Howl´s Moving Castle Trailer
hehe~ I didnt realize the one I blogged before is rily unwatchable on my site oops^.^
But here it is again~ I love it :)and gotta share it~~
Fantasie Impromptu
August 21, 2006
Recently...
So life has been good so far :D (relaxation, regaining focus, happiness)~~ why so...I shall explain haha!!1) As I've mentioned in previous post ^.^ friends help me so much!! (thx lots everyone muah*)
2) My mommy's back this Saturday or I should say last Saturday :D happy moments where she shares all her fun memories of going back...as we devour our presents or like I'd rather say the stuff I "wasted" more than $400 CN on (oops Q_____Q)...but all's good :D Nothing's better than having my mommy back safe and sound and w/ beaucoup interesting stories to share, after missing her for the last month!!
3) Oh and wrk!! Got to talk about wrk :) (hehee, this is rily my first time posting about wrk~~) Yeah, like always wrk is tiring....I think I almost twisted my neck today trying to find a chart (searching thru ONLY 2/5 of the entire chart bank >.<....thank god, this kind of situation dun happen too much ..only like once in a blue moon haha~)
But funny thu, I still love my wrk alot (to the nth power rily)!! It's is the only place I dun have to use much brain, can listen to ipod (well wen i'm relatively alone....just to clear up...I only do this b/c I'm not the only person doing it in the office~~), and listen to gossip (well not exactly gossip la~) But anyhow wrk's fun :D (I knw I just sound like a geek..but hehe it's fun being one sometimes~)
So wrk recently has affected me in two ways:
a) Addiction to Josh Groban's song/voice
So the story goes...a few of the girls brought a bunch of CDs to the office...one being Josh Groban....after listening to some of it for a while..I got it stuck in my mind...In the past I've always thought J.G has an amazing voice, ever since listening to him from I think Oscar..but I've never rily got the urge to d/l him lol~ But man after that day at the office....I crazily went home and d/l-ed two albums haha :D
My fav song is obviously the one on this blog "Mi Morena"....after I transferred all the song to my ipod...I finally got to listen to it one nite before I went to sleep....and god..now it's like stuck in my mind haha~ (yes, I got so emotional listening to it that I almost cried listening to it before I slept...not a good idea before sleeping haha~)
But then now...I'm still not quite sure what language he sings in...Greek? (ummm..dunno~) But wut can I say....WOOT ! AWESOME VOICE!!
b) Joining the fuss of watching Prison Break premier
haha~ all the girls today were talking about this....so wen the tv turned on today...I thought I mite as well watch it..or at least some of it....well, wut can I say after watching one episode...HOT GUY = HOT SHOW~ Althu I dun think i'll be watching every episode of it...but I will certainly try to watch some of it...so I can join the chats about it w/ the girls ^___^
4) hehe~ after all that blab about wrk....yes..I'm still craving that song by Santana - Maria Maria....especially the beautiful enchanting guitar in it :D...so plz if anybody have it :) send it to me (I shall certainly suck up to u haha~!)
5) B/c last semester's marks were so bad....sigh* I shall have to study starting now...sounds so bad doesnt it??! >.<
6) I think I need to ask some updates to that funny comic i'm craving rite now~ Anyhow...enough rambling for now :) ciao!
Howls moving castle trailer
So this is wut i've been doing recently :D I've asked my mommy to get this for me in TW~~
And now i've already watched it three times lol~~ (crazy, ain't I :D)
So this is wut i've been doing recently :D I've asked my mommy to get this for me in TW~~
And now i've already watched it three times lol~~ (crazy, ain't I :D)
August 18, 2006
With the Help of My Friends, I Found MYSELF
So today (or yesterday..since it is past 12 AM haha) has been the most wonderful day of this summer :D~~ And dedications and lots of thanks and hugs to Angelina, Nana and Ivy for making my day for me :), helping me to find myself and carry on in life.Started out the exciting day at 11 doing a Grouse Grind w/ Angelina ^.^
Met at Waterfront, headed to Grouse Mtn, started out ....
In the first 1/2 hr, we took two rest breaks (due to my request haha) and chatted our way up the stairs about all kinds of topics from America's Next Top Model to others ~~ <--that's the fun fun period. By the time, I started to feel a bit tired (this is after the first 1/2hr)......we saw a sign -- "You are 1/4 way up" ....I swear that sign was bit discouraging and left my face blank like this Q_____Q and my mind thinking..."gosh that was only 1/4 way!!!"
Then the trip starts to drag (kinda, due to that discouraging 1/4 sign haha) until I reach that 3/4 sign and got so excited that I actually yelled out to Angie who's 10 steps before me, "Angie, WE'RE 3/4 WAY!!" .....I swear I heard the other hikers laugh ....but then it is funny lol~ But yes, that period was such a challenge. I swear I took more than 15 rest breaks, while thinking to myself "gosh, this never ends" haha~~ It's funny though....I never once thought of going back down....and it's more like me telling myself "There's no way I am starting something and not finishing it" (Later, I thought - "wow, such determination" and I laugh)
One thing thu~ I never knew I could ever chat to strangers like that :)....Yes~ I received lots of encouragements from strangers, telling me that I'm doing an awesome job first time grouse grinding & that I'm almost there. I even encouraged one hiker who asked for positive feedback haha~ SO INTERESTING!!!
From Grouse Grinding, I learnt so much today about myself..that it's just amazing! I never knew I could undergo such a challenge and the pressure+stress that comes along w/ it, and continue to find the determination/stamina in me and go on~~ I never burst out once into tears or swore thruout the trip ^.^ What's even more amazing~~ I was happy and thankful that I've came the entire trip :D (althu my body is so tired at times that I just feel like I mite faint the next moment ...but all are restored after rest breaks~)
The rest breaks were amazing too~~I enjoyed sitting down..catching my breath...drinking some water and enjoying that scene + nature's rhythem. The golden sunlight peering into the greeness of the woods, shattering nature into a spectrum of colors with various multitudes of green ^____^ (pretty~) Quietness and serenity dominate the scene, while even one flying insect buzzing seems to first disturb the silence and then restoring nature's rhythem ^.^ (Just too wonderful~ hehe...maybe that's why I took so much rest breaks~)
So I think we finished in 1hr & 20 mins (since Angie said that we started at 12:25 and I noticed that we finished at 1:45) Yes wow~ even I'm amazed at that speed, considering I didn't do any training before this hehe & slept a bit late the night before hehe~ Last but not least....I wanto thank Angie for all of these. I swear if it wasn't b/c u'r w/ me (coming here w/ me despite ur stomach ache, always holding out a hand to me and waiting for me)...I don't think I would have been able to finish~~ Thanks Angie, You're so awesome, I love u :D:D (lots of hugs and kisses ^.^) Hope ur stomach ache gets better!!
***
And then I spent the afternoon (after 4:30) w/ Nana and Ivy till 10:00pm. at Sweet Obsessions (http://www.sweetobsessioncakes.com/). First it's an amazing cafe w/ amazing sweets (my fav) and amazing service (considering we literally sat there from 4:30 to 8 haha). It's so nice to meet up w/ the highschool crew :) (as proven by our prolong cafe sitting lol) There's just so much too chat about....where we wanna be in the future, our troubles now, news, ethical issues, lit, highschool memory, news from other highschool ppl, TV drama, food, girl stuff, cloth, grouse grinding, the rest of the summer, shopping ....and much more!!!
In one evening, they've helped me so much w/ wut I wanto do w/ my life, allowing me to regain my focus. By the end of the day I realize how much friends meant to me (not just the old ones that never leave my side when I always turn to them depressed or lost or confused, but also the newly-made who kindly reach out a hand when I need them). They play such a large role along w/ my family in forming me/my identity. They allow me to experience life in such an amazing way. So this entry is especially dedicated to all friends who read or not read this blog :) I love you all!!!
August 17, 2006
My Second Lit Outbreak :D (& everything else)
This, thu very related to wut I'll be blogging next ....it is also so different that I thought it should be on a separate blog ^>^ ( very related = some ideas came from today~)1) So, as I picked up Lord Byron's poetry collection today (which I bought from once again SFU bookstore....haha yeah..this time I had fun buying course textbook from those students who probably really need the textbook more than me lol~ I should feel guilty shouldn't I haha?...o well..)...I made a plan for all the books I've want to read until the end of next semster:)
Here's how it goes:
by the end of Aug - finish that Lord Byron poetry colletion
September & October - Morrie & A Picture of Dorian Gray (if I spelt this right & if I'm able to borrow them from Nana once Ivy finds them in that black hole in her roomXD~)
November - Don Juan
December - Constant Gardener
(I shall be able to do this in the most spectacular fashion hehe~~)
2) At Grouse grinding today...me & Angiechatted about how Phantom of the Opera is awesome :)...& this reminded me I should totally share this lyrics w/ all of my friends :D:D (since it's one of my fav piece of literature...or so I call it literature haha)
Phantom Of The Opera - The Point Of No Return Lyrics
(Phantom)
Past the point of no return - no backward glances: our games of make belive are at an end . .
Past all thought of "if" or "when" - no use resisting: abandon thought, and let the dream descend . . .
What raging fire shall flood the soul?
What rich desire unlocks its door?
What sweet seduction lies before us . . .?
Past the point of no return, the final threshold, what warm, unspoken secrets will we learn? Beyond the point of no return
(CHRISTINE)
You have brought me to that moment where words run dry, to that moment where speech disappears into silence, silence . . .
I have come here, hardly knowing the reason why .
In my mind, I've already imagined our bodies entwining defenceless and silent - and now I
am here with you: no second thoughts, I've decided, decided . . .
Past the point of no return no going back now: our passion-play has now, at last, begun . . .
Past all thought of right or wrong - one final question: how long should we two wait,
before we're one . . .?
When will the blood begin to race, the sleeping bud burst into bloom?
When will the flames, at last, consume us . . .?
(BOTH)
Past the point of no return the final threshold, the bridge is crossed, so stand and watch it
burn . . .
We've passed the point of no return...
(sidetrack: thx to ppl who actually willingly type lyrics out, so I can find them on sites...I can never imagine myself doing this haha~)
However...this song is just so wonderful (the music the singing <-- especially the movie version :) & of course the lyrics.....)
The lyrics just look so beautifully and delicately written :D:D....i.e. 1)abandon thought (I always see this as a pun where abandon can used both as verb and adj) 2)sleeping bud burst into bloom (wut a pretty and strong imagery)
Omy~ my analysis can go on and on....but before I bore anybody w/ this....this piece is just too good to resist lol~ Angie told me the play is coming to Vancouver....and the group doing the play is rily good~~ That totally made me to have the urge to so see it in real life :)
3)Something random:
I realized this wen i was just washing my face in my washroom.....I should really go get that "Tony & Tina - Vibration Remedy" perfume from Aberdeen (the only store that actually carries it now...eversince Tony & Tina ran out of business >.<.....something my sis and her friends would understand - they should rily have changed that company name to Tony&Cindy...then they would never be out of business XD) However, I'm so glad I'm going to Betsy-Jonson downtown tomorrow w/ my sister~ gotta get some of those pretty dresses while it's still on discount :D:D instead of that $300 - 500 per dress >.<
August 10, 2006
Current Mood
Wow...today's been a total relaxing day (compared to yesterday where I'd say I focused 99% non-stop cramming accting into my poor little puny brain...resulting in the highest rate of brain cell killing I've had this yr.....sigh* this is exactly wen I wish my brain is not so puny as it is lol~ But I'm so glad there's only one exam left now - Monday. I shall again start cramming tomorrow!) That's why today is the way it is :DCame home, took relaxing shower, dinner, tv, comic to the n-th power + msn, and soon to relax w/ some facial care + a warm cup of tea + comfy warm comforter + the book i'm almost done:D
So talking about the book:
As I have set up in my goals sometime earlier (last month? --> I can't remember haha~), I decided to pick up reading.....I bought myself "Girl w/ a Pearl Earring" (Tracy Chevalier) last week..in fact Aug.2/06 at SFU bookstore...(b/c I experience the sudden goal to achieve my goals hehe:P, althu I admit it's a bad idea to start on novels wen finals are near ...o well ~)
And wow I'm almost done~
So in the beginning, I was simply attracted by the book cover (I knw...call me superficial haha)
As I begin the book...I was somewhat captured by the plot, thu I did find the writing a little plain and not wut I expected it to be --> filled w/ radiance , a "jewel of a novel"....
Haha~ here let me make this clear....I like fine things....fine writings in this case....my fav authors/poet are ppl like Jane Austen, Penelope Lively, Lord Byron....(so on so on) So I was a bit disappointed wen I didn't find Chevalier's writing to be beautiful~
But wen my excitement for the plot died down a little....I realized something about Chevalier's writing: they are like wine almost, the longer u keep (reading) the better!
I now particularly admires how she uses parallel imagery to describe the character's feelings. This particular image really comes alive to me:
"I slowed my pace. Year of hauling water, wringing out clothes, scrubbing floors, emptying chamberpots, with no chance of beauty or color or light in my life, stretched before mee like a landscape of flat land where, a long way off, the sea is visible but can naver be reached."
I am also very very fond how she uses puns and all other forms of play on words and sentences to describe the charcter's feelings (if only I could find where that perfect example went haha)
Her uses of short words and choppy sentences often create a silence in the novel where the message conveyed is understood and nothing more need to be said.......It is now this admiration which keep me attached to the novel so much! In fact I shall finish it tonite:D This shall be done haha~
August 8, 2006
F that "Zen Shit" :P
haha....althu i seem to have 39 practice accting questions to do for today, i just have to blog to release some built up anger :P...(and yes...got my title ---> "Zen Shit" from that comic on Danny's blog lol~ thx danno :D)
So ...i was taking my shower...and I started thinking about that Sociology final I just had today.....and resulted in... NOT A VERY RELAXING SHOWER!!! (in fact...I cant help but get more and more pissed...)
And story goes....
Watch: this is 1 out of 77 multiple choice question from the exam...
n) As assembly line is to Weber's division of labor, _________ is to transnational coporations.
A. globalization
B. computers
C. transportation
D. xxx (cant remember)
So: what can I argue.....
- transnational corporation causes globalization...thus the two are linked..
- transnational corporation is made possible through technology and mainly computer tec.
- transnational corporation cannot happen w/o transporation.
And they all seem right...althu in the end ..I chose computers...
But as I took my shower...I kept on thinking ..this is rily some "ZEN SHIT"!!!
And WUT ....this is only 1 out of 77 questions......
So after 3 full hours of this "ZEN SHIT".....1) my mind is fried 2) I literally doubt i'll ever receive that open scholarship .....damn :P
Good side: It is a bit relaxing to realize everyone came out of that final thinking the MC was superb hard...
Bad side: but that doesnt matter...b/c Sociology is not bell-curved >____<
Wacky humor side: Jamie said, "Lucy, the MC was so hard..it got A LITTLE BETTER after the 30th question !!!" Lucy cheered, "Whee! 30 questions..........(that we mite got all wrong...)" ....And both cry together (tears*)
August 5, 2006
Blog Once More -- Song Sharing
So everyone must be thinking...."what's wrong w/ her..blogging twice per day wen she's suppose to be studying finals"~~ lol..yes I knw....but I shall blog once more ...and turn off my comp and study.....This time is song sharing (more likely lyrics sharing) & I posted also the translations I could find.......
It's funny they're all spanish...it's not to say I suddenly fell in love w/ Spanish songs..just that I've been finding the words/the sounds of the language pretty enchanting recently~
(& note..O hoh...I meant to put on Hips Don't Lie in Spanish...but couldn't find the spanish lyrics ..so I put up La Tortura instead ...which is another of my fav from her...o well...shakira sounds way better when she's singing Spanish than english lol~...but then once again...I sing better in mandarin too...haha^__^)
Nat King Cole - Quizás, quizás, quizás
Siempre que te pregunto
Que, cuándo, cómo y dónde
Tú siempre me respondes
Quizás, quizás, quizás
Y así pasan los días
Y yo, voy desesperando
Y tú, tú contestando
Quizás, quizás, quizás
Estás perdiendo el tiempo
Pensando, pensando
Por lo que más tú quieras
Hasta cuándo Hasta cuándo
Y así pasan los días
Y yo, desesperando
Y tú, tú contestando
Quizás, quizás, quizás
Quizás, quizás, quizás
Quizás, quizás, quizás
我總是問你:
幾時、如何、哪裡
你總是回答我:
也許、也許、也許
如此日復一日
我呀、都要絕望了
而你呢、回應著說:
也許、也許、也許
你在浪費時間
想著、想著
你到底是要怎樣
要到幾時、要到幾時
如此日復一日
我呀、都要絕望了
而你呢、回應著說:
也許、也許、也許
也許、也許、也許
也許、也許、也許
La Tortura - Alejandro Sanz & Shakira
Lyrics by Shakira & Alejandro Sanz
Alejandro: Ay! mamita mía guárdate la poesía,
guárdate la alegría pa’ ti.
dame, dame, damelo. Ah!
Shakira: No pido que todo los días sean de sol,
no pido que todos los viernes sean de fiesta...
Y tampoco te pido que vuelvas rogando perdón,
si lloras con los ojos secos y hablando de ella.
Shakira: Ay Amor! me duele tanto...
Alejandro: Me duele tanto!
Shakira: Que te fueras sin decir adonde. Ay Amor! Fue una tortura...
Alejandro & Shakira:Perderte!
Alejandro: Yo sé que no he sido un santo, pero lo puedo arreglar, amor.
Shakira: No sólo de pan vive el hombre y no de excusas vivo yo!
Alejandro: Sólo de errores se aprende y hoy sé que es tuyo mi corazón.
Shakira: Mejor te guardas todo eso, a otro perro con ese hueso y nos decimos adiós!
Alejandro: Pues otra vez, pues otra vez, No.pues otra vez, pues otra vez, No.
Shakira: No puedo pedir que el invierno perdone a un rosal.
No puedo pedir a los olmos que entreguen peras.
No puedo pedirle lo eterno a un simple mortaly andar arrojando a los cerdos miles de perlas!
Alejandro: Ay Amor! Me duele tanto, me duele tanto! Que no creas más en mis promesas.
Shakira: Ay! Amor...
Alejandro: Es una tortura...
Shakira:...perderte!Alejandro: Yo sé que no he sido un santo, pero lo puedo arreglar, amor.
Shakira: No sólo de pan vive el hombre y no de excusas vivo yo!
Alejandro: Sólo de errores se aprende y hoy sé que es tuyo mi corazón.
Shakira: Mejor te guardas todo eso, a otro perro con ese hueso y nos decimos adiós!
Alejandro: dame, dame, damelo. (shakira says: ah!..)
No te bajes, no te bajes, oye negrita mira, no te rajes.
De lunes a viernes tienes mi amor, déjame el sábado a mi que es mejor!
Oye mi negra no me castigues más, porque allá afuera sin ti no tengo más.
Yo sólo soy un hombre arrepentido y como el ave que vuelve a su nido.
Alejandro: Yo sé que no he sido un santo y es que no estoy hecho de cartón
Shakira: No sólo de pan vive el hombre y no de excusas vivo yo!
Alejandro: Sólo de errores se aprende y hoy sé que es tuyo mi corazón.
Shakira: Ay!... Ay!... ay, ay, ay, Ay!
Todo lo que he hecho por ti.
Fue una tortura perderte y me duele tanto que sea así.
Sigue llorando perdon. Yo... ya no voy...a llorar hoy por ti!
THE TORTURE (English Translation)
Ay my gypsySave the poetrySave the happiness for you
I'm not asking that every day be sunnyI'm not asking that there be a party every FridayNor do I ask you to come back begging forgivenessIf you're crying with dry eyes,Speaking about her
Oh my love, it hurts so muchIt hurts so muchThat you left without saying a word Oh my love, losing you was torture
I know I haven't been a saintBut I can make it up to you
Man doesn't live on bread aloneNor do I live on excuses
We only learn from mistakesAnd today I know my heart is yours
Better save that for yourselfTake that bone to some other dogAnd let's say goodbye
I can't ask winter to spare a rose bushI can't ask an elm tree to bear pearsI can't ask the eternal of a mere mortalAnd go about casting thousands of pearls before swine
Oh my love, it hurts so muchIt hurts so muchThat you no longer trust my promisesOh my love, losing you has been torture
I know I haven't been a saintAnd I'm not made of stone
Man doesn't live on bread aloneNor do I live on excuses
We only learn from our mistakesAnd today I know my heart is yours
Better save that for yourselfTake that bone to some other dogAnd let's say goodbye
Listen, baby, don't you goListen, baby, don't get angryFrom Monday to Friday you have my loveGive Saturday to me and you'll be better offListen baby, don't punish me anymoreWithout you, out there I have no peaceI'm just a repentant manI'm the bird that returns to its nest
I know I haven't been a saintAnd I'm not made of stone
Man doesn't live on bread aloneNor do I live on excuses
We only learn from our mistakesAnd today I know my heart is yours
Better save it for someone foolish enough to believe you and say Goodbye
Oh after all I've done for youIt was such a torture to lose youIt hurts me so that it's like thisKeep on crying sorryI…I'm not goingTo cry over you
Break from Studying
Studying haven't gone so well...but....I made changes to my blog~~
The background...
The music...
The links...
^____^
My Background:
Why I chose the pic .....b/c it's PARIS :)
I think all my friends knw this...I'm a huge Paris fan :D :D (not the person Paris...the place lol~)
I swear I will totally save up to go Paris sometime w/in the next 6yrs ^___^
(As u guys can probably see from my pic.......I actually rily wanto be in paris right now..at this moment.....)
My Music:
I never realized how my musics are so season oriented....but the fact is ..they are...
I putted up a summer song (Fourth of July) and an autumn song (Autumn Leaves)~~
Also, I putted on Quizas Quizas Quizas ^.^ (which me and my sis finally found....it's the song from the korean commercial --> plz refer to previous youtube post for this...) The song is rily sang by Nat King Cole, but dunno why blogspot won't allow me to play wma on here...so I had to find a mp3 version...and here it is....a variation of the song ~~
August 4, 2006
Time to Celebrate :D
Well .....not quite time but...is time (yes..i knw i sound self-contradictory lol~)Yes ^.^ Today is the last day of this awful summer semester which I procrastinated a whole lot and had to pay huge price (i.e. sleep deprived) the entire time for my procrastination......thank god...it's all over now...except 3 finals :D (which I shall study hard and make them my mark booster for that scholarship :) )
Anyhow...this is how I shall celebrate today..................(anticipation buidling) ----> SLEEPING ~
(Yes....doesn't sound that whole lot exciting to some ppl ...but it sure is exciting if anyone's at my stage....)
Indeed over the past week.....(w/ 2 huge thousands words paper and BUEC assignment and reading to catch up....), this is how my sleeping schedule has been...:
Sunday: slept at 5AM of the following Monday due to english paper and woke up at 9:30 AM to finish my paper + 2hrs of sleep on the bus => total = 6 1/2 hrs
Monday: slept at 2 AM Tuesday trying to do some accounting reading and finish the research stage of my Sociology paper and woke up at 7:30 AM for work + 2hrs of bus sleep => total = 7 1/2 hrs.
Tuesday: slept at 4AM Wednesday trying to finish Sociology essay that's due the day...woke up at 7:30 AM for work + 2 hrs of bus sleep => total = 5 1/2 hrs.
Wednesday: slept at 12: 30AM Thursday reading BUEC and feeling way too tired to continue ..woke up at 7:30 AM for work + 2hrs of bus sleep => total = 9 hrs.
Thursday: slept at 5AM Friday trying to finish the last bits of English essay that's due on the day...woke up at 7:30 AM for school + 2 hrs of bus sleep => total = 4 1/2 hrs.
As you guys can all see...my life hasnt been very health recently ..I wonder why lol~...so sleeping is one thing I shall do to celebrate the end of school...and of course...this will allow me to store beaucoup energy to start studying for finals :) (which are on 8, 10, 14)....
Looking from my very puny amt of sleep.....I say...if I need 7 1/2 hrs of sleep/day....I shall need extra 4 1/2 hrs of sleep to compensate for my lacking sleep in the past 5 days...and the normal 7 1/2 hrs of sleep for Friday alone.......so that is.....hehe 12 hrs:D....
So I shall, according to plan go to sleep at 10 PM today and wake up tomorrow at 10 AM or something like that :) ---> GOOD PLAN~ I'M SO PROUD OF MYSELF !!
Anyhow...as to msn/facebook/more blogging/etc...I shall have to wait until after my study/sleep/house chores etc are done in order to attend...for the next week (at least till 14)......
GOTTA SLEEP NOW :) & TRY TO STAY HEALTHY (instead of killing myself w/ no sleep ..lol~)
