ON SALE NOW!

First week back to school wasn't too bad. Just tiring and not just quite used to it yet. Doing two SACs, taking tutor on again (now Wed, Thurs, Fri and Sun days ><") and of course school, all went by slowly and painfully.

Other than those boring and sad events mentioned above, you may wonder about the title of the blog. Not literally on sale, but, I am glad and happy to present:

*drum roll*

the FIRST MV I ever made!

the FIRST album cover I ever made!

the SECOND clip I made this year!

the SECOND time I finished a whole clip in one day!

and this is...

known as.....

"Follow After You"

by Aaron, Julie & the Clickers!!

*clap clap clap*

*cheer cheer cheer*

Of course it is only a big deal for people who actually care about it. So we'll see how it goes. And for those who will see it soon.. 

ENJOY!

Avondale Video Clip Completion!

This past week hasn't been too bad. Even though not much happened, nothing made it crap *nod*

Monday went by as normal Mondays did. The only difference would be the fact that it began with out final chapel for the year. Surprisingly, some people rejoiced at that idea, yet others just didn't show any sign of emotion, due to the fact that they don't have an actual response to this. The day continued with me literally spending every single period of class of the day working on the Avondale Camp video. And that was pretty much my day.

Tuesday is the same as the day before. I did nothing but work on the Avondale Video, and actually completed it! =D I finished everything EXCEPT the music section; however, I did receive some samples of music to listen to at night and choose which to use for the movie clip. At night, I imported the selected music, and completed my one week project.

Wednesday was a resting day. Because of the completion of the video clip, I responded with the usual giving out of the clip. Even though I don't know if people's "It was good!" is genuine or not, I'm proud of myself for spending time constructing this video clip for everyone. Appreciation is of course hoped for, but not receiving any doesn't bother me too much.

Thursday is the day that I spent resting again and converting the video clip into a dvd format disc. It is awesome, in the sense that it has a Menu Page, Play Movie selection, Scene Selection button, and a Watch the Trailer extra feature. I am proud of this creation. Even though I gave it away, I'm not too sad about it, because I spent my time mainly to try it out, and its proved to be successful =) On top of this, we also officially began our RE Sac. This was an utterly stupid SAC. The reason to this, is because we are given a week to complete it, when it is only a research report consisting of 5 - 10 pages. This was also the reason to why I spent that class (along with many others) sending Bluetooth messages to each other to waste time (it's when you type a message/note in word document, and send it to the designated receiver via Bluetooth). The other thing that happened today, is that I started a new show known as "The Big Bang Theory". I watched the Pilot episode, and it seems like something that Bro-in-Law will enjoy, therefore resulting in me having the idea of passing it over to him on Sunday =)

I also downloaded Ronald Cheng's album "Freak", I wonder if it's good or not *shrug*

Friday... Tutor happened, and it was the day that the year 7-10 students spent their day in exams. Year 11's were the only students roaming around the school most of the day. This showed the school's quiet and uninterrupted side. It was pretty good. A discussion of the problem of what presents to get for who arose, and was basically solved. Let's just hope all of that goes well.

That's about my week. Tomorrow is Saturday, and another day I'll be spending out and about. I'm hoping that it is a good day, and everything goes well =)

Quote of the day:

"It's good!"

Is it really a genuine thing, or are people just saying it as a sign of common courtesy?

I'm confused about that

Me reading?! (o.0)

Yesterday was a pretty decent day. The main thing that I accomplished, was to complete my FIRST RE Units 3&4 Sac =O!! And other than that, the only other accomplishment, would be me starting the actual camp video. It took me a few hours to just do 48 seconds ><" The funny thing is that I am hoping to make this a 10 minute movie clip. Let's see how it goes!!

Oh right, and I gots to CONGRATULATE my brother MARK for being GC's NEW SCHOOL CAPTAIN!! =D

CONGRATS BRO!!!

Today was actually humorous. It is humorous, not due to the fact that something funny happened. It was humorous, due to the idea that I actually did something (0.0)!!

Firstly, we completed the planning to Libro's birthday eve's Yumcha outing *yaah yumcha!*

And...

Yes, exactly as the title states... I was READING! *shrug*

The book I read was

"CHINA, Land of dragons and emperors" (picture shown below)

The author of the book is the same person who composed "Chinese Cinderella" and its sequel.

This book was basically a non-fiction record of basic knowledge of Chinese culture's colour and numbers, with their meanings, which is then followed by a broad overview of China's history of emperors and political status. It began with the famed Qin dynasty, and ended with the current Communist Party reign.

I agree to the idea that this book is decently good with its accuracy, structure and good summary of the beginning and end of dynasties of Imperial China. However, there are many factors of Chinese history that this book (not sure if purposely) neglected. This neglecting includes:

• The famous Xiang Yu (Western Chu Conqueror) in the Chu-Han wars, he was simply known as "a warlord".
• It is extremely surprising how the EXTREMELY well known "Three Kingdoms" was not even stated in the book at all. A famous era of time with many great men (eg Guan Yu, Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu, Zhang Fei, Liu Bei, Cao Cao) which has even been turned into a game (known as Dynasty Warriors) was not mentioned even ONCE! This was completely shattering.
• The mentioning of the transition from Sui to Tang dynasty also overlooked the act of "Change at Xuanwu Gate". It was briefly mentioned, however was not mentioned with the famed title.
• An extremely villainous subject to the Qing Dynasty, simply known as He Shen was also not mentioned (despite the fact that he was one of the richest Chinese men in ALL of history).

Other than the few neglected factors listed above, and a few others, I believe that the book was great! The point of China being an extremely traditional and "chained to the past" with their thinking, which caused them to decline from "the greatest nation the world has seen" during the Tang dynasty, to become a country in modern day society, that people look down upon. This is true, despite the fact of our rich cultural heritage!

I am actually disappointed in my ancestors on this point...

And that was pretty much my day..

Quote of the day:

"Those who can not remember the past are condemned to repeat it" (quote from Philosopher George Santayana, an extract from the book)

So true.. So true...

Another set of weekends

Time flies doesn't it?

Well, another set of weekends are over. The time for my final year (and life time) of Chinese and Methods exams are drawing closer!

We finished our final Chinese Sac for our WHOLE LIVES on Saturday, so WHOOPY to that *thumbs up*. It was actually a funny story that day. We got into class and the teacher suddenly goes (in Chinese), "Your doing your Sac today." Everyone went "wth?!" But I'm sure everyone went fine, there's no dumbies in our Chinese class, everyone's pretty smart. Another funny/sad thing that happened during that Chinese class was that people aged 12-16 were chosen to help out with a survey on young adults (or teens) with a Chinese background. It was funny and sad cause I never knew it was possible to be too old! Like WTH?! ><"

Tutor went out fine, just felt like a douche going into tutor with three original sized Boost drinks (one for me, one for Lil_thang, one for Heolin [I owe her a drink]). But it was great, cause the games that I downloaded pretty much to show off to Eira, he enjoyed like no tomorrow! Which actually made me feel good =D

And to end up our Saturday night, Jie brought Dumpling (supposedly now called Perry) over, and we went to watch Astro Boy the movie. It wasn't AWESOME, but it was okay.

Sunday.. Woke up and completed 50% of the Bleach: Heat the Soul 6, on my PSP. Then went for a drive. The drove started from my place and went to Coburg (to grandma's grave) and then to Hp (for Lil-thang's swimming lesson), and finally back home. About an hour or so worth of driving, with only one minor accident =)

And that was pretty much my day I guess *nod*

Quote of the day:

"Do as your told!"

I know that this isn't technically a quote, but it's something that people say to one another (mainly someone of authoritative power vs someone they have power over), and well, usually I guess that it's a good idea to do so and not argue back, cause it's known as "talking back"

*rolls eyes*