James Hill!

So on Tuesday I volunteered with the Ukulele Movement to usher for the James Hill concert. It was pretty worth it because we got a free badge! and dinner! and watch the entire concert for freeeeeeee! Anyway I'll skip the boring parts and go straight to the concert. IT WAS AWESOME. James Hill is so skilled at his art! His fingers are so graceful and the notes/sounds coming from the little Ukulele are MINDBLOWING. I loved his rendition of Billie Jean(watch online HERE), 'Song for Cherry'(his own composition) and he played TECHNO on the Ukulele. I know it sounds pretty impossible but he did it(without any pedal or whatever, just a pair of chopsticks and some hockey tape). We also had audience participation(always gets my vote)!! And he signed my badge hehehehe :>

Today he had a workshop! I learnt quite a bit and am very motivated to practice and improve on my Ukulele skills now! PLUS, I GOT HIM TO SIGN MY UKULELE hehe (above)(Yes, my ukulele is screen-printed to look like a watermelon)(I think I look v cool and ~mysterious~ in the picture hahahaha)

Okay that's all.

Apeshit

I really love this show

Eh

Petite bourgeoisie

School has officially started! And I've finally settled all my modules. (I had to reshuffle a little because of the TS module which I can't take because I actually didn't fulfill its prerequisite) So now I'm taking exp modules for sociology, history and european studies, along with a philosophy GEM module and a level 2 Japanse studies module(Why? I don't know). So far we've only had lectures and they were... okay. EU seems interesting but the lectures for SC and HY were really boring. But I guess that's what awaits me for the rest of my 3/4 years in NUS - Many, many hours of boredom.

I also realised I've recently developed a really short attention span. And I tend to zone out once in a while. During SC lecture just now I zoned out for a few moments when the lecturer said something funny(i think) and when he referred to that a while later, I WAS VERY CONFUSED. And I cannot read my readings properly at all. The past 8 months have rotted my brain. D:

(Marie Antoinette picture above is there because... it was on the first slide for the EU lecture and I was really mesmerized by how pretty it was.) (Anyway do listen to Nick Chim's songs in the previous entry because I think they're all very beautiful!!!) (Like Hollywood's Marie Antoinette!)

Nick Chim

Matooer

So my USS photos didn't turn out. Most likely due to some sticky shutter/battery problem.

Oh and I have my 5 modules for this semesters all set. Initially, I intended to take the exposure modules for sociology, history and japanese studies. But I ended up not getting the japanese studies module, and last night I found out that the eu1101e isn't exactly a history module. So I am taking 2 exposure modules, one in sociology and another in european studies/history(still not sure about what it is). Other than that I am taking heavenly mathematics(I am very excited about this) and reason&persuasion(quite nervous) for my general education modules + singapore film for my SS module.

Yay I am a freshman.

HAPPY SUBURBS DAY!

Hi friends! Today is pretty awesome because Arcade Fire is releasing their third studio album! How much I love this band is beyond words. But anywho, here's some AF spam.

(Laika is my favourite song by them, I think.(It's really hard to choose))

I remember posting a picture on my blog from this video when i first fell in love with them. This was the first song I heard from them too.

YOU CAN JUST SEE THEIR AWESOMENESS.

This video makes me cry. Every. Single. Time.

I also made 2 or more blogskins(it used to be really cool to make them when I was 14) based on this song.

Sigh I LOVE THEM SO MUCH. I've spent so many hours of my teenage life listening to them and prancing around the house to them and sleeping on the bus to them and studying to them and yelling out their lyrics while alone at home and crying/sobbing/bawling to their songs. At every single concert I've been to I secretly think about how awesome it'll be if they were the ones up on stage instead(true story). I want to see them live really badly. Really. Badly.

Okay that's all for now. Hopefully I'll have a post soon with pictures from Saturday(Universal studios day).