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- 1A01E: My favourite class!
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- Diane: Fellow anime fan
- Shaun: SYO Chiobu. Now in RJ!
- Jack: OG-mate. Loves bball.
- Ying: My half-namesake
- JC: It's a viola thang!
- WB: blurring the line between genius and insanity since 1986
- Chris: AC chamber junior
- Vic Siek: le Genius
Check this stuff out!
- Liverpool's website *GO YOU RED MEN!*
- OMB:The funniest AMG spoof ever written!!
- RPGClassics: Great site. Check out their mailbag! ^^
- A pointless badger flash
- Chocobo Karaoke: Kyewt!!!
My top ten favourite webcomics
- 1. It's Walky: Got Nachitos?
- 2. Flipside: Swords, Sorcery and cute girls
- 3. RPG World: Cliches to the max
- 4. Megatokyo: p\/\/|\|493!!!
- 5. Something Positive: Vast Repository of Sarcasm
- 6. Greystone Inn: Puns, puns, puns
- 7. Real Life: Breaking the Fourth Wall
- 8. Twelve Dragons: Like Flipside, with fewer updates
- 9. Caution Man: Deliberate Retardation
- 10. How NOT to run a comic: What the title says.
Current stuff
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Currently reading: Poetry anthology for class
Currently composing: Piano Quartet in G minor 2nd movement
Currently feeling: Inspired
Currently playing in my head: BADGER SONG!
Currently pracing (violin): Prokofiev 2, which is freaking cool
Currently pracing (piano): Scarlatti C# minor
Me according to
- Celeb match : Kirsten Dunst
- Attraction factor : 55%(that's about right...)
- Happiness level : 54%(I'm a man of few extremes...)
- Personality type : Critic(?)
- Fear : Not belonging(damn straight...)
- Destiny : Provider
- Most at home at : Bedroom(that one's a no-brainer)
- Inner rock star : Ricky Martin (?!?!?)
- Movie star double : Vin Diesel (!!)
- Past life : Dog
- Superpower : Super Speed(yeah, that would explain me failing my 2.4...)
- TV family : The Simpsons (are we THAT dysfunctional??)
- My type : Girl Next Door (Duh...)
- True talent : Spatial ability (I'm bloody sure!!)
- Flavour : Crazy Cranberry(Umm. Whatever you say.)
- Starwars Character : Obi-Wan Kenobi (Wow.)
- Breed of Dog : St. Bernard (loyal n reliable... ^^)
- Email Personality : Rambler (I guess so?)
- Connection type : In-depth conversationalist (AHAHAHAH!!)
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Name: Maestro Fried Dumpling (that's pronounced Freed Doumplong, you uneducated philistine)
Age: Young
Height: Short
Living in: Denial
Welcome. I'm using this blog to master the fabled arts of sarcastic humour and comic hyperbole, and air my opinions. And, of course, to waste my time and yours. I'm also a sentimental hopeless romantic. But you don't need to know that.
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Gyoza's corny phrase of the day:
"God is dead." - Nietzsche
ZAP!
"Nietzsche is dead." - God
Gyoza's half-baked movie idea for the week:
In the recent past, even up till today, transexuals have always been persecuted and ostracised for being 'different'. The self-righteous powers-that-be directed the anger and discrimination of the general public against such people.
However, what few people know is that, in fact, in recent history, a brave band of transexuals saved the world from another band of transexuals who wanted to destroy it.
This is their story.
EX-MEN.
By the way, you're listening to the Bahamut Lagoon Overture.
Tuesday, March 01, 2005
Jumping on the xanga bandwagon
Ok... the blogger popups have really started to drive me crazy lately, and as my blog grows in size it becomes more and more painfully slow. So I've decided to jump ship and start a xanga page (which will be more family friendly than this blog has been). I'll be keeping this blog here just for posterity, and as a kind of very sarcastic and crass time capsule, and I might update once in a while if I have something really worthwhile to say, but for the most part I won't be doing very much with this blog anymore. If you actually are still interested in updates on my boring life, my new blog can be found here:
http://www.xanga.com/chocogyoza :)
http://www.xanga.com/chocogyoza :)
Friday, February 04, 2005
I need a swift kick in the *ahem*
Why am I letting me mess me up?
Sunday, January 16, 2005
Whoa.
Just came back from Church retreat and well, it was a fantastic experience. It was a great opportunity to get away from all the response papers and finger-breaking practice, and lots of good fun and learning (such as how to cure sickle cell anaemia and the dangers of sneezing around a psychotic roommate) but so much more importantly it was great to have a weekend devoted to God and fellowshipping with one another. Accountability was a great theme, and one I really needed too. What else to say but this was my best weekend in recent memory.
Ohwells, now I'm returning to school and it looks to be shaping up to be a very long semester. I'm doing theory, aural skills, music history and humanities, with all four classes having weekly response papers and/or reading assignments, listening assignments or miscellaneous homework. In other words, each one of these classes requires consistent work, a concept that is quite alien to me, being the mugger that I am. Considering we're making the move from regular theory (which is criminally easy) to atonal theory, which is a real bear to study for harmony freaks like me, and starting history, which requires lots of number memorizing (and you know how I switch off whenever numbers of any kind are involved), I think my run of 3 semesters without scoring lower than a B+ in anything is coming to a quick and rude end.
Of course, there's also the small matter of scrambling to find a pianist to play my piece in the concert this Thursday. Thanks to a blunder by yours truly, the moron of the hour (I thought the concert would be in the evening instead of noon), my pianist had to pull out of the concert. So, er, have to find some Master Yoda of sight-reading to play the piece or something. Argh, this sucks. I dunno why they had to come up with some weird concert time like 12 noon or something. Everyone's got classes during that time. Blah.
I really should be updating this blog more often. It's really cathartic, and as a healthy form of stress release it sure beats the heck out of playing Football Manager and screaming my lungs out at Chris Kirkland when, against my instructions, he pumps his goal kick straight at an opponent and concedes a goal for the 50 millionth time. But for now, I must return to my search for a sightreading master. So till next time, farewell, and remember, if you have had brain surgery in the past 2 weeks, do not cover your nose and mouth when you sneeze.
Ohwells, now I'm returning to school and it looks to be shaping up to be a very long semester. I'm doing theory, aural skills, music history and humanities, with all four classes having weekly response papers and/or reading assignments, listening assignments or miscellaneous homework. In other words, each one of these classes requires consistent work, a concept that is quite alien to me, being the mugger that I am. Considering we're making the move from regular theory (which is criminally easy) to atonal theory, which is a real bear to study for harmony freaks like me, and starting history, which requires lots of number memorizing (and you know how I switch off whenever numbers of any kind are involved), I think my run of 3 semesters without scoring lower than a B+ in anything is coming to a quick and rude end.
Of course, there's also the small matter of scrambling to find a pianist to play my piece in the concert this Thursday. Thanks to a blunder by yours truly, the moron of the hour (I thought the concert would be in the evening instead of noon), my pianist had to pull out of the concert. So, er, have to find some Master Yoda of sight-reading to play the piece or something. Argh, this sucks. I dunno why they had to come up with some weird concert time like 12 noon or something. Everyone's got classes during that time. Blah.
I really should be updating this blog more often. It's really cathartic, and as a healthy form of stress release it sure beats the heck out of playing Football Manager and screaming my lungs out at Chris Kirkland when, against my instructions, he pumps his goal kick straight at an opponent and concedes a goal for the 50 millionth time. But for now, I must return to my search for a sightreading master. So till next time, farewell, and remember, if you have had brain surgery in the past 2 weeks, do not cover your nose and mouth when you sneeze.
Saturday, December 18, 2004
Upkeeping a Personal Tradition
As some of you might recall, the last time I went back home to Singapore, I went on an extended month-long hiatus and then posted here on the last minute that I was coming back, to see how many people actually faithfully check my dormant blog. So, er, I'm here to do it again.
As usual, I've procrastinated on my packing and I now have to pull an all-nighter so I can get my travel documents ready, clean up my room, and pack my bags in one night. Did I mention I was pulling an all-nighter? Oh yeah, I also have to do my laundry. The thought of just leaving the dirty laundry bag in my dorm room over break, but I wouldn't want to risk those clothes developing sentience and escaping from my room.
This is, of course, not the best night to be staying awake. After taking a domestic flight from Rochester to JFK I'll have to wait 9 hours for the flight. And knowing myself I'll spend the entire flight back watching every single good movie on the movie list. So by my calculations that'll be over 50 hours straight I spend awake. Wish me luck, and pray my sleep-deprived brain won't claim any collateral damage when it goes boom.
And for my friends back home I look forward to seeing you. :)
As usual, I've procrastinated on my packing and I now have to pull an all-nighter so I can get my travel documents ready, clean up my room, and pack my bags in one night. Did I mention I was pulling an all-nighter? Oh yeah, I also have to do my laundry. The thought of just leaving the dirty laundry bag in my dorm room over break, but I wouldn't want to risk those clothes developing sentience and escaping from my room.
This is, of course, not the best night to be staying awake. After taking a domestic flight from Rochester to JFK I'll have to wait 9 hours for the flight. And knowing myself I'll spend the entire flight back watching every single good movie on the movie list. So by my calculations that'll be over 50 hours straight I spend awake. Wish me luck, and pray my sleep-deprived brain won't claim any collateral damage when it goes boom.
And for my friends back home I look forward to seeing you. :)
Tuesday, November 30, 2004
Another wonderful day!
How can it not be a wonderful day when I have spaghetti and meatballs and garlic bread and nachos for dinner? Heh. And even better, I finally got my limited It Was Walky print in the mail today! Signed by the one and only David Willis, and he even draws a cute picture of Joyce on the envelope.
In other news, Fonja has now been viewed 300 times!
In other news, Fonja has now been viewed 300 times!
Monday, November 29, 2004
MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Finally... after more than 3 years... a win.
Not since the end of the 2000-2001 season have we gotten a win against Arsene Whinger's team. And unlike the Mike Owie cup final, we actually deserved to win today.
Heheheheheheheheheheh.
Oh yeah, we ate at chopsticks for lunch today, and Jon brought me back a giant box chocolate pocky from Boston (thanks Jon!), and we played Cranium for hours in the basement... it's a wonderful day!
Not since the end of the 2000-2001 season have we gotten a win against Arsene Whinger's team. And unlike the Mike Owie cup final, we actually deserved to win today.
Heheheheheheheheheheh.
Oh yeah, we ate at chopsticks for lunch today, and Jon brought me back a giant box chocolate pocky from Boston (thanks Jon!), and we played Cranium for hours in the basement... it's a wonderful day!
Wednesday, November 03, 2004
The straw that breaks the camel's back
Thanks to God working through the good folks over at RCCC and other recent events in my life, I have really starting thinking over and trying to change some major aspect of my personality. Most noticeably my temper. I'd been making some progress, too, and trying to be slower to anger both in front of people and by myself (which I used to have plenty of problems with). Today, however, I feel I have to release my thoughts somewhere, or I'm just going to have a heart attack. WARNING: Not for the faint of heart.
*yes, there was stuff here originally, but I decided to delete it. Feel lucky you didn't have to read it.*
I just had to let these foul thoughts out of my system because the temples in my forehead and the veins in my neck were right about to burst. Sorry, to God, for me even having these thoughts in the first place. And sorry to (you know who you are) for writing all this stuff. You're a phenomenal person. I wish I had half the control over my emotions as you did.
*yes, there was stuff here originally, but I decided to delete it. Feel lucky you didn't have to read it.*
I just had to let these foul thoughts out of my system because the temples in my forehead and the veins in my neck were right about to burst. Sorry, to God, for me even having these thoughts in the first place. And sorry to (you know who you are) for writing all this stuff. You're a phenomenal person. I wish I had half the control over my emotions as you did.
Monday, October 18, 2004
The curse of the 6k email
It's a curse I tell you! I can't write an email longer than 6 kbs unless I've had 3 b33rs!
Er, you did not read that.
Some brilliant genius in my humanities class complained to the teacher that the course was too easy and we were assigned too little work. What a genius. (Did I mention he was brilliant?) Good thing the teacher didn't mention who the guy was, or I'm pretty sure the class would lynch him. He did have a point (it's not the busiest of humanities classes I've been through) but puh-lease. If you're too smart for the class, take your A, and stop whining. *fume*
Was going to write something else here but I totally forgot what. Oh well.
Er, you did not read that.
Some brilliant genius in my humanities class complained to the teacher that the course was too easy and we were assigned too little work. What a genius. (Did I mention he was brilliant?) Good thing the teacher didn't mention who the guy was, or I'm pretty sure the class would lynch him. He did have a point (it's not the busiest of humanities classes I've been through) but puh-lease. If you're too smart for the class, take your A, and stop whining. *fume*
Was going to write something else here but I totally forgot what. Oh well.
Saturday, October 09, 2004
I feel so lazy
Ah. First day of fall break passed by without me doing anything meaningful at all. Found the demo of FIFA 2005 online and downloaded it... it's far harder than 2001, 2003, or any of its previous incarnations. In 2001 the turbo button was overpowered and if you had a quick guy on your team you could run past all their players and dribble the ball into the goal. 2003 was more challenging but you could still get the occasional goal flood if you knew how to use the 'off the ball run' button properly.
2005 is totally different... not only do the opponents mark you like Siamese twins, your players sometime exhibit odd behaviour like passing in the opposite direction you're pointing at and volleying own goals from corners (I'll chalk that up to the fact that it's a demo and kinda buggy). So far the best result I've been able to get was 3-0. Dang.
Have to practice and compose and do all the stuff I mentioned in the previous post... but also have to tame that stupid game. Argh. I feel so conflicted.
2005 is totally different... not only do the opponents mark you like Siamese twins, your players sometime exhibit odd behaviour like passing in the opposite direction you're pointing at and volleying own goals from corners (I'll chalk that up to the fact that it's a demo and kinda buggy). So far the best result I've been able to get was 3-0. Dang.
Have to practice and compose and do all the stuff I mentioned in the previous post... but also have to tame that stupid game. Argh. I feel so conflicted.
Friday, October 08, 2004
Mona Lisa Scowl
I've had something of an online shopping spree the past few months, which is a bit of surprise considering how miserly I usually am. Bought an MT Tortured Aritst tee, and the Roomies! first book (which just arrived in the mail)... really exciting... I should get myself a Joyce plushie too :)
Just had orchestra rehearsal for Wagner's Flying Dutchman... the conductor ripped us apart limb from limb. Not that I can blame him since no one seemed to have prepared for this rehearsal at all, but the guy really needs to chillax a bit. Only the first rehearsal after all. He does this weird Mona Lisa thing when he's yelling: he looks like he's staring at everyone at the same time. Kinda freaky, then again I lived through Lim Yau so I wasn't as freaked as some of the other orchestra people.
Oh, and fall break (if you can call it that, it's really only a 4-day weekend) has begun, though it doesn't really feel like a break since I have so much to do during that time. Haven't rehearsed with my accompanist yet so I'll probably have to start... and I'll have to get down to taming the Beethoven piano sonata 2nd movement which is killing me right now. Have lots of aural skills stuff to practice for after the break (I'll never understand why people prefer aural skills to theory when theory is so buttwhoopin' cool... heheh). Oh yeah, and have to write my piano quartet. And arrange a tango for EISO concert. And cut my hair. And owe mails to so many people...
One highlight though... I did a thoroughly rushed job for my first humanities paper of comparing Sonnet 129 to a mangled version of itself (if I had turned that in for A level PC it would've been worthy of a mid to high B max) and ended up with a ridiculously high mark and good comments... the high standards of the Singapore education system shine through once again... Bwahaha. Very well, I shall allow myself a small 'wiigii' and get back to work...
Just had orchestra rehearsal for Wagner's Flying Dutchman... the conductor ripped us apart limb from limb. Not that I can blame him since no one seemed to have prepared for this rehearsal at all, but the guy really needs to chillax a bit. Only the first rehearsal after all. He does this weird Mona Lisa thing when he's yelling: he looks like he's staring at everyone at the same time. Kinda freaky, then again I lived through Lim Yau so I wasn't as freaked as some of the other orchestra people.
Oh, and fall break (if you can call it that, it's really only a 4-day weekend) has begun, though it doesn't really feel like a break since I have so much to do during that time. Haven't rehearsed with my accompanist yet so I'll probably have to start... and I'll have to get down to taming the Beethoven piano sonata 2nd movement which is killing me right now. Have lots of aural skills stuff to practice for after the break (I'll never understand why people prefer aural skills to theory when theory is so buttwhoopin' cool... heheh). Oh yeah, and have to write my piano quartet. And arrange a tango for EISO concert. And cut my hair. And owe mails to so many people...
One highlight though... I did a thoroughly rushed job for my first humanities paper of comparing Sonnet 129 to a mangled version of itself (if I had turned that in for A level PC it would've been worthy of a mid to high B max) and ended up with a ridiculously high mark and good comments... the high standards of the Singapore education system shine through once again... Bwahaha. Very well, I shall allow myself a small 'wiigii' and get back to work...
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
I'm so born in the wrong century
If I were living in the 1800s then I could join the pantheon of SFBPWLFABGCBOT (short fat boring people who look funny and become great composers because of that). That'd be pretty cool, I think, though I'd trade that for a normal life in a second.
Meh.
Meh.
Sunday, September 12, 2004
Laundry
Just finished doing laundry. For some reason I think I brought too many shirts over... spent way too much time folding them up and arranging them all. Have to wake up for church in 5 hours. Erps.
Thursday, September 09, 2004
Hey people! Tag the lonely board!
This new semester is pretty exciting... pretty good orchestra programme for this semester and the year in general (we actually get the play the Brahms double...mmmmmmmmmm.). Have a nice teacher in composition class who isn't going to try to change my piece into something it isn't... and my quartet's doing the Brahms C minor. Had our first coaching today and have to say our teacher really knows how to bring out the best in the quartet.
On top of that I've got a really interesting piano programme for this year: Beethoven E minor sonata (op.90), Shostakovich E minor prelude and fugue (which will kill me) and one of the Scarlatti sonatas. Can't wait for my first violin lesson, but Mr Krysa's gone to Ukraine so I'll have to wait another 2 weeks or so for the first lesson. Dang.
Since my month long hiatus I've noticed a lot more popups appearing on every blog link that I click on... seems that even blogger has sold its soul to the devil. Oh well, as long as they provide me with an easy to maintain blog I can't complain.
This is coming just a wee bit late, but Revolutions was nothing short of awesome. Some of the best fighting scenes seen in the trilogy so far (shooting at people walking on the ceiling, final battle between Neo and Smith). Sure it was pretty difficult to understand, but so is It's Walky! I just need to watch it a couple more times and hopefully I'll get what was going on. Nothing beats the original though... the guy who lent me the dvd was so convinced that Revolutions was the best instalment... I have nothing to say. :)
On top of that I've got a really interesting piano programme for this year: Beethoven E minor sonata (op.90), Shostakovich E minor prelude and fugue (which will kill me) and one of the Scarlatti sonatas. Can't wait for my first violin lesson, but Mr Krysa's gone to Ukraine so I'll have to wait another 2 weeks or so for the first lesson. Dang.
Since my month long hiatus I've noticed a lot more popups appearing on every blog link that I click on... seems that even blogger has sold its soul to the devil. Oh well, as long as they provide me with an easy to maintain blog I can't complain.
This is coming just a wee bit late, but Revolutions was nothing short of awesome. Some of the best fighting scenes seen in the trilogy so far (shooting at people walking on the ceiling, final battle between Neo and Smith). Sure it was pretty difficult to understand, but so is It's Walky! I just need to watch it a couple more times and hopefully I'll get what was going on. Nothing beats the original though... the guy who lent me the dvd was so convinced that Revolutions was the best instalment... I have nothing to say. :)
Wednesday, September 01, 2004
School's started
Ah... school started yesterday and I've gone for a grand total of.... 3 classes so far! :) Well, it's going pretty well I guess. All the teachers seem nice enough, though the subjects are not. Theory and aural skills will particularly kill me this semester because I have no brain for atonal stuff. Lyric poetry (which is the cheapest humanities course at Eastman... only one book required) will kill me even worse I predict.
Oh well... set a new personal best on the Techno Rap... 88% with zero misses and zero faults. Wiigii! Got my new Tortured Artist tee in the mail too. Looks pretty good, but my favourite line of text ("without angst there is no art"... that's practically my motto) is so small that it's barely legible. Eh, whatever.
GP prelims are going on right as I write this, I think. Good luck to everyone, though you may not be here to read it.
Oh well... set a new personal best on the Techno Rap... 88% with zero misses and zero faults. Wiigii! Got my new Tortured Artist tee in the mail too. Looks pretty good, but my favourite line of text ("without angst there is no art"... that's practically my motto) is so small that it's barely legible. Eh, whatever.
GP prelims are going on right as I write this, I think. Good luck to everyone, though you may not be here to read it.
