Something's up with Blogger. Oh well, thing of the past. I've managed to log in after trying for 2 hours. It's been awhile. After a one week hiatus from blogging due to school assignments and preparations for Jury One, I'm back!! *starts doing a little jiggle*
First of all, let's welcome Jaya to the blogosphere!!! I predict a new found addiction for her for at least the next 2 months. Hello Jaya!!
Moving on...Jury One went better than I expected, or ever hoped for. I guess I've sort of decided to take more responsibility for my work this year. Throughout my 15 years of education, I've to admit that I have never put in much effort into my studies. Tests and exams were studied for at the last minute, assignments were sloppily and scrappily put together. I guess I'm fortunate, in the sense that I've always managed to scrape through major examinations. Often I've said [infinite number of times] that I would start studying hard, etc..the usual gobbledegook. But I've never really acted on my words. I reckoned this being nearly the end of the study-phase of my life, I should at least pour in more effort into my studies and make a dignified exit from the world of studies and assignments and enter the working world with my head held high. So this year, I tried really hard to be more disciplined and focused. Maybe I'm still getting into the groove of it all because working hard at school is foreign gound for me. The outcome of Jury One was actually a catalyst for me. I was really motivated to work hard at the museum project based on the comments and encouragement given to me. Before that, I actually contemplated quitting school many times because I simply could not come up with a concept worthy of working on and I was entertaining the thought of either quitting school or stopping school for a year or so because I was afraid to face the thought of Jury with a totally lame and pathetic concept. Thank God inspiration came at the last minute [2 days before Jury to be exact]. At least the foundation is now laid, so I have something tangible enough to start working on. So let me indulge in abit of a lame moment: TRACY'S IN DA HOUSE AND SHE'S HERE TO STAY!!! *snort* OK, that was totally cheesy.
I'm currently taking a big step [OK, not THAT big, but big enough..yeah, completely redundant statement] in my life. It's kind of like coming to a crossroad in life. Everybody has to go through them. In secondary school and JC, my life revolved around the pool and school. Now I don't have anything to train for, swimming has faded into the background and become yet another milestone in my past of which I'm glad for. And don't even talk about waterpolo. That was just a fleeting fancy which lasted all of 2 years. I guess years of juggling studies with training has infused in me the need to have something to occupy my time away from school apart from sitting in front of the computer. It's as if I need something else to sustain me so that even if school is bad, I have something I can look forward to, an avenue whereby I can escape through into an outlet for me to vent the frustrations of school, or even to take my mind off assignments for a couple of hours. It used to be swimming, something which became very much a part of my life, especially in JC, where I would always look forward to training, or just simply swimming whenever I'm free. So right now, my outlet would have to be music. I stumbled upon this website a few weeks back, and it's pretty cool how it turned out to be some sort of online classified ads thingamajig, where people would advertise stuff like:
"Elephant for sale. Cheap."
or
"Lion trainer looking for lions to work with. Interested parties, do contact me."
OK, I made those up, but yeah, somewhere along those lines. So there was this 'musician' category where people/bands advertised for particular musicians and vice versa. So I thought it would be a blast if I advertised myself because for awhile, I've been wanting to play with a band as a means of improving my bass skills, and for the fun of it. I got a few emails, and right now, I'm lined up for tryouts with 3 different bands. I guess I'm keeping my options open at the moment, waiting for the right band to come along. These 3 bands seem the most promising so far. One of the bands will be coming out with their CD at the end of this year and their bassist is away in China for work so they asked me whether I would be interested in playing the bass lines for their EP album. I thought it would be a wicked idea to try out for that, but I don't really think much of my bass skills. Sure I get by, but I'm not spectacular, so I'm kindda apprehensive at the thought of trying out with this band. The other 2 bands are more comforting, in that they are not established bands coming out with their albums. So at least I don't have to worry about making a complete fool out of myself. Oh well, I'll cross that bridge when I get to it.
Thought of the Day:
You know how sometimes you ponder the mysterious ways of the universe and come up with your own theories about how things work? So today while doing Number Two in the bathroom, I was thinking why people say lighting matches while 'bombing' would take away the smell. So as I sat there thinking, I came up with this theory:
Fire requires oxygen to burn. So it uses the oxygen in the air in the toilet [including the aroma-filled oxygen] and burns it in order to keep the fire going. Therefore there won't be any smell because all the smell is used/burnt up to keep the flame going.
Oh well, it makes sense to me anyway. Feel free to bring up any discrepancies in the theory. 
Play Sudoku
Listen to 'The Monkey Song'