12 Jun 2012

Lol~

Just took a few picutres yesterday, was bored. Then went to edit on Picasa 3! Love that software, it's so easy to use~ ^-^

Lol... don't mind my awkwardness xP


Ooooooh, hello ;D


 Tired... let's sleep~ zzz


Hahaha. That's all I'll upload today. Was feeling handsome yesterday, that's all!~ 
XD

Bye bye~~
 
 

26 May 2012

Emotions

It's funny how your emotions can change suddenly and stay like that for a while.

Emotions are impossible to explain, science cannot make sense of it. And yet, it is emotions that lead your life. If you are sad and scared, feeling weak, it's likely that this will limit what you will do whereas if you are outgoing, fearless and have confidence you can pretty much lead yourself to go anywhere. The thing is, how do you know which type you are? And how can you change yourself in order to become the person that you want to be? There is no answer. Only you yourself are able to find your own answer. We are just overwhelmed by life itself, especially in our time. Life could be very simple, free and happy. But due to what we have done, we have left it being very hard and sometimes unpleasant. But it's up to us how we interprete this life that we have. I sometimes think that it would be better to just live off yourself and have a very simple life, but then I have thoughts about the amount and variety of opportunities that lie ahead of me. We can feel many more emotions that we couldn't possibly feel if we had a simple life. We can become stronger. Are you willing to make yourself stronger?

Emotions are either good or bad. Today, I woke up feeling fresh, energetic and so happy. Just a little serious conversation happened. But I wasn't able to do anything useful in this conversation. In a way, this created more problems for me to face. I already have a lot going on, and I am the type of person who can only take one thing at a time. So now, I feel completely helpless, down, without energy. It's not even half of my day yet but I'm pretty sure my mood will stay like this. What will happen for me to go back to the previous mood I had before? Well, I have the option of ignoring it, doing something that will make me happy again until I have to face the same conversation again, which will leave me with a worse feeling than now. This seems to me as what most people do, though we know it's not useful or wise we tend to carry out this option to allow us to escape earlier. The other option that we have is to just tackle the problem head on carrying with us this dark mood until we find the solution. This is the better option. We will gain the feeling of relief, having taken the problem and gotten rid of it completely. However, we are scared of this option. We do not know how long it will take to find the solution and whether we will be able to find it or not. Sigh. I guess I'm just feeling down. I'll need to sort out myself.

First I need to concentrate on studying for my exam, then I can have a go at this problem without any lingering thoughts about exams in the back of my mind. Need to get myself together!

15 May 2012

Studying For Exams...

Hello world. I know it's been a reeeally long time since I've written something... sorry!! >__<
I actually have no real reason why I haven't been writing on here.. pure laziness I guess?
And I know I haven't finished my Christmas Holiday story thing either. I guess I'll just give it up for now since I don't remember the details and it's what, May now..
Well I realise now that this blog is for myself (and anyone who reads it lol), it's just a way for me to get things off my mind I suppose.


SO! Exams.
The number one enemy to all people. We just hate exams. Why must we be tested on everything?! =_= Hmph.
I know that they play an extremely important role in our lives in order to progress but why must we endure it for our whole lives?
Sigh, well there's nothing that we can do about it. This world is corrupt in many ways. One being the fact that we are trying to categorise ourselves and pick out those who are "better" than others. Anyway, this is just my opinion.

Studying, as we all know, is ridiculousy frustrating. But, we must do it to get ourselves into a comfortable enough place. The problem is that dreams and hopes are closely linked. If we do not achieve good grades, it is likely that obtaining our dreams will become more difficult. However, it is not just those who are not good at taking tests, or those who are less academic, it is also those who are scared (whether they realise it or not). That is the case for me. Of course I have aspirations and dreams but I've realised only today that I am afraid of falling down whilst trying to reach out for it. I'm scared that I won't have the confidence to stand back up. I'm stupid for thinking this. I am in control of who I am. I have so many capabilities that I don't even know. Everyone else is the same. They just don't know how to bring these out and are unaware of what they can do. I will stand up proud and chase after mine. This is my life. I will not live it with regret. I want to be able to say I tried my absolute best whether I get to where I want to be or not. :)


One person in particular who always gives me inspiration is Bubzbeauty. Even though I do not know her and she does not know me, I feel as though her words are true and they touch my heart. Little by little I am realising life, on my own and with her help.

I watched this video today.


 


This is my realisation. 


I'm just ranting on here. I wonder if anyone will actually read this. Oh well. It's just my thoughts out open for the world to read. It doesn't bother me if people read it or not ^^


Well I guess this wasn't so much about studying for exams..
But I'll just enclose just 10 tips (I don't know if they'll work or not but this is just what I do).

1) Be in a comfortable and pleasant environment. For me it's my room, but it has to be tidy otherwise I can't concentrate properly. Don't know why '___'. I tend to light a candle with a soft and subtle scent to set a nice atmosphere. Turn on a little background music, nothing with singing in it though. Either classical, instrumentals or just piano pieces. Recently, I love this (MBLAQ - Sad Memorise) but I usually stick to soft tunes. Must be warm and complete silence other than my music. It's also good to change your environment every so often. I sometimes go to the study area in my library, where I see someone else working or reading. It motivates me and I think to myself "yeah! I'll show this person that I can do the same if not more! wahahahaha! >:D" ...yes it's very foolish of me but meh, it works haha.


2) Make sure you have plenty of rest in order to have an absorbing brain. If you're dead from staying up too late you won't be in the mood to work. Don't stay up late. Sleep early and don't tire yourself out too much.


3) Always have something to drink. I usually have green tea or water. Believe it or not, studying makes one thirsty. You can have anything but don't over do it i.e. 10 mugs of coffee =_=.


4) Have a good chair and plenty of room to lay out all of your things which are necessary. If you have a hard chair and start having pains in your back while studying then it will be unpleasant. Space is important so that you are free to move around and find things that you may want or need to use. DO NOT study on your bed. I guarantee that you will fall asleep or start feeling uncomfortable. I know from personal experience..


5) Have breaks inbetween studying. For example a 10 minute break between 40 minutes of studying. Studying for 10 hours straight is not going to help you, you'll feel weary and might possibly not remember things. Do not distract yourself too much during your break as it will be harder to get back to studying. Try to avoid using the computer or watching the tv. Listening to a bit of music is fine, reading a little, playing an instrument, playing with cards, painting your nails, daydreaming, etc. are all ok.


6) Try talking aloud and going over things, putting things into your own words. It's easier for you to understand what you are trying to learn when you do this.


7) Having a study plan or timetable is great. You can equally share out your time for your different subjects/topics and it can allow you to create more time to study for subjects which you feel you are weaker in.


8) Find other ways to study, not just by reading. Writing out notes in your own context is a good way to start. If you are trying to memorise equations, phrases or important details, you can simply record your voice on your phone or computer (transfer onto phone or mp3) and listen to yourself whilst you're going somewhere or before you sleep. Finding cartoon versions of stories can be a good way to remembering plots, e.g. The Odyssey has a few youtube videos in animation.


9) Whilst doing other things on your own think about your subject/topic and go over what you know. For example, if you're swimming on your own you can do this.


10) Enjoy yourself. Put yourself in a good mood. Find your motivation. Inspire yourself to do well. Try to make it fun for yourself. It doesn't have to be a chore if you don't want it to be. (I have a piece of cloth where I have written encouragement phrases on. I either tie it around my wrist or around my head while I study. With this I am aware that I can study well.) Also, write down your goals that YOU want to do in YOUR life. Whether it be to become a doctor, visit a country or simply eat something. If studying will help you get there, then write it. If you're thinking how is wanting to eat something linked with studying.. well, if you study, you'll get a job (hopefully) and you'll earn money, then you can buy that food yourself! Aha! You see! XD hahaha


Anyway, I think that's it for today. I wish the best of luck to everyone who has exams coming up. Maybe this post will be of some use to someone.
That's enough of my rant! Goodnight~ ^o^


"Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world." (I would say "your world" haha.) -Harriet Tubman

29 Jan 2012

Rest of C.H. (Day 3-10) Part 1

So I know this is late and overdue but better late than never right? Although I don't remember every detail, it's not easy to forget (not that I want to forget lol).
Right. Let's start.

22-12-2011
Day 3 (well 4).

Quite boring. Not much happened. Behind the appartment is the River Aude. It's not that extraordinary but it's still refreshing to watch. So my older uncle came to take my gran-nan to walk along it. My brother and I decided to go along for some fresh air (I forced my brother to go). There's a group of ducks that live along the bottom of the river that are always swimming back and forth. My gran-nan has made friends with them. She even buys bread especially for them... =_= (what about my bread? TT^TT). Anyway, she's been saving up this baguette for a few days, waiting for it to harden. My brother and I fed it to them. It was quite funny since the current seemed a little strong for them. I took a video of them .^-^




It's a rather peaceful area and I think I would rather enjoy myself if I wasn't so stressed out.

 The view is pretty cool from here.




Small bakery in the supermarket. In France you will find bakeries EVERYWHERE! French people love their bread and desserts.


In the supermarket I found this. MANGA!!!!! I'm so surprised to see such a big manga section.. in a SUPERMARKET! And since I'm a huge fan of Naruto and I saw it's game I was obliged to take a piccture of it. ^-^

That was that for that day.

23-12-2011
Day 4 (really 5).

So I decided to move into my grandfather's flat. I couldn't stand staying in my gran-nan's flat. I can't sleep in her room with her since she snores really loud and I can't sleep with noise. Plus the sofa that she has is hard and small. Impossible to sleep on. PLUS there are frickin two clocks in that room (living room, where I was sleeping on the sofa) and it really really pissed me off while I was trying to sleep. I had to take one off from the wall and wrap it in a scarf, put it in a draw in that hall way and close the living room door. Of course the other clock went in the same place. To make things worse my gran-nan wakes up early. So me having had only a couple of hours of "sleep" am woken up by my gran-nan at 8 in the morning. She's not discrete at all. Opens the shutters, makes herself comfortable at the table, eats her breakfast emphasising on each bite whilst listening to the t.v. You expect me to sleep through that? >¦(

Worst sleeping experience ever. Hence why I decided to go to my grandfather's. I have my room there. Whenever I go to France I always stay with him. He's musical and so am I. He's very knowledgable and enjoys talking, I'm a good listener. We get along so well. Plus he doesn't bother me too much about how much I sleep, how long I stay on the laptop for or how often I want to go out. Why didn't I go earlier? Ah. Because I needed to spend time with my gran-nan.

My grandfather is an excellent cook. He told me that his grandparents are Spanish. I have Spanish blood too? Wow.


Beautiful. Potato omelette.~ I have missed his omelette sooooo much. I finally get to eat it!
<(^-^)> heh heh

And to top of this tasty dinner, he bought a cake! It was so light and fluffy. Made purely with fruits. No false taste thingys, no added colourings. Pure.

A good day. :)

I'll stop here for today, since the next part is quite long and I have a lot of pictures to show. I worked in a bakery for the day. It belongs to my aunt's parents and since it was Christmas Eve I offered to help out. It's a lot of pictures, so I'll probably post a new entry either tomorrow or the day after.

I'm off to bed now. Goodnight everyone!~

24 Jan 2012

Unique Music

As I said yesterday, I'll upload more songs that are of the same genre (whatever the genre is called) to Parachutes - Paper Bird.

Let's start!

Sigur Rós is a post-rock group from Iceland with classical and minimalist elements to it. The band is known for its ethereal sound, and frontman Jónsi Birgisson's falsetto vocals and use of bowed guitar. The music they create has a very fresh and soothing feel to it. They usually have quite long songs which I find perfect. This type of sound should last long.

This song's name is Untitled #8.


Heima


Vaka


 The voice is just amazing. Anyway, these are just a few songs by them. There are lots more that are just as great as these. Please listen to them and show them support.

Next up is a band called Mogwai. This is also a post-rock band but from Scotland.
Take Me Somewhere Nice.


Next up is an indie dream pop band from California.
Find Home


So I'll stop here for today. These artists are so talented and wonderful. They bring a sense of ease and put feeling into their music unlike some artists that are "hot" these days.
This is all just my personal opinion. But I believe that these songs will stick with me throughout my lifetime. It won't be just a passing phase. :)

23 Jan 2012

Calm

I love this type of music. It's so unique. So refreshing. It's definitely something you should listen to when you're feeling down, angry or just confused. It'll help to calm your mind. Give you peace. Well that's only my opinion.

Parachutes - Paper Birds. What a beautiful song.


I know a few other artists who have a similar sytle. I'll do another post with songs like this one next time.

22 Jan 2012

C.H. update

I know I didn't finish posting about my holiday in France and I'm sorry to those who were interested in it and would have like to seen more.

I'll post up a new entry as a summary of my Christmas in France next weekend. I'll put lots and lots of pictures. I'm proud of my hometown and my crazy family so I want to share my memories.

Please be patient and look forward to it!~

22 Dec 2011

C.H. 2011-2012 (Day 2)

21-12-2011

Hello world! I managed to survive today. My second (well third) day in France. I'll include pictures in this posting. Let's start!


So the weather was crap today. T_T Non-stop heavy "light" rain throughout the whole, entire duration of the day. Damn. I did absolutely nothing today. I spent the day babysitting my gran-nan  and my brother. 


So this morning, I woke up at around 12 and had a sexy breakfast. Pain au chocolat.~ <3




I had a wonderful conversation with my better half for over an hour. Had a "quick" shower and got dressed. Then lunch was to be prepared. The cooker in this appartment is gas opperated. And the gas tank has been empty for a few days now. Helpful. With the "adults" away I had to come up with a solution to our lunch problem. However, fate was not favouring me today. There is much food in our frigde that cannot be cooked without an oven or a cooker. The majority of food in there would turn into an epiccookingdisaster if attempted to be cooked in the microwave. Fortunately, with my cunning wits (mostly common sense I guess), I just made do with what we could eat raw and heated in the microwave. We reheated the left over mashed potato from yesterday, the boiled potatos that were used to make the mashed potato from yesterday (my brother doesn't like mashed potato) and ham. Lunch. Yipee.
 

I basically did nothing else. Played harvest moon of the gameboy (on the laptop lol), watched t.v, read some manga (slam dunk XD) and listened to my ipod whilst my gran-nan complained about how my uncle doesn't look after her, doesn't listen to her opinions, saying how she wants to go to an old people's home. Bless her. I've also had to put up with my brother's intoxicating farts. He's got diarrhea. Noice.


Luckily for us my grandfather bought a new gas tank this afternoon for the cooker. So we were able to cook something for dinner. I told my gran-nan that I would prepare something. I said this at 6p.m. and I went back to sit down and write this blog. My gran-nan seems to enjoy doing the opposite of what she is told. She started to look around the kitchen and started to cook. GOSH! IT'S 6P.M.!! wahkdksjhfldf. I. Am. Frustrated. She fried the left over boiled potatos from the day before yesterday's mashed potato with chicken fillets. She left them in the pan for about 45 minutes after turning off the cooker. Of course it was only normal that the chicken was rock hard when it came to eating them an hour later. T_T Sigh. I did not come to France on my "holiday" to be frustrated and stuck babysitting a 90 year old (who is slowing making me lose my mind) and an intoxicating-gas-going-through-puberty 12 year old boy. Aish. The only thing that made it a little better was my dessert. The nicest tasting yogurt that I have ever eaten. I have loved this since I was a kid. La Laitière.






















If you ever get a chance to come to France, please give this yogurt a try. Personally I think that the vanilla flavoured one is the best but feel free to try out all the different flavours.

Goodnight to all!~