Life's Unanswered Questions
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
I was really really really bored. I even wished to go back to school then.Then I decided to look for things to do while bored, and ended up going to http://www.bored.com/ .
It's quite a cute website (I mean the humour part). Anyway, I clicked on a link which showed Life's Unanswered Questions (LUQ) which are really quite true and funny. They are really wacky. :D
Some of which are:
- Why did Sally sell seashells on the seashore when we could just pick them up anyway?
- Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the glue bottle?
- How old are you before it can be said you died of old age?
- Why is it said that an alarm clock is going off when really its coming on?
- Why do we say we're head over heels when we're happy? Isn't that the way we normally are?
- If you dig a hole in the centre of the earth, and you get through the other side and you let go. Would you be falling down or floating up?
Juiced 8:11 PM
KARAOKE PARTY & WEIRD DREAM
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
I've been addicted to this cool online karaoke game thingy my sister introduced to me (more accurately, the newspaper) [Li Ting says: You're welcome Yi Xin...(because I didn't say thank you for me telling her about it)] that accesses how in-tune you sing all FOR FREE. It's really fun! The more green thingies you have, the better. There's a score to keep track. They have lots and lots of songs! There is also a song by Louis Armstrong, not sure of title, but lyrics are "... and I sing to myself, what a wonderful world...". They also have Celine Dion's songs, Paramore etc. You can also request songs!All you need is just a microphone (those kinds that are PC compatible). Just plug it in. And for those who are shy about singing in public, it is the perfect chance to see how in-tune you are. The thing works like this: you sing into the microphone, and they will match your pitch with the original song.
Here's the link: http://www.karaokeparty.com/
So far, my highest score is 7299/10000, which is rather low, considering that other people can get about 9100++. (Yeah and my sister got 7300++ which beat my score. However, at that time I sang the song, the microphone was cranky. And when she sang it, it wasn't that bad. Plus, my other sister says I actually sound better than her. Booyah!) Hey, they either keep practising the same song or choose easy ones or CHEAT! The cheat I thought about was to just play the song (its a sing-along actually) really loud and stick your microphone to the speaker. I've tried it, so I know. But the bad part is that you won't hit some notes because of the background music. Plus, I sang an easy song and sounded weird as usual. Singing in tune is not equal to having a good voice! (Booyah Li Ting!)
Oh yes, some songs are not sung by the original singers, so it sounds a little weird. I've tried a song (forgot the title) which is mostly talking. I talked and I failed! You must like match the pitch of the voice, so its quite hard (especially if there's rapping and stuff. Umbrella by Rihanna is really hard. For me anyway.).
So try it anyway! Tell me what score you got (on my tagboard or something)!
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Today, I had a really weird dream. I dreamt that I was escaping Singapore to Turkey, and I was walking. (Weirdness factor #1: Walking to Turkey is almost impossible! For a person who dislikes exercise!)
It was during winter, because there was snow on the ground. Not too faraway, I saw a couple sitting down and collecting something. On further inspection, I found that they were holding those type of small cups for sampling drinks and stuff and collecting something shiny dripping from the sky. I asked them what it was, and they said it was GOLD! (Weirdness factor #2: Is there such thing as liquid gold? If there is, does it even drop from the sky?) Then I was so shocked and questioned them more and more. Can't really remember the details.
After that, I vaguely remember them going towards some hotels. They chose the Hilton hotel. At them time, the Hilton was supposedly having bad business because of some rumour, and thus the cheap hotel room prices. (LOL. I "dream".) I don't remember them coming back. Somehow, I got this really big red bucket that you can easily find in the parsamalam and put it under the dripping sky area. I collected that amount of gold. Somehow (again), I managed to acquire lots of lock-and-lock boxes and stored the gold there. I didn't want them spilling all over and waste the gold! I continued collecting until there was no more. I knew because some gold
engine-look-alike-container dropped in my big red bucket. (Weirdness factor #3: Liquid gold dripping from the sky is weird enough for me already. And now an engine-look-alike-container? Maybe I'm going insane!)
I then somehow (again) got a large piece of black cloth and those trolley-looking-kind-of-thing and packed everything on it and covered it with the large piece of black cloth! I didn't want anyone peeking in and robbing me! So that was the end of my weird dream and I woke up.
Juiced 3:59 AM
WELCOME BACK!
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
HEY ALL! Welcome back to Singapore! Trust you had a great trip? Did anyone become Mr LL's personal maid?
Juiced 11:24 PM
STARS@W4
Thursday, November 6, 2008
I went to a concert yesterday (STARS@W4) held at NUS concert hall. It was okay I guess, except for the loud and inappropriate cheering, ushers who did not allow us to sit freely (and its free-sitting! How ironic.). It was free though. My mum got the tickets from her school. STARS@W4 stand for Simply Talented And Really Splendid @ West 4. The name is really lame. The first performance was a Lion Dance by Dazhong Primary School, it was okay I think, I missed the first part. Princess Elizabeth Primary School performed next. They performed the Dance of the Golden Snake (by the way, the Chinese Orchestra performed it). It was quite good, just lacking some dynamics and the intonation could be improved. The person who played the timpani was so cool! Then they had some presentation of certificates? Keming Primary School performed a dance called Ayunan Gadis Jelita. It was quite well done compared to the rest. Dancing Peacocks by Lianhua Primary School was a bit uhh... uncoordinated. Their costumes were quite cool I guess. Bukit Timah Primary School (my mum's teaching there) was quite good too. They performed some Chinese dance and was very synchronised (I'm not being biased! They were one of the best.)A military band performed next (from Bukit View Secondary School). It was so-so. The intonation could be improved a lot (it was rather out of tune) and more practice would be needed to perfect the song (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End). Hayat by Jurongville Secondary School could be improved. I think the main focus was the dance, but I was instead attracted to the musicians at the back playing the anklongs (spelling?) and xylophones, despite the bright colours the dancers were wearing. Break Away by Yuan Ching Secondary School was quite good. It was a mix of hip-hop and jazz. Could be more synchronised though. They did cool bodywaves.
A choir performed next. I've never seen such a small choir of 9 people. Intonation and harmonisation could be improved further. Hong Kah Primary School performed the Zapin Riang next (I think its an Indian dance). It was good. The rest of the performances were good, especially Rejoicing in Harmony by Bukit View Primary School. The little girl (the main star of the performance) was so CUTE! They can all do splits okay! The just jumped and did splits somewhere towards the end of the performance. The dance was awarded "Gold with Honours" in the SYF this year!
After the performance, we were told to stand up and applause for the the Guest-of-Honour to receive her token of appreciation. So, in order to not waste our time, we decided to leave (all the other people also wanted to leave. We were at the second circle). However, the usher did not allow us to leave. Hello? Hundreds of paying audiences have to wait for the Guest-of-Honour and the VIPs who did not pay for the ticket to leave before they could leave? So, my dad got angry and started his whole threatening and unhappy audience routine. They had to let us out in the end.
On the trip back, my dad was like, "The ushers were terrible! They treated us all like children. Cannot sit at other places! Even those seated in front who could not see and wanted to lean at the railing also don't let them! They had to sit so straight you know! I'm gonna complain tomorrow!"
But I don't think he would complain (its "tommorow" now). The last time, he wanted to complain to the LTA about the signs on the road which said "Have a pleasant day!" or something along those lines. He said that they "wasted electricity" and "caused everybody to slow down because they had to look up", which were quite true.
Juiced 7:06 PM
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Today was an okay day. Did lots of stuff! I categorised books with my sister and we made a catalogue! ITS SO COOL! We have so far 257 books excluding the ones we keep in our own shelves! My mum's paying us $10 for the job and for me to teach her how to make drop down lists in excel spreadsheet. Heh, more money to spend in TURKEY!
My sister just baked some peanut butter cookies! They taste SUPER GOOD! Although its a bit cakey, its addictive! She baked apple crumble yesterday too! It was nice too. Too bad we had no ice-cream.
Juiced 1:32 AM
CHANGE OF BLOGSKIN
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
HELLO! This is my 2nd time posting today. Hope you like the NEW blogskin! Its still under construction (tagboard).BYE!
Juiced 5:24 AM
TODAY
Hi! I will be posting in English today, no worries! (If you even have any.. o.o)Ate my breakfast--melted cheese with tomato ketchup and mustard on bread! SUPER YUMMY!, did some Sec 2 math which I can't get (ration, rate and porpotion and some algebraic equations) since the start of the year (we learnt those this year.) Had the responsibility of waking my sister up to go to school for her O's. Physics today, I think. Went to school for ensemble with her 1h 45min earlier. T.T SO LONELY! I went to the library to play games instead!
Suggested websites for games:
- http://www.orisinal.com/ REALLY CUTE AND FUN GAMES THERE! :D
- http://www.miniclip.com/ Okayish games.. Some need plugins and Shockwave 10.0 though..
- http://www.arcadetown.com/ Good for tycoon/free downloadable games!
- http://www.deviantart.com/ There are some nice flash games there (free and no need account).
Went for ensemble. Hui Xian wasn't here today, so people like Se Ern and Kyu Ri saboed me to sit in front. SO FREAKY OKAY! And I embarrassed myself by playing out of tune notes and stuff. T.T There goes my chance in SYF! Anyway, today Mr Chan was in a bad mood, because of the file and scores and bowings and markings. We spent practically 45++ mins sorting those out. There were some missing scores and files.. My personal score got used as a stand score! Sigh.. String Camp got finalised. We're having an overnight camp! NOO! I hate the bathrooms in school! I don't wanna bathe..
Enough about strings, too boring! My sister improved 35++% for her math and got a 'Best Improvement' trophy! Cool? Its quite strange though.
Oh yes. Who plays runescape? ADD ME!: starcreanm
There's no typo!
Juiced 3:03 AM