The Teachers' Day celebrations are over! One less thing to think and worry about!
Or not.
Post-mortem's next next Tuesday. Arrgh.
A lot of things happened. Things that shouldn't have. Things that weren't supposed to be.
And they went along and happened.
Darned the particles of coincidence and fate, and of the inevitable yet hidden and of the unexpected. Darn 'em, darn 'em.
Ok I shan't complain anymore.
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
It's over!
Sunday, August 28, 2005
Really sorry about this.
Yes, I'm afraid the whole blog's a bit messed up. I'm really really sorry - it turned out that my latest "Alias" layout was a complete div-layer flop and I ended up scraping up. I couldn't even write two entries having to face that layout. I replaced it with this layout I got from [ http://blogger-templates.blogspot.com/ ].
So I've been talking to Eud and telling her how I managed to get over the Adventure Camp. I've been dreading it to be frank and trying to shirk it off, but it seems we're fated to be together. I've attempted to compartmentalise my dread and even attempted to suppress and "delete" it, but apparently it persists. I've rationalised that this is going to be a test of my physical abilities and that from an occult viewpoint, the human body is nothing but matter and to test it is to understand and experience the physical side of existence - the feelings of tiredness, of hunger, of thirst, of whatsoever human physical condition is possible. This is what makes life fulfilling - to have known the physical, to have known the spiritual, to have known the aesthetic, to have known the intellectual, to have known the mental, to have known the emotional, and to have known the occult - or, to have known God.
Note that the italicised parts were taken directly from my words in the conversation with Eud. Yes, I AM trying to rationalise it but technical-ising the whole bloody process of reasoning. G-d preserve me.
And of course, there's always the thought and idea that this camp is nothing but a pre-training for being a field agent. I mean, with activities like abseiling, it could only remind you of the physically-impossible feats that the spooks do in "Alias". They were absolutely amazing, I tell you. Imagine flying around suspended from a clothesline somewhere in the urbs of Moscow. Even the red spires of Saint Petersburg pale in comparison to the sheer complexity of attaching a harness, raising a leg over the window, kicking off the side of the building, and veering with absolute precision and caution to the other side of the street.
This twists the classic joke of course: Why did the spy cross the road? He didn't cross the road, he flew across it. And of course, how many spies does it take to screw a lightbulb? Two - one to screw the lightbulb in and the other to loop the security feed.
Ok sorry, "Alias" is probably grating off me. I promise that I'll stop being obsessed with it after I finish watching Season 3.
Of course, there's always Season 4.
And Season 5's coming out in October.
So I've been talking to Eud and telling her how I managed to get over the Adventure Camp. I've been dreading it to be frank and trying to shirk it off, but it seems we're fated to be together. I've attempted to compartmentalise my dread and even attempted to suppress and "delete" it, but apparently it persists. I've rationalised that this is going to be a test of my physical abilities and that from an occult viewpoint, the human body is nothing but matter and to test it is to understand and experience the physical side of existence - the feelings of tiredness, of hunger, of thirst, of whatsoever human physical condition is possible. This is what makes life fulfilling - to have known the physical, to have known the spiritual, to have known the aesthetic, to have known the intellectual, to have known the mental, to have known the emotional, and to have known the occult - or, to have known God.
Note that the italicised parts were taken directly from my words in the conversation with Eud. Yes, I AM trying to rationalise it but technical-ising the whole bloody process of reasoning. G-d preserve me.
And of course, there's always the thought and idea that this camp is nothing but a pre-training for being a field agent. I mean, with activities like abseiling, it could only remind you of the physically-impossible feats that the spooks do in "Alias". They were absolutely amazing, I tell you. Imagine flying around suspended from a clothesline somewhere in the urbs of Moscow. Even the red spires of Saint Petersburg pale in comparison to the sheer complexity of attaching a harness, raising a leg over the window, kicking off the side of the building, and veering with absolute precision and caution to the other side of the street.
This twists the classic joke of course: Why did the spy cross the road? He didn't cross the road, he flew across it. And of course, how many spies does it take to screw a lightbulb? Two - one to screw the lightbulb in and the other to loop the security feed.
Ok sorry, "Alias" is probably grating off me. I promise that I'll stop being obsessed with it after I finish watching Season 3.
Of course, there's always Season 4.
And Season 5's coming out in October.
Friday, July 29, 2005
MV Leaving "Alias"?!
Before I start my vent+rant, first in reply to Liwen's comment: I am NOT a book-slave, I am only one when I'm lugging the books =] Otherwise I make my books work for me, which is why I usually have to browse and browse and pick and choose when I borrow books. Also, I would borrow 16 books given the chance; I used to have four cards (one for each member of my family) and my mother even had a Premium Membership subscription, which meant I could borrow a total of 20 books - which I did, most of the time. I borrowed as much as could then, but as I grew older I grew out of borrowing children's books (which could be finished in a couple of minutes) and began to venture into the adult borrowing section. The rest is history, with the number of books being borrowed diminishing as my tastes began to grow, change, and mutate.
Anyway -
MV IS LEAVING ALIAS?!?!?!??!?! NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
This is bad, this is bad, this is bad. News has spread the Michael Vartan is leaving Alias and will be gone after a few episodes of Season 5. NO!!!!!!! Don't let him go!!!
I just don't understand what's the point of Alias without him. I don't want Vaughn to die because of the car crash, nor do I want him to turn evil, or just disappear, or maybe melt and mutate back into a page from one of Rambaldi's manuscripts. I want him to remain as who he is, regardless of whoever he may (spoiler: Season 4 finale), I DON'T WANT HIM TO GO!!! He and Sydney form the very heart and soul of "Alias" - without him "Alias" just doesn't seem right! ARR!!!
Ok, everyone, peace out, vent+rant's done.
Anyway -
MV IS LEAVING ALIAS?!?!?!??!?! NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
This is bad, this is bad, this is bad. News has spread the Michael Vartan is leaving Alias and will be gone after a few episodes of Season 5. NO!!!!!!! Don't let him go!!!
I just don't understand what's the point of Alias without him. I don't want Vaughn to die because of the car crash, nor do I want him to turn evil, or just disappear, or maybe melt and mutate back into a page from one of Rambaldi's manuscripts. I want him to remain as who he is, regardless of whoever he may (spoiler: Season 4 finale), I DON'T WANT HIM TO GO!!! He and Sydney form the very heart and soul of "Alias" - without him "Alias" just doesn't seem right! ARR!!!
Ok, everyone, peace out, vent+rant's done.
Monday, July 25, 2005
An Idea.
I'm in German class right now in the language lab. It's break and I only have a couple more seconds (I s'pose) to type in my ideas for an "Alias" fic.
I was reading the Vaughn speculations for Season 5 on SD-1.net. I thought it'd be really cool if Season 5 could go back to some time during SD-6, but focusing on Vaughn instead. I mean, we might learn about Vaughn's real heritage, his real birth, his real family. Ooh.
Well, if Bill Vaughn isn't a descendant of Rambaldi, why can't his mother be instead? ^_^
I was reading the Vaughn speculations for Season 5 on SD-1.net. I thought it'd be really cool if Season 5 could go back to some time during SD-6, but focusing on Vaughn instead. I mean, we might learn about Vaughn's real heritage, his real birth, his real family. Ooh.
Well, if Bill Vaughn isn't a descendant of Rambaldi, why can't his mother be instead? ^_^
Saturday, July 23, 2005
Another Long List of Books.
I just came back from the library. Spent about an hour there, looking through and browsing the books as though I had not a care for the rest of world. I managed to borrow a large bag of books home - lugged it back like I was a book-slave or something.
Here's a list of what I got, complete with some specifications:
==============================================
Frommer's Germany 2004: with a guide to art & architecture
Specs.: Darwin Porter & Danforth Prince; 686 pgs; Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey, 2004.
Psychology: A Very Short Introduction
Specs.: Gillian Butler & Freda McManus; 159 pgs; Oxford University Press Inc., New York, 2000.
Alpha Teach Yourself: Spanish in 24 hours, 2nd ed.
Specs.: Clark M. Zlotchew, Ph.D.; 452 pgs; Alpha Books, Indianapolis, 2004.
Hugo's French in Three Months
Specs.: Ronald Overy and Jacqueline Lecanuet; 256 pgs; Hugo's Language Books, London, 1997.
Teach Yourself: Indonesian
Specs.: Christopher Byrnes and Eva Nyimas; 288 pgs; Hodder Headline, London, 2003.
Teach Yourself: Writing a Novel and Getting Published
Specs.: Nigel Watts; 173 pgs; Hodder Headline, London, 1996.
You Can Write A Novel
Specs.: James V. Smith, Jr.; 138 pgs; Writer's Digest Books, Ohio, 1998.
The Pocket Muse: Ideas and Inspiration for Writing
Specs.: Monica Wood; no. of pgs. unknown; Writer's Digest Books, Ohio, 2002.
Twelfth Night: Contemporary Critical Essays
Specs.: edited by R.S. White; 221 pgs; Macmillan Press Ltd., Hampshire/London, 1996.
==============================================
My my, that really was a very long list of books. I reckon I should do more than just read - though frankly speaking I hardly read what I borrow =$
Ok ok, enough about my weird and unnatural reading habits. It's time for me to type out my whole Common Test time-table - they're super-important and they're just round the corner. Time to type it out so that I can remind my conscious, subconscious, super-conscious, super-super conscious...about the tests so that I can get all psyched and geared up for the tests. Time to boil all the coffee and tea and the adrenaline-inducing chemicals!!! *prepares syringes and needles*
15/8, MON - English Language (0745 - 0925), Elementary Mathematics (1030 - 1130)
16/8, TUE - Chemistry (0745 - 0845), Social Studies (0855 - 0925)
17/8, WED - Higher Chinese (0745 - 0845), History Elective (0855 - 0925)
18/8, THU - Additional Mathematics (0745 - 0845), Biology (0855 - 0955)
19/8, FRI - Pure Literature (0855 - 0940)
Ok, that was for my Common Test time-table (shudders). Got to remember to study *sigh*
Oh by the way, do check out I Speak Dead Languages. I started this blog to write my musings on languages and related subjects.
Well, that had better be all for this blog entry, it seems a little long =] And I've added Ass' link =]
Have fun all! ^_^
Here's a list of what I got, complete with some specifications:
==============================================
Frommer's Germany 2004: with a guide to art & architecture
Specs.: Darwin Porter & Danforth Prince; 686 pgs; Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey, 2004.
Psychology: A Very Short Introduction
Specs.: Gillian Butler & Freda McManus; 159 pgs; Oxford University Press Inc., New York, 2000.
Alpha Teach Yourself: Spanish in 24 hours, 2nd ed.
Specs.: Clark M. Zlotchew, Ph.D.; 452 pgs; Alpha Books, Indianapolis, 2004.
Hugo's French in Three Months
Specs.: Ronald Overy and Jacqueline Lecanuet; 256 pgs; Hugo's Language Books, London, 1997.
Teach Yourself: Indonesian
Specs.: Christopher Byrnes and Eva Nyimas; 288 pgs; Hodder Headline, London, 2003.
Teach Yourself: Writing a Novel and Getting Published
Specs.: Nigel Watts; 173 pgs; Hodder Headline, London, 1996.
You Can Write A Novel
Specs.: James V. Smith, Jr.; 138 pgs; Writer's Digest Books, Ohio, 1998.
The Pocket Muse: Ideas and Inspiration for Writing
Specs.: Monica Wood; no. of pgs. unknown; Writer's Digest Books, Ohio, 2002.
Twelfth Night: Contemporary Critical Essays
Specs.: edited by R.S. White; 221 pgs; Macmillan Press Ltd., Hampshire/London, 1996.
==============================================
My my, that really was a very long list of books. I reckon I should do more than just read - though frankly speaking I hardly read what I borrow =$
Ok ok, enough about my weird and unnatural reading habits. It's time for me to type out my whole Common Test time-table - they're super-important and they're just round the corner. Time to type it out so that I can remind my conscious, subconscious, super-conscious, super-super conscious...about the tests so that I can get all psyched and geared up for the tests. Time to boil all the coffee and tea and the adrenaline-inducing chemicals!!! *prepares syringes and needles*
15/8, MON - English Language (0745 - 0925), Elementary Mathematics (1030 - 1130)
16/8, TUE - Chemistry (0745 - 0845), Social Studies (0855 - 0925)
17/8, WED - Higher Chinese (0745 - 0845), History Elective (0855 - 0925)
18/8, THU - Additional Mathematics (0745 - 0845), Biology (0855 - 0955)
19/8, FRI - Pure Literature (0855 - 0940)
Ok, that was for my Common Test time-table (shudders). Got to remember to study *sigh*
Oh by the way, do check out I Speak Dead Languages. I started this blog to write my musings on languages and related subjects.
Well, that had better be all for this blog entry, it seems a little long =] And I've added Ass' link =]
Have fun all! ^_^
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