Talents

Seriously, what's with all these singing talents popping up everywhere?

Mentioning only those on YouTube would have filled the blog's max word limit - eheh, no lah but almost :P

First off, Boyce Avenue. Something like a Rascal Flatt's-kind of band. Love their more mellow songs and their covers as well ^^

There's Grayson Chance. Not bad vocals for a kid. AND he plays the piano too.

And there's Dave Days. He's actually rather good looking although a bit on the thin side (that's a good thing?). Most importantly, he can sing, edit videos and stuff, act and has a funny personality!

And.... Christina Grimmie. I love her voice though I've only heard her when she's dueting with Sam in Nelly's Just a Dream.

There's this band called A Common Year. Actually I've first heard their songs in Nightclub City (Seriously??? ...Yes, seriously :|) Surprisingly, they put up their whole album online for free! I'm not sure how to categorise them but they're a bit on the Simple Plan-, All American Rejects-kind of line.

Last but not, definitely not, least, Sam Tsui and Kurt. They're the best two combos if I've ever seen one (combo) that good! Sam Tsui has awesome vocals and can hit and hold the falsetto rather easily (I think). Kurt is one of the most talented video editor and producer I've ever seen (I've not seen many of this kind of people but still, this counts for something!)

I'm very sure if I hang around YouTube more often. I'll probably find some more singers/ bands that I like. Still, what's with this explosion of new talents huh? I can hardly keep up with the best songs now lol =)

Anyhow, good luck in building yourselves music careers! You guys and gals can make it! I'll wait eagerly for your upcoming official albums and music videos. ;P

Vampire diaries

It looks and sounds like a twilight rip-off and the series actually did, in my opinion, have some similar plot or storyline as twilight. However, although Taylor Lautner is quite ... unique :P ... in his own way, I gotta say Damon Salvatore (a.k.a. Ian Somerhalder) of vamp diaries beat all of them hawties =D

He's just the kind of bad-ass guy that shoots off lightning bolts from his eyes no matter what he does and plus he's a vamp so that counted for something. Alright, he's awfully good looking especially with that sly smile on and he's the kind of person who can actually make his eye twinkle whenever he wants it to (pro skillz!). He did play his role very convincingly. ^^ Stefan's not at all bad-looking but which girl would like a too-uptight guy? He won't be much fun to be around with, don't you think?

Anyhow, this series is great for checking out guys (there are hot girls as well but well, I'm not interested in those kind of stuff ya :P maybe some guy might wanna tho)... storyline? okay nia... and it does look strange that somehow, all the vamps concentrating on Mystic Falls all of the sudden (perhaps due to the return of the Salvatore brothers).

Eheheh, well, I'm off to play Dragon's Call for a bit more - finishing off my last instance of the day. Wish me luck in getting True* items =)

Working as a helper at the blood donation campaign

It's really awesome I think. I've met like 2 new friends (well, we spoke a lot :)), Quan Ee and a guy studying business :P I've met tens of other people as well - the donors.

It's nice to meet new people for a brief time. A bit of chatting with new people is kind of interesting and should help my anti-social problem lol.

Anyhow, it's a bit boring and tiring but, truthfully, after seeing those people donating blood, I'm seriously having second thoughts about donating myself. Since I'm about to be on medication, so I'll skip this time but dunno about next time. Till then, I shall try to remain neutral in this matter :P

Game update

Wooohoooo!!! Yes I know it's just a game and any achievements that I've gotten through it is practically useless in real life but I can only brag so much so please allow me to 'show off' about this: my mage has finally hit the 5.5k gs mark (have to regem and enchant a bit still :P)! Yes, you have not heard wrong. Well, my druid hit the mark first - 5565GS as of current. Now, I just need to get my DK into icc and try to get into icc heroics with my ret pally. My shammy's at 5.3k, priest nearly 5k, tank at 5.3k (lousy threat generation though), holy pally at 5.2k, rogue at 5k and hunter at 5.4k. No need to mention my lock coz I kinda gave up on it. It's so hard to play it well lol. I've also realised that I sucked playing fire mage - a ench shammy with like 600 less gs than me can out-dps me >.> OMG! I sucked that much?! But I certainly can heal with my tree :P need more haste still though.

I am also proud to say my ally druid is sitting at about 5.3k gs while my rogue, after having to relearn how to play combat spec, is having 5.2k gs. My ally shammy is also at the 5.3k gs mark I think. My pally tankadin is at the 4.5k gs though. Still need to work on it :P

And, now I've realised why some lowbie (low gs peeps) have, suddenly, a icc heroic gear... alt looting - that's why :| How unfair is that? Sigh. I have lots of alts so if I really wanted to alt loot, I would have rolled for every gear that dropped lol.

Well, that's all for now. I only have like a day or two left for gaming then it's back to crappy internet at Kampar and, if Cata updates come, no WoW at all! Sigh... giving up the game is really as bad as it sounds.... zzz

New Year Resolutions (2011)

1. Relearn programming

2. Take up French

3. Further my knowledge of Photoshop

4. Play less, write more

5. Get a CGPA/GPA of 3.75

6. Try to be more active in extra-co-curricular activities

7. etc etc






I'll add more as I see fit as the year goes on. :)

Time sink

Yes that's what WoW is. I can't believe I've spent about 60 days' worth of time (do the maths - 60 days x 24 hours = 1440 hours, including those time I just put my characters there and afk :P) into this game and I'm still a mediocre player but I can play most classes well enough. Is the game really worth so much attention?

I'd say yes atm. I know..I know.. most people would say that I am addicted and I cannot and will not deny that but I still strongly think that this game is one of the entertainment that I can get back in boring Kampar. I love raiding; I love PvPing (most of the time); I love to read about whatever stuff that the PWoW community is talking about; I love to challenge my skills by soloing instances.. though I really dislike farming for stuff. I love meeting new people but sometimes, when I'm not in a mood to talk, I don't (that's like 90% of my game time). I've also realised that arguing with someone over a game is rather childish and unreasonable though I'd get very pissed off if my loot was ninja-ed by someone. Don't worry though... I can get over it someday :P

Not to mention, I spent my other free time on facebook and its 'applications' (a.k.a games). That's almost my whole day spent excluding those hours I went for lectures and for dinner with my friends. I am becoming a super nerd of sorts lol.

No wonder my chair at Kampar broke! I must have spent so much time on it that its lifespan somehow got drastically shortened.

Oh wait, I've also spent many hours watching and rewatching movies and TV series on the computer. Wow, I do spent a lot of my time in front of the computer then! Especially in Kampar...

Gosh, I really need to get a life and leave the house more often. :| Maybe involve myself in more extra co-curricular activities or something.... I can't just whittled away my life. Another year has passed and I hadn't done anything really worthwhile yet. That's dishearting... like really dishearting.

Well, it's a new year and I guess I'll post up my new year resolutions (next post). I'm crossing my fingers and hoping that they can come true :)

Possibilities

Have you ever wondered what if you did that instead of this or other variations of the same 'what if'-kind of questions?

This is the kind of question that will keep bugging you for ages - what if I had helped her? What if I spent more time studying instead? What if I've went to her CNY party? What if... what if....

If you keep thinking about these kind of stuff, won't it make you hesitate every time you have to make a decision - no matter small or big? This can be an advantage if you use the time you hesitate to think thoroughly about all other options as well as the consequences, from all angles and perspectives (if possible :P), of doing that decision. However, if you take too long a time to make up your mind - you may be at a severe disadvantage especially at making split-second decisions or the indecision may perhaps paralyze, or so to speak, you from making any decisions at all.

Thinking back to the time when I graduated from high school with flying colours, I was forced to make a decision - either to continue my studies at Form 6, find other colleges and universities to study at or take up that government TESL (pardon any spelling mistakes :P) scholarship to become a teacher. I have always wondered how would I fair if I had continued Form 6 instead or will I be able to handle TESL.

It's the road not traveled that may cause us to look back at that time and wonder, but if we keep dwelling in the past, we will never be able to move on. You've got to tell yourself - you've made a major decision that day... that time... and you will not be able to get back to that particular crossroad ever again. Life is not a PC game where you can always load your saved games. Life and time do not wait for anybody. Whether or not your decision is a good one, you will find out sooner or later and it is useless to keep thinking about it, but bear in mind that from every decision that you make, there're, for certain, good and bad sides to it. As long as you can make the best out of the decision that you have made, you will be satisfied that you have not make the wrong choice.

Though, there are also fatal decisions - the kind of decisions that will somehow lead to your ultimate death or some other horrific repercussions. These kind of decisions must never appear as an option when you are thinking of what to do next. One of the main examples is suicide.

I really don't understand why do some people value so little of their lives. Your birth to this world itself is a miracle. Heck, every molecule of your body is special in its own way. An advice to those who are considering suicide - stop weeping or whatever stuff that you're doing, calm your mind down and think about the possibilities...the stuff that you can do if you are alive. If you've lost a person in your life, there are still others out there for you.. people who cares about you. To put it simply - think about this: What if I have not killed myself? What stuff will I be doing? What stuff that I want to do but have yet to do? You might want to travel around the world; explore the Amazon jungle; see the moon up close; buy your parents their well-deserved retirement double-story house; get yourself that BMW that you have your eye on for years etc etc. Then, you'll realised that if you end your life now, you'll never be able to do anything that you have always wanted to do. Your life will be a total waste!

Life is full of possibilities that's for certain. To be able to experience these possibilities is one of the joys/sorrows of living. Bad stuff can be turned in a good one if you try harder and look for a solution from different perspectives. Life problems are like maths - there are many ways to solve it and I'm certain, if you try, you can find at least one of them.

Sure, you can spent some time thinking about those roads not taken but don't dwell on it too long - you don't want to get caught in the past, do you?

In short, killing yourself will not only severe life's possibilities (it's delights and sufferings), it will, too, inflict unnecessary pain to those people close to you (Don't say you don't have anyone close to you... that's just bullshit. You have people who cares though you may not have noticed them). Never ever put suicide as an option/ a choice when you're deciding anything. Don't always think about the crossroads in life that you think you had made a wrong turn at - make do with what you have.. and improve it while bearing in mind the mistakes that you have made so you won't repeat them again. Problems can always be solved as long as you are open-minded enough to think from various angles and perspectives to find a suitable solution. Take your time in making any major decision in life - remember that once you go down that road, you, more often than not, cannot go back. For split-second decisions, you have to depend on your instincts and quick thinking - the kind of things that you can train but I have no idea how to train them (Google's your best friend :P).