Mis-interpreting Lyrics

Has this ever happened to you? When you hear a song you either mishear lyrics or you misinterpret them…

I was just listening to the song Evacuate the Dancefloor and it’s a pretty catchy song, except near the end I was just envisaging some girl going onto the dancefloor and because of her unusual dance moves, everyone was evacuating the dancefloor. Now, i’m pretty sure this isn’t what the song is about (I think it’s about evacuating the dancefloor so the girl can dance and show off perhaps?).

Now, when i listened to that song that has the lyrics “Applebottom jeans, boots with the fur, the whole club was looking at her”. When i hear that song, my mind goes instantly to “pho” whenever I hear that line. Not sure why…maybe when i heard it once i was craving pho and now it’s just stuck.

Then there’s the song that goes something like “she moves her body like a cyclone”. Yeah, i think it’s supposed to mean that she moves her hips a lot (not sure…i think that’s what my guy friends were trying to explain to me), but i was just thinking of someone who really did look as if she was dancing like a cyclone and causing destruction everywhere she went…hmmm

Anyway, I’ll update my 101 things after exams. Been taking a photo each day since the start of Nov. Unfortunately they have all been of things in my room because I’ve been at home studying these past few days.

Significant songs…

I’ve been a bit melancholy lately and I just started listening to Yellowcard (YC) again after a long time. I love this band. I love most of their songs and their sound and I like the fact that they dont always sing about girls, breakups etc. They sing about war, about bandmates leaving etc.

One song that has gotten me through a lot of stuff is “Empty Apartment”. This song got me through a pretty hard time when I had a bit of a falling out with someone. This song was actually written when one of their band memebers left the group.

“Only One” will probably always remind me of Untitled, the band I was in in high school. It’s actually a breakup song contrary to what it sounds like (a love song). The song is actualy quite beautiful, though the music has a bit of a sad feel to it. I guess it’s different because it’s not an angry breakup song, it’s bittersweet in a sense. I guess you get the feeling that he doesn’t want to break up with her, but feels he needs to.

“Ocean Avenue” and “Gifts and Curses” were the first songs i ever heard from YC and just from these 2 songs, I got into the band. Both songs have a soft spot in my heart. Heehee. Plus, Gifts and Curses was written for the Spiderman 2 soundtrack and it’s quite nice.

“Shadows and Regrets” I think was just a song that I really like from YC. I like the instrumentation of it.

those were just some of the songs that i’ve enjoyed by YC. There are many more songs that i enjoy by them. I hope that they continue as a band though they are on a hiatus at the moment. I know they aren’t that popular in Australia, but no matter. They are just a band i admire and to me, they have matured a lot as a band. It’s amazing just listening to their albums and noticing how they have evolved musically.

Rant again

So I guess I am ranting a bit again. Maybe I just need to get it out of my system and focus on study. Basically, I’m annoyed at the attitude and behaviour of someone and have been for quite some time. I did something a bit stupid and they got angry, called me names and later, I did apologise for what I did, with explanation for why I did do it, with someone else present. Then, as I believe we both have fault in the matter (not what I did, but reasons behind it), suggested a compromise to alter both our actions and this certain someone decides to reject the compromise, tell me the bad points they see in my personality, almost yell at me and basically tell me my apology “sounds forced”.

Maybe my apology sounds forced, I will agree, but try apologising in a calm manner when you’re trying not to yell at the person. Would that person rather I yelled my apology at her? Fair enough, maybe I shouldn’t have apologised if I felt like yelling at her, unfortunately, everytime I see her, I want to yell at her. Sadly enough, I was on the verge of yelling at the end of the conversation with her so I had to leave the room.

Also, I had to walk out of the room because I was shaking with annoyance/anger/frustration. I owned up to what I did, I apologised. You can accept it or not accept it. Even though you are older, it doesn’t mean that you are blameless in the whole thing issue. You do not have to act like it is solely my fault, that what I’m saying is based on imagination (because I had proof that what you said was not entirely correct), threaten me, tell me in front of another person that i have no respect for anyone and only think of myself. I think I acknowledged that both of us had to respect each other, b/c my opinion was we both had to work on it, not just myself, only to get eaten into and have my suggestion thrown out the window. I find it hard to respect someone, especially someone older, whose mindset is that everything must happen MY way and if it doesn’t you are stupid and I am always the victim. Also, I think everyone is self-centered to some extent, but while you may be telling me that I am self-centred, you are not blameless either. What about your “This is MY thing, I will have power over how I use it and I will NOT listen to anything you say”. Also, you jumping to conclusions as to why I do things instead of asking me. (apparantly I did 2 things, one which i knew of and knew that I shouldn’t have done, one which I did to save energy but somehow it affected her as well, but she thought I did the second thing to spite her).

Well, that person has a dodgy attitude I guess. Unfortunately I have had to concede to her will because she doesn’t believe in compromise. If I criticize her or ask her to change something she does, I get yelled at. Also, I noticed that she didn’t apologise for swearing at me or insulting me, so I’m a bit annoyed at that. At least I acknowledged that my behaviour was not right, but I don’t see you saying anything about your behaviour. Your behaviour is not right either, yet, I cant tell you that because I have been told that I can’t, and even if I did, you will just yell at me.

I will definately need God to help me deal with this person. I dont mean it as asking God to smite her down, I need God to help me to not yell at her when I see her and to understand that nothing much can be done about her personality and character as she is probably so set in her ways that if anyone dares question it, she will blow… and to not judge and I guess to change my heart. This is going to take a long time.

It’s been a while…

Wow, I haven’t written in this blog in a while. Been busy with a load of assignments thanks to uni. I should be studying for a 10% test that is on the whole semester’s worth of stuff for one of my units (this is so not a test, it’s more like an exam before the actual exams T.T) but I have been meaning to write about this for a while…

Observations as an L-plate driver

• I notice that people like to tailgate me quite a bit when I drive. Yes, I am an L-plate driver, but it doesn’t give you the right to bully me into driving faster. I find this generally happens in a 60km/hr zone when I am driving at 60ks and the idiot behind me decides to tailgate me. I’m sorry Mr/Mrs “I’m too good to drive at the speed limit”, but no, I won’t drive at 70 in a 60 zone just so you can get to wherever you need to get to faster.
• I also notice that once the said tailgater realises that I’m not going to go faster than the speed limit set, they furiously change lanes and zoom off in the other lane, leaving dust particles behind. Well good on you! You just showed me that you’re an idiot for driving 70 in a 60 zone. Don’t complain when you get a speeding ticket. Another thing, why do most drivers drive above the speed limit. If you drive above them, then there’s no point for them in the first place. I reckon there should be speed cameras at traffic lights without a sign saying “road camera ahead”.
  
• It is also funny when said tailgater zooms ahead and they get stuck at the same traffic light I get stuck at. See, speeding didn’t help you there. We both end up waiting for the traffic light.
  
• Ute drivers. Some ute drivers are idiots. When I drive, I can usually tell which car is the car that always tries to go to the lane that is moving fastest. I wonder if they actually get to the place where they are going significantly faster than if they just stayed in one lane. Probably not. I’m sorry ute drivers, but I’ve had a number of bad experiences with you and so have many others. Not all ute drivers are idiots. Just some…especially you Mr Ute driver who i beeped and then you decided to give me the finger! You were going into my lane when I was right next to you!!
  
• I see people doing illegal things just to not be behind me. Sure enough, when I first started driving I was a bit noob and didn’t know what to do. But now, I actually DO drive at the speed limit. Yes lady in 4-wheel drive, you dont need to overtake me on a single lane and drive on the SOLID WHITE LINE so that you are almost in the on-coming traffic lane!!

That was my mini rant/observations. I am by all means NOT a perfect driver. I know I make mistakes and I know that at times I myself go over the speed limit. However, I do my best not too because I know I shouldn’t. I just wish people were more considerate on the roads and just safer drivers. Just because I’m a L plater doesn’t mean I always drive slow and nor does it give you the right to “bully” me on the roads. And no, i’m not just imagining this. My driving instructor has been in the car with me when people tailgate me and things like that. Some full licence and P-platers should have some more respect for L-platers. YOU had to learn how to drive when YOU were younger. It’s not like YOU just hopped into a car and started driving perfectly.

Okay, the next thing I wanted to talk about was alcohol and under-age drinking etc. I just spent a very long time looking up journal articles on alcohol  addiction and what it does to your brain and everything and to be honest, after doing that, it really puts me off drinking. I wonder how teenagers would react if they knew what on earth it did to their brain and what can happen if you are dependent on alcohol and what some of the withdrawal symptoms are (anxiety, neurodegeneration, seizures etc). Alcohol, in moderation (as with anything) is usually okay, it’s just binge drinking, chronic drinking…yeah, kids dont know what on earth it does to their brain and other organs. I’m really hoping that in the future alcohol-related diseases/problems wont be up there with like…hypertension, diabetes etc, but why do i feel like it will be…
I will update my 101 list possibly after exams…

101 Update #8

Currently:

• I watched the Hangover and Star Wars which are both on IMDB top 250.
• I read 2 Peter
• I drank a Soho thing…it was quite nice at first, then near the end i could really taste the alcohol.
• I made sushi, onigiri and tamagoyoki (some japanese egg thing, i’m not sure if that is how you spell it).
  
• I went to watch a concert. It was Hoobastank + AAR
• I did someting nice by picking up something a lady dropped in the post office
• I did 3 unselfish things: let an old lady go on the bus before me,  let a man go on the bus before me, gave some lady some spare change.
• I also tried strawberry tea…it was interesting.
  

Completed:

34. Get a massage

The bf and I went to get a massage. We had gift vouchers for it and we decided it was high time to use them. It was a 45min relaxation massage and it was really nice. But strange at first b/c i’m a bit ticklish, but once you get into it, it’s really good. I wouldn’t mind going again…but only with a voucher. Heehee. Anyway, we went to Back in Motion to get the massage.

74. See a live play

I went to watch a CMG play and it was interesting. It was in chinese and they had english subtitles, but i still didn’t quite get it. Still, it wasnt too bad.

91. Go to a club

I went clubbing. It was an interesting experience. Sorta fun after a while, but I think i prefer concerts. Anyway, I went to Lavish and I guess I was expecting someplace larger and sorta darker? and less weirdo asians like pushing their way through the crowd. I got sorta bored of the dancing so when i saw people bulldoze their way through i tried to make it as hard for them as possible to get through…unless if they were really tall then i didn’t stand a chance. However, some of the girls were a bit hmmm…just like pushing past even when there is no gap. So when that happened, i sorta tried to “help” them by pushing them along too. Ah well, they will never see me again, so it’s okay. =)

A Rant of Some Sorts

Wow, I’m actually writing a fair bit these days. I’m just bored and I actually have time on my hands. Anyway, I found an interesting page on the internet that I would like to share.

http://www.thatcoolbroad.com/2008/06/11/10-questions-cool-broads-never-ask-2/

The above lists 10 questions that you should never ask. One of them that I found VERY APPROPRIATE was:

#6.   If someone is going to a party when you’re not sure whether or not they’ve been invited

Why do I find this appropriate? It just seems to be happening a great deal lately (okay, in the past 4 or 5 years or so). The general scenario goes like this:
Meet friend. Talk to friend. Friend goes “are you going to so-and-so’s party/event/gathering etc?” To which I usually reply “huh? what party/event/gathering?” They will usually say “check your email/facebook. I’m SURE YOU ARE INVITED.” Later that day I will check my email/facebook to find that I was actually not invited. Other replies might be “it’s an open invitation, anyone can go”, “don’t worry, they forgot to send it to so-and-so as well. Just go, it’ll be fine.”

Okay, there are a few things about this scenario that really annoy me:

#1. the part where they tell me to check my email/facebook.

I check my email/facebook pretty often, so if someone sends me an invite, i will know within 24 hours usually, unless if something happens. It’s even worse when they say “It was sent a few days ago, maybe it’s in your junk mail”. I also check my junk mail regularly so, yes, i would have noticed if it was there.

#2. the part where they say that they are SURE that I was invited.

Firstly, before you tell someone that you are SURE that they are invited, CHECK IF THEY ARE. The only ONE LEGIT TIME that this was true was when my friend told me about someone’s 21st, she said that she was sure i was emailed and that the bday person might have sent it to an email address i never check and lo and behold, the bday person sent me a new invite to my actual email that i check stating that he didn’t realise that i didn’t use the other email.

Most of the time I think people say this to save face. To avoid the awkwardness when you realise that you’ve put your foot into it. Well, here’s a thought, why dont you NOT mention it in the first place. Let us people who are not worth inviting live in our own world of oblivion.

#3. the part where they go “it’s an open invitation”.

First thing. What on earth is an “open invitation“. Does it mean that anyone can go? Does it meant that you can invite yourself. If that is so, then is it okay if i tell any STRANGER ON THE STREET THAT THEY CAN ROCK UP TO THIS PARTY?!

Again, this i think, is a dodgy way to save face. When you tell me it’s an open invitation, it makes it out as if I don’t need an invitation to go and that I should have known about it anyway without you having to tell me. I’ve found this to be the most DODGIEST line in these situations. I can’t invite myself to anything if i dont know about it in the first place. Do you expect me to have some psychic powers to know “oh they are going to a road trip, i guess i’ll go to” if no one has told me about it in the first place. Do you expect me to say “hey, are you guys going to have a road trip/party/event?” every few weeks so that i somehow find out about this open invitation to this road trip/party/event? I think not.

#4. when people go “don’t worry, they forgot to send it to so-and-so as well, just go”

I’m sorry, but whatever your intentions are when you say this, it just makes me assume that i’m not important enough for the person who organised this to remember to send to me. Furthermore, if by any chance, the person who organised it actually said at the bottom “if i’ve forgotten to send this to someone, could someone please send it to them” but no one does, it also makes me assume that i’m not important enough for someone to forward the email to.

and no, i will NOT “just go”. I’m sorry, but even I find it somewhat rude to just invite myself to some event that i know almost nothing about because you said “just go”.

Also, the person who sent out the invites might have a reason for not inviting me eg. they can only invite a few people and not everyone.

Anyway, i guess i should end. I’m usually not affected too much by this. I only get annoyed when it occurs repeatedly throughout a short period of time. I just think some people should have some sort of decency at least. Like the site above says, if you dont know if someone is invited to something or not, don’t ask, but check before you ask. Don’t fricken assume that they are. Maybe you dont realise, but it’s seriously awkward when it seems as if EVERYONE but YOU are invited. I’d rather not know that i’m not invited, than know that i am. Like i said, it usually doesnt get to me, but when people say stupid stuff, then i get annoyed. If you accidentally let slip about something, say “i’m sorry, i didnt know” and just leave it at that. Considering that this occurs way too often in my life, i’ve decided not to go to anything that i haven’t been personally invited to, unless if it’s something my bf is going to and he can take a +1.

End of rant.

Hyper-reality?

A week ago or so, I went to a seminar given by Mark Sayers on the topic of Gen Y. It lasted for 3 hours and it was really interesting. There were a few points that I remember from it.

• Media feeds us a hyper-reality. Things go horribly wrong when we expect our own reality to match up to the hyper-reality. Hyper-reality is like, we need to be hot, we need to own things that will make us seem wealthy, cool and hot, we need to be cool and only choose cool things to eat or drink, we’re defined by what we have, we need to be YOUNG and beautiful, no wrinkles, no pimples, no stretch marks, no cellulite, perfect makeup. Reality is like, aging, death, real emotions (good and bad), injustice, wrinkles, pimples, bad hair days, health problems.
• Youth culture of Gen Y is based on projecting an image or a set of messages in order to have an identity. Eg. Wearing the coolest fashions, reading the most “hip” books, listening to music that isn’t mainstream
• Many youth of today have a horizontal self and not a vertical self. Horizontal self is about having others as judges, status, all about ME, concerned about outer appearances, image, publicity, attitudes, play ethics, instant gratification. The vertical self is about God as the judge, holiness, delayed gratification, work ethics, character, identity, I, inner life etc.
  
• It is a battle against indifference and not a battle against unbelief. It’s a “generation meh”.
  

Mark went on about a lot of other things, but yeah, what he said is true and I guess there are some parts of myself that can identify with what he’s saying. He did mention before the seminar that it wasn’t about making us feel good, the purpose of it was to make us feel uncomfortable and to challenge us and he did a good job of that.

My opinion is that yeah, we live in a world where it is all about ME ME ME and what i can get RIGHT NOW (ie instant gratification). I mean, i see that all the time at work. People getting impatient because you’re spending “too long” on our tasks. They want their meds RIGHT NOW! (and then they verbally put you and your profession down by saying things like “how long does it take? it’s just putting a label on a box!”). If they dont get it RIGHT NOW, then they go “oh i’ll go somewhere else where i can get it RIGHT NOW“. Many people expect solutions to be instant, gratification to be instant, everything to be instant. Unfortunately, life isn’t like instant coffee where you just add water. It’s a bit more like tea. You need to heat up the water, then you need to brew the tea, then you need to wait for the tea to infuse, then you might want to wait for the tea to cool down a bit before you drink it.

I am going to pause now. I might add more when i think of more to add.

Quick Announcement

Hey, i’m just doing a major reorganisation of my blog, so yes, things will disappear and things will appear. I’m trying to make it a lot more organised. Please bear with me.

101 Update #7

Sorry for the very slow posts. I’ve been lazy so let’s get into it.

I tried a strawberry daicquiri. It was interesting. Too much alcohol methinks though.

I ended up finishing 1 Timothy, James and Philemon and I have to say that I’m glad i read them when I did because they did help me a lot at that point in time.

I watched Pans Labyrinth in Spanish and it was also in the IMDB top 250 list. I also watched Singing in the Rain and it was really good. I enjoyed it a lot. That too is in the IMDB top 250 list.

I attended 1 uni social event. It was a actuarial society trivia night. We did not lose. We were probably around the middle somewhere.

Completed things

#78. Buy a new pair of jeans

I forgot to update about this, but i bought a pair of skinny leg black jeans from Dotti. They are really nice.

#61. Bring lunch from home for at least a month

I also managed to last one month where i bought lunch to uni. This was after my jaw surgery and i could only really eat soft food.

#30. Make 3  scarves and give them to people.

I finished making 3 scarves for people. I have given them to: The little girl for the christmas shoe box thing, shirley for her bday and my mum for mothers day.

#50. Try 5 different types of coffee

Lastly I managed to try a different coffee. I had a creme brulee expresso chiller from Gloria Jeans. So now i’ve tried, 2 different caramel macchiatoes (one from starbucks and the other from GJ), flat white, iced mocha and a creme brulee expresso chiller.

101 update #6

Okay, long time, no update…sorta.

Movies
I watched Slumdog millionaire and yeah, i realised that howl’s moving castle is in the top 250 on IMDB. Both of them were good movies. I quite liked SM as it was interesting and i liked how the movie progressed. It was interesting to see how he knew the answers and all that. HMC is probably my favourite Studio Ghibli movie at the moment. I like Howl. hehe.

I drank a flat white last week. That’s a new coffee i havent tried. I know, not that exciting, but hey, it was actually alright. I also tried an iced mocha. I quite liked that one too. I’ve never really tried “ice coffee” (where you have coffee with ice in it) so that was a new experience. I also bought china jasmine tea from T2 to try and i really like it. I’m so glad i bought it.

The 2 unselfish things i did was to let someone go before me on the bus when i could’ve just walked on before them like i usually do (so i can get a seat). And the second one was to check with the lady that she was being served at NZ natural before i asked for what i wanted.

I learnt how to make truffles as well for a friend’s bake sale. They are really fun and easy to make. But not fun if you are stressed and you dont have much time to make it. I like to coat mine in cocoa powder, but i know most people prefer coconut. I also learnt how to make congee. It’s surprisingly easy. Just need heaps of water.

I also tried a cocktail on the holidays. Kama Sutra from Shine in glenny. That was actually pretty nice. It looked really nice too.

Completed

#84. Participate in Earth Hour at least once

I participated in Earth Hour on the 28th March 2009. That was actually alright. It went by faster than i realised and it was really hard to study to be honest. Couldnt really see much. But hey, it was still good.

#1. Dye my hair

I also got highlights in my hair. They are dark brownish and they look pretty good. They are fairly subtle so not many people noticed it until i was standing outside in the light/sun. Yeah, i’m glad i got them done.

#10. Go for 30 days without coffee

I managed to not drink coffee for 31 day because i was actually at home and thus, could not go out to drink coffee. I didn’t realise until around 20ish days. hahaha. I guess that is a good thing.

#87. Get into the habit of unplugging/turning off power from the main

Oh and now, i’m used to unplugging my computer/internet thing from the main. Yay.
Hopefully that’s all i had to update…