Studiere

It's "study" in German, mind you.  Dang...  I've got my hands on a well-reviewed book by Umapagan of the BFM book club, Reamde, and Michael Crichton's unfinished book "Micro", which was halfway done before his passing.  Sadly, I've got finals to worry about.  The main reason why I can find time to blog now is because there's so much Bio crammed into my head that I can't absorb any more info at the moment.

Also tried registering just now for the TOEFL exam for next year.  Unfortunately it's been fully booked till the end of February.  Bloody hell.

Horchata - Vampire Weekend

Comfort

It seems that fate, karma, or whatever force is truly at work out there.  Just an hour after the previous post, Sab calls me up to go get a drink.

Simply put, we caught up and had a good time.  Thank you, I really needed that.  The simplest things are almost, if not the most splendid things in life.

Band of Brothers Suite One - Michael Kamen

Stagnation

What's on my mind?

Too damn much.

My Mind Rebels at Stagnation - Hans Zimmer

Catharsis, the purging of emotions

Just got back from the THEA 1000 mini-production entitled "Catharsis".  Quite good, with some awkward scripts.  But all in all, a good value for money.  Kudos to Danny who's opening skit gave a great start to the night.  And to everyone else, great job.  You guys thoroughly deserve the credit.

But there's one minor issue I had (with myself not the production, mind you) tonight.  I'm sure it's now a formality to flex my poetic wit or somewhat to cloud the meanings.

Another bliss, 

prancing along the rose petals.

Swift and strong,

as the gale of the wind.

It thunders in my chest,

and leaves me unrest.

For the heart and the mind,

resume another contest.

Along the rose flutters,

but admired by many,

myself included.

To embrace its splendor,

or to gaze at a distance,

that is the question (un)answered.

I need a therapy session soon.  Oh, god.

Since I Fell For You - George Benson

Face

It's two weeks before my last finals for the year.  Again, time really flies and another year just passes me by.  I'll probably proceed with my inner reflections someday after my finals. But today, I'm surrendering myself to emotions again, sorry.  Well, it was all because of coming across this picture on Deviantart.  Big credit to the artist who did this.

I still look for that face,

the one only seen in dreams,

yet too immaterial to know who.

In that blur,

I'd roam around nomadic,

clueless, yet with a purpose.

Until time catches up with me,

I'll miss another face.

But sometimes,

I wish that she not be the one,

although how much splendor she possesses.

At times, I just don't want to fall for every flower out there.

Whether it be costly,

or a mere gamble,

I'll never know until I lose it all.

But then again,

I'm always playing shadow games with its notion.

I hate my emotional needs.  They demand so much.  Goodbye for today.

Carina - James Hunter

Landmark

I feel like blogging on my Broga hike which happened on Monday, but I'm too lazy...  Moreover, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 beckons for my attention.  Anyway...  the main topic for this post will be on the unique date.  Sure there are massive song requests on the radio waves and bla bla bla, but I decided to create my own list.

11 reasons why today's unique six-digit binary date, 11.11.11, will be remembered for a while yet:

1) China's celebrating singles day, since 1 symbolizes being single.
2) Also in China, engaged couples are rushing to get registered for marriage.
3) Pregnant Korean mothers are demanding for C-section so that their kids get born today.
4) The official end of World War I (which ended on 11.11 am on the 11th of November, 1918)
5) The hackers in Silicon Valley is naming today Nerd New Year due to the six-digit binary date and are organizing an all-day hackathon /party for charity.
6) The next six-digit binary date will fall 89 years from now at January 1, Year 2100.
7) If you put the date in binary coding, it will be the highest value (since "1" is the cap value)
8) Yu Liang getting fraped so badly that his sisters completely blocked him from Facebook.
9) Me attempting to preserve a chocolate bar, left overnight in the fridge, from melting for some 8 hours(and SUCCEEDING!)
10) Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is out!
11) The release of the dumbest, linear, stupid, childish, over-the-top goryness, cliched, Greek-mythology-insulting, biggest FU sign of all movies, "Immortals". Arguably THE WORST movie I've ever witnessed yet.

And have an awesome day :D

And this new Blogspot layout confuses me so!!  :/

We're An American Band -  Grand Funk Railroad

Smack

I'm getting obsessed again.  In retaliation, I gave myself a slap.  Not too hard to leave a mark, but not too soft to go unnoticed either.  Excuse the awkwardness.  You guys should know I'm like that since college life started.  Larger extremes: more extroverted AND more reserved at the same time...  

Okay.  That's all for now.  Goodnight.

So Close - Jon McLaughlin

Reveal

There's a few things I've learned in this week of fatigue-ridden college episode.

1. I get sad everytime I walk home in the rain.  Don't know why, just my newly discovered nature.

2. Power naps are to be used sparingly, not all the time.

3. We met again, "D" and I, if you still remember what I mean.  Otherwise, here's a reminder.  But since I was so busy with the Halloween booth and stuff at that time, I just waved and smiled.  At least she remembered me and smiled back.  At least.  And I still haven't gotten her name.  Teenage romance?  Oh, please don't be that...

Escapee - Architecture In Helsinki