back to school

School starts tomorrow! *claps*

I was madly rushing the carbohydrates lab report the whole evening only to be told it was due two weeks after. Anyway better early than late.

The biochemistry course we have for the winter term is related to proteomics, a topic which sounds very physics and mathematical. I like physics but to investigate protein folding, build 3D models and study their kinetics for your entire life sounds very deappetizing to me...

Some random stuff

medical science building, where most of my lessons are held


convocation hall, where graduation ceremony is held. (pray we graduate...)


university college, simply ancient. They say before UT existed, there was only this building standing. Rather pathetic.

These are photos scrambled from the web. I'll take some good pictures after I've grown out of my laziness.

Utada Hikaru Holiday Speical

Video Download from this website.

Content:
3 min gibberish talk (coz I don't understand Japanese)
2 live performances: Boulevard of Broken Dreams and Passion(new single)
Total: 14:30min

Thought Jeremy and ET would be interested^^

Quiz Time

Leave me a comment if you also took the quiz so I could check out your results *evil laughters*

First of all some online Alison Krauss videos
1. Lucky One
2. New Favourite
3. Let Me Touch You For a While
4. Maybe

Your Animal Personality

Your Power Animal: Eagle Animal You Were in a Past Life: Whale You are active, a challenger, and optimistic. Hard-working, you are always working towards a set goal.

The Animal Personality Test

You Are 50% Weird

Normal enough to know that you're weird... But too damn weird to do anything about it!

How Weird Are You?

You Are 22 Years Old

Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe. 13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world. 20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences. 30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more! 40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.

What Age Do You Act?

Your Band Name is:

The Bald Goldfish

Band Name Generator

Your Eyes Should Be Brown

Your eyes reflect: Depth and wisdom What's hidden behind your eyes: A tender heart

What Color Should Your Eyes Be?

Your Personality Profile

You are dependable, popular, and observant. Deep and thoughtful, you are prone to moodiness. In fact, your emotions tend to influence everything you do. You are unique, creative, and expressive. You don't mind waving your freak flag every once and a while. And lucky for you, most people find your weird ways charming!

The World's Shortest Personality Test

Your Brain's Pattern

You have a dreamy mind, full of fancy and fantasy. You have the ability to stay forever entertained with your thoughts. People may say you're hard to read, but that's because you're so internally focused. But when you do share what you're thinking, people are impressed with your imagination.

What Pattern Is Your Brain?

Your Brain is 53.33% Female, 46.67% Male

Your brain is a healthy mix of male and female You are both sensitive and savvy Rational and reasonable, you tend to keep level headed But you also tend to wear your heart on your sleeve

What Gender Is Your Brain?

You are "Yakuza" (Japanese mafia)

What Japanese Smiley Are You?

The last one really beat me. Why am I a Yakuza???!

george winston

YSI link
George Winston - December


Official Website

That's the album containing the track you hear on my blog. George Winston is also a Hawaiian slack key player (not sure what it is, might be a style of guitar picking). If you watch his live concerts, his fingers look funnily stiff and skeleton but when they move, they're deadly precise and adept. I had a hard time relating the magical sounds from the piano with the picture in front of me. That serious scholarly looking George Winston with clockwork mechanical body movement and yet the imaginary world has transformed itself under his spell. Ah, the peanuts music by Vinc Guaraldi is so joyous! Makes you wanna dance on tiptoes.

Last summer on the trip back to my grandma's house, I persuaded my dad to try one of Winston's season albums - Autumn and it turned out I was the only one enjoying it the whole way back. My mum complained it was too monotonous and repetitive. The repetitive part is true but that's just one aspect of new age music, minimalistic to some extent. Philip Glass can't be a better exemplificaiton. In the end we had to switch back to my dad's all time favourite CD - 'Golden whistle', which we've been listening ever since we had a car.

George Winston's inspirations come from Montana and that has been one of my most reveried places ever since. I really wish I could go there one day to see nature and experience the seasons spoken by him.

Dinner: Added too much salt in steamed eggplant. Deadly!!!
Tomorrow going to watch King Kong with guizi ^^ Finally!

Wong Kar Wai tops Cannes jury

BBC NEWS | Chinese director tops Cannes jury

Hong Kong film director Wong Kar-wai has been named as president for this year's Cannes Film Festival jury.

Wong, whose film 2046 won critical acclaim at Cannes two years ago, will be the first Chinese filmmaker to head the panel, say festival organisers.

'Every town has its own language. In Cannes, it's the language of dream,' he said in a statement.

The 59th Cannes Film Festival will take place from 17 to 28 May.

His statement added: 'I am eager to share the dreams of the greatest talents of contemporary cinema with my jury comrades.'

He made his first appearance at the French Riviera festival in 1989 with As Tears Go By.

Last year the Cannes jury headed by Emir Kusturica gave Belgian drama L'Enfant (The Child) the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize.
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