可信其有，不可信其无>< 今年才刚开始啊……

唉，动力啊，你在哪？

好久都没上blogger了，快迎来本科的最后一学期了，我想是时候把珍贵的记忆好好保存起来。国内上不了blogger，这个博客已经荒废了好长一段时间，今晚心血来潮上来更新一下，发几句牢骚。不知可否有知音人？

Dangerous

2012-01-27T11:40:00.003+08:00

Home with bakkwa and chocolates O_O

Dangerous

2012-01-27T11:40:00.001+08:00

Home with bakkwa and chocolates O_O

Random

2012-01-26T10:08:00.001+08:00

Booooored.

Oh no tomorrow's Monday T_T

2009-03-15T23:13:00.002+08:00

I'm considering whether I should try going to Cambridge for summer school this year. it's from 5-31 July which is one week less than summer school in Beijing (not that it matters), and the pound is pretty low now (2.1SGD to 1pound!). Still, it's still expensive since the cheapest accommodation with tuition fee is 2065 pounds and the most expensive one is 3090 pounds. And I haven't factored in the air tickets and the fun bit ie travelling around and stuffing my face with food. Hmm... I'll continue thinking about this. I'll also have to check with Beida if I can transfer credits over too.

Anyway I called home just now to discuss this with my parents, and also because my bro told me on Facebook that my father banged someone's car O_O Apparently the Merc in front braked suddenly and our car bumped into it, spoiling the plastic at the front and the sensor. And the accident also caused my bro's spectacles to become bent because he didn't fasten his seat belt and used his elbow to prevent his head from knocking into the car seat in front when the bang happened. Lols. So the only 'casualty' at home is his specs. Glad for that =)

Speaking of specs, I got new specs! Actually I got it on the very day of arriving back in Beijing, because when I was sleeping on the flight back to Beijing, I sat on my specs, resulting in one lens coming out. I couldn't find it afterwards despite searching ALL around my seat, and despite having my friend who was sitting next to me and 2 air stewardess help (because I was half-blind). In my defence, the lens was loose to begin with. I wanted to change the screw but the specs shop didn't have that type so I only got it tightened. See what happened! Er yar, so I spent the day half-blind until I wore my contacts at night. Here ends the story of my new specs.

My old specs were really... old. I think I had them since late primary school or early Sec school. No kidding man. And it seemed like my myopia degree has decreased when I was having the eye-check =) I guess contacts do sort of work.

Ok, time to finish up with 先汉 work. Does anyone still visit this place?

4 months after the last post

2009-03-11T21:29:00.002+08:00

After not blogging here in the past 4 months, I'm starting off with a not-so-happy post because I need to get it off my chest.

Two of my books were stolen today. We have 《论语》class every Wednesday during blocks 5-6, and on alternate weeks there would be a class during blocks 3-4. What most people do is they leave post-it notes on the tables to chope seats before the third block (because this class is too popular for its own good and sometimes people have to stand), and sometimes with a book. So today, that was what I did. I left 4 books on the long table and went to another classroom to read. When we came back after lunch, two of my books were gone, and those were my 《论语》 books. The others are two notebooks that I use. I was freaking pissed. I went to the Lost and Found area to check if they were there, but obviously not. Someone had evidently taken them. I was pretty angry with myself for being so careless, and also felt unfair that why BOTH my books were stolen when others do the same thing. I can always buy the books again. The money is not the issue. The issue is that I was using one of the books last semester and I wrote notes in it. Now it's gone. Argh.

About two weeks ago, my fruits and my roommate's pineapple tarts were stolen from our fridge. Like, what the hell? Those are just apples and pears dammit, do you have to resort to stealing? I don't think the other international students in the hostel are poor lah. Bah.

I was irritated about the fruits but I'm angry about my books. Angry at whoever took it and angry at myself. And then I recalled an incident in P6 when someone broke the lock on my locker, stole my PSLE practice books (or whatever they were called) and threw mashed up oreos and eggs at the locker door. I really have forgotten about this incident, but it suddenly came back to mind today. What I hate is this feeling of mistrust. It's really awful and it makes me lose trust in people. It doesn't help that we're studying the literature during the 五四运动 period and the works are about 人性的丑恶、麻木 etc. Lit makes me emo.

Don't mess with my books, it makes me mad.

Anyway, I joined 精武会 and will be learning 散打 and 双节棍 this sem. Wish me luck. If I find out who took my books, the person will need some luck too.

Snow pics are up on FB if you haven't seen them =)

Brrrr...

2008-10-24T00:04:00.002+08:00

It rained on Weds night, complete with strong cold winds and all. I didn't have lessons so I didn't have to walk back in the rain, unlike my poor roommate, but even in the room, sitting next to the windows, using my laptop, I could feel the cold winds and see the trees sway. Oh yes, and our windows are always closed, but because our side of the building faces the direction of the wind, we are the coldest area during winter. Brrrrrrrrr...

So yesterday, we started to wear multiple layers. Someone even wore 5 layers lols. Ha I think my tolerance level for coldness is getting higher. One long sleeved, one jacket and the big outer jacket. Apparently it's 1-12 degrees Celsius yesterday. Ah there is sun and the temperature's not too bad, but the wind factor makes us shiver haha.

Anyway I ate 冰糖葫芦(again) today =) Actually it's just the second time since a stall in school started selling it. That was as dessert after lunch, then when we were walking back after dinner I saw 冰糖“水果” =D It's a bit more exp and I already had it once in the day, but my roommate tempted me and in the end we shared a stick XD It has got a cherry tomato, a grape, a mini orange, a piece of banana, mini orange again, banana again, last mini orange and finally a 山楂 (aka the 葫芦) <3<3<3 Very nice! The 冰糖 is hard so when I bit into it it was sweet and hard, then when I bit into the cherry tomato it's slightly sourish and soft! Contrasting tastes and textures =D

Yar anyway must control if not I'll end up eating that everyday. Erps. Getting much colder tonight. There's a saying that whenever it rains in Beijing, the temperature will drop. Once it rains 10 times, Beijing would have entered winter officially. Wah the temp change is really obvious and pretty drastic. Fingers are getting frozen ><

My first official winter experience is beginning! Need to go get 羽绒服 soon. Ah hot sunny Singapore.

HI!!!

2008-10-17T23:03:00.002+08:00

Hello back friends! =) Okay, pardon me when I shocked some of you with the long post in Chinese - that was the latest post and if you scroll down, THERE'S ENGLISH!

Uh, and I think this layout is quite unconducive for reading. Omg I really want to put things under a cut but NO, this is Blogger so I'm not able to do that >< Erm, I chose this skin because it's cute, okay? Any more questions? XP

AND! I bought 3 books today, and one of them is an English book! The other book was translated from English but the roadside stall didn't have it so I just bought it in Chinese. I got Stephen King's Dreamcatcher (in Eng) for 13, 鲁迅文集　and Wikinomics （维基经济学 in Chi)　for 10 each =D All monetary values mentioned are in terms of RMB unless otherwise stated. Yay! However, I doubt I would have much time to read them since I'm not even through my textbook on grammar zzzzz.

Anyway, I'm going for an overnight activity with TECC tomorrow night till Sunday morning. Sis I think I forgot to tell Mum so please help me tell her. We're going to something like a chalet (I think) and I'm going with LOTS of people so it'll be safe.

Hi juniors! Have fun after your promos Val, and all the best for 'A's Terence =) Jiayou jiayou! Erps, I can still remember my pre-As days, one year from that period.

Ok I'm going to play bridge for a while so I shall end of here. This post is entirely in English! Are you guys happy? =) I want more updates about you too! Email/msn/facebook/skype hor.

林俊杰 + 方文山

2008-10-15T22:37:00.000+08:00

Singlish post Part II shall take a backseat for the moment while I fangirl =D

I know this came out really long ago but I just got down to listening to it carefully and READ the lyrics. I have a ton of school stuff to read BUT OMG, 林俊杰 + 方文山 means I totally have to share this =)

JJ's new album 《陸》 will be released on the 18th! And being in China, I would get to buy it! YAY!!!

醉赤壁
歌手:林俊杰
作曲：林俊杰
作词：方文山

落叶堆积了好几层
而我踩过青春听见
前世谁在泪语纷纷
一次缘分结一次绳
我今生还在等
一世就只能有一次的认真

确认过眼神我遇上对的人
我挥剑转身而鲜血如红唇
前朝记忆渡红尘伤人的不是刀刃
是你转世而来的魂
确认过眼神我遇上对的人
我策马出征马蹄声如泪奔
青石板上的月光照进这山城
我一路的跟你轮回声
我对你用情极深

洛阳城旁的老树根
像回忆般延伸你问
经过是谁的心跳声
我拿醇酒一坛饮恨
你那千年眼神是我
醉醉坠入赤壁的伤痕

确认过眼神我遇上对的人
我挥剑转身而鲜血如红唇
前朝记忆渡红尘伤人的不是刀刃
是你转世而来的魂
确认过眼神我遇上对的人
我策马出征马蹄声如泪奔
青石板上的月光照进这山城
我一路的跟你轮回声
我对你用情极深

确认过眼神我遇上对的人
我策马出征马蹄声如泪奔
青石板上的月光照进这山城
我一路的跟你轮回声
我对你用情极深
我一路的跟你轮回声
我对你用情极深

Download

(I really miss LJ cuts T_T)

I like the tune! As for the lyrics, I thought the whole 轮回转世 thing doesn't really have much relation to 赤壁, and my favourite lyrics would be the second verse (洛阳城旁的老树根。。。），因为诗情画意，我也喜欢它的意境。不过，不知道为什么，“青石板”令我觉得方文山有点词穷了。虽然他之前并没用用过这个词（至少在我的记忆中没有），但他用过“天青色”、“青花瓷”。青石板是另一种意象，我就是觉得很熟悉。可能是在哪首诗中见过吧。

我也觉得这句很有感觉“前朝记忆渡红尘伤人的不是刀刃是你转世而来的魂”。后两句还好，就是“前朝记忆渡红尘”让我特别有感觉 <3 话又说回来，总觉得这首歌的词和《菊花台》、《发如雪》和《青花瓷》相比，显得较没有新意。不过我还是支持方文山！以20+RMB买了他的《青花瓷》（是继《素颜韵脚诗》的作品），里面是他一些中国风歌曲的词以及他的想法。其实有些已在网上看了，不过手里拿着书的感觉就特别踏实、特别爽。

我个人认为这次林俊杰与方文山的合作虽让人满意，但并没有一鸣惊人，题材也没什么新鲜。可能是听了太多林俊杰的歌及方文山的词，胃口大了，所以用这种感觉。我还是喜欢这首歌 =) 我看我的室友再多听几次就会背这首歌了吧 XP

期待他们下一次的合作。

顺便讲一下，在古代汉语中，“青”的意思就是现在“蓝”的意思，所以“天青色”的天是蓝的，而青花瓷不是字面上的绿。我们去了首都博物馆，那里有展出青花瓷瓷器，我拍了很多照片，下次上载。

(I really miss LJ 'current mood')

Singlish post Part I

2008-10-14T13:54:00.000+08:00

最近真的太忙了。

I went for 武协（武术协会）first training last Friday and wanted to write about it, but ended up playing Bridge till 2am so didn't have the chance. Anyway, there are around 30 newcomers and there are 11 nationalities between us lols. Since it was the first lesson, the captain taught us the basic stuff like 弓步、扑步、马步、虚步、坐步 and the standard 压腿 stuff, including 踢腿、外摆、里合. 能听到这些熟悉的字眼，我真的很兴奋。后来还学了五步拳（也就是集合上述五步的一套很基本的套路）。这和以前学过的差不多，只是长了点。我的优势在于1）我听得懂社长的指示，和2）我总算有点基础，所以这是第一次在学套路时不是最慢的 =D 社长也示范了基本功在实战时的用处，专挑两名男生叫他们打他一拳或替他一腿，然后把他们摔在地上。到了后来那两人都不敢再“攻击”他了 XP

I left training slightly earlier to go for an interview with TECC (Technology & Education: Connecting Culture), which was in English and Chinese. Elab next time.

Saturday was spent preparing for International Cultural Festival (ICF). Basically each country sets up a booth during ICF, and since only Beida has this, the Qinghua people are automatically roped into help as well XD Feel so patriotic lols.

Then on Sunday, I went for 答疑 aka Q&A for Maths. By the way, I'm doing a Maths module because I figured I would just die during the exams if ALL subjects I take are Arts. More about my modules next time. I made friends with the 助教! Hahaha, it is important to have connections with people who hold a certain percentage of your score =P And at night, we went for a concert at the 百周年纪念讲堂. The concert's title is “童年回忆——世界经典动画片主题曲大屏幕视听交响音乐会”　and our not-bad tickets cost 60RMB each =) The orchestra played pices from Lion King, Dinosaur, Mulan, Aladdin, Nemo, Tom and Jerry etc, and even a few pieces from Swan Lake! =D The pieces were synced with the video of the cartoons/animations playing on the big screen, and I really feel like re-watching all my childhood cartoons again <3 The pieces were all pretty short though.

Yesterday was Monday, ie lessons, but I only have one lesson on Mondays =D We whipped up brunch, with the help of luncheon meat, instant porridge, muffin powder, bread, baguette, and LOTS OF EGGS lols! Haha I did French toast and omelette with luncheon meat XD The French toast was a bit damp, and the omelette became pieces of eggs, but they were still nice and we ate up everything =D

So today, I have 4 lessons, and the second wushu training. It's good training is today, because I had muscle aches for the past few days >< I climbed stairs like an old woman. Anyway the aches have almost all gone away today =) Right, going for lessons now.

Intro

2008-10-09T21:43:00.000+08:00

Well, as obvious as it is, this is my new blog since I have difficulty accessing LJ in China. I'm unable to read all your locked friends-only LJ posts, so do keep me updated by other means! It's been a month since I've reached, and there are lots of things that I want to write about before I forget. The first month is mainly about adapting, exploring and making choices. Not to mention SPEND money XD

Yup, so I'll be updating here from now onwards till I find a way to bypass the Great (fire)Wall (I fail even with a proxy), and I want updates from you all too! Email, facebook, tag or skype/msn! Oh I admit to appearing offline on msn most of the time so just leave me and offline message and I would reply if I'm faking my status XP

Everyone take care of yourself yeah? =)