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PSM project 2011

2011-04-20T02:37:00.000-07:00

Made in a group assessment for PSM before holidays started

Target's add legal or a rip-off?

2009-08-02T01:12:00.000-07:00

Target's new 'every colour you can dream of' advertisement is EXACTLY like Oren Lavie's music video 'Her Morning Elegance'. Wow, target really showed their creativity in that one and it is pretty clear that 'Her morning elegance' was not just a piece of inspiration. Do the creators of 'Her morning Elegance's' video know about this? Was it intentional?Was it legal?

The ad, created by The Campaign Palace for Target 'every colour you can dream of'-July 2009

Her Morning Elegance
Directed by Oren Lavie, Yuval and Merav Nathan
Featuring Shir Shomron
Photography by Eyal Landesman
Color Todd Iorio / Resolution ..not sure of the date but as you can see from my previous posts its as old as 2008!

Not only did target use the technique of stop motion they also used the scenario and the bed!

a little bit of rnr

2009-07-30T22:31:00.000-07:00

well, here's the winning film for 2009 short animated film, enjoy!

Finish your assignment period begins!

2009-07-14T17:34:00.000-07:00

The "holidays" have begun! Woooo~
I've been lazing around watching 'cinderella man' which is a korean drama about two twins that were orphans and ended up in two very different families (one rich and the other kind of poor) and thanks to various factors in their life they meet each other aaand the wealthier twin asks the poorer twin to take his place while he has a heart transplant and there's romance, conflict, drama (musnt forget that!) and alot of bipolar emotion.

As you can see from that trailer it was very emotional...for someone like me you will be dying in the chair as the endless drama unfolds. I've got 1 cd left with 6 episodes!

Onto my next topic!
Clazziquai's most recent release 'clazziquai project-mucho MUSICA' (1.07.09) is very different from their usual style of laid back chillout music. This release consists of electronica/pop with a lighter mood in comparison to the electronica I'm used to hearing.

Mucho MUSICA

well i guess i should round it off now but i just need to ask this question:
does anyone think that the add for 5 gum is alot like '30 days of night?
heres a vid to compare!

they both focus on that cold, snowy environment and the colours are very similar and so is the 'narrating?' voice.
Wow, i barely wrote anything but included alot of videos!

F is for Fanny sucked dry by a leech

2009-07-02T17:49:00.000-07:00

Its Friday today and its the friday after many other Fridays since my english essay which went well (except ms seemed to be hinting that she wouldnt of given me such a mark if it was her marking!). Tonnes of stuff has happened ( which is usual in life, especially when your not being detained in a prison..though school is a bit like a prison) and i forgot most of the juicy and meaty bits to tell you since i rarely ever blog.

This is just the remnants of what i remember:

Im going further back since its easier!
1) Lucie gave me this awesome book for my birthday...why is it called 'the gashlycrumb tinies'? what kind of name is that?! well anyhoo, its got great accidental death scenarios (my favourite being Ernest who chocked on a peach) and i finally understood the cover with death looming over the children on one side and their graves on the other!

2) I saw this sweet video on youtube! Its the most romantic thing ive seen in two weeks (because of exams and watching horror)

3)Oh, im going out of order! well yesterday was the mini fete and it was super fun! (well im not sure about everything else but, it was fun in face painting!) As an added bonus i found out i was getting paid for my labour, personally i want merits so i can finally get another badge but moneys good, its always good.heheeaaha~
ps. no, that was not the reason for my absence today! The internet man is coming and my mum (being disorganised) asked me to stay and wait for them so they dont mail it instead.

4)My neighbour downstairs listens to exotic tribal music all day and when shes not listening to it shes playing on her tribal drums all day...LITERALLY all day. (shes playing on them now)

5) The final episode of Ristraunte Paradiso came out but i still havent watched it thanks to crunchyroll's licencing of animes. I think it ended at the right time (the story seemed to be going nowhere and i began to hate the main character) unlike Minami-ke which just kept going and going to the point where you began to forget that slice-of-life style that appealed to you when you first watched it...wow, i exhibited such a passion for anime.

6)I just watched 'My sassy girl' which is a korean romance/comedy movie. My Sassy Girl (엽기적인 그녀; literally, That Bizarre Girl) is a 2001 South Korean romantic comedy film directed by Kwak Jae-yong, in which the lead protagonist's chance meeting with a drunk girl on the train changes his life. It is based on the true story told in a series of love letters written by Kim Ho-sik, a man who initially posted them on the Internet and later adapted them into a novel. -taken from wiki the reliable source.
This was one of the funniest scenes throughout the film...why is it so pixelated?! aaaahhh..just watch it for yourself!

7) This was a VERY long time ago but since i never fully managed to tell Ms KeKe the whole story i will now. The final episode of the season of Gossip Girl was released and there was alot of ups and downs, Lily and Rufus, Serena and Dan, trying to find the identity of Gossip Girl and most importantly Blair and Chuck! i wont ruin it so you can watch it without the spoiler.
Heres episode 25 the season finale if you want to watch it:

Well thats it for not, or else i will take up too much room with all my ranting and raving!

hmmm...

2009-04-28T13:10:00.000-07:00

well i just finished my english essay a couple of nights ago and i get the feeling its not as good as it could or really SHOULD be or maybe its just because im rereading it aagh w/e. Well, i have been detained in my house as a result of that essay and im running out of food and schools tomorrow! what will i make for breakfast i do not know.

In the time i procrastinated i watched a few movies

Lolita (1997)
which is based on the book 'lolita' basicallly about an older mans infatuation with a young girl in her teens. It can be found on youtube and there is also the older version. If youre not into sex scenes with a 40 something and a 15 something then i suggest not to watch it. Although, if your capable of understanding the storyline and the ending (probaly the most important part in the case) then by all means do.

Whispering corridors: the wishing stairs
This is a K-horror series. Two friends at art college studying ballet find themselves competing for a single placement to go to a dance school in Russia. An urban legend about the staircase heading towards the dormitory building says that if you go up all twenty-eight steps and find a twenty-ninth, then you can ask for a wish to be granted and Yun Ji-seong knows just what she wants to wish for.

But unknown to her, the wishing stairs have consequences, and she's about to find out the hard way.
I think that this episode was the best of them all and that was my second time watching it!

Whispering corridors: Memento Mori
Whispering Corridors II :Memento Mori(1998) is a korean Horror Movie directed by Ki-hyeong Park Min-Ah finds a strange diary, capable of arousing hallucinations, kept by two of her senior fellow-students, Hyo-Shin and Shi-Eun, who seem to have an unusually close bond.

But Hyo-Shin suddenly kills herself, for no obvious reason, and the entire school is shocked and depressed. Min-Ah, however, starts to feel different. It's almost as if she's somehow possessed by the dead girl... .

I didnt really understand the ending to this, did Shi-Eun go up to the roof to commit suicide aswell? Are Shi-Eun and Min-Ah friends? I think out of all the whispering corridor series this was the worst as i couldnt really grasp it, but it wasnt that bad....

Whispering corridors: Voice letter
Whispering Corridors IV :Voice Letter aka Yeogo goedam 4: Moksori / Ghost Voice / Voice While training after hours in her high-school, the aspirant singer Park Young-Eon is mysteriously killed and her body vanishes. Her ghost is invisible and trapped in the school, but her best friend Kang Sun-min, who broadcast in the lunchtime in school, is able to hear her voice.

After the suicide of their music teacher, Sun-min, aided by her mate Cho-Ah, finds that another student, Hyo-Jung, died in the same elevator trunk some time ago. Meanwhile Young-Eon recalls details of her life, disclosing why she died.

This one was pretty good with the sudden twist in the plot but if you have trouble with korean names you might have to watch it twice to undertand the ending..it took me a while to get it >.< onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N5TnAiEu5fY/SfZrnYEUZNI/AAAAAAAAACw/U7p94ybQYgM/s1600-h/444px-Whispering_Corridors_film_poster.jpg">Whispering Corridors (1998) aka Yeogo goedam is a korean Horror Movie. While investigating the school files, the frightened teacher Mrs. Park startles and calls the young teacher Eun-young Hur, telling her that the deceased Jin-ju Jang is back....

The abusive and aggressive Mr. Oh, a.k.a. Mad Dog, is the substitute of Mrs. Park and prohibits Ji-oh to paint and compares the performances of the pretty So-young Park and the weird Jung-sook Kim, raising a barrier between the two former friends. Soon a dark secret about the past of her friend and Mrs. Park shows itself....

This was the first in the series and considering its age it was pretty good. The story line made sense and the ending wasnt one of those ones where your left wondering 'what was that all about?!'

I also watched '4bia' which is a series of horror episodes from taiwan, the last one, form my perspective was the best. 'coming soon' which was, i think, another taiwanese horror flick with a good storyline and twist. 'A moment to remember' which was a korean romance? I cried watching this despite the corny ending that i didnt really understand. Why would you be in a car driving into the sunset with Alzheimers? wouldnt you want to see your family?!. there was also 'the victim' another scary movie that wasnt all that scary but because of its taiwanese religiousnes and spirits it freaked me out...(they have a good site) and 'Muoi' which was pretty good except, why did the priest purpousley release Muoi's spirit?!

Well thats enough movie ranting for today. This is probably going to be sitting on the top of my blog for a while!

Oh btw, this is old news but its still pretty interesting. The child hood picture book 'where the wild things are' has been made into a movie. I saw a couple of snippets of it and personally i think it ...sucked. It just seemed like a yawnfest with all that we loved that picture book for almost completely gone. but thats just my opinion and you have a right to judge it yourself!

time flew by and i missed it

2009-04-08T01:14:00.000-07:00

I found an old unreleased post in my blog with only one sentence written in it and so i am now using it like ...when you find that scrunched up tissue in your bag and you use it simply because it can go for another round.

This week was a big blur of stomach flu, ice skating, non participated karaoke, cleaning and shopping. Basically I caught a flu on friday and still went to visit meike at Gj's but felt worse than month old full cream milk sitting in the back of the fridge so i went home and thats where i stayed for 4 days watching some good and some bad movies. Bad, so bad i wanted to gouge my eyes out: Bratz, Moderate mainly because of the disturbing effect the ending gave: The Mist, Meant to be heart wrenching but just plain ridiculous with a half hearted VERY unlikely ending: August Rush.

	The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony

	Found at bee mp3 search engine

ooh, this morning i was making winter breakfast consisting of raisin toast, yashi pear and a cup of hot chocolate (it was raining in the morning so i thought i would go with the mood) and my shuffle clicked onto 'bittersweet symphony' and then outside the sun's rays shone out from behind the clouds and the rain stopped. It suited the music perfectly but damnit, it ruined my winter breakfast as it was almost sunny.

I was watching this anime (if you would still call it anime) called 'Blood the last vampire' and it seemed oddly like 'Blood+' as the main characters name was Saya and she was wielding a machete hacking away at vicious mutant monsters. There she is, in the picture, standing infront looking like some angsty teen while the school nurse who, as you can tell, was scared sh*tless. Well the animation was pretty alright, it seemed more American and held less emotion (the type seen in Blood + about sisterly troubles and family quarrels+we dont see Hagi in here). Theres a real live movie coming out for this IN ENGLISH and the actor for saya is actually asian, unlike Dragon ball z's Gouku who was an American 'school kid' (he looked waaay too old to be a highschooler).

Heres the trailer:
well thats enough ranting for today!

2009-04-04T20:55:00.000-07:00

well, daylight savings is today and i feel really tired ( i have been all week) and i think its because my body was adjusting its clock to daylight savings hours (i went to bed at around 9 on friday). So as a result im sitting in my bed clicking away on my laptop!

Yesterday was a day of eating! Lanny, Meike and I went out and had lunch at Launbraw (however you spell it) and it was REALLY filling, but not as filling as Ichiban boshi. .

I had the (something in German) hot dog(its covered by the onion rings),

meike had a schnitzel in a hot dog

and lantien had the hamburger
after that we went to Max Brenner's and Meike and I had waffles while lanny had a brownie (which i recomend coz they're really soft and sweet) -i didnt take photos because SOMEONE said it was a bit too common. pffft...their food is artistically presented, its good to take a pic or two! well personally i prefer Bondi Max Brenner's. The city one was way to hectic and the service wasnt as good in comparison.

Moving off food here are some vids!
well, if anyone thinks these two look a little too similar i agree with you and say 'me too'. Obviously lit looks like someone took inspiration from the other!

This is 'hapy up here' from royksopp's new album released march 25th- love this song at the moment.

and this is Honda Insight light video.

BIG HOLIDAY (more like study session of horror)

2009-03-29T03:35:00.000-07:00

No, i haven't been in the secret underground tropical spas that may exist in Sydney rejecting my blog and sipping on leprechaun brewed teas. I have been preoccupied with exams and of course, moving! well im all settled in now and too bad i wasn't able to blog as i went, rather, just tell you now so it has to soak in like a sponge soaking up the moldy, greasy dish water on the table.

well i had ALOT to blog about but i forgot most of it in the hecticness of it all. so here are the essential points!
yesterday was Loretta's B'day party and it was one hell of a crazy day! First i went out at 8am to get the details for BBQ king so Loretta could book it if she wanted to go. I sent her a message and then walked it to central area in front of the dental hospital and met up with Lucie and Maria at the right time, exactly 9:15am!. We chatted and i said i wanted a drink and then got the reply from Lucie that the convenience store was blocked by protestant Christians. We waited and then Linda came by and her dad (which looked like a happy little 'Linda dad') drove us to the art exhibition with maria, Lucie and I stuck in the back seat with SWEATY HANDS. In the exhibition we took photos ( i didn't since i was lazy, relying on others to usb it to me) and experienced the graffiti in all its glory.
The markets just happened to be open on that day so we bought Loretta some really pretty flowers and Linda bought an ice cream sandwich (which was supposedly REALLY good) and Lucie bought fudge...shes an addict.
Well after that it was going to my place and writing a card for Loretta with SWEAT and then i went off to get a hair cut and while i was in the hairdresser i remembered how Lanny said 'i usually judge my hairdressers by their haircut'. well, i look at my hairdresser and he has no hair! it was all shaved off, how could i judge that?! But, no matter what he always gives me a great haircut so i never have to worry or be 67.5% satisfied.
Well after that i went to GJ's and sat there eating chocolate cake (which was 'cake of the day' and tasted really suss) and drinking some sort of caramel cream drink then meike came by banging on the glass and she went to withdraw cash (as usual!) and then Lanny came and we all went over to my house and i made a horrible attempt at a pro wrapping of Loretta's flowers.
Well AFTER THAT, it was finally Loretta's coco moment and we had this odd yet entertaining man take around 30 frames and guess what? only around 3 were chosen! We all went to Korean after that and i was so excited since Loretta chose the place! WOO! it was great fun and i had a battle with Jiaqi cooking the meat. I SWEAR, YOU HAVE TO COOK ONE LAYER UNTIL BLOOD COMES UP AND THEN YOU FLIP IT DAMNIT! well yeah, i assume everyone was satisfied after dinner but we still ate, going to passion fruit and i got a double scoop just because it was 15% off for students. I shouldn't of gotten lychee and green tea...it was too odd for me. so we treked to darling harbour for earth hour and the lights didn't even go off! what a waste of sitting and waiting in suspense. well, rather than ending it there we played tag in the park and tonnes of people fell over and there was no mercy! i fell over too and linda (following the rule of not letting your partner go NO MATTER WHAT) continued to drag me along for a while. GAAH!
It wa some good exersize and i think we were all tired so we went home and i followed meike and lanny ( i cant even find my own home lol).

well, i cbb posting pictures so go look on facebook! lanny has them and i assume so does loretta and everyone else.

Poor Leno from Röyksopp on Vimeo.
OMGOSH, this brings back memories! its soo sad, i watched it a gagillion times.

well thats all for now, i just posted a vid instead of writing about 2 days of exam period

Long time no blog

2009-02-28T19:45:00.000-08:00

After reading my last post i realized it was time to write a new one (shouldnt have been today since i have work due very soon.

So these past few weeks have been a blur of essay's, virginia woolf, salads and lucky getting chubby.
Lucky is now 7kg, he has gained a kilo! Im trying to help him by restricting his food intake by basically stealing his food and hiding it and changing it to another brand, i noticed ever since he started to eat this different brand he REALLY like it (making disgusting chewing noises and swallowing his food like a maniac) but it looked like mush so my theory is that, like mc donald's food, its filled with preservatives which make it tasty and addictive. This assumption was made definite when i took lucky's food and he started to have withdrawals (crying around the house and leading people to his food bowl even though it was already full).

I ended up playing the coraline game and honestly, it wasnt that great (maybe because ive grown out of that sort of thing) the navigation was pretty poor with you having to press the arrows to go to new areas and i would occasionally find myself stuck wandering around not knowing what to do next. Lucie was right, it was just some shotty game sent out to promote the movie.

OOh this is a must know for any readers of Doubt! The final volume has been translated and like i was with the other volumes i was VERY disappointed and hated the ending. But thats my opinion and you have your own.

This video is just lovely isnt it?

Is it legal?

2009-02-08T05:08:00.000-08:00

well not blogging much but here's a nice vid for 'her Morning Elegance' by Oren Lavie. Its pretty creative, i like the fish scene!

Yr 12 begins!

2009-01-30T16:27:00.000-08:00

Well really it began last year in term 4 but i feel it really began this year. So exams are on next week (english and BOW due) and then the week after its VA exam! Its already hectic and I've only been at school for three days! Well rather than doing work as usual i have been (lucie word) procrastinating and look! this is some niice procrastinating material cubecraft. As to be expected i made a Gur doll which is currently standing atop my computer screeen staring at me. I was stupid enough to think i needed glue and glued the tabs down (what an idiot i am).

With all this hecticness there will be plenty of cobwebs on this blog from now on. So those few visitors i have will have to wait it out until i am free from the worries of hsc!

Lucie this is for you-its in quicktime format so..yeaaah, i dont know how that affects you but just thought i'd let you know.

	Fantastic Plastic Machine - Different Colors

	Found at bee mp3 search engine

School starts tomorrow!

2009-01-26T16:49:00.000-08:00

This truly sucks! School starts in less than 24 hours and im stuck on my english essay draft (damn you Skrzynecki and Kate Grenville) and i dont even know why i have to use first and second derivatives to find the angle sum of a rectangle.....WHYYY?! plus i just found out i have to do an in class ESSAY for my related artists....im screwed especially since my art book is at school and i cant remember my artists!

well enough ranting an raving about the horrors that await me tommorow but rather i will focus on yesterday! (that isnt a good thing to do, dwelling in the past!) It was a good day except for the fact that there werent alot (really none) of events being held for chinese new years even though on the radio and the net said there would be...they lied! Well i still enjoyed the day spent with my mum who came with me to look for bargains in paddys and i found this great jacket for $18 when it was $39 originally and guess what? My mum tried to haggle it lower =='' the shop keeper (who was extra nice and kept hugging me for some odd reason) told my mum 'even your daughter knows its already a very good bargain! Look, see?' points to me* i give this 'yeah, i cant believe you just tried to jack down the price on THAT' look and my mum accepts the price...and i payed for it! I also bought a singlet top and a nice little green tartan skirt (they were on special so ofcourse!) and a new pencil case but, i still like my moldy old truemung pencil case~
We ate Yum Cha (which wasnt that great because of shotty service) and looked around and wandered aimlessly around for a while and saw the chinese dragon dancing-inside paddys.
Thank goodness i brough an umbrella (womens intuition! ...the sky was cloudy) because just when we were leaving it started pouring and i got to lol internally at the people who had to wait for it to die down as i walked along with my umbrella, im not a sadist!

well that was a satisfying day and a nice start to the new zodiac. Now that schools starting logically i shouldnt be posting as often however, i will probably be posting just as much because im a major procrastinator.

i had this song in my head while i was on the bus so here it is so you can get it in your head

	Lily Allen - Everything's Just Wonderful

	Found at bee mp3 search engine

The Midnight Sun

2009-01-23T17:06:00.000-08:00

The Twilight Zone - The Midnight Sun

Its boiling hot today and i kept thinking of this episode of the twilight zone so here it is!

btw, if you want to cool down you should close your windows and curtains during the day and have the air con on or if you dont have one (like me) turn on your fans (I put an ice box next infront of the fan so its blowing cool air around rather than hot air). Later in the evening when the suns starts to set the temperature drops and the air becomes cooler, this is when you should open your windows and let some cool night air in.

yes, i did google it!

how to spell skrzynecki

2009-01-19T23:59:00.000-08:00

they always had the teamwork posters in my old christian school but they never had the ones that referred to the real world, like this one.

I dont know why names cant be easier! I was just sitting around and doing nothing a few days ago and came to the conclusion that it would be better (not just for me) if the majority of names had only three to four letters in them. Why? well, this thought came about after watching invader zim and realizing that i could remember all the characters names easily since they consist of three letters (gaz, dib, zim, gur etc.). Since you cant really do anything about it now save this information for the future and name your child using only three letters.

Hmm...since holidays are coming to an end and i did watch alot of movies i will use this post to rate the movies i have watched.

Madagascar 2
I will be honest and say its not really my type since the little child that would have enjoyed this movie within me died a looong time ago. Though, it was better than i expected with fairly funny penguin moments and emotional lion moments and issues of cross breeding girraffes with hippos being raised in an innoccent sort of way.
would i watch it a second time if i had to pay? no. For free? maybe, but i wont stay for the whole thing.

The curious case of benjamin button
I think i missed a movie there but oh well! This movie was pretty good and really gets you thinking. The only bad side i could see would be the disturbing factor was fairly high with sex scenes with old and young and some periods of time being fairly rushed but there was logic in that... Also the humming bird constantly appearing in the middle of nowhere really angered me! The ending really freaked me out with the wrapping of the 'new born' baby but the later part when we flash forward to the future and the old chick dies was very touching with her final words being 'goodnight benjamin'. AAAAW~

Interview with a vampire
WORST MOVIE ABOUt VAMPIRES EVER! this statement only refers to the vampire movies around that period of time so twilight fans put down your flags. AAAGH, I stayed up to 3am watching this time waster of a thing. As you can gather from the title its about an interview with a vampire who has some horrible scarred past and deep emotional problems who insists that its a bad thing to live forever (sounds like tuck everlasting...that was a good movie). There were points where i wondered if characters were gay especially Lestat but i think it was just his prissyness and his parental behaviour and the fact that i stayed up till 3.
Question: if the vampires had super human powers why did kirsten dunts and her 'mother' who were both vampires decided to sleep in the well and die at sunrise rather than climbing out and going home?!

The day the earth stood still
i only watched half an hour of this and it was boring and predictable. The reason for this was discovered when lucie told me it was based on an older version...i think the old versions of movies tend to be better whereas the remakes are predictable in the situation and it all seems hollow and cliche...sorry to all that liked this movie but truthfully its one of the movies i wouldnt mind not having seen.

Alien vs Predator: Requiem
Just your average horror sci fi film pumped out by the media industry here. I got bored after 5 minutes of men in alien suits shooting lazers and lodging eggs into peoples brains. I guess this movie is good if you like row after row of blood guts and gore with aliens and hi tech technology all happening in a small little American town.

Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium
Did i hear 'your to old for this?!' well, it is a kids movie but i thought i would watch it anyhoo. Aside from the unatural boost in colour throughout the film it was pretty enjoyable...suprising but yeah, it was good esp when Magorium died and he threw the aeroplane! I was like 'wow' hes dead! Hmmm, i didnt like how that kid announced the chapters throughout the film with titles that seemed like they were trying to be artsy..they were fartsy but aside from the minor faults it was good.

The King and the Clown (korean movie)
This was pretty good except the begining seemed like they jumped in right in the middle of the characters lives so you definetly have to read the blurb or else it will be slightly confusing. After watching this i was deeply emotionally disturbed with kings raping men and eyes being taken out with hot pokers and people jumping on wires. So if this is your first time watching an Asian drama i dunno, be prepared and dont take it seriously. Its lethally emotional.
Btw the ending was a bit umm vague? I didnt understand why the two main characters were dancing and singing walking on a country road when in the last scene they were jumpin on a rop as violent towns people were running in with knives and flaming torches.

Procrastination

2009-01-17T18:00:00.000-08:00

	Halou - Honeythief

	Found at bee mp3 search engine

nooo i did not have a deeper meaning for posting that song, it just sounded nice.

So im hoping that writing this will somehow get me started on my hw that needs doing. Truth is that it wont, i will sit here and waste time and then look at my unfinished (some not started) work that has been sitting on my floor (because i hate it that much i give it no room on my desk...my nds deserves a spot on my desk though) and i wont start it..just look at it.

Ive been wondering what ive done for these six weeks. I mean, i havent really accomplished anything! I remember the last few weeks of school in which i was mentally planning out my holiday schedule (a week or two of relaxation then fitting in hw here and there while lazing around and finish some uncompleted games im struggling with and find out what a parabola is) IT NEVER HAPPENED! i didnt even try and complete ffxii! Im stuck at the final battle in which i have to battle that evil dude ( i cant remember his name since it was a while ago that i played it) and he keeps sending out row after row of monsters! GAH! so i went off raping the land of its jewels and various other materials (that sounds so heart of darkness). Well enough about final fantasy which i must admit is pretty good! i prefer this new style that the game has taken on much more. final fantasy iv was pretty boring for me since you couldnt really get involved in the battles..alot like pokemon where you just send out attack after attack hoping your pokemon delivers a critical hit.

Oh, i got a haircut on friday! I thought it was a bit too spiky but the hairdresser said that my last haircut was REALLY layered and all over the place so it would be hard to get it back to the way it was TT he then told me to never go back there again! haha, as if i would! hopefully he knew what he was doing and my hair will grow out into a more preferable style. After i got my haircut i went off to paddys and went shopping and i bought this cute little maple tree for $14! It was pretty cheap but my mum insisted she haggle it down to $10....she got some cheek and a 'are you going to buy it or not?!' until she gave up and agreed to $14 i think her head was bit big from her last haggling in which she got an already discounted shirt for $2 less... so anyhoo i took it home and gave it some lovin and now its getting better! i dont know if i should keep it in my room though, i feel too guilty keeping it indoors away from mother nature!

well thats enough blogging..i think i should tryyy and do my work..siiiigh*

2009-01-01T18:26:00.000-08:00

so the new year has been welcomed in and its now time to start those assignments which have been patiently waiting on our desks, floors, shelves colecting dust. If your like me you wont want to start your assignments and say goodbye to those lazy days in which we accomplish nothing and yet feel so satisfied from in the end.

My only accomlishment these holidays reagarding school would be the completion of reading 'snow falling on cedars'. It was boring and the court rambled on about things anyone could have seen and if it ended any other it just wouldnt be right and Ishmael would seem insanely obsessed with Hatsue. For those of you who havent read it yet i should say not to read that since it gives a little clue to the ending...meh, you'll figure it out sooner or later.

Distractions:
little jipmister was everywhere

yes, thats an nds. its so blinged out

eve no jikan even though it takes weeks to be aired!

and since this is taking up too much space i'll stop for now and continue later.

Finally, a title

2008-12-26T23:24:00.001-08:00

well, christmas is gone and over and waiting for us again in 2009 on the exact same day and maybe it will be better for some and worse for others. Honestly, Im looking forward to new years much more with it spelling out the end of 2008 and the begining of what to me, is a year filled with fear, exams and a future still cloudy in the careers section...damn year 12 and the pressure of it all and the fact i cant pay off a SBeez look-alike to complete my written exams.

Boxing day was the most hectic crazy day i have had in ages. This really depends on where you went for your boxing day, i went to the city.
I caught the 343 and the bus was COMPLETELY empty! i thought that was neat since i could sit anywhere so me and my sis gave eachothers dirties as we chose seating areas. But, the crwds came rolling in as we got closer to the city and a gaggle of backpackers came in the bus with their shoes tied to their bags coming dangerously close to my face. As expected everyone got off around pitt street and i looked towards Myer to see a queue of people stretching al the way down the escalator...it was a real hassle to change my makeup with people running and shoving eachother and because of the heat alot of people were sweating and some werent wearing deeeooodoraaant!

well, that was an old post! i just found it in my drafts so w/e im posting it since it did take time to write it!

hehehhehe~ this is so fun to play with!

New Years

2008-12-23T19:07:00.000-08:00

So its Christmas in only a day away and i am not 'G'd at all! I think it was because ive been reading 'Snow Falling on Cedars'. Its so boring if i could i would order all my organs to shut down so i could avoid reading it, its just that bad.

Well lets forget about that and bury it in the snow, which doesn't exist here in sydney!
Had a good day yesterday shopping with meike and lanny. We met up at 2- i came late becuase i was eating watermelon at home and reading 'mini chef' on my nds...its not that great since all the recipies are so simple so you cannot fail at making them but i have a REALLY good crab recipie i found off the internet that is just great as long as you cook it right!

Heres the recipie, im unsure of what its called but i think its from asia. For the sause its best to judge it on your personal taste or else it might end up too salty.
Ingredients

* 1 dungeness crab (already cooked) or 4 blue crabs (already cooked) if youre cooking the blue crab cook until red but dont overcook or else its too rubbery
* flour, for dusting
* 1 to 2 table spoons chicken stock
* 1/4 cup chinese rice wine or sake or dry sherry
* 6 green onions, trimmed and cut diagonally into 1-inch lengths
* 1/4 cup fresh basil, chopped
* 2 teaspoons chinese black vinegar or balsamic vinegar
* 2 teaspoons soy sauce
* 1 tablespoon oil
* 1/4-1/3 cup fresh gingerroot, minced
* 1 tablespoon cornstarch, dissolved in
* 2 tablespoons water

Directions
1
To clean the crab, pull of the top shell. Remove and discard the feathery off-white lungs and spongy parts under the shell. Break off the leg and claws and crack them with a mallet. This is the gross part! yes, clean out the orange gunk but dont remove the flesh of the crab or else youre eating shell!

2
If using Dungeness crab, cut the body into 4 pieces; if using blue crabs, cut the bodies in half. i used a chinese axe for this! HAHAHA!

3
Dust the crab pieces with flour to coat lightly.

4
Prepare the sauce: Stir the chicken stock, rice wine, green onions, basil, black vinegar, and soy sauce together in a bowl. Dont forget to taste it and add more or less of each ingredient as preffered! this is like the most important in the flavour and outcome!

5
Heat wok over high heat until hot. Add the oil and swirl to coat the sides. Add the coated crab pieces and stir fry for 1 minute. Add ginger and stir fry for 2 minutes. DONT throw the crab pieces in and put your face over the wok to watch or else...

6
Pour in the sauce and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer, cover the wok, and cook stirring once, until the crab is heated through, approximately 4 minutes.
7.
7
Stir in the dissolved cornstarch and cook, stirring until the sauce boils and thickens, about 2-3 minutes. This step isnt really neccesary and i didnt do it for my second one and it probably tasted better.

I was browsing the net and heres a nice video from electrabel to welcome in the new year, despite it being for a nuke company its pretty gosh darn good! they used stop motion and i watched a bit of the making and it was really hard! I would die doing that! shinimasuuu~

2008-12-18T20:17:00.000-08:00

So this is the result of laziness, typing on my blog at 3:17pm. That reminds me, i should be drinking my 3:15pm tea right now but im not since i'm too lazy to even do that.

well, i hope everyones hyped for christmas. i know im not, staying at home and caring for my sunburnt skin sapped away all my christmas spirit and now when approached by someone who says 'hope you have a merry christmas' i reply with a blank stare and a heartless mumbled 'you too'.
But if i had to choose a christmas present i believe this would be the best:Its a six sided harmonica. I completely miss the point of creating something like this but hey, it looks like it could do a million things other than blast out country tunes with the help of old man ted's withered dry lips. Maybe, its optimus prime in disguise...now go buy it and expect it to demand for your ebay item to save the world.

siiigh, i just remembered the disaster of a cake i made yesterday. It was fine until the icing. It was a sponge cake with filling of berries and whipped cream which tasted really good. I was unsure of how to make icing (yes, i know its one of the simplest things!) and mine turned out like this really suspicious looking thick liquid which i thought would harden more in the fridge, it didnt and the cake absorbed it all. It looked alot like mr burns' cake that he made to welcome the simpsons to the fancy club that marge was invited to. i cant find a picture so you will just have to visualise it in your mind.
well, im off to heat up waffles and microwave frozen berries and combine thier powers to make a snack of some sort...it'll be alot easier than that cake that i failed at T.T

2008-12-16T05:18:00.000-08:00

Here's a nice song by rachel yamagata. I hope everyones having a nice start to the holidays and jesus linda im sorry I chucked out that little corner of your coconut ice! im severly burnt so i think i payed for it! TT.

	YAMAGATA, Rachel - Be Be Your Love

	Found at bee mp3 search engine

2008-12-13T02:33:00.000-08:00

ive returned after being held captive by the evil ms emerson and the board of studies! But I'll be back in their evil lair for one more day, monday.
Which reminds me, we finally got our year 12 jerseys! Im so happy that mine turned out well, except for one minor detail....the 'z' at the end of my name was meant to be in caps! gyah!

OMIGOSH! i just saw the add for the perfume 'wode' by boudicca on tv! The add looked real nice, unlike the add on boudicca's page of a woman rubbing herself with wode. I do like the fact that it can spray your skin blue for a short period of time ( so you can leave some funky design on yourself only to have it dissapear after the effort of getting it on) but i searched around and found that this was actually an idea not pushed to the 100% success limit in scents. Despite the idea of ther perfume 'dyeing' your sking the scent was taken pretty badly by some...supposedly smells like a salad bar.

Yesterday was pretty fun, lanny's b day party appeared to go well despite the depressing weather. We went to K for 1.5 hours and i took a little nap as im not a k singer...i remember watching some sad vid clip on a chick and some dude in love and the girl has a internal disease that causes her to eventually die and in her last moments shes listening to her boyfirend playing thier song at a concert from her phone and when he finishes her eyes close.....sad piano tunes sound in the background*...too bad i dont remember it so i could have people witness what i had to.

Im unsure of what to get for christmas, my mum keeps asking me and i contantly reply with 'i dont know'. Im thinking of getting a new mp3 player since my ipod died (as all ipods do) but not in the usual way, it drowned in my bag. Im stuck between an ipod nano or a sony multimedia player...i think its an E version. oh well, i have a few more days to decide!

Lucky Jr.

2008-11-26T01:17:00.000-08:00

AAAGH! I have to vent on this. I came home today and I told my sister that there was a cat that looked just like Lucky (our cat) which is alot like that cat playing the guitar (he cant play guitars though) except his nose was different at the pet store at bondi. After talking and talking and my sister's unconvincing convincing tactics I decided to go and buy it (yes, i had the right ammount of $$) in the mids of exam and assesment period.
So I get there and I see it all curled up into a bundle sleeping in a hamock. I ask how much it is ($165) and then hear 'its already been sold'......Damnit, if someones going ot buy a cat they should at least get it outta there so as to not torment possible buyers! Well I bus it back home and i look at my watch to notice exactly an hour has gone by....that was exactly one hour of time wasted being tormented by what i couldnt get.

But no worries (not yet) i plan to adopt one if i can for an even cheaper price of $125!!! No, im not cold and heartless and just looking for a bargain! I actually think having a kitten would be nice and it would probably shut my cat (Lucky) up when he has those moments where he wanders around the house making sad crying noises looking for attention at 5am and I cant move in my bed incase he runs up to me.

Though one issue that really gets to me is the careless parents that wander off to the pet store on christmas and see a puppy/hamster/cat/girrafarig/whatever and think 'aaaaaw thats sooo cuuuute! I bet my kid'll go berserk over that!' and so they buy it and the kids pretty happy for a day or two and then it comes to the dirty work of cleaning and feeding the pet and getting its shots and checkups and taking it for walks. Then the parents cant handle it and either dump it in a dark alley way or send it back for another round in a new home.
So fyi for future pet buyers: know what your in for and dont just think 'maybe i can care for it..' but actualy care for it!

eeeeer.....i sound really animal rights there (like im going to finish posting this and run down to the rocks and scream 'save the whales!' whilst running into the freezing sea water with my shoes on).
ps. Ive got nothing against saving whales.

Ingrown toe-nail

2008-11-23T23:55:00.000-08:00

those are really painful, i would know as i have one now. Dont go checking for one now and just assume you have it and begin hacking and digging at your toe nail as you will cause one (thats what i did) ask someone who has had one or if you can be bothered go to your gp. I just had to say that.

Paris, Tokyo - Lupe Fiasco
ive had this song in my head all day it was soo relaxing! Just watched the video clip and it didnt seem that great. I think i prefer listening to it

eeeeew heres a song that came up just now wtf is this no off to anyone who loves trademark
Only Love - Trademark
okay i just couldnt listen to the whole thing of that...it was just too much.
but the song i really hate is Jason Maraz's Im yours. That song does not make me relax! I feel like going berserk and smashing pumpkins because of that song!

i was reading my newletter and this popped up.
Body Inc Bathhouse & Spa
Level 1, 224 Victoria St, Potts Point, Sydney 2011, (02) 9356 3477
Beauty and massage treatments now available. Bathhouse (water treatments) available late December 2008.

Its a bathhouse in syd. My first thought was 'wow theres actually a bathouse around here!' then came the thought 'wait a sec, would i really want to be stark naked infront of god knows how many people?!' Seeing as I still havent gone to se what its like the answer was obviously 'no'. Although it sounds like a nice change I just dont have the backbone to display my nakedness in public, esspecially if i have to pay to do it. ESPECIALLY if a site linked for this says that if your a foreigner you will be checked out for features that usually arent able to be seen in public. Aiya.

Well im off to eat dinner (some wierd mixture of udon, buck choy and fried beancurd and something else i cant identify- i just know its salty) and have showers in the privacy of my own home and make pity attempts at having diy herb baths with gingseng, lemongrass and many other herb.

tech cold turkey

2008-11-21T02:32:00.000-08:00

well, it was a tough tow days but i did it. I kept my sanity despite not having any access to the net in my own home. Now i have apple airport and its much better ( i cant sit on my bed and/or watch tv at the same time with no messy cables! but im sitting on my usual desk right now with my legs folded in my swivel comp chair) the only thing that is a bit of a dissapointment is that my old pc isnt airport compatible therefore cant connect to the net....it took me ages to move all my bookmarks from that comp to this one eerrrrgh....and then firefox was outdated and i had to move that! now i have to figure out how to move itunes...

well enough complaining time for some good stuff.
Recently Ive been watching the anime Kannagi aka crazy shrine maidens its a nice break from all the shojo-like anime thats around. Its filled with comedy and a little slice of life in there. Its by the same guy who did the first few eps of Lucky Star that well, werent that great.
Another anime related issue is jigoku shojo the (i think it is) the third season (the one after futakomori) is a real dissapointment with emma ai somehow alive after having died in the last season in which she evaporated into sakura petals that blew away in the wind with emotionally touching music playing in the background. Shes become more grudge-like and can be seen running around in a bumblebee suit asking 'want to try dying once' or something along those lines. i suggest not to watch it but rather just be satisfied with the last season.

well thats it for today. Im going to try and transfer all my files into this comp tonight and yadayadaya~ Im too tired to post anything interesting (im still emotionally scarred from my mod hist excursion to tom mann)

the worst day of my life

2008-11-17T01:41:00.000-08:00

i should be doing hw but hey, some things just have to be vented.

The excursion at the tom mann theatre was not what i expected. I thought it would ofcourse be a lecture that I would have to sit through, write a few notes for and well I would be able to endure. it was the worse excursion I have ever been to...it was worse than having my jaw severed and then moved about!
The speaker, a tallish old man with greying hair, a voice without any passion at all droned on since 9:15 to 2:33. He went on and on and refused to stop and then forced us to go through his slide show of images of trains and cannons! It was just too much... though i did get a little something out of it (drew this awesome 'tattoo' right down my arm of roses and butterflies and then drew one on rushi's arm)
It sapped everything good and happy about today out of me and I was merely and empty shell drifting the streets of the city. I dont remember anything about that lecture now, it all seems like a bad dream with little tid bits of info here and there (pidgeons in harneses being dropped in war zones from mini parachutes and the caramel magnum that i had today which suprisingly i could eat with little difficulty...it tasted good).

well I'm not really in the mood to post something interesting but heres a link to a site which is pretty alright:tokyoplastic they have fun things on there which can pass the time if youre bored and the designs are errr...nice..this calls for a thesaurus.

going to the country gonna eat alot a peaches

2008-11-16T03:45:00.001-08:00

this isnt as annoying as that hanna montanna song that has the lyrics 'and my best friend lesley says shes just being miley' -no i havent bothered to look up the actual name of the song...well anyhoo the songs pretty addictive and the lyrics are great...unlike todays music (rambling on like some old fart remembering the good old days)
Millions of Peaches - Presidents of the USA

well now that took me a while to hunt down and led to me completely forgetting to post what i thought was interesting..oh well.
heres a convo that i had with a friend of mine:
Kinrei] - (um) . whiz bam alakazam says: (10:38:40 PM)
and what

millions of peaches peaches for free says: (10:38:41 PM)
what?!

[Kinrei] - (um) . whiz bam alakazam says: (10:38:41 PM)
what?!

millions of peaches peaches for free says: (10:38:45 PM)
oh crap

millions of peaches peaches for free says: (10:38:51 PM)
more senile confusion!

I always seem to have these sorts of convos.

well tomorrow im going to a mod hist excursion at tom mann theatre in central area...im not sure where it is and trust me im VERY bad with directions. That part of my brain that functions as a personal gps system based on images and street signs is functioning abnormally and i wouldnt be suprised if i was sent for scientific research as a baby for extra cash by my mum and they listed the consequence of my brain's gps function ceasing to exist but she allowed it anyway, for $500.

so anyhoo thats it for today..not much of a post but no complaining! i had a nap in the afternoon so that took up my time. Unfortunately i cant remember the dream i had but i wish i did since its like getting free tv on your favourite station most nights, you get what you pay for if you watch the shows.

gnite @ 12min to midnight!

Just another friday night

2008-11-13T23:38:00.000-08:00

Has anyone noticed how early the shops close in Australia? I mean, it reaches 6:00pm and shops are already closed (except for 7/11)- yes i have taken the city into concideration! (only bars and clubs but shops tend to close too early for my tastes) theres no late night shopping or browsing if your up to it. What about those nights where you've just completed an essay and you look at the clock to see its 2am and you think 'hey, why not go out for a while instead of going to bed for 5hrs?!' so you wander off onto the streets to find every door closed like theres not a soul alive - so much for that plan.
well, if it happens that you run into such a predicament why not try spending a few hours on here its pretty addictive and the music is very relaxing (no teen angst around and it puts you in a fairly good mood).

haha...i just read my math report and the comment i recieved was: 'sbeez's yearly mark reflects her relaxed attitude towards mathematics'....its not a realxed state its more a lack of devotion to the subject really...what have i got to gain except numbers and formulas ...someone screams 'and a good uai!'
well, im in yr 12 now and the only thing that seems to be stressing me is my final body of work for VA .what to do...what to do....is it good enough....what to do? thats my main concern as i have looooved art for a long time..i really want my work to reflect my passion for it....not negatively like my math!

first things first

2008-11-13T00:26:00.000-08:00

Where to start. well, im currently studying yr 12...so next year I'm begging yr 12. Yep, great time to start a blog isnt it? well, for subjects I'm currently taking bio, 2 u math, eng adv, visual arts, mod hist aaand I think thats it..is that it? yeaah it is.
As for the rest...intrests and hobbies you can find that out whilst reading.

First off for all the Syd readers: Chuppa Chuppa 50th aniversary already started- ends..errrr sooner or later @ oxford st. Bondi chuppa info
before anyone heads off to go see what went on I will share with you my dissapointment in the event. The event is said to display 50yrs of Chuppa chupa art and guessing from the melbourne event I thought it would have gone pretty well with free candy and maybe a day of events...but it did not, or at least not yet.
I arrive at school on Monday to find one of my firends has gone to the event and she asks me if i was sure of the dates and location and i reply with a yes. Why did she ask? well, two people handing out chuppa chups on the street (of the same flavour!) sure doesnt look like a 50th anniversary event!
Not believing this I head off to Bondi and I found nothing! not even a cuppa chup TT.

Music
I'm sure this site has already caught onto alot of people but there's no harm in posting it again. Heres a great site if your sick of listening to Itunes radio and if imeem takes forever to load: last.fm

well, thats it for today. Incase you havent noticed I put up a layout! yes, i know you're wondering 'why is it so simple?!' well after scrolling through list after list of designs with eye-catching graphics and bold and bright colours this somehow caught my eye. Its alot like when youre in a shop and its filled to the brim with amazing clothes but somehow you come home with the plain shirt. It always happens to me (explains the clothes in the back of my wardrobe that haunt me with their price tags)