Hmm. Guess how many computers I have in my household.
EIGHT.
Dad: 1 HP, 1 Fujitsu
Mom: 1 Acer
Jiahong: 1 IBM
Jiayu: 1 Apple Powerbook
Me: 1 Apple MacBook Pro
Desktops: 1 Gateway, 1 custom-built
Total: 6 laptops, 2 desktops XD
Anyway. Today I tried using my mom's Acer, which runs on Vista. And boy, does Vista suck. It lags like hell. 5 minutes to start up the monster. 5 minutes to log-in + load MSN and other whatnot. Sigh. Installing the Sony Ericsson Phone Suite and Media Manager was like watching a ball of yarn knit itself into a sock. Fruitless. Had to restart installation twice or thrice. Vista really sucks.
The best OS is none other than.... XP. Seriously. Everything, EVERYTHING works with XP. No compatibility issues. Installing stuff is a breeze. No lagging unless under stress (which, reasonably, any computer would, except Vista, which lags even though nothing is going on), easy to organise, easy to just do every damned thing. Plus if you ran XP on a PC like the one my brother built, everything supersized and beefed up, it's just like a dream. Simply beautiful. I haven't had a single session of TS2 crash, not even with all the custom content loaded. We run a few good decent games on it. No problems. Why on earth did dealers stop offering downgrading services for new computers?!
OSX Leopard is pretty good. It's just the learning curve and the compatibility issues. Sigh. Which can be a very big problem. MSN Messenger on Mac is bullshit; it's like using MSN Messenger 4 or 5. I end up downloading 2 other messengers just to use MSN properly, namely Adium and Mercury. Mercury, I have to admit, is pretty good since it includes some of the newer MSN features like Handwrite, Nudges, etc, but it's a new application and hence prone to bugs and glitches until later versions are released. Performance-wise, it runs like clockwork.
Sigh. Vista. What a monster.
And is it just me, but everything looks blurred in Vista?
Goin' On — The Flaming Lips
This week I'm having a bit of a Flaming Lips addiction. Especially for this song, The W.A.N.D, Free Radicals and Pompeii Am Gotterdammerung. Actually the whole album was addicting. I'm dying to get Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots for now. Long-term goal: Get as many Flaming Lips albums as possible. XD
RULES:
1. Put Your iTunes/Windows Media Player/ETC on Shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS.
4. Put any comments in brackets after the song name.
5. Put this on your journal.
1. If someone says, "Is this okay?" You say?
Smile (Nat King Cole)
(Hmm. Not much relevance. But as rule of thumb I do smile out of politeness.)
2.How would you describe yourself?
More Than I Can Say (Leo Sayer)
(Wow-wow yeah-yeah, I love myself more than I can say!! LOL. My dad once made a joke about the lyrics, "I love you twice as much tomorrow/Love you more than I can say", and he sang it as, "I love you twice as much tomorrow/So I love you half today"! LOL)
3.What do you like in a girl/guy?
When I Fall In Love (James Dunne Patrick, piano only)
(This has two meanings: Firstly, I only like a girl/guy when I Fall In Love with them. Secondly, though the song should have lyrics, it was just a piano solo, so perhaps that means what I like in a girl/guy is not what can be said.)
4.How do you feel today?
I Love You (For Sentimental Reasons) (Nat King Cole)
(Woah how come I got all love songs?!)
5.What is your life's purpose?
Aquellos Ojos Verdes (Nat King Cole)
(Not only am I getting love songs, I'm getting lots of Nat King Cole songs. WTH?! Anyway it means "Those Green Eyes"... and I don't know anyone with green eyes!)
6.What is your motto?
A.06 (Linkin Park)
(Ah. Instrumental again. What does it say about me huh! : D)
7. What do your friends think of you?
Part Of Me (Linkin Park)
(w00t!)
8. What do you think of your parents?
Pompeii Am Götterdämmerung (The Flaming Lips)
(Hope it isn't an omen. I want a nice peaceful relationship with them, and this song is full of fatalism.)
9.What do you think about very often?
Love Letters (Nat King Cole)
(WTH LOVE LETTERS! But well my friends and I did recently and casually talk about this subject, but still no link :/)
10.What is 2 + 2?
Cigarettes (Fort Minor)
(.....what?!)
11.What do you think of your best friend?
Pts.OF.Athrty (Crystal Method Mix) (Linkin Park)
(Okay really doesn't quite make sense.)
12.What do you think of the person you like?
From The Inside (Linkin Park)
(Still no sense made. This quiz is getting very puzzling!)
13.What is your life story?
How Can You Mend A Broken Heart (Michael Bublé)
(Ironically, I'm too inexperienced in love. Plus if this song were really my life story, I'd be a very tragic person!)
14.What do you want to be when you grow up?
Place For My Head (Linkin Park)
(Yeah, I want to be a place for my head... my interpretation is that I want to live for myself when I grow up??)
15.What do you think of when you see the person you like?
Love Today (Mika)
(Whoo! Awesome! Finally things make sense!)
16.What will you dance to at your wedding?
It's Going To Take Some Time (The Carpenters)
(It's a nice song, it's a Carpenters' Song, BUT IT'S ABOUT BREAKING UP WTH!)
17.What will they play at your funeral?
It's A Hard Knock Life (Mike Myers as Dr. Evil)
(WTFROFLHAHAHAHAHA I can't imagine my funeral, or how my life will turn out such that I deserve to have such a song played at my funeral!)
18.What is your hobby/interest?
Right Now (Fort Minor ft. Black Thought)
(Mmm. Staring at a laptop trying to get inspired. Actually I've always imagined my life the way the lyrics conveyed. Always travelling. Always seeing from perspectives. But it's not a hobby is it?)
19.What is your biggest fear?
The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late) [DeeTown Rock Mix] (Alvin and the Chipmunks)
(WHAAAAT I LOVE ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS OKAY)
20.What is your biggest secret?
Mr. Ambulance Driver (The Flaming Lips)
(Do I have any secrets about ambulances and their drivers? Erm. No.)
21.What do you think of your friends?
Chiquitita (Siobhan McCarthy, Jenny Galloway, Louise Plowright of the Mamma Mia! Original London Cast)
(TO MY FRIENDS: PLEASE TELL ME THE TRUTH/I'M A SHOULDER YOU CAN CRY ON/YOUR BEST FRIEND/I'M THE ONE YOU MUST RELY ON!!!!! WTH this song makes all my friends sound like depressed suicidal people and I'm a counsellor or psychiatrist?! But then it does make sense, I would do as much as I can to help any friend who needs it.)
22.What will you post this as?
Strip Polka (Take It Off! Take It Off!) (The Andrew Sisters)
(I think this song was meant for answering the next question.............)
23.What song would you play during your first time having sex?
L-O-V-E (Nat King Cole)
(Whee! : D )
Speaking of which, it reminds me — there can be a 101 different reasons why we in this field love theatre and drama, but I guess most of us can all agree than the greatest motivation for us to keep on loving it, to keep on pursuing it, is the audience. We can toil for weeks, months and years, preparing, writing, directing, practicing, rehearsing, sewing, making, painting, basically working our asses off, but without the audience, without their support, without any knowledge that they remotely enjoyed the show, all our prior efforts are laid to waste. It's not about the money, it's not about the fame, what concerns us most is the passion for the art, the joy in the process, and the love and support from our audience and our loved ones. So, to each and every member of the audience, to each and every friend, relative and family member who showed support and gave us love, thank you.
Come support!! : D Don't laugh at my make-up!
Today is my quietest day in a very long time.
First, I met an old flame in the library: Harry Potter.
Caught up with him by reading Deathly Hallows.
I read up till the part where everybody but Ron, Tonks, Bill and Fleur came back, and they were all surrounding George who had lost an ear in a tousle with Death Eaters.
I felt that same sense of anticipation I used to get while reading the older Harry Potter books. Somehow I thought Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince were a tad screwed up. I've a feeling I'd like Deathly Hallows.
Then after that I looked at my watch and realised I was late for consultation with Hector for Socpsyh. Oops!
But anyway Jessica wasn't out when I arrived.
Consultation was quite a bummer. I failed all my Socpsyh common tests, and barely passed my journal and assessed tutorial. Sigh. Socpsyh's one of the more interesting modules I've taken so far, and much as I'd like to find out more and understand better I still fail miserably at it just because of my intensely-slow speed of interpreting large chunks of text.
Well after that miserable consultation with Hector, I met up with Yong Hao for a spot of practicing with the mixers and LogicPro in the audio tech room. It was more of his idea LOL but the two-hour practice was useful for recapping anyway. I really need the recap 'cause I just failed audio tech really badly and I don't know about my practical test. Hopefully at least a pass. But how to pass when I couldn't even turn on the Mackie mixer?!
I'm so bored. It's so late. I'm so awake. So I surfed around for quizzes to do and Mr Lin Weijie has one, right there, front page news on his blog. So I stole it and there you go. (Technically I can since the fifth person he tagged was "anyone who got nothing better to do with their life")
Just a pre-quiz warning, since I reviewed it and realised there are some stupid N/A questions IMHO, I'm going to fill those with shit answers. You will know a shit answer when you see one.
READY?!
(Rules last because I LIKE IT HAHAHA)
Starting time: 3:57AM
Name: Fangying
Sisters: 1 (imaginary)
Brothers: 2 (non-existent half the time... oops one just came home.)
Shoe size: 5 to 7 (depends on temperature, I have rubber feet)
Height: a very gloriously tall one-hundred and fifty-six centimetres
Where do you live: "I live on a bus!" (quote thanks to Rob Bourdon! XD)
Favourite drinks: currently I feel like plain water.
Favourite breakfast: pure solid coffee.
Have you ever been on a plane?: duh. I was on the plane when I was a foetus. For more details just talk to me and I will tell you why.
Swam in the ocean: Fuck you.
Fallen asleep at school: ALL THE FUCKING TIME. I don't think my Sec 4 teachers have ever seen me with my eyes fully dilated before.
Broken someone’s heart: Fuck you, your heart broken, my problem ah? But honestly, no. I'm so nice!! *halo*
Fell off your chair: Amazingly, of all the feats of clumsiness I have ever done, this is one I've never remembered doing. I will, however, no lack of opportunities in the near future.
Sat by the phone all night waiting for someone to call: I was waiting for the bogeyman to call me... LOL
Saved e-mails: Is it considered "saved" if I just have never bothered deleting emails? I mean, come on, I save all I want when I have SIX BLOODY GIGABYTES of storage and not many people mailing me anyway.
What is your room like: Disgusting pink walls, unsightly cracks on ceiling, half-destroyed parquet, super-single bed with extra-springy mattress, old wooden desk, old wooden bookshelves, old wooden cabinet, old wooden closet, many old stuff with cobwebs clinging all over, basically remnants of a lost childhood I can't be bothered to clean up.
What’s right beside you: Bunch o' crap like tissue. Papers. Books. Calendar. Wires. Pens. Envelopes. Etc.
What is the last thing you ate: Vegetarian mixed rice. (Yes, I have progressed to semi-vegetarianism, got a problem with that, huh? Huh? HUH?! CARNIVORE?!?!?!)
Ever had chicken pox: Duh. If you have a chance, go behind me, and lift up my shirt. You can see lots of weird dots all over my back. You can also see scars on my arms.
Sore throat: Nursing one now, a week before a play WTF.
Stitches: Oh, yesssss, I have stitches around my neck because someone performed a lobotomy on me before, shame aobut this fugly head that got transplanted on my holy neck.
Broken nose: Fuck you. My nose so short and flat, how to break?
Do you believe in love at first sight: Fuck you, never been in love, how the fuck I know!
Like picnics: No. Fucking ants. Fucking lousy Singapore weather. Fucking everything. Fucking picnics.
Who was/were the last person/people you danced with: *conjures old memories of old days in dance troupe* FUCK YOU!!
Last made you smile: Tourette's Guy on YouTube. "YOU'RE GROUNDED!! 'CAUSE YOU DON'T THINK IT SOUNDS LIKE A CHEWBACCA TAKING A SHIT!!"
You last yelled at: Invisible audience at rehearsal. (Tomorrow I'm probably gonna yell at my SW lecturer, but that's in the future)
Today did you:
Talk to someone you like: Fuck you!
Kissed anyone: Fuck you!
Get sick: I'M FUCKING SICK RIGHT NOW WHAT DO YOU THINK HUH FUCK YOU!!
Miss someone: Fuck you!
Eat: As of today, i.e., 2nd June, FUCK YOU I HAVENT AND I AM FUCKIN HUNGRY I WANT FOOD NOW!! FUCK YOU!
Best feeling in the world: Just yelling "Fuck you!!" at everyone. Like right now. Really feels good. So good, it's almost orgasmic!
Do you sleep with stuffed animals: HOW ABOUT STUFFED PHALLIC SHAPES, HUH, HUH? FUCK YOU!
What’s under your bed: Cobwebs.
Who do you really hate: Let's see. Matthew Ng, I just find him annoying. Ow, she's a thing of the past, sure I hate her, but well, I kinda forgot about her already. Sharpe, he's just a fucking lump of fat squelching around the lecture theatre rambling on about APA in his oily British accent.
What time is it now?: 4:22AM
Random:
Is there a person who is on your mind now: Unfortunately, because I just mentioned Sharpe, now I'm actually imagining him as a humongous piece of butter going "squelch, squelch" around LT79 rambling on about APA in his disgusting oily British accent.
Do you have any siblings: 2. With my imaginary sibling, 3.
Do you want children: I don't fucking know. Maybe an accident when there's a broken condom.
Do you smile often: Psychotically, to myself.
Do you like your hand-writing: I love all of my handwriting. ALL. ALLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!
Are your toe nails painted: Painted with what? PAINTED WITH SHIT! Fuck you!!!
Whose bed other than yours would you rather sleep in: I don't fucking care which bed is it, just lemme sleep in a fucking bed and I'm dandy!
What color shirt are you wearing now: Blue.
What were you doing at 7:00 p.m. yesterday: REHEARSING.
I can’t wait till: The performance is finally over.
When did you cry last: Friday.
Are you a friendly person: What do you think, after you've read all of my answers? Of course I am friendly! How can I not be friendly? Right?
Do you have any pets: VONNNDDDDAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY XD
Where is the person you have feelings for right now?: Everywhere?! I have feelings for everyone what. I like you, I have positive feelings. I hate you, I have negative feelings. See?
Did the last person you held hands with mean anything to you now?: Erm, no. It was because my role required me to.
Do you sleep with the TV on?: I haven't had the TV on for more than a month already to begin with.
What are you doing right now?: DOING THIS FUCKING QUIZ!!!
Have you ever crawled through a window?: I think so. I don't quite remember, but given all the dumb things I used to do, I probably have.
Can you handle the truth?: I am the truth.
Are you too forgiving?: I guess so.
Are you closer to your mother or father?: Ah, ask them, not me.
Who was the last person you cried in front of?: Huitian u_u sorry man : (
How many people can you say you’ve really loved?: 1
Have you ever cried because of something someone said to you?: Someone: "YOU SUCK!" Me: *cries*.
If you’re having a bad day, who are you most likely to go to?: Nobody! I go home.
Are you loud or quiet most of the time?: Intermittenly making unintelligible noises.
Are you confident?: Fuck yeah!
5 things I was doing 10 years ago:
1. Chinese dance, ewwwww.
2. Actually being a Top-3-In-Class student.
3. Learning piano (which I have already forgotten)
4. Playing with Barbie dolls (a fragment of childhood which I am very much ashamed of)
5. Reading encyclopaedias for a hobby (I was quite a nerdy kid, sans glasses)
5 things on my to-do list today:
1. SW (Shuttlecock-Whacking) Make-up lesson EW
2. NVP 1 Editing at FCP Room
3. Lunch
4. ???
5. ?????
5 snacks I enjoy:
1. FUCK
2. YOU
3. I
4. DON'T
5. SNACK
5 things I would do if I were a billionaire:
1. Get two fucking big-ass tattoos, one by Chris Garver at Miami Ink, one by Kat von D at High Voltage Tattoo!
2. Buy all sorts of art supplies
3. Buy a small studio
4. Learn music instruments
5. Donate the rest to charity and animal welfare (I'm sure all that I've done so far don't come up to a billion dollars)
5 of my bad habits:
1. Excessive facial scratching
2. "...I don't know..."
3. Swearing (actually it's one of my best habits)
4. Playing with my hair, however short.
5. Falling asleep a lot.
5 places I have lived in:
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2.
3.
4.
5.
5 jobs I’ve had:
1. Never worked,
2. Never knew.
3.
4.
5.
5 people I tag:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5. Just do it. I know it hurts you if I don't put your name here. Save yourself the trouble. Just imagined I tagged you, and go and fucking do it.
Rules (are meant to be broken):
1. The rules of the game get posted at the beginning. Fuck you, I POST THEM LAST. HAPPY?!
2. Each player answers the questions about themselves. Fuck you, don't answer for myself, answer for who, my hamster ah?
3. At the end of the post the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves a comment, letting them know they got tagged and to ask them to play and read your blog. Fuck you, I'm not going to do it, those who actually got tagged by me later will not have to do it, from here on, I SHALL CHANGE THE FUCKING RULES. It's just a fucking internet thingofabomb, WHO FUCKING CARES HAHAHAHA BITCH
I'm done! I gotta sleep now!
I've been having very weird and bizarre dreams recently. Probably the product of one daydream too many in lectures and all.
Once. I dreamt of MDM LAU. Yes. THE Mdm Lau from Ye Olde School. It was damn freaky to be honest. I dreamt I was at the FMS lift lobby waiting for the fucking slow lift to come to the 1st floor. Then the lift door opened and there stood old, wrinkly, pasty-faced Mdm Lau with the odd little wicker-basket full of marker pens smiling at me. And I said “刘老师,午安”... and in her usual fashion, she said, "早,早!" even though I clearly said good afternoon in Mandarin.
Another time. I dreamt Vondy had babies. TONS of babies. That one would've been cute, but the babies drove me insane by firstly, coming by the hundreds, secondly, leaving my poor Vondy so exhausted from all the labour, and lastly, for running off the edge of the bed and falling to the floor EVERY SINGLE DAMN SECOND. They were OVERFLOWING. Oh god. I wanted to wake up so bad.
And then I have other dreams so sexual FREAKY that I don't think it should be publicised. TOO FREAKY!! LOL.
I think at the end of it you readers are the ones who are more freaked out than me. : P