End of the Year 2008

As the end of the year of 2008 approaches, I can't help but reminisce everything that has happened in this past year: college applications, AP workload, Midnight Rave, and a lot of other things. It is hard to believe that I am finally arriving at the end of my journey of high school. Really, I know that is definitely a good thing. However, I can't help but feel a bit of sorrow. High school has definitely become my second home, no, maybe even THE home. It is hard to let it go, but I guess college will replace high school within a few months.

Definitely more to come, I figured what I want to talk about should each get an individual post..because I am wordy like that =D

Phew~

Despite all odds, Midnight Rave successfully passed the tryout stage and is officially part of the Variety Show 2K9. Honestly, I deeply regret the fact that we could not concentrate on this set of routine prior to the tryout date. We messed up SO MUCH that we actually doubted our chance of making it. Thankfully, the judges understand the limit of our capability and qualified us.

So with that said, time to do an extreme makeover for our routine. After all, this is our last year in Hinsdale Central and we want to make it as astonishing as possible.

Great Success!

Midnight Rave just had its second official performance as halftime show in the staff vs seniors basketball game yesterday. Not to brag, but we did next to nothing in order to prepare ourselves for this show. However, that was not to say we did no work at all. Numerous times, Alex Kim, Aaron Saballo, Luke Gill, and myself tried to meet up to put it together. However, numerous external factors constantly defeated our attempts; and therefore, we had to oral our way through the whole thing about the day before and some minor modification 30 minutes prior to the show.

Like everytime, I was extremely nervous prior to our performance. My heart was bouncing at an incredibly fast pace, my limbs were soft, and my hands were sweating. However, all fear was gone when the music started. We all tried to be our very best despite the fact that we made some mistakes regarding the choreography...but hey! The performance actually turned out quite well. In fact, I think this is probably the best dancing routine we put up by far!



So today, the variety show tryout for us was canceled due to bad weather. I honestly hope to God that this will work out tommorrow...

Hmmm...

So far, there are some good news and bad news. At this point, I have been accepted into both Purdue and IU. The bad news are, unfortunately, that I am currently being deferred by both U of I and Stanford. Hmm...I really hate the anxiety but I guess there's the hope of being accepted by both.

I feel retarded for applying to U of I's biotech major. Apparently it is currently the toughest major available in that school....if I had done biochemistry, I would've been in already....bleh....this just plain sucks.

So, Another One.

So I checked the IU site today and apparently I got accepted. There goes anotehr safety school!.

Now the big day will be Friday....Gahhh the anxiety is simply killing me.

Finally, a Decision Made.

So it has been awhile since senior year began. I have to say, the first three months really weren't the best time of my life due to all the college applications that needed to be done.

Well, I guess I don't have to worry about that anymore because I finally submitted my last application for Cornell University today!! YAHOO!!!!!

Sure has been a long ride...now I think about it..half of being a senior is college applications. With that done, I feel somewhat empty and filled with sadness within. But I would really rather not go through the whole process AGAIN...=P

The Good news is, I have already heard from one of my colleges that I am accepted. The bad news is, it's Purdue. It's not a bad college, but it only one of my safeties. This coming Friday, UIUC will release its decision. I am very anxious yet scared about it because UIUC is one of the schools which I really really REALLY want to go to.

May God be with me on this. Amen.

Game Review #4 - Dream of Mirror Online

Dream of Mirrir Online, or DOMO for short, is a mmorpg developed by Aeria. With mechanics which resembles that of Final Fantasy XI, it is a game which requires long-term dedication but may appeal to a lot of people who are looking for a game that will provide you with every features of the game regardless of your actions. As a dedicated mmorpg player, this game was a real treat for me. And here is why.

Almost every single mmorpg requires the player to choose a class/race that has certain strengths and weaknesses as well as sets of skils unique to only that class/race. With such principle, players are stuck with his or her choice through the remainder of the game unless he or she decides to create another character, with the necessity to begin from the very beginning again. With DOMO, however, such thing would never be a problem. Why? Because DOMO allows you to be everything! In the beginning of the game, you get to choose among one of the four races: Human, Sprite, Shura, and Slyph. However, this choice only affects the appearnace of your character. It does not affect the overall game play at all.

Now, there are 12 professions. And they are as follows: Commoner, martial artist, wizard, blademaster, hunter, thief, doctor, mercenary, shaman, fencer, musician, dancer, and merchant. As mentioned above, you can be all of them in the game! However, each profession have its own separate level and experience bar. Meaning, you cannot train the levels of these professions all at once. I know, this might be tedious at some point. But hey! At least you don't have to share the health you make as you train via several separate characters! Because there are 12 professions and I do not have the full experience with all 12, I cannot give you the full aspect of each profession. However, you can go to http://domo.aeriagames.com/info/occupation if you are interested. On a side note, some professions need to be unlocked by fulfilling level/queset/item requirement.

Here comes the unique part of the game. Dream of Mirror Online features a fun and beneficial "personal relationships" system. Everyone, in some way, depends on others, and when you nurture those relationships, you'll not only make great new friends, you'll enjoy the benefits of having someone to back you up in any battle, and perhaps even some exclusive special abilities as well.

In Dream of Mirror Online, your characters are able to develop three types of close human relationships: Teacher and Student, Friends, and Lovers. Anyone can develop these relationships, but other relationships are predestined - depending on your birth date and your Chinese zodiac sign, you'll be connected to certain players by the red string of fate. You may find yourselves to be relatives, rivals, or even a true love via these fated connections - and who knows what may happen after that? It's all up to your initiative!

In addition to the relationships that players forge for themselves, there are some predestined or "fated" relationships set by Dream of Mirror Online when you create a new character. The Fate System will decide the three most important destined relationships in life for players: destined relatives, destined rivals, and destined true loves! Here's how the creators describe these three relationships:

A Destined Relative is someone who is or was your relative, perhaps many generations ago, or in a previous life, or in another world.
A Destined Rival is someone who you can constantly measure yourself against. Like both an enemy and a friend, a Destined Rival can be a great competitor who keeps you moving and growing.
A Destined Love means both parties have great affinities. Any fortuneteller would predict that the two would make a perfect match. If two Destined Lovers help each other through life, they are sure to prosper.


The graphics of the game is like that of Flyff, using the 2.5D style. Some may find this somewhat annoying because it seems childish. But really, I find this style suit the game quite well because of the plot of the game. Yes, there is actually a LEGIT plot to the game! Like console rpg, you will go through tons of entertaining and intense cut scenes as you complete your quests. I think many of us gamers would really enjoy and appreciate the casual yet intense storyline.

Overall, this is really a great game. With great gaming community as wel as simple yet sophisticated game play with endless possibilities, Dream of Mirror Online will be one of those games people will remember in the long run

This is my evaluation of the game.Keep in mind this is out of 5 stars, with 5 being the best.

Rating: ****
With an entertaining plot as well as great game plays, few will not enjoy this game.

Grinding: ***
With 12 different professions, you can experience the strengths and weaknesses of each profession. However, it does get tedious as you will have to train each profession separately. But again, it really does help to play all 12 professions later on in game.

Fun: ****
I really had a blast playing this game. Lucky for me, I found a guild to join. Their continuing help with quests and leveling really made the game great. I never get bored fro playing this because there are simply too many things to do! This is definitely the game for those who are looking for a long-term dedication to a game.

Thanksgiving 2008

Thanksgiving is the day of gratitude. So I figure I would spend some moments of solitude to list and appreciate.

Friends - for being there for me in times of need.

Family - for bringing me to this world full of sufferings and joys.

A Certain Someone - for giving me a memory that is actually worth to reminisce.

Yellow Fever - for providing such an opportunity for me to kick ass.

Midnight Rave - for just being an awesome group of friends and partners in crime

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Hopefully you guys are pumped for what's to come ^_^ ( Black Friday of course!!!)

Current Music Project

So it has been awhile since I touched the piano. Well, not really awhile since I touched the keyboard in order to record the keyboard portion of a piece into the TAF song that we have been working on. But it has been awhile since I sit down and play the piano for the pure leisure of it.

I have to say, i am simply surprised at the change of attitude toward music at this point of my life. I first started piano as young kid because my mom simply forced me to learn it. Defiantly, I did learn it, and learned it rather well. I was only one degree shy from obtaining my teacher's license. But that was awhile ago. Right now, for some reason, I return to the instrument and play it with curiosity as well as passion. Maybe it is because I am much more mature now, I am able to appreciate the melody and the symphony of keys.

Since Thanksgiving break is coming up very soon, I am hoping that I will be able to learn this song from D. Gray Man:



It is a beautifully written music. I don't know why I like this song, but I feel like the atmosphere and mood set by this piece is accurately describing and expressing my current emotions. Hence, I am determined to learn this piece, and hopefully have it memorized by the end of this weekend. Hope all goes well. I would really love to play this song ^_^

Now and Then

So it has been awhile since i write posts. Really, life really can't get much worse than it already is. Really hard on me both physically and emotionally. It's almost as if God designed this life full of painful experiences just so he can continue to torture me. I really wish I can just take on all the pain physically rather than emotionally, because I feel like my mind is about to shatter like a piece of worthless glass.

So Hinsdale Central's football team somehow dominated Mt. Carmel by 3 points and is advancing to state final at U of I next week. I guess that's one thing to be proud of as a current student of Hinsdale Central.

I would really like to know a way to subside or erase my memory. Really, I would rather not remember anything than remembering my life at the moment. In fact, I am so disoriented by the emotional torture that I just realized this paragraph that I am writing is located in the wrong location in this post...ahahahaha whatever. I don't usually write the blog post formally unless it's something of importance =P

I can only pray that life will improve. And I sincerely hope for it.

My Philosophy Paper

So This paper took me a lot of thoughts and time. So I decided that it's worth being put up here. So here it is!
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Anselm’s Ontological Argument: the Attempted Failure

Religion, the service and worship of God or the supernatural, has bring forth an ongoing controversy between those who places their faith in God and those who believes in numbers and data. The valid and convincing evidences and logics from both sides clash over and over again with no conclusion to this endless war of contradiction of human perceptions. However, the religious side seems to be fighting a losing battle due to the lack of physical evidence. Thus, the only way to prove the existence of God for us mortals is through the examination of the concept of God itself. This is called the ontological argument, an argument from the nature of God to the existence of God.

St. Anselm, the archbishop of Canterbury, attempted to prove the existence of God through his ontological argument. It is as follows:


1) God, by definition, is the greatest being possible.

2) If God exists only in our minds, then it is possible for there to be a being greater than God, namely, a being like God that exists in reality.

3) But it is not possible for there to be a being greater than God.

4) Therefore God must exist in reality.


A being that exists in mind cannot be greater than a being that exists in reality. So if God existed only in our minds, it would be possible for there to be a being greater than God, namely a being like God, to exist in reality. Although this argument is valid on the surface, the majority of the people find this very hard to accept. The mere thought of defining something into existence is simply unconvincing and absurd, and I agree.

The second step of his ontological process is the root of his failure. If God exists only in our minds, then everything that exists around us in reality is greater than the God in our mind. If everything that exists in reality go through a series of comparison and ultimately are arranged in order from the least to the greatest being that exists, the last item to be implemented to the series will be the greatest being possible in reality. But as we all know, nothing that exists in this physical world is perfect. And having something that exists in reality labeled as “God” is contradicting because “God”, by definition, is perfect; while the physical being is not.

Guanilo, a contemporary of Anselm, shared the critical view of the majority and created a thought experiment known as Guanilo’s Lost Island to demonstrate the shortcomings of Anselm’s ontological argument. His thought experiment directly attacked Anselm’s logic. The greatest island, by definition, would have the best ideal climate possible. However, according to Anselm’s logic, if such island did not exist, then it would not be the greatest island possible. So, by similar reasoning, it would seem that the greatest island possible must exist.

Of course, Anselm was aware of such loophole in his argument and attempted to amend it by claiming that his argument applied only to the scenario of the greatest being possible. However, such attempt did not help his argument. Rather, it helped digging its own grave. If the existence is intrinsic to God because it makes him better, it is hard to see why it could not be intrinsic to other things as well.

What went wrong with Anselm’s argument? The problem lies within the concept of “exists only in the understanding.” To simplify the matter, let x represents something that exists only in the mind. To say that x exists only in the mind is to say that the concept of x does not apply to anything in reality. Similarly, to say that God exists only in the mind is to say that the concept of God does not apply to anything in reality. There is no contradiction involved in saying that the concept of the greatest being possible is not exemplified. Therefore, Anselm’s attempt fails to prove the existence of God.

Immanuel Kant, an eighteenth-century philosopher, bashed the whole method which Anselm pursued. Kant reasoned that existence is not an attribute of an object like temperature, size, and the like. According to him, existence is not “something that can simply be associated with the definition of an object”. To further amplify his argument, he gave the example of a “quircle”. It is given information that a quircle is a circle that exists. Just from this, it seems impossible for us to reach any other conclusion other than that a “quircle” exists, for the definition told us it does exist. However, any intelligent mind in the world would agree that this is obviously not a good reason to believe, for we could prove that anything exists by utilizing this method. Thus, Anselm’s method of pursuing the truth is a failure.

With all due respect, I personally do not find Anselm’s ontological attempt very convincing. Not only do I not agree with his method of choice, but I also do not find his logic sound and valid. Just like the causal theory of the physical, which states that everything that happens can be explained in purely physical terms, it is hard for me to believe that something like God can be defined by anything outside of realm of God. Anselm’s ontological attempt not only utilized the wrong approach in to prove his belief, his logic is also full of flaws and contradictions. Therefore, Anselm’s ontological argument is nothing but a failure.

Game Review #3 - Flyff

I have to say, I really don't know if I know enough for this game to really write an accurate review for it. This is probably the only mmorpg that I could not play for more than a few weeks. This game's graphics is not as amazing as the other mmorpgs that I have reviewed. However, this game does have its decency and I believe it deserves some praises.

To be honest, when I first started out this game, it was extremely confusing to get what you are going to do next. I figured it out after about an hour of aimless exploring. But once you get the basic gist of things, it will eventually smooth things out by itself. Really.

So to begin, everyone is a vagrant. Vagrant is the beginner class that everyone starts out with and can be promoted to various diversity later on in game. It is strongly suggested to not invest any skill points as a vagrant because you can pass this stage relatively easy without them. At lvl 15, a vagrant can do a promotion quest to become one of the four other intermediate classes: acrobat, assist, magician, and mercenary. At lvl 60, these each of these four classes get to choose between one of the two branches of these professions. Acrobats have the choice of becoming either a jester or a ranger; assist have the choice of becoming either a billposter or a ringmaster; magicians have the choice of becoming either an elementor or a psykeeper; and mercenaries have the choice of becoming either a knight or a blade.

I myself only played up to level 40. So I can't really know I know a lot about the game. Leveling in this game isn't as bad. If you grind for an hour or two a day with efficiency, it will only take about a month or two to reach level 60 and be promoted to your end-game profession. However, rumor has it that soon there will be a third promotion. Honestly, I don't see myself grind that much...maximum level in this game is 120. With a new promotion available...gahhh it gives me the chill just to think about it >.<

The skill system is very straight forward. I do recommend not to max a skill too early in the game because the mana cost of that skill will be far too great for a low level character to use the skill efficiently. Yes, I learned this the hard way.

It's quite simple to make money in this game. All you do is kill, pick up monster drops, and sell. Sometimes you may get lucky and obtain some nice items. In that case, as for every mmorpg, you can put it on a market system and hope someone buys it with your desired price.

One thing I do really like about this game is the pet system. Pet is an expensive and time-consuming yet worthwhile investment in this game. All pets will start out at level 0 and in egg form. It can only evolve from the egg form if the owner feeds it with pet food until its percentage reaches 100%. The pet you will get is completely random, thus, adding some an element of surprise. Regardless of the grade of the pet you get, once it evolves to its 2nd form at lvl 60, it will become a powerful ally and a wonderful companion in your journey.

I don't know if it's the graphics that makes me lose the interest of the game, was I don't like the game mechanics. The game graphics, although somewhat childish, offer some really interesting way of expression. I rather like its style, but it's just not giving me the impression that I wanted when I play a mmorpg. However, the community of this game is full of nice people and they are all willing to go out their ways and help you out.

I will try a new evaluation system from now on. 0-5 stars, 5 being the bets and 0 being the worst.

Rating: ***
Really a nice game if 2.5D graphics is what you are looking for. But the pvp system and the amount of time it requires for this game is simply driving me nuts.

Grinding: **
Personally, I really can't stand the grinding in this game. Just me personally.

Fun: ***
It is really fun to grind with a friend. No, it really is.

Field Trip for AP World Lit

Being an avid student who has enrolls mostly honor or AP classes since freshman year, my opportunity to be included on a field trip is minimal. Hence, I was extremely excited to be on this field trip today. It is my first field trip in three years!! Sounds like blasphemy, I know, but it is true!

Anyways, AP World Lit and AP British Lit traveled to the vicinity of Navy Peer via three buses. Being told to bring my Nintendo DS, Ali Arfeen and I took the liberty to hone our RTS strategy by playing Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings. Although we paid the consequences physically through our back pain for the rest of the day, It was definitely worth the suffering.

The play we saw today, contrary to what you may have guessed, is not part of the Shakespeare Production. Rather, it is by Peter Shaffer. Amadeus is the name. Being loosely based on the lives of the composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri. Amadeus was inspired by Mozart and Salieri, a short play by Aleksandr Pushkin and later adapted into an opera of the same name by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Shaffer then adapted the play for a film released in 1984.

I was quite surprised but pleased by the appropriate usage of foul language. Through some actions that is completely out of the league of the field known as common sense, the actors vividly brought laughters and smiles in the atmosphere and successfully kept our attention throughout the entire play. Which, if I may say, is an extraordinary feat. I strongly recommend this play to anyone because the play itself definitely made the field trip completely worth it.

On the downside, we didn't get to stay outside in Navy Peer for too long because the play itself is about a little over three hours. With that said, that left us about 15 min to walk around Navy Peer under the beautiful sky and fantastic wind after we ate our food with much haste. Nonetheless, it is quite nice to take a day off from school and enjoy ourselves. I feel refreshed and ready to roll once again for the hard days ahead ^_^

Really, Why Do I Deserve This?

So my mood just reached its rock bottom once again. But really, nowadays nothing good is happening at all. In its place, a series of unfortunate events constantly take its toll on me. I feel like I am going insane and I don't know how long I will be able to keep my sanity in check. I need nationals to arrive sooner. I need a way to unleash all these bullshit of life, and nationals seems to be the best way to do it since I usually don't get to participate in a match nowadays due to the fact that my team usually wins before it's my turn. Beside, there is someone I must personally kill with my own hands, for the sake of my friend, my mom, and for myself.

Reminiscence

So, a quarter of my last year in Hinsdale Central is done. Just yesterday I received my report card. To my dismay, this is the first time in all my years in high school that i finally broke the curse of 5.4 gpa. This quarter I received a gpa of 5.6. I do feel quite accomplished, yet at the same time it seems like the grades I obtained are meaningless. With most of my college applications submitted, I find school work almost next to pointless. But because it already is an established routine, I continue to work and study as if I am a freshman all over again.

A lot has happened in this past quarter. First of all, with unbelievable diligence, I finished most of my college applications. All that are left are two or three schools which my aunt and uncle want me to submit against my personal will. But I have until...January? But really I will probably just take my sweet time. Honestly, I just want to go to UIUC because I know I can blend in there quite nicely. However, I also want to go to a college where I can have a fresh start. So even if I do get into UIUC, I may give it a second thought.

With that said, I am slowly shifting my focus back to my school work. Senior year's workload is surprisingly light compare to that of junior year. Maybe because of AP US...which took like 90% of my work time...but hey, at least I get to be the bitch and asked the teacher to curve my 98% to a 99% semester grade just so I can see that + sign on my report card...o ya...I definitely take my liberty to do so..and it worked ^_^

As my friends and I slowly conclude our college application process, we are finally getting together to formulate a routine for the variety show. As many of you might have known already, there is a tryout for the show. So, even though the show itself is happening toward the end of January next year, we must have a solid routine by the end of November so we can have time to perfect it for the coming up tryout. As of now, we are pretty screwed. We still need to teach the basic footworks and steps to most of the members. We haven't even decide on the music which we are going to use yet! Man...this is the one time which procrastination is my sworn enemy...Ah well, I hope this can be done very soon too.

With days of despair in search for my own entertainment until Starcraft 2 is released, I heard a great news! RF Online is coming back, sponsored directly by CCR! The game will be back 3 days before the result of my UIUC application is announced!! I really can't wait! It has been awhile since I touched any real time strategy genre games. I remembered the good old days when I was a general in an ancient clan known as Clan K9 in its Starcraft and Diablo II branches...ah..good old days. Only the good days during middle school was I able to play it as much as my heart desires. I wonder if I will be able to recall the me back when I was ranked 9th in U.S. West Ladder in Starcraft when I start to play Starcraft II. Man, I can feel the blood boiling in my veins ^_^

So much has happened. And I really don't know what to make out of it. With nationals approaching as well, I am getting very nervous. I still have so much I want to amend in my life. With the limited amount of time I have left, I really don't know what to do to maximize it. In a sense, I am wasting my time right now to write this blog post. But I feel like this has to be done. This is the only place where I can speak out my thoughts without fear or restriction. I plan to continue to post blog posts every day during the nationals. I can only pray that all ends well....may God help me amend the scar in my heart.

Brave Heart

So I finally managed to find this song which I LOVED since childhood.
My first encounter with this song was because of an awesome anime series known as Digimon Adventures. Honestly, this song is way better than the one that is being used in America. Why can't those media people just learn from those clever Japanese..sigh

anyhow, below is the lyrics to the song. This song was also the very first song which I learned to sing along while playing guitar. I simply can't emphasize enough how I love this song!



BRAVE HEART
If given a second, anyone can give up and run So just keep on walking ,something only you can do
So that this blue planet doesn't lose it's light
show me your brave heart.
Seize the dreams you had!
Protect your beloved friends!
You can become stronger!
Unknown power dwells in your heart, when its fire is lit.
Any wish, it's true.
Will surely be granted...show me your brave heart
Not every day is sunny, so sometimes
Even though a cold rain is falling, just open your umbrella
There's no map of how to live, that's why we're free.
You can go anywhere, how me your brave heart Run faster than the wind!
Aim farther than the skies!
You can meet a new you!
Unknown courage sleeps in your heart, and when you realize.
The downpour in your heart
Will surely stop...show me your brave heart
Believe in your heart Seize the bright tomorrow! Protect the ones you love!
You can become stronger!
Break that weak self!
Destroy the walls blocking you!
The warm beat of your heart will be your weapon
Believe in your heart!

Recent Days

I finally turned 18 a few days ago. Honestly, I have mixed feelings about this event. On one hand, I am really happy that I am now considered as legal adult and is now able to fully access individual rights as a U.S. citizens. On the other hand, I feel extremely sad that I am now an adult. It is really hard to identify the root of this negativity. Even now, after hours of dwelling on this matter, I am still unable to fully understand this.

To start the series of mischief, a humorous "incident" happened during 9th period. Although the announcement of postponing the test during that period was like a gift from heaven, I could not stop wondering why only the left side of my face was going through allergic reactions. My left eye continued to tear while only my left nostril was suffering with extreme itching. I had to stop breathing for numerous instants to prevent myself from sneezing my eyeballs out. It was not until near the end of the period did I find out why. A friend of mine sitting right next to me had cat fur all over his shirt and jacket....Good god....So the day went downhill from there.

After school on Friday, things just took a turn for the worse. Personally, I don't mind the spectators watching Midnight Rave practice. However, Friday just went overboard. There were simply too many people watching us practice while throwing down commentaries. I found that a little annoying..but hey at least they left about an hour later. Ah well...not like we were going to actually work on a routine anyway.

Well, a certain someone decided to just continue not to talk to me despite my effort. Honestly, I can still say I care, but as of now, hatred is winning this metaphoric tug of war. Quite honestly, I am actually welcoming this feeling. Anything to get my head out of this futile effort...anything...

Sadist

Ya, so lately I have been labelled as a sadist. Honestly, I don't give a shit about what you guys think. Want to label me as chink while ur at it? Bastard? Good-for-nothing useless human trash that only uses up human resources? GOT ANY OTHER GREAT IDEAs YOU DUMB LOW EXPECTATIONAL MOTHERFUCKERS?!?!?!?

Midnight Rave's 2nd Official Performance @ Pep Rally

As the title suggested, we had our official 2nd performance in our homecoming pep rally today. Although notified at last minute, we managed to put up a respectful routine. Because of the SAT testing schedule last Saturday, we did not practice or run the planned routine once whatsoever. In fact, the routine itself wasn't even finished until the very last minute right before the pep rally. Honestly, they could have notify our involvement sooner than they did this time....

What really sucked about our performance today was the fact that we could NOT hear the music AT ALL. We could hear the slight tremor of air waves in the atmosphere full of thundering cheers from the audience. However, due to some technical reasons, the music started to have static sound effect implemented and completely ruined the music. Us, as an experienced performers, had absolutely no way of following our original routine because our routine was heavily based on the beat of the music, which we could not detect with our greatest effort. Sooooooooooo......we resorted to what we do best: BSING.

Thankfully enough, they asked us to RAVE in the pep rally, not breakdancing. If it was breakdancing that we were asked to do, then we would be completely screwed head over heels. However, no matter what we do with our glowsticks, it will always bring a sense of phantomness along with flashy photon patterns. Therefore, BSING seems like an obvious and immediate yet sufficient solution to our problem. The only problem left was the ending. In the end, without noticing the music finally was ending, we continued to rave until no sound can be heard at all. Then we simply thanked the audience by bowing or waving. Oddly enough, people enjoyed our mystic performance despite the crappiness of it ^_^

We gotta do better than we did this time, I know we got the potential to, it's just that we didn't ge the chance to show it. With only a minute and twenty seconds to perform, we couldn't really demonstrate what made us known as Midnight Rave. Ah well, I guess we will ge the chance to redeem ourselves in the Variety Show....O man...gotta start making routines for it. ^_^

稻香 - 周杰伦

So I finally get to listen to one of Jay Chou's newest piece of work. By far, this song is my personal favorite. Translated to "Fragrant Rice", this song not only has catchy tunes, but it also has inspirational and very touching lyrics. I guess I know what to do to kill time now for the next few months: learn this song on acoustic and sing along with it. ^_^

對這個世界如果你有太多的抱怨
If you have too many grievances towards this world,

跌倒了就不敢繼續往前走
Having fallen, you lose the courage to go on

為什麼人要這麼的脆弱 墮落
Why do people want to be so weak and fallen?

請你打開電視看看
Please turn on the television now and see for yourself

多少人為生命在努力勇敢的走下去
So many people bravely fighting for their lives

我們是不是該知足
Shouldn’t we be content,

珍惜一切　就算沒有擁有
Cherish all we have, even if we don’t possess them

＊還記得你說家是唯一的城堡
I still remember you said home is your only castle

隨著稻香河流繼續奔跑
Following the paddy fragrance, the flowing stream, I continued running

微微笑　小時候的夢我知道
Smile, I know the childhood dreams

不要哭讓螢火蟲帶著你逃跑
Don’t cry, let the fireflies take you away, escaping

鄉間的歌謠永遠的依靠
You will always find serenity in folk songs

回家吧　回到最初的美好＊
Go home, return to the sweet past

不要這麼容易就想放棄　就像我說的
Don’t give up so easily, just like what I said,

追不到的夢想　換個夢不就得了
If the dream can’t be reached, then just follow another dream

為自己的人生鮮艷上色
Add bright colours to your own life

先把愛塗上喜歡的顏色
Paint LOVE in your favourite colour

笑一個吧　功成名就不是目的
Smile, fame and success isn’t the aim

讓自己快樂快樂這才叫做意義
Be happy. That is the whole meaning

@ 童年的紙飛機　現在終於飛回我手裡
(Just like how) I finally found my lost childhood innocence

＃所謂的那快樂　赤腳在田裡追蜻蜓追到累了
What is happiness? It’s chasing dragonflies in the fields barefooted till we’re exhausted

偷摘水果被蜜蜂給叮到怕了　誰在偷笑呢
Tried to steal fruits but suffered so much bee stungs until i am scared. Who’s snickering (at me)?

我靠著稻草人吹著風唱著歌睡著了
Leaning against the scarecrow, enjoying the wind, singing songs till I fall asleep

哦　哦　午後吉他在蟲鳴中更清脆
Oh~ Oh~ In the afternoon, the guitar chords sound more crisp amidst the cries of the insects

哦　哦　陽光灑在路上就不怕心碎
Oh~ Oh~ The sunlight shines on the road so there’s no need to fear a heartbreak

珍惜一切　就算沒有擁有＃
Cherish everything, even if we don’t possess them