Monday, November 29, 2010

I love MAMA aka Mnet Asian Music Awards.. hehe i always thought the abbreviation sounds funny..
But it's funny in a gd way.. Mama gives it a "homely" feel~
It's organised by Korean's Mnet, so understandably most of the artistes are Korean..There's Chinese & Japanese artistes, but seems quite "不红" cos i havent heard of them b4 =p
So it's really weird to call themselves Asian music awards..

"Asian Music" emcompasses so many countries & languages~
Korean, Chinese (China, Taiwan, HK), Japanese, Filipinos, Vietnamese, Malaysian, Indonesian, Indian, Cambodian, Thai... And of course, Singaporean..
SO many outstanding musicians that i couldnt listen to them all in my lifetime..

Gosh!! 2PM won 3 awards!!!

They're a fantastic boyband but i didnt expect them to win So many~~
Cameramen loves Nichkhun a lot, keep zooming in to his nice face.. Hehehe.. Taecyeon & Chansung are as awesome as always yays!!!

Hmm maybe cos SM Ent's artistes were absent from the event?
I rmb last year SM Ent boycotted the MAMA awards as the organisers let Jaejoong, Yoochun & Junsu attend and collect awards on behalf of DBSK. They were in the midst of lawsuit & arent supposed to participate in anything aka "appear in public". That shucks..

I saw JYP Ent's 2PM in a super prominent VIP seats beside YG Ent's 2NE1.. And MAMA let YGE's biggest band Big Bang (pun unintended =p) perform 6 songs continuously.. Even though it's just 3 members, they totally rocked the stage as each of them exude different charms & charisma~

Hence it doesnt matter much when SHINee, SuJu, Snsd arent around..
Having 2PM, Big Bang & Miss A, Wonder Girls is awesome alr..

I enjoyed specially staged live perfs, diff from usual mvs, music shows..
2PM's sad, lonely mime setting is interesting, but the prelude took quite long & pple who dunno 2PM wouldnt be interested to wait & watch them..

Miss A's a powerful rookie girl grp, I guessed their 'Bad Girl Good Girl' would win Song of the Year and they did! Just sang that song in ktv ytd =)
It's a great debut song for the group!

2NE1 got 2 big awards. Artiste of the Year as well as Album of the Year..
I used to like this fierce hiphop girl grp, but i grew sick of them..
Practically ignored their latest album release 'Cant Anybody', just didnt listen to a single song, neither did i watch their music video & live perf..
Should i give that album a listen when i'm free?

But then since when am i free?
Having 2 modules (again) in this block is time-consuming.. I have been focusing on Photography, Applied Illustration's neglected le~
1st time experimentation with a DSLR, meddling ard with the manual modes: ISO, aperture, shutter speed..

Went for photoshoot in Clarke Quay last thur..
Took a short walk b4 & after my dance session in Chinatown to take pictures.. That area's more interesting cos of all that heritage & cultural elements..
Ahhh, i dun think i've fantastic photos to show, but eh... 40% of the module's marks eh.. Make or break~

Bless me..
Lovely thanks!

yunn. at 12:18 AM

Saturday, November 20, 2010

A short breather~
End of 1st block of sem 1.2, non-stop classes fr 9am-3pm... Now: rest a lil (yes, just 2 days) b4 starting next block.
Non-stop lessons fr 12-6pm..

TODAY's a gd saturday.. becos..

Random things make life more interesting.

Took a random walk ard city area..

Walked from Victoria Street area and ended my walk at Promenade Mrt station.. Idk how many km i've walked heehee..

-Saw some random people whom i know/recognise, but in some way i dunno them, cos i didnt feel the urge to go up to them to say Hi or anything.

-Walked by Citylink, enjoyed the aroma from the Popcorn shop, it's crowded with people.. Novelty of a American popcorn shop in Singapore?
It smells so good, those caramelised corn looked so gd..

-Walked by Marina Square.. New Korean cosmetics shop Tony Moly's in Singapore!

Aha.. My memory of Tony Moly = Kim Hyun Joong


Storefront of Korea's TonyMoly shop~
That BOF star endorsed the brand for sometime, kept seeing his advertisements appear in Taiwanese magazines. Was half-expecting to see his huge picture adorning the storefront (just like fellow BOF star Lee Minho's Etude House? hehe)

But NO, i see SKK Scandal's actor Song Joongki fronting the latest ad campaign~
Yeah. Joongki, noticed this fella fr the funny variety show Running Man (where celebrities go to a place/places at night & spent the whole night running ard... it's a wonder how they can survive the nonstop filming & endure some insane games)

Just did a random search on yahoo & found this fr Elle korea's photoshoot (what's with the shoe on top of head, secured by tying shoelaces on his hoodie??? lols, but i find it interesting enough to save this =p )
Actor, music show's host, variety show permanent guest..

-Walked into Suntec's Carrefour & bought a apple tart (my fav apple tart's on sale! yay~) Ok, so thats not really random..

Anw, SKK Scandal aka Songkyunkwan Scandal is so NICEEE..
It's like a blend of classic idol dramas: Boys Over Flowers/Meteor Garden + Hana Kimi
It upps the 2 by placing the characters back in Chosun era..
Idol drama becomes period drama.. Heard that there's many auntie fans of the drama in SKorea..
I watched many episodes during e hols, but didnt have time to continue after sch term started =x

Oki, Shall just end this random post randomly~~ lala..

yunn. at 9:19 PM

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Last week of 2nd semester's 1st block:

Just had Japanese test today (yes, yet again).. It's listening test.. MCQs yeah!
The prev Lang & Culture test's easy.. But i didnt score as well as i wished i did... Cos i gave away some marks.. idk why.. Eyes not entirely open that morning since i slept at 4AM..

Q) Which of the following is not a world heritage site?
Why on earth didn't i see 'Mount Fuji' as one of the choices????
--such a Duh! Questn, how can a mountain be a "heritage site" it's definitely the answer!!!
But i got that wrong *face palm*

I dun like the stupid feeling =x

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Do you remember the Smurfs??
Those blue creatures with fat white hats.. Hehe..
Looks like hmm.. i dun know what animal Smurfs was based on..

They appeared again! In LG Optimus (Google new phone)'s Commercial... togt with my favourite Big Bang..
This CF's so cute.. Kawaii desu ne!
With Xmas-y music: lalala lalala lalalalala~
--suits the year-end Christmas season^^



This vid puts a smile on my face~^^
Now: Back to chiong my assignments.. (with a smile)
I hope my smile lasts~~

yunn. at 1:23 PM

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Time flies.. yet again.. lost track of time~
Thought this is just the 2nd week of school, although it's already the 3rd week..
Hence explaining my absence here (cloud's online nest) for the past week or so..

Past Sunday: A series of unfortunate events

After proj meeting for my Jap class, wanted to go home to complete my assignments due the next day..
1) Walked to the mrt station, heard the announcement "The train towards Pasir Ris will be delayed for 2o min due to a train fault" (-.-'')
--wth.. i wanna go home!

2) Took the first bus i saw at the bus stop nearby, planning to switch buses later..

3) Started raining (o.O)

4) Alighted at a random bus stop in Tampines.. Rain's drizzling in cos of the wind..
Hugged my bag tightly as i dun want my laptop to get wet (I still dun've a laptop bag for my fat 15 inch LG baby though baby's already 1 and half years old =p )

5) Phone call fr Dad.. Asking what i wanted for dinner as he was tapao-ing..
Just then, i saw the bus i wanted to take come by, couldnt pick myself up in time to run & flag it.. waited so longgggg... for the next one..

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Busy days comin' up with assignments deadlines & Japanese test..
Woolala~ Muahaha~

So lil time left for myself..
My "backlog" of Must-Watch dramas & Kpop performances/ K-variety shows are getting longer..
No time no time!!

Oh, and i signed up for twitter days ago... Reason being: I wanna follow my korean celebrities, since so manyyy of them are on twitter..
Know that the weather's turning cold from their tweets..

And this afternoon, my Jaejoong made me jaw drop with his tweet in Chinese.. I stared at my laptop screen for a gd 10 sec while sitting at my fav corner in the classroom (^o^)

Isn't that Jae's new tweet?? Why is it that i can read it?
His tweets are usually in Korean or Japanese (he uses Romanji, not Hiragana)
So, when i saw this.........
"纽约是太冷了.. 不过，我真的很喜欢这些冰冷..! "

Surprised, stunned then laughed..
Laughed out Loud..
At the Fail Chinese provided by those online translation websites, they arent reliable.. cos many a times, their translations need to be translated b4 we can understand..

When i first discovered online translator websites, i was REALLY excited~
I thought i uncovered some hidden gem..
Until i put English sentences & clicked translate to Chinese, turned out REALLY horrible.. waha.. they offer only word-for-word translations, grammar's all screwed up & sometimes they chose the wrong word to replace..
Simply destroys the meaning of the sentence/phrase..

Thanks Jaejae for caring for foreign fans, he proceeded to tweet in Thai & Spanish.. For a moment i thought he was gg to continue using the online translator service to generate more versions..
IT'S A FACT THAT DBSK IS WORLD-FAMOUS after all.. There's fans everywhere (US & Europe -fans in Germany, Portugal are getting desperate since their chances of seeing DBSK are so low)

yunn. at 8:53 PM