17.10.12

WEDNESDAY - 17.10.12

I just decided to change the font of my date title since i thought it looked cooler that way XD

Today marks the first time i've ever stepped into the Maya lab. And i'm proud of it.

 

You can't really see the lab, but it looks awesome as hell

The Maya lab was like an office where everyone had their own cubicles. Except for some like me, i take up one whole space >:D And each cubicle had like two screens, so you could use Twitter on one screen, while using Maya on the other. But that won't work because at the speed that Graham talks at, if you miss 1 second of what he's saying, you're gone. Anyways, Mr. Kim was our lecturer for our first lesson and yay! So happy to see him again! His smile and his energy just brings me joy! He showed us lots of what Visual Effects is and all that, He showed us how Spider Man (the latest one) was made like through CG and all that. Wow, through his lesson, i realized how much of a lie my life was while i was watching all the 3D movies before coming into DVFX. Shit just got real. People were even made using CG in some scenes which was pretty much a mind blowing kinda thing. But i've got to do this sometime soon in year 3. Shit. 

After Mr. Kim's lesson, it was Graham's lesson which was called 'Organic Modelling' OR, MAYA. -Que scary music in- Yep! This is where all the pain starts. It's also the start of the many long sleepless nights that are about to come. Long nights where i might have to camp in. Stay over if the auntie doesn't catches me and all that. But then again, it makes it much more convenient to come to school. Oh wait, i don't have to if i were to camp in the lab XD
Graham's teaching speed was worse off than Mdm Soo's teaching speed when she was teaching me POA back in sec 3. If that was torture, then welcome to Graham's world.. 
Like i said, if you don't pay attention to what Graham is teaching, you're gone. And then you'll have to keep asking him. So it's best to sleep real early the night before. I'm pretty much doomed aren't i? Yep!

Graham made us do a dice for today's Maya lesson and we had to follow his every step which is pretty exhausting. Don't worry, i know it just gets worse from here. A few of my classmates and i were pretty lost along the way and had to ask him to guide us back. I think i was the only student who asked him for the most help. I really am a slow learner :( He told us to go back and watch the tutorial he showed us today and then we have to make the same dice in 5 minutes next week. ZOMG. And up til' today, i haven't even started on his tutorials yet. It's gonna be hard i tell ya. 

Class ended at 6pm sharp and i had to rush down for Voice's Music Box rehearsals. My time slot was at 6:30pm so i didn't had time to eat dinner. Once i got in the Music Box, we had to do If I Ain't Got You immediately. We wasted about 20 minutes because some people weren't there yet. My voice wasn't warmed up at all so i sounded like a total disaster. Not a beautiful disaster, a horrible one. Everyone was just moving so quickly, most of us didn't even had the time to think properly. We, at that point in time, didn't know how to come in and we were pretty messy, so Beatrice had to keep making us repeat the beginning over and over again. After our slot, we went out to practice If I Ain't Got You and only that because Nicole wasn't there today, so the girls couldn't do their alternating solos for Price Tag. 

When we had time to ourselves, we all sat at the stairs outside Music Box and practiced a little of If I Ain't Got You. Tension kinda rose when we were there, i don't really knew what happened, but i could feel it.. The tension and pressure of Prelude. Jesmine left early because we were only doing If I Ain't Got You and not Price Tag and she didn't want to interfere.. Which i don't see how she's interfering, but she left early and we just continued jamming If I Ain't Got You. 

After the rehearsals in Music Box ended, Shynn, Kellie, Phoebe, KC, Laila and i went up with the rest, but to practice the simple version of Price Tag for Friday's Art's Fiesta performance. Went home after that and i didn't like how i had to wake up the next day for lesson's at 9am. Sleep seemed so short :X


XOXO
Shaun
 

16.10.12

TUESDAY - 16.10.12

Backing to Erwin's class! He's taking our class for 3D Form&Space this semester and i'm already starting to dislike this module. I know that it'll only get worse from here, but hey, i think i've lost all of my drawing skills :( Our first lesson was on Metamorphosis where we had to plan out how we're gonna make a certain object into another object. Let's say, for me, i've decided to ATTEMPT morphing a flower into a propeller which i know will turn out horrible. Some of my other classmates wanted to morph a bird into a plane. I can't really remember what my other classmates wanted their plastercine or clay to morph into, but i know that i'm already struggling with mine. I just hope that i'll be able to sculp out something nice and not fail this module. I literally spent the whole lesson researching about how objects are shaped and what flower i should use to at least match my propeller that i've chosen. The number of petals and all that. Omg. 

Class ended at 6pm and i accompanied Firdaus for dinner at Munch and just had a little chat with him. Went home after that and Firdaus later on told me that he was down with a flu. Poor him. As for now, he's still in the process of recovering.. Well, i still wish him the best. :]


XOXO
Shaun

15.10.12 - 1st week of semester 2!

MONDAY - 15.10.12

I know i haven't been posting in like ages, well, i've been really busy these past few days.. Or weeks for that matter. Lots of Music Box rehearsals, Voices practices and not forgetting to mention the start of a brand new semester! Exams are around the corner for them O level mates and well, i just started school. Tell me more about it.. This means that i'll have school EVEN in December which is rather sad because everyone's like having their holidays and then i have to tell my friends, "Hey, i have school, whaddup". Well, that's poly life i guess.

Started school with only 2 hours of IJ lesson. It was pretty much a waste of time having 1 hour to travel to school, and before you know it, you have to travel back again. Sucks right. But there was extra Voices practice today, fortunately. This practice were for us, juniors to work on our Prelude pieces. It wasn't that tiring considering the fact that i came at 11 to meet Phoebe first for some Price Tag discussion time and the next for lessons. Which means, i had more sleep time than usual. IJ was pretty interesting actually.. Well, for now that is. Nadia Krista was in my class and so was that Shawn guy, that looked like Johnny Depp for some reason. They were kinda like two famous people in FMS? Well, not really famous, but at least known for something. Tina who was in my previous IS class was also in my IJ class, and i also made friends with this guy from the School of Engineering. I can't really remember what's his name, but i'd have to ask him that again. My memory's failing on me. Anyways, my teacher was called Mr. Young Lung Dax, hmm, weird name huh? But he's really funny and entertaining. I like him :D He made us do some really funny and creative activities which were kinda entertaining. But everyone was still so socially awkward, i wished that Mr. Dax would like do some ice breaking games or something like that, everyone was just so cold! Haha! But well, they all seem friendly. 

After lesson, i met up with Cherie to go slack in Ourspace since i had the whole day off until Voices starts. We just camwhored a little here and there, watched some X Factor, and after she left, i had to catch up on the two new Walking Dead episodes that were put up by Pewdie! Two! That's actually a lot since Pewdie's usually busy and all that..

I went for Voices after that. Monday's session was kinda useful, like how Joe thought us new stuff for If I Ain't Got You. New tips and tricks to dress the song up. Kellie, Phoebe and Shynn were the only ones who came today. So this means that we could only do If I Ain't Got You since Phoebe and Shynn were there. Oh! Lim Heem managed to come down today but he had to leave by 8pm. Aww! I like how he's still able to come down despite his internship and all that. Really appreciate that dude! Anyways, Joe had us change the second chorus and some other parts and he made it sound ... Uh ... Unique i guess XD. 
I can't really think of anything more to say about Monday. But i hope things really do take a turn for the better for Prelude. Because i still can't see us being ready for Price Tag. Which.. Is kinda sad D:


XOXO
Shaun

04.10.12

THURSDAY - 04.10.12

I had Voices today and i met Shynn first before meeting Kellie. Kellie sort of introduced to me a new song, which.. I forgot what the title was. LOL. She gave me the chords and i played it and she sang it and it sounded really really nice. Like i kinda like the song. Damn it! I gotta get the title from Kels again. Laila came in and we discussed the lighting plans with her for Price Tag and If I Ain't Got You. She said she'd come up with her own style along with ours which i thought was quite cool. 

We were near full force today again! Haha! The whole of Melovox was here except for Phoebe who couldn't come down today. Oh wow. Jesmine, Amanda, Nicole, Shynn, Kellie and i all came down today and i was pretty happy with that :) But Jesmine and Amanda had to leave in the night again for their own stuffs. So that left Kels, Shynn, Nicole and i to do both of the songs. I think we should really change our group name to something related to the word 'Versatile' because the girls keep changing their roles from backing 1 to 2 and then sometimes 3 for Kels and Phoebs when some of us do not turn up for practices. Sounds cool eh? Versatilex. Lol, just sayin'. 

Joe had us in for a few minutes and when i told him our alternate solo arrangements he said it was BOORING. Well, maybe it's just me, but we definitely had to change it. For If I Ain't Got You, Joe had us do the normal swing rhythms for the pre-chorus. We went out again to settle all that WITH, KC doing the bass. His bass is just sick! Like good sick not bad sick. Heh. We rehearsed for a while then when we started to loose concentration, which, we really did, we watched some live versions of If I Ain't Got You and some really stood out, like the way Alicia interpreted it in many different ways.. Amazing. I really liked her Grammy's performance of that song. So much emotions and we also picked up the different styles she uses in all of her performances. Like how she slows down the tempos and do those runs to add in a more dynamic effect and all that. 

I came home all shagged again and i sent out a super duper long Facebook message to all my girls about what happened today and what we need to work on. I really hope we can do what Alicia did for her live performances for If I Ain't Got You which really showed a lot of emotions and skill. Well, i hope Joe approves and i hope he can find something for the bass to do while we try to imitate what Alicia does with her backings during the live performances. LOL. I just realized that i kept repeating those two words 'live performances'. Ah well :)


XOXO
Shaun

03.10.12

WEDNESDAY - 03.10.12

I shall not give my posts from now onwards a title. Because i'm running out of ideas. Haha.


So as you all know after reading the last post, that i broke the iPhone. Yes. So i met Keith today to get the iPhone repaired. I thought that all you needed to do was to fix the LCD screen which was not the case apparently. I brought the poorly brokened iPhone to a shop and they told me straight up that the phone needs a new LCD screen. Yes, the guy who told me that was pretty fierce and i'm never going back to that shop again. I brought the phone to Keith's house and he tried his best to fix it, but we still failed. We then brought it again to another shop that was near to the end of the row of shops at Bendemeer Mall. I really like that shop because this shop charges only $48 to fix the LCD screen when the rest said it was around $70. Total rip off. I gave the iPhone to the stall owner and Keith and i headed off to our individual A Capella groups. 

I met Shynn first and i thought her her alternating solo parts for Price Tag. She learnt it pretty well actually, and pretty fast. Hah. Kellie and Amanda had TCP camp and Amanda couldn't make it since she was dead tired. Jesmine could only make it at night and Phoebe was sick. Kellie manage to come even though she was slightly less tired than Amanda, but still tired. When Joe came, he settled Queen A first, and so we had time to practice in the store room. Kellie was really tired so we let her sleep in a little more before Joe called us in. 

Now, he had us change the rhythm for If I Ain't Got You's pre-choruses and we were pretty confused at first but at least Joe gave us time to practice those swings and also, he wanted us to figure out how to make the backings and the bass sound as though we are a piano that Alicia is playing. Oh.. My gosh. If you had ever listen to Alicia play the piano for If I Ain't Got You for the verse, it's just crazy. Like there are jumps at times but then there are those crazy bang bang moments. Haha. That alone got me brains fried. Yes, i just said me brains. Anyways, we went back into the store room and i kinda figured out the simpler way of the piano backings which was really jumpy and that won't fit in the pre-chorus. Ah damn it! I'm just spouting rubbish now. I'd say it was kinda a good thing that Joe didn't call us back to have us show what we did, cause we weren't able to catch the rhythm and all that. Damn you Alicia and your awesomeness >u< 

I was dead tired after practice and am still pretty worried about the iPhone. Hope my iPhone's alright. Will be collecting it tomorrow! Hopefully~ 


XOXO
Shaun

02.10.12 - i-freaking-phone!

TUESDAY - 02.10.12

So the other day, Keith said that he wanted to sell his iPhone 3Gs to me at only $50 which was a pretty good deal, in fact, it's kinda a really good deal. Not just pretty, really. There are some people who actually told me that it was a waste of money having an iPhone 3Gs when i could just get an iPhone 4 or a 5.. Well, i'm actually pretty satisfied with getting just an iPhone already. I never had one and it's pretty darn interesting to get one. No point getting an iPhone 5 when the next iPhone could already be ready in line. These iPhone's just come and go like WOOSH! And before you know it, iPhone 6's out.

Anyways, i met Keith at 2 for lunch at Pasta Mania and to also get the iPhone from him. He taught me how to use it and what functions are there and such. Pretty interesting actually. The way how it works and all that. After lunch, i had to meet Wen Bin in school to fix his backing 3 up for Baby Steps so that he'll be presentable on Wednesday. Haha. Met him at around 5pm and we sat outside the clubroom practicing his backing 3 part. Backing 3 for Baby Steps is more of a 'get confused first then you'll get the hang of it' kinda case. Taught him his parts and after the choir's dinner break, yes, there was choir today, i went in the room to see how choir's doing and obviously, how Phoebs was doing. She was sick today :( So she couldn't sing and all that. I really hope she gets better soon :) I went in and out occasionally to help Wen Bin and to also talk to Phoebs and other stuff like Skype with Cherie since she misses choir so badly. Aww! 

Came home around 10pm and immediately checked out the iPhone. Guess what.. i broke it. Fudge -.- I KNOW RIGHT?! I cannot emphasize how much i hate myself for that. The reason for breaking it shall be kept a secret. Let's just say, i'm an iPhone virgin, and i hate myself for that. Damn it. 


XOXO
Shaun

 

X FACTOR UK TOP 12 RANT

I'M NOT HAPPY ABOUT THE X FACTOR UK TOP 12. I'M A 50-50 FOR IT.

Yes, you've read the title. I'm definitely not happy about X Factor UK's top 12. The top 12 was decided today and i was kinda disappointed that some acts didn't make it through. And some retarded acts -cough- Rylan -cough- made it through. COME ON JUDGES. WHAT. THE. HELL. 

I wanna talk about my most liked category to my most hated category. 
Most liked? I guess it would probably be the over's. Ironically. Because two of my favourites made it through. And i had only 1 favourite from each of the other categories which is bloody disappointing. Two of my favourites from the over's are Melanie Masson and Carrolyn Poole. I'm really glad Carrolyn made it through this time since she didn't the last season. Her voice is just really seasoned and i really like the richness of her tone. Melanie Masson's voice is just OMG. That power and there's so much control in her high notes, it's just unbelievable. She's a powerhouse mama. Hah! One thing i didn't like about the over's is that CHRISTOPHER MALONEY WASN'T CHOSEN. WHUT?! I mean why the hell would you choose this Kyle Sones guy over Christopher? Gary most probably chose Kyle over Chris mainly because Chris's nerves just eats him up alive. Which i doubt will happy during the live shows. But oh well.. Although Chris is given a second chance to come back (if the public votes for him as the chosen wild card act) i still think Amy really deserves it. Amy Mottram that is. I will talk about her later. Well, i'm fairly ok with Gary's decisions. And his category is ironically the most liked one by me. I don't usually favour the over's, but this time, I HAVE TOO.

I'm torn in between the boy's and the girl's category for the second most liked category. Well, i have to go with the boys. Let's talk about what i like in the boy's category. Jahmene Douglas is GOLD. Yes, i strongly agree with Nicole's decision on putting Jahmene through. I applaud you Nicole for that. James Arthur is just weird. But he has a fantastic voice and if i were to compare him to the top 6 boys, i'd say that he has one of the best voices there besides Jahmene (who is clearly the best). I'm kinda on the fence for James, BUT. Yes, a strong BUT. WHAT THE FREAKIN' HELL IS RYLAN CLARK DOING IN THE TOP 3 GUYS. NICOLE! ARE YOU ON DRUGS OR SOMETHING?! I mean, she was definitely smoking crack and weed when she was choosing the boys. Nathan Gayle SHOULD HAVE made it through. What the hell Nicole.. Or it should be Jake Quickenden.. Meh, i think not. Jake didn't pull off a stunning performance yesterday so i guess it was right that he didn't make it. Before we take a look at Rylan, watch this video: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clIFaohm1DE&feature=g-user-u

I think the only reason why people dislike the video is because they put 3 of my favourites in one decision and make Nicole choose one. AND THEN SHE PUTS RYLAN THROUGH. No wonder people started hating on her since she eliminated Rachel Crow from season 1's X Factor US. Anyways, back to Rylan. Yes Rylan, that gay guy. He doesn't have the vocals, the judges think he's a performer even though he doesn't looks like one. He pretty much represents what today's music is all about. Just the performance and not the vocals. He has pretty decent vocals but even Jake Quickenden is way better than him. In fact, Jake's performance was so much better than Rylan's one. Bullshit Nicole. Bullshit. Makes me wonder.. does Nicole really want to win this? I guess not. People hate Rylan and she just doesn't know it. 

Onto my third category, the girls. Well, the girls aren't really strong now. I love love LOVE Ella Henderson. Tulisa really made the right decision for Ella. Her vocals were strong and she can sing basically ANYTHING. She has so much soul in her voice and i really can't wait to hear her sing during motown week if there even is such a week. She would definitely slay ballad week if there is also even one. Haha. Lucy Spraggan is just ok with me.. Like i know that Lucy has the ability to make any song her own. But she's making the songs her own in a bad way. Not the good way. She sang 'I Will Always Love You' for her judges house's performance and she flunked it. For me that is. She played the guitar and made it so happy. She made it seem as though I Will Always Love You is some old country happy folk song. NOT COOL LUCY! D:< You can never do your own little usual arrangements to this song! Ugh! I was so darn angry when i heard her sing it. She completely butchered the song. I can forsee that in the live shows, she's gonna go with her guitar all the way. Even in ballad week.. Imagine her changing a sad slow song into a happy go lucky song. No Lucy. No. Just like James, i'm also sitting on the fence for Lucy. I can't wait to see how she does on her first live show but then again, i'm not really looking forward to it. Leanne Robinson should have made it through instead of her. But obviously that wouldn't happen, for the ratings. If Lucy gets booted out even before the live shows, i cannot imagine what the public will do to Tulisa. That being said, Jade Ellis..... Jade Ellis making it through is complete bullshit. What. The hell Tulisa.. It should have been Amy Mottram and when she told Amy Mottram that she didn't make it, Tulisa started crying like what the hell. Seriously? It is so scripted. And about the wild card which i will talk about later, i think Tulisa already knew that it was going to happen. Omg, what the hell Tulisa. Jade Ellis... Really? Is that all you've got? Her vocals were so weak even Amy outshined her. I can't freakin' believe Jade got through over Amy. 

The groups were and will be the most disappointing category of the year. What the fuck Louie. Time Red and Duke not going through is a crime. Justice is not served. I mean, i couldn't speak when i found out that Union J and GMD3 got through over Time Red and Duke. I wanted to kill someone. Duke.. They are so talented. They are so unique and you don't hear what they do like everyday on the radio. They can beatbox, sing, dubstep and their vocals are bloody strong. I know that they are not teeny weeny bloops like 1D, but haven't we already have enough 1D wannabes? All over the country? GMD3's something like 1D. As long as they make a 12 year old girl's heart skip a beat, they are the new 1D's. What the freak right. All they can do is sing, and OH! Duke also plays the guitar. Now tell me how are they not freaking awesome. TELL ME HOW. Duke is so freaking unique. Time Red is way better. They are like GMD3 + Duke and they aren't teeny bloops but they're still hot as hell. Especially the two brothers from Time Red. LOL. Their harmonies are spot on, their judges house's performance was way better than GMD3. SO HOW THE HELL ARE THEY NOT THROUGH?! GMD3 is just... Ugh. I'm so angry with Louie for putting Union J through also. Union J's exactly GMD3. They just sing with harmonies and their vocals are not strong. At all. Just that they added an extra member in. STUPID OR WHAT. I feel like buying a shot gun and putting the a bullet through Louie's head. He cannot judge the groups. I repeat. He CANNOT. Judge. The. Groups. I like MK1 though. At least Louie made the right decision for MK1 to go through. But the other two spots should go to Time Red and Duke. Not GMD3 and Union J. I kinda like how Time Red is one of the wild card picks, but like i said, the public can only vote for one act out of the 4 acts. And like i said, i would love to have Amy Mottram go through. But then again, i would also love to have Time Red in too. Christopher, i'm so sorry :( Some of you might be wondering, what about the 4th wild card act from the boys? I don't really give a shit about Adam Burridge. And i doubt he'll get chosen. 

So my favourites out of the top 12 are Ella Henderson, Carrolyn Poole, Melanie Masson, MK1 and Jahmene Douglas. Only 5 favourites. Sad right? Christopher Maloney should have replaced Kyle Sones, Time Red and Duke should have sailed right through instead of GMD3 and Union J, Leanne Robinson and Amy Mottram should have gotten through instead of Jade Ellis and Lucy Spruggan. Nathan Gayle should definitely replace Rylan Clarke. Such what the hell decisions today. I hope the judges get their karma and realize that the acts that should have gotten through, should have gotten through. LOL. Louie, wake up. The groups are definitely not gonna win this year. Poor thing Louie.. Bleh.


 XOXO
Shaun