Love Me

Hello, fellow netizens :)

It’s been a while since the last post.

I’ve been quite busy with some…school stuff. *cough*

Anyway…

Today, I came home from school and played the piano for a good hour or so.

For the past few days, I’ve been trying to learn this new song called “Love me” by Yiruma.

(If you read my very first post, I mentioned that I like to play the piano and I love to listen to New Age Piano songs)

There are many New Age Piano composers such as Brian Crain, Ryuichi Sakamoto, etc.

Among them, my favorite composer is, of course, Yiruma – probably because the first New Age Piano song I’ve ever listened to was “Kiss the Rain” (another amazing song) which is composed by Yiruma.

Whenever I lose my passion to play the piano, I try listening to Yiruma’s songs and then my passion seems to burn again.

I think it’s because Yiruma’s songs always seem to stimulate some special sentiments, and reveal Yiruma’s depth of amazing artistic sensibility.

Many of his songs just flow like a river – nothing rough or forceful but smooth and natural.

(There is a song called “River Flows in You” which if you listen to it, you’ll feel a river flowing inside you)

Well, this particular song I’m trying to learn, “Love me,” really seems to express love in its tunes.

Love is such an equivocal word that everyone has a different definition for it, and everyone has a different way of expressing it.

I personally think Yiruma has definitely succeeded in what he was trying to achieve – express love in his song.

His song “Love me” seems to condense all those different meanings of love and convey them in its melody.

If you’re not sure what I mean, I’d suggest that you listen to it :)

"Love is an endless mystery, for it has nothing else to explain it. "
- Rabindranath Tagore -

What I.B. Program really is

I think today is another typical day for an I.B. student.
Any fellow netizen IB-ers will know what I'm talking about.
(I'm loaded with bullshit homework assignements to do)

To those of you who don't know what the I.B. Program is, it is a two-year (4-year depending on where one goes) "rigorous academic" program offered in high schools worldwide that "widens" one's knowledge in many different academic subjects and views of the world, (AND) at the same time prepares one for college (I.B. stands for International Baccalaureate, whatever that means).
I don't think that's an accurate description of what is exactly is.
The following really breaks it down and accurately describes what the IB program is/intended to do.

"International Baccalaureate (a.k.a. IB, Idiot's Baccalaureate, @*#&@#^^$,It's BS International Bullshit, It's Bollocks or more simply, Hell) is a two-year program of internationally recognized education edumacation for students aged sixteen to nineteen. As an internationally recognized program, this is the definitive ticket to Failure any university around the world (apart from countries that do not give a crap offer the program in state schools, e.g. China or Russia or Bosnia and Herzegovina). Furthermore, it requires you to dedicate your life and soul to the evil gods of the IB, also known as the IBO, who live in Buenos Aires/Geneva/Cardiff/Paris/London/Hell/God knows where, and who delight in devising revisions to the syllabus that will make it impossible to pass. All IB classes come with a warning sticker attached. Don't blame us if you weren't shown it. It generally reads: WARNING. IB class. Prepare to lick your teachers boots for a seven, share a bed with your laptop and calculator, worship your textbook and invest large amounts of money in bribes. There is a possibility that you will learn something, but this will be covered with so much bullshit that you will never remember any of it. Ever. Also prepare to have no life what so ever (because you're selling your soul to the devil)." - http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com -

So basically it's a program designed to make teachers give students tons of homework just for the lulz and troll them with harshly graded extra assignments called internal assessments and see who survives at the end.
Who knows why people continue to sign up for the program and stick with it...
Well, I'm one of those people and I can't answer why I even bothered to look at what it is in middle school o_o

Anyway, speaking of internal assessments, I have one due tomorrow for my economics class (in which I REALLY HAVEN'T LEARNED ANYTHING -_-).
I guess I'll just find a decent article on BBC or something and BS my way through.

OH! There is one thing that the I.B. Program definitely teaches you - the ability to BS with quality on practically ANYTHING.
I think that's the most I got out of being in this program.
It teaches you how to BS SO GOOD that whoever reads your essays/papers won't understand what the #$%@ you're talking about but at the same time the paper will sound quasi-intelligent that the reader WILL think it's great.
That's what I'm about to do on my econ I.A. :)


P.S. The I.B. Program isn't that bad. Really. It isn't.

I want to go travel...

I was watching a show called "Passport to Europe with Samantha Brown," today.
I recorded it with my DVR a while ago, during the summer break and I just realized that I recorded several episodes of that show.
I really enjoy watching the Travel Channel.
Many shows that the travel journalist host take me to places that I have never been before.
No Reservation with Anthony Bourdain, Bizarre Food with Andrew Zimmerman, Man vs. Food, etc there are many great shows.
At a very early age, I had an opportunity to travel over many European countries such as England, France, Germany, Italy, etc while I was living in England (I lived there for 2 years when I was 4).
It's been 12 years since that time and I barely remember anything about Europe.
The only way I can recall some faint memories is by looking at the photographs that my parents took.

Countries in Europe are so close together that one doesn't need a specific visa for each country to be able to visit - all you need is a valid passport.
Europe is... really peaceful (depending on where you visit of course), especially the countryside.
Whenever I look at some pictures of green open fields and highlands of European countries, I feel at peace.
Here is one.

I don't know about my fellow netizens out there but I enjoy looking up pictures like these on google whenever I feel annoyed or upset. They calm me down really quickly.

So the next time you're angry and need a place to escape, instead of bottling things up in your head and staying in your room, try looking up "English countryside" or something on google. It's really calming :)

So it begins...

Hello, fellow netizens

This is my very first blog post (as is this blog site...).
I've never had one before but I get the general idea of what I'm supposed to do.
Anyway, I'll be publishing posts mainly on what's going on the world around me, and some of my interests that I'd like to share with you.
Well, my main interests are sports, music, movies, and computer.
Out of all the sports that I'm interested in, golf is the one I am most frequently updated.
I know that not many netizens out there are really into golf but it's something I enjoy so I'll post something about it from time to time.
Also, I'm into football (no, not American Football. I'm talking about FOOTball).
I sometimes watch broadcasts of matches of Barclay's English Premiere League.
I'll write some of that stuff too.
For music, I'm well rounded so I pretty much listen to anything that catches my ear.
I've been listening to a lot of mainstream songs but I'd love to hear suggestions from other people.
Also, I listen to classical music and piano songs. I'm really into piano.
I love playing songs in genre of New Age Piano.
I'm not sure that many people are familiar with this genre, but many people who I've introduced to this liked it.

Other than that, I'll pretty much post about anything I run into that's interesting enough to share.
Thanks for visiting and I hope you continue to do so :)

P.S. I love StarCraft