Taking a short break from watching Mr Siao's Mandarin Class Season 1 on Youtube. Now I'm at episode 6 already. Plan to finish the whole of season 1 by this week.
I watched a few episodes of season 1 on NTV7 before but due to time constraints I did not get to finish the whole series. I find it very funny, like LOL kind of funny. It's a made in Malaysia mandarin comedy.
Catch Mr Siao's Mandarin Class Season 1 reruns on NTV7, every Thursday at 11PM.
Season 2 will be released in April.
Advertisement break is over,
Vicky
Monday, January 25, 2010
Saturday, January 23, 2010
1st day after finals
Went to 1 Utama yesterday after my last paper yesterday. Was there for a short while, around an hour. Initially, I didn't plan to go 1 Utama at all but this was what made me decide to go there.
One Sunday, I was alone at home, my family went to visit my aunt. So, I was at home reading newspaper while eating my breakfast which is just bread with butter and strawberry jam when I came across an album review on Owl City's Ocean Eyes. If you read my earlier post, you'll know that I like listening to Owl City recently. After reading the review, whether good or bad I had decided to buy Ocean Eyes since now I know that it's available in Malaysia. Nothing is going to make me change my mind.
One good thing about The Star is that they usually offer 15% discount off albums they review. You can get the discount as long as you're cut out the coupon and present it to the cashier when you purchase the album.
I'm listening to the album now, I'll write a review after playing the album for a couple of days.
Anyway, when I was paying for the album, I saw right in front of the counter X Japan Live in Hong Kong DVDs. I can't believe my eyes, Adrian and Andrew should see the look on my face, they'll never see the same expression another time. I never thought I can find a X Japan album here in Malaysia, let alone a recent concert DVD placed in front of the counter. I couldn't even find their album in HMV near City Hall MRT station when I was in Singapore.
I guess when you're not searching too hard for something, that thing you're looking for will appear just in front of your eyes.
Oh, I didn't buy the DVD in the end, shall wait for my friend who's a big fan of X Japan to buy it, then I'll borrow it.
Happy semester break AMA1 friends!
Vicky
One Sunday, I was alone at home, my family went to visit my aunt. So, I was at home reading newspaper while eating my breakfast which is just bread with butter and strawberry jam when I came across an album review on Owl City's Ocean Eyes. If you read my earlier post, you'll know that I like listening to Owl City recently. After reading the review, whether good or bad I had decided to buy Ocean Eyes since now I know that it's available in Malaysia. Nothing is going to make me change my mind.
One good thing about The Star is that they usually offer 15% discount off albums they review. You can get the discount as long as you're cut out the coupon and present it to the cashier when you purchase the album.
I'm listening to the album now, I'll write a review after playing the album for a couple of days.
Anyway, when I was paying for the album, I saw right in front of the counter X Japan Live in Hong Kong DVDs. I can't believe my eyes, Adrian and Andrew should see the look on my face, they'll never see the same expression another time. I never thought I can find a X Japan album here in Malaysia, let alone a recent concert DVD placed in front of the counter. I couldn't even find their album in HMV near City Hall MRT station when I was in Singapore.
I guess when you're not searching too hard for something, that thing you're looking for will appear just in front of your eyes.
Oh, I didn't buy the DVD in the end, shall wait for my friend who's a big fan of X Japan to buy it, then I'll borrow it.
Happy semester break AMA1 friends!
Vicky
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Fingertips story
I read in an article in StarTwo, Monday 18 January 2010 ("Unveiling Uniqueness") that our fingertips patterns can reveal our personality, inborn talents and what not.
Here's what my fingertips reveal about me according to the article:
Vicky
Here's what my fingertips reveal about me according to the article:
- I have high levels of initiative, enthusaism and determination.
- I may also be independent, competitive and bossy.
- I have the ability to think out of the box and can easily adapt to different environments. (The thinking out of the box thing seems true. My finance lecturer said that I tend to think over the box sometimes. So if she sees and out of the world answer when marking Finance paper, she can bet that it's mine.)
Vicky
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Owl City
Stumbled upon Owl City while looking for music videos to watch on Youtube. The first song I listened to was "Fireflies". One word summarizes my thoughts on that song, "Wow!". After listening to that song, I listened to his other songs and as his other songs are as good as the first one I listened to, I ended up googling him, checked him out on his Myspace, became a fan of him on Facebook and also dropped by his official website. His genre is eletronica/pop and if you're tired of some of the songs you listen to on radio. Listen to his songs for a change. His music is like a breath of fresh air, like taking a vacation away from the polluted city where everyone looks and sound the same.
I quickly became a fan of Owl City within a few minutes or was it seconds. Listen to some of his songs and you'll agree that Owl City is simply amazing, like the one you've been waiting for all these years. Owl City isn't a band. Everything you hear is the work of one guy, Adam Young. Something like Secondhand Serenade, where there is only one guy behind it, John Vesely.
My problem now is if his album is available in Malaysia. Now I'm listening to his songs on his Facebook and those uploaded on Youtube. I hope I can find his albums in Malaysia because I'm not keen on downloading his songs from the Internet and I'm strongly against buying pirated albums, a topic I would discuss another time.
Merry Christmas and have a fruitful New Year!
Vicky
I quickly became a fan of Owl City within a few minutes or was it seconds. Listen to some of his songs and you'll agree that Owl City is simply amazing, like the one you've been waiting for all these years. Owl City isn't a band. Everything you hear is the work of one guy, Adam Young. Something like Secondhand Serenade, where there is only one guy behind it, John Vesely.
My problem now is if his album is available in Malaysia. Now I'm listening to his songs on his Facebook and those uploaded on Youtube. I hope I can find his albums in Malaysia because I'm not keen on downloading his songs from the Internet and I'm strongly against buying pirated albums, a topic I would discuss another time.
Merry Christmas and have a fruitful New Year!
Vicky
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Looking young
I had English presentation today so I had to wear formal. So when when I was walking out of Kelana Jaya LRT station, a UNICEF promoter stopped me and asked if I'm a student or working. So I guess with formal clothes, I do look a bit more older.
Anyway, I found another advantage to looking young from an article in Malay Mail ("Looking young may mean living longer, says study" 15 December 2009, page 13, World section). According to a Danish study published in BMJ, people who look younger than their years also live longer. The possible bioligical explanation to this is that people who looked younger also tend to have longer telomeres which is a key DNA component linked to aging. So I guess I must have longer telomeres. I wonder what my telomeres looks like. Any medical/biology student can help me with that?
Listening to an album I won yesterday from Broadcast Communication booth. "This thing called jazz and more...vol 1". Truth be told, jazz is not my cup of tea because everytime I think of jazz, I would think of slow songs that make me sleepy. Of course there's an exception to this rule, when Lee Hom sings jazz, it's never boring even though I heard that song a million times. Overall, some of the songs are pretty nice, though some are boring. Anyway, this album is not for sale, it's written there right on the back of the album. While listening to this album, I imagine myself having a romantic dinner in an upscale restaurant.
Some songs in this album are starting to become my favorite,
Vicky
Anyway, I found another advantage to looking young from an article in Malay Mail ("Looking young may mean living longer, says study" 15 December 2009, page 13, World section). According to a Danish study published in BMJ, people who look younger than their years also live longer. The possible bioligical explanation to this is that people who looked younger also tend to have longer telomeres which is a key DNA component linked to aging. So I guess I must have longer telomeres. I wonder what my telomeres looks like. Any medical/biology student can help me with that?
Listening to an album I won yesterday from Broadcast Communication booth. "This thing called jazz and more...vol 1". Truth be told, jazz is not my cup of tea because everytime I think of jazz, I would think of slow songs that make me sleepy. Of course there's an exception to this rule, when Lee Hom sings jazz, it's never boring even though I heard that song a million times. Overall, some of the songs are pretty nice, though some are boring. Anyway, this album is not for sale, it's written there right on the back of the album. While listening to this album, I imagine myself having a romantic dinner in an upscale restaurant.
Some songs in this album are starting to become my favorite,
Vicky
Saturday, December 12, 2009
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Just finished reading this book which I borrowed recently from my college's library. I had to choose between Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. This book was written by Khaled Hosseini who also wrote The Kite Runner.
Set in Afghanistan, this book tells about the hardship of 2 women, Mariam and Laila. It's about family and friendship. It gives the readers a glimpse of what life is like in Afghanistan through these two women. While reading this book, we may recognize some of the events.
Overall, a splendid, moving story. Khaled Hosseini is a good storyteller. If you enjoyed reading "The Kite Runner" you would enjoy reading this.
Hope you would read this book and enjoy it as much as I did,
Vicky
Set in Afghanistan, this book tells about the hardship of 2 women, Mariam and Laila. It's about family and friendship. It gives the readers a glimpse of what life is like in Afghanistan through these two women. While reading this book, we may recognize some of the events.
Overall, a splendid, moving story. Khaled Hosseini is a good storyteller. If you enjoyed reading "The Kite Runner" you would enjoy reading this.
Hope you would read this book and enjoy it as much as I did,
Vicky
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Big Thank You
A big thank you to my friends and family for birthday wishes, cakes, dinners, lunchs and what not. I really appreciate it.
Exams are coming, decided to take a rest today as I'm feeling mentally tired. Continue tomorrow. I plan to start with OMIS because it's the easier subject to study right now. Actually, English is the easiest is manageable in a good way, not that worried about English, it's my strongest subject this semester. PM will be fine this time round, not much problem with it. My biggest worry is Finance. It's really difficult. That's why I'm mentally tired today. The problem is not with the lecturer, she tried her best. The problem is with the subject itself or maybe me.
Before I get more pessimistic, tomorrow is my OMIS assignment presentation and next week, I'll be presenting on Apple's marketing strategy.
That's all for now,
Vicky
Exams are coming, decided to take a rest today as I'm feeling mentally tired. Continue tomorrow. I plan to start with OMIS because it's the easier subject to study right now. Actually, English is the easiest is manageable in a good way, not that worried about English, it's my strongest subject this semester. PM will be fine this time round, not much problem with it. My biggest worry is Finance. It's really difficult. That's why I'm mentally tired today. The problem is not with the lecturer, she tried her best. The problem is with the subject itself or maybe me.
Before I get more pessimistic, tomorrow is my OMIS assignment presentation and next week, I'll be presenting on Apple's marketing strategy.
That's all for now,
Vicky
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