Some sticky rice thing that my mom bought. They're small, plain sweet sticky rice pyramids that my mom says are eaten with sugar. We ran out of sugar, so I used brown sugar as an alternative. It's surprisingly quite tasty, though it's pretty small.

Can't remember when this was from, but this Crispy Crunch was my lunch. =3= I think it was a day or two before my piano recital.

Speaking of piano recitals, mine was yesterday. Lots of people performed, most of which were singers. They were good, but all the singing was rather...boring. I apologize to the singers, but their songs were rather quiet. My mind often goes on autopilot when I'm under pressure and stress at performances. I don't remember a single thing from my performance. People I know who were there said I sounded good though. Need to be able to perform without going on autopilot.

Bought this as a reference for citations. There are many good sites out there that can do it for you, but you've got to be able to do it yourself. ^^; It covers the three styles you'll need to know if you're a North American student. 

My sustenance for the week. Roasted wasabi green peas, Calbee Okonomiyaki chips, and a bottle of golden oolong tea. I finished them in two days. Peas yesterday, chips while working on my essay. The peas really burn if you eat too many of them. Need to find a bigger package of them though. 

 

Also picked up a new pair of pair of slacks. Need more formal wear if I'm to be performing more. New horse photo too. It's almost how I'll be dressed for Saturday and Sunday's choir performances. Looking forward to getting it over with, though I'm not particularly excited to be crammed onto the risers. 

In the rehearsal yesterday, we were on the risers. I can't say it was comfortable by any means. With almost no space to hold up our folders, it was very, very warm and stuffy. We need a bigger theatre up at Capilano. Actually, I think every building needs to be bigger. 

My lunch today. I apologize for the terrible picture. My camera batteries were dying, so I was in a tad bit of a rush to take the shot. For those who can't tell what it is, it's a Vietnamese sandwich, or as Andrew would say, a 'banh mi'. I guess in Vietnamese it'd be 'banh mi bo', since it's got slices of beef in it. Quite tasty, and fresh made by my mom this morning. Probably better than whatever Andrew's eating. :]

Currently mooching off of a default signal hanging around. It's about as strong as a feather is heavy. So I can't really do much on this post or it'd take forever for me to post.

Anywho, that being said, the internet in my house has died. Not sure when it died since it was while I was out and about. It's perfect timing too because I still have to do my research paper for Criminology. Yay. = =" Looks like I'll be spending a lot more time up there than I hoped I would be this week.

Piano recital tomorrow, choir performances Saturday, Sunday, and Choir exam on the following Monday. Criminology exam isn't until the 22nd, which gives me loads of free time to study. However, if I can't get this cursed research paper done, that final exam won't help my mark by much.

On another note, and a rather depressing one at it, I can't seem to access my blog on the laptop. I'd often blog from Capilano, though it seems that I can't get onto my blog front page. I can get onto my dashboard and individual posts, but not the home page. Especially weird because I'm at home, trying to access my blog, and the Capilano net log in still plagues me. Sent an email to IT support to try and fix this problem. Until then it and the internet are fixed, I don't think I'll be doing any blogging. 

That's where Natural comes in. He probably won't be blogging much, but if worse comes to worse, he'll be keeping the blog active with his sparse posts, while I make myself taller.

Title: エンド オブ エタニティ (End of Eternity) (JP), Resonance of Fate (NA)

Anywho, Friday means early mornings. Downed three waffles and a coffee, and headed for the bus. Didn't separate my bag today, so everything was in it. Another day with the 20 lb. bag.

Class was pretty boring. Talking about women and crime. It wasn't boring because it was about women. It was because much of the class was covered in previous lectures, making it a tad bit redundant. 

One question the prof. asked was if we had prior experience with differential socialization. That being the theory that boys and girls are raised differently, and given different values and traits.

I remember when I was young, and even now actually, my mom doesn't like my arachnophobia too much. Part of it is the fact that I'm a guy, though the other part of it is the ridiculous size difference. 

Anywho after class, snacked on two donuts and a coffee from Tim's, again. Roll Up the Rim is on at Tim's. Rolling the rim is actually much harder than they make it look on the commercials. Didn't expect to win, and the result reciprocated my expectations.

After 'lunch', I headed into the library to play with Finale. Still learning to use the program. I've got the bare basics down, adding and removing notes, and some other basic functions. Still have a looong way to go. It's like learning to use Photoshop. Takes a long time. Supposedly takes at least a month or two.

Choir was okay. I felt that my tuning was off, but I don't really have much time to see. My tuning for the Requiem's 6th movement, Libera Me, is definitely off tune. The 5th movement is probably off too. Those two have quite high sections for a bass. Will have to practice those two.

The ride back was generally uneventful. A scary moment on the 130 when it suddenly braked and threw everyone in the bus forward. Tried to play Monster Hunter, but I couldn't see very well. Was too bright out.

Made a quick trip to T&T to pick up lunch for tomorrow. Was going to get a tuna sandwich, but wasn't sure whether it'd fare the trip. A half hour trip from Metro to home, and then a two hour trip the next day up to Capilano. Not to mention the 2 hour wait in the bag before our lunch break. Opted to go back to my good ol' high school days. Kids, don't try this at home. You might die.

Curry flavoured chips, a funny looking Fanta orange drink thing, and roasted green tea. Sounds like lunch to me! Probably will have a few coffees too. Might pick up something tomorrow morning, but I'm completely broke. Well, not completely. I still have a bit of money on my debit card, but I really don't want to use it too much.

By the way, it's for my lunch tomorrow. I have a choir rehearsal tomorrow morning at 10. Vocaloid Feature probably won't be up until later in the day. I'll bring my camera up to campus to take some pictures around. Not many people there on weekends and it should be a nice day out.

Breakfast for Kenn. Fried rice. As tasty as it was, I really didn't the green onions scattered amongst the grains of rice and assorted meats. There was something else in there that tasted odd, though I couldn't quite put my finger on it. 

Spent much of the commute up to North Vancouver going over my notes for Criminology. Lots of know for the Midterm. 

Today's crim class felt like it was over in flash. Lots of fairly difficult multiple choice questions, with odd wording that makes you really have to think about what you just read, a few short answer questions that weren't too challenging, and two long (paragraph, multiparagraph) answers. I found that my writing was odd very messy. Messier than usual at least. Hopefully it's legible. My hand cramped up and twitched over and over after the exam. Very, very uncomfortable. 

On the trip back home, I read the next chapter we'd be doing. It reinforced my interest in the Renaissance period. The Age of Reason, Enlightenment, Thought; all referring to the same age. What I love about this period in time is the radical shift of ideology; from feudalism to capitalism, witch hunts to public trials. The predecessors of our modern society mostly come from this age, and I love reading about the origins of what we take for granted. On an unrelated note, Keroro 16 still hasn't come in yet. =3= It should be in sometime this week, as it's been two weeks now. Hopefully it doesn't come in on a bad day like Thursday, which I reserve for working hard on everything.

Anywho, I guess you'd call this lunch for me. Hit up the Dubs again, getting the typical Dubs grub. Teen combo with onion rings and a root beer (not pictured). With the onion rings, you can shove'em into the burger and it'll taste wonderful.

Makes the burger that much bigger though. A bit difficult to eat, though it adds a bit more texture to the burger. Burger looks a bit sad because it got beat up by my Criminology textbook. 

On another note, to celebrate the beginning of the 21st Winter Olympics Games, I'll be doubling up the Song, Vocaloid feature and Manga of the Week installments for this and the next week. Webcomic will remain one a week. 

Speaking of the Winter Olympics, it seems a Polish newspaper seems to have made a bit of a mistake in their choice of image source. For those of you who aren't familiar with the 2010 mascots, Quatchi is on the right (big fur thing), Sumi is at the top (wings), Miga is the black and white thing at the bottom. Muk muk, the small figure beside Miga is a 'side kick', though it's as, if not more, popular than Quatchi. Pedobear is to the right. I assure you that 4chan has nothing to do with the Olympics.

Image by Michael Barrick 

Breakfast of Saturday. Don't actually know what the funny things are, but they're kinda tasty. Normally sold around the Lunar New Year (Chinese New Year). Had it with red tea. Tasty, and anything but filling.

Went to a Japanese/Korean restaurant for lunch. Went with my mom and sister. I never really like going to restaurants with my sister because the only thing she likes eating are burgers and fries. She didn't like the 90% of the sushi on her plate. On the other hand, I had a dolsot bibimbap, excuse my spelling. Sizzling stonepot rice dish. Tasty, though I've had better. Very filling. No photos.

Breakfast for Sunday. It's a full meal, for once. Rice, steamed beans with panfried ground beef, and soup. Filling and tasty. Had a coffee with it. 

Spent most of the day at the piano, straining my arm while practicing my pieces. The Sunken Cathedral is getting there, and I only just started Allegro Barbaro. 

This one's a tad bit slow though...

Dinner for Kenn. My dad made it. Century egg, corn, peas, green beans, ground beef, and that hot dog sitting smack in the middle of the bowl. Again, very filling.

Anywho, that's pretty much my day in a nutshell. Only four days of classes left until the Olympic break, also known as 'let's finish all the work so I don't have to do crap for the rest of the semester' to non-music students. "orz

The day started off as usual. Had breakfast and whatnot. What made it different was that I felt super, super sick. On a wild guess, I'd have to say that it was probably the peanut butter I had yesterday. Because of that I ended up bringing everything I put into my stomach back up.

Popped a few tablets and get on my way. Brought along some of them just in case.

Had lunch at Tim's (Tim Horton's) on campus. Two doughnuts and a small coffee. Was going to watch the fourth episode of Ladies vs Butlers! on the iTouch, but decided that it was a tad bit too...racy, for the lack of a better word, to be watching in public.

Headed off to the library to do my usual Friday ritual of messenger + reading Crim textbook. Burned the hours away, made the song of the week post while I was there. The coffee wore off really quick. Either that, or it was my odd reverse reaction to caffeine.

Choir went by in a flash, and before I knew it, I was on the way back home. The 430 from Metro was one of those special long distance buses. They're obviously not made for frequent stops, since they only have one door. The inside pretty much looks similar to an airplane, minus the round, small windows. Comfy chairs. They're the type of buses that you'd find running from city to city, like from Delta to the downtown core.

I'll call this my second lunch, and first dinner. Teen burger and onion rings from the Dubs (A&W). Tasty, but oh so bad for you. Got another dinner coming up later, but I don't think I'll have room for it anytime soon.

In a nutshell, nothing happened today, unless you count a truck nearly hitting the bus I was on. Love how I play down the fact that I might have just had a brush with death.

Anywho, the day started out like any other university or collage student's. Getting up early in the morning, catching a bus and whatnot. Had to stand for a good bit of the ride on the 25. Though I'm thankful I got a seat before a close call with a truck.

The rest of the ride was dull, so I'll skip forward to after all my classes. The got a bit motion sick on the ride back, as I was playing on the PSP. The game I was playing will be on a 'Currently Playing...' feature later.

Bought lunch (again), and headed home.

Doesn't that look tasty? Mixed vegetables, fried rice, and sweet & sour pork. Classic Chinese fast food dish. Probably not the best for me, though probably better than McD's, BK or A&W.

Yeah. Only one class, piano, today. Hour long class, while it takes an hour and a half one way. One round trip takes approximately an hour and half, throw in the wait for a 430 at the Metro loop and if I'm unlucky, it might be an hour and fifty minutes.

Anywho, placed an order for Keroro Gunsou volume 16 at Sakura Media, and the Cyanide and Happiness book at Chapters. Total cost was $16.79. Chapters doesn't have a store to store service like Sakura Media does. Hope that the two books come at the same time. ^^" It'd make it easier to remember. Must remember to keep $15 aside for Keroro.

Note to self: find a new piece for piano. "orz

 

 

'Tis my future workspace. Keyboard, MIDI Keyboard controller, and a laptop. Sounds great, but there are a few problems. 

The machine pictured can barely start itself up, and is riddled with problems which can't be fixed by simply reformatting it. I want to replace and upgrade parts, but getting a new machine might be better option. I want a Mac ;o;

Finale is probably one of the best ones out there, and along with the other programs, it costs a little more than an arm and leg. $600. Yes, $600. The price is cut almost in half for students, however there's a lengthy document I have to do to be eligible for that discount. Plus, I'm not in school yet...so I don't think I'd be eligible at the moment. 

 

Now you're probably saying "Why don't you wait until you start then?"

Well, Finale, Sybellius, and other programs take a while to learn to use, like Photoshop. I'd rather not put myself through the tutorial while taking classes in school...though my course load isn't exactly heavy...

Anywho, aside from that depressing rant about money, here's a photo to get your mind off of that.