Cosmonaut

Hello!

I haven’t been feeling well the past few days. The weather is horrible. 25 degrees now, and I know that doesn’t sound like alot, but the sun is really harsh man. I feel like my whole body is burning. And I really don’t react to being under the sun very well, because I burn in like 10 mins. Not good. Was having hay fever the past few days, and then fever yesterday. Unfun. 2 people have already told me about how disgusting I look. They didn’t exactly use the word disgusting, but I was getting the vibe.

Also, I want to complain about one of the units I’m doing now. It’s a media unit, and it’s an elective. After 3 assignments and 1 presentation, I haven’t received a single grade for any of it.

Me: Will we get grades for any of this?
Tutor: I’ve given my comments on every assignment.
Me: Ya, but a grade will be more helpful, so that I know where I stand.
Tutor: Don’t worry, nobody is failing.

He is completely missing the point man. First he screws up our exam date, now he refuses to grade us. Idiot. He gave us an exam hint that there will be 30 topics to choose from, and that we should choose 5 and write 5 essays. 5 essays in 2 hours?! Mad! And I don’t think we even covered 30 topics. At best, I can recall like 5 topics from memory. So annoying! Thank God yesterday was the last lecture. I was so hungry, and I felt really nauseous, but I had to be there in case he said something actually useful about the exam (all our lectures are recorded and can be downloaded as a podcast, but this is not a good lecture to sit and home and listen to). And throughout the 2 hours, Cosmonaut by Wolfmother was playing in my head. I felt like jumping around haha!

Also, Sally if you’re reading this, I just tweeted you an obnoxious tweet about how I can get Hello Hurricane before you. Oh, I will return back to you in 23 days! Start being excited now!

Ok, exams in less than 2 weeks. Fun times ahead! Also, time to collect my laundry now.

I want to make a calender.

Yesterday, while everyone was out getting drunk, I stayed home (because I’m cool like that) and watched The Science of Sleep, starring Gael Garcia Bernal. Omg, how hot is he?

I was jokingly telling my friend that I wanted to make a calendar and put in a hot guy for every month (I think they already do that, but I want to custom make my own), and in the movie, his day job was pasting words on calenders. Seriously, if that’s not a confirmation, I don’t know what is. But anyway, I didn’t watch the full movie. Was really tired.

I’m listening to the new Wolfmother album, Cosmic Egg. It’s really good. Every track is awesome, not like one of those album, where there are stupid and useless songs in between a few good songs.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs will be performing soon, and I was initially really excited to go, but now I’m over it already. I think I have a tendency to do that. Get really excited about something, and then get over it really quickly. Oh man, I wish I could go to another Wolfmother gig. Another band I really want to watch live is Foo Fighters. Yesterday, they streamed themselves performing from Studio 606, and I switched on my laptop just in time. I didn’t even check the time conversion, just happened to wake up a little before 10, and evidently, 10am here is 7pm in LA.

Fated to Pretend

Hello! Thanks for checking in. How are you?

All my assignments are complete, POWER TO THE PEOPLE! Just the exams left now. 18, 19, 20 and 27 November. Just realised that in exactly a month’s time, I’d be done with them.

Yesterday, I wanted to put 3 albums into my iPod, so of course, there was a big conundrum going on in my head about which songs I had to delete. Does anyone have $388 just lying around? I am going to persuade my parents to get me a new iPod when I go home. Sucks not having income of my own :(

I’m listening to Paul Dempsey’s cover of MGMT’s Time to Pretend. Love it.

Also, I just want to complain about my hair for a while here. I don’t understand its deal. Seriously, I don’t think that there’s an end to my hair woes. Meanwhile, some people have real problems, so I’ll shut up now.

Yesterday, I had dim sum at that awesome dim sum place. What is that thing with the beancurd skin? I think it’s some pork and mushrooms inside, omg damn nice. And there’s this custard bun thing with pineapples, which I tried for the first time. Apparently, the traditional one doesn’t have pineapples in it. I think I want to retire in a Hong Kong dim sum place. I’ll die looking like a custard bun man.

Ok, bye.

 

Rounder than a doughnut :(

I will do anything to put off doing my policy report, like telling you about it now. I finished my WTO essay a few days ago, and unfortunately could not boast to anyone about it at that moment, as it was 4 in the morning. I shall time my finish on this report when everyone is still awake. Ha.

Less than a month to exams and home now, which means that I better start attempting to lose some weight. My mother will definitely complain about how my face looks like a bao now. And examssss. Stress like mad. I may die.

Also, I became 21 three days ago. It was the best birthday I’ve ever had. Seriously.

Ok, nothing else to talk about to put the report off. Urrrrghh. Repooooorrt.

Oh, The Mentalist is on TV tonight! Yay!

Lau Sa Pao is damn nice.

Today, I had lunch at that awesome dim sum place. Omg, I tried this thing called Lau Sa Pao for the first time. Shiok like mad!!!

After lunch I had to go to the library. There was this registration desk outside the clinic (which I had to pass on my way to the library) and I thought the registration was for the free swine flu vaccination next week. So, I went to the girl, and even gave her my World Health card, which she promptly returned to me saying that I didn’t need it. She then gave me a ticket, so I just took it and left. Turns out, the ticket is for a free music festival this weekend. She must have thought that I’m such an idiot to give her a health card haha. But seriously, they didn’t have any sign saying what the registration was for! And the festival doesn’t even have any band or singer that I’ve heard of. Now…if the tickets were for Glastonbury or something…then we’re talking. But they wouldn’t give out free tickets to Glasto haha.

Ok, time to continue that essay! Bye!

Don’t ever eat a candied apple. Don’t.

For the first time in my life, I had a candied apple today. Omg, it’s one of the most regrettable things I’ve ever done in my life. Hello diabetes and tooth decay and to the pink fingers and tongue and lips. They look so much better than they taste.

Leather and Lace

I know I’ve suddenly started posting videos to watch, but you really should watch this. It’s Andrew Stockale (from Wolfmother) and Holiday Sidewinder (don’t worry, I’d never heard about her before this either) doing a Stevie Nicks and Don Henley (the Eagles) cover, called Leather and Lace. So super good. They were on Rockwiz the other day. I don’t usually watch Rockwiz, but you know, since Andrew Stockdale was on, thought I’d tune in. Ok, so WATCH AND LISTEN to THIS! (It’s the same link as the one above.)

Are you still reading this? Did you have a listen at the link? Idiot. Do it first! DO IT! DO IT! DO IT!

Ok, another 2000 words to add to the DDR essay and I’m done with that. But first, I’d better start on one of my other assignments, which is a stupid semiotic analysis. It’s due next Thursday, and can you believe it, my lecturer just replied to my e-mail today about the length of the assignment? I e-mailed him 2 weeks ago, but it was study break week last week, and he was in Melbourne, and apparently they don’t have internet in Melbourne. One day, I will dedicate an entire blog entry to him.

Ok, go watch that link if you haven’t already. Idiot.

I see the new moon rising!

So many essays, so little motivation.

New Moon Rising by Wolfmother is stuck in my head. The video is not out yet, but in the meantime, you should listen to this. For the first time, I actually marked the release date of an album on my calender. I could pre-order, but I’m just a poor student, and some patience will save me some money.

I’m so unmotivated to do my assignments man. I have 2 essays, 1 presentation, 1 proposal and 1 report left. I’m working on 1 essay now, and it’s about the failure of the WTO Doha Development Round. Most interesting to read about the struggles of the developing countries and the exploitative West. NOT. I’m so bored I could cry.

Ok, have a good weekend. Bye!

Girl likes boy, but boy likes boy :(

Yesterday, I went to the City, and I saw at least 3 girls wearing tulles. What is this new trend about? Please disappear soon, thanks. Anyway, I finally found a birthday dress and shoes, whoo!

And we discovered an awesome awesome place for Dim Sum. Friends have raved to me about this place, and we finally tried it yesterday. Omg, best xiao long baos ever! Seriously, better than Crystal Jade and Din Tai Fung COMBINED. And the prawn chee cheong fun, wah lao can die man.

Long weekend / footy finals weekend, which sucks for me, because I’m not into footy, and all the channels are going to bombard me with useless footy info now. Next week is study break, so that’s some time to catch up with readings and essays and assignments and exam preparations.

Ok, I insist that you watch this, because this song has been stuck in my head. Bye.

She’s gonna set you free!

Yesterday was a really good day. Did quite well for the Econs test, got back my results for 2 Politics essays, didn’t do too badly on those either, presentation for a unit got postponed for another 2 weeks. Oh, and last night, I went to watch Wolfmother! Omg, so fucking awesome! Now I know why bands never return to Singapore for a gig. The audience is shit. This audience was so cool! And the opening bands were actually not shit! The first opening band was Jack Ladder, who were uh, interesting. The second one was Yves Klien Blue, and they were really good. I would pay to watch them. You must check them out.They sound like the Fratellis (whom they have opened for before), but rock-ier, if that makes sense. After the two support acts, it was the super awesome Wolfmother.

I had a feeling that they’d open with Dimension, and they did! Also, doesn’t Andrew Stockdale look like Simon Amstell? Not just the hair, even the face is similar. Anyway, great gig and great concert experience. Now, I have to go prepare for a presentation. Guess what shirt I’m going to wear today? Bought it last night. I should have bought a size smaller, but no big deal, I’m still wearing it out. Whoo! Have a great day today, peace out!

Oh, there’s Glee tonight on TV!