AMAZING NUMEROLOGY TO>PREDICT THE FIFA WORLD CUP WINNER
Brazil won the world cup in 1994. Before that, he had won this title for the last time in 1970.
If you add up: 1970 + 1994 = 3964
Argentina won the world cup for the last time in 1986. Before that only in 1978.
And 1978 + 1986 = 3964
Germany, though, won the world cup in 1990. Before that, Germany won in 1974.
Look: 1990 + 1974 = 3964
This could lead us to guess the winner of the World Cup in 2002, since it should be the winner of the 1962 World Cup (In fact 3964 - 2002 = 1962)..
And Brazil won the world cup in 1962! (And, in fact, Brazil won the 2002 WC)
This numerology seems to work...
And now, who would be the winner of the 2006 world cup?
Let's see, 3964 - 2006 = 1958 And who won in 1958?....
Oh, Brazil did!!!
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
back!
right, don't be expecting much this coming four weeks, because i'm at home.
we have dial-up internet at home. i think i'm about to die. as i check my emails, there are 26 in my hotmail inbox and 15 in my uni email. ARGH!!!
so, comments....
steph...yeah, good things :) don't worry :)
and orchestra, well, that happens. just wait till you get out of school..!!! i was completely blown away, but then you look back and think, "man, that was such a good time!" i hardly play in orchestras anymore (although i will be playing hopefully in two next semester, perhaps a few more soon-ish..??) and they were fun times while they lasted.
so, more pressing-ly..
annoymous commenter? mel, are you saying that the comment was you? and my anonymous commenter is still lurking out there? or are you it??? i'm confuzzled...please clarify.
[although if you, my sister, described yourself as tall, dark and handsome, hah. hah. hah.!!!!!!!!]
so, what we've established:
1) this is like an easter egg hunt
2) you, my anonymous commenter, uses emoticons
3) i must know you. (yes, steph, this person well and truly knows me..! and i don't think it's a secret admirer...sigh! how exciting would that be?!? haha)
4) you've been to my corridor several times. (or more than several??)
5) you're tall, dark and handsome. this lends itself to a male anonymous commenter. but like i said, tall is really not good..i'm short, so tall is anything, really. dark is like..what? dark skin, dark hair, dark what? and handsome, well, that's a matter of opinoin. help me help you help me help you help me help you.
6) you find this amusing.
so, anyway.....
i got home alright!
can't believe it's the holidays. it has just crept up on me! so, i'm at home. my plans are:
sleep, eat well, practice a lot, hopefully get a job, relax.
so, staying at the vic was fun!!!
this is how it all went:
thursday night, moved out of queen's. it took ALL DAY thursday to pack up my room, didn't get round to much else!
friday, was out of the house by about 11am, headed to queen's to practice and to get some fish & chips on fish and chip friday...:S then headed down to ABC on southbank for piano lesson. it was really nice to be back there....it actually is a really really really swanky kinda place! you know, visitor's pass and all. nice 9-foot piano...and this is just for practicing! haha. :P steinway, here i come, all the way from hamburg!
didn't get to play much, as we were putting in the fingering for Ravel's Ondine from Gaspard de la Nuit. Yep, it took about an hour and a half to get through about four-fifths! it's that complex :) should be heaps of fun though. it's alright that i didn't get to play much, because i haven't really practiced for about a week and a half...eep! then after that, i met Wen in the city for some shopping. bought a (fake, you know, not do up yourself) black bow tie for my brother..he needs one, because he has a few formal, black-tie functions to attend at ALSA in melbourne next week (like, yeah, what the, he is in melbourne and i'm not! how uncool is that?!?!) and a top from portmans...i think i like it :) then headed back to college (see, it's like i haven't moved out AT ALL!!! haha) and we waited for tom and sze to come up from mount martha so that we could get some dinner. :)
is was heaps late, we ended up going to Ying Thai on lygon and had dinner at about 9.45! woah! that's ok. :) it was yummy, a bit spicy, but fun. first time i had thai, i think....! it was good :) we got gelate on the way up, ran into renee and ting and ting's mum, which was cute :) mm....gelate..!!!
then headed home. seriously, now i know what it's like to be a day student...you gotta carry EVERYTHING around with you all day! what a bummer! but hey, it was fun. :) seriously, it felt like i didn't stay at the vic, because i was out for basically the whole day, i was only there to use the bathroom, and go to bed! haha:P
on saturday, i went for brunch at gareth's flat, brunch cooked by gareth and tamzin. bacon, eggs, hash browns, mushrooms, avocado toast, tomatoes. just beautiful!!! :) i haven't had a really good brunch in ages!!! then had to head off back to southbank for another piano lesson, which didn't go for as long. headed home, then hung out at the vic for alittle while. went out for dinner with steph that night down lygon yum yum :) papa gino's!!! it was great to catch up with her. i was surprised when she commented, "i'm so disappointed that you don't have a boyfriend yet!" hahaha. [hey, secret admirer...haha. just kidding :P ] HAH. ok. it was a good night. i went to koko black to get a few things (yum..!) was walking back up lygs to go home (at liike, 10) and was passing by inkari, and it had that LIVE LATIN BAND that does saturday nights!!!
guys, (xing...!) we should SO go there! there were ppl dancing and stuff. it looked like so much fun! i seriously stood outside inkari for about 20mins just listening and watching. tres cool. there was a guy sitting outside (ok, he was kinda cute), and i just was hoping he'd come up and go "wanna dance?" haha. my imagination is too enthusaistic! alas, it was not meant to be, but oh well! it was really awesome! so next sem, if we're bored on a saturday night, we shall just head down just to hear them, and to dance :)
chris, pete and jonty went to jim's 21st on sat night. :) apparently it was quite good. no mel, i didn't go........don't berate me now. :) remember, it's all about i got an invite. being quadruple booked it not my fault. :)
haha. pete and jonty cooking pasta. too cute (ahem, i didn't saythat...) jonty's song is really cool! (randomly, jonty, if you do read this, i gotta hear this one recorded. please :) the chord progressions are too cool. it's very cullum-esque, but as you say, it's true, you don't think about writing a song like JC, it just happens to turn out that way, because of influences and all. i really like this one!) ooh, and i should forward you this thingo...hang on..
sunday was really relaxing! it was the laze-around day, i stayed at the vic basically all day! i relaxed, i schlooped. i watched a whole heap of scrubs, went to thresherman's to get some lunch with pete (this was a new experience, i mean, going to thresherman's...like, i've heard ALL about it but never actually GONE there. it's nice :) ) then hung out more, did not much. chris and i went to the shops to get food for dinner...we ended up cooking tofu and veges in sweet and sour sauce (with rice). it was FANTASTIC!!! haha. i can't believe how much i missed cooking! pete refused to eat tofu...apparently not a man's thing... :P haha. ("can you get me some sort of facewash? a manly one.") and it's not something like the Steak Song..(good times, good times...)
anyway, went to church that night. it was good. :) smaller crowd, but that's what you get when holidays roll round :) that's ok. :)
didn't get up to much after that.
i gotta say, living in a full house on saturday night (and fairly full for the rest of the weekend!) was heaps of fun :) nice people, great company. it was all really good. :) thanks heaps to chris and flick, you guys were the BEST!
so.......
mel..are you in canada??? if so, let me know. and send me a postcard :) haha. no, just take one home. i want to see all the pictures, hear all the stories :)
what else..?
so, yeah, dial-up. will be a bit sketchy on the internet, but i hope i'll manage. makes me appreciate college broadband SOO MUCH...!!! there will be much to do next semester!
so, also...:
ppl to meet up with:
Gareth, Nick, Martin, Justin, Kavin, Nishma. if you're out there...give me a buzz!!! i'm around till the 22nd july.
stephie: thanks for all the comments on the photos :)
i think that's it for the moment.....i'll post anything else that's worthy of comment if it arises...
ps. ppl with photos from semester 1, please send them to my gmail account! (if you need the address, please msg me, or email me to ask!)
we have dial-up internet at home. i think i'm about to die. as i check my emails, there are 26 in my hotmail inbox and 15 in my uni email. ARGH!!!
so, comments....
steph...yeah, good things :) don't worry :)
and orchestra, well, that happens. just wait till you get out of school..!!! i was completely blown away, but then you look back and think, "man, that was such a good time!" i hardly play in orchestras anymore (although i will be playing hopefully in two next semester, perhaps a few more soon-ish..??) and they were fun times while they lasted.
so, more pressing-ly..
annoymous commenter? mel, are you saying that the comment was you? and my anonymous commenter is still lurking out there? or are you it??? i'm confuzzled...please clarify.
[although if you, my sister, described yourself as tall, dark and handsome, hah. hah. hah.!!!!!!!!]
so, what we've established:
1) this is like an easter egg hunt
2) you, my anonymous commenter, uses emoticons
3) i must know you. (yes, steph, this person well and truly knows me..! and i don't think it's a secret admirer...sigh! how exciting would that be?!? haha)
4) you've been to my corridor several times. (or more than several??)
5) you're tall, dark and handsome. this lends itself to a male anonymous commenter. but like i said, tall is really not good..i'm short, so tall is anything, really. dark is like..what? dark skin, dark hair, dark what? and handsome, well, that's a matter of opinoin. help me help you help me help you help me help you.
6) you find this amusing.
so, anyway.....
i got home alright!
can't believe it's the holidays. it has just crept up on me! so, i'm at home. my plans are:
sleep, eat well, practice a lot, hopefully get a job, relax.
so, staying at the vic was fun!!!
this is how it all went:
thursday night, moved out of queen's. it took ALL DAY thursday to pack up my room, didn't get round to much else!
friday, was out of the house by about 11am, headed to queen's to practice and to get some fish & chips on fish and chip friday...:S then headed down to ABC on southbank for piano lesson. it was really nice to be back there....it actually is a really really really swanky kinda place! you know, visitor's pass and all. nice 9-foot piano...and this is just for practicing! haha. :P steinway, here i come, all the way from hamburg!
didn't get to play much, as we were putting in the fingering for Ravel's Ondine from Gaspard de la Nuit. Yep, it took about an hour and a half to get through about four-fifths! it's that complex :) should be heaps of fun though. it's alright that i didn't get to play much, because i haven't really practiced for about a week and a half...eep! then after that, i met Wen in the city for some shopping. bought a (fake, you know, not do up yourself) black bow tie for my brother..he needs one, because he has a few formal, black-tie functions to attend at ALSA in melbourne next week (like, yeah, what the, he is in melbourne and i'm not! how uncool is that?!?!) and a top from portmans...i think i like it :) then headed back to college (see, it's like i haven't moved out AT ALL!!! haha) and we waited for tom and sze to come up from mount martha so that we could get some dinner. :)
is was heaps late, we ended up going to Ying Thai on lygon and had dinner at about 9.45! woah! that's ok. :) it was yummy, a bit spicy, but fun. first time i had thai, i think....! it was good :) we got gelate on the way up, ran into renee and ting and ting's mum, which was cute :) mm....gelate..!!!
then headed home. seriously, now i know what it's like to be a day student...you gotta carry EVERYTHING around with you all day! what a bummer! but hey, it was fun. :) seriously, it felt like i didn't stay at the vic, because i was out for basically the whole day, i was only there to use the bathroom, and go to bed! haha:P
on saturday, i went for brunch at gareth's flat, brunch cooked by gareth and tamzin. bacon, eggs, hash browns, mushrooms, avocado toast, tomatoes. just beautiful!!! :) i haven't had a really good brunch in ages!!! then had to head off back to southbank for another piano lesson, which didn't go for as long. headed home, then hung out at the vic for alittle while. went out for dinner with steph that night down lygon yum yum :) papa gino's!!! it was great to catch up with her. i was surprised when she commented, "i'm so disappointed that you don't have a boyfriend yet!" hahaha. [hey, secret admirer...haha. just kidding :P ] HAH. ok. it was a good night. i went to koko black to get a few things (yum..!) was walking back up lygs to go home (at liike, 10) and was passing by inkari, and it had that LIVE LATIN BAND that does saturday nights!!!
guys, (xing...!) we should SO go there! there were ppl dancing and stuff. it looked like so much fun! i seriously stood outside inkari for about 20mins just listening and watching. tres cool. there was a guy sitting outside (ok, he was kinda cute), and i just was hoping he'd come up and go "wanna dance?" haha. my imagination is too enthusaistic! alas, it was not meant to be, but oh well! it was really awesome! so next sem, if we're bored on a saturday night, we shall just head down just to hear them, and to dance :)
chris, pete and jonty went to jim's 21st on sat night. :) apparently it was quite good. no mel, i didn't go........don't berate me now. :) remember, it's all about i got an invite. being quadruple booked it not my fault. :)
haha. pete and jonty cooking pasta. too cute (ahem, i didn't saythat...) jonty's song is really cool! (randomly, jonty, if you do read this, i gotta hear this one recorded. please :) the chord progressions are too cool. it's very cullum-esque, but as you say, it's true, you don't think about writing a song like JC, it just happens to turn out that way, because of influences and all. i really like this one!) ooh, and i should forward you this thingo...hang on..
sunday was really relaxing! it was the laze-around day, i stayed at the vic basically all day! i relaxed, i schlooped. i watched a whole heap of scrubs, went to thresherman's to get some lunch with pete (this was a new experience, i mean, going to thresherman's...like, i've heard ALL about it but never actually GONE there. it's nice :) ) then hung out more, did not much. chris and i went to the shops to get food for dinner...we ended up cooking tofu and veges in sweet and sour sauce (with rice). it was FANTASTIC!!! haha. i can't believe how much i missed cooking! pete refused to eat tofu...apparently not a man's thing... :P haha. ("can you get me some sort of facewash? a manly one.") and it's not something like the Steak Song..(good times, good times...)
anyway, went to church that night. it was good. :) smaller crowd, but that's what you get when holidays roll round :) that's ok. :)
didn't get up to much after that.
i gotta say, living in a full house on saturday night (and fairly full for the rest of the weekend!) was heaps of fun :) nice people, great company. it was all really good. :) thanks heaps to chris and flick, you guys were the BEST!
so.......
mel..are you in canada??? if so, let me know. and send me a postcard :) haha. no, just take one home. i want to see all the pictures, hear all the stories :)
what else..?
so, yeah, dial-up. will be a bit sketchy on the internet, but i hope i'll manage. makes me appreciate college broadband SOO MUCH...!!! there will be much to do next semester!
so, also...:
ppl to meet up with:
Gareth, Nick, Martin, Justin, Kavin, Nishma. if you're out there...give me a buzz!!! i'm around till the 22nd july.
stephie: thanks for all the comments on the photos :)
i think that's it for the moment.....i'll post anything else that's worthy of comment if it arises...
ps. ppl with photos from semester 1, please send them to my gmail account! (if you need the address, please msg me, or email me to ask!)
Friday, June 23, 2006
dear anonymous commenter #3
gahh!!!!
reveal reveal!!!!!!!!!
you've visited my corridor several times?
1) do you live on my corridor...????? (that could be very annoying)
2) which corridor/building do you live on/at?
3) why would it be funner, or 'more amusing' for you to remain anonymous? i think you should start revealing more..
reveal reveal!!!!!!!!!
you've visited my corridor several times?
1) do you live on my corridor...????? (that could be very annoying)
2) which corridor/building do you live on/at?
3) why would it be funner, or 'more amusing' for you to remain anonymous? i think you should start revealing more..
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
darn
i have posted revue photos.
and i did again.
oh well. here they are :) enjoy. because they're specifically revue photos
anyway, about the revue.
it was fun :) it's always fun to play for the queen's crowd.
i played with jacquie in cityscapes and for ben&treas' "sweet violets". great fun, i tell you :)
erm, what to do?
it was a very star-studded show. the talent in queen's just keeps getting better and better (not to say that last year's crowd, or show, weren't good!) but the pool just keeps shooting for the stars! hehe :P
it was a fun night. i didn't end up going to the afterparty..i was wayyy too tired, it was FREEZING, and luckily that i didn't go, it started raining. just not a very good equation for ease of transport (ie. walking). i had heaps of fun doing the revue. congratulations to everybody involved...you guys were ALL great (ok, sure, i have personal faves, but you know, not that anybody was bad or anything! i'm just biased.....hehe!) and thanks to all the crew - you guys helped us soo much!
on for the next production, cloudstreet. it should be really good! if i'm involved or not, i'm sure it will be fantastic and lots of fun!
SO....................
I'VE FINISHED!!! my exams, that is.
soo relieved.
so, how did my commerce exams go?
INTRODUCTORY ECONOMETRICS
This went ok, i think. i felt pretty comfortable with it (hopefully the mark reflects this!). jess and i had done HEAPS and HEAPS of revision and work and study for this subject! so, i did manage to get through it and all. except with about thirty seconds to go, i realised that i had turned over a page in my script book, as well as my question page and had missed out on answering question 6h)! it seriously jumped from part g to i. how did that happen?? how did i manage to let it happen? oh well. i scribbled down a little bit (in about ten seconds, not kidding!) hopefully i get one mark for it...it was out of four. oh well....top mark i can get is 96! oh well. it's over. that felt ok...so hopefully it did actually go ok!
BUSINESS IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
it has been four weeks i've been waiting for this exam. i wasn't sure if i had studied enough. you never do, i think. i felt quite confident that i couldn't stuff any more information into my head. so, off i went..! crap, the multi choice was hard! well, definitely harder than the online practice questions. there were heaps that had two possible answers, and you have to choose just one! so hopefully i scored more than 50% on the multichoice..*fingers crossed!* the short answer was ok.....i hope! and then the essay. *sigh*. i think i just happen to make life hard for myself.
See, we got a choice of seven questions. so, of course, i had to pick a fairly obscure topic. it read something like this: "Globalisation has reduced the cultural differences between countries. An international firm seeking global strategies can do so without risk of failure." Of course, I picked this one so that i could argue "NO!!" quite vehemently! There were options that required me to analyse entry modes (which had much longer questions, you know, with more info and stuff...that tends to happen..)
anyway, my essay ended up being very very art-sy. not that it's bad, but i don't know how relevant it all was. oh well, can't do anything about it now. but all i can do is hope..!!! and hope that somebody nice (eg. andre) marks it, and likes it....!!!
ooh, congratulations to chris for getting a job at PWC! if you read this, awesome. if not, whatever. it's just nice to know people who do well and clearly life is going well for him..it sounds like it! good luck, best wishes, it's good to have known someone who worked so hard - i really appreciated it all. :)
Current Song: But Not For Me (George Gershwin; arrangement by Naomi Crellin, performed The Idea of North)
Old man sunshine listen you
Don't you tell me dreams come true
Just try it, and I'll start a riot
Beatrice Fairfax don't you dare
Ever tell me he will care
I'm certain it's the final curtain
They're writing songs of love, but not for me
A lucky star's above, but not for me
With love to lead the way, I've found more clouds of grey
Then any Russian play could guarantee
I was a fool to fall and get that way
Hey ho, alas, and also lackaday
Although I can't dismiss the memory of his kiss
I guess he's not for me
and i did again.
oh well. here they are :) enjoy. because they're specifically revue photos
anyway, about the revue.
it was fun :) it's always fun to play for the queen's crowd.
i played with jacquie in cityscapes and for ben&treas' "sweet violets". great fun, i tell you :)
erm, what to do?
it was a very star-studded show. the talent in queen's just keeps getting better and better (not to say that last year's crowd, or show, weren't good!) but the pool just keeps shooting for the stars! hehe :P
it was a fun night. i didn't end up going to the afterparty..i was wayyy too tired, it was FREEZING, and luckily that i didn't go, it started raining. just not a very good equation for ease of transport (ie. walking). i had heaps of fun doing the revue. congratulations to everybody involved...you guys were ALL great (ok, sure, i have personal faves, but you know, not that anybody was bad or anything! i'm just biased.....hehe!) and thanks to all the crew - you guys helped us soo much!
on for the next production, cloudstreet. it should be really good! if i'm involved or not, i'm sure it will be fantastic and lots of fun!
SO....................
I'VE FINISHED!!! my exams, that is.
soo relieved.
so, how did my commerce exams go?
INTRODUCTORY ECONOMETRICS
This went ok, i think. i felt pretty comfortable with it (hopefully the mark reflects this!). jess and i had done HEAPS and HEAPS of revision and work and study for this subject! so, i did manage to get through it and all. except with about thirty seconds to go, i realised that i had turned over a page in my script book, as well as my question page and had missed out on answering question 6h)! it seriously jumped from part g to i. how did that happen?? how did i manage to let it happen? oh well. i scribbled down a little bit (in about ten seconds, not kidding!) hopefully i get one mark for it...it was out of four. oh well....top mark i can get is 96! oh well. it's over. that felt ok...so hopefully it did actually go ok!
BUSINESS IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
it has been four weeks i've been waiting for this exam. i wasn't sure if i had studied enough. you never do, i think. i felt quite confident that i couldn't stuff any more information into my head. so, off i went..! crap, the multi choice was hard! well, definitely harder than the online practice questions. there were heaps that had two possible answers, and you have to choose just one! so hopefully i scored more than 50% on the multichoice..*fingers crossed!* the short answer was ok.....i hope! and then the essay. *sigh*. i think i just happen to make life hard for myself.
See, we got a choice of seven questions. so, of course, i had to pick a fairly obscure topic. it read something like this: "Globalisation has reduced the cultural differences between countries. An international firm seeking global strategies can do so without risk of failure." Of course, I picked this one so that i could argue "NO!!" quite vehemently! There were options that required me to analyse entry modes (which had much longer questions, you know, with more info and stuff...that tends to happen..)
anyway, my essay ended up being very very art-sy. not that it's bad, but i don't know how relevant it all was. oh well, can't do anything about it now. but all i can do is hope..!!! and hope that somebody nice (eg. andre) marks it, and likes it....!!!
ooh, congratulations to chris for getting a job at PWC! if you read this, awesome. if not, whatever. it's just nice to know people who do well and clearly life is going well for him..it sounds like it! good luck, best wishes, it's good to have known someone who worked so hard - i really appreciated it all. :)
Current Song: But Not For Me (George Gershwin; arrangement by Naomi Crellin, performed The Idea of North)
Old man sunshine listen you
Don't you tell me dreams come true
Just try it, and I'll start a riot
Beatrice Fairfax don't you dare
Ever tell me he will care
I'm certain it's the final curtain
They're writing songs of love, but not for me
A lucky star's above, but not for me
With love to lead the way, I've found more clouds of grey
Then any Russian play could guarantee
I was a fool to fall and get that way
Hey ho, alas, and also lackaday
Although I can't dismiss the memory of his kiss
I guess he's not for me
dear anonymous commenter
it is with great amusement that i think i may never figure out who you are. although i'm quite determined to figure it out. really.
please, more clues would be helpful. at least answer my ONE question!!
so, in response to you pointing out that i haven't blogged about the revue, i shall include photos..i'll do that now..!
yours truly,
gladys (the blogger..)
please, more clues would be helpful. at least answer my ONE question!!
so, in response to you pointing out that i haven't blogged about the revue, i shall include photos..i'll do that now..!
yours truly,
gladys (the blogger..)
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Monday, June 19, 2006
home stretch
ok, so i've just done my first, well, what you'd call a written exam. (although a listening test was kinda written exam....that's not the point).
i trooped to REB, exam-style. and i always forget how beautiful that place is. or how BIG it is, and how many students it can hold!!!
well, i'd studied all weekend for econometrics. sigh. we did practice exams, we revised and revised, we read over and over the notes. i did all my tute questions again. etc. sigh.
and now it's all packed up. 'tis time to move onto Global...!
mel moved out on thursday. sniff. ben went home on friday. adrienne and her mum and all of about seven suitcases made it home on saturday. saw jonty on sunday, but he too, headed home. xing went home sunday afternoon.
everybody's leaving. that is the saddest thing about end of semesters. exams aren't sad, they're just kinda inconvenient sometimes..!
the corridor is starting to feel somewhat empty. by the middle of the week, it shall be even emptier. i sometimes wish that i stayed in melbourne over breaks and that, because this city has so much to do. but then i realise, it wouldn't be half the fun that i anticipate, because there'd be no one to do it with. while there is much to do in melbourne, half the fun is created by who you do it with.
anyway, i am feeling quite relieved that intro econometrics is over. i'm just hoping it went well. i think it went ok. so oh well..can't change it now. but i'd hate to repeat it. or fail it. or come close to it. heck, i put hard demands on myself...i want a H1 in this!!! (heck, i want a H1 in everything..! no...that's not hard or anything....!)
so, two days to study. and pack up my room. completely. urgh. i hate packing with a passion. especially packing my room up. that has got to be the worst bit.
while i'm only going home next monday morning, i'm still under time pressures! always!
things to do before I go:
buy some pressies
buy a few things from koko black and other cool shops
go dfo shopping (hopefully on friday with wen)
meet up with steph
see erica before she leaves
give martin a ring
go to myer
have two piano lessons
go out for dinner with judy/sze after exams
consume all opened food
wash dishes
go to the office RE payment
see mso? or jim's 21st??
return books to libraries
pack up room
pack suitcase to go home/live out of for five days
oh, and that exam.....
i trooped to REB, exam-style. and i always forget how beautiful that place is. or how BIG it is, and how many students it can hold!!!
well, i'd studied all weekend for econometrics. sigh. we did practice exams, we revised and revised, we read over and over the notes. i did all my tute questions again. etc. sigh.
and now it's all packed up. 'tis time to move onto Global...!
mel moved out on thursday. sniff. ben went home on friday. adrienne and her mum and all of about seven suitcases made it home on saturday. saw jonty on sunday, but he too, headed home. xing went home sunday afternoon.
everybody's leaving. that is the saddest thing about end of semesters. exams aren't sad, they're just kinda inconvenient sometimes..!
the corridor is starting to feel somewhat empty. by the middle of the week, it shall be even emptier. i sometimes wish that i stayed in melbourne over breaks and that, because this city has so much to do. but then i realise, it wouldn't be half the fun that i anticipate, because there'd be no one to do it with. while there is much to do in melbourne, half the fun is created by who you do it with.
anyway, i am feeling quite relieved that intro econometrics is over. i'm just hoping it went well. i think it went ok. so oh well..can't change it now. but i'd hate to repeat it. or fail it. or come close to it. heck, i put hard demands on myself...i want a H1 in this!!! (heck, i want a H1 in everything..! no...that's not hard or anything....!)
so, two days to study. and pack up my room. completely. urgh. i hate packing with a passion. especially packing my room up. that has got to be the worst bit.
while i'm only going home next monday morning, i'm still under time pressures! always!
things to do before I go:
buy some pressies
buy a few things from koko black and other cool shops
go dfo shopping (hopefully on friday with wen)
meet up with steph
see erica before she leaves
give martin a ring
go to myer
have two piano lessons
go out for dinner with judy/sze after exams
consume all opened food
wash dishes
go to the office RE payment
see mso? or jim's 21st??
return books to libraries
pack up room
pack suitcase to go home/live out of for five days
oh, and that exam.....
Saturday, June 17, 2006
Funnies from OLT
Q: Do we need to pass the exam in order to pass the subject?
A: It is not a requirement, no. I would strongly urge you attempt to pass however. A disastrous exam mark could see any one in this subject fail overall.
poor kid probably is at risk of not doing very well...!
Friday, June 16, 2006
Feelings of loss
As I walked to uni today, the sun shone but it was still cold. Just perfect.
The path that is so familiar seemed so new - no classes mean no reason to go to uni. Fair enough.
I started thinking about the people who won't be walking this path anymore. People leaving. That's sad. Not because I feel like I'm being left behind, but because I'm content with the current situation. We get comfortable and unwilling to change. In this instance, I might call it symptoms of sadness.
Close friends are leaving...
Mel, Adrienne
Shock: Michael is leaving for three years to go to London to take up a PhD scholarship at KCL. Which is totally amazing, but THREE YEARS! And he's leaving this September.
Exchange students: the sad part about exchange is the leaving. Because you build amazing friendships which are only possible through exchange. Then have to leave them.
The path that is so familiar seemed so new - no classes mean no reason to go to uni. Fair enough.
I started thinking about the people who won't be walking this path anymore. People leaving. That's sad. Not because I feel like I'm being left behind, but because I'm content with the current situation. We get comfortable and unwilling to change. In this instance, I might call it symptoms of sadness.
Close friends are leaving...
Mel, Adrienne
Shock: Michael is leaving for three years to go to London to take up a PhD scholarship at KCL. Which is totally amazing, but THREE YEARS! And he's leaving this September.
Exchange students: the sad part about exchange is the leaving. Because you build amazing friendships which are only possible through exchange. Then have to leave them.
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Children of the 1990s...
Thanks to Elise for this...!
You know it...It doesn't matter what year you were born, but you know you're a child of the 90s if:
1. You've worn leggings and felt cool.
2. You've had a huge fringe at some point in your childhood.
3. You remember reading and watching 'Goosebumps'.
4. You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school.
5. You remember the craze of yo-yos and tamagotchis (the FIRST wave...)
6. You still get the urge to say 'not' after every sentence. NOT!
7. You collected Pokemon cards.
8. You watched the original Postman Pat, Fireman Sam and Ninja Turtles.
9. You remember when the new Beanie Babies were always sold out.
10. You used to wear those stick-on earrings, not only on your ears, but also at the corners of your eyes.
11. You know the Macarena by heart.
12. "Talk to the hand." - enough said!
13. You remember bum bags.
14. You collected tazos.
15. Two words - Spice Girls.
You know it...It doesn't matter what year you were born, but you know you're a child of the 90s if:
1. You've worn leggings and felt cool.
2. You've had a huge fringe at some point in your childhood.
3. You remember reading and watching 'Goosebumps'.
4. You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school.
5. You remember the craze of yo-yos and tamagotchis (the FIRST wave...)
6. You still get the urge to say 'not' after every sentence. NOT!
7. You collected Pokemon cards.
8. You watched the original Postman Pat, Fireman Sam and Ninja Turtles.
9. You remember when the new Beanie Babies were always sold out.
10. You used to wear those stick-on earrings, not only on your ears, but also at the corners of your eyes.
11. You know the Macarena by heart.
12. "Talk to the hand." - enough said!
13. You remember bum bags.
14. You collected tazos.
15. Two words - Spice Girls.
exam?
So, I've just come back from my prac 2-1 exam.
but we have to backtrack here.
I stayed up last night to watch the soccer, australia vs. japan. heck! what a match! i'm glad i stayed for it, because it was fairly thrilling! the room was divided, some japanese supporters, a few australian (hah. guess which one i was..!) anyway. what a match! i don't think i'll go into details, that would take too long.
but all i can say is WOW! i'm excited just coz australia made it into the world cup. but now they've actually scored some goals and actually won a match, now that's exciting! i kinda wish i'd been at fed square just to see it. and to be fully immersed in the excitement! maybe i'll go down another time. just for kicks. and the atmosphere.
so, it was a fairly late night. considering i had an exam this morning.
i had set my alarm for 7.55am. this includes 1 snooze hit and then i'm up at 8am. i was lying there, thinking "ok, i'll be all set for this morning. Maybe i'll just check how many more minutes i have to lie here". i roll over, check my phone, and it has TURNED ITSELF OFF!! well, you know, the battery died. and i'm starting to panic, thinking "uh-oh. phone died, what is the time?" i jump out of bed (quite literally) and find my clock, which reads something like 8.55am.
ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i'm an hour late!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this does absolutely NOTHING for my already heightened nerves!
all i can think is :
"how much time have i got?"
"do i have enough time for hot brekkie?"
"i wonder if hot brekkie is still out..."
"do i have enough time for a shower?"
"if i don't have a shower, will i smell too much and will dr. holtham notice?"
"stupid stupid phone."
"i can't remember hearing my alarm at all" (I must have hit something, because my phone was OPEN!!!! how did that happen?!?!)
"do i have enough time to give myself a hand massage?"
"how much time on the piano can i get?"
sigh. the answers to these questions are:
"a bit"
"yeah, i think so, if you're quick"
"hmm...it should still be out."
"yeah, if i take a really quick one!"
"hmm...maybe i should have a shower. dr holtham will surely smell me otherwise."
"stupid stupid phone"
"how strange....i must have been REALLY tired"
"yes, a hand massage is v. important"
"hmm....time at piano will have to be efficient"
Sigh. So, i did manage to wolf down some brekkie, warm-up a bit and then head down to uni.
And so, i did my exam.
i was actually 'early' at uni in rm 205, the warm-up room. i was there just before 10am, and dr holtham actually came in and asked what time i was supposed to be at. Thankfully, i could reply "10.30...i've got ages!" which i kinda did.
Anyway, i played my stuff. caroline managed to call out "have fun! and don't forget to breathe!" just as i walked into dr holtahm's office. so, giving the obligatory 'present' of a photocopy of my pieces, i sat down at the brown steinway.
the option of ordering of scales/arpeggios and pieces wasn't really there, but at least his suggestion (scales first) agreed with my preferred order. he started out asking a LH E-flat major scale. And i sat there for about two seconds thinking "hmm.....i haven't practiced this one...but i'll play it anyway..." the next one was a B-minor or something like that. At this point, I was really thinking "hmm....i definitely haven't practiced this.........!!! if the rest are ones i haven't practiced, i'm SCREWED!!" and i kinda turned around and piped up..
"Dr Holtham.....I don't think this is my group....I haven't practiced ANY of these scales......"
Thankfully, i hadn't done the wrong thing all semester....and it was his mistake, for i was the first prac 2 student. PHEW!! getting back to the actual scales i had prepared.....
The chopin went ok. lots of wrong notes. because i play them. which, i might add, he pointedly picked up on...! oh well. i knew that. but at least i kinda stuck the ending. which was at least good. Bach, he cut me short half-way through my prelude and cut to the fugue (which i thankfully got to play all of!)
he then had a little chat. it wasn't a very long one. it kinda went along the lines of:
"you should check all your notes in the prelude (i suspect it was the etude he was referring to. i'm pretty sure my notes in the prelude are all correct..). you should be putting your name down lots of concert class and piano class, even 1st and 2nd yr concert class. i know you've played a few times in piano class, but you should keep putting your name down. i want to hear more of you. we should be hearing much more from you, because there are lots of good things. and performing a lot will be beneficial to you."
so, this translates to (i think, and i hope...!):
"lots of wrong notes, but you're getting there. lots of good things. performing regularly will help you get over nerves. i'm likely to give you a go-ahead if you put your name down for classes."
so that sounded kinda positive. hopefully that's reflected in my mark... :S
oh well, at least it's over. and i'm not beating myself up over it (yet, or i hope i won't anyway!)
now, let's put on my commerce hat and really get the gears grinding for these other exams. not that the music will stop completely, i have a few music lessons next week with caroline (thus, the reason i am staying in melbourne for another weekend....) and there are interesting things to be learnt with the Intercollegiate Orchestra, which i will be leading at the first rehearsal - eep!
ok, adios! back to study..
but we have to backtrack here.
I stayed up last night to watch the soccer, australia vs. japan. heck! what a match! i'm glad i stayed for it, because it was fairly thrilling! the room was divided, some japanese supporters, a few australian (hah. guess which one i was..!) anyway. what a match! i don't think i'll go into details, that would take too long.
but all i can say is WOW! i'm excited just coz australia made it into the world cup. but now they've actually scored some goals and actually won a match, now that's exciting! i kinda wish i'd been at fed square just to see it. and to be fully immersed in the excitement! maybe i'll go down another time. just for kicks. and the atmosphere.
so, it was a fairly late night. considering i had an exam this morning.
i had set my alarm for 7.55am. this includes 1 snooze hit and then i'm up at 8am. i was lying there, thinking "ok, i'll be all set for this morning. Maybe i'll just check how many more minutes i have to lie here". i roll over, check my phone, and it has TURNED ITSELF OFF!! well, you know, the battery died. and i'm starting to panic, thinking "uh-oh. phone died, what is the time?" i jump out of bed (quite literally) and find my clock, which reads something like 8.55am.
ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i'm an hour late!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this does absolutely NOTHING for my already heightened nerves!
all i can think is :
"how much time have i got?"
"do i have enough time for hot brekkie?"
"i wonder if hot brekkie is still out..."
"do i have enough time for a shower?"
"if i don't have a shower, will i smell too much and will dr. holtham notice?"
"stupid stupid phone."
"i can't remember hearing my alarm at all" (I must have hit something, because my phone was OPEN!!!! how did that happen?!?!)
"do i have enough time to give myself a hand massage?"
"how much time on the piano can i get?"
sigh. the answers to these questions are:
"a bit"
"yeah, i think so, if you're quick"
"hmm...it should still be out."
"yeah, if i take a really quick one!"
"hmm...maybe i should have a shower. dr holtham will surely smell me otherwise."
"stupid stupid phone"
"how strange....i must have been REALLY tired"
"yes, a hand massage is v. important"
"hmm....time at piano will have to be efficient"
Sigh. So, i did manage to wolf down some brekkie, warm-up a bit and then head down to uni.
And so, i did my exam.
i was actually 'early' at uni in rm 205, the warm-up room. i was there just before 10am, and dr holtham actually came in and asked what time i was supposed to be at. Thankfully, i could reply "10.30...i've got ages!" which i kinda did.
Anyway, i played my stuff. caroline managed to call out "have fun! and don't forget to breathe!" just as i walked into dr holtahm's office. so, giving the obligatory 'present' of a photocopy of my pieces, i sat down at the brown steinway.
the option of ordering of scales/arpeggios and pieces wasn't really there, but at least his suggestion (scales first) agreed with my preferred order. he started out asking a LH E-flat major scale. And i sat there for about two seconds thinking "hmm.....i haven't practiced this one...but i'll play it anyway..." the next one was a B-minor or something like that. At this point, I was really thinking "hmm....i definitely haven't practiced this.........!!! if the rest are ones i haven't practiced, i'm SCREWED!!" and i kinda turned around and piped up..
"Dr Holtham.....I don't think this is my group....I haven't practiced ANY of these scales......"
Thankfully, i hadn't done the wrong thing all semester....and it was his mistake, for i was the first prac 2 student. PHEW!! getting back to the actual scales i had prepared.....
The chopin went ok. lots of wrong notes. because i play them. which, i might add, he pointedly picked up on...! oh well. i knew that. but at least i kinda stuck the ending. which was at least good. Bach, he cut me short half-way through my prelude and cut to the fugue (which i thankfully got to play all of!)
he then had a little chat. it wasn't a very long one. it kinda went along the lines of:
"you should check all your notes in the prelude (i suspect it was the etude he was referring to. i'm pretty sure my notes in the prelude are all correct..). you should be putting your name down lots of concert class and piano class, even 1st and 2nd yr concert class. i know you've played a few times in piano class, but you should keep putting your name down. i want to hear more of you. we should be hearing much more from you, because there are lots of good things. and performing a lot will be beneficial to you."
so, this translates to (i think, and i hope...!):
"lots of wrong notes, but you're getting there. lots of good things. performing regularly will help you get over nerves. i'm likely to give you a go-ahead if you put your name down for classes."
so that sounded kinda positive. hopefully that's reflected in my mark... :S
oh well, at least it's over. and i'm not beating myself up over it (yet, or i hope i won't anyway!)
now, let's put on my commerce hat and really get the gears grinding for these other exams. not that the music will stop completely, i have a few music lessons next week with caroline (thus, the reason i am staying in melbourne for another weekend....) and there are interesting things to be learnt with the Intercollegiate Orchestra, which i will be leading at the first rehearsal - eep!
ok, adios! back to study..
Saturday, June 10, 2006
Thursday, June 08, 2006
Aching
Yearning for so many things...I can't quite put my finger on them all....
*friendships that used to be like the old times
*a standard that is so far beyond me
*so much fulfillment
*the sweet sound of a violin *the relaxation of the holidays
*the work i'm going to fit in during the holidays
*getting back to melbourne (having not even left it yet....)
*seeing so many people
*catching up with people i haven't seen in years.... *sleeping
*acceptance, direction, guidance, love.................isn't that what we all want?
*playing opportunities
*hope that these ventures go well *success for the activities
It all causes that dull ache in the heart. I can't quite place what it is really. I just know it's there, but am at loss for the remedy....
*friendships that used to be like the old times
*a standard that is so far beyond me
*so much fulfillment
*the sweet sound of a violin *the relaxation of the holidays
*the work i'm going to fit in during the holidays
*getting back to melbourne (having not even left it yet....)
*seeing so many people
*catching up with people i haven't seen in years.... *sleeping
*acceptance, direction, guidance, love.................isn't that what we all want?
*playing opportunities
*hope that these ventures go well *success for the activities
It all causes that dull ache in the heart. I can't quite place what it is really. I just know it's there, but am at loss for the remedy....
Never really...
I don't really ever get over the people I like. But I get past the liking stage. That's ok. But who I like says a bit about myself. One likes different people for different reasons.
There's always going to be some sort of emotional attachment for me. It's just my thing. Because who I consider my 'friend', I must have some sort of special relationship with. That's how I do it. Because each person is different. And although you treat humanity generally with respect, people differ in so many ways and you kinda have to treat them different, according to the individual.
So, each person I've ever liked will always have something attached to them. Good, bad, just is. That's just how it is. It's almost like a special place in my heart - there's probably a reason why it was there in the first place. Without it being too 'special'. Not to degrade it or anything, but it's a strange thing because it's not like it's an immediate special place like a best friend, but it's because of the emotion attachment. Every moment, from the smile, the banter, the admission and the final realisation, is captured.
There's always going to be some sort of emotional attachment for me. It's just my thing. Because who I consider my 'friend', I must have some sort of special relationship with. That's how I do it. Because each person is different. And although you treat humanity generally with respect, people differ in so many ways and you kinda have to treat them different, according to the individual.
So, each person I've ever liked will always have something attached to them. Good, bad, just is. That's just how it is. It's almost like a special place in my heart - there's probably a reason why it was there in the first place. Without it being too 'special'. Not to degrade it or anything, but it's a strange thing because it's not like it's an immediate special place like a best friend, but it's because of the emotion attachment. Every moment, from the smile, the banter, the admission and the final realisation, is captured.
Good luck
Courtesy of Mel, Belle and a very cynical Ben..! Hopefully it reaches some people within six minutes or something like that...
This is without a doubt one of the nicest good luck forwards I have received. Hope it works for you -- and me! You have 6 minutes. There's some mighty fine advice in these words, even if you're not superstitious. This has been sent To you for good luck from the Anthony Robbins organization. It has been sent around the world ten times so Far. Do not keep this message.Must leave your hands in 6 MINUTES. Otherwise you will get a very unpleasant surprise. This is true, even if you are not superstitious, agnostic, or otherwise faith impaired.
ONE. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.
TWO. Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other.
THREE. Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want.
FOUR. When you say, "I love you," mean it.
FIVE. When you say, "I'm sorry," look the person in the eye.
SIX. Be engaged at least six months before you get married.
SEVEN. Believe in love at first sight.
EIGHT. Never laugh at anyone's dream. People who don't have dreams don't have much.
NINE. Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it's the only way to live life completely.
TEN.. In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling.
ELEVEN. Don't judge people by their relatives.
TWELVE. Talk slowly but think quickly.
THIRTEEN. When someone asks you a question you don't want to answer, smile and ask, "Why do you want to know?"
FOURTEEN. Remember that great love and great achievements involves great risk.
FIFTEEN. Say "bless you" when you hear someone sneeze.
SIXTEEN. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
SEVENTEEN. Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others; and responsibility for all your actions.
EIGHTEEN. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
NINETEEN. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
TWENTY. Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice.
TWENTY-ONE. Spend some time alone.
This is without a doubt one of the nicest good luck forwards I have received. Hope it works for you -- and me! You have 6 minutes. There's some mighty fine advice in these words, even if you're not superstitious. This has been sent To you for good luck from the Anthony Robbins organization. It has been sent around the world ten times so Far. Do not keep this message.Must leave your hands in 6 MINUTES. Otherwise you will get a very unpleasant surprise. This is true, even if you are not superstitious, agnostic, or otherwise faith impaired.
ONE. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.
TWO. Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other.
THREE. Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want.
FOUR. When you say, "I love you," mean it.
FIVE. When you say, "I'm sorry," look the person in the eye.
SIX. Be engaged at least six months before you get married.
SEVEN. Believe in love at first sight.
EIGHT. Never laugh at anyone's dream. People who don't have dreams don't have much.
NINE. Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it's the only way to live life completely.
TEN.. In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling.
ELEVEN. Don't judge people by their relatives.
TWELVE. Talk slowly but think quickly.
THIRTEEN. When someone asks you a question you don't want to answer, smile and ask, "Why do you want to know?"
FOURTEEN. Remember that great love and great achievements involves great risk.
FIFTEEN. Say "bless you" when you hear someone sneeze.
SIXTEEN. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
SEVENTEEN. Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others; and responsibility for all your actions.
EIGHTEEN. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
NINETEEN. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
TWENTY. Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice.
TWENTY-ONE. Spend some time alone.
If Banks Were Musicians, Citigroup Would Be Ozzy: Mark Gilbert
2006-05-11 19:11 (New York)
(Commentary. Mark Gilbert is a Bloomberg News columnist. The opinions expressed are his own.)
By Mark Gilbert
May 12 (Bloomberg) -- Investment banks have personalities that are reflected in how they go about their business and how their peers view them. Bands express their character traits through the music they make and the company they keep. What happens when you match banks with musicians?
1) Goldman Sachs = The Rolling Stones
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. occupies an odd position in the investment-banking pantheon. The world's No. 1 securities firm by market value is unloved by its peers and universally regarded as arrogant. Its prodigious appetite for hard work and its unrivaled profit-generating abilities arouse jealousy and admiration in equal measure.
Goldman could almost be U2. While its followers are devoted, it's still not quite cool to admit to loving the Irish band. The rock 'n' roll establishment struggles to cherish a band whose lead singer, Bono, rubs shoulders with presidents and popes as he campaigns against global poverty.
U2, though, would never embrace Goldman's aim of being "long-term greedy." So, step forward the Rolling Stones; no one ever accused Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of paying anything less than full attention to the bottom line.
2) Citigroup = Ozzy Osbourne
In ``Liar's Poker,'' Michael Lewis wrote that the key to being a successful trader at Salomon Brothers in the 1980s was a willingness to bite the ass off a bear every morning. Ozzy Osbourne would have fitted right in; around the same time he is reputed to have bitten the head off a dead bat thrown on stage after assuming it was a rubber toy.
Salomon is now part of Citigroup Inc.'s empire. Ozzy is now more famous for parading his family on a reality television show broadcast by MTV. Both Citigroup and Ozzy are growing old disgracefully; Citigroup's many and varied brushes with the authorities around the world make the bank worthy of an alliance with the former Black Sabbath singer.
3) Deutsche Bank = Fleetwood Mac
A lazy comparison would equate Deutsche Bank AG, Germany's only global bank, with Kraftwerk, Germany's only global band. Reliant on technology for success, secretive, Teutonic and somewhat emotionless, they have a lot in common. A different list of attributes, though, suggests an alternative. Immensely profitable? Check. Years of infighting and not communicating with one another? Check. Badly in need of a style makeover? Check. It's Fleetwood Mac.
4) JPMorgan = Radiohead
JPMorgan Chase & Co. executives used to boast about the bank's roomful of 250 Ph.D.s, designing exotic derivatives strategies and proprietary mathematical models to tickle the wackier wedges of the world's financial markets for profit. Too clever by half, and needing another big hit to remain relevant?
It could almost be REM. Radiohead edges it.
5) Barclays Capital = Oasis
The capital-markets division of Barclays Plc could be the Red Hot Chili Peppers; chaotic in the 1990s, gained some focus in the early years of this decade, now looking a bit bloated and self-indulgent. Or Barclays Capital could be Keane, since both rose without a trace and are seemingly missing a key component, with Barclays surviving without an equity business and Keane bashing out pop music without the aid of guitars.
Oasis is a better fit. Snarling insolence failed to break the U.S. market and, while past its peak, the band is still capable of flashes of brilliance. Moreover, it probably has twice as many employees as needed. I just can't work out which Gallagher brother, Noel or Liam, is Barclays Plc President Bob Diamond.
6) Morgan Stanley = Coldplay
Deadly earnest. Blue-blooded. Well-heeled. Regularly at the top of the charts, though even fans have the nagging sense they might just be going through the motions. Morgan Stanley and Coldplay are made for each other.
7) Merrill Lynch = Madonna
Both Merrill Lynch & Co. and Madonna peaked in the 1980s and have been irrelevant since the 1990s, notwithstanding umpteen attempts at reinvention. A willingness to jump on any passing bandwagon keeps David Bowie fresh; it leaves both Merrill and Madonna looking a bit like Whitney (Houston) dressed as Britney (Spears).
8) HSBC = any boyband
Guns N' Roses has been poised to release "Chinese Democracy" for a decade. While some tracks have been performed live or been leaked in rough form, the album itself still isn't available. HSBC Holdings Plc has been poised to use its platform in Asian investment banking as the springboard to become a fully fledged global investment bank for at least as long.
HSBC, though, could be any manufactured boyband. The true performers earn peanuts, while the management reaps the financial rewards. And, if there is a genius Robbie Williams lurking in the line-up, there's too much dead wood for the talent to shine through.
9) UBS = Phil Collins
The bank and the former Genesis drummer/singer are both rich, both based in Switzerland, and no one with any sense gives a hoot about either. Medallion men with year-round tans and chunky gold watches bank with UBS AG, and rate ``In the Air Tonight'' as their favorite track of all time.
10) Commerzbank = David Hasselhoff
Both Commerzbank AG and David Hasselhoff, the singing star of Knight Rider and Baywatch, are huge in Germany. Scientists have failed to explain why.
--Editor: Henry.
one down, more to go...
I was all pumped up for yesterday's exam.
After handing in my final Music & Ideas essay (sigh, what a magnum opus that was..! I mean like:
[describing what it was about to my brother]: Oh, I'm looking at the history and the political changes in Bulgaria and how this affected music. Music was recontextualised in two waves over the last one hundred years.
Ernest: ......Woah....this sounds very complex for a second year subject.....
Me: Oh, no, it's a first-year subject!)
Anyway, this listening test...I got so many people to test me, I wrote the notes out again, I listened to the tracks over and over again..
I was so pumped.
And at least the exam justified some of my study. I seriously think I could have written about all ten tracks that we had to learn about. I'm always disappointed with listening tests. Maybe I shouldn't study so much for them so that I'll feel all relieved once they're over.
Had a music lesson on Tuesday. That went well.
My next exam is on Tuesday, my piano technical exam. Eep! Especially when my examiner is the Head of Keyboard...eep! And I don't think my technical work is great....although I want it to be! Well, my teacher thinks I'm going well, so hopefully she's got the right idea..!
So, I'm kinda killing time right now. I'm so bored that I've started studying for my 3rd-week exams already! I have summarised all the notes for Introductory Econometrics as well as Business in the Global Economy. I haven't done questions or fully read the textbook yet though..I shall have to do that. Sometimes I think I have lots of time, but then I think, "Eek! Only one and a half weeks to go! EEEEEKKKK!!!" I'm a bit muddled...!
So, it's feeling pretty cruisy at the moment. Which shouldn't be the case. I have to stress...it's my motivation factor. I'm trying to psyche myself up...it's the way I'll be thoroughly prepared.
However, it's pretty hard, as I try to organise my social life in this period...
I still have to work (need the ca$h.....), I need to have final tutes (make sure I know my stuff..), I need to catch up with some people I haven't seen almost all semester, meetings (business!) regarding (mostly musical) events happening next semester, birthdays to celebrate (lots of them, I'll tell you..! LOTS!!!), friends to see and show around Melbourne, end-of-exams celebration parties to attend (even if I haven't finished exams...), concerts to go to, packing up my room, oh...and did I mention I still have EXAMS...????
Life just doesn't get easier as the semester rolls along...quite the opposite....why now, oh why?!?!
After handing in my final Music & Ideas essay (sigh, what a magnum opus that was..! I mean like:
[describing what it was about to my brother]: Oh, I'm looking at the history and the political changes in Bulgaria and how this affected music. Music was recontextualised in two waves over the last one hundred years.
Ernest: ......Woah....this sounds very complex for a second year subject.....
Me: Oh, no, it's a first-year subject!)
Anyway, this listening test...I got so many people to test me, I wrote the notes out again, I listened to the tracks over and over again..
I was so pumped.
And at least the exam justified some of my study. I seriously think I could have written about all ten tracks that we had to learn about. I'm always disappointed with listening tests. Maybe I shouldn't study so much for them so that I'll feel all relieved once they're over.
Had a music lesson on Tuesday. That went well.
My next exam is on Tuesday, my piano technical exam. Eep! Especially when my examiner is the Head of Keyboard...eep! And I don't think my technical work is great....although I want it to be! Well, my teacher thinks I'm going well, so hopefully she's got the right idea..!
So, I'm kinda killing time right now. I'm so bored that I've started studying for my 3rd-week exams already! I have summarised all the notes for Introductory Econometrics as well as Business in the Global Economy. I haven't done questions or fully read the textbook yet though..I shall have to do that. Sometimes I think I have lots of time, but then I think, "Eek! Only one and a half weeks to go! EEEEEKKKK!!!" I'm a bit muddled...!
So, it's feeling pretty cruisy at the moment. Which shouldn't be the case. I have to stress...it's my motivation factor. I'm trying to psyche myself up...it's the way I'll be thoroughly prepared.
However, it's pretty hard, as I try to organise my social life in this period...
I still have to work (need the ca$h.....), I need to have final tutes (make sure I know my stuff..), I need to catch up with some people I haven't seen almost all semester, meetings (business!) regarding (mostly musical) events happening next semester, birthdays to celebrate (lots of them, I'll tell you..! LOTS!!!), friends to see and show around Melbourne, end-of-exams celebration parties to attend (even if I haven't finished exams...), concerts to go to, packing up my room, oh...and did I mention I still have EXAMS...????
Life just doesn't get easier as the semester rolls along...quite the opposite....why now, oh why?!?!
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
flowers
the lillies are blooming. their pink petals opening up to reveal the i-can't-remember-the-scientific-term-for-it-from-year-nine-science. the brown speckles don't even overpower their pink!
they're beautiful! they make my room smell like a florist. i think i could appreciate having fresh flowers every day. if only somebody would buy them for me! then i could justify buying a vase...
they're beautiful! they make my room smell like a florist. i think i could appreciate having fresh flowers every day. if only somebody would buy them for me! then i could justify buying a vase...
Useless tips
Thanks to Rach for this one..! :)
Don't waste money buying expensive binoculars. Simply stand
next to the object you wish to view.
Always poo at work. Not only will you save money on toilet
paper, but you'll also be getting paid for it.
Weight watchers. Avoid that devilish temptation to nibble at
a chocolate bar in the cupboard or fridge by not buying the
f**king thing in the first place, you fat b*stard.
Recreate the fun of a visit to a public swimming pool in
your home by filling the bath with cold water, adding two
bottles of bleach,then urinating into it, before
jumping in.
Anorexics. When your knees become fatter than your legs,
start eating cake again.
An empty aluminium cigar tube filled with angry wasps makes
an inexpensive vibrator.
Olympic athletes. Disguise the fact that you've taken
steroids by running a bit slower.
Smokers. Save on matches and lighters, by simply lighting your
next fag from the butt of your last one.
Vegetarians coming to dinner? Simply serve them a nice bit
of steak or veal. Since they're always going on about how
tofu, Quorn, meat substitute etc 'tastes exactly like the
real thing', they won't know the difference.
Invited by vegetarians for dinner? Point out that since
you'd no doubtbe made aware of their special dietary
requirements, tell them aboutyours, and ask for a
nice steak.
High blood pressure sufferers. Simply cut yourself and
bleed for awhile, thus reducing the pressure in
your veins.
Heavy smokers. Don't throw away those filters from the end
of your cigarettes. Save them up and within a few years
you'll have enough to insulate your roof.
Hyundai drivers. Attach a lighted sparkler to the roof of
your car before starting a long journey. You drive the
things like dodgems anyway, so it may as well look
like one.
A mouse trap placed on top on of your alarm clock will
prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep.
Girls. Don't worry about a nice dress for that important
first date. All he's interested in is seeing you naked.
Putting just the right amount of gin in your goldfish bowl
makes the fishes' eyes bulge and cause them to swim in an
amusing manner.
Monday, June 05, 2006
who knew?
RE: weddings.
1) I can't eat at my own wedding. Apparently I'll be too busy saying hi, taking photos and making small talk. Pooh, I love eating! Especially if I've chosen the food!
2) I get two rings. The guy only gets one. Hah, I win! hahaha. moving on....
I haven't thought too much..!
1) I can't eat at my own wedding. Apparently I'll be too busy saying hi, taking photos and making small talk. Pooh, I love eating! Especially if I've chosen the food!
2) I get two rings. The guy only gets one. Hah, I win! hahaha. moving on....
I haven't thought too much..!
Sunday, June 04, 2006
Friendship
I know I've put this one up before, but I really like it, so here it is again, courtesy of Belle.
A girl asked a guy if he thought she was pretty.
He said...no.
She asked him if he would want to be with her
forever...and he said no.
She then asked him if she were to leave would he cry,
and once again he replied with a no.
She had heard enough. As she walked away, tears streaming
down her
face the boy grabbed her arm and said...
You're not pretty you're beautiful.
I don't want to be with you forever, I NEED to be
with you forever.
And I wouldn't cry if you walked away...I'd die...
SO NOW I WILL SAY:
I like you because of who you are to me...A true friend.
And if I don't get this back I'll take the hint.
Tonight at midnight your true love will realize
they like you.
Something good will happen to you at 1:00-4:00 PM
tomorrow. It could be anywhere -- AOL, Yahoo, outside
of school, anywhere.
Get ready for the biggest shock of your life.
Please send to 15 people in 15 minutes.
Remember:
"A good friend will come bail you out of jail...."
But a true friend will be sitting next to you saying ..
"WE screwed up!"
Proud to be your Friend!
Make sure you read all the way down to the
last sentence, and don't skip ahead.
I've learned...that life is like a roll of toilet paper.
The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes.
I've learned...that we should be glad God doesn't give
us everything we ask for.
I've learned...that money doesn't buy class.
I've learned...that it's those small daily happenings
that make life so spectacular.
I've learned...that under everyone's hard shell is
someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.
I've learned...that the Lord didn't do it all
in one day.
What makes me think I can?
I've learned...that to ignore the facts does not change
the facts.
I've learned.
I've learned...that the less time I have to work, the
more things I get done.
To all of you...make sure you read all the way down to
the last sentence.
It's National Friendship Week.
Show your friends how much you care.
Send this to everyone you consider a FRIEND, even if it
means sending
it back to the person who sent it to you.
If it comes back to you, then you'll know you have a
circle of friends.
HAPPY FRIENDSHIP WEEK TO YOU!!!!!!
YOU ARE MY FRIEND AND I am honored
Saturday, June 03, 2006
a note
a stack of photos follow. Because i've just realised that i haven't put these up! So, sorry. And thank you to everybody who i've pinched these photos from.
if you have photos from these events, please email them to me! I'm always willing to receive them!
So, in order:
Photos from the Revue (19 & 21 May)
Fellows Dinner (17 May)
Rowing Day (14 May)
Enjoy :)
if you have photos from these events, please email them to me! I'm always willing to receive them!
So, in order:
Photos from the Revue (19 & 21 May)
Fellows Dinner (17 May)
Rowing Day (14 May)
Enjoy :)
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