Well, happy holidays everyone ^^ life's all boring as usual.... can't wait till i go back to school and start hanging out with friends and ping ponging again XP *sigh*... i have to rely on school to get away from the house >.> So yea, here's a little summary of what happened during the break ^^ (and a lot of incoherency ^^) Beginning of the break, the week after exams ended, we had 3 robotics meetings in 3 days... which adds up to 16 hours =P it was kinda fun, though a bit dreading BEFORE the meeting started but rocked after it did.... ofc, there was more shutting down and destruction than discussion and constructive work done ^^ but that's what i really like abuot robotics, its the discussion and the coming together of many MANY ideas and how this works or how this is really inefficient.... i guess it's also cuz that's how i work as a person, I try to analyze everything from every single perspective to determine if its good or bad XP but ofc, i always leave out the most important details, but that's besides the point ^^ okay... so christmas days (eve, day, boxing) absolutely nothing... and the only gift i got was whoppin' stomach flu ^__________^.... .... .... >.> yes, it sucked horribly >.> but wtvr, i got a ping pong paddle for $15 that was on special at sports expert.... can't wait to try it out =D since the beginning of the break, i've been exchanging emails with YLZ every single day ^^ and well, interesting things were said... and apparently, she's not into guys >.> lol, but i'll still keep going at it! XP bleh, and for some reason, she hasn't said anything since the new years XP oh well.... >.<;; also since the beginning of the break... i've been playing A LOT of piano ^^ well, mainly learning 2 songs, but practicing others too ^^ i've been focussing on Aerith's Theme from Final Fantasy 7 and Kiss the Rain by Yiruma (the "korean god of piano" according to YLZ =P) its such a great feeling to feel like you're accomplishing something =D i started out being really crappy at both songs, but now i'm much better and i can play semi-fluently ^^ for example... Kiss the Rain is a 4 minute song, at first, it'd take me 15 minutes to go through the whole thing, but now when i play it, it only takes me 9 minutes, and its kinda smooth too ^^ but still, 9 minutes compared to 4 XP its cuz i go really slowly... yesss.... i've been listening to Liquid Tension Experiment more and more, and the more i listen, the more 1337 i find them =P esp Paradigm Shift and Universal Mind... myg0t... drums... so 1337, guitar... so 1337, piano... so 1337, bass... everything else too loud, can't hear it XP gah.... makes me envious XP hmmm.... saw bsj when he came back from the US, had a small party with him, 'twas fun =D screwed up seeing charlie.... and now he's gone back to the swissies ='( miss Jon... good thing he's coming back tmr and we're going out the day after ^^ *sigh*... i wanna go back to school, life at home's WAY too boring >.> i really need to find some sort of thing to do.... gd it, why can't robotics start up again >.> i need to destroy something! bleh, my mind hasn't been very poetic lately............... XP okay, can't think of anything more to write =P oh yea... anyone seen Memoirs of a Geisha? i had an severly anti-japanese racist person recommend it to me, so i'm must go and see it ^^ XP random thought.... sometimes i wish i could just like... hang out alone in the country for a few days...like rural rural country, basically camping lol. it'd be so peaceful... but my parents are so... city-ish, plus a paranoid mom >.> /edit okay, forget the part about being unpoetic XDXD i had some inspiration last night, so here's my new work ^^ crappy stuff as usual... it kinda goes off track from what i really wanted to write about near the middle... but here it is ^^ i might change it around later =P ---------------------------------------------------------- FORGOTTEN PETALS 3/1/06 A single flower in my open palm It has no others like it around it No support to lift it up when needed Left alone to survive by its own means So many will ignore it So many will walk past it So many will brush it aside So many will look away Its subdued beauty catches The few eyes that would look at it Its pale colours shine more Vibrantly under tainted eyes It exists not for its beauty It is used not to impress others Only for us to look at it And feel a calmness wash over us A clear white and a faded pink, They blend together, swirl and Entwine in such a way that Eases all eyes that fall prey to it Such a blissful creature that most Of humanity remains ignorant of Its uniqueness stands out yet Many never notice it A wind may blow, and its petals Will rise and drift like the snow Its simplicity blinding the ferociousness Of the lives we lead Such a heavenly being, It must be composed by the purest ether And woven together by angelic voices It could not have had a more proper name than Cherry Blossoms.