hi blog.
i'm so scared.
Tuesday, 5 January 2010
Monday, 4 January 2010
project 365
"I love. I have loved. I will love."
-- Audrey Niffenegger
What a reminder.
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“It is all your quirks,
things you hate about yourself,
that captured my heart.”
— Daily Haiku on Love by Tyler Knott Gregson
Okay, this guy, Tyler Knott, seems to be one of the coolest people on the planet. Please, please check him out.
HE WRITES HAIKU FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!
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*ahem*
I have composed myself and am going to write an entry now.
SO, as you may have seen, this post is titled 'Project 365'. Let me tell you about it.
Project 365 is an internet based project where you're supposed to take a picture for every day of the year and post it up online. It's not really for anyone but yourself. Just for you to document your year in picture form.
Putting it online just makes it a nice way to share with others.
Now, Cheryl brought this to my attention and I thought it was a pretty cool idea. So I'm doing it. As is she. You can check out her photoblog here and mine here. :)
We're doing well at the moment, eh?
ALSO, I thought it would be pretty cool if I BLOGGED every day for a year.
What do you think?
Sounds a bit like a challenge, huh?
I AM SO EXCITED TO DO THIS.
"Yes Amanda," you say, "but this is only January. I'm sure you'll get tired at some point..."
YOU PARTY POOPER!!
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Seriously though, I don't expect I'll be writing long posts all the time. Just at least SOMETHING. Even a sentence or two. Anything to keep the momentum going.
It's gonna be great.
Just you see.
Hope you're well.
:)
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P.S. The beanie you see in my previous post? Yeah. I named him Nicola. He is extremely cool.
nicola. :)
Sunday, 3 January 2010
"uh, do you wanna go to genting?"
"WHAT?!?!"
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Yes. That is what I woke up to.
This morning, we went on a family trip to Genting. Genting Island (as Adam so eloquently put it).
The day started weirdly and just got weirder.
After getting ready to leave, I went downstairs to wait on the couch. I was sent back up to my room to change into jeans. That happens a lot. Usually, I have to change my shirt due to the grubbiness of the one I chose. *shakes head* Nevermind. That's not the point.
Mum had to go get dad from the repair shop because the Naza hates us and never wants to work anymore. As she was walking out the door, she started screaming.
Turns out, Jazz managed to catch and kill a baby bird.
After failing to spray the bird from Jazz's possession, mum gave up and left the task to Alex and I. So I abandoned the de-decoration of the Christmas tree and got Alex and as a team, we successfully outsmarted the dog.
Nothing to be proud of. I know.
GENTING!
I'll skip the journey because it'll be me telling you about a windy, jerky ride in the middle seat. Adam on my left, Alex on the right.
Yeah.
Of course, on the way up it decides to rain. OF COURSE. So instead of spending the whole day screaming my guts out on rides that I was actually excited about, I spent it walking around in a crowded building.
It wasn't that bad.
I would have rather gone on the rides, though.
Spent a bit of time in the arcade. Racing. Alex. Mum. Adam.
I beat Alex, by about as much as the other two beat me. Alex beat the other two by miles. I don't know what went wrong where. Heh.
This post seems rather 'blah' to me. I don't know why. So I guess I'll stop it here.
Smile for the beanie. :)
Wow my teeth look white.
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Hope you're all doing splendidly.
;)
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Yes. That is what I woke up to.
This morning, we went on a family trip to Genting. Genting Island (as Adam so eloquently put it).
The day started weirdly and just got weirder.
After getting ready to leave, I went downstairs to wait on the couch. I was sent back up to my room to change into jeans. That happens a lot. Usually, I have to change my shirt due to the grubbiness of the one I chose. *shakes head* Nevermind. That's not the point.
Mum had to go get dad from the repair shop because the Naza hates us and never wants to work anymore. As she was walking out the door, she started screaming.
Turns out, Jazz managed to catch and kill a baby bird.
After failing to spray the bird from Jazz's possession, mum gave up and left the task to Alex and I. So I abandoned the de-decoration of the Christmas tree and got Alex and as a team, we successfully outsmarted the dog.
Nothing to be proud of. I know.
GENTING!
I'll skip the journey because it'll be me telling you about a windy, jerky ride in the middle seat. Adam on my left, Alex on the right.
Yeah.
Of course, on the way up it decides to rain. OF COURSE. So instead of spending the whole day screaming my guts out on rides that I was actually excited about, I spent it walking around in a crowded building.
It wasn't that bad.
I would have rather gone on the rides, though.
Spent a bit of time in the arcade. Racing. Alex. Mum. Adam.
I beat Alex, by about as much as the other two beat me. Alex beat the other two by miles. I don't know what went wrong where. Heh.
This post seems rather 'blah' to me. I don't know why. So I guess I'll stop it here.
Smile for the beanie. :)
Wow my teeth look white.
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Hope you're all doing splendidly.
;)
Saturday, 2 January 2010
Friday, 1 January 2010
rah rah ah ah ah
Your call last night made me smile. :)
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I spent the new year in church at the E.N.D party.
It was a great time of fellowship. (Yes, everyone says that. I MEAN it, though.) Jam packed full of good food, memories and great performances. I'll admit that I was kind of hesitant about going, but don't regret it one bit.
On the note of performances, I was asked to perform too. :S
Last night marked the first time I ever got up on stage to sing and play - ALONE.
The idea itself was enough to freak me out. I think it went well, though. At first, I was planning to do two originals, Better Than Fine and Waiting Anxiously, but inspiration struck early that morning, and I thought maybe a cover of Lady Gaga's Bad Romance would be a fun one to perform. I squashed the idea, though, when I realised I couldn't speak passable French.
During sound check, I thought I'd just show Shaun what I had been thinking. His response was,
"You should TOTALLY do that."
After a bit of psyching myself out, I agreed that I would. Just the first part of it as a sort of starter.
When it finally came to my turn to perform, we were running a bit behind time, so I cut Better Than Fine from the set. Chose to start with Bad Romance, telling the audience it was something they 'may have heard before'.
The crowd was super supportive and awesome in general. Even with the ridiculous capo hiccup between the first song and the second.
:)
It was fun. I don't think I've ever had that much fun up in front of people before.
Weird, I know.
Wish you had been there.
All in all, it was a great start of the year. I'd love to elaborate on it, but I have exams coming up and I really should get back to it.
Hope you're all well.
:)
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Happy New Year, everyone.
I spent the new year in church at the E.N.D party.
It was a great time of fellowship. (Yes, everyone says that. I MEAN it, though.) Jam packed full of good food, memories and great performances. I'll admit that I was kind of hesitant about going, but don't regret it one bit.
On the note of performances, I was asked to perform too. :S
Last night marked the first time I ever got up on stage to sing and play - ALONE.
The idea itself was enough to freak me out. I think it went well, though. At first, I was planning to do two originals, Better Than Fine and Waiting Anxiously, but inspiration struck early that morning, and I thought maybe a cover of Lady Gaga's Bad Romance would be a fun one to perform. I squashed the idea, though, when I realised I couldn't speak passable French.
During sound check, I thought I'd just show Shaun what I had been thinking. His response was,
"You should TOTALLY do that."
After a bit of psyching myself out, I agreed that I would. Just the first part of it as a sort of starter.
When it finally came to my turn to perform, we were running a bit behind time, so I cut Better Than Fine from the set. Chose to start with Bad Romance, telling the audience it was something they 'may have heard before'.
The crowd was super supportive and awesome in general. Even with the ridiculous capo hiccup between the first song and the second.
:)
It was fun. I don't think I've ever had that much fun up in front of people before.
Weird, I know.
Wish you had been there.
All in all, it was a great start of the year. I'd love to elaborate on it, but I have exams coming up and I really should get back to it.
Hope you're all well.
:)
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