Anger
Jun 12Well, the subject has nothing to do with me, cos i'm not angry.
Just a simple story of the day. I had just picked up my repaired macbook from school, then to where I parked my bike. So the bike parking place is separated from the street level by a 3-4 person wide walkway. I took out my bike, I cycled slowly to the street level and I met this guy wearing graduation cloak, and other two ladies with him. I cycled really slowly, which is equivalent to me walking with it, I figured cycling with it takes less place, right?
Then the lady just didn't want to move aside, so I decided to stop and let her pass by. I mean it's a 3-4 person walkway, things will be easier for her to just move aside, and for me to go to the street level to cycle home. BUT NOO... she just thought that's her walkway and didn't wanna move aside and best thing she did is to scream at my ear while passing by me. Lecturing me about how bikes should be on the street level. I didn't bother explaining that I just took out my bike to go to the street level. Why bother?
It's exactly this kind of attitude that made the world a worse place to live in (not surprising though). I mean if one would just move aside, everything will be fine. I for one will not compromise who I am by what she did just now. Not letting her ruin my day or changing me into another monster-like angry being just because she screamed at me, unreasonably.
I'm gonna go through my day with a smile. Because I gained the trust of my music TA (who doubted me about plagiarizing *Sob-sob* but in the end gave me 98% on my final essay, my macbook screen is done and of course I'm going home soon. Why should my day be miserable because of that one, unimportant lady? Hehe.
I've learnt to control my anger and not let anger controls me. I think it's a real powerful technique 
While I was…
Apr 29I was revising for my Intro to Music Lit. mid-term this Labour day by doing some online questions provided when this question came up. (question 15)
okay, so after you click on A. You get this pop-up saying:
A lame joke in the middle of a serious music quiz?
too weird!
Handling Handel
Apr 25This is an excerpt from the textbook of my supposedly Arts GEM module: Intro to Music Lit. Now tell me that it's interesting! I love it, looking forward to the listening quiz this Monday!
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Messiah Part I
Recitative: There were shepherds abiding in the field
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| 00:00 | There were shepherds abiding in the field,
keeping watch over their flocks by night. |
A boy soprano narrates.
Simple recitative |
| 00:13 | And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them,
and the glory of the Lord shone round about them, and they were sore afraid. |
Excited arpeggios in violins I and II as the angel appears |
| 00:31 | And the angel said unto them: "Fear not, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord." |
The angel's announcement |
| 01:03 | And suddenly there was with the angel,
a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying: |
Violin passagework suggests the flutter of angels' wings |
Chorus: Glory to God
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| 00:00 | Glory to God in the Highest | The angels singing Glory to God. Note the two trumpets. |
| 00:09 | And Peace on earth | Unison voices; tranquil string response |
| 00:18 | Restatement, ends higher | |
| 00:35 | Good will toward men | Imitative entries |
| 00:51 | Big restatement of all, emphatic "good will" | |
| 01:26 | Imitative figure dissipates as angels leave |
Random, Really Random
Apr 17I found a really random quote by ex US President Harry S. Truman while trying to read up on the reactor design chapter in Fogler's Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering. Random random random.
Here goes:
Anyway I submitted the homework on "Why I want to be a chemical engineer", partly bluffed my way to make up 2 pages (I'm actually honest in the first few paragraphs) and there's now a new essay due with the question which I don't have to lie to finish it. *A heavy sigh of relief*
On the other hand, I love my music class. I am mapping it to NUS GEM (Arts). It's called Introduction to Music Literature and it is supposedly for those not taking Music as their major. We went through the middle ages and renaissance last week and this week the timeline is on Baroque with Bach and Handel as the focus. I can't wait for next week's Classical Period and explore the richness of all these high quality music. Thank God for them.
Sheep may safely graze
Jan 24composed by JS Bach, from Hunting Cantata (BWV 208)
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Sheep may ever graze securely
Where a worthy shepherd wakes.Where the rulers well are ruling,
May one rest and peace discover
And what nations blissful makes.
