beam me up scottie!
Jul. 28th, 2007 01:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
spiderpigJust caught the latest episode of Overdrive (along with Claymore), and I have nothing much to say about it. The OP is catchy and well-suited for the overall theme of the series... The animation's smooth and I like the character designs (the manga art seems to be much more individualistic and less eroge-ish. No seriously. The anime's chara-designs remind me of School Days for some odd reason.) Mmm look at those legs move on the pedals. Though the camera angles make the pedalling look really fucking weird at times - the cyclists legs become distorted and awfully like stumps. But as a sports anime, it doesn't catch hold of my attention like Slam Dunk.
So I switched back to Claymore. Which I think one animeblogger described as Rurouni Kenshin's spiritual successor.
What an embarrassment. =A=;;
Augh. Japanese 2. =A=;;
Actually, there's an error up there on that screen capture. I actually went for the Japanese 3 (LAJ2202) test but I flunked that (how badly I don't know. :\) and then I had to retake the 2201 exam. But my oral saved my ass because the examiner/lecturer found out that I had completed Bunka's intermediate course much to his horror and was all "WAKARIMASHITA!!!!!!!!" by the end of the whole nerve wrecking process. So. Japanese 2. :\ Grah.
There is a sense of dissatisfaction whenever I hear about Law, and lawyers. I keep on thinking, if only. If only I had just worked a bit harder, if only I had prayed a little more. It's an odd feeling, to be happy yet so torn away from something that should have been in my grasp. It's wishing, it's dreaming that contributes the most to depression, for when these hopes are dashed, you are left with less than what you even had. I might not be the smartest kid on the block to even have such dreams (let's get int my self-berating mode) but it was a possibility. There was a chance of becoming.
All that I'm left with now, is to kick some ass in my faculty(s) and just prove to myself that I shouldn't carry on this self-pitying act any longer. It's one thing to feel sad, it's another thing to carry on feeilng sad.
If I can help it, I'll most probably be taking 7 modules this semester. :D()() It's a massive pick-and-choose kind of decision because I have to decide - do I want to take this instead of this? Or this instead of this? Classes clash, exam times clash... It's a logistical nightmare. A crazy 5-day week but no matter, my days end rather short and with 6-7modules I can't expect to have anything less than a full week at school. :D() So it'd be about 24-28MCs this semester if I can wrangle it. I'd hate to take just 5 modules. ;xzomg kill the nerd now.
At the moment, it's more or less:
ZOMG I AM A TOTAL NERD. A bonafide kiasu nerd. I'd hate to drop anything and I just want to bury myself with work. The good thing about this is that if everything goes my way, I get let off fairly early from school (except on killer Thursdays) and I don't have to wake up freakishly Primary/Secondary School kind of early either. So I'll probably be able to squish in some clubs and societies. :DI might even be able to join Kendo? Which is on Monday and Thursday evenings? I'm definitely joining the Jazz Band though.
Then again maybe not.
This freaks the bejeezus out of me because I haven't touched my baritone in ages and er. er. I suck at scales. :D() Piece-wise I'll probably sneak in one that've I've rocked on before (just have to find it). I WILL DIE AT SIGHT-READING. BUT HOPEFULLY Y'KNOW, THEY NEED BARITONE SAXOPHONISTS, AND CLOSE ONE EYE. Or rather, close both ears. I mean, I'm a gimmick in itself! A short baritone saxophonists who looks like her baritone!!!
Then again maybe I'll put this (Jazz band) on hold and go for some editorial stuff. HOOKED apparently is looking for journalists so... I'll probably give it a shot?
In other news, I have a huge bone to pick with journailst Stephanie Yap! WHAT IS IT WITH ALL THE SPOILERS IN YOUR 2 PAGE REPORT? No seriously. While I already spoiled myself, I'm quite sure that many other readers haven't read the book and don't wish to be spoiled in any event. The whole article was basically one big fat spoiler and I'm like "WTF?" I mean, there is a line between providing details and providing spoilers. Not everyone wants to know that XXXX had a XXXX for XXXX or that XXXX had XXXXXX along with XXXXX. (Random mashing of Xs. No relation to names at all.) D: Dude, don't spoil the poor public. Let them READ. Let them enjoy, hate, moan, wail with the book.
Famikko makes me want to have a Scottish Fold. <3 It's so cute. I want a Scottish Fold to molest my game systems!
So I have a few packages zipping down from Japan and Hong Kong within the next few weeks - which means much less money to eat with. :D I'm getting back into my otaku mode now! Hurrah! Now I just have to get off my lazy ass and start filling up the missing volumes I need for my manga library. That is, if I manage to pull myself away from Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2 !!!!!!!!!11oneone. It's coming along with the Rakubiki Jiten (from Play-Asia). Then my Yes-Asia package consists of the It's A Wonderful World Accessory set (the game, I'm getting next month. The game looks AWESOME. 'slike, the dual-screen fighting makes me a very happy camper!) and a random DS cleaning cloth needed for free shipping. Then HLJ's sending over my D. Gray Man pass case plus the Version 2 Rei and Asuka Pinkies releasing in August. Ah. I love getting back into this lifestyle. :D
A small side-note here: the people you hang around with will change who you are. It's sad because I've seen/currently seeing first hand case-studies of this. That being sad, hanging around computers these past few months has made me rather... machine-like. :D()() I go into SLEEP mode and see everything in 20inches only.
The Great Mac Plan is currently being subverted by my parents (AH SCRIVENER! ))): I WILL NEVER GET YOU!) so looks like I'll have to wait for my current shared laptop to konk out (which probably won't die very soon - since my dad's own laptop is currently going strong at 7 years!!!!!). Actually besides the beautiful OS X Leopard being my main reason, I very much wanted Scrivener. Plus, Adobe CS 3 which comes with all NUS notebook tenders. :D()
OH WELL. Y'KNOW. I WISH MONEY GREW ON TREES.
Scouring the 'net for Windows alternatives at the moment. :\
So anyway kids, the moral of the story is that notebook/laptop brands don't really make much of a difference. Though, I'd recommend to stay away from lower-end Fujitsus. (Read: lower end) Acer provides good bang for buck, seriously. If you have a bit more cash, shell out for a SONY VAIO. My dad's is 7 years old and still working rather well (laggy at times but what can you do with a Pentium M processor?). Otherwise, Toshiba ain't too bad. I have a Toshiba laptop from ages ago and it still boots up and functions rather well - albeit no internet capabilities since it's like friggin 8 or 9 years old.
I think I should stop the techie rant. :D()
So I switched back to Claymore. Which I think one animeblogger described as Rurouni Kenshin's spiritual successor.
What an embarrassment. =A=;;
Augh. Japanese 2. =A=;;
Actually, there's an error up there on that screen capture. I actually went for the Japanese 3 (LAJ2202) test but I flunked that (how badly I don't know. :\) and then I had to retake the 2201 exam. But my oral saved my ass because the examiner/lecturer found out that I had completed Bunka's intermediate course much to his horror and was all "WAKARIMASHITA!!!!!!!!" by the end of the whole nerve wrecking process. So. Japanese 2. :\ Grah.
There is a sense of dissatisfaction whenever I hear about Law, and lawyers. I keep on thinking, if only. If only I had just worked a bit harder, if only I had prayed a little more. It's an odd feeling, to be happy yet so torn away from something that should have been in my grasp. It's wishing, it's dreaming that contributes the most to depression, for when these hopes are dashed, you are left with less than what you even had. I might not be the smartest kid on the block to even have such dreams (let's get int my self-berating mode) but it was a possibility. There was a chance of becoming.
All that I'm left with now, is to kick some ass in my faculty(s) and just prove to myself that I shouldn't carry on this self-pitying act any longer. It's one thing to feel sad, it's another thing to carry on feeilng sad.
If I can help it, I'll most probably be taking 7 modules this semester. :D()() It's a massive pick-and-choose kind of decision because I have to decide - do I want to take this instead of this? Or this instead of this? Classes clash, exam times clash... It's a logistical nightmare. A crazy 5-day week but no matter, my days end rather short and with 6-7modules I can't expect to have anything less than a full week at school. :D() So it'd be about 24-28MCs this semester if I can wrangle it. I'd hate to take just 5 modules. ;x
At the moment, it's more or less:
- News and Publication writing module (USP)
- Samurai, Geisha as Self or Other (Japanese studies) or Post-War Japanese Film and Anime
- Introduction to Japanese Studies (Japanese Studies / Faculty Exposure (?) )
- Evolution (USP - Science) or Space, Time and Matter
- Negotiating Moral Issues or The Civilizations of India and Contemporary Indian Communities (USP - Arts, counts towards Faculty Exposure hurrah)
- Intro to Literary Analysis (Eng Lit)
- Japanese 2 (
wails ;__;Japanese Studies required Language module)
ZOMG I AM A TOTAL NERD. A bonafide kiasu nerd. I'd hate to drop anything and I just want to bury myself with work. The good thing about this is that if everything goes my way, I get let off fairly early from school (except on killer Thursdays) and I don't have to wake up freakishly Primary/Secondary School kind of early either. So I'll probably be able to squish in some clubs and societies. :D
--Audition, 18 & 25 Aug ‘07 , 10-4pm
■ Centre For the Arts (CFA) Studios
Requirements:
■ Scales of up to 4 sharps and flats
■ Play or sing 1 piece of your choice
■ Sight-reading
Then again maybe not.
This freaks the bejeezus out of me because I haven't touched my baritone in ages and er. er. I suck at scales. :D() Piece-wise I'll probably sneak in one that've I've rocked on before (just have to find it). I WILL DIE AT SIGHT-READING. BUT HOPEFULLY Y'KNOW, THEY NEED BARITONE SAXOPHONISTS, AND CLOSE ONE EYE. Or rather, close both ears.
Then again maybe I'll put this (Jazz band) on hold and go for some editorial stuff. HOOKED apparently is looking for journalists so... I'll probably give it a shot?
In other news, I have a huge bone to pick with journailst Stephanie Yap! WHAT IS IT WITH ALL THE SPOILERS IN YOUR 2 PAGE REPORT? No seriously. While I already spoiled myself, I'm quite sure that many other readers haven't read the book and don't wish to be spoiled in any event. The whole article was basically one big fat spoiler and I'm like "WTF?" I mean, there is a line between providing details and providing spoilers. Not everyone wants to know that XXXX had a XXXX for XXXX or that XXXX had XXXXXX along with XXXXX. (Random mashing of Xs. No relation to names at all.) D: Dude, don't spoil the poor public. Let them READ. Let them enjoy, hate, moan, wail with the book.
Famikko makes me want to have a Scottish Fold. <3 It's so cute. I want a Scottish Fold to molest my game systems!
So I have a few packages zipping down from Japan and Hong Kong within the next few weeks - which means much less money to eat with. :D I'm getting back into my otaku mode now! Hurrah! Now I just have to get off my lazy ass and start filling up the missing volumes I need for my manga library. That is, if I manage to pull myself away from Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2 !!!!!!!!!11oneone. It's coming along with the Rakubiki Jiten (from Play-Asia). Then my Yes-Asia package consists of the It's A Wonderful World Accessory set (the game, I'm getting next month. The game looks AWESOME. 'slike, the dual-screen fighting makes me a very happy camper!) and a random DS cleaning cloth needed for free shipping. Then HLJ's sending over my D. Gray Man pass case plus the Version 2 Rei and Asuka Pinkies releasing in August. Ah. I love getting back into this lifestyle. :D
A small side-note here: the people you hang around with will change who you are. It's sad because I've seen/currently seeing first hand case-studies of this. That being sad, hanging around computers these past few months has made me rather... machine-like. :D()() I go into SLEEP mode and see everything in 20inches only.
The Great Mac Plan is currently being subverted by my parents (AH SCRIVENER! ))): I WILL NEVER GET YOU!) so looks like I'll have to wait for my current shared laptop to konk out (which probably won't die very soon - since my dad's own laptop is currently going strong at 7 years!!!!!). Actually besides the beautiful OS X Leopard being my main reason, I very much wanted Scrivener. Plus, Adobe CS 3 which comes with all NUS notebook tenders. :D()
OH WELL. Y'KNOW. I WISH MONEY GREW ON TREES.
Scouring the 'net for Windows alternatives at the moment. :\
So anyway kids, the moral of the story is that notebook/laptop brands don't really make much of a difference. Though, I'd recommend to stay away from lower-end Fujitsus. (Read: lower end) Acer provides good bang for buck, seriously. If you have a bit more cash, shell out for a SONY VAIO. My dad's is 7 years old and still working rather well (laggy at times but what can you do with a Pentium M processor?). Otherwise, Toshiba ain't too bad. I have a Toshiba laptop from ages ago and it still boots up and functions rather well - albeit no internet capabilities since it's like friggin 8 or 9 years old.
I think I should stop the techie rant. :D()
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Date: 2007-07-28 06:41 am (UTC)On the other hand, if you're planning to double-major, you have to be careful 'cause there's subject requirements and shit. like, for us it's minimum 2 first year subs from the same major to continue doing it in the 2nd year. And if you have a subject clash, just change your tutorial times/lecture times online. 'cause if the subject is popular (say.....psych or crim), the SAME lecture runs 3 times a week. If it's something crappy and ulu like Existientialism and Critics (my friend's taking it) you'll be stuck with ONE lecture and maybe ONE tutorial....
umm....if I were you I won't be too excited, you might get disappointed. Like, I mean readings don't seem bad, since it's just reading but once you have to trawl through pages of academic writing you wanna kill yourself (Zarathustra has NOTHING compared to academic gas) A
nd, you should remember it's not HOW many subjects you have, but WHAT is the assesment level. I have a friend who's taking 10 subs/year and she's doing Chinese Calligraphy, Film Theory, Creative Writing, Intro Theatre and Intro Japanese and she has Mondays and Fridays off. I have 4 subs, but I go to school a lot more than she does >_> Plus if you do too many subs, you might have to pay extra fees.
I mean...uni's all about taking it easy, having a social life, cutting back and creating some personality in your life before being thrown into the drudgery of work. So that even when you're 59 going to 60, you can say "well, I partied hard and stayed up late, I have great stories and I did something besides slogging my guts out for a System that doesn't give a shit about me".
Harry Potter review
Date: 2007-07-29 12:04 pm (UTC)I found your post via technorati. I'd just like to day that I am truly sorry for ruining anyone's Harry Potter experience with what I now see as an ill-advised, thoughtless decision to run an article crammed with spoilers. As a Harry Potter fan myself, it was the last thing I would want to happen to me, and the last thing I would wish on
someone.
As for why, then, I went ahead with it. First, I truly thought that most fans would have finished the book already. If I had thought a little longer, I would have realised this could not be so; unfortunately we have already established that I was thoughtless in this instance.
My only (sad) excuse is that all my friends and aquaintances who read the series have indeed finished the book, most over the weekend. I should have realised that, as a 24-year-old, the members of my social circle would have the time and (relative) lack of responsibility that would enable them to devote so much time to the book. It did not strike me at that time that other people might be in situations that prevent them from reading the book as quickly as I did (for the record, I finished the book in a day).
Moreover, though I take most of the blame of the article upon myself and sincerely feel terrible about it, I actually had no idea that the spoilers in the article would be blurbed on the front page of Life! I thought that the cover (which I did not design and which I in fact did not see until I received the paper in the morning) would carry the spoiler warning, and readers would have the option of avoiding those pages.
Unfortunately, my editors had a different idea, though again I do take responsibility for not advising them to be careful with the cover. I did assume that they would package the article such that readers who wish to avoid spoilers would have the chance to avoid the article. But assuming makes an ass of... well you know the rest.
In all, I am truly, sincerely sorry. If any of your friends had their enjoyment of the book spoilt by the article, I would like to personally reimburse the cost of their book as an apology, though I know that that is insufficient to salve what is a deep disappointment for them. Do let me know.
Stephanie Yap
ysteph@sph.com.sg