Recently been re-discovering Japanese music, really liking this J-pop group so far, 'cause...gorgeous girls and dance. (*-*) Reading somewhere that a person's preference in music is basically determined way back when he or she was young. Actually, I don't think that's what the article is about but that's how I would vaguely (and wrongly) paraphrase its idea. Hek.
Listening to Japanese music since secondary school and it is sticking with me until now. Just something that I will go back to again and again. Youtube is a great invention seriously.
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FLOWER - Akikaze no answer
FLOWER - Nettaigyo no namida
Just one thing. The name of the group. (9_9) It fits the concept of the group but it's a google nightmare for a name like this on the internet.
Monday, October 20, 2014
Friday, September 26, 2014
6.19 AM
I wish there is a pill that can make me fall asleep in three seconds.
Nobita has that ability naturally, I am jealous of him.
Sleeping is always a problem for me, waking up is not.
99% of the time I can wake up when the alarm rings.
It takes me so long to fall asleep, which is a waste of time.
If I plan to sleep for an hour, basically I have to time it out like this:
An hour just to fall asleep, another hour for sleeping, that means my sleeping takes two hours.
Sometimes, even after two hours I cannot fall asleep. Even after three hours. Not sometimes, actually.
If I can sleep in three seconds, that means I can sleep whenever I want, wake up whenever I want.
Then I can start to do whatever I want to do. Life in this little room is so boring and depressed at times, I have to take a break frequently. My breaks are basically taking a shower, going to the kitchen for something or sleeping. But sleeping takes so much time, so I take showers frequently.
So it's 6.32 AM now. Sunrise was around 5 AM I guess? I don't want the sun to rise.
Birds always start chirping at 3.15 AM, which is annoying.
Sleeplessness can do so many things to your brain.
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After my morning grumble, 2 hours later I fell asleep, and missed half of my class.
What is wrong with me? Luckily it's spring break starting from today.
I have to do a timetable and catch up with my study.
Have been reading Deleuze and Guattari for a Theory subject, still not a clue where the direction of my essay is heading to. Deleuze and Guattari, arghargharghargh. I guess only after many, many reads of philosophers' writings only can I be accustomed to their ways of laying things out, sometimes I don't know what are they talking about, although I perfectly understand each word and the whole sentence. But don't 'get' it. Are you talking about literal things, or are you talking about something that can be applied to every thing?
Sometimes translation matters, a lot. Was reading one English translation of 'The Republic' by Plato, oh man, I had to read so many times even though it was just a few sentences that I was reading. Then I gave up. Then I went and borrowed the Penguin Book version. Hooray! Suddenly 'The Republic' became so easy to read. Wth. I do wonder from time to time, whether literal translation is more important or intelligible translation is what matters most.
Anyway, I need to tackle D&G (or whatever they are talking about) as soon as possible.
Nobita has that ability naturally, I am jealous of him.
Sleeping is always a problem for me, waking up is not.
99% of the time I can wake up when the alarm rings.
It takes me so long to fall asleep, which is a waste of time.
If I plan to sleep for an hour, basically I have to time it out like this:
An hour just to fall asleep, another hour for sleeping, that means my sleeping takes two hours.
Sometimes, even after two hours I cannot fall asleep. Even after three hours. Not sometimes, actually.
If I can sleep in three seconds, that means I can sleep whenever I want, wake up whenever I want.
Then I can start to do whatever I want to do. Life in this little room is so boring and depressed at times, I have to take a break frequently. My breaks are basically taking a shower, going to the kitchen for something or sleeping. But sleeping takes so much time, so I take showers frequently.
So it's 6.32 AM now. Sunrise was around 5 AM I guess? I don't want the sun to rise.
Birds always start chirping at 3.15 AM, which is annoying.
Sleeplessness can do so many things to your brain.
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After my morning grumble, 2 hours later I fell asleep, and missed half of my class.
What is wrong with me? Luckily it's spring break starting from today.
I have to do a timetable and catch up with my study.
Have been reading Deleuze and Guattari for a Theory subject, still not a clue where the direction of my essay is heading to. Deleuze and Guattari, arghargharghargh. I guess only after many, many reads of philosophers' writings only can I be accustomed to their ways of laying things out, sometimes I don't know what are they talking about, although I perfectly understand each word and the whole sentence. But don't 'get' it. Are you talking about literal things, or are you talking about something that can be applied to every thing?
Sometimes translation matters, a lot. Was reading one English translation of 'The Republic' by Plato, oh man, I had to read so many times even though it was just a few sentences that I was reading. Then I gave up. Then I went and borrowed the Penguin Book version. Hooray! Suddenly 'The Republic' became so easy to read. Wth. I do wonder from time to time, whether literal translation is more important or intelligible translation is what matters most.
Anyway, I need to tackle D&G (or whatever they are talking about) as soon as possible.
Sunday, August 10, 2014
Create a little music player
I have been wanting to purchase digital music for quite some time, but Amazon has this ridiculous geographical restriction which prevents anyone not from certain countries from purchasing music. Maybe it is the record companies' decision, but is that not discouraging people from buying? Couldn't help but thinking oweeeell it really was easier to just download it off the internet than having to sit through this frustration.
I tried not to expand my already countless accounts on the internet (it is ridiculous how many passwords I need to reset each time I forget), so been refraining from trying iTunes as a new account is needed. I am totally one of those people who will immediately lose interest in a webpage if it requires sign-up to continue. Some news sites have it (ridiculous), even National Geographic has it. Just hooow annoying can these websites get? Really? You need an account to use a tablet because the platform that comes with it needs an account, you need an account to book accommodation online, you need an account to comment (the classic case of Youtube where Google forces you to register its Google+, which very little population of the earth actually uses, to comment), you even need an account to review something you had purchased. Woooot. The world is full of control freaks.
So, anything that makes my life easier will earn my little support. If I want to use your service, I will willingly sign up for it. If you force me to use your service, rest assured I will look upon you rather negatively. Like Google. I don't even know I have Google Drive. Friends wanna use Google Drive for group work, only then I realised, hey I somehow already have one, without my knowledge all this while. Just because I signed on to Youtube using a hotmail account 8 years ago.
Eventually decided to try iTunes as it has the largest music collection, and there is no dumb restriction which prevents a legit consumer from consuming a legit product. It turned out to be a breeze. Really easy. Don't even need to 'add to cart' then 'check out'. Even the duration of the song samples are longer than other sites. Just one problem, that is the bank charging transaction fee for each purchase. Each purchase! That suddenly makes one song expensive. You will be better off buying physical CDs really. (Excluding shipping fees). (Oh, I find out that those extra dollars are just Purchase Authorisation charged temporarily on the bank account. So all in all, still cheaper to buy digital music.)
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Actually this post was meant to be just 2 lines with some tests, whops. By using the tips here and here (How to add a music player in Blogspot), I have my little music player.
It seems really hard to find a suitable host for audio files. Extra reading to 'secure' mp3 source.
First purchase, a band with 2 vocalists. (Nice idea!)
a paindyne - Soothe
Second purchase, also from the same band.
a paindyne - Uchuujin （宇宙人）
I like music which slowly builds up with rhythm and atmosphere.
I just realise this blog looks different in different browsers, even the music player looks different.
I tried not to expand my already countless accounts on the internet (it is ridiculous how many passwords I need to reset each time I forget), so been refraining from trying iTunes as a new account is needed. I am totally one of those people who will immediately lose interest in a webpage if it requires sign-up to continue. Some news sites have it (ridiculous), even National Geographic has it. Just hooow annoying can these websites get? Really? You need an account to use a tablet because the platform that comes with it needs an account, you need an account to book accommodation online, you need an account to comment (the classic case of Youtube where Google forces you to register its Google+, which very little population of the earth actually uses, to comment), you even need an account to review something you had purchased. Woooot. The world is full of control freaks.
So, anything that makes my life easier will earn my little support. If I want to use your service, I will willingly sign up for it. If you force me to use your service, rest assured I will look upon you rather negatively. Like Google. I don't even know I have Google Drive. Friends wanna use Google Drive for group work, only then I realised, hey I somehow already have one, without my knowledge all this while. Just because I signed on to Youtube using a hotmail account 8 years ago.
Eventually decided to try iTunes as it has the largest music collection, and there is no dumb restriction which prevents a legit consumer from consuming a legit product. It turned out to be a breeze. Really easy. Don't even need to 'add to cart' then 'check out'. Even the duration of the song samples are longer than other sites. Just one problem, that is the bank charging transaction fee for each purchase. Each purchase! That suddenly makes one song expensive. You will be better off buying physical CDs really. (Excluding shipping fees). (Oh, I find out that those extra dollars are just Purchase Authorisation charged temporarily on the bank account. So all in all, still cheaper to buy digital music.)
***************************************************************************************
Actually this post was meant to be just 2 lines with some tests, whops. By using the tips here and here (How to add a music player in Blogspot), I have my little music player.
It seems really hard to find a suitable host for audio files. Extra reading to 'secure' mp3 source.
First purchase, a band with 2 vocalists. (Nice idea!)
a paindyne - Soothe
Second purchase, also from the same band.
a paindyne - Uchuujin （宇宙人）
I like music which slowly builds up with rhythm and atmosphere.
I just realise this blog looks different in different browsers, even the music player looks different.
Monday, July 28, 2014
5 years and onward. 旅
Wao, this blog is almost 5 years old *clap clap clap*. Blogs are definitely becoming less and less popular in the age of social medias. But I like reading blogs. I started a blog just so that I could babble rant jabber. 5 years later I am still babbling ranting jabbering. (Grow up, woman.) I should continue doing that. (Just for my own satisfaction lah.)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Irrelevant Breaking News~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Today I learn about: Capitalising and Punctuating Inside Parentheses
http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000123.htm
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Two weeks ago went on a trip with sista, cousin sista and mate Sony a6000. Bringing my mate on a trip is the best way to test it. Travelling is like taking drugs. Expensive, delusory. (You are freeeeee, chase your dreams! Don't bother the whole world.) Final semester at uni is about to start, I just need to use a little bit of imagination and am already terrified by the imagined workload and stress. I wish time will pass faster, but not too fast please (*smack*). I feel that I am too old for uni, but heck I am still in uni. Am I the last one among my batch?!
12th July: Chokolait!
They have the b.e.s.t chocolate drinks eveeer. Tried it the first time in 2009, couldn't forget it since. Tried it again in 2012, the taste still surprised me (too good). At that time I told myself I'd bring my sis there one day. So, in 2014 we went there together. Damn how can it still be so good? Not a big chocolate lover, but I will pay for that iced chocolate any day. Here is their chocolate mud cake, very rich but not sweet which is very good. Err no pictures of my iced chocolate.
13th July: Wine - Koala - Penguins
The trip was rather spontaneous. A day before, we contacted the travel agency (澳东旅社) from a pamphlet my cousin took from the tourist centre. Our tour guide, Darren, has been living in Australia for more than 30 years. (He was a former Malaysian, so we felt quite 亲切). We got 'V.I.P' treatment 'cause only 3 of us booked on the trip and we travelled in a nice big car.
14th July: An intoxicating journey
Wine, wine, wine, wine. On the second wine tasting I was already feeling dizzy fuzzy. Too much for me who normally don't drink. The tour offers really great value as the itinerary includes 4 wineries, Yarra Valley Dairy for cheese tasting, 1 brewery and 1 chocolaterie. Link: Wine Tasting Tours
15th July: Alice Springs
To the Northern Territory! More than 5 years in Australia and I have only been to Melbourne
(a total of 4 times wth), sad.
I booked for an 8-person female dorm but
the hostel upgraded our room to a 3-person bedroom. Thank you. Booked
the room together with The Rock Tour, it only costed us $16.5 per
person for one night. Great value. The room reminded me of father's kampung with its
colourful paints and pitched ceiling. Link: Alice Lodge
16th July: Kings Canyon
Three-day camping trip in the outback with The Rock Tour. Memory: Hot afternoons, frigging cold nights, many stars, very blue sky, loads of rocks, big rocks, small rocks, frigging huuuge rocks, very steep climbs, interesting aboriginal stories.
After shooting mainly
with the Sony 35mm f/1.8 prime lens, the drop in photo quality was
obvious as I changed the lens to the 16-50mm kit lens, the only other
lens that I had which was more suitable for landscape. (No $ = no pic
quality. Want to get the 10-18mm if I win lottery.) Somehow, camera was
unable to capture the wow that I felt during the trip. The scenary was
splendid, but pictures came out flat.
Sleeping with campfire crackling near your ears and under millions of stars. How romantic could it get? Only one price to pay: body temperature. In the middle of the freezing cold winter night you could hear all sorts of noise from the bush including dingos' howling. Damn scary wei, I actually woke up with eyes wide opened and then buried my head deep in the sleeping bag+swag.
17th July: Kata Tjuta - Uluru
Valley of the Winds "Kata Tjuta is sacred to Anangu men.
Our people have always shown respect when visiting this special place.
They would camp a short distance away and walk in quietly.
They would not swim in the waterholes. Women entered this area as well to collect food and water but always behaved appropriately.
It is the same now. It is the same for you.
Hold in your heart the knowledge that this is a special place.
Walk quietly, tread lightly. Stay on the track.
Enjoy this place as it is."
Sweep panorama of a6000 is really handy but under bad light conditions it often fails. I wish a manual option is available. This photo has to be brightened up a lot.
Our camping site this night had toilets and showers close by. (A bliss I tell you.) Slept in a tent as we would like to escape the cold, but still as cold as ever. Some people slept outside with the campfire and they said it was warmer than the previous night. Ops.
18th July: Uluru - Sydney
Magical sunrise. After that we did a two-hour walk around the base of Uluru. Wind was strong. After two days of walking, legs and toes started to feel the pain. All I could think of was "A-r-e w-e t-h-e-r-e y-e e e-t?" (Donkey's tone) Good shoes are really important for camping tour. At 10:30AM we got dropped off at Ayers Rock Airport and boarded the flight to Sydney at 2:00PM.
*Heard the bad news from our travel companions on this day. Couldn't believe this could happen to us again. We could only wonder why and what's wrong? Sincerely hope that the country and the rest of the world could be more peaceful for the second half of this year.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Irrelevant Breaking News~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Today I learn about: Capitalising and Punctuating Inside Parentheses
http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000123.htm
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Two weeks ago went on a trip with sista, cousin sista and mate Sony a6000. Bringing my mate on a trip is the best way to test it. Travelling is like taking drugs. Expensive, delusory. (You are freeeeee, chase your dreams! Don't bother the whole world.) Final semester at uni is about to start, I just need to use a little bit of imagination and am already terrified by the imagined workload and stress. I wish time will pass faster, but not too fast please (*smack*). I feel that I am too old for uni, but heck I am still in uni. Am I the last one among my batch?!
12th July: Chokolait!
They have the b.e.s.t chocolate drinks eveeer. Tried it the first time in 2009, couldn't forget it since. Tried it again in 2012, the taste still surprised me (too good). At that time I told myself I'd bring my sis there one day. So, in 2014 we went there together. Damn how can it still be so good? Not a big chocolate lover, but I will pay for that iced chocolate any day. Here is their chocolate mud cake, very rich but not sweet which is very good. Err no pictures of my iced chocolate.
13th July: Wine - Koala - Penguins
The trip was rather spontaneous. A day before, we contacted the travel agency (澳东旅社) from a pamphlet my cousin took from the tourist centre. Our tour guide, Darren, has been living in Australia for more than 30 years. (He was a former Malaysian, so we felt quite 亲切). We got 'V.I.P' treatment 'cause only 3 of us booked on the trip and we travelled in a nice big car.
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| Err no pictures of penguins 'cause no photography allowed on Phillip Island. |
14th July: An intoxicating journey
Wine, wine, wine, wine. On the second wine tasting I was already feeling dizzy fuzzy. Too much for me who normally don't drink. The tour offers really great value as the itinerary includes 4 wineries, Yarra Valley Dairy for cheese tasting, 1 brewery and 1 chocolaterie. Link: Wine Tasting Tours
15th July: Alice Springs
To the Northern Territory! More than 5 years in Australia and I have only been to Melbourne
(a total of 4 times wth), sad.
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| Resident kitty at the hostel. It is fat. |
16th July: Kings Canyon
Three-day camping trip in the outback with The Rock Tour. Memory: Hot afternoons, frigging cold nights, many stars, very blue sky, loads of rocks, big rocks, small rocks, frigging huuuge rocks, very steep climbs, interesting aboriginal stories.
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| Three-hour walking trip. |
17th July: Kata Tjuta - Uluru
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| Guide-said-1-hour-but-turned-out-to-be-more-than-3 hours walking trip. |
Valley of the Winds "Kata Tjuta is sacred to Anangu men.
Our people have always shown respect when visiting this special place.
They would camp a short distance away and walk in quietly.
They would not swim in the waterholes. Women entered this area as well to collect food and water but always behaved appropriately.
It is the same now. It is the same for you.
Hold in your heart the knowledge that this is a special place.
Walk quietly, tread lightly. Stay on the track.
Enjoy this place as it is."
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| From 6:38PM to 6:42PM. Uluru changed colours in 4 minutes. |
18th July: Uluru - Sydney
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| Sunrise at 7:50AM. |
*Heard the bad news from our travel companions on this day. Couldn't believe this could happen to us again. We could only wonder why and what's wrong? Sincerely hope that the country and the rest of the world could be more peaceful for the second half of this year.
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