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Sunday, September 30, 2007
remember
Dannyboy at 6:37 PM
doom
is upon us
well well. todays worship leading was not bad. except that i have a sore throat and had a blocked nose while i was singing. but i didnt go off key or anything i think. although someone did and one of the songs sounded totally off. but well. its not a performance or anything, so yay.
reached my maximum number of photos on flickr. someone please buy me a flickr pro account. and go watch code geass too, with all them oh so yummy anime characters.
happy children's day! have fun embarking on the only consistency in school life. exams.
mediocrity is a crime.
choose a side.
Dannyboy at 3:52 PM
Saturday, September 29, 2007
seasons
come and go
well i have watched up till episode 8 of code geass. i suppose i should really get some studying done tomorrow. today's house episode was quite awesome. although its just too bad his leg is screwing up again.
does it have to be like this?
playing games all the time
never showing intent
only discontent.
and what when we actually try
does it end there?
or does it spin on
and on.
out of control.
fill this emptiness.
this void.
this want.
well i have watched up till episode 8 of code geass. i suppose i should really get some studying done tomorrow. today's house episode was quite awesome. although its just too bad his leg is screwing up again.
does it have to be like this?
playing games all the time
never showing intent
only discontent.
and what when we actually try
does it end there?
or does it spin on
and on.
out of control.
fill this emptiness.
this void.
this want.
Dannyboy at 9:35 PM
Friday, September 28, 2007
in christ alone
today was honour's day. and i think a quarter of the school ponned it. oh well. at least i got to shake tan wah thongs hand twice, collect 2 empty scrolls and return them. oh the privilege.
im so pleased with council. the 4 councillors i smsed for their NRIC numbers which Bongard asked me to find out, replied within 1 minute. yay!
i am now in love with anime. currently watching: CODE GEASS. that currently should have been a "after exams", but its all zhang's fault. now im severely doomed.
She told him she'd rather fix her makeup
Than try to fix what's going on
But the problem keeps on calling
Even with the cellphone gone
She told him that she believes in living
Bigger than she's living now
But her world keeps spinning backwards
And upsidedown
Don't say so long, and throw yourself wrong
Don't spend today away
Cuz today will soon be
Gone, like yesterday is gone,
Like history is
Gone, just trying to prove me wrong
And pretend like you're immortal
She said he said live like no tomorrow
Every day we borrow
Brings us one step closer to the edge (infinity)
Where's your treasure, where's your hope
If you get the world and lose your soul
She pretends like she pretends like she's immortal
Don't say so long
You're not that far gone
This could be your big chance to makeup
Today will soon be
Gone, like yeterday is gone,
Like history is gone,
The world keeps spinning on,
Your going going gone,
Like summer break is gone,
Like saturday is gone
Just try to prove me wrong
You pretend like your immortal your immortal
We are not infinite
We are not permanent
Nothing is immediate
We're so confident
In our accomplishments
Look at our decadence
Gone, like Frank Sinatra
Like Elvis and his mom
Like AL Pacino's cash nothing lasts in this life
My highschool dreams are gone
My childhood sweets are gone
Life is a day that doesn't last for long
Life is more than money
Time was never money
Time was never cash,
Life is still more than girls
Life is more than hundred dollar bills
And roto-tom fills
Life's more than fame and rock and roll and thrills
All the riches of the kings
End up in wills we got information in the information age
But do we know what life is
Outside of our convenient Lexus cages
She said he said live like no tomorrow
Every moment that we borrow
Brings us closer to the God who's not short of cash
Hey Bono i'm glad you asked
Life is still worth living, life is still worth living
i trust
im so pleased with council. the 4 councillors i smsed for their NRIC numbers which Bongard asked me to find out, replied within 1 minute. yay!
i am now in love with anime. currently watching: CODE GEASS. that currently should have been a "after exams", but its all zhang's fault. now im severely doomed.
She told him she'd rather fix her makeup
Than try to fix what's going on
But the problem keeps on calling
Even with the cellphone gone
She told him that she believes in living
Bigger than she's living now
But her world keeps spinning backwards
And upsidedown
Don't say so long, and throw yourself wrong
Don't spend today away
Cuz today will soon be
Gone, like yesterday is gone,
Like history is
Gone, just trying to prove me wrong
And pretend like you're immortal
She said he said live like no tomorrow
Every day we borrow
Brings us one step closer to the edge (infinity)
Where's your treasure, where's your hope
If you get the world and lose your soul
She pretends like she pretends like she's immortal
Don't say so long
You're not that far gone
This could be your big chance to makeup
Today will soon be
Gone, like yeterday is gone,
Like history is gone,
The world keeps spinning on,
Your going going gone,
Like summer break is gone,
Like saturday is gone
Just try to prove me wrong
You pretend like your immortal your immortal
We are not infinite
We are not permanent
Nothing is immediate
We're so confident
In our accomplishments
Look at our decadence
Gone, like Frank Sinatra
Like Elvis and his mom
Like AL Pacino's cash nothing lasts in this life
My highschool dreams are gone
My childhood sweets are gone
Life is a day that doesn't last for long
Life is more than money
Time was never money
Time was never cash,
Life is still more than girls
Life is more than hundred dollar bills
And roto-tom fills
Life's more than fame and rock and roll and thrills
All the riches of the kings
End up in wills we got information in the information age
But do we know what life is
Outside of our convenient Lexus cages
She said he said live like no tomorrow
Every moment that we borrow
Brings us closer to the God who's not short of cash
Hey Bono i'm glad you asked
Life is still worth living, life is still worth living
i trust
Dannyboy at 11:37 PM
Thursday, September 27, 2007
to be or not to be
what is the question.
why cant i get the hang of language arts. is there something wrong with the literary part of me? or is it just absent. or maybe i just cant link stuff together. or im incapable of in-depth thought. WHY WHY WHY.
well. today i was trying to lock my phone with a pin code. sadly i didnt know what it was. even now i dont know what was the original. all i know that it is NOT 9999 nor is it 0000. as a result my phone got locked down and started asking for a PUK code. its a good thing i didnt try guessing THAT or id have to replace my sim card. so anyways. russell and david and jonas were so nice. russell called his brother for me to find out the singtel number. then jonas lent me his phone to try calling random things. and david lent me his phone to call singtel. and when singtel asked for my dad's nric, since the phone plan is in his name, he lent me his phone to call my dad. so eventually, everything was fixed by lunch time. and i still got to lock my phone with a pin code. (:
on to more sobering things. i realised by guitar-ing is out of touch. which means i need to practice piano and guitar. AND study for the damn exams. someone save me.
its you its you
you make me sing
why cant i get the hang of language arts. is there something wrong with the literary part of me? or is it just absent. or maybe i just cant link stuff together. or im incapable of in-depth thought. WHY WHY WHY.
well. today i was trying to lock my phone with a pin code. sadly i didnt know what it was. even now i dont know what was the original. all i know that it is NOT 9999 nor is it 0000. as a result my phone got locked down and started asking for a PUK code. its a good thing i didnt try guessing THAT or id have to replace my sim card. so anyways. russell and david and jonas were so nice. russell called his brother for me to find out the singtel number. then jonas lent me his phone to try calling random things. and david lent me his phone to call singtel. and when singtel asked for my dad's nric, since the phone plan is in his name, he lent me his phone to call my dad. so eventually, everything was fixed by lunch time. and i still got to lock my phone with a pin code. (:
on to more sobering things. i realised by guitar-ing is out of touch. which means i need to practice piano and guitar. AND study for the damn exams. someone save me.
its you its you
you make me sing
Dannyboy at 9:25 PM
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
dream
that was one queer dream.
working in the zoological field. driving a 4x4 into the jungle to check out the elephants. failing to find their home. continue to drive further and further in. chance upon dinosaurs. drive even further to the end of the world. see a bunch of fishes and stuff across the edge of the world, swimming around and being happy. and discover that they WERE actually people. paradise, disrupted by predators.
well then. today is a holiday. i really should be mugging.
and i dont know what to do
hasnt this happened before?
if love were a game. youve won.
working in the zoological field. driving a 4x4 into the jungle to check out the elephants. failing to find their home. continue to drive further and further in. chance upon dinosaurs. drive even further to the end of the world. see a bunch of fishes and stuff across the edge of the world, swimming around and being happy. and discover that they WERE actually people. paradise, disrupted by predators.
well then. today is a holiday. i really should be mugging.
and i dont know what to do
hasnt this happened before?
if love were a game. youve won.
Dannyboy at 10:20 AM
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
take it easy
relax
i love my phone. now i can listen to music from it instead of my comp. yay!
so after this i shall mug chem. didnt get the chance to mug until after dinner, cos i reached home at 630. we had stupid mep paper review and well. the reviewing took REALLY long. like forever. and no one was paying much attention anyways, since we were getting the answers anyways.
so. for my mep prelims/final year exams. i got a total of... 77 marks. RAWR. which means NO 7 points for me. how now! it was supposed to pull my marks up, but instead i get second in class. even joshua lim (top) only got 79. still no 7 points. AND i got a grand total of 4/12 for the haydn essay. isnt that just awesome. thankfully the rest of my stuff pulled me up, or id be doomed.
now to do well for the rest of my exams. 5 days. 8 subjects. any bets?
i dare you
why wont we let ourselves be saved
i love my phone. now i can listen to music from it instead of my comp. yay!
so after this i shall mug chem. didnt get the chance to mug until after dinner, cos i reached home at 630. we had stupid mep paper review and well. the reviewing took REALLY long. like forever. and no one was paying much attention anyways, since we were getting the answers anyways.
so. for my mep prelims/final year exams. i got a total of... 77 marks. RAWR. which means NO 7 points for me. how now! it was supposed to pull my marks up, but instead i get second in class. even joshua lim (top) only got 79. still no 7 points. AND i got a grand total of 4/12 for the haydn essay. isnt that just awesome. thankfully the rest of my stuff pulled me up, or id be doomed.
now to do well for the rest of my exams. 5 days. 8 subjects. any bets?
i dare you
why wont we let ourselves be saved
Dannyboy at 8:35 PM
Sunday, September 23, 2007
red
GOT MY NEW PHONE. and well. i guess nathan's right. it lags. quite a bit. BUT ANYWAY. if i can survive with a laggy computer, im sure i can make do with a laggy phone. ALTHOUGH i still dont have a cable for my old phone, so i cant transfer my stuff :(
red and silver. and shiny. but my 3g simcard hasnt been activated yet, so i probably cant bring it 2 school tomorrow unless it activates in the night. or morning. itll take me a while to get used to its complexity though.
wednesday holiday. gonna mug math.
give us clean hands
give us pure hearts
let us not lift our souls to another
are we the generation You has called us to be.
red and silver. and shiny. but my 3g simcard hasnt been activated yet, so i probably cant bring it 2 school tomorrow unless it activates in the night. or morning. itll take me a while to get used to its complexity though.
wednesday holiday. gonna mug math.
give us clean hands
give us pure hearts
let us not lift our souls to another
are we the generation You has called us to be.
Dannyboy at 8:23 PM
Saturday, September 22, 2007
season 3
House season 3.
My new Saturday show. hopefully it makes up for the fact that AXN REMOVED SEASON 1 AND 2. grr.
i lost my facebook fight. JUST COS kevin won by virtue of last hit. a rule which i didnt know existed
well. ihs is mostly done. off to do chem. tomorrow looks like its gonna be a fun day. go to church. have worship prac for CM sunday. BUY MY NEW PHONE! mug.
well. E65. hope its as good as the internet makes it out to be.
i wish we all could love.
My new Saturday show. hopefully it makes up for the fact that AXN REMOVED SEASON 1 AND 2. grr.
i lost my facebook fight. JUST COS kevin won by virtue of last hit. a rule which i didnt know existed
well. ihs is mostly done. off to do chem. tomorrow looks like its gonna be a fun day. go to church. have worship prac for CM sunday. BUY MY NEW PHONE! mug.
well. E65. hope its as good as the internet makes it out to be.
i wish we all could love.
Dannyboy at 10:39 PM
Thursday, September 20, 2007
the circle game
Yesterday a child came out to wonder
Caught a dragonfly inside a jar
Fearful when the sky was full of thunder
And tearful at the falling of a star
Then the child moved ten times round the seasons
Skated over ten year frozen streams
Words like ‘when you’re older’ must appease him
And promises of ‘someday’ make his dreams
And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We’re captive on the carousel of time
We can’t return we can only look behind from where we came
And go round and round and round in the circle game
Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now
Cart wheels cross to car wheels through the town
And you tell him take your time it won’t be long now
Till you drag your feet to slow those circles down
So the boy who dreamed tomorrow now is twenty
Though his dreams have lost some grandeur, coming true
There’ll be new dreams maybe better dreams a plenty
Before the last revolving year is through
And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We’re captive on the carousel of time
We can’t return we can only look behind from where we came
And go round and round and round in the circle again
pod is off my back. at least, until i get the results back.
studying chemistry now. kinda. someone induce me to mug. please. i shall start by not blogging anything other than lyrics. save brainpower for studying. :)
we're not that different at all
Caught a dragonfly inside a jar
Fearful when the sky was full of thunder
And tearful at the falling of a star
Then the child moved ten times round the seasons
Skated over ten year frozen streams
Words like ‘when you’re older’ must appease him
And promises of ‘someday’ make his dreams
And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We’re captive on the carousel of time
We can’t return we can only look behind from where we came
And go round and round and round in the circle game
Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now
Cart wheels cross to car wheels through the town
And you tell him take your time it won’t be long now
Till you drag your feet to slow those circles down
So the boy who dreamed tomorrow now is twenty
Though his dreams have lost some grandeur, coming true
There’ll be new dreams maybe better dreams a plenty
Before the last revolving year is through
And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We’re captive on the carousel of time
We can’t return we can only look behind from where we came
And go round and round and round in the circle again
pod is off my back. at least, until i get the results back.
studying chemistry now. kinda. someone induce me to mug. please. i shall start by not blogging anything other than lyrics. save brainpower for studying. :)
we're not that different at all
Dannyboy at 6:08 PM
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
we are special
always were
well. swimming today was. testament to my DETERIORATING stamina. ive got to restart swimming and tennis like seriously before i become some weak crap who cant do ANYTHING. swam 500 metres. then played water polo and my legs ached like so much. well it could be related to the fact that i havent exercised in very long and played tennis basketball and swam this week. either way. im unfit. :(
the education system is flawed. methods of subjective assessment like ESSAYS are just stupid. you see. when someone has his/her own ideas regarding something, it is difficult for them to understand those of others. for example, its almost impossible for a christian to understand the probability of there being NO GOD, or there being a GOD different from ours. another thing. if you were convicted of the belief that there are aliens, nothing i can say or prove can do anything to change your mind.
so. teachers are human too. and so they have opinions. which makes it hard for them to understand mine.
today i was talking to crawshaw and he came up with this argument. life is irrational. people do irrational things. when they have every reason to start studying for exams, the dont. and even now as we are supposed to be doing bio (this was doing our bio lesson), we arent. instead we are talking about philosophy. why? because life is irrational. and if i wrote this in my essay and you were to disagree, i would win because that proves either that life cannot be rationalised, or that my argument is irrational.
so then. in this irrational world we are living in. what can one do to stay sane.
i believe in a thing called love.
do you?
well. swimming today was. testament to my DETERIORATING stamina. ive got to restart swimming and tennis like seriously before i become some weak crap who cant do ANYTHING. swam 500 metres. then played water polo and my legs ached like so much. well it could be related to the fact that i havent exercised in very long and played tennis basketball and swam this week. either way. im unfit. :(
the education system is flawed. methods of subjective assessment like ESSAYS are just stupid. you see. when someone has his/her own ideas regarding something, it is difficult for them to understand those of others. for example, its almost impossible for a christian to understand the probability of there being NO GOD, or there being a GOD different from ours. another thing. if you were convicted of the belief that there are aliens, nothing i can say or prove can do anything to change your mind.
so. teachers are human too. and so they have opinions. which makes it hard for them to understand mine.
today i was talking to crawshaw and he came up with this argument. life is irrational. people do irrational things. when they have every reason to start studying for exams, the dont. and even now as we are supposed to be doing bio (this was doing our bio lesson), we arent. instead we are talking about philosophy. why? because life is irrational. and if i wrote this in my essay and you were to disagree, i would win because that proves either that life cannot be rationalised, or that my argument is irrational.
so then. in this irrational world we are living in. what can one do to stay sane.
i believe in a thing called love.
do you?
Dannyboy at 4:34 PM
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
you think?
ah screw pod. im going to sleep now. i was so sleepy during prelims i almost fell asleep halfway through my zuowen.
and now i have a bodyache. which is gonna SUCK if they make us do swimming AND running tomorrow. the rigours of school life.
life as a sufferer.
and now i have a bodyache. which is gonna SUCK if they make us do swimming AND running tomorrow. the rigours of school life.
life as a sufferer.
Dannyboy at 10:15 PM
throw it all away
pod. another rewriting by thursday. just what is it about essays that i DONT GET. stupid subjective methods of academic assessments. so WHAT if the teacher doesnt agree with me. how does that impede my intellectual capabilities. well it probably does, but STILL. they dont HAVE to FORCE us to write these stupid essays. and in larts. all depends on the marker. probably ihs too.
higher chinese prelims are over. the zuo wen was ok, but i think i wrote really REALLY short for my ying yong wen. and the actual paper 2 was kinda hard, i finished the chang wen suo duan JUST in time. like as they said pens down. so much for checking.
i think that iTunes is trying to make me EMO. i listen to it on shuffle, and it keeps giving me blue october and my chemical romance. it could be that out of the 240 songs in my "rarely played" playlist (a play count of lower than 3), there are no happy disney songs.
i realised, with my ambition to be a lawyer, im gonna have to make MASSIVE changes. to my attitude. first few years as a lawyer and im going to have to MUG like crap. well, at least thats what my aunt does. works till midnight everyday cos she's new.
and i thought we wouldnt have HOMEWORK in the corporate and working world.
love enough to let go.
higher chinese prelims are over. the zuo wen was ok, but i think i wrote really REALLY short for my ying yong wen. and the actual paper 2 was kinda hard, i finished the chang wen suo duan JUST in time. like as they said pens down. so much for checking.
i think that iTunes is trying to make me EMO. i listen to it on shuffle, and it keeps giving me blue october and my chemical romance. it could be that out of the 240 songs in my "rarely played" playlist (a play count of lower than 3), there are no happy disney songs.
i realised, with my ambition to be a lawyer, im gonna have to make MASSIVE changes. to my attitude. first few years as a lawyer and im going to have to MUG like crap. well, at least thats what my aunt does. works till midnight everyday cos she's new.
and i thought we wouldnt have HOMEWORK in the corporate and working world.
love enough to let go.
Dannyboy at 9:30 PM
Monday, September 17, 2007
play
addicted to youtube
youtube is officially interesting for me now. go watch the videos of Rob Paravonian (comedy) and Andy McKee. NOW! it pwns you.
well according to the newspapers, global warming has opened up a new shipping lane. through the arctic. well, while that may be good for the sailors, it might just be bad for us. since we happen to be in the LOWER half of the planet. which might just be bypassed with this new route. well then, i wonder what life would be like if we werent a successful port. with good geographical location along major trade routes.
finish the fight.
youtube is officially interesting for me now. go watch the videos of Rob Paravonian (comedy) and Andy McKee. NOW! it pwns you.
well according to the newspapers, global warming has opened up a new shipping lane. through the arctic. well, while that may be good for the sailors, it might just be bad for us. since we happen to be in the LOWER half of the planet. which might just be bypassed with this new route. well then, i wonder what life would be like if we werent a successful port. with good geographical location along major trade routes.
finish the fight.
Dannyboy at 8:35 PM
Saturday, September 15, 2007
and i wonder
why
well. i watched the final episode of Band of Brothers today, and it is awesome, and based on a true story at that. however. it did made me think about life, death and eternity, and that freaks me out. i dont know, sometimes i just wonder why good things have to end, and its really scary.
for some reason, my brain hasnt been functioning, so im not going to blog today. blog referring to, blogging coherent thoughts. i shall leave you with 2 quotes. one by Jean-Paul Satre: "Hell is other people". the other is from band of brothers, obviously, and the guy talking to his grandson is major winters. like dude. a major. how cool is that.
"grandpa, were you a hero in the war"
"no i wasnt. but i fought in the company of heroes"
Dannyboy at 6:50 PM
Friday, September 14, 2007
dont we all
make a mess
today on the way to piano, there was this honda car which came out of the exit and tried to cut into our lane. so our mum horned at him. then after that he went on our right and started pacing us. and just as we were turning into an exit, he went in front of our car and stopped. so my mum had to jam on the brakes. after that he drove off. stupid asshole. looked like there were 5 or 6 people inside. they can go fck themselves. hope they crash while driving, but dont die till their faces get burned off.
damnit i need a higher voice.
well. ive got to redo quite a fair bit of my POD essay. so i better go get started. instead of blogging, i shall copy paste an article that i got from delanceyplace.com. i love that website. one article a day. :)
In today's encore excerpt, Daniel Gilbert speaks to our predisposition to select both friends and facts that reinforce the self-perceptions and opinions we already hold. Gilbert is the Harvard College Professor of Psychology at Harvard University, and his work is characterized by extensive testing and research:
"Of course, other people ... are the richest source of information about the wisdom of our decisions, the extent of our abilities, and the effervescence of our personalities. Our tendency to expose ourselves to information that supports our favored conclusions is especially powerful when it comes to choosing the company we keep. ... [W]e spend countless hours carefully arranging our lives to ensure that we are surrounded by people who like us, and people who are like us. It isn't surprising then that when we turn to the folks we know for advice and opinions, they tend to confirm our favored conclusions--either because they share them or because they don't want to hurt our feelings by telling us otherwise. Should people in our lives occasionally fail to tell us what we want to hear, we have some clever ways of helping them.
"For example, studies reveal that people have a penchant for asking questions that are subtly engineered to manipulate the answers they receive. A question such as 'Am I the best lover you've ever had?' is dangerous because it has only one answer that can make us truly happy, but a question such as 'What do you like best about my lovemaking?' is brilliant because it has only one answer that can truly make us miserable. Studies show that people intuitively lean toward asking the questions that are most likely to elicit the answers they want to hear. ... In short, we derive support for our preferred conclusions by listening to the words that we put in the mouths of people who have already been preselected for their willingness to say what we want to hear.
"And it gets worse ... to be considered a great driver, lover or chef ... we simply need to park, kiss, and bake better than most other folks do. How do we know how well most other folks do? Why, we look around, of course--but in order to make sure that we see what we want to see, we look around selectively. For example, volunteers in one study took a test that ostensibly measured their social sensitivity and were told they had flubbed the majority of questions. When these volunteers were then given an opportunity to look over the test results of people who had done better or worse than they had, they ignored the tests of the people who had done better and instead spent their time looking over the tests of the people who had done worse. ...
"And if we can't find people who are doing more poorly than we are, we may go out and create them. Volunteers in one study took a test and were then given the opportunity to provide hints that would either help or hinder a friend's performance on the same test. Although volunteers helped their friends when the test was described as a game, they actively hindered their friends when the test was described as an important measure of intellectual ability. ... Once we've successfully sabotaged their performances and ensured their failure, they become the perfect standard for comparison."
Daniel Gilbert, Stumbling on Happiness, Knopf, 2006, pp. 165-7.
today on the way to piano, there was this honda car which came out of the exit and tried to cut into our lane. so our mum horned at him. then after that he went on our right and started pacing us. and just as we were turning into an exit, he went in front of our car and stopped. so my mum had to jam on the brakes. after that he drove off. stupid asshole. looked like there were 5 or 6 people inside. they can go fck themselves. hope they crash while driving, but dont die till their faces get burned off.
damnit i need a higher voice.
well. ive got to redo quite a fair bit of my POD essay. so i better go get started. instead of blogging, i shall copy paste an article that i got from delanceyplace.com. i love that website. one article a day. :)
In today's encore excerpt, Daniel Gilbert speaks to our predisposition to select both friends and facts that reinforce the self-perceptions and opinions we already hold. Gilbert is the Harvard College Professor of Psychology at Harvard University, and his work is characterized by extensive testing and research:
"Of course, other people ... are the richest source of information about the wisdom of our decisions, the extent of our abilities, and the effervescence of our personalities. Our tendency to expose ourselves to information that supports our favored conclusions is especially powerful when it comes to choosing the company we keep. ... [W]e spend countless hours carefully arranging our lives to ensure that we are surrounded by people who like us, and people who are like us. It isn't surprising then that when we turn to the folks we know for advice and opinions, they tend to confirm our favored conclusions--either because they share them or because they don't want to hurt our feelings by telling us otherwise. Should people in our lives occasionally fail to tell us what we want to hear, we have some clever ways of helping them.
"For example, studies reveal that people have a penchant for asking questions that are subtly engineered to manipulate the answers they receive. A question such as 'Am I the best lover you've ever had?' is dangerous because it has only one answer that can make us truly happy, but a question such as 'What do you like best about my lovemaking?' is brilliant because it has only one answer that can truly make us miserable. Studies show that people intuitively lean toward asking the questions that are most likely to elicit the answers they want to hear. ... In short, we derive support for our preferred conclusions by listening to the words that we put in the mouths of people who have already been preselected for their willingness to say what we want to hear.
"And it gets worse ... to be considered a great driver, lover or chef ... we simply need to park, kiss, and bake better than most other folks do. How do we know how well most other folks do? Why, we look around, of course--but in order to make sure that we see what we want to see, we look around selectively. For example, volunteers in one study took a test that ostensibly measured their social sensitivity and were told they had flubbed the majority of questions. When these volunteers were then given an opportunity to look over the test results of people who had done better or worse than they had, they ignored the tests of the people who had done better and instead spent their time looking over the tests of the people who had done worse. ...
"And if we can't find people who are doing more poorly than we are, we may go out and create them. Volunteers in one study took a test and were then given the opportunity to provide hints that would either help or hinder a friend's performance on the same test. Although volunteers helped their friends when the test was described as a game, they actively hindered their friends when the test was described as an important measure of intellectual ability. ... Once we've successfully sabotaged their performances and ensured their failure, they become the perfect standard for comparison."
Daniel Gilbert, Stumbling on Happiness, Knopf, 2006, pp. 165-7.
Dannyboy at 9:25 PM
Thursday, September 13, 2007
listen
and still we wonder
do you believe in God? or even Gods for that matter. no? so how did we come about. the big bang. ok then. how did that happen? just a PROBABILITY in the space time continuum that happened to come true? what about life. everyday things. do they happen by chance? since there is no greater scheme at work, i suppose everything happens by chance. SPONTANEOUS EXISTENCE. i suppose that means there isnt any specific, greater meaning in your life. just a matter of picking choices. or letting probability run its course. in that case, whats free will. who's to know that you are choosing, and it isnt just a certain scenario happening. from a choice of a few things that can happen, one of them is GOING to happen, whether you want it to or not. unless you believe you have control over the cosmos and therefore decide everything that happens to you. i doubt so.
so then. what happens when you die. its the end? like you never existed? what about the world. isit going to end? oh yea. when the sun burns up, explodes, and deprives the earth of the sunlight and warmth it needs to survive. well then i suppose everything shrivels up and dies. and after that? wait till something else happens and maybe another big bang occurs? so is there an eternity. i think its equally hard to understand an absence of eternity and the existence of eternity. whats to say, maybe we will never know for sure. until we choose faith.
darn i spilt milo on myself today. ice milo at that. so now my tie and uniform smell like milo, meaning that i have to wash my tie. luckily i was wearing long pants or my legs and socks would be milo-soaked. even luckier that our pants are dark dark dark blue. meaning you cant see the milo stain.
now that mep exam is over, i think i should start studying for our end of years. currently my brain is empty, after wiping it clean of all that music. thankfully, i am still going for fps. sadly, im gonna be flying qantas. at least its with mr alvin tan. although there probably isnt any mario, so im gonna have to bring some heavy reading along with me to keep me entertained. or maybe i should go buy a gameboy. anyone got an old one to lend me? id be blissfully happy if i just had a few pokemon games.
i wonder what my life would be like if i didnt have music. a very sad one i suppose. but not as sad as if i didnt have friends.
restart. revert. reset.
TERMINATE
do you believe in God? or even Gods for that matter. no? so how did we come about. the big bang. ok then. how did that happen? just a PROBABILITY in the space time continuum that happened to come true? what about life. everyday things. do they happen by chance? since there is no greater scheme at work, i suppose everything happens by chance. SPONTANEOUS EXISTENCE. i suppose that means there isnt any specific, greater meaning in your life. just a matter of picking choices. or letting probability run its course. in that case, whats free will. who's to know that you are choosing, and it isnt just a certain scenario happening. from a choice of a few things that can happen, one of them is GOING to happen, whether you want it to or not. unless you believe you have control over the cosmos and therefore decide everything that happens to you. i doubt so.
so then. what happens when you die. its the end? like you never existed? what about the world. isit going to end? oh yea. when the sun burns up, explodes, and deprives the earth of the sunlight and warmth it needs to survive. well then i suppose everything shrivels up and dies. and after that? wait till something else happens and maybe another big bang occurs? so is there an eternity. i think its equally hard to understand an absence of eternity and the existence of eternity. whats to say, maybe we will never know for sure. until we choose faith.
darn i spilt milo on myself today. ice milo at that. so now my tie and uniform smell like milo, meaning that i have to wash my tie. luckily i was wearing long pants or my legs and socks would be milo-soaked. even luckier that our pants are dark dark dark blue. meaning you cant see the milo stain.
now that mep exam is over, i think i should start studying for our end of years. currently my brain is empty, after wiping it clean of all that music. thankfully, i am still going for fps. sadly, im gonna be flying qantas. at least its with mr alvin tan. although there probably isnt any mario, so im gonna have to bring some heavy reading along with me to keep me entertained. or maybe i should go buy a gameboy. anyone got an old one to lend me? id be blissfully happy if i just had a few pokemon games.
i wonder what my life would be like if i didnt have music. a very sad one i suppose. but not as sad as if i didnt have friends.
restart. revert. reset.
TERMINATE
Dannyboy at 4:18 PM
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
hate me
I have to block out thoughts of you so I don’t lose my head
They crawl in like a cockroach leaving babies in my bed
Dropping little reels of tape to remind me that I’m alone
Playing movies in my head that make a porno feel like home
There's a burning in my pride, a nervous bleeding in my brain
An ounce of peace is all I want for you. Will you never call again?
And will you never say that you love me just to put it in my face?
And will you never try to reach me?
It is I that wanted space
Hate me today
Hate me tomorrow
Hate me for all the things I didn't do for you
Hate me in ways
Yeah ways hard to swallow
Hate me so you can finally see what’s good for you
I’m sober now for 3 whole months it’s one accomplishment that you helped me with
The one thing that always tore us apart is the one thing I won’t touch again
In a sick way I want to thank you for holding my head up late at night
While I was busy waging wars on myself, you were trying to stop the fight
You never doubted my warped opinions on things like suicidal hate
You made me compliment myself when it was way too hard to take
So I’ll drive so fucking far away that I never cross your mind
And do whatever it takes in your heart to leave me behind
Hate me today
Hate me tomorrow
Hate me for all the things I didn’t do for you
Hate me in ways
Yeah ways hard to swallow
Hate me so you can finally see what’s good for you
And with a sad heart I say bye to you and wave
Kicking shadows on the street for every mistake that I had made
And like a baby boy I never was a man
Until I saw your blue eyes cry and I held your face in my hand
And then I fell down yelling “Make it go away!”
Just make a smile come back and shine just like it used to be
And then she whispered “How can you do this to me?”
Hate me today
Hate me tomorrow
Hate me for all the things I didn’t do for you
Hate me in ways
Yeah ways hard to swallow
Hate me so you can finally see what’s good for you
For you
For you
For you
totally fucked.
well mep was hard shit. and i really have no idea how ill do, because all the musical texture questions left me going. oh crap.
and now i just realised my mep prac exam clashes with with our fps trip. and the flights already booked, at 940. with my freaking prac at 4.30.
and. less than a month to exams. anyone up for getting me to start studying.
deviance.
They crawl in like a cockroach leaving babies in my bed
Dropping little reels of tape to remind me that I’m alone
Playing movies in my head that make a porno feel like home
There's a burning in my pride, a nervous bleeding in my brain
An ounce of peace is all I want for you. Will you never call again?
And will you never say that you love me just to put it in my face?
And will you never try to reach me?
It is I that wanted space
Hate me today
Hate me tomorrow
Hate me for all the things I didn't do for you
Hate me in ways
Yeah ways hard to swallow
Hate me so you can finally see what’s good for you
I’m sober now for 3 whole months it’s one accomplishment that you helped me with
The one thing that always tore us apart is the one thing I won’t touch again
In a sick way I want to thank you for holding my head up late at night
While I was busy waging wars on myself, you were trying to stop the fight
You never doubted my warped opinions on things like suicidal hate
You made me compliment myself when it was way too hard to take
So I’ll drive so fucking far away that I never cross your mind
And do whatever it takes in your heart to leave me behind
Hate me today
Hate me tomorrow
Hate me for all the things I didn’t do for you
Hate me in ways
Yeah ways hard to swallow
Hate me so you can finally see what’s good for you
And with a sad heart I say bye to you and wave
Kicking shadows on the street for every mistake that I had made
And like a baby boy I never was a man
Until I saw your blue eyes cry and I held your face in my hand
And then I fell down yelling “Make it go away!”
Just make a smile come back and shine just like it used to be
And then she whispered “How can you do this to me?”
Hate me today
Hate me tomorrow
Hate me for all the things I didn’t do for you
Hate me in ways
Yeah ways hard to swallow
Hate me so you can finally see what’s good for you
For you
For you
For you
totally fucked.
well mep was hard shit. and i really have no idea how ill do, because all the musical texture questions left me going. oh crap.
and now i just realised my mep prac exam clashes with with our fps trip. and the flights already booked, at 940. with my freaking prac at 4.30.
and. less than a month to exams. anyone up for getting me to start studying.
deviance.
Dannyboy at 9:46 PM
Monday, September 10, 2007
neglect
i forgot the most important thing i was supposed to blog about.
SCHOOL'S BACK. the evil time consuming monster with lots of paper to spare.
www.typingtest.com
go see, my results on the first try are
3rd try:
yes i know i suck.
:(
SCHOOL'S BACK. the evil time consuming monster with lots of paper to spare.
www.typingtest.com
go see, my results on the first try are
| Net Speed: | 67 WPM (words/minute) |
| Accuracy: | 97% |
| Gross Speed: | 69 WPM (words/minute) |
3rd try:
| Net Speed: | 82 WPM (words/minute) |
| Accuracy: | 100% |
| Gross Speed: | 82 WPM (words/minute) |
yes i know i suck.
:(
Dannyboy at 10:07 PM
i am not a slacker
neuro-linguistic programming
i was just talking about that the other day, and today mr andrew wong talked about it too. well kinda. he was talking about how you are what you say you are. because the tongue is a powerful thing. our devotions in the morning was about the tongue being a fire that can set the rest of the body on fire. and you cant just fix the tongue, cos u have to fix the heart first. im not in the mood to blog much, but ill think abt this and hopefully come up with something coherent to blog about eventually.
for now, its off to look at mep notes.
i was just talking about that the other day, and today mr andrew wong talked about it too. well kinda. he was talking about how you are what you say you are. because the tongue is a powerful thing. our devotions in the morning was about the tongue being a fire that can set the rest of the body on fire. and you cant just fix the tongue, cos u have to fix the heart first. im not in the mood to blog much, but ill think abt this and hopefully come up with something coherent to blog about eventually.
for now, its off to look at mep notes.
Dannyboy at 5:20 PM
Sunday, September 09, 2007
hersheys
TOMORROW IS FREE HUGS DAY!
so hug someone.
awesome is an awesome word
so hug someone.
awesome is an awesome word
Dannyboy at 10:17 PM
suicidal hate
first day of the week without watching band of brothers. its also the last day of the holidays.
woohoo i love nicholas. as a friend of course. he lent us band of brother's to watch, and playing xbox and soccer at his house is so fun. plus, he went with his family to visit his sister who's studying in melbourne u during the hols, and bought me and my brother planetshakers.com wristbands. green and blue! awesome aint it. and he also bought me a small australian football thingy. yay.
played tennis with my dad, uncle hing lee and uncle hock ching. and i havent played for so long that ive forgotten all my strokes and my racket grip is peeling and turned my hand black. we were playing doubles, so it was me and uncle hock ching (nick's father) with his awesome metallix racket, against uncle hing lee (sam cheam's father) and my dad. the first part we were getting pwned cos i kept on messing up my strokes, so we were down 3-0. but after that i went to swap racket with my dad and then we bounced back, winning 6-3 by the time we stopped. well i think i shall take up tennis again during the holidays after my lessons stopped 2 years ago. after tennis i went to play soccer but nothing really much happened. wasnt that fun and my mum doesnt think i should waste my time playing with them. well if u can find me a tennis partner in cavendish park or pine grove id play with him/her everyday. woohoo.
so. 3 days to mep exam. gotta start mugging. rawr. bruce almighty is showing on channel 5. high school musical 2 is showing on channel 33. and im not watching either of them. :( instead im expanding my itunes library with 5 albums from zhang. someone get me an ipod classic!
somewhere only we know
woohoo i love nicholas. as a friend of course. he lent us band of brother's to watch, and playing xbox and soccer at his house is so fun. plus, he went with his family to visit his sister who's studying in melbourne u during the hols, and bought me and my brother planetshakers.com wristbands. green and blue! awesome aint it. and he also bought me a small australian football thingy. yay.
played tennis with my dad, uncle hing lee and uncle hock ching. and i havent played for so long that ive forgotten all my strokes and my racket grip is peeling and turned my hand black. we were playing doubles, so it was me and uncle hock ching (nick's father) with his awesome metallix racket, against uncle hing lee (sam cheam's father) and my dad. the first part we were getting pwned cos i kept on messing up my strokes, so we were down 3-0. but after that i went to swap racket with my dad and then we bounced back, winning 6-3 by the time we stopped. well i think i shall take up tennis again during the holidays after my lessons stopped 2 years ago. after tennis i went to play soccer but nothing really much happened. wasnt that fun and my mum doesnt think i should waste my time playing with them. well if u can find me a tennis partner in cavendish park or pine grove id play with him/her everyday. woohoo.
so. 3 days to mep exam. gotta start mugging. rawr. bruce almighty is showing on channel 5. high school musical 2 is showing on channel 33. and im not watching either of them. :( instead im expanding my itunes library with 5 albums from zhang. someone get me an ipod classic!
somewhere only we know
Dannyboy at 8:15 PM
Saturday, September 08, 2007
strongly dislike
band of brothers episodes: PART 8, the last patrol. PART 9, why we fight
that was one impacting episode. it centered around the discovery of a german concentration camp nearing the end of the war. just the sight of all the jews lying around half dead in the camp is enough to make anyone watching feel that the nazis were stupid bastards. and hate. which is what makes wars. hate.
its part of human nature. its just that once you believe its acceptable or even correct to hate someone or something, everything just snowballs. someone with a conviction wields more destructive force than an apathetic society. we just solve that and that would be the end of a lot of problems. we all know that people dont always get along, but that doesnt mean people always go against each other. isnt it possible for interests to be running parallel? just because we are different doesnt mean we are opposing.
photoshop is interesting. i had to shift around the positioning of one of our dinner photos just so it would fit into the msn display pic screen, or kevin's face would be sliced off. and then the photos of our "when you say nothing at all" performance were so ultra dark you cant see a single thing. so i had to do some lighting stuff. and because i have absolutely no idea how to use photoshop, it took quite a while. possibly why i havent accomplished anything today, and am so dead for next week. well better go finish my larts now before i get doubly screwed.
and so we must believe in what we cannot see
that was one impacting episode. it centered around the discovery of a german concentration camp nearing the end of the war. just the sight of all the jews lying around half dead in the camp is enough to make anyone watching feel that the nazis were stupid bastards. and hate. which is what makes wars. hate.
its part of human nature. its just that once you believe its acceptable or even correct to hate someone or something, everything just snowballs. someone with a conviction wields more destructive force than an apathetic society. we just solve that and that would be the end of a lot of problems. we all know that people dont always get along, but that doesnt mean people always go against each other. isnt it possible for interests to be running parallel? just because we are different doesnt mean we are opposing.
photoshop is interesting. i had to shift around the positioning of one of our dinner photos just so it would fit into the msn display pic screen, or kevin's face would be sliced off. and then the photos of our "when you say nothing at all" performance were so ultra dark you cant see a single thing. so i had to do some lighting stuff. and because i have absolutely no idea how to use photoshop, it took quite a while. possibly why i havent accomplished anything today, and am so dead for next week. well better go finish my larts now before i get doubly screwed.
and so we must believe in what we cannot see
Dannyboy at 8:22 PM
Friday, September 07, 2007
<3
hypergolic (hy-puhr-GOL-ik) adjective
Igniting on contact.
having cmps now, and i havent gotten much done today. so i shant blog lest i get distracted. not now at least.
visit http://enabledesign.blogspot.com
gmail. the true mark of a man.
Igniting on contact.
having cmps now, and i havent gotten much done today. so i shant blog lest i get distracted. not now at least.
visit http://enabledesign.blogspot.com
gmail. the true mark of a man.
Dannyboy at 9:33 PM
prelude
to the end.
well im going to post later tonight or something. but i just wanted to put this quote here from seinfeld yesterday.
"she wants to nuke the rainforests"
"why?"
"to remove them as a conversation and conservation topic"
my english is getting worse.
well im going to post later tonight or something. but i just wanted to put this quote here from seinfeld yesterday.
"she wants to nuke the rainforests"
"why?"
"to remove them as a conversation and conservation topic"
my english is getting worse.
Dannyboy at 11:56 AM
Thursday, September 06, 2007
an apple a day
have you met the new iPods.
2nd post, scroll down.
2nd post, scroll down.
Dannyboy at 10:46 PM
snow
"the only virgin i know is the virgin mary"
i wonder what it would have been like to be a soldier in war. no homework, no typing, no worrying about money, no distractions, sticking around with your battalion all the time (who are hopefully ur friends). in place of that u get to freeze your fingers, toes and ass off sitting in trenches. well thats if u were fighting in europe of course, in world war 2. im getting addicted to war shows, and its all band of brother's fault. and i suppose it helps that i study history, cos now my interest is like. x2 multiplier
all the small kids i play soccer swear, call each other whores bitches and assholes. and they dont even know what theyre talking about. and they think theyre damn big. and the older guy, i have no idea what age he is, probably sec 3 or 4, keeps pushing them around. so they learn from him. omg one day im gonna explode and kill one of them.
i finally finished my pod essay. time to start studying mep. chinese lesson in school today was really short, just 1 hour. and i still wasted so much time. rawr.
sleeping in my brother's room. yesterday, today and tomorrow. maybe the day after. my grandma is sleeping in my room cos she has to teach our new maid how to cook nice food. and so i sleep on a mattress on the floor and keep kneeing the stupid cupboard. oh well. its quite fun i guess.
lovesick for love.
i wonder what it would have been like to be a soldier in war. no homework, no typing, no worrying about money, no distractions, sticking around with your battalion all the time (who are hopefully ur friends). in place of that u get to freeze your fingers, toes and ass off sitting in trenches. well thats if u were fighting in europe of course, in world war 2. im getting addicted to war shows, and its all band of brother's fault. and i suppose it helps that i study history, cos now my interest is like. x2 multiplier
all the small kids i play soccer swear, call each other whores bitches and assholes. and they dont even know what theyre talking about. and they think theyre damn big. and the older guy, i have no idea what age he is, probably sec 3 or 4, keeps pushing them around. so they learn from him. omg one day im gonna explode and kill one of them.
i finally finished my pod essay. time to start studying mep. chinese lesson in school today was really short, just 1 hour. and i still wasted so much time. rawr.
sleeping in my brother's room. yesterday, today and tomorrow. maybe the day after. my grandma is sleeping in my room cos she has to teach our new maid how to cook nice food. and so i sleep on a mattress on the floor and keep kneeing the stupid cupboard. oh well. its quite fun i guess.
lovesick for love.
Dannyboy at 8:41 PM
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
i think.
therefore i am.
i must say, philosophy is rather interesting. thats the only use ive found for this philosophy essay: sparking a tiny bit of interest in the subject. other than, of course, the fact that i cant advance to year 5 without doing it.
what therefore is the meaning of life. are we to derive meaning ourselves and eventually find God? or are we already planned with a purpose for God's glory. thinking about that raises a lot of questions, but i for one am certain that the alternative is unacceptable. surely there is some meaning to life, after all life on earth is neither infinite nor void. inevitably one would have some sort of purpose, even if it is the wrong one.
2nd post of today, scroll down and read.
as such, we must say, that life has a meaning.
i must say, philosophy is rather interesting. thats the only use ive found for this philosophy essay: sparking a tiny bit of interest in the subject. other than, of course, the fact that i cant advance to year 5 without doing it.
what therefore is the meaning of life. are we to derive meaning ourselves and eventually find God? or are we already planned with a purpose for God's glory. thinking about that raises a lot of questions, but i for one am certain that the alternative is unacceptable. surely there is some meaning to life, after all life on earth is neither infinite nor void. inevitably one would have some sort of purpose, even if it is the wrong one.
2nd post of today, scroll down and read.
as such, we must say, that life has a meaning.
Dannyboy at 10:47 PM
drills
domination
just came back from the dentist. ok fine not just. about an hour ago. had scaling and polishing for the first time in like what. 4 years? and it cost freaking 150 bucks. although for 4 year's work of scaling, i suppose its ok. and my gums decided to bleed quite a bit. supposedly, she put anaesthesia, and it still hurt quite a lot. enough to make me close my eyes. so i really wonder what it feels like without anaesthesia. and it isnt really helpful while ur trying to stay calm but the tube thing that sucks saliva out of your mouth has red liquid in it. blaaahd.
well then. to make myself feel better i went to buy a mechassault booster pack. with a funky mech, a VTOL (no idea what it is. i shall just call it a plane.), a Oni Battle Armor infantry and a Simian Battle Armor infantry. frankly, i have no idea what any of these do, i just know that the mech looks cool. well kinda, my mum thinks its an atrocious monster. thankfully its colour scheme is red and grey, which is the same colours as the 2 smaller mechs that juzzie gave me. whee.
and then. the best way to spend the hour after ur dental appointment: ice cream. but since she put some fluoride gel on my teeth, i had to wait half an hour before i could eat. still it was worth the wait. mmmm. island creamery rocks. i shall spend half of my december holidays there. after jamming sessions, that is. sadly my mouth still tastes a little weird.
my maid is down with shingles. now that would be perfectly fine with me if not for the fact that i havent had chicken pox before and therefore am vulnerable to getting the virus. maybe i should move out for 2 weeks. cos if i get chicken pox (WHICH I AM NOT GOING TO), i wont be able to do my exams, and wont be able to go to Perth for cmps and fps. grrr.
Band of Brother's episode: Crossroads.
obsessions.
just came back from the dentist. ok fine not just. about an hour ago. had scaling and polishing for the first time in like what. 4 years? and it cost freaking 150 bucks. although for 4 year's work of scaling, i suppose its ok. and my gums decided to bleed quite a bit. supposedly, she put anaesthesia, and it still hurt quite a lot. enough to make me close my eyes. so i really wonder what it feels like without anaesthesia. and it isnt really helpful while ur trying to stay calm but the tube thing that sucks saliva out of your mouth has red liquid in it. blaaahd.
well then. to make myself feel better i went to buy a mechassault booster pack. with a funky mech, a VTOL (no idea what it is. i shall just call it a plane.), a Oni Battle Armor infantry and a Simian Battle Armor infantry. frankly, i have no idea what any of these do, i just know that the mech looks cool. well kinda, my mum thinks its an atrocious monster. thankfully its colour scheme is red and grey, which is the same colours as the 2 smaller mechs that juzzie gave me. whee.
and then. the best way to spend the hour after ur dental appointment: ice cream. but since she put some fluoride gel on my teeth, i had to wait half an hour before i could eat. still it was worth the wait. mmmm. island creamery rocks. i shall spend half of my december holidays there. after jamming sessions, that is. sadly my mouth still tastes a little weird.
my maid is down with shingles. now that would be perfectly fine with me if not for the fact that i havent had chicken pox before and therefore am vulnerable to getting the virus. maybe i should move out for 2 weeks. cos if i get chicken pox (WHICH I AM NOT GOING TO), i wont be able to do my exams, and wont be able to go to Perth for cmps and fps. grrr.
Band of Brother's episode: Crossroads.
obsessions.
Dannyboy at 5:13 PM
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
desperation and depravation
my guitar is back from the repair shop. well. it wasnt really repairs, more like replace-strings-and-screws-with-a-free-polish-thrown-in.
nice and shiny. no more rusty screws. and he polished my fretboard too. awesome.
nice and shiny. no more rusty screws. and he polished my fretboard too. awesome.
Dannyboy at 6:51 PM
immaturity
wow. my brother is designing a poster for his friend. and its good. darn.
someone unmess my life for me.
i need focusdirectionfaithwilllove.
today's Band of Brothers episode: Replacements (Part 4)
someone unmess my life for me.
i need focusdirectionfaithwilllove.
today's Band of Brothers episode: Replacements (Part 4)
Dannyboy at 4:39 PM
Sunday, September 02, 2007
ratatouille
anyone can cook.
ratatouille is such an awesome show. especially with a box of popcorn to munch while watching.
learning calida's chinese song is so uber hard. i hope it has nothing to do with my chinese standards, but just in case i shall go for chinese lesson in school tomorrow. at 9 am. hope i dont have to wait really long for the bus, cos if not im gonna be late. rawr.
time to do up my homework and start studying. i wish.
people have got me addicted to duets. and ive added another "thing ive gotta do during december" to my list. if i even have a list in the first place. well lets start.
1) buy multi-effects
2) get a band
3) buy a new classical guitar
4) learnbeepboxing beatboxing
5) brush up on my electric guitar
6) get distinction for my grade 3 guitar exam
7) possibly go on a mission trip
8) finish burnout 3 and need for speed carbon and links.
stop fraternizing with the enemy.
ratatouille is such an awesome show. especially with a box of popcorn to munch while watching.
learning calida's chinese song is so uber hard. i hope it has nothing to do with my chinese standards, but just in case i shall go for chinese lesson in school tomorrow. at 9 am. hope i dont have to wait really long for the bus, cos if not im gonna be late. rawr.
time to do up my homework and start studying. i wish.
people have got me addicted to duets. and ive added another "thing ive gotta do during december" to my list. if i even have a list in the first place. well lets start.
1) buy multi-effects
2) get a band
3) buy a new classical guitar
4) learn
5) brush up on my electric guitar
6) get distinction for my grade 3 guitar exam
7) possibly go on a mission trip
8) finish burnout 3 and need for speed carbon and links.
stop fraternizing with the enemy.
Dannyboy at 8:50 PM
Saturday, September 01, 2007
uninstalling
im clearing up my computer. at least trying to, cos im sure the fact that it has 14gb free space left has something to do with its lag. sadly sql writer is taking really long to get rid of. and just now i unistalled something and instead it took up more space by some amazing maneuver.
went to nicholas' house today. we played soccer, in slippers, then watched band of brothers, then played xbox. what a fun day. soccer was with a bunch of people like 5 years younger than me, other than my brother, so it wasnt much fun. especially when they fall down so easily and the field is kinda muddy. and since theyre wearing shoes, tackling aint no fun at all. the most fun part was watching band of brothers, so we watched 3 episodes. thats roughly 3 hours of sitting in front of a portable dvd player watching action-packed war sequences. totally awesome. finally we moved on to the standard activity in his house: xbox. played halo and crimson skies. then i went to play generals on his comp. and evening of violence and killing. what a nice way to spend 6 hours on saturday. ended up going for dinner with them at rong guang, but it ended early cos theyre flying off at midnight tonight for australia. to catch up with deborah since shes studying in melbourne now. the good thing about that is, now i have borrowed the band of brother's series since they wont be watching it. the bad thing is, since ive borrowed it holiday studying prospects seem bleak.
gonna watch a movie tomorrow with my family, probably ratatouiie. however u spell it. and then hopefully ill bring my guitar to the shop at peninsula to get the screws replaced and the strings changed. and this time ill remember not to keep it in the case at home, or ill probably have to do this again in 2 months. grr.
went to bukit timah plaza yesterday for grocery shopping, and i must say the renovated ntuc there is awesome. especially the magazine section, cos now i can read TIME magazine for free. went to look at the music shop, and violins seem not that expensive after all. of course there are real expensive ones, but i think i can get one for between 200-400. now to find out flute prices then i can decide which one to learn next year. the guy at the music shop was selling a cherub multi-effects of 600 bucks. wonder if i should get that, since my father says he might match me dollar for dollar if i save up. wouldnt that be great.
currahee
3 miles up, 3 miles down.
went to nicholas' house today. we played soccer, in slippers, then watched band of brothers, then played xbox. what a fun day. soccer was with a bunch of people like 5 years younger than me, other than my brother, so it wasnt much fun. especially when they fall down so easily and the field is kinda muddy. and since theyre wearing shoes, tackling aint no fun at all. the most fun part was watching band of brothers, so we watched 3 episodes. thats roughly 3 hours of sitting in front of a portable dvd player watching action-packed war sequences. totally awesome. finally we moved on to the standard activity in his house: xbox. played halo and crimson skies. then i went to play generals on his comp. and evening of violence and killing. what a nice way to spend 6 hours on saturday. ended up going for dinner with them at rong guang, but it ended early cos theyre flying off at midnight tonight for australia. to catch up with deborah since shes studying in melbourne now. the good thing about that is, now i have borrowed the band of brother's series since they wont be watching it. the bad thing is, since ive borrowed it holiday studying prospects seem bleak.
gonna watch a movie tomorrow with my family, probably ratatouiie. however u spell it. and then hopefully ill bring my guitar to the shop at peninsula to get the screws replaced and the strings changed. and this time ill remember not to keep it in the case at home, or ill probably have to do this again in 2 months. grr.
went to bukit timah plaza yesterday for grocery shopping, and i must say the renovated ntuc there is awesome. especially the magazine section, cos now i can read TIME magazine for free. went to look at the music shop, and violins seem not that expensive after all. of course there are real expensive ones, but i think i can get one for between 200-400. now to find out flute prices then i can decide which one to learn next year. the guy at the music shop was selling a cherub multi-effects of 600 bucks. wonder if i should get that, since my father says he might match me dollar for dollar if i save up. wouldnt that be great.
currahee
3 miles up, 3 miles down.
Dannyboy at 9:31 PM