You say you gotta go and find yourself You say that you're becoming someone else Don't recognize the face in the mirror Looking back at you
You say you're leavin As you look away I know theres really nothin left to say Just know i'm here Whenever you need me I'll wait for you
So i'll let you go I'll set you free And when you see what you need to see When you find you come back to me
Take your time i wont go anywhere Picture you with the wind in your hair I'll keep your things right where you left them I'll be here for you
Oh and i'll let you go I'll set you free And when you see what you need to see When you find you come back to me
And i hope you find everything that you need I'll be right here waiting to see You find you come back to me
I can't get close if your not there I can't get inside if theres no soul to bear I can't fix you i can't save you Its something you have to do
So i'll let you go I'll set you free And when you see what you need to see When you find you come back to me Come back to me So i'll let you go I'll set you free And when you see what you need to see When you find you come back to me
And i hope you find everything that you need I'll be right here waiting to see You find you come back to me
When you find you come back to me When you find you come back to me When you find you come back to me
I discovered this song today. I don't think it's the most spectacular song, but there's something about it that makes me want to belt out the lyrics in a yelling, rocker-like fashion. When you find youuuuuuuuuuuu, come back to meeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
James also passed me an addictive flash game about unicorns and rainbows. Haha you can play it here: Robot Unicorn Attack.
The background music is quite interesting, it's Erasure's Always, and it really gets you high while you're getting your unicorn to cruise along rainbows, stars and dolphins.
It's really funny, because if you look at the comments on the youtube page of the music video, they were all people high from Robot Unicorn who were directed to that page by the game. It's a very interesting way to advertise and publicise your music, via a flash game. I'm not sure if it was intended though.
The content of the music video itself is also some weird Liaozhai narrative.
One of my terrapins is sick =( my dad tells me to give it up, but I should probably bring it to the vet soon. He is pretty bemused about it, since my dad believes in the 'survival of the fittest'. Well, it's easy for him to say, since his discus fish recently laid an entire clutch of eggs which turned out to be the Horde.
Omnia mutantur
9:02 PM
Friday, February 26, 2010
More things to love about the MOE - lit and english is a combined subject! and taught by people who don't really know very much about lit!
Even I won't pretend to be able to teach lit, even though I am reasonably good at the subject.
From a certain senior who is currently teaching in XX school (a reasonably good school, that is to say, top 10):
XXXXXXXXXXXXX has to teach Shakespeare plays for EL (and nope, i've never taken lit beyond sec 2).
XXXXXXXXXXXXX better start reading Shakespeare or else Mrs Look will have tea with me :P
XXXXXXXXXXXXX haha not lit, now they combine lit & EL together, so they do shakespeare in EL lesson
Everyday I despise that institution more and more. It's a glorifed dump.
Omnia mutantur
6:31 PM
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
YAY! Bat got me the DVD for the complete director's cut for FFVII Advent Children! YAY! I was going past a gaming shop at Jurong Point and I saw these fucking unbelievable graphics for the match between Cloud and Sephiroth. It was beyond AMAZING.
As you can see, it proudly proclaims itself to be beyond high definition. Which it really is.
Screenshots:
And to add on to the bonus packaging (which was very nice and awesome and cool), they included a trial version of FFXIII, which of course features Lightning, the coolest FF heroine yet!
Damn you Japanese with your high definition technology that makes my hands itchy!!!
Omnia mutantur
10:33 PM
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Long time, no update.
2 out of my 4 modules are frustratingly stupid and involves making us do extremely futile and crappy projects. Unfortunately it involves camera work, so it's really a pain.
A project mate asked me the other day as I sauntered to school in a cat tee-shirt, "Just asking, but do you really like cats?"
I replied, "Whatever gave you that idea? I mean, besides the fact that all the tee-shirts I wear to school have cats on them, or that my pencilbox is covered with cats, or my keyboard is stuck full of cat motif stickers, or my MSN display picture is a cat, besides all that, I have no idea what gave you that impression."
Maybe I should stop wearing my heart on my sleeve, literally, HAHAHA.
Anyway thanks for all the birthday wishes (SMS and facebook alike) from Eilyn, Weiling, Shenting, Amin, Jiawei, Pauline, Victor, Wenhui, Junyi, Alice, Keng Wee, Chen, Zhizhong, Kats, Benedict, Bernardine, Fernn, Denise, Jeremy (Chan), Devlin, Tammy, Lijia, Sherine, Andre, Yiran, Atticus, Yiwei, Piliang, Yihui, Tessie and Charmaine!
Had a nice lunch with Qiling at Kushinbo (lots and lots of sashimi) before having a nice dinner with Ranneth at Bakerzin.
And also I had a very nice outing with my sister to Crystal Jade for little dragon buns before going shopping! It was nice.
And finally fulfilled my long dream of going to Jurong Birdpark with James! And I got to feed lories and starlings (with nectar and mealworms) and see lots of macaws and parrots and such! James had acute back pain so we had to cut the whole trip short =(
And got fed a lot of fresh sashimi by PK and Kenneth (and his law friend Brenda). They got me a slice of brownie/choclate cake! =p
I was looking through a random foreign magazine in a store the other day and came across these ads from a british hair curler/straighter brand. It's quite interesting so I'll post it here. Well, it's interesting to me, I'm a media student.
Rapunzel, Rapunzel, you're quite debonair Now you've straightened and curled that long flowing hair Your locks would appeal to many a suitor So why not find someone who's taller and cuter?
Cinderella's a beauty, her hair all a-curl No need of a prince for this stunning young girl She's saying goodbye to glass slippers forever And running away with a bloke dressed in leather.
Little Red Riding Hood, neither timid nor shy Whilst straightening her locks, a wolf she did spy But far from fainting or running a fever She started to laugh and pulled out a cleaver
Full marks for creativity but poetry fail. I'm reliving this song that I probably heard when I was really really young. I suddenly just thought about it the other day and did a search on youtube for it. Jacelyn came into my room while it was playing and went "OMG that song is so old that I was primary 6 when it came out!"
What can I say, I've a good memory for music.
I like the idea behind song, living a short and glorious life. But it's nice and poignant at the same time. Some personality test that I did a few days ago:
Dear Kathleen Tan, below are your Personality Tests result: Who is your true self: You are mature, reasonable, honest and give good advice. People ask for your comments on all sorts of different issues. Sometimes you might find yourself in a dilemma when trapped with a problem, which your heart rather than your head needs to solve. Your view on yourself: Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : You are down-to-earth Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : People like you because you are so straightforward Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : You are an efficient problem solver because you will listen to both sides of an argument before making a decision that usually appeals to both parties The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking: Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : You are not looking merely for a girl/boyfriend - you are looking for your life partner Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : Perhaps you should be more open-minded about who you spend time with Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : The person you are looking for might hide their charm under their exterior Your readiness to commit to a relationship: Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : You are ready to commit as soon as you meet the right person Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : And you believe you will pretty much know as soon as you might that person The seriousness of your love: Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : Your have very sensible tactics when approaching the opposite sex Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : In many ways people find your straightforwardness attractive Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : So you will find yourself with plenty of dates Your views on education: Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : Education is very important in life Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : You want to study hard Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : Learn as much as you can The right job for you: Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : You have plenty of dream jobs but have little chance of doing any of them if you don't focus on something in particular Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : You need to choose something Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : Go for it to be happy Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : Achieve success How do you view success: Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : You are afraid of failure Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : Scared to have a go at the career you would like to have in case you don't succeed Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : Don't give up when you haven't yet even started! Be courageous What are you most afraid of: Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : You are afraid of things that you cannot control Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : Sometimes you show your anger to cover up how you feel Anyway I find this site hilarious, I can't help bursting into laughter at this page: http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=721
Sting: an elven dagger which glows in the dark whenever orcs are near, thus allowing them to find you more easily.
Horn of Gondor: Blow this horn in a moment of need, and allies will arrive in time to give you a proper burial.
HAHHAHAHAAHA
Omnia mutantur
7:05 PM
Saturday, February 6, 2010
From a japanese comic that James recommended to me, I'm extremely fond of the storyline! Great stuff, Anyway this is a good thing to keep in mind.
Omnia mutantur
12:34 AM
Friday, February 5, 2010
The last birthday before I go out into the workforce.
Somehow this is not even a little daunting to me. I suppose I've been waiting for this for a long time. Now all that remains is to send out my resumes and prep myself for interviews and then the long climb upwards.
During the long climb this blog might or might not be defunct, considering the best way to get yourself fired is to blog about work.
I went to the Career Fair 2010 yesterday and talked quite a bit with the people from NAC, MFA, Credit Suisse, IE Singapore and NTUC income.
I don't know why everyone seems to be encouraging me to enter the government, particularly the MOE. As I've stated yesterday, I'd rather be a prostitute than enter the service of the Ministry of Education.
I suppose it is rather unfair to give such a low value to the MOE, considering I know tons of brilliant MOE scholar friends. And I know most of the MOE scholars will run to other organisations the moment their bond is complete. Unfortunately I also know tons of lazy and unmotivated people joining MOE who wouldn't be able to get a job elsewhere if they tried looking. In fact, I've lost count of the number of times I heard people tell me 'I'm joining the MOE because it is a 'safe option', or 'because I feel safer staying in academia'.
What that actually translates to is,
I'm afraid to go out there and look for a job where there is a possibility of getting rejected.
I'm afraid of the competition among colleagues that will present itself in other jobs.
I'm unmotivated to look for a job and MOE will definitely take me the moment I apply
I want a stable job that is easy. 'Easy' meaning that you don't have ANY risk of getting fired, because as we all know, MOE does not retrench you, no matter how rubbish you are, unless you molest children or something.
It's about time MOE got its act together and stop hiring reprobates who didn't even get CCC for their A levels, or are unable string a sentence together in a single language. In many ways, MOE is becoming the new SAF, looking at their hiring and quality control standards. People who wouldn't be given a second glance in the private sector hiring rounds would be welcomed with open arms at these two organisations.
I wonder if MOE's hiring standards has always been like this. Or is this a new generation of leeches which just want to stick to the biggest animals, and not try for a job that will really challenge and determine their true worth?
Little wonder that Raffles Girls' Secondary had to set up a booth at the Career Fair in NUS yesterday, instead of sourcing for teachers from the MOE.
So yep, people should stop asking me to the join the MOE, because that is beyond my last option.
