Music

hi,

been listening to a lot of music recently....
i always believe that the kind of music a person likes or enjoy depicts the persons personality and character...

my dad's fav song is green green grass of home, ...haha, but i dont have an all time favourite song...

i listen to lots of different kinds of music...pop, rnb, cabaret, opera (especially b4 exam, can release tension), musicals, pop rock etc...can be in english, mandarin or malay...but canto seldom lar..

my current favourite songs are take a bow from rihanna and leavin' from jesse mcchartney..

but that's not the point of this post...the point i wanna bring is......

the power of art...

some people like to read novels because they totally throw themselves into the story that they are reading using their imagination...to the point that they totally feel for the character of the story....until it totally affect their mood and thinking in real life...

now, i believe that this kind of 'power' can also be translated through music...certain messages can be literated through the lyrics and emotions can be reflected through the melody and rhythm of a song....

last night, quynh and I were having a mini 'karaoke' session...haha, and we were like showing each other songs that we like on 'youtube'.....and she did intro me some songs that was kinda nice.....but there was this particular song that stuck on my mind up till now....which is this particular song....

'Gloomy Sunday'....now, this song is also known as the Hungarian Suicide song....apparently, many suicides have been linked to this song as it is a really depressing song...i wiki'ed this song and found out that this song has been re sung many times...and it was made popular by billie holiday...both the original composer and the singer commited suicide,,,and long long time ago, during the world war 2, this song was banned in Hungary as it was said to have been linked to many suicide cases....even in the US, it had been banned from it being played on radios and clubs...but now no more lar..many people have resung this song.....

but quynh insisted that there's actually nothing wrong with this song....and everything was a mere coincidence...but i think no lor...there must be something with this song that made its listeners sad...but in my opinion, different ppl hav different interpretations...
but to tell u the truth, i dare not listen finish the whole song...i've just heard like 10 seconds into the song, and i got a bit freaked out when i heard about the background of this song...this song is ranked as one of the saddest song ever...but many singers have resung this song and they are totally fine and embracing life...so it's ok lar..but still...
so ppl, if u r scared, then pls dont listen to this song...i m not responsible for your mental wellbeing..thank you...

but like i said, i totally believe in the power of music...and i find this incident very spooky....just like the curse of the eyptian mummy tombs...

i m scared, that's why i only listen to happy songs...=) like the Barney song....

These boots are made for walking..

hey, in preparation for winter, i have bought winter boots....i think we bought it last week i think...it was cad 39.92 before tax...not a bad price from walmart....it's from bum equipment...

my criteria of a good winter boots:

1. good grip on the soles....as it gets really slippery on the melted snow...i almost fell on my butt...

2. water resistant....the last thing u want is the snow melting and the moisture absorbed into your socks...then u will feel really uncomfortable with the dampness in your feet for hours...

3. looks relatively stylish...this is really impt lor i think...coz if the boots is so ugly and ruggard looking, u wont want to even wear it...

4. no heels lar...coz it winter lar, who would be that stupid to wear boots with heels during winter? the heels will pierced through the snow...its one way to distinguish between a fashion boots and winter boots...

5. not too expensive...since i'll be wearing it for only 2 over months...but i'll bring home...just in case next time i happen to need it...btw, i bought US size 7, so if anybody wants to borrow it in future can ask from me..

actually there's one in a beige colour, exactly the same design...i like that pair more, but no size...so no choice lor..

so far, i havent worn it out yet...coz recently, the weather's been kinda warm....about 13 degrees average with NO snow...so have to wait...

and the weather's been really weird...coz at 4 something pm in the afternoon, it's like 6 o'clock outside...it turns dark really early...a bit strange....nowadays, i m eating dinner sharp at 6pm or even slightly before...coz the sky turns dark really quick making me damn hungry...

ok...bye!

Change in Local Time

hihi.....as many of u might know by now that the time difference between montreal and singapore/malaysia is exactly 12 hours....hence if it's 12am in montreal on 1 of november, its 12pm in msia/sin on the 1st of november...

however, starting from today (2nov), the daylight saving time has ended at 1:59:59am last night....hence last night right, when i went to bed at 1.59 am (local montreal time), then the next second is 1am again instead of 2 am..like i've gained an extra hour.....coz the daylight saving plan has ended...

the daylight saving plan is a way of getting more light out of the day by advancing the clocks by an hour....it's for practical reasons, so that they can save electricity on lighting as it turns dark later....this year, it started on march 9th and ended nov 2nd....so now, we have to set our clocks back by an hour to revert back to the original EST(eastern time).... so weird right? i didnt know about this until yesterday....and i thought driving on the other side of the road was weird enough...so hor, now, the time difference between montreal and sin/msia is 13 HOURS!...

apparently hor, this daylight saving thing occurs every year..many countries observe the daylight saving time such as US and Canada...but cause in msia so near the equator, that's why we dont notice or even require it...and every year, it might start on a different date and end on a different date....depends on the weather forecast i guess...dont know how they predict the date..i think it's like how they predict which is the first day of hari raya....but i think for this, they dont look at the moon....haha

this morning i had a project meeting at 11am....luckily i converted my clock or else i will be an hour early....=)

so interesting right?
the weather here is so eventful.....unlike SEA, hot and humid throughout the year..
bye=)

from summer to fall to winter!

hey, took this picture outside my apartment yesterday.....see the snow on the ground....everywhere looks so different compared to when i first arrived at montreal...now, the tree leaves are falling...and there's snow....but today less snow compared to yesterday...not everytime have one leh...but i suppose in a few weeks, snow will be everywhere...btw, the temperature outside is about 2 degrees...that's why we quickly took one photo and quickly run back in...

and i collected maple leaves to bring home...i 'kepit' it inside one of my text books....luckily i collected it earlier, if not now, the snow melt, the leaves are damp...

tomorrow will be a horror day for me, not becoz it's halloween, but becoz i got 2 midterms....*cold sweat*...

i cant stop eating....getting fat leh....sigh..
happy halloween!
=)

Snow!!

hello, good morning!!

Just a quick update as my class will start in 5 minutes time...
this morning, i woke up to a lovely surprise...=) it started to snow...
it looks like a thin layer of icing sugar on the grass....
so pretty...everywhere looks so different compared to yesterday...
snow is at the top of the cars and building roofs...
i felt like i've just ticked on my checklist of 'things to do before i die'....
a bit excited coz it's my 1st time experiencing snow..
how nice if the temperature is a bit warmer, like 12 degrees like that, and it snows..then it will be perfect...haha, too bad..

It makes the road a tiny bit slippery...coz i almost 'pok kai' walking down the steps outside my apartment...like skating like that....oh yea, will be getting winter boots soon....have to get one with good grip...
yippee.....but it's kinda cold outside...
ok, no time to post pics...later lar...

ok, have to go...bye!

Updates

woah....haven't touched my blog for like almost 2 weeks or more....hence, it's time for an update on my life here..=) have to revive this blog, if i myself dont read my own blog, how do i expect others to read it?? recently just went to ottawa...that's all...

recently, i realised that a few friends are also coming to McGill for exchange next year.....why the sudden trend?? how come McGill suddenly become so popular?? dunno lar..

anyways, what have i been up to the past few weeks..
- had 3 midterms, 2 more to go next week...
- didn't go travelling this 2 weekends...surprisingly, i felt a bit bored at home coz we've been travelling somewhere for the past few weekends...

Good things that happen to me:

1. nothing much really.....no news means good news...

2. watching youtube like crazy..

3. i actually enjoy studying finance....lol...quite interesting leh....last time, one senior said that finance is very hard bla bla bla...dont choose finance if u r not very sure of what u wanna do coz u will die...it is very hard...she was giving really bad advice...i m not gonna listen to the crap she has to say....coz why? no one ever said that it's easy, same goes to the other industries....oh well..

Bad things that didnt go my way:

1. i left an egg on the table, as i was going to cook it in 2 minutes time...the bloody egg rolled and drop on the floor...resulting in slimy mess on the floor and chair..

2. i forgot to top up my prepaid phone in time...hence, i called back home on my phone to finish my credit minutes...that's a really expensive call....lesson learnt...no more procrastination for me..

3. last week i was at the library, searching for a book at the shelves..and the book happened to be placed at the bottom..so i had to like squat down to take the book...then the stupid fella go and shift the shelves, i almost got 'sandwiched' between to shelves....so dangerous...coz the shelves are on rollers...i was so shocked as i was right in the middle...i have to give out a desperate sound of pain....this ppl, dont even bother to check whether there's ppl there or not before shifting the shelves....after that, the guy was quite apologetic, but i was too irritated oredi... coz if i kena 'kiap' in between the shelves, can physically hurt me leh....

4. my external microphone for my laptop spoil oredi lar...so now cannot call home....china products all not durable one...no quality control...now i have to borrow my friend's lap top to call home..

5. we were supposed to go to La Ronde, this theme park in montreal full of rides, and they were having this Halloween decorations and stuff...but it was raining heavily...we even went all the way there, but have to come back empty handed...a bit dissappointed, coz the theme park will be closed for the winter liao..=(

o yea..happy halloween...! it's this coming friday...dunno whether got kids will ring up our door bells for candies or not...=) but of coz we r not going 'trick or treat''ing...a bit too old for that lar..

ok, bye...

busy busy busy...

hellooo...

long time didnt update my blog liao.....since coming back to montreal from quebec city....wont be uploading any pictures here, coz it takes damn long lar....so from now on, i'll be uploading all my pictures on facebook!! a thousand times faster and easier....blogger takes forever...so if anyone wanna see the pics, just go to my facebook profile...it's there...

busy with school lately...next week got 2 mid terms, both also not yet started studying yet....die...somemore this weekend wont be around....*cold sweat*.....

so today it's quite routine for me.....wake up early, rush for school, come back from school and go online/watch youtube....everyday also same....

and the weather is getting gradually colder....now always below 10 degrees.....that day Heather(our landlady) gave us a new set of thicker blankets and she say that she will on the heater by this week....she's damn nice lar.....she gets 10 out of 10points.....really nice and kind....we r so lucky to meet this kind of ppl....

oh yea, that day i tried to make yogurt....DIY yogurt....u know, take a scoop of yogurt u buy from the supermarket, then add in warm milk, leave for a day, then can eat liao.....apparently, that's the recipe....i researched on 'Youtube' and 'Google'....but went i tried, my yogurt looked like broken pieces of tau fu fah and lumpy milk solids....i dare not eat it also....dont look that appetising....still trying to figure out what went wrong....once i mastered the art of making yogurt, i'll share it with all of you.....that's if i ever manage to get it right...

not feeling so good today...beeen sneezing the whole day....hope that i dont catch a cold.....

bye!

Random*

Wednesday morning
location: library
temperature: 17 degrees..
weather: the rain just stopped..

Selamat hari raya!

never written any post for a few days liao!.....not because i was lazy ok, but because there's some homework to do...

this weekend i m going to Quebec City.....it's about 3 hours away from montreal....going on saturday....one day tour....go 1 day enough lar, save money...

today, i woke up at 6.30am....to do homework due at 10am...=) so last minute hor... but anyways, the homework is actually quite interesting but difficult...they give u a set of financial statement figures, eg. the value of assets, inventory, equity of i think 14 companies or so, and by analysing the figures, u have to guess and match it to which industry does that company belong to ....eg, airline, departmental stores and etc.(all given)... quite hard leh...coz there are so many different combinations, and if u 'tikam' , probability of getting the right answer is very very small....so guess what, i tried to analyse it abit(on the train), and sometimes tikam also....like playing sudoku...=)
and u know how many i got correct??......ONE...haha, out of 14...=)
i dare not pass up my hwk....maybe i hand in next week's one..no worries...=)

ok, 2moro i'll post up photos from the places i went last weekend....all in montreal....=)
ok, have to rush another assignment.....
bye!