Short Enough to Write, Long Enough to Post.

Finally. I got to actually say something. I've been short on time lately, so I could only write small passages (of which I posted on Facebook because status are supposed to be small anyway!).

But now... it's not really a "complaint", but who cares! (Well, actually, I'm trying to not complain about anything. So it's good.)

So after work I was revising for the Music Exam that was due to be sat tomorrow. (nervewrecking, I tell you…)

All the customers have gone home and I’ve done the daily income summary so there was no need for me to sit at the front, so I moved to the back (haha). I read over my revision once and half times over before deciding to go on a reciting marathon; write up as much as I can remember about each of the topics we’ve covered this term. As I was doing it, my co-worker – one of the waitresses – appeared, having also finished her own quota. She sat down then after a while asked, “Are you listening to music?” I was wearing earphones.

“Yes,” I replied idly.

“Oh my god! I could never study with music. It’s ‘too much’, you know? Too many things happening at once, I can’t concentrate! How could you do that?”

“…” I went blank for a second because I hate studying without having music play in the background. I answered honestly when the answers came to mind soon after. “I just… let it run freely in the background without paying much attention to it.” Then something else popped into my head so I added that, too, “And it’s also a good distraction; to practice my concentration. So then in the real test I’ll be able to concentrate well… you know?” Oh my, that makes it sounds so much more intelligent! ;) It’s just that I don’t like absolute silence because then my voice is too loud when I’m talking to myself, and there’s almost always absolute silence at home unless I play some music. It’s also a good filler for ‘something’ when I’m just thinking. Besides…

I realised this a little later, but the first real reason that I’d put music on earlier was because the noise coming from the kitchen was obviously way more distracting than Asian Pop!

~~

Just as a side note, finally arrived home at approx. 11.30pm…

Everybody in the house are making “I’m dead” noises, wishing to sleep but can’t because they needed food… (that’s only my mum and I, btw)

And so of course we ate.

YES, THAT’S RIGHT!! WE ATE AT 11.30PM!! HALF AN HOUR UNTIL MIDNIGHT, AND WE’RE EATINNGG!!

Unbelievable, isn’t it? (Especially for a certain person out there who told me to NEVERR eat after 9pm…)

But do I care? NOOOOOOO. If I’m going to go to school, work every day from 5pm – 10pm plus 11am – 3pm on Saturdays and Sundays, then I need energy! (It’ll probably burn off during my days anyhow… or something. =.=")

Adios~

From,

Mage-chan~

Today, Afternoon. ;)

I woke up this morning feeling strange.
One possible - very probably - scenario immediately popped into my head: sick?

I woke up a little earlier than usual, but then went back to sleep... and woke up at the normal time. I moved around, discovering that my muscles felt strangely heavy and slow, and were aching slightly. After a few more seconds I realised that my nose wasn't blocked, but blocked at the same time - blocked but breathable, thus how I didn't noticed the blockade at first moment of consciousness.
I blew my nose. I could tell right away that I was sick at that point... I wouldn't really want to tell how, but let's just say it was colour-related. :/

Like usual on the weekends, I got out of the room and went downstairs to grab my breakfast-lunch-dinner. :3
After I finished preparing, I brought it upstairs and began eating. After that, I wondered what to do for a few minutes. My schedule says that it's Watching Anime time, but there are other things that I have to do. I'd borrowed my friend's Music Book yesterday so that I can copy out everything that she'd written down for last Semester. That certainly won't be finished in a few minutes - I even skipped dinner yesterday for this. :O Although it didn't really make much difference though, I wasn't that hungry anyway...
So I got down to continue the copying. I feel sort of dazed - maybe it's the sickness... or whatever. My forehead is also warm, but not hot, so it's probably not too bad. As I continued writing, I found myself drifting.
Me: "I should be resting. I'm sick."
Other me: "What are you saying? You have to return this book tonight, so you have to finish copying this by afternoon."
Me: "But the sick are excused... they have reasons!"
Other me: "Nonsense. You don't have to sleep. Besides, the only thing moving right now are your hands. Other parts of your body are resting."
Me: "Hm. True that. But I have work tonight. I should rest for it, too..."
Other me: "Shut up. You have to finish copying this."
Me: "Alright... and I can't take a day-off either."
Other me: "You can if you really want to."
Me: "I don't mean it like that. I can't because I simply will not. Who cares if I'm dropping dead?"
Other me: "True that."
Me: "Why am I sick anyway? It wasn't even cold last night."
Other me: "Good question."
Me: "...hm... and last night I had a terribly runny nose... why is that? I didn't really run into a puff of smoke or a pile of dust anywhere for me to catch hayfever."
Other me: "Maybe your whatever-sickness now is because of yesterday's rain."
Me: "Oh yes! The rain!! :O Genius!"
Other me: "Stupid!"
Me: *accepts the insult readily* "Alright then, I'm going to continue writing now."
Other me: "Good."
Me: "But you know, if I don't rest it could get worse."
Other me: "Then make it not get worse."
Me: "...hmm... I will try to find a way, ahaha."
Other me: "You are the master of your own body and a master of your own life, no?"
Me: "Certainly. :) I guess I'll just think that it won't get worse and ignore this ever existed then it'll just go away, lol. And I'll probably feel better after a shower anyway."
Other me: "Although I doubt that it would truly work, go ahead."
Me: "Okay, I'll continue writing now."
Other me: "You're so stupid. Why do you keep getting off-track? And it's a conversation with yourself, no less! Outrageous!"
Me: "I know. =*=" Then I hopped on to write this before the Conversation with Myself flows out of my memory completely. ^^

Ohh, I'm so lucky!
I rarely get terrible sickness. :)
At the moment I only have a blocked + runny nose (it's so weird that I have both at the same time ==") and I just feel dazed and strangely tired. My muscles are just very slightly aching and they feel slightly heavy. And you know that dazed, heavy feeling where you feel like if you stand up you're going to fall over? I have that, but it's slight, too! XD
See, not much able to stop me from working!!

Well, there's still 12 or so A4 pages for me to copy, so I will now return. ^O^

Second Day of Term 3, 2012

Hm, hm. :3

Started the day with Maths, which is good like always, although my emotions feel like they've just been abused. It's all that "who's going to be our teacher?" issue. I got my hopes up after hearing that our new Maths teacher could be one of my favourite teachers, but in the end it's false hope once again. But since it is Maths, I guess any teacher is tolerable since the subject itself makes up for it.

During Morning Tea, I was reminded by myself of my Silenced Strategy once again.
I simply talked too much.
The expression on a certain person's face that I saw after I'd realised that I talked too much made sure of the fact that I certainly talked too much. As usual, I disappoint myself -- oh wait, I didn't disappoint myself. It's more like I broke my own hopes, since I wasn't expecting much from myself from the start.

Period 3, I had English, which I was sure would re-mushed my brain.
Surprisingly, it didn't. Not much, anyways. Since we did activities that only requires the contemporary English. Phew.

Period 4, IT... yeah. Nothing much here.

Lunch Break, but I had a Japanese Lesson... which was uneventful like usual, but I was splashed with a small worry that we're starting Unit 5 yet I haven't even been able to properly learn Unit 3 yet. Unit 5 is clothes and season, Unit 4 is illness, and as stated earlier, Unit 3 is directions...

Now, Period 4! Period 4!
I had my first Music with A-sensei, one of my favourite teachers and violin instructor - I've had him for violin lessons and such, but never for classroom music.
God, I was totally expecting it, but isn't he one awesome teacher.
He crack jokes - maybe too many. Because I remember myself laughing 80% through the lesson... yet somehow ended up learning quite an amount. We're learning about the past music, and so he started us by giving us facts about the Medieval Period. I have to tell the truth; why is it so much more easier to remember than when I was taught this in SOSE class? I can even remember that the Medieval Period is between 450 and 1450! :O
And we were being taped! It's because a few of our class members are doing Music but on a different line - because their subjects didn't end up right, so they'll be doing it through the computers, and the Head of Departments of the Arts decided to tape our lesson for them to watch later! >//<

A good day. :)
Although of course I'm still worried about Japanese exams and homework, and about getting kicked out of Physics class...

Report Card, Semester 1 2012

I just took a look at my results for last semester.

4 Bs, otherwise all As.

The following are the categories that I got a B in:-
Strings, Achievement
English, Achievement
Science, Achievement
Science, Effort

I don't feel anything... Nah.
I really don't care any more, it seems...
I bet you I wouldn't even feel anything even if I'd gotten A in every single thing. I might feel something if I'd gotten Bs or less in everything, though... fear, because I was afraid that my mum or dad or someone would say something...

Although I am glad to be able to get away from my Science teacher. Now it's less murder intent coming from me daily, during school days. ^^
I'm not looking forward to the classes (simply because I don't really want to do anything, let alone go to school and study...), but fortunately it looks like all my teachers next semester are likeable people. :)
Hmm, well, except for one mysterious teacher which I know of not, but meh.

The subjects I'll be taking next semester goes as follow:-
English (compulsory)
Maths Extension/Maths B (compulsory)
Maths C (sounds fun~)
Information Technology, IPT and/or ITN (I really want to learn programming. Just saying.)
Music (apparently, there's a lot of work in this subject. I'm now simply going to see how badly I will fail! the "performance" assessment is not something I look forward to...)
Physics (...I should pick a Science to do.)
Work Education (compulsory, only two lessons per week... now, if only that could diminish to zero)
Japanese (extra, two online Distance Education lessons per week during lunch hour ^^)
Instrumental Music, Strings (also extra, one lesson per week plus Orchestra rehearsal once a week)

I'd picked Chemistry, Economics and Italian, but I was kicked out of Chemistry during the picking-process and they decided to throw me into Physics instead ><, Economics was dropped since not enough people chose it (damn the idiots who doesn't see the invaluable knowledge they could gain!), Italian clashed with IT, and I certainly didn't want to sacrifice IT for Italian.
Fortunately I got the Maths C, but I have a feeling that that's because the amount of people who'd picked this subject was just enough for a class... so to say, they will put everyone who'd picked this subject, in that subject.

Apparently, according to many of my acquaintances, many people hate maths (although I have met people who like Maths as well...). I still wonder exactly why to this day.
The Maths at our school is so easy it hurts me every lesson - always makes me want to scream in agony.
Think about having to learn SURFACE AREA in Grade 10 (with a Scientific Calculator), goddammiitttt!!
Yet... people still seems to struggle with it.
Ahh, thinking about this is putting me in bad mood. =*=

So, then, adios.

From,
Mage-chan.

Falllll

Hey, guys!

I just got to watch a video of one of our performances in the recent competition - it's a formal competition in where bands and orchestras of state schools competes against each other. :)

One of my fellow musicians had uploaded a recording of it onto facebook, but if I sent you the link or upload the video, then you'd know what school I go to, would you not??

The song we performed is called Shannon Falls, by some random. It's somehow related to something called "Sea to The Sky" or something like that, I believe.... :/ (I vaguely remember it being written underneath the title. :P)

Now, when you listen to it (if you ever will), please be aware that this is a live performance, as well as that it's a recording of a recording. ^^

Also, a warning. Because it's a recording of a recording, when you listen to it... turn it down to what, half-volume, and stay away from the speakers, AND DON'T USE HEADPHONES!! It will kill your ears... especially the first note.... =="
(And there's also a part where it goes "forte", so do brace yourself for a sudden increase in volume! ^^)

Oh, and the background? I recorded it with Photostory, so I just picked any random photo... I'm sure you guys can't understand it, anyways! (another reason why I'd picked it, actually) :P

Just so you know, the real thing sounds wayy better than that! XP

Idly Translating; อยู่คนเดียว

อยู่คนเดียว (lit. Staying/being alone, the act of being alone) is a Thai song; a pretty popular one, too. 
(Google it if you want to listen to it :3)

I personally think that the song itself sounds pretty nice, but the lyrics are also interesting... pretty cute.
I am in a procrastination mood, so I will translate. :P

~


อยู่คนเดียวกับตอนเย็นเย็น 
และก็ไม่เห็นว่าจะต้องมีใครใครมาเคียงข้าง 
อยู่ลำพังกับความอ้างว้าง 
นั่งมองดูแสงรำไรของดวงตะวันจนลับไป 


Being alone in the evening,
And I don't see why there needs to be someone beside me.
Being alone with the loneliness,
Sitting there watching the light of the sun until it disappears.

เหม่อมองจันทร์ที่ลอยขึ้นมา 
ดึกดื่นอย่างนี้แล้วเพื่อนที่มีที่ดีที่สุดคือหมอนข้าง 
อยู่เหงาเหงาอย่างคนที่ปล่อยวาง 
ก็อยู่อย่างนี้จนชิน 


Absent-mindedly looking at the moon that is rising,
This late at night the bestest friend there is is your pillow.
Being lonely like someone who doesn't care,
Being like this until I'm used to it.

ไอ้คนไม่รู้ก็คอยจะถามทำไมไม่หาใคร สักคน 
เข้าใจ และรักจริง ก็ทุกคน ดูแสนดี ดูจริงใจ 
ก็ยินดีที่ได้เจอ แต่ no no no no no no wo wo 


The people who don't know just keep asking,
Why don't you find someone? Someone, who understands, and truly loves you.
That's because, everyone, all seems nice, seems honest, and is glad to meet, but no no no no no (wo wo :P)

ก็เพราะเวลาฉันรักรักจริง 
มันมาไม่นิ่งเหมือนตอนเธอมาทิ้งไป 
คนมันรักมาก มันก็เลยเสียดาย 
มันปวดใจจะบอกใครก็ไม่ช่วย 


It's because when I love, I really love.
It didn't come as gentle as when you'd left me.
Since I'd loved so much, it'd hurt.
(My) heart aches; it doesn't help even if I tell others.

เพราะรักเองเจ็บเอง ก็อยู่อย่างคนไม่มีแฟน 
จะหาใครมาแทน ก็กลัวว่าเขาจะมาซ้ำ 
ก็เดี๋ยวนี้คนน่ะใจดำ เลยคบกันเที่ยวแบบขำขำ 
ก็เจ็บประจำ ก็เลยต้องอยู่คนเดียว 


Because I was the one who'd loved, the one who'd gotten hurt, so I live like a partnerless person.
Even if I were to find someone to replace, I was scare that it'd repeat.
Since people these days are mean, we just date and holiday like a joke.
Since we get hurt daily (a lot, often), so I have to be alone...

~


Then it's just the same verses as above repeating itself. :)
...well, that was much easier than I'd expected. Well, translating Thai to English is much more easier than translating from English to Thai, but since Thai and English are two very different languages in many, many aspects, I find it quite difficult to make it sound nice (yet make sure the translating isn't too different to the original) once translated...

When You're Busy, You Feel Like You Lose a Lot of Precious Time Oh-so-Quickly

Ha-lo~!

I just got back from my school-issued Music Camp, where only students who are in choir, does vocal, or does instrumental music can attend, in short, only Music Students can come.
It was rather short for a camp, two-days and one night long. However it was a good length of time for a camp that has you do nothing but practice and play music. (Oh, there was the time we went down to the nearby beach for some random games/activities, but that doesn't really count...)

I also took this opportunity to tell my violin teachers (who happened to be one of my favourite teachers, 'cause he's just awesome), that I will be moving to Thailand. He was not jumping for joy at my news...

Anyhow, I didn't get time to blog about this beforehand on Sunday to tell you all that I won't be able to blog on Monday and maybe Tuesday... :/ Sorry.
But I'm back now, and so is school. :/
Nah, that's not really that cool. School, I mean. Too much stuff to do, and I don't really have to study that hard anymore, because my grades won't mean anything.

We only stayed from Monday morning to Tuesday afternoon, but it felt a lot longer than that. Probably because  the schedule was sort of tight, it being a camp and all.
I managed to get past the halfway-mark in To Kill A Mockingbird, but I'm still quite behind in my researching of the Sharemarket. I have to finish reading all those PDFs I downloaded from the ASX website, then start researching those companies to consider what other shares to buy (then sell), because you must buy or sell shares at least 4 times to win the friggin' competition.
After camp finished and we all left for home, I went to work straight afterwards. I arrived home at approx. 4.45pm and proceeded to eat some food and drink some coffee in 15 minutes. ==
Then I went to work.

For some reason it felt like I'd been away for like, a week.
I was only away from work for one day and it felt like I'd missed out on a lot.
I was only away from home for one night yet it felt like it'd been so long since I last slept in those beds of mine.

Aah... I guess it was because we did quite a lot, and I was walking around most of the time, something which I do not usually do. My daily routine consists of school, computer, food + coffee, work, computer, sleep, then same thing over and over again, most likely. I tend to not do anything else different, and I rarely exercise except for all that walking around campus. :/ But that's already become routine.

I woke up on Monday morning aching all over, and I'm blaming all that useless running around (I was ordered to do it, but I did it without too much whining... it will be my last camp here after all) on the cursed beach. :)

BTW, I went to school and to work the next day (that's today, actually) as well... Now I'm back to my daily routine. :3

Actually, you'd always feel like you lost a lot of time, even if you were a great time manager, you might stil feel that going to the toilet wastes so much time that you can't afford to do it anymore. :3
I'm starting to feel like that...

Since I won't be able to work once I move to Thailand, I've decided to work a lot and save up (now I regret about deciding to go on the Sydney trip... oh well), so am now planning on working 6 days a week.
The only problem now is finding time to study, do homework... and most of all, time to blog, since blogging takes up more time than homework (generally).
And not to forget MANGA READING TIME!! Although that's not really important. And my story-writing time, too...

Hah. Busy, busy, busy, I wish I have a time machine.