Favourite Songs of 2009

Currently Listening To: Keane - Sunshine

I've listened to a lot of songs in 2009, and you know what I thought it was a great year for music. What with the Lady Gaga craze, and the Taylor Swift phenomenon that started in 2008 and spilled over to 2009 with a huge splash, and of cos my personal favourite of the year - nothing US related - Kalafina. Okay so maybe Kalafina was already around before 2009 but I've only heard of them sometime last year. I think.

So anyway here's a list of my favourite artiste/songs of 2009. In no particular order:

1. Empire of the Sun We Are The People



2. Kalafina Natsu no Ringo, Seventh Heaven





Two of the best songs from their first album Seventh Heaven

3. Grizzly Bear Ready, Able




Another weird video from Grizzly Bear O.o

4. Lady Gaga Bad Romance


What an interesting part to pause at...

5. White Lies Unfinished Business, The Price of Love





6. Erin McCarley Pony (It's Ok), Gotta Figure This Out





7. Arctic Monkeys Cornerstone



8. Music from Glee =D









All hail Glee!

9. The Noisettes Never Forget You



10. Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys Empire State of Mind



11. Yui Again

Can't find any proper videos for this song =(
Copyright issues I believe. Le sigh.
Love it though.
This song is the most played song in my iTunes music player thingy.
No joke.

I guess that's about it?

Currently Listening To: Adam Lambert - Whataya Want From Me

Lately I've been reading a lot of blogs.
I guess that's just what you'd do when you're bored.
Anyway. Reading blogs is still a lot better than doing nothing.

About the blogs.
Well what can I say.
There are various types of blogs.
Most of them are pretty much journals, detailing their daily lives, or any interesting occurences.
Some are informative, full of...information about anything. I suppose that's for advertisement purposes?
Or maybe that person's just trying to be helpful. Or sharing knowledge?

Personally, I prefer those slice-of-life kinda blogs.
It's interesting to know how other people are leading their lives.
I've noticed most of those bloggers are kinda...rich though.
Jetting off to all sorts of countries. How nice...*ish jealous*

Then again there are some blogs that are just plain annoying.
Boastful, self-absorbed individuals who enjoy putting others down and flaunting their riches.
Making fun of other people who can't afford the same luxury as theirs.
Gucci, Prada, Tommy Hilfiger, etc. I can probably afford that too, geez...*crosses fingers*
Okay fine we get it, you're rich. Feel free to blog about your...rich escapades or exclusive presents or whatever.
But please - do learn something called humility.
I suppose that word just doesn't exist in their vocabulary.

On second thoughts, don't bother. It's entertaining. Keep boasting and showing off.

There are also bloggers who use really...big words.
Like, really, really big words.
Discombobulate comes to mind cos guess what - I'll probably need a dictionary to understand one simple blog post.
Good for literature, not good for interacting with us mortals.
Keep it real dudes.

I'm also really curious about those bloggers who only advertises stuff.
It's kinda boring no?
All about some new product, or some event, or some contest or something.
At least it's informative?

Seriously ppl. The simpler your blog is, the better it is to be honest.
Doesn't really matter what kind of blog it is.

(Do I really have the right to make such um, comments? I mean my blog isn't anything fantastic either. Oh well.)

Here We Go...

Currently Listening To: Muse - Unnatural Selection

All right, here are the long overdue pictures of my room. Mind you it looks very messy, but I was too lazy to clean it up before snapping the pics. So...

These two pictures were taken back in November though...when I was still waiting for my mattress.


Well, this is my wardrobe. To be honest with you it's not big enough haha.


This is my desk area. Running out of space for my books again...

The next two was just taken a few days ago, when I was attempting to clean up my room.


Super messy! Sigh.


A close-up of my desk. See how messy it is?

Hmmmm after cleaning up for CNY I'll post a new batch of pictures with a...better view so stay tuned for more!

~.~

The Winter 2010 animes are out now and I must say...I think they're running out of good ideas.

There's this anime about lace panties or something, called Chu-Bra.
Lace panties? What the hell man. The creators must be absolute perverts.

Then there's another about breast milk. BREAST MILK people. And the one with the breast milk is a DUDE. I believe the title of that show is Seikon no Qwaser.

Let's just say I won't be watching those two.

Nothing too interesting this time around, so I'm only watching Durarara!!, Ookamikakushi (from the creator of Higurashi and Umineko, obviously I'm most excited about this one!) and So-ra-no-wo-to/Sora no Woto.

Is anyone else watching Kimi ni Todoke? Surprisingly I'm hanging on to this, I don't usually fancy sappy shoujo stuff. And this one is seriously super shoujo.

The characters are maddening, especially the leads Sada- Sawako and Kazehaya. Super super shoujo! I mean, the only thing they do is stare at each other shyly and blush. Seriously, c'mon just confess and get it over with. I find myself skipping parts of the anime because of the lack of action. Only the side characters are doing something, so kudos to Ayane, Chizu and Ryuu. (Ryuu really reminds me of Mori-sempai from Ouran O.o)

And I think Haruhi Suzumiya has ruined Aya Hirano for me. Every time I hear her voice I can only think of Miss Haruhi and no one else. When I first heard Kurumi I thought 'OMG is that Haruhi Suzumiya?!' And indeed, it is her. Why does she voice all the super annoying characters? Kurumizawa Ume must be one of the most maddening 'villains' in shoujo animes ever.

Speaking of Haruhi Suzumiya, the movie is coming out sometime in February. Should I be excited? I kinda actually am excited to watch it, despite the endless second season.

What else? Ooooh The Killers and Muse will be performing in Singapore on the 24th of January and 3rd of February respectively! If I remember correctly Muse came to Malaysia way back in 2007, and I recall being super excited then too =( Too bad I couldn't go back then, I wonder if I'll have the chance this time around? Sigh.

(Once again, I sigh too much. Sigh.)

That's all for now I guess, nothing else I can think of to blog about.

Cheers to 2010

Currently Listening To: Lily Allen - The Fear

The first post of 2010!
I shall dedicate this to my new blog layout.
Whaddya think of it?
I know it's a very simple layout but I kinda like it.
Easy to read. And to edit.
And the colors.
Black and some shade of bright pink.
I don't know why, but I'm suddenly addicted to all shades of dark pink.
Coming from the person who dislikes the color pink, now that's some food for thought.

So anyway, it's already the 7th day of the new year.
A few more weeks till CNY I believe?
To think that I celebrated my 21st birthday last year.
2 x 2.
Sigh.
Dammit I feel old.

I guess I should start inquiring about enrollment?
It should be soon...the coming semester starts in March, I believe.
Some are leaving for Australia and I can't help but feel kinda jealous.
I wanna leave this country too!
Sigh.

I sigh too much.

Farewell, My Old Friend 2009

Currently Listening To: Michael Jackson - This Is It

This is it.
The last day of 2009.
Tomorrow, when we wake up 2010 will be greeting us instead.

It has been quite an eventful year.
Not so much for me, but more for the world in general.
A year of ups and downs.

Far too many celebrities passed away this year, most of them from unfortunate incidents.
We lost the King of Pop, Michael Jackson back in June.
Also, Charlie's favourite angel, Farah Fawcett, who died on the same day as MJ.
Just a week ago or so we lost actress Brittany Murphy.
Not to forget Patrick Swayze, our very own dearest Yasmin Ahmad, actress Natasha Richardson...
May they rest in peace, hopefully 2010 will be a better year for the entertainment world.

To be honest with you, I don't recall any...positive events that happened in 2009.
There wasn't any particularly memorable or impressive achievements or milestones, unless Malaysia finally winning some football counts as impressive. Okay, maybe it is impressive but it is extremely insignificant in the grand scheme of all things.

Anyway, 2009 for me wasn't so bad.
Nothing special or exciting, but it certainly wasn't a terrible year.
I can still remember typing last year's 'speech', can't believe that was 365 days ago. It feels like just yesterday.

2009 also marks the year of my Adam Lambert obsession. I think I dedicated about a dozen (or more) blog posts to American Idol and that particular alien from Planet Fierce. I wonder if the new season of AI will inspire me as much as Season 8...January 13th 2010, Starworld Channel 711. Watch people, watch it!

And don't forget Glee, the most awesomest series of 2009! January 20th 2010, again Starworld Channel 711. Watch Glee, non-Gleeks, and Gleeks - watch Glee for the third/fourth/tenth time!

Last year's 'resolutions';

1. Uh......spend less on books lol.
   
2. Right. Get a job, and save up for the NDS! PSP! PS3! Wii! *more wishful thinking*
   
3. Lalalala...*mind goes blank*

Yay at least I did achieve the first resolution.
I did spend less on books.
Almost 20 books less than last year, I believe.
Mission accomplished!
Sadly I did not get a job, so I can't save up for the NDS, PSP, PS3 and Wii...
Nevermind, there's always next year.

2010 will also be my last year at college if all goes well.
Then again that means I'll have to grow up and be an adult and get a job...full-time...earn money...no time for slacking, procrastinating...*shudders*
Not exactly fun.

I think I'll skip making resolutions this time around - it doesn't really help much now, does it? Resolutions are for the enthusiastic and ambitious. And I'm neither enthusiastic nor ambitious bahaha.

So are you ready for 2010?
I sure am...not.

Oh whatever, Happy 2010 people!

Random Random Random

Currently Listening To: Grizzly Bear - While You Wait For The Others

Helloooooooooo everyone!
I know it's a little too late, but Merry Christmas to all good souls in the world.
I don't have a reason to blog today, so everything in this post is totally random.

Um um.
Went to Taiping earlier today to visit my uncle.
Gosh. Taiping's one tiny town.
Leave me there one day and I'll go nuts I think.
Where are the malls? Cars? People? =O
I know I'm usually inside more than out, but still. Taiping. Tiny. Scary.

Hmmm. What else.
It's almost the end of 2009! Just. Like. Six days left.
Need to prepare another end-of-the-year speech!

-is hoping for a livelier year ahead-

2010, I have high hopes for you!

Ooooooooh tried some new card game today.
Monopoly cards or something.
Seriously strange game.
Maybe we didn't really understand the rules?
But it's still weird.
Monopoly in card form.
Reminds me of those Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories' card thingies.

Bahahahaha.

-more random laughter-

...

I'm bored =(

*googles monopoly cards*

PS: I'm laaaaaaaaazy right now but I'll post pics of my purple room sometime soon k. Be patient! Sheesh =_= haha.

Not The Avatar I Was Thinking Of

Currently Listening To: Grizzly Bear - Ready Able

Today I watched a movie about blue people.

And other than the blue people, I actually found the movie super cheesy.

I don't know why. Everything's so cliche-ish. Blue people rox.

For the entire duration of the movie, all I could think of was...Final Fantasy.

'Omg lookie there, that looks like Macalania forest.

BLUE PPL! Ronsos and Guados anyone?

OOOOOOH those floating islands are so Final Fantasy XII-ish.

HEY they have machina!

Big giant tree that got destroyed? Whoopee where's Zidane and Garnet...'

So now we need Squall's scowls and Cloud's Buster Sword and then the fantasy will be complete.

To sum it up...GFX FTW!

Remind me to listen to the OST. Sounds very FF-ish too.

December Blues

Currently Listening To: Glee - Proud Mary

It's that time of the year again, ya know?
Holidays, supposed family time, time for relaxation...
I was suppose to get a job for the hols but guess what?
I'm still unemployed.
Mostly because I have zero motivation to do anything at all.
Motivation where are you?
So I've been sitting at home, moping around, occasionally touching my PS2, and not really onlining either.
Oh. My room's done and all, but it's still a little cluttered.
Will take some pics of it soon.
Sigh.
Life's depressingly boring.