Monstar OST

Whenever I watched a korean drama, I'll definitely look out for their OST. The songs for korean dramas are just super nice! It's like they've put in a lot of effort for the OST. There will be at least 1 song that I will fall in love with. Then whenever I get to listen to the song on my ipod shuffle, it will bring me back all the scenes from that drama.

Then again, for Heirs, their OST doesn't appeal to me. :( Oh wells, the cast is good enough already. ;)

Anyways, here are some of the songs on REPEAT for me right now! Some of these songs are not even included in the OST. I think it's because those songs belongs to other artistes, they are not originally produced just for Monstar. Nevertheless, these are really nice and soothing songs.

1)I feel so happy whenever I listen to this song, it's so encouraging too....it's like filled with H.O.P.E, positive energy~~~ This is my favourite kind of songs, 轻快的歌~~~ 2)This is a powerful song....the impactful part is at the back...listen to it! This is the original version. I prefer the Monstar Version for the female part and Original Version for the male part. :) The female part for Monstar is just more powerful and impactful? Then again, Lena Park is a really good singer, I went to check out her youtube videos, it's not bad! 3)I love the tune for this song~ so touching~ together with the guitar~~ even better~~~~~~~ 4)This song is really cute and soothing to listen to! The little girl added a lot of points to this song! There's a lot of version of this song being featured in this drama. However, this is my favourite! Read some comments and found out that the girl is actually from some singing competition. No wonder she can sings so well! 5)This is one of the version of the previous song, more lively version. 6)Cool way of playing the guitar, cute! 7)Love math? Try this....I doubt I can do this. What a way to memorise math formula. I wonder if this method really exist in Korea. Try recognizing some of the formulas. 8)This is also another powerful song. I really like her singing. 9)A song with soothing, powerful and high parts!

10)This is the 双手连弹 Canon D I'm talking about the last time.
Alright! That's all, have to go continue my individual project already. Hais. Nevermind, got all these songs to accompany me through the night. :)

Name these towers!

Got this photo from Scoot's Facebook page sometime back. 

Name these towers!

A) Taipei 101, Taipei, Taiwan

B) Tokyo Tower, Tokyo, Japan

C) Namsan Tower, Seoul, Korea

Visited the first one once...really hope that I can go to the other 2 someday. :) 

A little.....just a little.........more relax and free :)

Now that my midterms are over, I'm really less busy....at least I can find some time to watch tv and videos on youtube. There's nothing interesting about my life right now.....I go to school. go for tuition, go home....and go nowhere else.

I've been craving for pastries and desserts recently. I've the urge to bake right now too but I really can't afford the time to go buy the ingredients and start baking. I didn't bake last holiday since I was in Taiwan for the entire time. I really miss baking. :(

And I miss my Macbook so much. I'm using my uncle's windows 8 laptop and it just don't feel good. The whole interface, typing feel, many convenient functions..........however, I didn't have a problem with the size and weight. The weight of this laptop is so much lighter and although it's a 13", I feel that it's good enough. I guess I won't be getting a 15" one in the future. I'm definitely choosing Apple again....just that I don't know when I will be getting a new one. The old one just costs too much for me to just give it up after 3.5 years. I don't feel that amount only worth 3.5 years. Hahahaha...Oh wells, I just have to stick with what I've now. As longer as I have an access to internet and be able to use it as and when I like, without the need to borrow, it's really good enough for me given my situation right now.

I'm currently watching the korean drama....nope, not the stars stars korean drama but "Monstar". The songs they sang in the drama are really nice, especially Colorbar's performance in the drama. I love the duo-play arrangement of Canon too. This drama is really very different, it's indeed more musical like. I LIKE! All the characters in the drama doesn't have the exaggerated reactions and actions, more normal and natural. And yes, whenever I watch a drama or movie that is related to music and characters can play so well with the instruments, I secretly wish that my parents did send me for music lesson and learn at least one instrument. Then, whenever I'm lonely or bored, other than going for a jog/do exercise, I can play the instrument to destress too.

What instrument would I want to play? Piano or guitar. I really love the piano due to Jay Chou. A lot of his songs are piano based and they are all SO GOOD. I love it even more after watching the movie - Secret - by him too. Then again, piano is just too bulky. With a guitar, I can bring it with me whenever I go. Imagine.....when I go traveling....I can play guitar by the Florida beach, at the London Hyde Park, at the bottom of Korea's Namsam Tower or even just in the hotel room itself! I really know how to day-dream huh.

And yea, sometimes I do feel like one of the character in the show too. It would be good if I can play at least an instrument, as it will make you different from others. If I know how to play the piano, I will be able to play with my host family's son better since he love the piano too. I will be able to play the piano during class as I teach when I was teaching at the school in a Taiwan too. They actually have a piano in one of the classroom, how cool is that? Imagine, if I were to make use of the piano for lesson, it would have been more fun. Even if there's no piano, if I know how to play the guitar, I would be able to bring it along and use it to the fullest. How cool is that?

Imagine. imagine, imagine. That's the word I've used throughout this post. Things don't just drop right in front of you for you. Things don't just happen for you when you wished for it. You have to go earn and work hard for it to happen.

Oh and is it really true that when girls get rejected or fall out of love, they will cut their hair to make them feel better and that also means a new start for them? I've heard this from my ex-manager as she herself did it, from long and bushy hair to a bob. Then in this drama, the girl also went to cut her hair and said the same thing as my ex-manager. And.....there's this online blogger who fell out of a deep love recently, cut her hair short too. Although it's not a bob, but it's from a really long length to below or near the shoulder. From the first day I get to know her online, I never see her hair to be ANY shorter than below chest level.  

Solve it.

Whenever you encounter a problem, what should you do?

Whine about it? Blame it on others that it happen? Or just walk away and think that it will some how not exist the next day?

The answer is a BIG FAT.......NO.

If you think it's a problem that is affecting you sooooooo badly, DO SOMETHING! Don't just sit there, whine and whine and whine. Showing attitude and all.

Will all those solve the problem? NO.

Will the problem just disappear right in front of you? NO.

Will blaming on others solve the problem too? NO.

Technology is so advance today. There's something call, Google. Don't like? Can try, Yahoo. Still doesn't appeal to you? Try, BING. Ask.com. and the list goes on and on and on and on and on and on and on..............x15166489435149492817896286574541984761871412135438486456

You get what I mean.

Just type the question/keywords in and press 'ENTER'. There you go, many possible solutions to solve your problem. I won't say it will DEFINITELY solve your problem but at least there's a chance? It's always better than sitting there doing nothing and use your MOUTH to just WHINE and WHINE and WHINE and what's even worse, CURSE and SWEAR and SHOW ATTITUDE.

I just can't take it. I can't tolerate people who can swear so easily, especially over small issues. Of course, everyone has a vulgar side of them, including me, I don't deny. And yes, the mouth is yours, you can say WHATEVER you want, no on can control that, except you. However, the fact is that, you can choose not to say them out. Those words aren't really nice in the first place. By saying them out isn't helping too, so just stop it.

*Urgh*

感想

Busy, tired, busy, tired and still........busy and tired.

Nothing interesting about my life now.....so I've decided to share the report I've sent to the principal in Taiwan. It's been a long time since I write a Chinese essay. According to the principal's reply, she corrected some parts for me...hahaha. Anyway, she told me that she will send it to the reporter and if the reporter decides to write a report on them regarding them hosting an international volunteer, she will inform me about it. :)

The reporter actually went to their school to have an interview with the principal regarding their newly renovated library as their library has a really cool theme. That day, the principal actually wanted the reporter to do an interview with me but I wasn't at my desk. T.T I missed the chance to be interviewed and to appear on newspaper....HAHAHAHHAHA....somemore, a TAIWANESE NEWSPAPER LEH. Oh wells, certain things are just fated luhhhh......I mean how cool is that? I will so be honoured....

So here goes...

這次是我第三次來臺灣。第一次待上七天而第二次待上了十五天。所以對我來說，臺灣的人，事，物一點也不陌生。這次，我足足待上了的六個星期。當我決定到臺灣勝任國際志工的工作時，我認為這將又是一個臺灣之旅，應該不會有什麼非常新鮮或特別的體驗。我這想法還真是大錯特錯。我在臺南，臺灣，的那六個星期，可說是我目前人生最難忘，最刻苦銘心的體驗。

我被分配到臺南的一所國小，石門國民小學。在那裡，校長，主任，老師和學生們都很歡迎我。校長和主任們安排了一個時間表給我，讓我到不同班級上課。我會和學生們分享我來自的一個小島 ─ 新加坡。每個星期我都會準備不同的資料，讓學生們了解和認識新加坡這個花園城市，以及新加坡的風俗民情。能和師生們分享新加坡是我的榮幸，應為我能讓那些不知道新加坡的人認識這個小島。而那些已對新加坡有點了解的人也能從我身上更深一層了解這個國家。不止這樣，上課時，我也會儘量用英文上課和教學生們一些英文的單子。這麼一來，學生們不止可以認識到新加坡，也能學習英文，真是一舉兩得。然後，每天傍晚四點到五點，我會到寶貝台灣和石門夜天使班級上英文課。我認為能幫助這些學生是我在我的能力範圍能做的。看到他們，不管是家庭有什麼問題等等都還是那麼堅強和好學，我真的感到很欣慰。尤其是寶貝台灣的學生們，他們每一位都很認真地向我學習英文。在上每一堂課之前，我都會複習上一堂課所學過的。當我問他們問題時，他們幾乎都能全部答對。這真的讓我感到很欣慰，因為我的辛苦沒白費。除了上課，我還有機會參加石門國小的運動會和週年慶。這是個非常難得的體驗，因為之前出國都沒有機會參加或看到類似這樣的活動。在學校，學生們向我學習英文和認識新加坡，而我從師生們身上也有學到很多。透過不同老師，我學會不同的教學方法。從學生身上，我也學到了更正確的中文。在石門國小的那六個星期，我體驗到了一個全新的校園生活。從中，我也學到了一些技能，如：上課時如何安排時間，怎樣才能讓課程更有趣，上台說話的技巧，教學的技巧等等。有些是我之前覺得我不可能辦到的事。但經過那六個星期的磨練，我相信如果以後踏入社會上工作時，需要用到這些技能的話，我一定可以把它們給做好。

在學校有這麼多人的照顧，放學回到我那六個星期的“家”，也有人在照顧我。他們是我的寄宿家庭。我真的很謝謝方先生和方太太的照顧，也很謝謝他們肯招待我。在那六個星期，我體驗到了台灣人每天的日常生活。方家人都把我當著是自己人，有什麼好吃，好玩，好看的都會和我分享。那六個星期多虧有他們的陪伴，我才不會感到寂寞和非常想念家。和他們聊天，我認識到不同台灣人的價值觀，宗教習俗等。我非常喜歡這樣的交流，因為我不用通過互聯網就能了解到別的國家的人的想法，文化等等。而且是從當事人身上得知的，所得到的也會更詳細，更清楚。

那六個星期，說長不長，說短不短，但一眨眼就過去了。這是我在大學三年以來過的最充實的寒假。每一天我都在學習，而且也都在把我會的，知道的傳授給學生們。週末的時候，我會到臺南的不同地方，看看臺南，了解臺南－臺灣最古老的城市。從中，我也就認識到臺灣的一些歷史文化。跟之前的臺灣之旅比起來，我真的是更深一層認識到臺灣的歷史文化。總的來說，那六個星期將會是我在台灣最好的回憶，我一定會牢牢記住的。

我在互聯網上看到這麼一個句子，“台灣最美麗的地方。。。就是人。”我認為這句子一點也沒錯，一點也不誇張。應為我在臺南，臺灣的那六個星期，真的體會到了台灣人的熱情。

雖然得跟大家說再見，但我知道，有一天，我還是會回到臺南看大家。有可能有些老師已不在石門國小教書了，有些學生也畢業了，但我知道，我曾經是石門的一份子，是方家的一份子，那就夠了。

And yes, I do enjoy writing in Chinese. :)

(P.S: The principal also made this comment, "你的文法很不错哦!")