So here's the part where I say a big THANK YOU so much to all of you, YoU, and YOU for the birthday wishes, but mostly for just being here to celebrate this day with me.
*awwww*
Specially for the flat 777 people:
Yeap, you guys surprised me with the awesome video clip. =)
I knew there was something going on (saw the k-a-k-a-k sign in Janice's room once and then the happy birthday drawings in Sing Sii's room muahahaha), but I never ever expected you guys would take the initiative into spending hours designing and putting together such a cool movie just for me.
Then last night (or early this morning) when I absent mindedly discovered the pink cd with pink ribbons on my bed AFTER being told that there is actually a pink cd right in front of me. hehe.
Shows just how blur I can be sometimes.
Anyway, the movie was super extraordinarily AWESOME. =D The music, photos, and singing were cute, funny, and touching altogether. Thanks for the little details: using Nichole Nordeman's song knowing that I lurve her songs, and Rebec for getting back at me using my own words! haha =)
It was impossible NOT to cry.
Thank goodness I had tissue paper ready.
*so paiseh to cry in front of all of you*
So I'd like to appreciate these cool people for making this day a memorable one for me, I'll definitely still remember this 50 years from now. =) Hugs and lots of love to Chiu May May, the Gu family, Mr n Mrs Pancakes, Sing Jing the coolest graphics designer ever, Mr n Mrs Ramon, Sarah-who-taught-me-how-to-play "more than words" on the guitar, and all those who made this day so special.
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Those who read this blog on the regular basis might notice that I haven't been blogging quite so regularly.
So many things to blog about, yet so little time to actually upload pictures, sit down and type.
So I'll try to get back to blogging this week (after I hand in 2 assignments due sooooon), and post up pictures from the Allure conference, the evangelistic meeting this coming Tuesday, bbq this afternoon, and just pictures of how happy I am to have met all of you. =)
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So longer teenage years, I am officially 20 today.
I survived!
Terms test no more! =D
This week has been pretty predictable: studying, studying, and more studying for tests.
The only randomness I can remember happened yesterday evening when I was rushing home from biochemistry lab thinking "test in 2 hours and I'm still here! arghhhhh...".
It was somewhere in St Davids when a Star Wars clone trooper and a supposedly green elf stopped in front of me and asked if I had 2 minutes to be in a video they're making.
That's about what happened in the movie, or at least part of the movie I can be seen in acting as an extra. Nope, I didn't get paid at all. Yeap, it was definitely more than 2 minutes.
This week has been pretty predictable: studying, studying, and more studying for tests.
The only randomness I can remember happened yesterday evening when I was rushing home from biochemistry lab thinking "test in 2 hours and I'm still here! arghhhhh...".
It was somewhere in St Davids when a Star Wars clone trooper and a supposedly green elf stopped in front of me and asked if I had 2 minutes to be in a video they're making.
"O-kayyyy, but I have a test-"
"Don't worry, it'll only take 2 minutes"
*dragged into St Davids lecture theatre*
Green elf pours beer down through a tube, trooper drinks beer.
That's about what happened in the movie, or at least part of the movie I can be seen in acting as an extra. Nope, I didn't get paid at all. Yeap, it was definitely more than 2 minutes.
1 down, 2 to go
Genetics terms test was pretty much as expected: a few questions from the past year exam, yet I still found it hard to do the lab calculations with confidence. Meh. And I made a rash decision in changing to do another question in the last freaking 15 minutes, and ended up with very badly drawn diagrams. Oh well.
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Biochemistry terms test is on Wednesday night, and that's the big worry. With countless pathways and impossible-to-memorise protein structures, reading more doesn't seem to help me remember more. It's almost like I'm afraid if the new stuff going into my brain will push out some information. Overflow- yeap that's the term. Will our brains ever overflow and one day just say "I want out! No more thinking!"?
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I'm not even worrying about accounting terms test for MANV202 right now. BLAHHHHH. No revision yet whatsoever. Thursday is looooooong time away, right?
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Not sure if anyone noticed how desperate I am/was this week trying to get people to tell me when they're going back to Kuching and when they're leaving. And I won't stop asking until I can finally decide whether or not to come back here during mid or end of January. February is a no-no as I need to unpack stuff into the new flat, celebrating CNY next year isn't that appealing right now. Though I might miss going visiting with the SFEC youths. And walking into the wrong house. *teehee*
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Cell group is going to have a Passover meal thingy tomorrow night. And an evangelistic meeting next week. And my "surprise" bbq thingy on my birthday ("What kind of birthday cake would you like? -____-") bla bla. So many things happening all at once again.
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I've reached the very addicted stage of facebook. Darn Rebec for asking me to join. ;P I'm logging in up to 5 times a day just to check on new updates/invitations.
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I'm also lazy to write a single decent blog post. Instead, my lazy genes are making me write blurpies like this post, it's almost like my brain cannot connect all the information together. Partitioning it is, then.
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Biochemistry terms test is on Wednesday night, and that's the big worry. With countless pathways and impossible-to-memorise protein structures, reading more doesn't seem to help me remember more. It's almost like I'm afraid if the new stuff going into my brain will push out some information. Overflow- yeap that's the term. Will our brains ever overflow and one day just say "I want out! No more thinking!"?
***
I'm not even worrying about accounting terms test for MANV202 right now. BLAHHHHH. No revision yet whatsoever. Thursday is looooooong time away, right?
***
Not sure if anyone noticed how desperate I am/was this week trying to get people to tell me when they're going back to Kuching and when they're leaving. And I won't stop asking until I can finally decide whether or not to come back here during mid or end of January. February is a no-no as I need to unpack stuff into the new flat, celebrating CNY next year isn't that appealing right now. Though I might miss going visiting with the SFEC youths. And walking into the wrong house. *teehee*
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Cell group is going to have a Passover meal thingy tomorrow night. And an evangelistic meeting next week. And my "surprise" bbq thingy on my birthday ("What kind of birthday cake would you like? -____-") bla bla. So many things happening all at once again.
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I've reached the very addicted stage of facebook. Darn Rebec for asking me to join. ;P I'm logging in up to 5 times a day just to check on new updates/invitations.
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I'm also lazy to write a single decent blog post. Instead, my lazy genes are making me write blurpies like this post, it's almost like my brain cannot connect all the information together. Partitioning it is, then.
Downloading movies
Due to the increasing number of people asking this question "Where did you download your movies from?", this post will hopefully help you out a bit.
The keyword to take away is SEARCH. Don't expect all the movies to line up for you at certain sites, just waiting to be downloaded. Treat it as a treasure hunt.
Sites to search for movies:
The keyword to take away is SEARCH. Don't expect all the movies to line up for you at certain sites, just waiting to be downloaded. Treat it as a treasure hunt.
Sites to search for movies:
- Veoh. This is my personal favourite. Just download the veoh player free, then search for movies you'd like to download. It's not easy searching for movies here, as new movies get deleted by the administrators, so the best way is to keep an eye on movie forums (see below). If a video clip is over 45 minutes, you'll only get a 5 minute preview of the video/movie, so downloading is necessary to view a whole movie. Plus, most of the movies here have excellent quality. Also, remember to move finished downloads from the veoh folder to some other folder on your computer, or else risk it being deleted.
- Stage 6/DivX. Another increasingly popular video hosting site. Searching for movies here is VERY hard, links from movie forums highly recommended. It's popular for good quality videos, and no download player is needed to download. I normally use Internet Download Manager to download movies from divx, depending on your internet connection, a 200Mb video takes about 30 minutes to download.
- Guba. Similar to divx, able to choose to either just watch a movie or to download it.
- Movie Forums. 2 forums I visit occasionally: Quicksilver and Easy-TV. It's not that hard to find forums, just type in movie forums in google and you're bound to get many hits. If you're just interested in watching a movie without downloading it, links to other video hosting sites like Tudou, Ou Ou, DailyMotion, or even YouTube are easy to find. To download movies, look out for links to veoh and divx. One thing about movies forums: old links are more likely to get deleted, so check regularly for new working links to movies.
- Direct downloading from Rapidshare, Megaupload etc. A major disadvantage downloading this way is that you're not able to get a preview beforehand, and might end up downloading the wrong movie or just plain junk. I wouldn't recommend this, but searching for uploaded movies can be quite useful sometimes. I'm also not keen on downloading many parts for a single movie.
Growth
A Millionaire's First Love is such a tearjerker.
Yeap, I still enjoy watching these sad movies and end up with wet tissues when I should be studying.
The soundtrack for the movie is awfully sweet, too bad I can't read or understand Korean to appreciate it more. Love the instrumentals, as always.
Is it only me or does Hyun Bin look unlike himself in that movie?
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Walking past the registry building today and seeing the flowers blossom is such a beautiful and calming sight. =)
Spring, to me, is the season of hope & change.
Reminds me of this beautiful song:
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Things WILL be better from now onwards.
It is already showing: the seeds planted, the prayers said, the effort put in, the passion felt by everyone. All that's needed now is a whole lot of faith.
For the first time in many months, I feel and see growth happening. =)
Yeap, I still enjoy watching these sad movies and end up with wet tissues when I should be studying.
The soundtrack for the movie is awfully sweet, too bad I can't read or understand Korean to appreciate it more. Love the instrumentals, as always.
Is it only me or does Hyun Bin look unlike himself in that movie?
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Walking past the registry building today and seeing the flowers blossom is such a beautiful and calming sight. =)
Spring, to me, is the season of hope & change.
Reminds me of this beautiful song:
~Every season by Nichole Nordeman
And everything that’s new has bravely surfaced
Teaching us to breathe
What was frozen through is newly purposed
Turning all things green
So it is with You
And how You make me new
With every season’s change
And so it will be
As You are re-creating me
Summer, autumn, winter, spring
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Things WILL be better from now onwards.
It is already showing: the seeds planted, the prayers said, the effort put in, the passion felt by everyone. All that's needed now is a whole lot of faith.
For the first time in many months, I feel and see growth happening. =)
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